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Операция "Ой морозь морозь" - Maintain a high operational tempo through the winter, attacking weak points as able

6 (60%)

Операция "Не морозь меня" - Slow things down, making a few major and considered attacks without wasting strength

4 (40%)

Total Members Voted: 10

[Jopax]

I'm not sure, i played only Doomsday so it might not be in the original game

[Deadmeat1471]

This is AoD, its basicly all of hoi2 including DD put together + some more. Yes it has early cold war era stuff. Up to like 60's i think(If you really managed to last that long!)

[MetalSlimeHunt]

As I recall, the game ends on March 5th 1953, which is the day Stalin died. But this is from memory, so I don't know for sure.

[a1s]

Oh, and how does this game handle the nuclear era?  Are nukes possible, and if so do they trigger a "cold war"?

Nukes are very possible. They kill troops and deal permanent damage to the province (regular strategic bombing only does temporary damage, though in AoD you have to spend production to recover it), but
a)the game runs on the premise that WWII is in progress (even if there's no war going) meaning that your citizens will be pleased, not shocked, when you nuke Washington and kill millions of civilians.
and
b) you only get a small number of nukes (I think with the best research you can get them at the rate of 3/year?). So there won't be any nuclear winter.

[Fishbreath]

I disagree at point 6.  We need to add point 5A->Join the US in their attack on Japan.  The biggest fault of the real-life soviets was not invading Japanese holding sooner.  That meant that the Americans could dictate all the peace terms to Japan, allowing them to become the financers of the Cold War Capitalists.  Instead, jump on them while distracted by the Americans.  Only when they fall or declare peace with the Americans should we antagonize the Allies.

Reasonable enough. By the time we don't have to worry about the Germans anymore, the Japanese fleet should be gone.

So:

1. By 1939: be prepared to turn back a German invasion in terms of units. Take our half of Poland and all of Pribaltika after the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Annex Finland entirely in the Winter War.
2. By German invasion plus six months: halt the German advance and turn it back upon them.
3. By May 1942 (if the Germans have not attacked): attack Germany.
4. By German invasion plus one year, or May 1942 plus one year: reach Berlin.
5. By Jun 1943 Invasion of Persia.
6. By Dec 1944: invade Japan, including its Chinese holdings.
7. By May 1947: invade the Allies in Europe (including Finland and Norway if we have the forces) and begin island-hopping toward Australia and New Zealand.
8. Long-term: invade the United States across the Bering Sea.

Alliance prospects include the Turkish, the Brazilians, and the Republican Spanish (should they win the Civil War).

This game goes until 1964 (as Armageddon). Nuclear weapons are indeed possible, but I don't know if the AoD AI knows how to build them, and it certainly doesn't know how to fight a cold war.

I'm working on the next update (August '37). It'll probably come later tonight. The week after this one, I won't have my desktop with me, so we'll have a short break.

[Taricus]

How the hell did we get '40 motorised in '36?!

[a1s]

How the hell did we get '40 motorised in '36?!

there aren't any earlier motorized divisions and we (historically) had one?

[Hyo]

So we can go to Romania, yes?

Unless you want Hitler's armies to start raping the Red Army before 1941, no. Pre-emptive attacks on Poland and / or Rumania end up in Germany declaring war on the Soviets. It generally doesn't end too well.

[Deadmeat1471]

Attacking Romania is impossible, but what about an Air Force initiative for Strategic bombers, we could possibly bomb Ploiest(The biggest oilfields in europe) in Romania from the air. *Once the war has started.

I as the air minister could at least consider that.

[Taricus]

I say a balanced doctrine for army and air force. we could use the CAS.

[Fishbreath]

5 August, 1937

Many pictures today!

Spoiler: Because I want the page to load fast (click to show/hide)

The world remains relatively quiet. Japan has declared war on Nationalist China and is on the march:


Republican Spain is in a stalemate with Nationalist Spain, although they hold more territory:



We did send aid to the Republicans. Unfortunately we aren't close enough with them to send real military aid.

Domestically, we've moved our forces in the Western Military District and the northern part of the Southwestern Military District up to the Polish border. This is a very aggressive deployment, but we have long borders. New production will be used to provide a defense in depth. EuchreJack, your 6th Tank Division is now located in Zhitomir, just northwest of Kiev.



Our new fighter model, the MiG-3, and our new tactical bomber, the Yakovlev Yak-4, are now ready for production. Existing SB-3 wings will be upgraded to the Yak-4 when resources are available.



We have three new unit commanders:
Glacies: 4th Tank Division, in the Southwestern Military District's 10th Army:


Sheb: the battleship Sovyetskiy Soyuz, pride of the Bering Sea Fleet and defender of the proletariat:


a1s: the 1st Bombardirovochnaya Aviatsionnaya Diviziya, in the Western Military District:


And a special bonus for all you Hearts of Iron players out there, one of the features that makes AoD waaay easier to play: advanced sliders!


It's like auto-sliders, so it removes the tedium of making sure you're not wasting IC, but it also lets you set maximums and minimums so the sliders do what you want them to. This may be in regular HoI2, but if it was I never noticed it. >.>

Stuff for Ministers:
IC allotments: the same. Army has 6 IC free (currently dedicated to unit upgrades). Everyone else is tapped.
Research: 1 slot free for Air Force. Everyone else busy.

Air Minister: the slot you lost has been taken, along with another national slot, to research Basic Interceptors and Basic Escort Fighters. Interceptors provide an upgrade path for our I-15s and I-16s where standard fighters do not, and escort fighters may be attached to bomber wings to make them more survivable.

In production:

• Motorized Infantry: 6/10 complete
• Infantry: 6/10 complete
• Armored Car brigade: 8/10 complete
• Headquarters Division: 0/3 complete
• Tactical Bomber (SB-3): 3/8 complete; production line may be upgraded to Yak-4
• Interceptor (I-16): 1/8 complete
• Battlecruiser Kronshtadt: 0/1 complete
• Transports: 0/10 complete
• Factory: 2/12 complete
• Infrastructure: 0/4 complete

Remember to keep me updated on your future research priorities. The first post has been updated with current research completions, unit commanders, air unit statistics, and a draft of the Plan for a Red World.

[Sheb]

Is there already a Communist China to support?

[Fishbreath]

There is, but the events went the wrong way and Nationalist China and Communist China are at peace.

[Sheb]

Are the Communist at war with the Japanese? We should give them all the support we can afford, short of declaring war of Japan.

[Fishbreath]

Communist China remains neutral. Actually, were I doing it again, I wouldn't have provided support at all. I want the Japanese to sweep through China as quickly as possible. The longer it takes the Allies to crush them, the better it is for us.