mongolian fascist party in hearts of iron 5

Whilst my two divisions hardly represent a huge investment they are able to swing east, reducing the Basque pocket before pushing the Republicans back into Aragon and besieging Zaragoza. At this point it seems that the Fascist are having a hard time. He greedily accepts and a couple of weeks later they disembark at Asturias in northern Spain. So I break two division off of my Great North Army and, allocating them a general offer them to Franco. Naturally I am looking to the future and a Republican controlled country will be of no use to me – whilst a weak Fascist country may be easy pickings once my current wars are over – and Spain is certainly of interest if nothing else because of their easy access to the Portuguese Tungsten – a resource I know I will need soon and have little of. Whilst on their way, the Spanish Civil War breaks out. My African forces have now finished their job, so I order their relocation to Zara. Their threatening look soon draws the bulk of the Yugoslavian forces into line across from them. Abandoning the French border my remaining army marches to the Yugoslavian border at Trieste. Once that happens – watch out! Its WWII! So as soon as possible I push for war claims on both of them. Yugoslavia and Greece are both ripe for the picking in these early years, and if you can get in early enough you can get them before one of the other major powers guarantees their protection. Now whilst the advance into Ethiopia was on it was time to plan my next expansion. So it was time to puppet Ethiopia – annexing would be pointless given lack of factories and infrastructure in the territory and at least this way they could provide divisions for garrison duty if nothing else when the next wars came. The capital fell, the remaining enemy clustered together and I settled for encirclement and starvation. Now the attack began in earnest, with my troops hitting the capital from four different angles – the land grab I had made with my other divisions, whilst had strung me thin, prevented any Ethiopian reinforcements reaching the city. By the time my tanks landed in Italian Somalia and reached the front it was all over. A single division appeared to be holding it, so whilst I held that in place with an attack from a single division, I poured around the city, only stopping when confronted by other enemy divisions. By now my northern force was adjacent to their capital. Moving the majority of my forces into a single point I was able to push an Ethiopian division out of my way and then leap-frogged forward, my flank protected by French Somalia and then the British Somalia.įalling back in northern Italian Somalia I lured the enemy into advancing into the empty territory – pulling their eastern force further away from the north and also their capital. So, right at the start I ramp up my production – maximising factories in Italy whilst sending all my North African forces along with my three mobilised divisions into the conflict at Ethiopia. But also that if you are in a war, you need to win it with the lowest amount of manpower losses possible. My previous failures had given me the knowledge that I should always be planning for the next war whilst in the current one. Italy also starts out at war (with Ethiopia) giving you a chance to practice your troop control hopefully without serious losses.

Starting in 1936 also allows time to make some serious changes to history before the major clashes take place. As the “weak” major power it offers a combination of aggression as well as the ability to ramp things up and perhaps become a power-house without feeling too over-powered at the start. Italy always seems like a good starting point in this game. Even better it was on special offer at the time, so I paid up and installed it.Īfter a number of false starts and abject failures I feel that I can now report on my current game’s progress. The reviews seemed reasonable and what I could see made it look interesting. Given my tastes for strategy I was drawn to Hearts of Iron IV. Well a few weeks ago I decided it was time to try something new(ish).

Mongolian fascist party in hearts of iron 5