Conquer Manchuria as Japan

[AddMinus]

Is there any way to conquer Manchuria as Japan?

I was thinking I could let Nat. China take it then annex it from them, however I only want Manchuria not all of China.

Is this possible?

I only have the base game and with HOI4 just round the corner, I doubt I will buy the expansions. But, would "seize the coast" work? Does this include Manchuria if you loose it?

Also can I make Shanxi fight Nat. China after I puppet them?

Any help would be great.

 

[Didz]

You mean change the status of a puppet state to annexed I assume. It ought to be possible but I don't know how the game would handle it. Seems a bit contrived to involve a third party state (like China) in the process though.

 

[Afganitia]

Console comands. Annex them directly.

 

[JuicedGoose]

Is there any way to conquer Manchuria as Japan?

I was thinking I could let Nat. China take it then annex it from them, however I only want Manchuria not all of China.

Is this possible?

I only have the base game and with HOI4 just round the corner, I doubt I will buy the expansions. But, would "seize the coast" work? Does this include Manchuria if you loose it?

Also can I make Shanxi fight Nat. China after I puppet them?

Any help would be great.

In one of my past games I tried leaving the Chinese/Shanxi border undefended. Shanxi does a good job of getting into Manchukuo, but it is a long process.

If you leave the Chinese fleet alone long enough, they may try a naval invasion somewhere. Keep the Chinese Navy bottled up in the Yellow Sea & defend Korea so the landing is in Dalian. The Chinese will then proceed into Manchukuo speeding up that process.

But yeah, console commands would be faster & easier.

Press "~" then type "surrender MAN JAP"

Here is a list of console commands:
http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi3wiki/Cheat_codes

As for your question about the Seize the Coast event, IIRC, you would have to retake all of Manchukuo before the event fires.

Puppeting Shanxi makes them your ally, so they would fight whichever country you are fighting.

 

[Wraith11B]

I was pretty sure that the "Seize the Coast" event was not introduced until TFH, which he doesn't have.

 

[JuicedGoose]

I was pretty sure that the "Seize the Coast" event was not introduced until TFH, which he doesn't have.

I overlooked that, thanks for pointing it out.