As for the "strategy" this round: as I said earlier, Middenland is 13 000 points behind at the Brüstenbrucke, and they need to post over 15 000 points if they want to stop us getting Bechafen. It's very unlikely that they will do both, right? And if they attack the Brucke, they won't have enough points to contest Bechafen, so I say, let them do.
I think our best bet is to start securing Bechafen as fast as we can (no need to wait 'till the end of the round, I think everyone will expect this), and post a lot of battles there to get even more ahead.
If we are
sure that we have enough points, and it looks like the Brucke is safe, we can do other things, such as turn the heat back on at Kaltenbach, but that'd be a luxury.