Expedition force not send

[Gizmo-12]

Hi all,

I send 48 expedition forces to Bulgaria, while he had only 10 units to defend himself vs 20-25 Greece units.

My units never got shown on the map, and Bulgaria lost all his provinces about 1 year later.

What did I do wrong? How can I support my allied players?

Please help,
Gizmo-12

PS: Longer Text got deleated cause of the login to the forum. Hope that short informarion is enough.

 

[Evethor]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

Some questions for you.
- What nation did you play as?
- Are you using Mods?
- Did you send them as expedition or volunteers?
- Could you not just send them there yourself?

 

[Gizmo-12]

Hey Evethor, thanks for your reply.

- I played as Germany.
- I use the Hearts of Iron 4 (Cadet Edition) Steam also shows: Anniversary Pack, Poland - United and ready, Rocket Laucher unit Pack, Wallpaper. It shows Battle of Bosborus on the starting screen and I do have the fan based add on with the historical correct models shown.
- I was at war, so I had to send them as expedition. I know I can't control them then, but I thought I should at least see them in numbers on the map.
- You mean walk directly through Austria, Hungary and Rumania? That might have worked, I didn't try.

Also I was in war with the allied forces, could it be that they destroyed all expedition forces before they arrived?

 

[Bunnytob]

Expeditionary forces don't teleport. They simply switch owner, in exactly the same manner as yoinking troops from puppets.

 

[Gizmo-12]

You mean they just kept standing in my frontline but I just didn't get them listed as mine anymore?
So if I want to support my allies I have to first walk the units to their frontline and then send them as expedition, so they control them further?

 

[Bunnytob]

Yes - at which point it's usually better to control them yourself if you want to do the micro.

 

[Gizmo-12]

Damn it, sure ye, I should have moved them at least to his country then. He just kept them standing.

Many thanks for your help!