So I finally managed to get into HOI3 after reading a little bit and taking some time to read online. I started with Nationalist China, which was a nice suggestion that would let me prepare beforehand and try to beat back the Japanese advance.
After two or three tries, I actually managed to set up a nice command structure for a northern theatre, halted the Japanese advance, and then slowly began to creep forward, taking province by province. I made sure leadership was high before the conflict, and always have a few corps behind the lines getting their organisation back.
I am now getting into significant problems with supply. The front has moved into Manchukuo a little bit, but my units keep running out of supply. When they get attacked, they rout very quickly and take forever to get their org back. The Japanese are actually managing to push back now.
I read somewhere that this has to do with infrastructure, and that that needs to change. I don't think I focused my tech on that early enough, so that now I can't really build infrastructure.
My question is: how long will it take infrastructure to build once I've got the tech? And more than that, what can I do in the meantime? I'm thinking about the following:
- Bring resting units way back from the frontlines to get supplies more easily
- Set up sea convoys somehow?
- Give up some of the front in order to make it smaller and have more people resting
- SPAM THE HELL OUT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ONCE IT'S RESEARCHED
Halp?