well, i have several issues with above strategy, so here is an example of cheaper and faster conquest using low tech and less
generals.
relevant tech: inf 6, art 6, air 6, AA 3.... and thats it.this strategy use one single plain tank at level 4. 2 or 3 navy units, level 3, may be used to clear sea from shanghai to tokio
i have only used Govorov(FA) and Guderian (tank), both as is. plus 3 EC (FA, all), with only two mods: one movement and one air star added to each.
plan is to:
1. establish fortress Balkan, building 3-4 FA asap.
this IS an easy conquest, if one is able to survive first 5-6 moves. and thats whats Govorov for. with 3 EC on FA each, that should not be a problem. there's also Tito, (not bad at all if used correctly) and one MI to patch the holes.
key is to keep your generals out of cities. bat.art. (or two) will be used to endure attacks on Belgrade while your generals kick them from safe distance.
2. advance using fire power of others, to save cash and time.
Soviet or German, irelevant, treat them all as can openers. get big important cities that are already badly wounded or empty.
Instead losing units and time on Rome, I usualy zig-zag to north, taking Krakow and Warsaw, then Copenhagen and/or Riga;
Tipicaly, when you get Warsaw, USSR goes on and defends it, freeing you to clear further north. and Scandinavia offers four capitals without AA, most of them wounded, and they in turn open the way to Berlin, Benelux and Paris.
so, plan is to follow USSR generals, avoid all contact, save units, money and oil.
but all the welth of Europe will not help us if we dont:
3. get to Japan airports and oilfields asap, before it has time to get whole of china and have money and oil to paraspam.
and thats what Guderian is for: to clear Bucarest and a bit around it while his escort (4-6 MI) is built; then rush to China to
get us an airbase. this IS an easy AND fast conquest, if you get there in time. ANY airbase will do, just hurry. your main enemy is distance, nothing else.dont worry about your small force, there will be a choice of wounded cities; or low income, as cash
will be saved in Europe using tactics above. oil may be problem when you start hoping from base to base, an that is why there is no place for tanks or navy.
as soon as i get 3 cities at home, it starts: defending front in Belgrade as described, building replacements in Sofia only if and when absolutely necesary, building attack force in Bucarest. idealy move 10-15 you should be on your way.
fort Balkan, move 7
couple of FAs are covering all from Adriatic to Bucharest. Bucharest will get tendrized by Soviets for you. Enemy generals attacking only Belgrade, leaving yours alone. Greeks covering southern aproach. note that i'm leaving oilfields empty so Italy will jump in, greeks or soviets, later even egypt will take over: Italy kills them, than i take it back and evacuate again. this drain italian resources, so there is no real attack. also do not take oil field and village in front of Belgrade. that will only provoke more attacks. if you stay only south of Danube, GER will turn to Kiev or Krakow, leaving you alone after turn 8 or so. time to invade Bucarest and move on east to China, north to Warsaw
move 7-9, pressure on Belgrade is easing up, north path looks OK: Krakow, Warsaw, Riga, all under attack
move 10-12: Bucarest liberated, brave GRE meets last GER attempts on west, Tito heads east, Guderian takes Istanbul before joinig him
move 16-20:
Guderian and 5 MI almost there, avoiding conflict. Tito +1 follows to deal with possible enemy following main group.
In Europe, however, this time i was not able to go usual path (Krakow-Warsaw-Riga).
Poland was just too much for GER without ROM help and generals they lost at Balkans. UK got Amsterdam, later Norway, and USSR got Copenhagen, later Helsinki. so, no targets in north.
change of target, not of plan: follow Soviets to Berlin directly. low income, but costs even lower (none)
moves 25-30, Europe
i have 3 MI ready to jump in, with one general close to finish off berlin, help clean around it, and use air strikes from it to clear the next one (Amsterdam, again in german hands)
...and i was able to get both, plus Cologne, in same move (27 or 28). Enough! lets sit back and let alies to clear way to Paris and Spain.
my other generals? Govorov and one EC working slowly trough Alps, hiting Milan and Zurich at once, when not killing ocasional counter attack. no rush, just keep em healthy. back home, it looks like peace:
meanwhile, real action, move 25-30 in China:
my standard way would be red one: to Chongking than Nanking by foot, from there bomb and jump in all airbases in site before jumping and sailing to Japan proper, leaving cities without airfields for later.but, Japan was slow so i went green line: Peking then Changchun by foot, jumping from Peking to Nanking and onward. with UK troops from Indochina on my trail, Tito was free to kill enemy troops wondering around.
ok, this is a signal to move to Italy, when those guys go to greet eachoder: in effect, its last ITA general giving up on attacking Marseile/defending Rome and is about to die
this time around it was move 30. by move 33, i was on my way to Rome:
move 35, big break point: got Rome and jumped into wounded Tripoli from there; stole Paris, jumped to empty Coruna from there; landed into Japan! Y A Y !
finaly, move 40-42 one last push in Europe to get Barcelona (bombed from rome, invaded from Zurich!). Meanwhile allies moped up in France and after i cleared forts around it, USA got Madrid.
everything in Africa fell like dominos.
and after getting Sapporo at move 43, finished off Casablanca, Dakar and sevilla in move 44
in conclusion: cheaper, better, faster.
defending home, killed 5 or so GER generals, plus a HUN and ROM ones: their loss made Europe easy job for Soviets. That gave me Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris without fight. used maybe 300$ to get them.
ITA generals will die one by one in Adriatic: attack them with art or air when they are swiming, much easier then fighting them in Rome. do not haste to close targets that will get weaker with time, do rush to distant ones that will grow stronger.
death to fascism, freedom to the people! good hunting soldier!
