Let's Play : Hearts of Iron 3 - [Entry 20 - Atop Mountain Peaks]
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Well yes. Letting someone else do all the work while you yell out "helpful" suggestions is the best bit of LPs. : D
Hey! Hey, Octorok! I know! Invade Brazil! They're not expecting a German invasion, and you could invade the USA from there! I totally promise nothing could go wrong!Burninator said:
That certainly sounds like a very "helpful" suggestion.
Man, come ot think of it, you know where else they'd never expect you to invade?
The antarctic.
They don't even have defenses there! And it'd make a great base for naval operations against Australia and the US!
Man, come ot think of it, you know where else they'd never expect you to invade?
The antarctic.
They don't even have defenses there! And it'd make a great base for naval operations against Australia and the US!
I will have to take Iceland, yes. Shouldn't be that hard. No real defences, and I just destroyed a lot of the garrison.Melon Hunter said:
Thanks. The Soviet Union scares me. They'll be able to betray the non-aggression pact in July, and I'd say they have roughly 3 million men, to my 1.8 million, however my forces are significantly better.
Weirdly, they've barely garrisoned their Western border with me. I guess since I physically can't be threat, due to the non-aggression pact, and since I have only a tiny force on their border, the AI thought it a better idea to put the units elsewhere (possibly hiding its force from me in the fog of war).
I was going to annex Vichy France, after I took Spain. See, I saw the danger of attacking Vichy France (putting it automatically in the Allies), and the Allies invading through the undefended border.Fat_Hippo said:Nice one, once again you humiliate the Allies completely.
And yeah, might as well take Portugal, can't be too hard.
Also, is there anything stopping you from annexing Vichy-France? Your armies are in the area anyway, and the whole thing just seems pointless. It's weird the game doesn't let you make that decision yourself.
My intention was to get rid of the Allied presence, then take Vichy. However, when the Allies attacking them, they were automatically placed in the Axis, and you can't declare war on nations in your faction.
Pretty much. The ability to deploy Paratroopers and Tactical Bombers, coupled with the extra front in Vichy France (allowing me to spread out, and to find easier paths through the mountains). After the two columns broke through along the Northern and Southern coasts, with my enormous Paratrooper force in Madrid, it was over. All I had to do was move into the Victory Provinces, basically unopposed.Burninator said:
The airbases were too near my troops to be realistically threatened, and my men fanned out rapidly to stop them from severing my army from France, although, even if they had done that, I'd still have been able to resupply by sea.
Well, since I already made the decision, I don't think I can salvage it. And frankly, at this stage, I don't need the resources. I'm already at the max amount of the materials the forts would give me, partly due to my preposterous Empire, and partly due to savvy trade deals.
Unfortunately, the way the faction system works (to stop the player gaming the AI by popping in and out of major wars), means that I must fight the US until one of us surrenders.
Well, partly because it's not that expensive a project (forts are reasonably priced, but take a while to build up. I want them in place, at full-strength, by 1945, in case I fail in Russia) I also do fear an attack from the Soviet Union, and while I said that a line of forts is a better defence, this way, I can guarantee my Victory Provinces.
I don't think that Africa is at all well defended. I'll research the Afrika Korps once I get the prerequisites.
When in the Soviet Union, the chief goal is the destruction of the Red Army, and you could call the seizing of the cities as a "Secondary Objective". I know both are important, but it's dangerously easy to let yourself be content with pushing them back and sitting in Moscow, but they will counterattack again and again until your men are just ground down.
Virtually every nation in Europe is so scared of us, they get in line behind us.
Unfortunately, I can no longer declare war on Vichy France, due to them joining my faction automatically from the Allies declaration of war.
I enjoy and appreciate the input of you guys, it's just that (in cases like the Allies invading Vichy France) circumstances change, and I am forced to react in a different way.Fat_Hippo said:I love how every comment (including mine) in this LP is people going "Do this!" and "Try this!" It's like we're Octoroks board of advisors...which Octorok doesn't listen to, mostly for the better.
And things like the invasion of the UK - it was a gamble. The comments were almost evenly split down the middle as to what I should do.
This is true. Discussing strategy is fun, for me as well as you.Burninator said:
Strictly speaking, not impossible, or even that bad an idea. My only problem is the operational range of my transports.Melon Hunter said:
That's definitely beyond the operational range of my transports.Burninator said:
Excuses! >: [
Awh. Oh well. Do you at least have access to their ports?
Any chance of an alliance with finland in particular? Their airfields might help.
This is interesting. I always thought that the soviet union's major advantage lay in their industrial strength. Population, resources and (slowly growing) industrial infrastructure. Germany got horribly outproduced in WWII because they didn't seize the industrial centres before the soviets kicked their production into gear. If you just take out their armies, won't they just form and equip another one?
Also, also, how about this. Operation Tajus. I've slept on the whole idea of the 'Africa Korps', and while it was effective to a point in The Original, the push through africa to the middle east would be both time and resource-intensive. Plus, you have a strong amphibious force hanging around, right, as well as control of the mediterranean, right?
So how about this. Move your landing ships into the mediterranean. Then, instead of sloughing your way through africa on land, you stage a series of landings along the coast with infantry and mechanized infantry. If you deploy, I dunno, 200 k men, you could Probably create 4 well-equipped amphibious armies. You focus on the cities and coastlines and work your way along africa, then do the same thing with the middle east. Probably wrap up africa within 3 months, and the middle east within another 3?
Would that work? It'd be easier on your supply lines, and given the disarray of forces there, I hardly think there'll be much opposition. You could hop from port to port and then just stage a massed landing.
Taking turkey would be attractive as well, because black sea access, but I dunno how long that'd take. Having control over that particular body of water would definitely help with the invading russia bit. Definitely easier than going through iran.
Operation tajus cause, when you're done, your mediterranean empire will look remarkably like the furthest extension of the Roman empire under Emperor Tajus. : D
Getting Turkey to join the Axis is actually one of his goals, if I remember correctly, but that would work too of course, as long as he can move his units through the area.Burninator said:
Overall, this sounds like it could be fun (always the most important thing about major military operations!) One concern though: Is Italy in the Axis now or not? Otherwise, Libya would get in the way.
Argh, forgot about that. You have too many allies.
Eh. Your main interest in africa was to cement your control of the mediterranean anyway, as well as providing a land route to the middle east. But but since you already seem to reign supreme (or so I choose to assume), the former is redundant, and the latter can be more easily achieved via landings. I still think the coastline is rich enough to warrant attention (and the ports and dockyards might come in useful for resupply purposes), but if Italy's got lybia under control and you don't have to spend valuable time capturing tripoli, all the better.
Edit: Aaaah, what are these badges?
Edit2: And now justin bieber is everywhere. Jegus.
OHAI.
Hello, everybody! We had some pretty rough storms here on Thursday that knocked out my internet, and obviously, I was in no position to tell you that my internet was out.
I've got work to do today, but I've got a big backlog of content (luckily my power didn't go out, so I've got a nice, long entry to be typed up) that I promise I'll get done by tomorrow at the latest.
I apologise for this delay, and for another one - I'll be out of town this Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but to make up for it I'll try to be extra productive.
Thank you for your patience.
Hello, everybody! We had some pretty rough storms here on Thursday that knocked out my internet, and obviously, I was in no position to tell you that my internet was out.
I've got work to do today, but I've got a big backlog of content (luckily my power didn't go out, so I've got a nice, long entry to be typed up) that I promise I'll get done by tomorrow at the latest.
I apologise for this delay, and for another one - I'll be out of town this Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but to make up for it I'll try to be extra productive.
Thank you for your patience.
[HEADING=2]Entry 12 - Preparation[/HEADING]
Today's title refers to the fact that I spend this entire entry desperately scrabbling to be in position to fight a war with the enormously strong USSR.
Time to eliminate the remaining British forces in Spain, and while I had intended to conquer Vichy France, it was suddenly off-limits due to the game's faction mechanics (when a faction declares war on a neutral nation, it immediately joins the opposing faction, and you can't declare war on countries inside your own faction)... or was it?
[sup]Oh, and I'll deal with Portugal when I'm in a position to take their overseas holdings.[/sup]
See, another game mechanic that allows you to make historical decisions at your own discretion. For instance, you can "decide" to declare war on France and the Low Countries, or you can use the Diplomatic Interface to do so.
In this case, I have a decision to invade Vichy France to secure my flank in France, and it overrides the faction mechanics.
As a result of this, France (which still existed in the form of a colonial government) inherits Vichy France.
Now, since Vichy France had the military capacity of my grandmother, it instantly surrenders all territory in France (but not Africa) to the German army that was just hanging around there.
That was a little complex, so I'll summarise - the French government proudly took back Southern France, then instantly surrendered it to Germany without a shot fired.
I'd make a joke here about the French and surrendering, but seriously? That was a laughably simply way of taking over a small nation's worth of industry and resources, not to mention Mediterranean ports.
I seize the undefended stronghold of Gibraltar. I'll use it to launch an invasion of Africa, not to mention the fact that I can strangle American and Canadian convoys through the Mediterranean.
I also begin the large movement of troops back into France. I've no time to waste in garrisoning my Eastern Front. The Russians are starting to flood the border with men, and the Non-Aggression Pact runs out pretty soon.
In response to the American presence in the North Atlantic, I assemble a small invasion force in Scotland.
Iceland falls pretty easily, pushing the American raiding parties further out of my convoy's range.
It has to be mentioned, the devastating effect that convoy raiding has on my people. Bizarrely, even military supply convoys count the same as civilian convoys, so my National Unity is really, really bad after a few years of convoy attacks.
Conveniently, just as my men gather in Southern Spain, I finish work on a new transport fleet to invade Africa.
I mentioned the convoy raiding thing to justify my next move - I'm invading Greenland. Militarily unimportant, and so far away that it can only raid the convoys to the garrison on Iceland, it looks insane, but I have to stop the effect on my National Unity.
Unsurprisingly, Greenland isn't the best place to conduct a war. My men are well equipped for Winter Warfare, but the terrain isn't exactly ideal for me to move around.
At last, the convoy raids end. In case you can't see in the screenshot, it just says that there have been no raids on my convoys for two weeks.
At last, my National Unity stops plummeting. Unfortunately, in the time it would take to get it back to what it used to be, I could have constructed a 1:1 copy of the Great Wall of China out of LEGO.
The first German troops land in Africa. Now, my plan is to make a mad dash through North Africa and the Middle East, putting me in a position to invade the Southern Soviet Union, while simultaneously breaking British power in Egypt and Iraq.
I land reinforcements and push on. Three divisions are headed South, down the coast of West Africa, the rest will head East, through French North Africa and into Egypt.
The three sister nations are finally brought together, with Japan and Italy joining the Axis.
I need Japan to distract the Americans, and I need Italy to help me defeat the British in Egypt.
As an aside, Italy was Allied with Hungary, but now that their fate is tied to mine, I can invade Hungary without Italian intervention.
German forces cross the Hungarian border. I don't need this many divisions for a campaign of this size, but I'm in a hurry, and I want to roll swiftly on through Southern Europe.
Hours later, I attack Switzerland. Nothing personal, it's just neater to not leave any potential problems lying around in the heart of my Empire.
Things in Africa are going well. By November, I've already reached Tunis.
Despite my success, the resistance in Africa is stronger than I anticipated. On closer inspection, this is due to an American Expeditionary Force under French command.
It's a bit jarring, jumping between theatres like this, but I need to fight these campaigns simultaneously. I take Budapest.
The Swiss surrender to Germany without much of a fight. They've got some nice forts here, and it occurs to me that Switzerland might make a good defensive point if the Allies invade through Italy.
In a similar vein, Hungary surrenders. I know I *could* invite these nations to join the Axis, due to our idealogical similarities, but I don't want to share the spoils of war with these guys, nor do I want them as weak points in my battle line.
It's not without historical basis. After all, was it not Romanian troops who failed to hold the flanks at Stalingrad, allowing the encirclement of the German Sixth Army?
Humph. I can't conquer any further South, because the Sahara doesn't have very good roads. Not exactly a surprise, but I'll have to continue this offensive at a later date, with some naval support.
The Italians reach Egypt! This is kind of why I needed them in the Axis. Partly because I needed passage through Libya, but mostly because I can use their manpower as a human shield to batter the British all the way back to India.
However, their attack stalls just short of Alexandria. Come on, guys! You have one front, and you managed to lose it after one month?!
Huh. In what cannot be called a "wise" move, Greece joins the Allies. OK. I was going to conquer you guys anyway, but I suppose you just really wanted to lose the war sooner.
The British successfully counterattack the Italians just as the first 6 German divisions arrive. Phew, barely in time.
I blunt the British counterattack, rallying the Italians for another push on Egypt.
I've not exactly been kind to history in this playthrough, but I still find this humourous. I win the battle of El Alamein.
I now develop an even more sophisticated type of rocket, the world's first true long-range ballistic missile.
After manning the border, I move straight on into Romania.
At the same time, I launch a surprise naval attack on Greece.
Given that they were preparing for an overland attack through Bulgaria, I can run around behind their lines with blissful freedom.
Just as I try (unsuccessfully) to cross the defensive position at the Suez Canal, I achieve a breakthrough in Nuclear Research.
I can now build the world's first Nuclear Reactor.
The British force in Egypt is larger than I had anticipated. Military Intel suggests that this Army is the combined strength of South Africa, British Africa and Egypt, the British Middle East and India.
Perhaps a little ironically, Greece surrenders without one major battle.
I say "ironically" simply because Hitler counted the Greeks as some of his boldest enemies, whereas I took more casualties invading Ireland than Greece.
In a secret location in Eastern Germany, I begin construction of our first Nuclear Reactor.
This will speed up work on our primary goal in that field - the Nuclear Bomb.
I seize Bucharest, and carry on into Romania.
An enormous Wolfpack arrives, ready to shred the Allied supply convoys to the Middle East.
The Italians have already established Naval Dominance in the Mediterranean, but I'd like to secure the passage to the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.
The final group of Allied forces left on this side of the Suez Canal is encircled by Italian forces, although it is the Germans who actually defeat them in battle, after repeated failed attacks from the Italians.
30,000 British soldiers surrender to the German Third Army after two weeks of fighting.
Romania finally surrenders, handing over their beautiful 25% bonus to Oil and Fuel production.
With the threat of the French Army in North Africa abolished, the rest of the troops in North Africa land behind the British position just up the road from Tel Aviv.
As British defenders rush to counter this new threat, and with heavy Luftwaffe support, the Italians force a crossing of the Suez Canal.
There aren't any screenshots of what happened next, for some reason, but it can be represented visually like this (without the American flag, obviously) -
Feel free to replace the truck with a dinosaur, or Zeus, and the car with something pitiful.
I'd also like to take you aside at this stage to say HOLY BALLS! The American industry has absolutely skyrocketed, to the point where it's now better than my own.
I kind of discounted the Americans as a threat after they lost in Scotland and Africa, but at that industrial rate, they will present a major threat to me inside a year, maybe two.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they land in Western Europe or Africa before I've even won in Russia.
This having caught my eye, I decide to check up on Japanese progress. Ahh... That's... that's not good.
The Chinese have soundly whipped the Japanese, having pushed them back out of China, into Manchuria, and soon into Korea.
Even if the Japanese somehow come up with a spare 100 crack divisions and get rid of the Chinese, the United States will able to crush them without breaking stride.
Anything to delay their arrival in Europe, I suppose.
To unite my Empire, I launch an invasion of Bulgaria from both sides.
Iraq surrenders. I'm now running a race against time to be in position to invade the Soviet Union in Spring 1943.
My men are trying to man the border from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and I'm desperately trying to get to the Caucasus.
Bulgaria surrenders, and I'm thinking I can just make it, when...
On the First of April, 1943, the Soviet Union declares war on Germany.
It begins...
END OF ENTRY 12
Today's title refers to the fact that I spend this entire entry desperately scrabbling to be in position to fight a war with the enormously strong USSR.
Time to eliminate the remaining British forces in Spain, and while I had intended to conquer Vichy France, it was suddenly off-limits due to the game's faction mechanics (when a faction declares war on a neutral nation, it immediately joins the opposing faction, and you can't declare war on countries inside your own faction)... or was it?
[sup]Oh, and I'll deal with Portugal when I'm in a position to take their overseas holdings.[/sup]
See, another game mechanic that allows you to make historical decisions at your own discretion. For instance, you can "decide" to declare war on France and the Low Countries, or you can use the Diplomatic Interface to do so.
In this case, I have a decision to invade Vichy France to secure my flank in France, and it overrides the faction mechanics.
As a result of this, France (which still existed in the form of a colonial government) inherits Vichy France.
Now, since Vichy France had the military capacity of my grandmother, it instantly surrenders all territory in France (but not Africa) to the German army that was just hanging around there.
That was a little complex, so I'll summarise - the French government proudly took back Southern France, then instantly surrendered it to Germany without a shot fired.
I'd make a joke here about the French and surrendering, but seriously? That was a laughably simply way of taking over a small nation's worth of industry and resources, not to mention Mediterranean ports.
I seize the undefended stronghold of Gibraltar. I'll use it to launch an invasion of Africa, not to mention the fact that I can strangle American and Canadian convoys through the Mediterranean.
I also begin the large movement of troops back into France. I've no time to waste in garrisoning my Eastern Front. The Russians are starting to flood the border with men, and the Non-Aggression Pact runs out pretty soon.
In response to the American presence in the North Atlantic, I assemble a small invasion force in Scotland.
Iceland falls pretty easily, pushing the American raiding parties further out of my convoy's range.
It has to be mentioned, the devastating effect that convoy raiding has on my people. Bizarrely, even military supply convoys count the same as civilian convoys, so my National Unity is really, really bad after a few years of convoy attacks.
Conveniently, just as my men gather in Southern Spain, I finish work on a new transport fleet to invade Africa.
I mentioned the convoy raiding thing to justify my next move - I'm invading Greenland. Militarily unimportant, and so far away that it can only raid the convoys to the garrison on Iceland, it looks insane, but I have to stop the effect on my National Unity.
Unsurprisingly, Greenland isn't the best place to conduct a war. My men are well equipped for Winter Warfare, but the terrain isn't exactly ideal for me to move around.
At last, the convoy raids end. In case you can't see in the screenshot, it just says that there have been no raids on my convoys for two weeks.
At last, my National Unity stops plummeting. Unfortunately, in the time it would take to get it back to what it used to be, I could have constructed a 1:1 copy of the Great Wall of China out of LEGO.
The first German troops land in Africa. Now, my plan is to make a mad dash through North Africa and the Middle East, putting me in a position to invade the Southern Soviet Union, while simultaneously breaking British power in Egypt and Iraq.
I land reinforcements and push on. Three divisions are headed South, down the coast of West Africa, the rest will head East, through French North Africa and into Egypt.
The three sister nations are finally brought together, with Japan and Italy joining the Axis.
I need Japan to distract the Americans, and I need Italy to help me defeat the British in Egypt.
As an aside, Italy was Allied with Hungary, but now that their fate is tied to mine, I can invade Hungary without Italian intervention.
German forces cross the Hungarian border. I don't need this many divisions for a campaign of this size, but I'm in a hurry, and I want to roll swiftly on through Southern Europe.
Hours later, I attack Switzerland. Nothing personal, it's just neater to not leave any potential problems lying around in the heart of my Empire.
Things in Africa are going well. By November, I've already reached Tunis.
Despite my success, the resistance in Africa is stronger than I anticipated. On closer inspection, this is due to an American Expeditionary Force under French command.
It's a bit jarring, jumping between theatres like this, but I need to fight these campaigns simultaneously. I take Budapest.
The Swiss surrender to Germany without much of a fight. They've got some nice forts here, and it occurs to me that Switzerland might make a good defensive point if the Allies invade through Italy.
In a similar vein, Hungary surrenders. I know I *could* invite these nations to join the Axis, due to our idealogical similarities, but I don't want to share the spoils of war with these guys, nor do I want them as weak points in my battle line.
It's not without historical basis. After all, was it not Romanian troops who failed to hold the flanks at Stalingrad, allowing the encirclement of the German Sixth Army?
Humph. I can't conquer any further South, because the Sahara doesn't have very good roads. Not exactly a surprise, but I'll have to continue this offensive at a later date, with some naval support.
The Italians reach Egypt! This is kind of why I needed them in the Axis. Partly because I needed passage through Libya, but mostly because I can use their manpower as a human shield to batter the British all the way back to India.
However, their attack stalls just short of Alexandria. Come on, guys! You have one front, and you managed to lose it after one month?!
Huh. In what cannot be called a "wise" move, Greece joins the Allies. OK. I was going to conquer you guys anyway, but I suppose you just really wanted to lose the war sooner.
The British successfully counterattack the Italians just as the first 6 German divisions arrive. Phew, barely in time.
I blunt the British counterattack, rallying the Italians for another push on Egypt.
I've not exactly been kind to history in this playthrough, but I still find this humourous. I win the battle of El Alamein.
I now develop an even more sophisticated type of rocket, the world's first true long-range ballistic missile.
After manning the border, I move straight on into Romania.
At the same time, I launch a surprise naval attack on Greece.
Given that they were preparing for an overland attack through Bulgaria, I can run around behind their lines with blissful freedom.
Just as I try (unsuccessfully) to cross the defensive position at the Suez Canal, I achieve a breakthrough in Nuclear Research.
I can now build the world's first Nuclear Reactor.
The British force in Egypt is larger than I had anticipated. Military Intel suggests that this Army is the combined strength of South Africa, British Africa and Egypt, the British Middle East and India.
Perhaps a little ironically, Greece surrenders without one major battle.
I say "ironically" simply because Hitler counted the Greeks as some of his boldest enemies, whereas I took more casualties invading Ireland than Greece.
In a secret location in Eastern Germany, I begin construction of our first Nuclear Reactor.
This will speed up work on our primary goal in that field - the Nuclear Bomb.
I seize Bucharest, and carry on into Romania.
An enormous Wolfpack arrives, ready to shred the Allied supply convoys to the Middle East.
The Italians have already established Naval Dominance in the Mediterranean, but I'd like to secure the passage to the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.
The final group of Allied forces left on this side of the Suez Canal is encircled by Italian forces, although it is the Germans who actually defeat them in battle, after repeated failed attacks from the Italians.
30,000 British soldiers surrender to the German Third Army after two weeks of fighting.
Romania finally surrenders, handing over their beautiful 25% bonus to Oil and Fuel production.
With the threat of the French Army in North Africa abolished, the rest of the troops in North Africa land behind the British position just up the road from Tel Aviv.
As British defenders rush to counter this new threat, and with heavy Luftwaffe support, the Italians force a crossing of the Suez Canal.
There aren't any screenshots of what happened next, for some reason, but it can be represented visually like this (without the American flag, obviously) -
Feel free to replace the truck with a dinosaur, or Zeus, and the car with something pitiful.
I'd also like to take you aside at this stage to say HOLY BALLS! The American industry has absolutely skyrocketed, to the point where it's now better than my own.
I kind of discounted the Americans as a threat after they lost in Scotland and Africa, but at that industrial rate, they will present a major threat to me inside a year, maybe two.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they land in Western Europe or Africa before I've even won in Russia.
This having caught my eye, I decide to check up on Japanese progress. Ahh... That's... that's not good.
The Chinese have soundly whipped the Japanese, having pushed them back out of China, into Manchuria, and soon into Korea.
Even if the Japanese somehow come up with a spare 100 crack divisions and get rid of the Chinese, the United States will able to crush them without breaking stride.
Anything to delay their arrival in Europe, I suppose.
To unite my Empire, I launch an invasion of Bulgaria from both sides.
Iraq surrenders. I'm now running a race against time to be in position to invade the Soviet Union in Spring 1943.
My men are trying to man the border from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and I'm desperately trying to get to the Caucasus.
Bulgaria surrenders, and I'm thinking I can just make it, when...
On the First of April, 1943, the Soviet Union declares war on Germany.
It begins...
END OF ENTRY 12
Great post, loads of action! I'd like to see one big screenshot showing the whole of the German empire as it stands now.
Also funny seeing the Italians be almost as incompetent as they really were.
I just hope you've got your eastern border locked down tighter than a nuns chastity belt. Let's get ready to rummmmblllleeeeeeeee!
Also funny seeing the Italians be almost as incompetent as they really were.
I just hope you've got your eastern border locked down tighter than a nuns chastity belt. Let's get ready to rummmmblllleeeeeeeee!
It begins.
Nice update. The monster truck picture made me giggle. Very fitting. Uhm.
Well, the war's pretty damn annoying, I suppose. As is Japan's incompetence. Still, maybe you can use the soviet agression to your advantage. I'm guessing your forces are a lot more spread-out than you'd like them to be, but have some ground to lose in Eastern Europe, right? Can you sacrifice some of that ground to blunt the soviet advance while you flank them from the middle east? Their supply lines can't be strong, particularly with the state of the eastern european infrastructure. Delay their advance while consolidating your forces, then launch a thrust of your own to shatter their forces, while your middle eastern armies drive onwards towards their industry.
Is that viable?
Also, if you could land some tanks in Leningrad, you could really fuck with their supply lines and major cities. Especially if you do it while their armies are tied up in eastern europe.
Is that viable?
Also, I'm not sure about the US economy, but I'm thinking if you manage to keep them off you until the soviet defeat, you should be allright. How strongly can you impair their navy with your wolfpacks? Preventing a landing is pretty high-priority I'd imagine.
Nice update. The monster truck picture made me giggle. Very fitting. Uhm.
Well, the war's pretty damn annoying, I suppose. As is Japan's incompetence. Still, maybe you can use the soviet agression to your advantage. I'm guessing your forces are a lot more spread-out than you'd like them to be, but have some ground to lose in Eastern Europe, right? Can you sacrifice some of that ground to blunt the soviet advance while you flank them from the middle east? Their supply lines can't be strong, particularly with the state of the eastern european infrastructure. Delay their advance while consolidating your forces, then launch a thrust of your own to shatter their forces, while your middle eastern armies drive onwards towards their industry.
Is that viable?
Also, if you could land some tanks in Leningrad, you could really fuck with their supply lines and major cities. Especially if you do it while their armies are tied up in eastern europe.
Is that viable?
Also, I'm not sure about the US economy, but I'm thinking if you manage to keep them off you until the soviet defeat, you should be allright. How strongly can you impair their navy with your wolfpacks? Preventing a landing is pretty high-priority I'd imagine.
Fat_Hippo said:
Martin Loake said:
On the Soviet situation - it's not bad, but not good either.Burninator said:
On the one hand, I have no advantage of surprise, my forces aren't at 100% strength on the border, and I'm still not quite at the Soviet border with Turkey.
On the other, I do actually have the border manned, and the extra men I was hoping to get into position in time for the invasion are only a few provinces away. Also, the only obstacle between me and the Caucasus is Turkey, which I'm pretty certain I can take.
Also, I have one enormous advantage due to my compulsive pausing of the game - the Soviets haven't actually commenced their attack yet.
Their declaration of war came before their attack, not alongside it. As it stands, I can counterattack them before they actually attack me. Also, my operational technology means that my army can coordinate attacks literally days faster than my enemy, meaning that even if I attack at the same time as them, my men will still cross the border before theirs do.
Unfortunately, I'm venturing into the unknown. I have absolutely no idea if they will stand my attack, or I theirs. I have no idea what their numbers are any more.
Ladies and Gentlemen - it's Do or Die time.
That was a great update!
Can't wait to see how this turns out!
Let's hope you continue to go against history.
Can't wait to see how this turns out!
Let's hope you continue to go against history.
Also, I'm german, and, as I mentioned, a bit of a WWII nut. If we have a particularly remarkable battle/unit/event (Wunder von Metz style), I could try to write up a bit of a POV for one of the combatants/participants. If you guys would like that?