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[Magnus Imperator Rex]

Like the title says,

let's do it.

Imperial Japan on Very Hard. TFH version. 1936 start.

1st of August 1940

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[kilen2015]

nice job ! (y)
(i will add mine too, just a few minutes)

 

[mighij]

Custom start in 1936 (focus on industry, Carriers, Cruisers and Heavy Armor)

Had a severe shortage of Metal so I also invaded africa.

Both America and USSR haven't entered the war. I'm not sure which one I want to attack atm.

 

[kilen2015]

@Magnus Imperator Rex

...very close rules of mine:
HoI3TFH - VH level,
Germany1936 ("FE_custom" scenario),
full micro-management (no auto-AI, very slow/consciencious gaming and never any cheats with savefiles to replay what i already did: only one chance to do each days, savefiles serve only if appcrashed or for ON/OFF, nothing more),
311/505 IC (full exploitation of all conquered countries till now, no partisans issues yet),
250+400MP unused (+46.5MP per month, actually. remark: the "+400" are from both events "USA+SU together" & "SU DoW", unhappenned yet... it will be for january1944+/-, normaly...?),
42.56 LS ( stats for now. it changes regulary, of course),
and officers: 134000 ready (113000 needed actually=118% ratio), 100to105 more per day till starting 1944... (1944 is a big year about techs/doctrines, i will stop training officers there... but all is very cool about that )

present time: 29oct1943.

war started in 12april1943:
- Poland felt down in 13 days (25april).
- 3 Baltic States + prepare western invasion (from 25april to 15may +/-)
- Benelux + France invasions (started 20may1943, ended 5sept1843... 3.5 months, a good thing done ! )
- Sweden, from 24sept1943 to 29october1943... thats where i am now)
next step: rule Norway case (in previous tries, best timing was 96 HOURS to end war in Norway... so, it will be quickly ruled here too ! )

my forces:
- divisions (5 regiments): 192 (+36)
128x INF
12x MTN
4x MAR
12x MEC
8x SS MEC
12x ARM (medium tanks)
16x SS ARM (heavy tanks, 3 still uncompleted: 6 months more)
and still 32x INF in prod too, actually (i will have them all before autumn 1945).
+ 4x MTN more (if possible...? not sure about it, now)

- brigades (3 regiments): 30 (+18)
30x SEC (2x CAV + 1x POL), still 10x more in production, ended for spring 1944.
and there will be 8x PARA brigades next too (if i can about MP ?), for UK invasion (later)...

- squadrons (by pairs, from same class always): 57 (+43)
12x INT
13x MR
12x TACT
6x CAS
14x NAV
still, in prod: 11x MR, 12x TACT, 6x CAS, 10x NAV.
...and 4x Air Transport (but still not sure i will start prod, maybe buy them to ITA, i will see...?)

- naval units (few ! no investments in the Kriegsmarine since start, only B NAV + ships already dispo at start): 17 (+8)
2x HC
6x LC
1x DD
8x Cargos
still in prod: 4x invasion ships (for UK, later... ?), 4x Cargos (for movements in Med Sea, after France fall).
i will also buy to ITA and/or JAP new ships later (for Med Sea too, after fall of France), but i must see, it will be for 1944-1945 (+/-).

technologies:
all usefull doctrines are last ones -1942/1943 ended- for Luftwaffe, Heer and Kriegsmarine (just 2or3 from 1943 missing for Kriegsmarine but its a detail, they will be ended soon).
same about technologies, all i really need is at max level (1942 ended).
i am very drastic about tech investments, many i just dont start to foccus on what i really need (just "concentration of efforts" princip, very necessary, usefull & effective ! (y) )
no issues about that, i have easally 2or3 levels of tech more than ennemies (including main ennemy nations), so, all is ok. (y)

i guess thats all

really satisfied till here (y)
BUT (!) ...serious things start next, in 1944, with war against USSR, so... (i will see there)

USSR is impressive, no doubt about it ! (12to15 divisions per province, in each (!), in front of me... )
i use Hungary + Yugoslavia (edit: Yugoslavia isnt my ally yet, they become soon as SU attack me) to defend south Poland with me
and Bulgaria + Romania to defend Romania (with me also, of course)
i rule alone all north-Poland + 3 Baltic States borders...

no doubt, the real challenge starts there.
(and my ManPower will be a big part of the issue, like always... )
but i will see... (i am confident)

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screenshots:

Indochina is a puppet state of mine.
...and Pearl, Midway, Wake, Johnson islands (etc) are controled by Japs too. (good start)

this is my "global plan" since start. i am just at the end of blue arrows now...

red: 1st, green 2nd, blue 3rd and yellow 4th.

 

[Yearzero]

The Greater Republic of China, January 1st 1943 (Normal difficulty,TFH 4.02)

War with Japan started on October 1st 1938 with a Chinese offensive through the Hebei "Demilitarized" Zone, within a year the large part of the Kwantung Army and their Manchurian collaborators lie defeated as China relentlessly advanced through Korea in the autumn of 1939, 1940 saw a massive naval build-up and campaign in preparation for the invasion of Japan in early 1941, with Japan surrendering on April 14th, allowing the Chinese Navy to grow even quicker with Japanese shipyards under Chiang's control. Siam and Portugal were attacked on September 1st, the former being used as a base for attacking into Indochina and Burma and the latter for the port of Macau and the establishment of a military base in East Timor for operations against Australia.

The Sino-Entente Cordiale war started on May 1st and has completely reshaped the balance of power in Asia.

Unified China with Korea and Japan.

China's southern conquests, most of the Dutch East Indies, French Indochina, Singapore, Hong Kong and a nearly-unopposed advance into Burma and India.

 

[Hiryuu]

 

[Magnus Imperator Rex]

wow looks awesome. what are you going to do next? how did you lower your neutrality so much?

 

[Chipawah]

The Greater Republic of China, January 1st 1943 (Normal difficulty,TFH 4.02)

War with Japan started on October 1st 1938 with a Chinese offensive through the Hebei "Demilitarized" Zone, within a year the large part of the Kwantung Army and their Manchurian collaborators lie defeated as China relentlessly advanced through Korea in the autumn of 1939, 1940 saw a massive naval build-up and campaign in preparation for the invasion of Japan in early 1941, with Japan surrendering on April 14th, allowing the Chinese Navy to grow even quicker with Japanese shipyards under Chiang's control. Siam and Portugal were attacked on September 1st, the former being used as a base for attacking into Indochina and Burma and the latter for the port of Macau and the establishment of a military base in East Timor for operations against Australia.

The Sino-Entente Cordiale war started on May 1st and has completely reshaped the balance of power in Asia.

Spoiler

Unified China with Korea and Japan.

Looks very similar to my greater China, only with a different ruler...

More of a EU approach than regular HOI, swallowing each neighbour one by one in order:
Guanxi Clique
Nationalist China
Xibel San Ma
Chinese Coast (Japan)
Mengkuko
Manchuko
Indochina (Japan)
Siam
Tibet
Eastern Russia (Japan)
Sinkiang

 

[Magnus Imperator Rex]

1st of July 1941

Very Hard Level



Greater Japanese Empire​

 

[achmed242242]

I cant get my screenshots to work, but as America, i had every nation on the planet puppeted except GB, France, Commonwealth, some south american countries, and sweden

 

[Magnus Imperator Rex]

Playing Black Ice on Very Hard. Trying to build the Greater Germanic Reich that never was! Check out Hitler and his entourage being updated on how the Reich is doing. He is currently based in the Berghof close to his native Austria. Notice my elite SS armoured & infantry troops in the border with Czechslovakia.

 

[Hiryuu]

Sorry for the late anwser, busy lately :/
Decision Prepare to War + Increase Threat in UK. War to Liberia in December/1936. Then Portugal, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Austria in 37. 38, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Lithuania, Republican Spain (Civil War started oddly late, for my luck), Ireland and Poland (tough one, almost six months of war). In 39, Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Nationalist Spain. Finally, in 40 I set my eyes in America and Middle East, conquering Turkey, Persia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and, most importantly, USA. Now, 41, Bolivia, Peru, Equador, Colombia, Afeghanistan and looking for any neutrals still in game (oh, yes, I'm "full-neutral") before try my luck against one of the factions.
Update (although it's a bit old, not much time to play, sadly, and forgot to take more recent prints, sorry :/)

 

[Magnus Imperator Rex]

In gray, the Greater Germanic Reich. In red, future borders and annexations of the Reich.

Only Norway and Luxembourg still resist but they'll become part of the Greater Reich soon

Its august 1940. Notice my troops in northern France. We are on the gates of Paris but its impossible to advance atm. They have way too many troops in well dug in positions. I have no idea how to break their lines. I'll be calling the tactical bombers of the Luftwaffe soon.

 

[kilen2015]

progress in my campaign with Germany1936-VH on TFH:

i am in starting april 1948, actually (end game in 1956), all europe & all africa are completly mine.
i prepare invasion of USSR for spring 1950.
i have 10 nuclear heads already made and will have between 30 and 35 for the ultimate eastern war against Reds (i did some tests with 2 Nukes to clean the "Cornouaille Pocket" controlled by USA after fall of UK, etc... trully, the nuclear warheads are REALLY limited as tactical tool/asset against ennemy troops, thats quite sad and frustrating, Paradox could integrated both roles of warheads, i think... here in TFH, only effective use the game let us is to aim strategic targets with, no other choices unfortunatly, impact on ennemy land forces concerning Strengh & ORG are close of zero. only infrastructures are destroyed concreetly, wich is unsatisfying and unrealistic concerning end40's or 50's nuclear warfare matters. but no other choice to be effective, so, i will use them as strategic weapon against USSR, then... ).

about troops, i have:
AIR:
100x squadrons including 24x TACT, 24x MR, 12x INT, 12x CAS, 24x NAV, 4x AirTransports and i will build between 35 and 50 balistic missiles too in following 2 years to come.

SEA:
12x Assault Barges, 13x Transport Ships, 2x Cruisers, 17x CL, 12x DD and i build actually 12x Cruisers more... they will be ended in 24 months, i will have there 7 fleets to hunt small sea threats and ennemy transports. always supported by my NAVs, of course, wich stay my real 1st naval asset before any ships or before my axis allied fleets, etc...
i also still have +/-590 tradeships (but no more escortships, i dont build them more, not necessary).

since start of the wars in april 1943, i only lost 1x CL lvl3, 1x DD lvl2, 4x InvasionShips and 1x TransportShip, nothing more !
(...for more of 300 ennemy units sunk -all types, including heavy ones- only by my own german forces, without count all others, sunk by my axis allies) (y)

LAND:
305 divisions (48 "modern/mobile infantry" divisions still in prod, its my last program of land troops, they will be ready for the invasion of Russia in 1950)
and 80 security brigades (10 still in prod, they will be ended for spring 1950... i will also probably complete them with last 20 security brigades more, later, but not sure yet, i will see), including:
- 20x SS ARMORED divisions (2x HARM + 1x WSS + 1x SPART + 1x ENG each),
- 8x SS MECANIZED divisions (2x WSS + 1x MEC + 1x SPART + 1x TD each),
- 16x ARMORED divisions (2x ARM + 1x MEC + 1x SPART + 1x ENG each),
- 16x MECANIZED divisions (3x MEC + 1x SPART + 1x TD each),
- 48x "MOBILE/MODERN" divisions (1x ARM + 2x MEC + 1x SP RKT ART + 1x ENG each),
- 24x MOUNTAIN divisions (2x ALP + 1x INF + 1x ART + 1x AT each),
- 8x MARINES divisions (2x MAR + 1x INF + 1x ART + 1x ENG each),
- 5x PARA divisions (3x PARA + 1x ART + 1x AT each),
- 160x INFANTRY divisions (3x INF + 1x ART + 1x AT each),
- 80x SECURITY brigades (2x CAV + 1x POL each),
- and 165x HQ regiments (10x Theaters, 15x Groups, 35x Armies and 105x Corps).

except 10 security brigades and approximatly 70or75% of the 48x Mobile divisions, all the rest is already ended (and used).
all these "unready 305+80 land units" will be completed for spring 1950 and ready to launch, there, my ultimate campaign: THE invasion of USSR ! (it will be gorgeous !!!)

i will do AARs concerning best battles and details, later (including a specific one about my invasion of USSR, of course), i made many screenshots but it takes a lot of time to do/to write.
here are already some screenies concerning the global sight, on large map, actually ("spy legends map" used to show all the Axis Empire together more easally).
i will do new threads in following weeks to show more specific events happenned, it will more cool like that...

hope u will enjoy too...
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EDIT:
i forget "exp corps" from my allies about land troops i control...
3 Axis allies gave me divisions more (and a big part by my own trick* to make them do):
ITALY: 1x Army HQ + 4x Corps HQ + 1x MOT div + 1x MTN div + 1x MTN brigade (2x ALP regiments) + 3x INF divs.
SPAIN: 8x INF divs + 2x INF brigades (2x INF regiments each).
ETHIOPIA: 1x INF div.

so, globaly, 62 regiments dispatched in 17 land units (all their divisions have the classic "4 regiments compo", inside, not 5 regiments as i do for my own ones...) + 5 HQs.

mainly, i use them all to defend Portugese & Spanish coasts inside iberic peninsula,
to defend the coast zone around Casablanca province and till south shores of Gibraltar Straight,
and also two of them to protect "Cabinda zone" (former portugese colony) in south-west africa...

in fact,
since fall of UK, i never been threaten in Africa (except Partisans) or in Galicia (north-west Spain) again...
so, these light/weak forces from these 3 allies are very usefull for me: no need to waste my own german divisions to defend south-west europe (Spain+Portugal+Gibraltar Straight) or Africa (Italy also have many troops there, of course)...
but i still control directly these divisions there, i must not trust my AI allies,
wich stay far more effective to act if USA or others try an other new invasion of Spain (or somewhere on western african coasts), etc... (y)

so, all together about ground forces, i -will- have concreently 402x "land units" and 170x HQs:
- 170x HQ regiments (5x from ITA, 165x from GER),
- 305x GER divisions (5 regiments each),
- 80x GER security brigades (3 regiments each),
- 14x foreign divisions (4 regiments each),
- and 3x foreign brigades (2 regiments each).

like that its complete about details ! (...and thats really the more bigger Wermacht i ever made in HOIs, even compared with former HoI2Armageddon)



(trick*): ...there is a good trick to obtain new land units from AI allies u have:
u ID some alone/empty islands u own, unwatched by anyone from ur alliance,
and u ask to the more closer ally to send reinforts their...
it will take some days (10 days or 2 weeks big max) for AI to react,
but each units sent there will probably be given by that ally as exp corps (to u, each time, i mean).
soon as u have, u take them out and use them where necessary and retry...

it works regulary if u dont ask too much often and let some respectable delays between each requests.
i do mainly with Acores island province (owned by me, GER ; request sent to SPA) or by Cap Verde island province (same), and also by Corsica (owned by me, GER ; request sent to ITA), etc...

it works well, on the 17 land units (no HQs) received as "exp corps" by these 3 allies (ITA, SPA & ETH),
9or10 were given(!!!) from that way by ITA and SPA... (y)
...so, pretty usefull and rewarding to get more fresh troops (even if it stay always "limited quality from AI" but better than nothing).

hope this trick will help u too...
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[Magnus Imperator Rex]

Amazing post kilen, good luck against the red mongol hordes in the invasion. Allemagne uber alles

 

[kilen2015]

thx a lot ! (y)

 

[Me262inWarthunder]

Perhaps not really on topic, but funny none the less! Dem AIs is cwazy.

 

[kilen2015]

part 3: for my campaign with GER1936-VH

the world (political map), in 10th january 1950.

legend:
grey (me): Germany (Axis leader).

1st brown: Spain (Axis).

1st green: Italy (Axis).

pastel: Turkey (Axis).

light-green-pastel: Hungary (Axis).

1st blue-purple: Yougoslavia (Axis).

red: USSR (Komintern leader).

brown-red: Canada (Allies).

2nd green: Bulgaria (Axis), owning Greece after conquest too.

3rd green: Mexico (Neutral).

4th green: Brazil (Allies).

1st yellow: Japan (Axis) owning all South-West Asia, Indonesia and some part of Australia too, after conquests.

1st turquoise: Ethiopia (Axis) puppet state of Italy.

1st light blue-purple: Slovakia (Axis) puppet state of Germany.

2nd yellow: Romania (Axis).

3rd yellow: Columbia (Neutral).

BLACK: Rebels/Partisans (Alone).

2nd blue-purple: Siam/Thailand (Neutral).

light-red: Iraq (Axis) puppet state of Italy.
(same about Oman & Yemen, puppet states of Italy)

2nd turquoise: Afghanistan (Axis).

grey-green: Persia/Iran (Axis).

blue: USA (Allies leader).

3rd pastel: Sinkiang (Komintern) central-ouest china around Taklamakan desert.

2nd light-blue purple: Mongolia (Komintern).

1st white-yellow: Nationalist China (Neutral) allied with other chinese factions (Yunan, Xi-Bei San Ma, Guangxi).

light-blue: Tibet (Allies).

orange: Nederlands (Allies) only in Indonesia.

white-grey: New-Zealand (Allies).

2nd white-yellow: Mengkukuo (Axis) east of Mongolia, puppet state of Japan.

1st hard-green-pastel: Manchukuo/Mandchouria (Axis) puppet state of Japan.

2nd brown: Liberia (Axis) puppet state of Germany, west africa (on the coast).

light-green: Indochina (Axis) puppet state of Germany, former Indochina french colony.

purple: Xi Bei San Ma (Neutral) central china, south of Mongolia.

2nd hard green pastel: Australia (Allies).

all others of South America and Carribean Sea are default ones (except Brazil, all are neutral), no conquest/Battles there except on the Falkland islands (conquered by Japan after UK fall, then conquered by Brazil soon as they joined Allies, etc), on french & dutch Guyanna (conquered finaly by Canada), and also on former UK/french colonies in the Carribean Sea, etc...

(i guess thats all lol)

...such time it takes to ake a complete AAR, with all chapters, etc... its madness !
it will takes time before i can post it as new thread here with others AAR (not so far of a little novel to write lol).
but its fun, i enjoy... (y)
thx @Magnus Imperator Rex for this thread, very usefull one (y)

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[kilen2015]

part4: for my campaign with GER1936-VH, always...

i can not resist to already show u my last battleplan's version for the invasion of USSR. lol
this is the theoric purpose for the first year of my eastern war, till winter 50-51 (starting war in mid-may1950, normaly ?)...

just some datas with, to resume, quickly:
-252! german divisions (5 regiments each) will participate in the starting USSR invasion !
...and 13 divisions more (1 marines corps, 1 para corps and 1 "attack/basic armored" corps) stay in the strategic reserve for now.
-plus easally 100 divisions more from my AI allies... (maybe 150or200? more, globaly, if we count Far-East-Siberian & Central-Asian fronts within, etc...)
- 72 german air squadrons + some tens others from my axis allies too (maybe 90or100 squadrons totally between North-Finland and Black Sea shores, not sure precisly...?)

legend:
-red circles, surrounded ennemy pockets.
-green 1st step, blue 2nd step, yellow 3rd step, and red arrows are "tolerated offensives" from Reds (i will let them do to disperse their forces and incercle them more easally behind, etc).
-dotted-lines (green/blue/yellow) are "following movements", waiting the "full-lines operations" have accomplished their initial movements, first...
-red explosions are the 1st wave of targets for my nukes (32! nuclear bombs will be ready for the starting war), 15 chose here for sure... the others intresting i dont aim its coz they have ressources or special bonuses i want for my own and use after conquests, so i will not drop nukes there, etc...
-red/green/blue/yellow planes for INT&MRs, TACTs, NAVs and CAS wings (each ones have 2 binomes of 2 squadrons, per homebase)
-blue warships & blue assault barges logos for each naval homebases of task forces or carrying groups.
(really, i am pretty proud of it, it will be so fun and epic -but very tough too !-, i am impatient to start !) (y) (y)

here is also my last fortifications plan of europe:

legend:
- blue circles, alone provinces having shores/coasts fortifications against naval assaults.
- red circles, alone provinces having land fortifications against land threats from provinces around
- blue dotted-lines, defense lines without defensive infrastructures (only rivers as asset there).
- yellow dotted-lines, project (unmade/unstarted actually) for possible new defense lines...
not sure i will do them, main defense lines are already made/ended, these new projects are "just to say" and some possibilites for next years, etc...
- red dotted-lines, ground fortifications already made/ended at starting game (in january 1936).
- green dotted-lines, ground fortifications i made myself to complete the defense system of europe.

- and last, width of all the dotted-lines, more bigger they are, more important they are to stop the ennemies

remark: the size of dotted-lines dont show the concreet level of fortifications built on each provinces !
it shows "the importance" of each specific defense lines for me.
...necessary to understand the "subtility" between both (even if size & importance are often linked of course)...
a very large dotted-line can also show a province with very limited size of fortifications there but on a very important path and needed to be defended and owned, etc...
a good exemple is "Arnhem to Zwolle line" (in Nederlands): i just finished, there, the level one of fortifications in each of these provinces, only.
mainly coz the war on UK islands was already won and it wasnt necessary to invest more ICs in more bigger defense lines on the West against Allies, inside europe continental zones, coz the new threats was outwhere, etc.
comparativly, the (same) green very large dotted-lines on the east against Russia have level5 of fortifications in each provinces concerned, everywhere !
much more effective defense lines, there, of course...
but both ones, have same importance to stop possible threats from West or East, thats why they have same width/legend on this plan...

i will try to do the rest in my "official" AAR later, with all together inside, chapter by chapter, etc...
(but, with playing "no auto-settings", it will be quite complex to play and write all here in the same time...
anyway, i will see...)

hope u will enjoy it too
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edited: updated datas of last weeks of play before DoW SU and start Barbarossa soon (in may1950, only march1950, actually...)
and correction of screenshots quality (better resolution like this).

 

[Gnorf]

The incompetent Germans are lucky to have the trustworthy Italians by their side.