Guide for 1950 Soviet Union(using only Leeb and Messe)
Oct 20, 2021 10:29:45 GMT
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Post by lettowvorbeck on Oct 20, 2021 10:29:45 GMT
Hello guys! This is my first guide and I hope it will be useful for this community, please tell me what you think. I noticed that there isnt a detailed guide for Soviet Union 1950 or that uses only basic generals so I am making one. I used Leeb and Messe, both unupgraded, and my tech level is pretty mediocre, I did not fully upgrade to Pacific level. Note that Leeb is optional, I used him late game to clear up the remaining NATO spam in Africa. I noticed that I was fighting with a disadvantage(noticed this particularly with the battleships since Kutnesov consistently dealt lesser damage than a two star Japanese navy general!) and this might be due to my tech level, but it is still quite possible to win. So here we go with the guide.
General strategy: Nato countries are dispersed all over the globe, so they will first build up massive invasion forces and then sail them across the oceans to try to reinforce the frontlines. By seizing important ports and spamming submarines, you should be able to stop the worst of the attack. The first phase: We will first take over Scandinavian region and Denmark, and then try to establish naval dominance in that region as well. At about the same time we will have to take over Northern Japan and establish naval dominance there as well, and send reinforcements from Siberia to Southeast Asia. At the same time we should seize important cities in the Middle East and Greece as well.
Phase 1(Turns 1-15):
1) Knock out Denmark, Sweden and Norway and take the ports in the Scandivian region.
-Movement of troops in blue, attacks in red.
-Use the submarine and the battleship near Copenhagen to attack the Swedish battleship. Seize the Swedish port ASAP and move Zhukov to take one or two shots at the swedish battleship before moving him to attack Copenhagen. Use Konev and the super tank to seige Copenhagen. After the Swedish port and Copenhagen is taken, use yr battleship to attack the Swedish capital, while at the same time using nukes, missiles and strategic bombers to take over Norway, Sweden, and the port at Norway. Do not be shy with using missiles and airstrikes, you must seize the port at Norway quickly and start producing submarines. After that move Zhukov and Konev to attack the NATO naval buildup near Norway.
2)Battle in Northern Japan and taking important ports
-in the first image, I have circled the important ports and cities in yellow. In blue is the movement of the troops. In the northern port move the aircraft carrier out and start producing one submarine per turn to attack the Japanese general on battleship. Also u have to move out Kutnesov to assist destroying the Japanese general, and move Bagramyan, as well as the medium tank into the water, their target will be Sapporo first, and then the nameless city below. After a few turns you should have taken the northern Japanese port, take the other one below as well. There will be American and Canadian spam so be careful of that and produce submarines accordingly. Nearby in Siberia there will be a double stacked howitzer and a stacked motorised infantry, move them to northern siberia to defend against american attacks, do not forget about them! At Khabarovsk produce one heavy tank per turn and send it below to eventually reach SE Asia.
-in the second image, I have circled the important ports and cities in yellow. Once Seoul is open, build a lvl 1 airport at the nameless city below Khabarovsk and paratroop into Seoul. From there you should be able to paratroop into Taipei when the opportunity comes. Usually Shanghai is pretty hard hit, so you can take that city once it is open for more economy as well. After you have moved Kutzenov out of the port you absolutely must produce one submarine per turn, but you have to send it downwards to occupy/attack the port at Nagasaki and Shanghai. This is essential.
-After you have secured the important ports at Shanghai and Nagasaki, spam as many submarines as possible to deal with the Australian and American spam, as well as their generals.
-I have noticed that the AI rarely, if ever, uses paratroopers. So just destroy all NATO land troops near Taipei, this should be easy since you have amassed quite a few submarines and they are in water.
3)The Middle East and Africa
-I have circled important troops and cities in yellow.
-At Stalingrad there should be a double stacked tank, put Messe(or tank general of your choice) on it and send it to Turkey with the other double stacked tank. Build a few other heavy tanks at Stalingrad as well and send them downwards. Send the rocket artillery to Greece. It is important that you take the capital of Turkey and Greece, as well as Istanbul. Use your air force and missiles if you have to, those will be essential for your economy(in total they should produce 240 gold per turn).
-After taking those cities, send Messe and the heavy tanks to Egypt. Nato should be seiging Cairo(or close to it) so you must relieve the siege and counterattack. Use one of your units in water to take the Egyptian port near Cairo.
-At Mogadishu move the stacked artillery to attack the American city nearby. The other soviet city in Africa has too meagre output to care about if you lose it, put up a good fight and then abandon it once the Brazilians and French come en masse.
4)Mobolise the remaining of the Soviet war machine.
-Move Rokosovsky and the other troops toward the frontlines in Europe.
5)Other things to note
-If you have the tech landmark build it at Moscow. Also if you have the trade market landmark, build it at Ankara or Athens after you have taken them.
-In Europe your allies will help you defend against the initial Nato attack while you are busy with Denmark, Norway and Sweden. You might want to assist them with Rokosovsky or some of the other troops, but the only dangerous general is De Gaulle. Be wary of stacked heavies and medium tanks, you should airstrike/missile/use your troops to attack them.
-Try to build one or two nukes every turn.
Phase 2:(Turns 16-30)
1)Southeast Asia
-I have circled the important troops and cities in yellow.
-At this point Thailand will have fallen, but that's fine
-Don't worry about the British tank general, the AI always moves him out to attack China.
-Your heavy tanks will soon complete their long journey and arrive near Hanoi. Use them to take Hong Kong if its empty, and to take Hanoi. Airstrikes from Taipei should assist them. After that bombard Yangon and Thailand's capital, paratroop there. You should then bombard the remainder of Vietnam and occupy it as well. The British have a lot of firepower from their navy, so the key is to destroy all or most of Nato's ground troops in the area so they can't occupy your newly taken cities even if they are open. Use your heavy tanks and aerial bombardment to do that.
-Once Vietnam and Thailand and Burma is in your hands, gather resources and then strike at Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and take them
2)Rush Africa
-I have circled the important cities in yellow and black
-After finishing off NATO's vanguard in Cairo, push towards the nearby cities(circled in yellow). Send a small force of heavy tanks to British occupied Africa(South of Cairo). After that the small force of heavies will assist yr stacked artillery at Mogadishu. Rush to Tripoli with Messe and the other heavies. Take it, build a level 3 factory there and hold.
-The NATO fleet will have arrived/starting to arrive. At Athens or a nearby city of choice build a missile silo and launch two nukes at the American tank general, preferably while he is still in water(you might want to use the longer ranged missile that costs 100 industry). Finish him off with more missiles. Nuke the Mexican general two times as well. I used hydrogen bombs since they deal damage to adjacent tiles as well, thus damaging not just him but the reinforcements near him.
3)Finish off Japan
-The NATO spam should be tapering off, and the Chinese and North Koreans will have exhausted the Japanese in the South. Now it is time for decisive action. Send your armada at the north of Japan near Tokyo, take the port there(it is in blue in the pic). Afterwards you use Bagramyan and any reinforcements he has to attack Tokyo and the cities near it. Use some nukes to help, maybe about 2 or 3. Japan will have fallen and their mighty naval generals, like Ozawa on the super battleship, will also have surrendered.
4)Stop the British from landing
-The British generals will attempt to land in Europe to assist in the NATO attack, however, now that you have the ports in Scandinavian region, you can stop them. Use submarines to stop them, produce Battleships to defeat the pesky destroyers/submarines assisting these generals. Use Zhukov and Konev and Rokosovsky if they are still alive, to deal devestating damage to those British generals if they come in range. I do not advise that you use nukes to destroy the generals, submarines, battleships and the help of your super rockets should be enough.
4)Notes
-Your output should have increased to over 2000 gold per turn, now that you have conquered Japan, Southeast Asia, Greece and Turkey, a part of Africa and the Scandinavian countries.
-Again, try to build 1 or 2 nukes a turn.
-You must always face the NATO troops in water if you can, you must hamper their efforts in Asia, Europe and Africa to get on land, otherwise it might get ugly.
-Beware of the American and Canadian attempts to land at Siberia.
Phase 3(Finishing up)
-It should be really easy here, your output should be astronomical and NATO, particularly in Europe and Asia, would have already mostly exhausted themselves. Husband your resources and build more nukes for a few turns, and then sweep over Western Europe. At the same time invade the rest of Africa and Asia(and stop near Australia). Once you have Africa and Continental Europe in your hands, it is time to invade Canada. Use nukes, strategic bombers and missiles to sweep across the region. I advise that you strike southward and cut across the American west coast to strike at Mexico and then Cuba, then Brazil. Take out Brazil and Mexico first because they spam quite a lot. Reinforce your cities with basic infantry or heavy tanks, depending on the situation, just ensure that they are not taken back after you take them. Once American continent is under your control, finish off Australia and England.
General strategy: Nato countries are dispersed all over the globe, so they will first build up massive invasion forces and then sail them across the oceans to try to reinforce the frontlines. By seizing important ports and spamming submarines, you should be able to stop the worst of the attack. The first phase: We will first take over Scandinavian region and Denmark, and then try to establish naval dominance in that region as well. At about the same time we will have to take over Northern Japan and establish naval dominance there as well, and send reinforcements from Siberia to Southeast Asia. At the same time we should seize important cities in the Middle East and Greece as well.
Phase 1(Turns 1-15):
1) Knock out Denmark, Sweden and Norway and take the ports in the Scandivian region.
-Movement of troops in blue, attacks in red.
-Use the submarine and the battleship near Copenhagen to attack the Swedish battleship. Seize the Swedish port ASAP and move Zhukov to take one or two shots at the swedish battleship before moving him to attack Copenhagen. Use Konev and the super tank to seige Copenhagen. After the Swedish port and Copenhagen is taken, use yr battleship to attack the Swedish capital, while at the same time using nukes, missiles and strategic bombers to take over Norway, Sweden, and the port at Norway. Do not be shy with using missiles and airstrikes, you must seize the port at Norway quickly and start producing submarines. After that move Zhukov and Konev to attack the NATO naval buildup near Norway.
2)Battle in Northern Japan and taking important ports
-in the first image, I have circled the important ports and cities in yellow. In blue is the movement of the troops. In the northern port move the aircraft carrier out and start producing one submarine per turn to attack the Japanese general on battleship. Also u have to move out Kutnesov to assist destroying the Japanese general, and move Bagramyan, as well as the medium tank into the water, their target will be Sapporo first, and then the nameless city below. After a few turns you should have taken the northern Japanese port, take the other one below as well. There will be American and Canadian spam so be careful of that and produce submarines accordingly. Nearby in Siberia there will be a double stacked howitzer and a stacked motorised infantry, move them to northern siberia to defend against american attacks, do not forget about them! At Khabarovsk produce one heavy tank per turn and send it below to eventually reach SE Asia.
-in the second image, I have circled the important ports and cities in yellow. Once Seoul is open, build a lvl 1 airport at the nameless city below Khabarovsk and paratroop into Seoul. From there you should be able to paratroop into Taipei when the opportunity comes. Usually Shanghai is pretty hard hit, so you can take that city once it is open for more economy as well. After you have moved Kutzenov out of the port you absolutely must produce one submarine per turn, but you have to send it downwards to occupy/attack the port at Nagasaki and Shanghai. This is essential.
-After you have secured the important ports at Shanghai and Nagasaki, spam as many submarines as possible to deal with the Australian and American spam, as well as their generals.
-I have noticed that the AI rarely, if ever, uses paratroopers. So just destroy all NATO land troops near Taipei, this should be easy since you have amassed quite a few submarines and they are in water.
3)The Middle East and Africa
-I have circled important troops and cities in yellow.
-At Stalingrad there should be a double stacked tank, put Messe(or tank general of your choice) on it and send it to Turkey with the other double stacked tank. Build a few other heavy tanks at Stalingrad as well and send them downwards. Send the rocket artillery to Greece. It is important that you take the capital of Turkey and Greece, as well as Istanbul. Use your air force and missiles if you have to, those will be essential for your economy(in total they should produce 240 gold per turn).
-After taking those cities, send Messe and the heavy tanks to Egypt. Nato should be seiging Cairo(or close to it) so you must relieve the siege and counterattack. Use one of your units in water to take the Egyptian port near Cairo.
-At Mogadishu move the stacked artillery to attack the American city nearby. The other soviet city in Africa has too meagre output to care about if you lose it, put up a good fight and then abandon it once the Brazilians and French come en masse.
4)Mobolise the remaining of the Soviet war machine.
-Move Rokosovsky and the other troops toward the frontlines in Europe.
5)Other things to note
-If you have the tech landmark build it at Moscow. Also if you have the trade market landmark, build it at Ankara or Athens after you have taken them.
-In Europe your allies will help you defend against the initial Nato attack while you are busy with Denmark, Norway and Sweden. You might want to assist them with Rokosovsky or some of the other troops, but the only dangerous general is De Gaulle. Be wary of stacked heavies and medium tanks, you should airstrike/missile/use your troops to attack them.
-Try to build one or two nukes every turn.
Phase 2:(Turns 16-30)
1)Southeast Asia
-I have circled the important troops and cities in yellow.
-At this point Thailand will have fallen, but that's fine
-Don't worry about the British tank general, the AI always moves him out to attack China.
-Your heavy tanks will soon complete their long journey and arrive near Hanoi. Use them to take Hong Kong if its empty, and to take Hanoi. Airstrikes from Taipei should assist them. After that bombard Yangon and Thailand's capital, paratroop there. You should then bombard the remainder of Vietnam and occupy it as well. The British have a lot of firepower from their navy, so the key is to destroy all or most of Nato's ground troops in the area so they can't occupy your newly taken cities even if they are open. Use your heavy tanks and aerial bombardment to do that.
-Once Vietnam and Thailand and Burma is in your hands, gather resources and then strike at Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and take them
2)Rush Africa
-I have circled the important cities in yellow and black
-After finishing off NATO's vanguard in Cairo, push towards the nearby cities(circled in yellow). Send a small force of heavy tanks to British occupied Africa(South of Cairo). After that the small force of heavies will assist yr stacked artillery at Mogadishu. Rush to Tripoli with Messe and the other heavies. Take it, build a level 3 factory there and hold.
-The NATO fleet will have arrived/starting to arrive. At Athens or a nearby city of choice build a missile silo and launch two nukes at the American tank general, preferably while he is still in water(you might want to use the longer ranged missile that costs 100 industry). Finish him off with more missiles. Nuke the Mexican general two times as well. I used hydrogen bombs since they deal damage to adjacent tiles as well, thus damaging not just him but the reinforcements near him.
3)Finish off Japan
-The NATO spam should be tapering off, and the Chinese and North Koreans will have exhausted the Japanese in the South. Now it is time for decisive action. Send your armada at the north of Japan near Tokyo, take the port there(it is in blue in the pic). Afterwards you use Bagramyan and any reinforcements he has to attack Tokyo and the cities near it. Use some nukes to help, maybe about 2 or 3. Japan will have fallen and their mighty naval generals, like Ozawa on the super battleship, will also have surrendered.
4)Stop the British from landing
-The British generals will attempt to land in Europe to assist in the NATO attack, however, now that you have the ports in Scandinavian region, you can stop them. Use submarines to stop them, produce Battleships to defeat the pesky destroyers/submarines assisting these generals. Use Zhukov and Konev and Rokosovsky if they are still alive, to deal devestating damage to those British generals if they come in range. I do not advise that you use nukes to destroy the generals, submarines, battleships and the help of your super rockets should be enough.
4)Notes
-Your output should have increased to over 2000 gold per turn, now that you have conquered Japan, Southeast Asia, Greece and Turkey, a part of Africa and the Scandinavian countries.
-Again, try to build 1 or 2 nukes a turn.
-You must always face the NATO troops in water if you can, you must hamper their efforts in Asia, Europe and Africa to get on land, otherwise it might get ugly.
-Beware of the American and Canadian attempts to land at Siberia.
Phase 3(Finishing up)
-It should be really easy here, your output should be astronomical and NATO, particularly in Europe and Asia, would have already mostly exhausted themselves. Husband your resources and build more nukes for a few turns, and then sweep over Western Europe. At the same time invade the rest of Africa and Asia(and stop near Australia). Once you have Africa and Continental Europe in your hands, it is time to invade Canada. Use nukes, strategic bombers and missiles to sweep across the region. I advise that you strike southward and cut across the American west coast to strike at Mexico and then Cuba, then Brazil. Take out Brazil and Mexico first because they spam quite a lot. Reinforce your cities with basic infantry or heavy tanks, depending on the situation, just ensure that they are not taken back after you take them. Once American continent is under your control, finish off Australia and England.