Well the advances on the front are most welcome. Some more progress is hoped for before winter sets in again.
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Even if they're only accidentally right (this is after all one of those generic events that can occur under any government type), then a red-letter day for Paradox.In fairness I reckon the 'artel' industrial co-operatives probably count as semi-privately run; worker co-operatives, collectively owned by the members and outside the scope of GOSPLAN and the Five Year plans.
Somewhat surprisingly, given their reputations, Stalin was basically fine with them existing while it was Kruschev who ruthlessly crushed them and nationalised almost all of them, so at this point there is still a bit of 'non-state controlled' industry to seize (though it was mostly craft / light industrial stuff and in no way could it give an 8% IC boost, if anything production would drop when the workers lost motivation).
As always I doubt anyone in Paradox was aware of this, but it is not quite as ridiculous an event as it first seems.
Sleeping soundly. Until the NKVD come knocking in the middle of the night, anyway.The last semi private relics of Lenin's NEP have been foud by his rightful successor and stamped out!
I am sure the workers, peasants and soldiers of the republic sleep a little easier at night now.
Thank you! Things are starting to move along, even if this Far East campaign is proving a long, hard slog - without meaningful US involvement against Japan. Pockets are beginning to form - which is what we really need: to destroy Japanese units, as their MP is still far more than they need for replacements. Two different approaches to Turkey and Spain: one we're hoping to persuade to join, another perhaps a coup launch, but for both we need to build up Communist political power if we can. Malaya? As much an Allied disaster as their Philippines campaign is going well.great episode! it seems like the pieces set in motions in the past 2 months are now falling into place, especially in the north and center. I see no hope for the trapped divisions, but still maybe you can patrol for any transports to get them away?
it also seems like there's a new pocket forming just south of the current one. I think the momentum gained will continue for some time.
mongolia doesn't seem nice, and that's the only negative aspect in an otherwise great month.
2 heli evac techs not reaching to all land and air units respectively is strange. I mean, if foot infantry feels better when there's chance of medevac, mot or mech infantry would too? still, i think the morale boost will be great. radar guided missiles in addition to the medevac techs, we've gone all in to secret techs this month.
good job bringing 2 victory condition countries closer to comintern by all the spectrum of soft to medium power
i'm not going to comment on the malayan peninsula
That new port will soon come into its own. The partisans will, I'm afraid, be allowed to distract and die gallantly for the greater good, without risking any vulnerable Soviet shipping. The next month will determine whether Mongolia survives or is destroyed, as Japanese has been on the cusp of doing for many months. The liberation of Vladivostok will, if/when it comes, be a glorious day. My main concern is, given how hard it has been so far to start winning in the Far East, how will it be when we take on the advanced, numerous and industrially powerful French-led Allies (consisting these days of France, the UK, US, Germany, Italy and all the other smaller powers across the globe.Yes, the Pacific has been reached again, and we already captured a port there as well. The partisans in Nikolaevsk will help by drawing Japanese troops away from the front, allowing the Red Army to grab more beachfront real estate. If the convoys are available, I'd suggest shipping some supplies to the Partisans so they will hold out just that little bit longer.
The only shaky area is Mongolia, but even there, I'm not overly worried, as Soviet forces stand a the ready to Japanese attackers of the temporary Mongolian capital. Both from the North and from the South. The main target has to be to grab as many Japanese-held ports as possible. Mongolia needs to be kept in the fight, nothing more, nothing less, until Japanese supply routes start running dry. Once that pocket has been digested, more forces will be freed up for a southward offensive to liberate Vladivostok.
I'm also glad to see the Soviet Union at the forefront of helicopter technology. Whomever said we don't care about reducing casualties is being proven wrong by our actions in this area.
The GRU is also making great strides. Considering the current political landscape, it does look likely that the Spanish Republic might well join the Comintern, either peacefully, or through a coup.
Communism will triumph in the end, with every passing day I'm more certain of that fact. (in game, not my RL opinion.)
That just about sums up the ruling principle.(Casualties incurred due to rushed testing, inadequate pilot training, poor metallurgical practices, non-existent quality control, drunk pilots, prototypes being rushed into production to meet 5 Year Plan targets and people being shot by the commissar for looking at the picture of Stalin funny are all excluded. Your statutory rights are not affected, because you do not have any.)
We do need to get going and keep going. Once we have momentum, it must be mercilessly and savagely run with it.Well the advances on the front are most welcome. Some more progress is hoped for before winter sets in again.
Then, on 10 September, welcome news came out of the blue – the red, white and blue, to be precise. US Lend-Lease suddenly increased by about 45-50 IC: 116 out of their 604.8 total IC. This allowed the production queue to be brought to 100% capacity, and supply production boosted to 145 IC. The capitalists must have been impressed by the Soviet’s great fight against the Japanese – a foe they themselves seemed to be doing little to fight directly. .
The sharp-eyed among you will have spotted an elementary error that I only noticed as I put the chapter together later, and wondered why there was so little air support provided in the Northern and Central Sectors, then re-checked the screens to see what the stances were. Oops! The AI glitch had, of course, reset them all as well as the objectives – all to defensive across the board! I just didn't notice. Perhaps I’m lucky the front went as well as it did this month, with all four army commanders imbued with such defensive spirit. The inflexible Soviet command structure strikes again.
One might wonder--in fact, I'd imagine that this is absolutely the case--that since the AI can't "remember" plans it made from previous saves (indeed, I wonder sometimes if it will reset itself sometimes), that they just randomly will reset to the default every so often which causes the major issues with how the Naval, Air and Army AIs function in this game... *shrug*
I do know that the normal AI country code forces the AI to re-make its plans every time the game loads up, and only then. Which sometimes leads to odd instances where the ability of the AI to fight depends on the timing of saves and loads, i.e. too frequently or too rarely leads to suboptimal AI planning. I suppose it's not a stretch to assume that the same might (mistakenly, as is Paradox tradition) be applied to player-owned, AI-controlled units.One might wonder--in fact, I'd imagine that this is absolutely the case--that since the AI can't "remember" plans it made from previous saves (indeed, I wonder sometimes if it will reset itself sometimes), that they just randomly will reset to the default every so often which causes the major issues with how the Naval, Air and Army AIs function in this game... *shrug*
I suspect it was that. Unpause while tagged to a different country and all bets are off, you were lucky you didn't tag back into a game of CK2. Just getting the AI scrambled is Paradox letting you off lightly.Not sure what it was - I don’t think it was an accidental unpause and then re-save whilst tagged to France to get screenshots for Allied positions in SEA and Australia for the monthly reports, but I guess it could have been.
Thanks re the cover image - thought I should finally get around to them and I experimented on this one first. The scaling issues involved are a rather confusing balance of widths, formats etc.First of all, GREAT HEADER IMAGE
Great month to be an anti-fascist! That reorganization of the armies was a necessary thing to be done with fresh objectives, and with the stance back to offensive, next month can be even better than this one! The Japanese seem to be finally broken and they'll need to fall back and regroup a bit to be able to offer resistance.
I'm anxious to see a communist Turkey
Certain tech branches has been neglected for so long that, even after researching this much they're still nearly a decade obsolete.
In Australia, both fronts are about to join, good news
It is - I'm hoping my AI commanders can keep up the momentum now. There is still so far to go before we can take down the Japanese, let along go all 'Unthinkable' on the West in Europe. Having a decent stockpile of nukes will be part of it - the Germans had better get ready for some serious revenge pain! The horror!Ahh, this is the sort of month we have been waiting for. Advance on all fronts, and some quite substantial all things considered. We will move into winter in a far better position than we were. What opportunties the next year will bring ... one can hardly wait.
The Great Navy could be a long time coming - lots of subs and a modest amphibious capability are the current limited objectives. We'll see about the future. Rockets, aircraft, nukes and STRAT are the current reasearch and production priorities.Great army, great air force, great navy should be next on the list! The proletariat need to be liberated all over the globe, not just in Eurasia.
Like it!Heh. That reminds me of the IRL historian who said "Victory over Germany was bought with Russian blood and paid for with Spam"
I'm looking forward to see how the AI generals go this month when properly filled with revolutionary zeal again! And now I can start to build up a proper, supplied Pacific Coast base again.Despite the confused orders, this was a great month for the Soviet Union. Up next is the month of the revolution. (or it used to be, at least) Surely the Red Army will put in their best effort then, and the results will be even better. Especially if that Great Red Air Force starts pulling it's weight again. The capture of tens of thousands of prisoners in the Northern pocket would be a great bonus to the festivities. I'm sure Stalin is piling on the pressure for the pocket to be consumed by the 7th of November. If possible, a few select prisoners could even be paraded in front of the crowds to show just how much the Soviet Union is winning this war to liberate Asia's proletariat.
The south was a very pleasant surprise last month - the problem sector ended up being a success story.Excellent progress so far. Even the long-dormant southern sector appears to finally be awakening from its slumber.
One might wonder--in fact, I'd imagine that this is absolutely the case--that since the AI can't "remember" plans it made from previous saves (indeed, I wonder sometimes if it will reset itself sometimes), that they just randomly will reset to the default every so often which causes the major issues with how the Naval, Air and Army AIs function in this game... *shrug*
I think I recall MacGowan having to deal with a similar problem in his alternate World War II AAR in Darkest Hour. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the same limitations applied to HoI3 as well.
I do know that the normal AI country code forces the AI to re-make its plans every time the game loads up, and only then. Which sometimes leads to odd instances where the ability of the AI to fight depends on the timing of saves and loads, i.e. too frequently or too rarely leads to suboptimal AI planning. I suppose it's not a stretch to assume that the same might (mistakenly, as is Paradox tradition) be applied to player-owned, AI-controlled units.
Not sure what it was - I don’t think it was an accidental unpause and then re-save whilst tagged to France to get screenshots for Allied positions in SEA and Australia for the monthly reports, but I guess it could have been. There was that thing on the Persian front before when the su ordinate AI command kept deleting all its objectives on reload, though it hadn’t been happ in the Far East. Just one more thing I’ll have to check on each reboot.
Possibly some or all of the above. I'd been very careful about not un-pausing then saving while tagged when doing all those end of month reports, but no system is foolproof. As to the front, I really want to get Japan taken down and out, as time drags on and the poor oppressed proletariat of Europe cries out for liberation by their Soviet saviours. Ahem.I suspect it was that. Unpause while tagged to a different country and all bets are off, you were lucky you didn't tag back into a game of CK2. Just getting the AI scrambled is Paradox letting you off lightly.
The proletariat continue to advance (except where they don't) and Japan is being pushed back. Keep up this progress during the autumn and then, when General Winter has joined our ranks, unleash the Siberian troops and drive the fascist into sea. To achieve anything less would be clear evidence of wrecking and sabotage and proof the Red Army needs another purge.
Welcome back! The Japanese could be running into supply problems (I do check the battle readouts for that as I go along). They certainly are in that pocket, not so sure about the rest of the front. I can hope so!Just caught back up. Lots of nice advances this month. I wonder if the Japanese are running into supply issues as well. Your advances the last two months have cut their portion of the trans-siberian rail line so their western section may be seeing problems related to adjusting supply routes.
On a slightly delayed note the comments on the Russians cutting ships into sections and shipping them into Vladivostok for reassembly and launch made me think that is not anything really new (except for the shipping distance). During the American revolution the British dissambled a ship sloop in Quebec and hauled up to Lake Champlain where it was reassembled and used in the battles to clear the lake. I guess ideas like that may seem new but have been done before.
I'm not sure but I think a node is a province with more than 10% infra?[NB: I'm not sure what the difference, if any, is between a 'node' and a 'province' in this context.]
One such opportunity can also happen around the Pacific coastA small encirclement might be possible east of Lake Baikal.
It seems all will be POWs, good result!The Japanese defences had collapsed in Australia by mid-month. Some remnants were now pocketed, the rest heading towards Adelaide [which, in-game, inexplicably does not include a port – though that is good for the Allies now]. Canberra had been retaken in the first half of the month and re-established as the capital.
Fast increase! Nazım Hikmet, Pertev Naili Boratav et al are coming to ruleTurkey started and finished with one team, adding and losing one during the month, while neutralising two Soviet agents. But the Communist Party in Turkey had been boosted from 7% to 10% popularity by the end of the month.