Do you attack Persia after Finland? What about Sweden for another front against Germany?
I play the Soviets over and over, it all depends on how i decide to play that sitting. I may go head to head with Germany and do little conquering or i may take half the map, depends on my mood. Time is on the side of the Soviet Union, not Germany. the longer it goes the better it is for the Soviets, usually at least. They have the resources, manpower and the Axis have the Allies to worry about. If you want to really cause Germany problems dont let them stack up on such a small front, spread them out and then let your MP take over. For example have in leningrad a fleet loaded with troops ready, on Sept 1 1936 when Germany attacks Poland (and thus you wont get Dow'd by the allies for your aggressions...) take Denmark. From there launch into Norway and Sweden and then fire the Winter war in Nov (for Finland). If you want puppet them all, except for Denmark (which also provide nice naval bases to hit the US with later on). Now proceed to take Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey. If you want to spend some LS you could from the beginning start working Xibei San Ma, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Yugoslavia so that they stay out of the Axis corner, and then pick them off one by one. Eventually you have the Germans surrounded on about 3 sides. From Denmark & Yugoslavia you can come right up the gut into Germany. If Germany starts to push in any one spot it sort of stretches them out leaving them vulnerable.
Opanashc-
You lost me, im not sure if i understand you. Let me start from the beginning. First thing i do as the Soviets is queue up 39 IC, and I always get War Economy by Sept/Oct which allows me more production. I cook some practicals ala Charles method 3 LFx3 5 ABx5....
Now come Jan 1 1937 I fire the Purge. Should i or should i not use HI? I never did until yesterday. And if i switch at what point do i switch and for how long? Sometimes there arent clear cut batches either, alot of stragglers, i usually wait for a clear obvious next batch to make changes, to keep it sort of uniform.
Ive found in general using HI i can get to 200 IC faster, and usually have around 210 instead of 200 by Jan 1 1938. Not sure how it plays in the long haul still looking into it.
I am interested if switching back and forth or something along the lines of what you were trying to explain can be more efficient.
then switch to HI for a day - and your industry will finish sooner.
Im not sure where and when you want me to do this? Do i wait until a run is almost over? does it matter?
