1.3 Beta + Small MP mod = French Horde

[kadrush]

1936 Germany

1.3 Beta = After my first game, I faced serious manpower problens. AI also faced those problens, France, GB, USA and Russia quickly spent their Mp only being able to field small and weakened armies.

So I decided to mod again laws.txt file, increasing MP and officer bonus, from 0% at volunteer army to 75% and Service by Requirement. Also I changed IC bonus on economic laws, to keep pace with the extra MP and to help build and supply of huge armies. I did such changes before, but the combination of those changes with 1.3 beta patch proved awsome.

1939 = The great war has began

DoW on check republic followed by suprise Allied DoW on me. Unprepared Polish troops broke trough my territory and advance almost 100km before I was able to regroup and halt them. I also almost lost east prussia to them until i could regroup and defeat them.

1939 = France VS Nat Spain, Italy and Germany.

While I was distracted on Poland Italy and Nat Spain attacked France, but were uickly halted, after a few weeks France have pushed into their territory . Also GB reinforced Gibraltar and started to push north into Nat Spain.

Those facts forced me to play a high risk gamble.
1-I sent my paratrooper army to stabilize the spanish front near the original french border.
2-Sent my marine army by a high risk sea travel to stabilize the southern spanish front. On the way I faced some frenc BB´s, but couldnt sunk them or loose any ship (altough some were damage).

1939 = Present time.

The front has became stable. My paratrooper army stabilized northern spanish front, while took 4 months to my marines to defeat the British in southern spain and conquer gibraltar.
I moved my forces from defeated poland and attacked netherlands and belgium. I just took Paris, after 2 months, but the resistance is increasing and the maginot line still holds a gigantic army on it, threating my flank.
France still have 600 MP left (from original 1.4 thanks to my mod, which influences initial MP for every nation)
GB still has 1.4 million MP left, URSS 2 million, USA 1.5 million. Japan still has 1.2 million and is halted in their Chinese offensive (lack of suplies I guess). Italy has 1 million MP, but both doesnt seems to be expanding their army (altough they are concentrating on building up their fleet, Italians concentrating on BB fleet while japanise were focusing on DD fleet)

And the game has just begun

Thanks Paradox for 1.3 and the chance to mod core game files without a problem.

 

[kadrush]

1939 = Fall of france

After the fall of Paris, I paradrooped on french new Capital on Marseille. It was defended but after several days of fighting france finnaly surrendered. I moved my army group A to berlin to rest and refit (it was november, winter was coming).

1940 = Why wait for the USA? I can do D day allllll by myself, and hey, America, you are going to loose all the fun, says Churchill.

And GB really did it, I left my army group B containg the 4th and 5th armies and something like 18 divisions to defend france. Vi armee corp with 3 division was in charge of defending Cherbourg.

And them, GB attacked from channel islands with more than 20 divisions (supposing they use only triangular divs) quickly routing my VI armeekorp. Now it is february 1940 and 2nd panzer army is on a race from Berlin to Caen to help XI and VI armeecorp to hold the british and send them back to the ocean.

 

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Looks like the AI is fully active in this game !