[center][u][b]Age of Imperialism 2.0: TURN 4| January, 1920[/b] (Week 5)[/u] (Turn 4, Part 5 of 12)[/center]

[b][u]JANUARY[/u][/b]

[b]Friday, January 29th[/b]
In a special message to the people of Korenia, Prime Minister Bradel gives his "[i]For the Future of Centran[/i]" speech. With the front stagnating to deteriorating weather, poor military technology and lack of informed military commands, Bradel rouses the people for war by inciting a revolution against Soroyarism in Centran and abroad. With the Korenian Army stalled out after it's week long offensive, Bradel promises increased industrial efficiency in Korenian factories and asks for a plea across all Centran for any military equipment that might help turn the tide.

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[i]The front line in the Ferro-Korenian War. January, 1921[/i][/center]

While the snowfalls in Centran had largely dissipated, the snow present was thick and debilitating. Ferrareians and Korenians shivered in their trenches with intermittent artillery snapping them awake. In the trenches the snow melted and turn to a vapid slush, creeping into the soldiers boots and to their feet. Until the weather subsided on the ground, the battle would continue to be waged in the sky, but an overhanging of low clouds kept even the skies clear.

[b]Saturday, January 30th[/b]
The [b][color=blue]Second Boletarian Republic[/color][/b] requests another design, putting [i]Osika Aeronautics[/i] and it's contemporary rival [i]Lovric[/i] against one another in a contest for a tactical bomber. Osika, which had originally been slated to lose the race for a prototype close air support, has had the full backing of the Boletarian government since. Lovric hopes to win over hearts and minds in the near future with an anticipated unveiling at the March 15th, 1922 testing date.

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[i]Osika Aeronautics design team, circa 1920[/i][/center]

[b]Sunday, January 31st[/b]
30 tanks and tankettes that were purchased from the Osladians finally reach the [b][color=gray]Republic of Kalpia[/color][/b]. They are immediately put to use for training and examination purposes.

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[i]Osladian Molyna-200 tanks, delivered to Kalpia in 1921[/i][/center]

[b][u]FEBRUARY[/u][/b]

[b]Monday, February 1st[/b]
[i]CENTRAN[/i]: Cryptographers from the [b][color=purple]Empire of Zellonia[/color][/b] create the [i]Z Code[/i]. An intentionally ambiguous and ever changing military code, it was immediately put into place to allow for movement of their beleaguered navy without being detected by outside forces. 

[i]FARESIA[/i]: Under General Tujoki Namabashi, [b]I Infantry Corps[/b], nicknamed "Emperor's Finest," deploy from the eastern Fusan border into Yuxiang territory. Sloping hills turn into rugged and flat plans. The untested infantrymen of [b]I Corps[/b] march in column formation, with General Tujoki and his headquarters in the front. There is no opposition and after two and a half miles they make camp.

[b]Tuesday, February 2nd[/b]
[i]CENTRAN[/i]: The [b]Sesso-Survaekom Summit[/b] has it's first major meeting, discussing the recent creation of the [b]Tervasan League[/b]. The diplomats of the Tervasan League outline it's first mandate: to ensure the continued independence of the member states in opposition to growing Sesso-Survaekom hegemony in the area. Survaekom and Sessauan diplomats countered.

[i]FARESIA[/i]: [b]I Infantry Corps[/b] resumes it's march toward Wuwei in the Yuxiang Clique. Bright skies and sunny weather have the Fusan troops in great spirits. After a long, hard day of marching they find nothing and make camp again. Storm clouds come in late in the evening that turns into rain. The trodden path, a discernible trail where wagons and horses went, turned into mud within hours.

[b]Wednesday, February 3rd[/b]
[i]CENTRAN[/i]: The [b][color=gold]Empire of Vornehm[/color][/b] opens it's [i]Deutscher Alpenverein[/i], a school for training infantrymen in the rugged North Centran Mountains. The [i]Gebirgsjäger[/i] will be considered some of the most accomplished and experienced in the world.

[i]FARESIA[/i]: Fusan's [b]I Corps[/b] gets under way, but makes less than two miles in slushy mud. Having advanced only 12 miles into Yuxiang Clique, General Tujoki orders a halt to the march until the weather clears up.

[b]Thursday, February 4th[/b]
The [color=green][b]Osladian Empire[/b][/color] conducts military exercises in South Centran. This training adds uniformity and experience to an already accomplished army.

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[i]Osladian Army on maneuvers, circa 1921[/i][/center]