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Good to hear! Good luck on that last one, Hashim.
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I'm kinda glad I only got heavy into these mega campaigns long after I had exams to deal with. I could easily see my wires getting crossed and writing an involved essay on Al Andalus being essential to the elimination of the slave trade, while also abandoning the people's of the Congo to the tyranny of the Khedive. In conclusion, Iberia is a land of contrasts, thank you. "Sir, this is History 402 - Wars of the Diadochoi"
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i guess we don't get to find out how all the different countries' atomic projects are going until after the war, eh? i put a namesake in as a berber rio de janeiro einstein, and i suppose we won't get to find out how he's doing for a while
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Hashim posted:Everything's good and my last exam is in a couple days, so we'll be back pretty soon  oystertoadfish posted:i guess we don't get to find out how all the different countries' atomic projects are going until after the war, eh? i put a namesake in as a berber rio de janeiro einstein, and i suppose we won't get to find out how he's doing for a while Only if we're lucky. Only if we are extraordinarily lucky.
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CommissarMega posted:Only if we're lucky. Only if we are extraordinarily lucky. So next session is what you're saying?
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Good luck on your final exam!
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Chapter 9 — Russian Winter — March 1941 to February 1942 As the snows begin to melt and the days grow longer, the Frankish Realm is at the height of their power and territorial reach, looming over the entire continent as their armies control every city, town and village from Brest to Tsaritsyn.  Their war wasn’t over yet, however. They may have defeated Liege, Scotland, Provence, Germany, Russia and the Balkans, but their oldest and strongest enemies still endured, Iberia still endured. The war also continued on other fronts, scattered across the width of the world. In the distant east, the Manchu Presidency had been unable to advance into the Korean peninsula, with the Red Turbans successfully repelling a simultaneous invasion by the Japanese as well.  South Asia was a mixed bag, with the vast and powerful Almoravid Dominion of Usturaliya gradually gaining ground against Frankish Indochina, whilst the poorly-administered and unruly Almoravid Raj had already suffered a string of losses against the Bengal Raj.  At the same time, the war had finally reached the west, where vicious battles had already erupted between Communist Ibriz, New England and the Berber Union as their conflicting claims to the Panama Canal came to a head.  The first bullets of this war were fired in an attempt to curb Frankish expansionism, but that was a long time ago, and the fires of war had burned until the entire globe was engulfed. At long last, the World War was well and truly underway. The Iberian Union, however, had already been fighting this war for over four years. Four years of clashes and bombings and dogfights, and the only real advancements were made in weaponry and engineering, as April of 1941 saw new tanks and fighter planes take to the battlefields on ground and air alike.    Supreme Leader Mizanur was determined to put more boots on the ground, especially now that Russia was on the verge of capitulation, but that came with a greater need for resources that Iberia simply didn’t have — namely, oil and steel. Most of those needs were quickly fulfilled by Ibriz and Provence, who were forced to accept highly-unfavourable contracts by Qadis, with the Kingdom of Benin also signing new trade agreements.    With thousands of youngsters joining the ranks of the Red Army every day, most of the newly-trained divisions were sent northwards, where Iberian marshals and generals were organising new offensives into Occitania and northern Italy.  Every mile gained came with heavy loss of life, however, as the Franks began strategically-redeploying their troops and reinforcing their lines en masse. This immense redeployment also included thousands of Frankish warplanes, and with Mizanur retaliating by dispatching his newly-constructed fighter planes to the theatre, it wasn’t much longer before another massive battle was raging in the skies above Italy.  On the African front, meanwhile, a combined force of German exiles and Maghrebi volunteers was gradually advancing across Libya, meeting with very little resistance.  That is, until they reached the outskirts of Benghazi, where they were met by half-a-dozen fatigued, under-equipped Egyptian divisions. Led by a single Iberian division, the Maghrebi-German volunteers quickly drove the Egyptians from the city, forcing them eastwards as red flags were raised in Benghazi.  This minor victory was soon tempered by jarring news from the east, as the elderly, confused and ill-advised Imperator of the Russian Empire fled his country on a damp morning late in May, accepting an invitation to join the Almoravid Sultan in Usturaliya.  Most of the magnates and noblemen had already fled the Empire, and with the vast majority of Russian industry and economy seized by the Franks, it was past time that the Emperor joined them. The government, or what was left of it, quickly devolved into a military dictatorship as a high-ranking general seized the reins of power.  Acting from his headquarters in Gorki, this general immediately ordered a massive counter-attack all down the front, but little progress would be made over the course of the unusually-chilly summer. The days of the Russian Empire were numbered, it would seem.  As storms swept across the Alps, an influx of new warplanes — faster and stronger than Frankish designs — proved enough to turn the battle above Italy in favour of Iberia, giving them air superiority in the region.  With the danger of enemy bombers negated and close air support barraging enemy divisions, the two leading Iberian marshals — Mahmud ibn Bibil and Ricardo Etxeberria — launched a devastating blitz northwards over the course of June and July, seizing hundreds of miles and surrounding 10 Frankish divisions in a resounding success.    As tens of thousands of Franks were clapped in irons and paraded into prisons, Supreme Leader Mizanur urged his marshals to capitalise on their victory and push towards Paris, but enemy reinforcements were already swarming towards the frontlines and plugging any openings. Within the fortnight, the Iberian advance was brought to another infuriating standstill.  The Iberians weren’t alone in their frustration, however, because the Frankish advance in the east had also been brought to a baffling halt. This Russian general was allegedly arming children and cripples alongside men, throwing entire generations to their deaths as wave after wave was smashed against the Frankish line, a futile attempt to postpone their victory.   August brought good tidings, fortunately, as the Bengali army finally shattered the Almoravid levies in India, surrounding and annihilating dozens of divisions in a ruthless campaign that saw large parts of Orissa, Delhi and Deccan capitulate to the Bengali. By early September, they would be shelling the colonial capital of Madras.  As always, however, this good news was soon followed by its bitter cousin. After successfully holding the New English at the Mississippi and even gaining ground against the Franks in Cascadia, a triple-pronged attack from the east, north and west overwhelmed Ibrizi lines and flooded into the northern half of the country.  Having been recently-subjugated to far-reaching purges, the fundamentalist north was already fickle in their loyalties, with its strongholds and population centres surrendering to Albionorian and New English forces as they advanced. This sparked a refugee crisis as thousands fled southward, past the fragile communist lines as the people’s army desperately reorganised along the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers.  Unfortunately, however, they had scarcely reached the riverbanks before more bad news arrived. Whilst communists and fascists clashed in the north, Berber troops were gradually marching across New France, with the sweltering summer heat putting up a bigger fight than the French themselves.   Before very long, the government of New France formally surrendered to Imariz, with the King personally travelling to the Berber capital to plead for his crown. The Three Viziers didn’t care who ruled in New France, however, what they wanted was military access through the country and into Panama. Needless to say, they now had that military access, with Berber troops reaching Panama a scant few weeks later, the city and canal falling on the 26th of October.  With that, the catalyst of the western war was captured, but the fighting wouldn’t end there. The New English were rampaging across Ibriz in the north, crossing the Rio Grande by early November and reaching the west coast before year’s end.  All semblance of order and discipline in the Ibrizi army was quickly collapsing, and with the New English driving southward on an unstoppable offensive, military experts began speculating that they’d be standing in Madinat al-Gharb before the spring equinox. The Three Viziers, of course, couldn’t allow that to happen.  Word of the Berber invasion of Ibriz reached Qadis a few hours later, and needless to say, the high command quickly descended into chaos. The Supreme Leader closeted himself away with his leading supporters and commanders, but their meeting was quickly interrupted by more news, this time from the Russian front…  Despite their shoddy equipment, despite their morale-crushing defeats, despite the flight of their Emperor, the Russians had somehow recaptured Smolensk, stunning their allies and enemies alike. And with the coldest winter in living memory sweeping across Eastern Europe, that wasn’t their only victory. With his mass assault doctrine finally reaping some reward, the Russian general-turned-president launched another series of counter-attacks across the frontline, flooding into Finland and Ukraine as the rest of the world watched in horror and relief, depending on allegiances.  In the west, this had been precisely what Mahmud ibn Bibil had been waiting for. The Iberian general had drawn up a number of ambitious naval invasions that sought to circumvent Frankish lines along the River Garrone and the Alps, only to rebuffed time and again by the Supreme Leader — until now.  With the Franks pinned down by the Russian winter, Mizanur provided his marshal with the fresh troops and air support to finally launch his operation, desperate to capitalise on their distractions. And immediately, it became clear why he’d been so unwilling to approve the plans, as the Red Navy was all but annihilated in two decisive battles in the Bay of Biscay.   Tens of thousands of Iberians were sunk alongside hundreds of submarines, but as far as Ibn Bibil and the Supreme Leader were concerned, the operation was a success. 6 divisions touched ground in Brittany and Poitou, quickly striking out and seizing feebly-garrisoned ports.  With reinforcements quickly pouring in and the region largely under-defended as a whole, the entirety of Brittany was quickly captured by Iberian troops, opening another front against the Franks. And this time, if only temporarily, they held numerical superiority.  The victory was met with celebration in Qadis, but the Supreme Leader’s response was sharp and simple — start marching, and don’t stop until an Iberian flag was fluttering above the Eiffel Tower. 
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Holy poo poo! Ruuuus!
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Holy loving poo poo!
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Pictured: the first time Russia has faced any adversity at all in this entire LP
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Pakled posted:Pictured: the first time Russia has faced any adversity at all in this entire LP And ironically the first time we've ever been rooting for them
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Soup du Jour posted:THE MOTHERLAND CALLS Russia, always end up bleeding in the end, I guess with everything going well for them up to now, their population must be much larger than it was OTL.
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Oh man, this rules. Russia is good now Also: What are the chances that this ends with a GDR/BRD partition, only horizontally flipped from OTL?
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Wow finally Russia being Russia. Can anyone give a quick primer on Heart of Iron combat or point me to one? It clearly seems like a very different system from EU4 etc with surrounds and stuff, which is most of what I’m familiar with.
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Red. Army. STRONGEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgKazTrhXmI tildes posted:Wow finally Russia being Russia. 'Divisions'(the single units you see on the map) are custom made with the building block of a 'battalion'. Each battalion requires a certain amount of equipment, i.e. a basic infantry battalion requires infantry equipment and manpower while a field hospital support battalion requires support equipment, trucks, infantry equipment and manpower. So long as the battalions are fully equipped and staffed they give their whole bonus, if they're out of supply, equipment, or manpower they will take penalties in proportion to how much is missing. A completed division is usually made up of several regular battalions and more elite divisions will also have several support companies.  This is what a moderately elite infantry division looks like in the designer. You can see on the rightmost column what equipment is required to keep it at full operating power. This division has a lot of artillery and infantry, meaning it will have very high 'soft attack' and 'defense' stats so it should perform fairly well when attacking against infantry and other unarmored targets and very well when defending against unarmored targets. But it has very low 'piercing' and 'hard attack' values because it has no Anti-Tank artillery in it and will suffer against even lightly armored divisions. As you introduce armored battalions into your divisions the whole division will gain the benefit of that armor in proportion to how many armored units you put in vs unarmored units. For example mixing in 1 battalion of 'Heavy Tank' into an infantry division will have a large effect on increasing that divisions "hardness" and "armor", both reducing the damage they take in combat especially from non-armor piercing equipment, and that hardness means they will be more vulnerable to 'hard attack' but much less vulnerable to 'soft attack' (which is much more common) 420 Gank Mid fucked around with this message at 23:32 on May 25, 2019 |
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And people were so worried. Well, it did get close, but the war is basically won now, considering this is the HoI AI, Al Andalus has air superiority and will soon be less and less outnumbered. A resurgent Russia might be able to throw millions of men at Al-Andalus later, but with tech advances increasing option the AI/human gap is widening. On the other hand Al Andalus has been handicapped for a thousand years. An LP with AI generals on the player side, just following general thread directives, might be an idea, that way the player nation would be a lot strategically weaker on the battlefield, while the national handicaps could be removed, thus for example allowing Al Andalus to both colonize and focus on the military at the same time. Luscious Snake fucked around with this message at 23:46 on May 25, 2019 |
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I'm glad this operation was a success hides paperwork documenting sunk transport ships and troops lost at sea
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I don’t understand naval warfare at all in this game, but anyways, I guess this means that we are now wholly dependent on the Irish for an invasion of Britain? Anyways, I wouldn’t celebrate until we have secured a steady source of oil and other resources. Our tanks and airplanes are useless without fuel, and I don’t think we will be seeing anything coming from the Atlantic anymore.
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The Andalusi Air Force is the finest in the world. A tip of the hat to our Air Marshal.
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Snipee posted:I don’t understand naval warfare at all in this game, but anyways, I guess this means that we are now wholly dependent on the Irish for an invasion of Britain? I want to say that paratroopers are a thing, so if we maintain air superiority, we can probably manage that, especially once France proper gets pushed in.
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Also this is the old version of the game where naval combat is broken and fuel doesn't exist
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Crazycryodude posted:where naval combat is broken Our navy completely sinking seems pretty normal to me
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HiHo ChiRho posted:Our navy completely sinking seems pretty normal to me *Thinks back to EUIV* Yeah. Yeah it is. 
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Anyway what's important is that we can finally ensure that the blood of the martyrs waters the meadows of France.
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Man I can't wait until the other shoe drops. It's only fitting in the Al Andalus LP that we'd be celebrating our upcoming victory right before everything goes to hell.
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When our inevitable victory occurs, we should clearly understand that we're not going to leave France as a single entity right? We'll Balkanize that poo poo into like, 8 communist states. Break off the low countries, break off Brittany, restore all of Provence's territory, maybe make a Basque country one... OH PARIS COMMUNE CITY STATE Rody One Half fucked around with this message at 17:51 on May 26, 2019 |
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Enclaves in enclaves in enclaves. 
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ChaseSP posted:Enclaves in enclaves in enclaves. 
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We don't want to be enemies with France afterwards, so we should probably make them even bigger than before. Hell, give them Catalonia.
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420 Gank Mid posted:Red. Army. STRONGEST Thank you, this is great!
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I will admit, I was hoping for Mother Russia to come soaring down with her frosty touch, but I didn't really expect her to hit quite this hard.
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Flavius Aetass posted:We don't want to be enemies with France afterwards, so we should probably make them even bigger than before. Hell, give them Catalonia. Counterpoint: they can't be our enemies if we raze the entire country to the ground and kill every fascist we find.
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It's just occurred to me that Russia finally started hitting back once their royal family was out of the picture. Nobility really are just a bunch of parasites, aren't they?
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I wouldn't celebrate too soon, we landed 12 infantry divisions in Britanny, sure that could lead the AI to completely gently caress up its frontlines by reassigning too many divisions, but on their own those divisions aren't guaranteed to march all the way to Paris.
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Even if France is successfully neutralized, Africa's going to need mopping up, and some kind of peace accord needs to be reached with the League of Monarchies, or else the Andalusians will have to march all the way to Japan. There's also the worrying proposition of France not totally collapsing after Paris falls and having to invade Britain, or something bad happening with Africa. The Americas aren't looking so great either. The Alaskan French might dwindle with the decline of the rest of France, but Ibriz is caught in a fight between New England and the Berber Union, and there's no way Al Andalus can do a drat thing about it.
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Super Jay Mann posted:Man I can't wait until the other shoe drops. There’s no way with HOI’s AI
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Are we at war with Japan as well now that the Berber Union has declared on us? Trying to hold Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East together is already literally a multi-continental task. It seems likely that by the time we could accomplish that, nukes will have been invented by multiple different countries. Perfect time to negotiate some sort of peace with the surviving powers.
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sheep-dodger posted:I wouldn't celebrate too soon, we landed 12 infantry divisions in Britanny, sure that could lead the AI to completely gently caress up its frontlines by reassigning too many divisions, but on their own those divisions aren't guaranteed to march all the way to Paris. This is HOI against the AI. Give me twelve divisions and a factory with which to supply them and I shall give you eurasia.
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