New Japanese campaign and various problems

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I have done a new campaign with Japan, Collie v1.10.8.

I have finally managed to defeat China and beyond. Here main approach:
- Japan industry is pathetic, civilian industry used to improved civilian industries; it will be used also for importing resources;
- Japan military situation is pathetic, with a lot of missing equipment and weapons; I have built few divisions, I have concetrated the pathetic industrial effort on building missing equipments/weapons;
- The starting templates are pathetic, I used the points available as soon as possible to improve the divisions, but without too many results;
- No conflict with the United States, absurd to disperse on several fronts;
- The beginning of the conflict with China was resolved by a stroke of luck, the Chinese reorganized the troops and opened a gap that I was able to exploit for a better positioning. After that it was a long war.
- I don't know why, but the Soviets sent hundreds of planes to help China.
- No use of plans and other automatisms. They only served to make me lose.
- Once the absurd limit of the Marco Polo Bridge incident was removed, I was able to move forward. At that point the only real obstacle was the logistics. I spent most of the industrial points on improving the roads.
 
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But, something even more pathetic happened in the west, we'll see soon.
3 Dec 1942, China is almost defeated.
3Dec1942AlmostDone.png

Soviet union has lost a lot of airplanes trying to stop Japan, but without success. Anyway, it has lost a lot of airplanes, we can think Germany will have an easy task with Barbarossa, no?

Fun fact: no.

Sam day, russian front:
3Dec1942Barbarotta.png

Barbarossa (Red beard) is become Barbarotta (Broken beard). Germany is not arrived neither to Kiev, Smolensk, door of Leningrad... nothing of nothing. And Italy... well, you can see, in 1942, against only UK (USA not in war), Rome is already fallen. Pathetic.
 
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Once won, Communist China in a short time begins to create problems and the declaration of war is just around the corner. Russian front uncovered, advance towards the west begins. By 1945, Novosibirk is fallen.
5Jan1945Novosibirsk.png


With this double attack from the East, you may think Germany is going better, no? Not really.
5Jan1945BarbarottaII.png

Germany is able to make limited progresses... but at least Italy is almost free.

German russian invasion, despite my attack from the East is terrific.

It is April 1946 when we can say that Russia is going to capitulate. Alma Ata is fallen, Stalingrad is going to, and Japan is near to the Urals.
5Apr1946AlmostThere.png


Al good, no? Well, not at all. Despite massive help on the East, and the fact there are no USA in war...
5Apr1946FrankfurtFalling.png

Frankfurt is going to fall, against... Belgium. Yes, Belgium is invading Germany. Free France is going to take the upper hand, and Netherlands is back. We may think this is just temporary, with Germany (almost) directing to Moscow, no?
 
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26 Dec 1946, Japan crossing the Urals... just to see that Soviets are chasing Germany and... Berlin is fallen. Yes, Berlin is fallen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
26Dec1946CrossingUrals.png


Other 3 years of hard work, Moscow is fallen (I don't know why, no newspaper at all for this... what a massive achievement... and neither a single message... anyway... last of the problems...), and also Leningrad is going to fallen.
25Oct1949LeningradFalling.png

Germany is out of the game, Rome is fallen again, and Free France has almost wiped out Vichy France.
Finally I enter Leningrad and Soviets capitulate, and Germany take the East.. I don't know why, but news paper tells Germany has taken Leingrad. Don't ask me why. A lot of work is still pending to solve the absurd situation in Europe.
26Oct1949OtherWorkToDo.png
 
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17 Jul 1951 finally it is (almost) done!
17Jul1951GermanyFree.png

Here we are. Other 2 years of battles, to free Germany and Italy. Germany was considered as capitulated... yes capitulated, having lost Berlin, so I was not able to send her voulonteers.
I have not entered directly in the conflict to avoid the possibility to have USA in the conflict, and to see what was going to happen in this way.

I have sent troops to Italy, France, Spain and Romania. I have been able to take back Greece and Italy (Rome and Sicily), starting the "reconquista" from South France. It was almost done after one year, but England, Netherlands, Belgium and Free France were sending wave after wave on France coasts, so, after having almost defeated all, I had to take back North France, Belgium and Holland, using a good part of my troops to defend North France, otherwise completely unguarded and costantly invaded.
 
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What to say... after some years the naval invasions in Europe become absurd, they seem scripted. And with divisions popping up from nowhere. Belgian divisions on divisions? Free France divisions on divisions? Dutch divisions on divisions? UK able to take Rome?
Berlin capitulating against Belgium?????????????????????????? With Soviet wiped out from maps?
And all this with USA out of the war.


Come on, this game is become a speck.
 
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I find Japan a lot of fun if you take the netherlands and dutch east indies as non-aligned, kind of takes care of your industry/resource issues lol

China, kind of like real life, is a trap. You get bogged down in a mess of a war for kind of underwhelming rewards. You can win of course but its costly and a pain for what you get.

Oddly as non-aligned Japan you still can take China (they provoke you and you get an annex goal) but its way easier because you dont need to deal with that massive debuff
 
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Also, the game is a bit weird with territory assignment. The territory being conquered by Belgium doesn't mean Belgian troops actually did the conquering. If it was British troops attacking FROM Belgium, the territory would be assigned to Belgium instead of the UK.
 
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The game is weird and stop. Barbarossa was a total failure, and this is a constant, despite Soviet massive fall in the East. And, despite my resolute advance, Germany was still not able to take the upper hand. Finally, despite not being able to defeat an already defeat Soviet Union, Germany+Italy+Vichy France (+Spain) were neither able to defend Europe against only UK.
With HoI2 I have never saw a similar mess. With HoI4 it is a constant. And now I have also tested with Japan support from the East. Result is not changing, Germany is not able to do anything in the East and get constantly invaded from the West. A serious balance issue.
 
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