[center][b]Age of Imperialism 2.0: TURN 1 | Fall 1920 (September)[/b] (Turn 2, Part 3 of 3)[/center]

[b]September 1st[/b]: The [b][color=brown]Duchy of Pozzouli[/color][/b] sends a declaration of war to the [b][color=orange]Chaegon Empire[/color][/b] over the recently annexed [b]Kingdom of Tarania[/b]. Tarania, a longtime friend and trading partner of Pozzouli, was linked through blood; though this was not the sole reason for the declaration. "A point must be made of democracy," the Duke of Pozzouli, Duke Aosta proclaimed in the Pozzoulian Senate. "Today it is Tarania, tomorrow it is us." A general mobilization occurs, with the Pozzoulian Army reporting to their garrisons within hours.

[b]September 2nd[/b]: Pozzoulian submarine [i]P-16[/i] smashes into [i]P-26[/i] in the harbor, as the entire submarine fleet is ordered out at once. All hands on [i]P-16[/i] are lost, and the half submerged wreck halts the remainder of the Pozzoulian fleet for two days as naval barges move in to clear the wreckage. Pozzoulian Army officers were seen first distressed on the harbor's edge, then shaking their head at the incompetence of the navy.

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[i]Pozzoulian Submarines P-16, P-19, P-24 and P-25 hours before departing[/i][/center]

[b]September 7th[/b]: The [b]Pozzoulian 1st Fleet[/b] under Admiral Leonetto Amadei sets sail from northern Pozzouli toward Chaegon aboard his flagship the [i]Temperanza[/i].

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[i]Pozzoulian 1st Fleet sails for Chaegon[/i][/center]

[b]September 9th[/b]: The [b]Pozzoulian 1st Army[/b] under General Corrado Gabriele prepares for combat operations, but never boards their escorts and convoys.

[b]September 11th[/b]: Flying in via aircraft, diplomats and security agents land at Sarenk, Romanow Islands and commence short but intense negotiations begin. By the end of the day the worried Romanow diplomat relented. Without the backing of any nation besides a worried Soroya, the Romanow Head of State, Duke Lukyan IV, was forced to accept complete annexation or face war. The threat of war, many believed in Romanow and Oslad alike, was a bluff. It was a bluff that Duke Lukyan IV could not endeavor to risk.

[b]September 16th[/b]: While cruising along the Chaegonian coast, the [b]Pozzoulian 1st Fleet[/b] spots a pair of cruisers and a dozen destroyers steaming up the coast. They give chase but due to the [i]Temperanza[/i]'s slow speed, they quickly lose sight of the enemy fleet, and turn about to continue raking the coast for enemy fleets.

[b]September 19th[/b]: During the night, the Chaegonian submarine [i]Nestico[/i] sinks the Pozzoulian destroyer [i]San Pio[/i] while it refuels with a tanker off the tip of Tarania and slips away while under threat of depth charges.

[b]September 22nd[/b]: The [b]Taranian Free Army[/b] rises up in northeast Tarania along the Kudjian Mountain Range. The TFA supports a free Tarania but makes up a surprisingly small minority, most of whom seek to be part of a larger power. While striking several towns on the outskirts of Tarania, they capture many guards who are--surprisingly to the TFA partisans--low on ammunition and mostly poorly equipped. The response from the Chaegonian Army is minimal.

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[i]Taranian partisans, captured Chaegonian soldier on far right[/i][/center].