Any tips on winning the Japanese Civil War?

[Mewtini]

This may have been asked before, but I'll be honest, I have no idea how you're supposed to win that thing. You're outnumbered to hell and back, Tokyo is heavily guarded, and your fleet is pitiful compared to the fascists you're fighting, preventing you from making a naval invasion. You cant break through with the forces you have either, and the fascists have forces on the other side to box you in. How the hell are you supposed to win this? For what it's worth, I have no idea why the AI takes this decision, because it can never win this stupid war.

 

[Korik]

You can use PP for soviet division spawn at decision screen.

 

[JOD]

As communist there's a decision to ask the Soviets for help. It gives you 8 fully trained infantry units with artillery support. It's infinitely repeatable I believe.

 

[leefnmajors]

I got less capital ships when it split the navy, but I was able to fight them down to more or less a stand still where they were only using the navy to block convoys and naval invasions.

It takes awhile, but the territories to the north don't have spit for troops in them. Form a good defensive line near Osaka (they'll likely beat you to it and cap it) and send a few men up north to clean that out first. From there, fight defensively until you can get a few extra bodies trained up. Then, start using command power to make force attacks through their lines. With the limited size of the Japanese Home Islands, you'll break through eventually. Might seem like the fascists get more units, but really it's a pretty even split. They might get more of the heavy units (I got one tank division, they got two, etc.), but in reality they're just as limited on supplies, manpower, and space as you are.

Note, I did this as Democratic. Don't know if the territories flip flop when you're Communist, but the same principle applies. Focus your forces and push.