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 Posted: Fri, 2nd Oct 2009 06:34 Post subject: Let's Play: Hearts of Iron 2 |
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I know HOI3 is out, but it won't play on my laptop 
That being said, here's an interesting HOI2 scenario that I ended up in. I'm playing Nationalist Spain, 1936 scenario, and I am in the middle of the biggest clusterfuck of a scenario I've played in a while. France declared war upon the Nazis in July of 1938. I was allied with the Germans as of '37, so the war dragged me and the Nazis vs UK, France, and entire commonwealth (South Africa, Australia, Iraq etc...). Then the Soviets declared war upon Germany in August 1938. The UK then declared war on the Soviets one day after. At the beginning of September, 1938, the Soviets had declared war upon Poland and Hungary. This prompted the shift of the following countries into the Axis alliance: Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Poland, Italy, and Portugal. The war progressed for a year, with spectacular successes for the Facists in France, where I rolled the French up as Nationalist Spain, and the Italians rolled the UK all the way back to Alexandria, and I annexed all of West Africa as well along with the Italians.
1940 is when everything changed. It started nicely with me invading mainland Britain and overrunning it in a daring Blitzkrieg with 3 armored divisions and a bunch of mountain divisions. I managed to encircle 13 UK divisions in Scotland. I also finished the annexation of mainland France at the same time (all this with Nationalist Spain, which has half the industrial capacity of France at the beginning of the war!
However, all my successes in the west are outdone by the Soviets in the East, who annex Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, make peace with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, and then storm up to the very gates of Berlin and Venice
The date is now July 24, 1940, and here is a map overview of Western Europe:
And here is the situation in the East in the North (around Berlin):
And the East in the South:
And yeah, I just routed 40 Soviet divisions from Venice, but all my divisions are exhausted. And if you look at my TC you'll see it's being raped by overload. That's prolly due to the fact that I only have one garrison division deployed 
So, that's how it is. Soviets took Potsdam, which means Berlin is about to be encircled and raped. I have 7 divisions rushing to Berlin now but I doubt it'll be enough with 100 Soviet divisions up there. And so I play. Will update as I play through the month of August 
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| Posted: Mon, 5th Oct 2009 03:57 Post subject: |
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July 18, 1936. Beginning of the Spanish Civil war, a devastating and tragic chapter in human history which was a mere prelude to the atrocity of World War 2. Right wing nationalists, the clergy, and the bourgeoisie have seized control of large swathes of territory and several military divisions. They are headed by the dictator Franco, newly returned from Portugal, where he had led a government in exile.
The left wingers, communists, socialists, and anarchists have united under the banner of Republican Spain. While numerically superior, they rely upon untrained and undermanned militias to hold their ground. However, they have 2 armored divisions of volunteers from the Soviet Union, along with a couple of Soviet fighter squadrons. Considering that foreign aid has yet to begin arriving to Nationalist Spain, the Nationalist are severely threatened.
Consider the screenshot:
While Northen Spain is more or less mine, I am about to lose Seville, one of my main industrial centers, to the Republicans. Furthermore, the Republicans are able to field over 15 divisions on the mainland. I have only 5. Finally, look at my TC: 99/31. Most of it is ships that are redeploying due to the civil war. The high TC will be a pain in the ass for another month or so.
Right now I want to overrun Northern Spain and then rush everyone to Madrid. The goal is to hold Madrid until men and supplies start arriving from Italty, Germany, and the US. I'm hoping that I also somehow manage to stop from losing Seville, but considering that I have no divisions down there I dunno...
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Mon, 5th Oct 2009 04:20 Post subject: |
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Well good news, one day into the Civil War an event popped up raising 6 divisions (mostly militia) in Seville:
The bad news is that they're militia and out of Supply, so they're practically useless. At this rate they'll be losing the battle vs 4 divisions, and if the Republicans have any smarts and attack with everything Seville and my 6 divisions are a lost cause. However, I suspect that the Republicans are more interested in securing their northern borders, which I have begun to violate:
Spain's African territories are mostly under Republican control, but all the garrisons have declared for the Nationalists, so it's merely a matter of overrunning undefended colonies:
The exception being Mallorca in the Mediterranean, which is home to a Republican garrison. I've regrouped my navy in Tarragona, but it's nothing interesting to look at. All the big guns have gone to the Republicans, which could be a serious pain in the ass if they start landing troops on undefended shores.
The political situation is chaotic, but I've opted for right wing Fascism, as that is the only proper way to manage a country I'm moving more and more towards a Hawk Lobby, and have shuffled two ministers to make way for +IC oriented ones.
I only have one research slot open, so I've decided to work on improving my IC with machine tools:
I'll probably be focusing all of '36 on getting the Industrial techs in order before I begin focusing on stuff such as doctrines and better weapons.
I've shifted all production towards consumer goods to get rid of the annoying dissent:
I'll shift to reinforcement and upgrades after that. I plan on finishing this civil war so fast that I won't have time to begin new divisions, but I might put up a serialized '36 infantry.
Last interesting thing is my redeployment queue, which is raping my TC:
Oooo an armored division on the 25th. Ought to be fun
And that's that, time to start grabbing territory before the Republicans get their act together.
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Mon, 5th Oct 2009 04:31 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 5th Oct 2009 05:01 Post subject: |
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August 14, the Republicans popped another Infantry division into Northern Spain, where my read was unprotected. Annoying as hell because I have a lot of IC there, have to peal off more than a couple of divisions to deal with them:
I've made major advances in the south however, and was able to capture Valencia, the Republican capital. The Republicans decided to make a stand in Albacete, which is fine by me considering the territory is useless. I have a division looping around them from Valencia to Murcia, should give me another flank to attack from in case I decide to root them out of Albacete:
I'll soon be staging an amphibious assault on Seville using my two North Africa divisions. This should open yet another front for me, forcing the Republicans to split their forces even further. It'll also allow me to reclaim those 7 IC.
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Mon, 5th Oct 2009 06:40 Post subject: |
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How are the battles decided ?!
Also, if I install this, will it make me cry ?
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2009 03:18 Post subject: |
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Battles are decided by terrain, flanking, encirclement, battle events, experience, commander skill and experience, commander traits etc... too many things to list here.
And yes, if you install this, it will make your cry :>
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2009 03:36 Post subject: |
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Sept 4th
I've annihilated the enemy North in Oviedo. The intrusion ended up being 3 Republican divisions which was a bitch to put down, but luckily I had a mountain division in the vicinity which had some sick ass combat bonuses, whereas all my other units were lagging behind.
After the enemy finished shifting his front around, Albacete was left with only 8 divisions, of which none are armored. I've launched an attack their now, we'll see how things turn out, but I'm thinking it should be an easy victory
Overrunning all the enemy IC gave me another tech slot. I think I'll use it to research Rear Area Supply Dumps. Why that tech, you ask? To start making garrisons, I say. Why garrisons? You might ask, and the answer is simple:
I plan on aligning myself with the Axis. That means that I'll be at war with the UK sometime in the future. Instead of leaving regular infantry to guard my shores, I'll leave behind garrisons, which have better defensiveness, and cost much less to produce. For every garrison I produce, I free up one infantry division for action. Not a bad deal, eh?
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2009 16:31 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 02:55 Post subject: |
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January, 1937.
Restructuring the country is going smoothly. I've allied myself with Germany to gain access to their enormous amounts of resources and blueprints. This will allow me to modernize significantly faster without having to worry about resources or inferior tech teams. Still, I'm way behind France and the Uk.
I've redeployed my forces to the North and the South of the country. In the south I have a half dozen regular infantry divisions ready to storm Gibraltar at a moment's notice. Gibraltar and the Suez are arguably the most important locations in the entire Mediterranean. Closing them will completely mess up the British reinforcement and shipping in North Africa.
I've also scattered a couple of Militia divisions for coastal defense. I'll reinforce them with garrisons soon as they're produced.
The exodus of foreign volunteers after the Spanish Civil war has left me with a severe shortage of competent troops. I only have one armored division (had 4) and virtually no air force. Half my army is obsolete, and so is my entire navy.
I've made a couple of cabinet changes to boost IC even further, and have devoted all my IC to consumer goods to get rid of the resulting dissent.
After I'm done with getting dissent under control I'll start modernizing my armed forces, and then I'll build factories for two year, hopefully opening another tech slot and giving me even more IC to play with once WW2 starts. As of now I only have 2 tech slots:
For teching I'll be focusing on industrial techs, infantry techs, and air techs. The overall strategic idea in my mind is to have a massive army of infantry that will route my enemies, who will then be strafed to death by my massive collection of air power.
I would prefer to change my military doctrines to reflect a more Blitzkrieg approach to modern warfare, but
A) I don't have any armor or the industrial capacity to mass produce it
B) The scenario has locked the Mobile Military doctrines from me.
I suppose I could edit the save file, but meh. I've been playing Blitzkrieg/Human wave for the past couple of HOI2 games, so this should be a welcome change.
My biggest concern is that I don't have any HQ divisions in my army. HQ divisions offer significant bonuses to commanders and units fighting in the area around them, as well as give supply bonuses to all units stationed around them. If I plan on persecuting a war against forces that massively outnumber me and are technologically superior (France, UK) a single HQ division would be a big help. Let's see if I can buy one off the Germans:
No such luck  I'll have to make one of my own, which is a BITCH! (They're about as expensive to make as an aircraft carrier iirc).
Well, that's it for now. I'm gonna upgrade my army, tech up, and make some factories. Fast forward a couple of months...
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 03:24 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 03:50 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 04:44 Post subject: |
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Why is the Axis only germany,spain and slovakia ? What is italy doing ? You will be raped, or what ?
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 04:55 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 05:28 Post subject: |
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Gibraltar is a tough nut to crack. I'm beginning to think I may have underestimated how well the Brits are dug in there.
