This is a Central Powers full campaign. Hopefully it turns out well.
Germany chose the Moltke plan, and Austria the Conrad Plan. As it happened, the French went with Plan 13, meaning they will remain on the defensive, suiting the CP very well. We expect static lines in the west from Thionville to Mulhouse. The French can remain behind the Maginot line and we will enjoy the comforts of the Siegfried line. The Russians have chosen the Kaiser plan, so we expect attacks into Prussia. Happily, this is where Germany will be deploying it's assault forces.
Immediate options included Kaiser's Gold, Goeben/Breslau, and 3rd Boer War, since the UK immediately declared war alongside of France. We chose to implement all of these strategems. We also chose to build munitions plants in Potsdam and Magdeburg. A major diplomat was sent to the Ottoman Empire, and minor ones to Bulgaria and Romania. This left us at -8 EP, from a start of 18 EP so we'll see how this leaves us later on.
In the west, XIV and XV ArmeeKorps were moved south from Colmar to Mulhouse to begin entrenching there. Likewise, II and III BayKorps were moved from Saarbourge to Morhange. KoniglischeWurtemburg Armee marched out of Metz to Lorraine - they will be made into a regular army once theatre operations are implemented in this sector. Hopefully they will march to support Metz in the case of attack. Maybe this means their entrenchments will suffer, I don't know, but I am moving them here for the beginnings of a secondary line. Their command structure is at 24/22, but I'm not altering it at this time. As replacements, XIII-AK march to Metz from Thionville. Also, IV Kavallerie is ordered to redeploy to Wehlau, north of Konigsberg and assume offensive operations in northern Russia. Apparently their deployment orders were mishandled in July... This cost 16 RailPoints.
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The naval detachments in Wilhelmshaven were consolidated into one fleet under Friedrich von Ingersohl and sent to protect our shipping in the Baltic, with a naval combat power of 10,260. UBoote fleet commanded by Ernest von Tiechler sent to harass enemy shipping in the Atlantic. Flottentrosse command given to von Hipper and ordered to remain in Wilhelmshaven. Similarly, detachments in Kiel were consolidated under Heinrich von Preussen and also ordered into the Baltic.
In Prussia, an offensive by 1 and 2 Armee was launched against Rennenkampf's Russian arny in Wladislavov, out of Gumbinnen. IIKavellerie ordered into Taurogen, and II and III ArmeeKorps into Suwalki to support flanks.
From Konigsberg, II Kavallerie (which must be renamed...) sent north into Dorbiany, to be joined by I Kavallerie-Division. I, XVII, and XX AK marched south to Tannenburg Forest to protect against incursions by the Russians there. I ReserveKorps moved to Allenstein from Elbing.
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On the Austrian front, 8 and 12 AK marched into Sniatyn from Czernowitz. Zloczow was occupied by 14 and 9 AK. 7 AK moved north from Pzresmyl to Jaroslaw.
In Serbia, ArmeegruppeKrummer took rails from Zagreb. They are ordered to set up defensive emplacements in Zvornik, provided they can arrive in time. This cost 16 RP and will take roughly 27 days with no delay. Potiorek's 6th Army is ordered to threaten Belgrade at Fort Zemun. XV AK is ordered into Vukovar.
With the remainder of our rail capacity, we redployed Austrian balloons to NoviSad and Sarajevo, and ErkStauffel 2 to Czernowitz.
AuXKreuzer, SMS Konigsberg, and SMS Karlsruhe were ordered to make sail from their positions in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to port in Windhoek.
Thus our orders for early August 1914 were brought to an end.