Hello everyone !
While it's not the best Paradoxe game to do it, HOI3 is still a great sandbox to create all sorts of "what if" scenarios. The new custom game mod actually allows you to be more creative with your alternate strategies and it gave me an idea about France.
The plan is to scrap the entire Maginot line in 1936 and use this boost of IC to build a better, larger army and perhaps, who knows, go on the offensive against Germany in a desperate attempt to save Poland !
Removing the entire fortification will give me roughly 75000 IC/day, enough to build 250 (!) standard reserve infantry divisions (3xInf 1xArt). Of course simply building infantry divisions is no fun at all and I would like to hear your strategic thoughts on what I should or should not build. I intended to focus on extra base IC, airplanes and a good amount of motorized divisions but I'm open to all suggestions, with this amount of ressources we can do pretty much whatever we want.
I will start in 1936 to let the AI prepare correctly, and to spice things up a little more, I will not be part of the Allies.
This AAR will also be an opportunity to test some of the new features of the expansion : I will try to focus on intelligence for example even if France can not really afford it, and I should be abble to produce some good looking battleplans for you with the new tools available :happy:.
I would love hear your opinion on how I should use the IC so I will wait for a few suggestions before to actually spend it and post the next update. I will also try to flesh out the experiment with a bit of narration to put you in the mood for this alternate France.
Meanwhile enjoy this first screenshot !
France stands defenseless, but rich.
PS : This is my first AAR, if you have any suggestions let me know ! Also, I am not a native speaker of English so if you spot mistakes do tell me.
While it's not the best Paradoxe game to do it, HOI3 is still a great sandbox to create all sorts of "what if" scenarios. The new custom game mod actually allows you to be more creative with your alternate strategies and it gave me an idea about France.
The plan is to scrap the entire Maginot line in 1936 and use this boost of IC to build a better, larger army and perhaps, who knows, go on the offensive against Germany in a desperate attempt to save Poland !
Removing the entire fortification will give me roughly 75000 IC/day, enough to build 250 (!) standard reserve infantry divisions (3xInf 1xArt). Of course simply building infantry divisions is no fun at all and I would like to hear your strategic thoughts on what I should or should not build. I intended to focus on extra base IC, airplanes and a good amount of motorized divisions but I'm open to all suggestions, with this amount of ressources we can do pretty much whatever we want.
I will start in 1936 to let the AI prepare correctly, and to spice things up a little more, I will not be part of the Allies.
This AAR will also be an opportunity to test some of the new features of the expansion : I will try to focus on intelligence for example even if France can not really afford it, and I should be abble to produce some good looking battleplans for you with the new tools available :happy:.
I would love hear your opinion on how I should use the IC so I will wait for a few suggestions before to actually spend it and post the next update. I will also try to flesh out the experiment with a bit of narration to put you in the mood for this alternate France.
Meanwhile enjoy this first screenshot !
France stands defenseless, but rich.
PS : This is my first AAR, if you have any suggestions let me know ! Also, I am not a native speaker of English so if you spot mistakes do tell me.
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