4 August 1914 - Poland of July 1930, Russia of June 1919 and Imperial Japan of 8 February 1905 ISOT

Tokyo 5 August 1904
The Japanese had been quite surprised as suddenly being 7 months ahead of yesterday though the August heath was welcome change from the February cold.
Britain had been reached by telegramme inquiring of the position of the British – Japanese Alliance. The British were very much still adhering to it and had asked the Japanese to partake in a joint attack on the German Interest area of China – Tsingtao.
The Japanese had wondered about the disappearance of Imperial Russians in Liaodong, China which had prompted a ”WHAT” from London.

Japan didn't mind a go at Tsingtao and then keeping it as prize.
The Chinese locals of Liaodong told the Japanese that there had been no Russians there since the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and the Japanese holding the area since had disappeared as the new Japanese had arrived in the area.
At this information the Japanese were confused.
A new telegramme was sent to London which informed the Japanese that they did indeed hold Liaodong Peninsular since 1905.
That left the Japanese totally confused.

I think that was getting us all up to a common view of the Situation of 1905, 1914, 1919, 1930!

Some confusion in and around Lithuania.

So the Soviets have lost troops in their 1919 war with Poland that have been overwritten by the ISOT; Lithuania have gotten a new border with Poland and facing only a demoralized Soviet force in the NE corner of its nation; the White Russian Armies are on the march but have lost their 1919 Western and Japanese Allies.

Gdynia 7 August 1914
The roar of heavy guns from the sea awoke the inhabitants of the Polish port city. The German cruisers of the Baltic Squadron pounded that and the other few Polish ports to wreck them and any shipping within them including the small Polish Navy.

With his Navy destroyed Marshal Pilsudski ordered borders closed, telegraph lines out of the country closed and general mobilisation.
He also ordered the Army Bomber Brigade to make a retaliatory bombing of Berlin during the day!
Pilsudski had had a faint hope of the Germans going cautiously due to the major offensive in the West but they had asked for it.
East Prussia would be sealed off landward but would still be receiving supplies by ship and not much he could do about it. With Imperial Russia gone the Baltic was free of enemy Submarines and a German lake – damn it!

The Polish General Staff had drawn up plans for the situation of course though it had reckoned with only the Weimar German Army of 1 Infantry division in East Prussia and 3 Infantry and 2 Cavalry divisions in Silesia and Brandenburg.
Now they had to deal with German 8. Army of 3 active and 1 reserve Corps in East Prussia though virtually no troops except Borderguards and Landwehr formations east of Berlin. Initially the bulk of the Bomber Brigade would be detailled to this operation as the Air units of 1914 Germany was few and no fighters.
Only two armoured trains would be detaillied to the operations as these would most probably be better used in the East as had been the case 1919-21.
It would probably be a week or two before substantial reinforcements would reach Berlin – so perhaps a daring heavy raid of the Tank Regiment and 3 Cavalry Brigades and 4 Infantry divisions would be able to reach the Seelöwe hights east of Berlin before German reinforcements would arrive in numbers. The Army Fighter Brigade would support the raid with basically a reconnaisance mission to pinpoint German positions and possible arriving reinforcements.

The standing Army would have to jump off with on hand numbers and reserves to fill ranks would arrive within a week.

The 2 Mountain Divisions of Carpathian area would seal off the mountains from A-H interference though such wouldn't be expected. With the loss of three armies and probably still indecisive about what to do with 2. Army that should suffice. Of course reconnaisance Air Squadrons was detailled to the area as was the case in Kresy in the East.

Vistula gunboats would immediately move toward the mouth of the river and Danzig to block the German Army from crossing it and be ready to shell the east bank should the Polish Army decide to cross it.

Bombed up Fokker F-VII/3m:



Dutch one - caption say 700 kg max bombload as 3x 100 kg, 8x 50 kg but the Dutch also fiddled with it as a torpedobomber so the Poles could have changed the loadout.