Would this be a viable plan?

[ThePatriotOfDreumel]

So 2 mates and me are going to play some HoI4 multiplayer, with them as Poland and Hungary, and me as Romania, and I got bored, so I made a plan for defense and counter-offensive against the Axis, also detailing the conquests our countries would make. We are also all forming a faction. Would this be viable?

So the offensives into Slovakia, Prussia and Istria shall be done at the dawn of war. The purpose is to shorten the line, so that more troops can be devoted to helping hold the line in other places, and because Slovakia would be a pain right into our ass later in the war. As you can see, Romania would focus on holding the Slovak border, some of the Polish border and further send some extra troops to the North to help Poland hold the Line. Hungary will have to hold their border with Germany and Italy, without Romanian support. The chance of this working all depends on the SU ofcourse, since they could just attack and partition us easily. Romania shall be the America of the faction: They will provide most of the industry due to their isolated position, Poland shall provide the men, Hungary shall provide something, I guess. I think land that can easily be given up. We will start in 1936 startdate, and shall wait until Germany declares on Poland, and by then they probably annexed Austria and Czechia, puppeted Slovakia and got Italy into the Axis, and all of us shall focus on conquering neighbors and strengthening our industry and armed forces as much as possible. Maybe It'll be possible to annex Slovakia before Germany does. But what do you think of the plan, would it be possible, or would it be impossible?

 

[Sharp163]

Easier said than done, that's for sure

 

[TheDerpyBeagle]

"No plan ever survives contact with the enemy."
-Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

 

[lemonsquid]

based on streams of solo hungary/poland id say it is definitely possible. obviously you need to concentrate on germany

 

[Sharp163]

I can only think of one way that your plan might succeed: if you all start in 1936, turn communist and join the Comintern. That way, USSR would get pulled in when Germany invades Poland in 1939. Germany will have a hard time fighting off the Russians and French at the same time, and even moreso due to their lack of allies. Good luck!

 

[Number 7]

the romanian troops would be better off staging their attacks from hungary or poland with the majority of their forces, and simply leaving enough troops to surround that pocket, and launching a two pronged spearhead to cut it off at the same time

 

[JerkyJerry]

First this is awesome! Great job and thanks for posting! I hope more people do this.
I think with three humans playing against the AI you definitely have a chance.
I also think speed will be your greatest ally. I don't think you can out punch Germany but I do think you can out maneuver her.

 

[Sharp163]

the romanian troops would be better off staging their attacks from hungary or poland with the majority of their forces, and simply leaving enough troops to surround that pocket, and launching a two pronged spearhead to cut it off at the same time

You're suggesting a defense in depth tactic, which I would politely disagree with. That would leave his flanks exposed, and nowhere to retreat to—in fact, he would more than likely end up with the Germans encircling and trapping his armies into two pockets with their backs up against the Baltic and Adriatic, respectively.

First this is awesome! Great job and thanks for posting! I hope more people do this.
I think with three humans playing against the AI you definitely have a chance.
I also think speed will be your greatest ally. I don't think you can out punch Germany but I do think you can out maneuver her.

Well said; a war of attrition is out of the question

 

[TypicalRain]

In the WWW Daniel as Hungary fought 2 wars before the Allies started guaranteeing countries around him. As I see your faction borders that looks like a lot of expansion wars raising world tension. So you will be fighting the Allies, Axis, and probably the Comintern. Good luck...

 

[Nicolas I]

@ThePatriotOfDreumel : shouldn't Netherlands join you to open a Western second front ? *-).

 

[ROGTARholy]

Personally I'd say your leaving Hungary out to dry and underestimating Germany. I'd have Hungary stop at the mountains to Italy and dig in while assisting with a southern push into Germany, otherwise I like the overall idea. Good Luck!

 

[Dichologos]

It looks good to me, but how you allocate your forces to your southern push into Germany versus how you reinforce the Polish defensive line will be highly critical to your success. If you can push fast enough to the south, you could encircle their forces and grind them down with Poland, but that risks Poland getting taken over if you take too long.

I would however recommend that if you three are working together that you focus primarily on Germany first, using only a defensive line for Italy, as Germany is by far going to be a bigger threat at the beginning. Plus, taking it over will give you all more production capability and firmly give you dominion over the center of Europe, allowing you to then take over Italy and fight the Allies or perhaps fight the Soviet Union instead.

 

[Adonnus]

I would put the main troop focus on the southern part with Hungary as the German AI will be best build to attack Poland and probably won't be able to deal with assisting Italy in the same level of intelligence.

 

[Zankoas]

I would say maybe start earlier, if one of your plays Czech Republic, then you could have the good Czech military and not have Italy against you