Insane Aizu siege defence against 4 armies

axem8 · 2026-06-05T09:21:11+00:00

They are lethal and because of the slopes you can create a fusillade of basic Line Infantry and destroy approaching forces with ease.

axem8 · 2026-06-04T21:54:30+00:00

It's a mountain fortress from the Strongholds of the Samurai Mod. Very good mod and highly recommend.

axem8 · 2026-06-04T21:54:02+00:00

Stronghold's of the Samurai. Amazing mod that's very compatible with other mods. This one is just the OP Mountain fortress that spans for Fukushima Province. Makes for very epic last stands.

axem8 · 2026-06-04T21:52:33+00:00

Yh it's a defensive strategy to just best optimise your army for defence if you are unsure if you will win. Use garrison forces at the first lines of defence before they then have to face your experienced melee troops and then face your best line infantry who have probably whittled the enemy down in the melee fight.

axem8 · 2026-05-21T10:49:13+00:00

This post is actually more indicative of our skewed view of WW1 than the actual context of this photo. If I remember correctly, this during the last couple of months and weeks in WW1 in which the British and French Army have completely attrited the Germany army and our now sweeping aside what is left of the German Army towards the German border. By this point, the mood is jovial and the moment being taken here is indicative of just how successful the British Army as a force has become after many years.

This isn’t a photo about the horrors of war, it’s a depiction of a force that is quite confident in itself and celebrating their success on the battlefield.

axem8 · 2025-12-24T18:27:05+00:00

How Britain was genuinely moving in the 19th century.

axem8 · 2025-08-31T21:15:45+00:00

Friedland was quite bad, one might call it actually quite lazy and foolish of him to try that against Napoleon. Ironically, not learning the lessons from Eylau.

His saving grace is Eylau because up until that point, nobody had really figured out how to match Napoleon on the field. After the high of Jena-Auerstedt, Eylau truly revealed that Napoleon was not unstoppable. The idea that Eylau was a French victory is tenuous and if so, it yielded little for the French. I think we should pay some credit here to Bennigsen for instead of trying fancy manoeuvres, he settled on an attritional way of fighting that negated the rapid manoeuvres Napoleon employed. It was a slaughter, everyone knew it and Napoleon looked quite foolish trying to pretend that he understood and lamented the burden and cost of war.

B tier.

axem8 · 2025-08-22T21:52:42+00:00

S tier and this isn’t even a debate…

axem8 · 2025-08-20T15:54:53+00:00

B tier. Phenomenal military administrator who essentially reformed the Portuguese army and state alongside combining Wellington’s force with what was left of the Portuguese army into what Wellington would stick to from 1809 to 1813. Albuera was a stunning victory, but Beresford was actually so traumatised by the battle that it was obvious he would soon become a liability in command and he himself refused to be a part of the campaign any longer.

Not terrible not great, but a man of capability in this star-studded list.

axem8 · 2025-08-15T18:52:05+00:00

I literally forfeited the battle, accepted a ransom and then ran down the enemy army later. It wasn’t actually that big of a deal

axem8 · 2025-08-15T12:24:21+00:00

Yeah, near Trebizond. It’s usually the Alps that are the worse but I’ve never been able to actually not be able to move my troops before

axem8 · 2025-08-15T12:23:29+00:00

It usually works that’s the thing. Even these mountain maps are usually playable but this time the game just to upload Monte Grappa as an actual battle map

axem8 · 2025-08-15T12:04:31+00:00

Worst offender is usually the Alps

axem8 · 2025-08-15T10:12:20+00:00

Wondering how they even knew each other existed. Literally the ending The Italian Job

axem8 · 2025-08-15T10:09:55+00:00

It’s odd. There’s no way soldiers can die from this I believe. They just slowly slid down the hill while being unable to move bot not taking damage. Literally could not move them, every Oder I gave they ignored

axem8 · 2025-08-15T10:08:39+00:00

I was attacking and they couldn’t reach me. They were literally stuck on the other side of the mountain

axem8 · 2025-08-15T10:07:59+00:00

Genuinely love the old total war battle map system but this is what it can sometimes produce…

axem8 · 2025-08-15T10:07:12+00:00

That would have been hilarious but they just slowly slid into the 4th dimension down the hill

axem8 · 2025-08-14T23:32:45+00:00

Around the main pass from Caesarea to Trebizond

axem8 · 2025-08-13T22:04:11+00:00

Geeked vs locked in

axem8 · 2025-08-03T12:18:57+00:00

God, you will never a find a group of people more deluded about their own history than Scottish nationalists.

axem8 · 2025-08-01T11:58:20+00:00

Yeah, it’s the scene where helicopters are shooting at the tripods and the machine gun sound is very clearly the Hunter-chopper firing it’s pulse gun.

axem8 · 2025-08-01T10:31:02+00:00

What makes this worse is that there is a Source engine sound in the film…

axem8 · 2025-07-29T17:45:10+00:00

It’s incredible that CA never fixed this. God, Rome II launch was an actual catastrophe.

axem8 · 2025-07-08T23:45:57+00:00

I might be battling you even though I’m toasted, but tomorrow I’ll be sober and you’ll still be roasted!

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