The Kingdom of Sardinia (NTC+NTF Campaign)

Hello, and this is AWOL. This is my first guide. I am going to create some stories, following my faction I am using in Napoelon:Total Factions and Napoleon:Total Combat. The inspiration I got for this is from Flying Squirell, and it is extremely popular. So, I am going to try and entertain you once more, but in another fasion and viewpoint.

Introduction

In the years before its advancement, the Kingdom of Sardinia was on the brink of collapse. With no where to trade, and litteraly forced to do nothing, they sat there. In 1804, they began rebuilding. A harbour was built on the island, and the finding of gold was remarkable. Soon, trade began between them, France, and Spain. It became glorious. But, with prosperity, there will be war. The Kingdom began looking for a place to expand to, and their first choice:Italy.

The Sardinian-Papal War

In the Spring of 1805, the army of the Sardinians was prepared for battle. Trade ships were sent all along the cost, bringing in wealth, but keeping a look out for any traitors to the cause. Rome was their target, and it was going to be extremely tough. At least, that was what was expected. In late May, 1805, nearly 5,000 men landed on the Italian Peninsala. The army constited of 30 cannons, 300 Cavalry, and over 4000 men. The general (Ill find it later, sorry.) was placed in command of the army, and was ready at all costs. What they made up in numbers, they lacked in skill. The infantry was glorified militia men. It would be an uphill battle for any foot hold in Italy, but it seemed promising.

The Kingdom of Sardinia began the war against Papal for a couple of reasons. First off, they were not cautious. The nation was throwing funds everywhere they shouldnt have been, and was falling apart. Secondly, Papal was alone and isolated. Naples to the south did not want anything to do with the country, nor did the Kingdom of Italy. So, it was perfect timing for Sardinia to slide in, and make an attack on them. But, the best thing was that Papal could not fight back. They had no navy, or ports. All they could do was wait for soldiers to attack, and hope for the best. So, thats what happeend in Early June, 1805.

A week had passed after the army had landed on the sea, and had made simple defenses. It wasn't long before Papal decided to make a move. Quickly, trenched were dug, and the militia men were ready. The cannons were placed, and moved into postion. An army of 3,000 was coming, with another 3,000 to reinforce them. The cannons aimed down range, and waited for them to walk into their sights. At about 1 o'Clock, the first cannon roared. Within an hour, a 1/4 of the army was dead.
But, they continued to advance. The few that did reach the lines were killed off quickly, and was an easy battle. By the end, Papal had lost around 2,000 men, and Sardinia had lost 1,500. This was named, the First Battle of Rome.

The Second battle of Rome happened the day after the First Battle. Over night, the Papalian Army regrouped, and prepared for battle. In the morning, the battle began. A similar movement was made by both sides, but Papal had the element of suprise. Old trenches were used, and the miltia men dug in more, ready for the battle. The cannons were placed near the old forest, a new location to fight. The enemy army charged forward, but changed targets. Instead of infantry, they went for the cannons. By noon, the enemy was firing on the cannons, and the cannons were firing like mad. Retreat wasn't an option. The experience of the Line Infantry against the Miltia was terrifying, and soon, they fell back. A group of nearly 500 was sent to flank behind the enemy, to stop them. At 1 o'Clock, a huge charge known as 'Singlan Charge'. The attack was lead by an officer known as Luigi Singlan. With nearly 1,000 men, they charged at the 30 cannons. The cavalry was sent in, but were stopped by bayonets and friendly fire. The cannons loaded grape shot, firing into the groups, but did little. Both the 5th and 7th divisons retreated. The sixth did something amazing. Even with an entire divison of nearly 300 walking towards them, they fired all of their cannons, destroying the entire line. In a single barage, nearly 200 lay dead. The soldiers doing the attack retreated, and regrouped. The divison fought to the end, as another charge came in, but they were forced to retreat. Their efforts were noticed, and they killed 600 men in total, alone. Soon, enemy cannons fired on the General(ILL GET HIS NAEM SOON), ripping his defence apart. He retreated, with a missing left hand. Soon, the entire main front was destroyed, but the flanking divisons were still avaliable. They were behind the enemy, and led ana ttack, destroying the artilelry. All that was left was 400 soldiers in the Papalian Army, and the 500 flanking force. They Fired on them, and within 10 minuted, those 400 soldiers were dead. Not a single one retreated. The battle ended at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The death toll was the highest seen in years. The papalians lost nearly 4,000 men, left with only shreads of units to defend Rome. Sardinia, was in worse shape. With 3,500 men dead, and their artillery divisons in shreads, they had next to nothing. But, a victory is a victory.

The Third Battle of Rome began 3 days later. This battle was expected to be a defeat for the Sardinians, but was turned into a victory. Nearly 2,400 men held off the 5,500 men. It was something to see. The Sardinians returned to their defenses, and dug in. What else could they do? This time, there was no friendly cavalry, or remainging units to flank. It would be to the death, risking it all. General Attilio Esposito ordered his artillery to fire on the enemy at 12 Noon. With most of the cannons destroyed, only 11 remained. The Papalians charged, but were mostly destroyed by the cannons. The few divisons that reached the main line were shot off by the reinforcing army. By 4 O'Clock, the Sardinians had won, only losing about 400 men. The enemy lost nearly 3,000 civilian soldiers. It proved that this war was going to be one sided.

The Battle of Terracina was the caused by accident, the Papalians sending in what they had left at Sardinians retreating army force. The Papalian army only had cavalary, and 3 line units. 1,732 Sardinians from the original 5,000 were left, and they were facing off against 1660 Papalians. The battle began at 5 o'Clock in the afternoon, a late battle. Immedietly, the cannons roared, firing on the enemy. Within an hour, most cavalry was retreating. The units fought off the line infantry extremely well. In the end, Papal had lost 1,498 soldiers, compared to Sardinia's 956. All Sardinia now has is 776 men.

The war had lasted nearly 4 months, withover 10,000 soldiers dead. Sardinia gave up, forcing Papal to give up 1,000 gold and breaking trade from Italy. Not such a good deal in the end, but it was not worth losing the army. This idea of war and peace changed the people greatly, and led to the another war. But, who will it be? Find out soon.

The Second Sardinian-Papal War

The war began 5 months after the last one, in Feburary 1806. Sardinia declared war a second time, rebuilding their army to reach over 6,000 men, and this time with trained soldiers. A week was given for Papal to rebuild an army quickly, but soon the Sardinian Army was at their shores. In late February, the Battle of Southhern Terrancia Beach began.

The battle began as the Sardinians began their push into the Capital, but less than a day after landing, they came across another army, led by Gervasio Bellucci. His army numbered less that 5,000 men, and with no artilery. They were facing against the largest, and best, artillery in Italy. The battle was very similar to the first battle of Rome, using very similar tactics. The Papalian's didn't wait, attacking the Sardinians. Cannons killed off most infantry within two hours. Soon, a huge melee insued on the right flank, but with the retreating General, morale fell, and they retreated. The battle ended with 4,686 men dead on the Papalians, and 2022 men dead for the Sardinians.

The Second Battle of the War was the Battle of Northern Terrancia Beach. Three days later, another battle ensued, with a new General at the lead. Papal was lead by Vittorio Emanuel Scapin, and his army of 5,410 men. Sardinia was lead by the infamous rocket man, Attilio Esposito, with the eager 4,117 men. The battle began in the evening, with the Eager army of Papal charging in. With the destruction of their main army, this would have to result in victory, or Sardinia would take Rome, and destroy Papal. Esposito dug in, following old tatics he had used before. His artillery fired on the enemy, destorying half of the forces, and sending cavalary into retreat. But, the enemy knew how to make the line fall. They charged, 10 divsions of line infantry charging at only 5 divisions of Sardinian militia. The militia held, as 10 reinforcing line infantry moved in, taking out some of the enemy. Cannons were fired, and a lucky shot killed the enemy general, forcing the entire Papalian army to retreat. Another Victory for Sardinia, with only 1035 men lost, and the enemy losing 4781 men.

The battle of Fort Tyrrhenia was the third battle of the war. This was not a battle with the main armies, but with the reinforcing armies. In Early March, an army of 1698 led by Papalian Tito Rui attacked the Defense of Fort Tyrrhenia. To call it a fort is a joke. It was simple defenses ready to hold against an enemy for a bit. Tito attacked this fort to block any reinforcement to the main army of the Sarrdianians, who were seiging Rome for its second time. In charge of defenses at the Fort was an officer named Lucio Beccaria. He was born in 1763, and rose in the ranks to become a Colonel. He joined the invasion of Papal, and was sent to reinforce the main army. Naples was moving in to come help, but they wouldn't arrive until next week. Beccaria was leading 1600 men, with no artillery, like the enemy. The enemy had multiple cavalry units, so Beccaria sent his men into buildings to defend. His unit was set in the back, holding the towns manor. Others defended the town hall. Jagers charged into the fort, firing into the building, and with 3 hours, killing 400 men in the town hall. Soon, they retreated. All that was left was Beccarria's unit of line infantry. 3 Papalian divisions of line infantry charged into the manor, killing all in sight. Beccaria was said to yell at his men, "We will die for Sardinia, for our king, hooah!" They held the enemy off, even when the unit began routing. Beccaria was seen stabbing one line infantry, before he was shot in the back, then stabbed in the eye socket. Only 2 men survived, and are now missing in action, presumed to be hiding in the nearby mountains. In total, Rui lost 848 men, and the army led by Beccaria lost 1146 men.

Now, in Sardinia, people asked "Why was this battle important?" Well, it is for one main reason: Papal just had a victory, and stopped an otherwise unstoppable army. It was their chance to charge the enemy head on, and block any reinforcements. But, the divisons that did retreat survived, until supplies ran out, and they were disbanded. Papal retreated, moving in to defend Rome. With this move, 1,600 infantry moved in to suppourt the main army at the siege of Rome. This battle would decide everything.

The Fourth battle of Rome was fought in late may of 1806, one year after the first war began. Attilio Esposito with his unbeatable artilery was ready, with 6,000 soldiers ready to fight. Papal was lead by Tito Rui, a general that was shot, but not killed. His army consisted of 5,500 men. The enemy dug in, but Esposito followed his gut. Waiting for the enemy was his plan. What was unexpected was how close they were, and the cannons were late to firing, since they needed to be set up. The battle lasted less than 3 hours. With the advancing Papalian units, Tito Rui decided to move in, check in on his units. A stray cannon ball slammed into his side, ripping him into two, and sending his already damaged cavalary units into retreat. Soon after, the armed civilains charged the front line, but were soon taken out with rifles and bayonets. Esposito lost only 1943 men, and Papal losing 5541 men, with only 35 men left for the main army.

People cheered in the streets "Victory! Victory!" The first step towards conquest of italy was complete. Now, it was time to force the nations towards one way, or another.

The Sardinian-Austro-Russo-Anglo War

This war began in Early September of 1806. With the chance of land grab from Austria, Sardinia pushed towards Vienna, and dug in for a seige. In the lead was Attilio Esposito. His army was ready for this fight. His reinforcing army was led by General Leonardo Ferrari. Soon after Venice was under seige, Britain declared war on Sardinia.

The first battle of the war was The Seige of Venice. Attilo Esposito led an army of 6140 men, and Austria had 5,300 men, led by Major Adolf Hahn. The battle began in the morning, with Esposito setting up defenses. His plan was simple like the rest of his plans:Wait for them, then assault. The enemies Major Hahn was simply a paid officer, who gave money to be at his rank. He sent every man that was defending the town to their death. Cannons ripped Hahn's line apart, then the muskets of Esposito's line infantry destroyed them. Within 4 hours, Hahn was forced to retreat. He began to fall back to defend the city, when a barrage of cannon balls ripped into his unit, leaving not a single survivor. Within seconds, the enemy retreated, most hiding in the town.

After this sucess against Austria, Russia joined the war against Sardinia. Now, the people were afraid. What if they reach our land? Well, it was a little fear, since most of the armies they were fighting were in austria. Britain couldn't attack since France was blockading their ways, and Russia couldn't sneak around France or Austria to attack Sardinia.

The second battle of the war was The Siege of Zagreb. The army that had recently taken over Venice quickly moved in to get a foothold on the Balkans. Reinforcement from Rome was not coming, since a rebellion had sparked against them. This battle took place in Early October. 6105 men led by General Esposito against Major Kaspar Roth, with 2950 men. The battle began in the morning, and didn't end till 6 o'clock, a total of 8 hours of fighting. The armed mobs of soldiers massed to the flank of the town, lead by Roth. This became to be known as 'Roth's Charge.' He sent all of his divisons except one right towards the middle, but before his army got there, a cannon ball knocked him off his horse. Later, Sardinian Line Infantry found him, then hung him. After his death, the enemy retreated. Esposito was tempted to send in his cavalry, but did not. The routing enemy turned around, ready to fight again. They did this three times, until they were all killed off or were too wounded to fight. Esposito lost 378 men, and Roth's Army lost all 2950 men.

The third battle of the war wasn't involving any of the external affairs. This was fought on the homeland, and with its own populace. The rebelling Italians near Rome uprised, and attacked Rome. In Rome, an army of 5560 led by Leonardo Ferrari sat patiently. He had no cannons, and was afraid of any assault. The Rebels had an army of 4,900, led by Raul Mazzanti. The battle began in the Morning, with the rebels doing a charge on the city. Most were cut down by the muskets, but soon an entire battle was enraging in the city. Ferrari accidently sent in too many units, forcing them to be fired on by the enemy. Soon, cavalry charged, and disposed of the attackers, but many were killed. Ferrari lost 2,584 men, and the rebels lost 2702 men. Soon after, the last battle against the rebels was fought, with Ferrari having 4751 men, and Mazzanti only having 454 men. The battle ended with total victory.

The Second Siege of Venice began only a month after the rebels in Papal had been removed. This battle was Russia's first move to do something against Sardinia. The army stationed in Venice was all militia men, 5572 strong, with Major Matteo Cetti at the lead. To reinforce, General Ferrari was ready to help, with 5273 men. Russia's General was Ivan Vasilievich Sabaneev, with 5640 strong. This battle was different, this time the enemy had cannons. A day after the news of the Siege, Esposito rushed in to attacked the enemy from behind.

[A.Morphous]

I can't believe you did this as Sardinia...

[Julius]

Alright, Thank you.

[GoneAWOL]

Yea. Well what am I going to do? I promise when I return, I will be posting more, and you can read as much as your heart desires.

[Julius]

Me, that really sucks man..

[GoneAWOL]

Meh, it doesn't work. And if it did, I would have to restart campaign.

[Julius]

Wow.. That sucks man.. If you can't make it run, Try Re-Install it, Might work, I did it sometimes.

[GoneAWOL]

Ja ja! Small break for a couple weeks, doing some stuff and my laptop can't run Napoleon ):

[Julius]

Indeed it does, But Great History anyways. :)

[GoneAWOL]

Its actually fictional history, just reviewing my entire Sardinian Campaign. Just reading it makes it worth while. (:

[Julius]

Favourited Too, Amazing History.