Hello everybody! I have decided to do a non-suicidal AAR! I was going to make a Canada game, but after losing all of my marines and conquering Italy, it became VERY boring (In a massive stalemate against boring). After that I tried to go Guangxi Clique, but it turned into a failure - Kuomintang just flooded my army with militia and infantry, while I had maybe 15 divisions to hold the frontline. So Bulgaria was a nice choice. I shall warn you, that I modded Bulgaria a bit - took down a bit of their neutrality, so I could hope for joining the Axis in 1939. But I won't change to laws, which would be inaccessible to unmodded Bulgaria.
I will be playing with HoI3 FTM 3.05 with HPP 3.0.0 mod. Style will be something of a mix between gameplay and narrative. This time I will focus more on the narrative, as I gave the same combination for my Yugoslavia AAR, but it was only in the end, when I messed some narrative in there, and it was mediocre at best.
So, without further waiting, here's a small update of January-February 1936!
Boris III knew how to take care of many difficulties. He became the Tsar of Bulgaria in 1918, when Bulgaria was defeated in the Great War. He had survived many assassination attempts, and had managed to stay the ruler of Bulgaria during the rise of other political parties. Even the coup made by the Zveno military organisation couldn't stop him from making a counter-coup, therefore becoming a ruler once again. It was clear that he was the sole ruler, even when he re-established the parliament and political parties. His rule started the Golden rise of the Third Bulgarian Kingdom...
It has been a year since that, and Bulgarian Kingdom was growing fast. Cities like Pleven, Sofiya and Varna were becoming industrial centers, and so grew the army. Boris, seeing the industrialization process, decided, that he should begin a new age not just in industry, but also in the army. While the Bulgarian army was pretty respectable for a country that size, it could barely guard the border of Yugoslavia and Greece, the countries, who had stolen the lands of Bulgaria in 1918. Boris had decided to start a massive modernization of the army.
The first order he issued, was an order to teach the soldiers some more modern doctrines. Boris, being a general himself, knew that better weapons weren't always key of successful warfare. Support weapons were completely neglected in favor of anti-tank grenades and rifles. While the generals were happy with the weapon researches, they weren't happy with the doctrine choice. They told Boris about the new "Lightning Warfare" doctrine, which would teach about fast breakthroughs and encirclement's. Though the generals were making fine points, the protests were quickly stopped, when Boris firmly told, that they would never have the troops for that. The Germans would do the "Lighting Warfare", while Bulgarians would support then greatly in return. Then he told about the new alignment, which shall make Bulgarian - German relations greater. If lucky, it would end with a alliance. In the end, Boris managed to convince the generals, that attacks with massive and coordinated artillery support would be the key of Bulgarian success.
The King had decided to not just modernize the army with technology. Even an army with the best technology would fail against Greek bunkers, if the attacker wouldn't have the numbers. So Boris decided to double the size of his army - an order of weapons and ammo for the factories, while the recruitment centers had to make great efforts with propaganda - they needed about 200000 men! "If only we were in war..." Boris thought to himself. "Then we could simply draft men without any problems". After the order was given, he asked for the information about the Bulgarian materials. They weren't very promising. To counter the situation, Bulgaria traded some of their income to Yugoslavians, who were known for their rare material mines.
During the rest of January and February, it was quite peaceful in the world, except for the attempts by Kuomintang to kill the Mao Zedong's Communist nation, and the Italian aggression against Ethiopia. But Boris didn't care very much for that. He was thinking about his neighbors. On the north he saw the Romanians - a peaceful nation, but who owned Dobrich. Boris didn't want to go to war, so he decided for a diplomatic campaign to get the territories back. On the west, he saw Yugoslavia - a country made out of many states, which deserved their independence, and it had probably the greatest chunk of Bulgarian territory. On the south two states existed - Greece, with who he had a border clash in 1925, which was barely resolved by the League of Nations, and Atatürk's Turkey, which wasn't troubling for Bulgaria in any way. Kemal hated the Greeks just as much as Boris did, and he could make a great allie (author's note: I modded Turkey a bit, and now they have a NU of Guangxi Clique (fair)).
Well, what did you think? Of course, I don't expect much, and I don't think my narrative is good enough. I accept all kinds of comments, especially tips, that could improve my narrative skills (as I am a pretty good Bulgaria player). Upload date is uncertain, as school has started again.
(За величието на България! roughly translates to "For the Greatness of Bulgaria!")
I will be playing with HoI3 FTM 3.05 with HPP 3.0.0 mod. Style will be something of a mix between gameplay and narrative. This time I will focus more on the narrative, as I gave the same combination for my Yugoslavia AAR, but it was only in the end, when I messed some narrative in there, and it was mediocre at best.
So, without further waiting, here's a small update of January-February 1936!
Boris III knew how to take care of many difficulties. He became the Tsar of Bulgaria in 1918, when Bulgaria was defeated in the Great War. He had survived many assassination attempts, and had managed to stay the ruler of Bulgaria during the rise of other political parties. Even the coup made by the Zveno military organisation couldn't stop him from making a counter-coup, therefore becoming a ruler once again. It was clear that he was the sole ruler, even when he re-established the parliament and political parties. His rule started the Golden rise of the Third Bulgarian Kingdom...
It has been a year since that, and Bulgarian Kingdom was growing fast. Cities like Pleven, Sofiya and Varna were becoming industrial centers, and so grew the army. Boris, seeing the industrialization process, decided, that he should begin a new age not just in industry, but also in the army. While the Bulgarian army was pretty respectable for a country that size, it could barely guard the border of Yugoslavia and Greece, the countries, who had stolen the lands of Bulgaria in 1918. Boris had decided to start a massive modernization of the army.
The first order he issued, was an order to teach the soldiers some more modern doctrines. Boris, being a general himself, knew that better weapons weren't always key of successful warfare. Support weapons were completely neglected in favor of anti-tank grenades and rifles. While the generals were happy with the weapon researches, they weren't happy with the doctrine choice. They told Boris about the new "Lightning Warfare" doctrine, which would teach about fast breakthroughs and encirclement's. Though the generals were making fine points, the protests were quickly stopped, when Boris firmly told, that they would never have the troops for that. The Germans would do the "Lighting Warfare", while Bulgarians would support then greatly in return. Then he told about the new alignment, which shall make Bulgarian - German relations greater. If lucky, it would end with a alliance. In the end, Boris managed to convince the generals, that attacks with massive and coordinated artillery support would be the key of Bulgarian success.
The King had decided to not just modernize the army with technology. Even an army with the best technology would fail against Greek bunkers, if the attacker wouldn't have the numbers. So Boris decided to double the size of his army - an order of weapons and ammo for the factories, while the recruitment centers had to make great efforts with propaganda - they needed about 200000 men! "If only we were in war..." Boris thought to himself. "Then we could simply draft men without any problems". After the order was given, he asked for the information about the Bulgarian materials. They weren't very promising. To counter the situation, Bulgaria traded some of their income to Yugoslavians, who were known for their rare material mines.
During the rest of January and February, it was quite peaceful in the world, except for the attempts by Kuomintang to kill the Mao Zedong's Communist nation, and the Italian aggression against Ethiopia. But Boris didn't care very much for that. He was thinking about his neighbors. On the north he saw the Romanians - a peaceful nation, but who owned Dobrich. Boris didn't want to go to war, so he decided for a diplomatic campaign to get the territories back. On the west, he saw Yugoslavia - a country made out of many states, which deserved their independence, and it had probably the greatest chunk of Bulgarian territory. On the south two states existed - Greece, with who he had a border clash in 1925, which was barely resolved by the League of Nations, and Atatürk's Turkey, which wasn't troubling for Bulgaria in any way. Kemal hated the Greeks just as much as Boris did, and he could make a great allie (author's note: I modded Turkey a bit, and now they have a NU of Guangxi Clique (fair)).
Well, what did you think? Of course, I don't expect much, and I don't think my narrative is good enough. I accept all kinds of comments, especially tips, that could improve my narrative skills (as I am a pretty good Bulgaria player). Upload date is uncertain, as school has started again.
(За величието на България! roughly translates to "For the Greatness of Bulgaria!")
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