Allied to the Republic of Azuria is the Settee Empire, the Supreme Door, generally known as Turcowaz. The Empire lies at the pivot point in the divide between Europeia and Asiatica, between the hyperborean north and Aithiopian south. The head of this Imperium is the Sultan, his capital in the great city of Ionople.
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| Turcowaz 1st Army |
So situated, Turcowaz has, ever since it reached the apogee of its territorial reach and power, been subject to assault upon its borders, culminating in the secession of the Blacklands States late in the 19th Century, and the subsequent Blacklands War (see here for the account of that conflict). In recent times, Turcowaz had found itself battling incursions by a Ruberian expeditionary force in the Medifluvian region in the southeast, and an attack by Izumrud-Zeleniya in the north along the eastern littoral of the Karadeniz (the Kavkaz Campaign) - See 'Labels' to the right of this column.
Although just managing to keep its manifold foes at bay, a shattering defeat at Zugdidi in the Kavkaz Campaign led the Sultan to seek a powerful ally, at least to draw off at least some of the pressure upon its borders, or at least to help its resistance.
In view of the chaos that was developing in the Blacklands, Turcowaz undertook a rebuilding of its Asyali Forces, distinct from the Batili, west of Ionople. The former comprised two Armies - neither much exceeding in size a Western Army Corps:
1st Army: Duya Ed Din Pasha (6SP)
- 1st Division: Command @2SP, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Infantry @4SP = 14SP
- 2nd Division: 4th, 5th, 6th Infantry =14SP
- 3rd Division: 7th, 8th, 9th Infantry =14SP
- 1st Cavalry Division: Command @2SP, 1st, 2nd, 4th Cavalry @3SP = 11SP
- 1st Machinegun Battalion (Nordenfelds) = 3SP
- 101st, 102nd Artillery Regiments @2SP = 4SP
- 113rd Medium Regiment = 2SP
- 211th, 212th, 213th Transport columns @2SP = 6SP
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| Turcowaz 1st Army |
2nd Army: Ameer Bagatel Pasha (6SP)
- 14th Division: 40th, 41st, 42nd (Bashi-Bazouk) = 14SP
- 15th Division: 43rd, 44th, 45th (Bashi-Bazouk) = 14SP
- 16th Division: 46th, 47th, 48th (Bashi-Bazouk) = 14SP
- 17th Division: 49th, 50th, 51st (Bashi-Bazouk) = 14SP
- 2nd Cavalry Division: 3rd (Regular), 21st, 22nd (Bashi-Bazouk) cavalry = 11SP
- 2nd Machinegun Battalion = 3SP
- 104th, 105th Field Artillery Regiments = 4SP
- 116th Medium Artillery = 2SP
- 224th, 225th, 226th Transport Columns = 6SP
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| Turcowaz 2nd Army |
Overall: 41units, 164SPs
Imperial Reserve: 10th, 11th, 52nd, 53rd Infantry @4SP = 16SP
These are not part of the main armies but may be called in as garrisons or local reinforcements.
The figures for these armies are mainly Strelets-R, with HaT machine guns and artillery where not home made, and Zvezda irregular cavalry. A few of the artillerymen are modified Airfix French Foreign Legion. Commanders are actually Napoleonic from probably Prussian, and probably Revell. The 'Reserve' units are metal - possibly Minifigs or Hinton Hunt.
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| Turcowaz 2nd Army |
Being what they are, the Bashi-Bazouks are irregular types whose discipline, were there any question about it, would be called 'questionable'. They are all classed as 'poor'. However, since the Kavkaz campaign, where, withal, they gave a good account of themselves overall, they have now been equipped with more modern rifles.
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