Hearts of Iron 3 AAR - Austria, landlocked wannabe Germany - Games

[B]Chapters[/B] [B]1. Let's go pick on Switzerland[/B] [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=16861824&postcount=20]2. I'm Hungary :([/url] 3. Race ya to the beach (coming soon) 4. ???? (undecided) [B]1. Let's go pick on Switzerland[/B] Welcome to Austria! Landlocked, small, glorious and sandwiched between ice cream and pizza land, and smoked ham and blitzkrieg land! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2215-40-58-08.png[/IMG] So far research is focussed on getting the IC up since Austria is full of lazy eastern Europeans. First off, we want to be like Germany, we are Austria after all, so let's fight dirty at neutral countries like Switzerland! There are 2 major points in Switzerland, the first looks relatively easy to get to, the capital and airfield on the other hand, is on the western side. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-41-36-64.png[/IMG] The first thing we need to do is punch through the numerous front line land forts and get into the soft core of the country and then we can really fuck shit up [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-44-42-27.png[/IMG] Bam. Switzerland now has a hole in it's defenses, this is a glorious day for the soon to be Austrian Empire! we will surely have enough workers for the war machine if all goes to plan. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-44-52-51.png[/IMG] The plan is going flawlessly except for one hitch, the first division has captured VP point 1 and left a small garrison force of infantry but the second division is being held up by an unexpected number of Swiss infantry and also a tactical bomber from the capital. Let the scoundrels fight them! The fools leave the road to the capital unguarded and the first division will overrun the capital quickly for glorious Austria! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-49-48-64.png[/IMG] Sweet victory for Austria! Now that production is on track, we need more manpower and preferably a port. Yugoslavia looks too much of a worthy opponent so for now, it's onwards to Hungary! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-50-55-38.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2216-57-46-03.png[/IMG] Stay tuned for the next chapter in this thread which will be posted above, my master plan for Austria has not yet been finished so feel free to suggest how we shall crush the world if you like, Austria is currently an unaligned country.

Looking good. We really need a Hearts of Iron forum.

I'll try and zoom in a bit more for the next chapter so there is definition but the image can stay relatively small. I was just thinking we should have a forum for it actually, these AARs I keep seeing are great

Kill Bulgaria, they have some p. nice IC

[QUOTE=FlowXobDans;16858984]Kill Bulgaria, they have some p. nice IC[/QUOTE] Currently there is no way for me to reach Bulgaria because I'm landlocked but thanks for the tip

How can you attack neutral countries? When I try to attack it,it says some shit that neutral countries can't be attacked etc. etc. and when I try to declare war it still won't let me...?

[QUOTE=ionuttzu;16859066]How can you attack neutral countries? When I try to attack it,it says some shit that neutral countries can't be attacked etc. etc. and when I try to declare war it still won't let me...?[/QUOTE] You are too neutral, you need to decrease your neutrality, the only problem is this will probably take 4 years if you do it the proper way. press the '`' key (console key in CSS or any other valve game) and type 'noneutrality' to reduce your neutrality to 0. Have fun!

I'm going to do one of these as America and take over mexico with epic paratroops of doom

[QUOTE=venn177;16858904]Looking good. We really need a Hearts of Iron forum.[/QUOTE] I would want a forum for Paradox games, since they have other awesome games besides Hearts of Iron.

I love these AAR in this forum, keep em comming :)

[QUOTE=Swebonny;16859885]I love these AAR in this forum, keep em comming :)[/QUOTE] agree'd we need a fucking forum for this shit

[QUOTE=Potatoefp;16859864]I would want a forum for Paradox games, since they have other awesome games besides Hearts of Iron.[/QUOTE] This. Maybe if we keep making AARs they will have to create a subforum. Either that or ban us all.

I demand more episodic goodness

Is Hearts of Iron the game where you can lead a bunch of different nations through WWII? [editline]07:18PM[/editline] Well whatever, tried the demo and didn't like it.

Austria wannabe Germany? Austria wasn't always that small :O After all before the WWI you might have called Germany the wannabe Austria. Map 1800 [media]http://www.euratlas.net/PHA/history_europe/europe_map_1800.jpg[/media]

Hey, my Father is Austrian, as well as his parents and grandparents, I'll be watching this...

In HoI2 Switzerland is GoI'd by UK so if you fight them you can guarantee death. Also, watch out for the Anchluss of Austria! Keep friends with Germany!

Come 1938 Hitler will get tired of your Austrian Antics and annex your arse. The requirements for the German Austrian Auchluss are that they are at peace with you, you're in their faction and the year is 1938+. So you'll probably have to either refuse to join the Axis or invade them, which both sound rather suicidal.

Yugoslavia is easiest to get, i lined my guys up against their border, declared war, took 1 part of their country and they surrendered.

[url=http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=16858875&postcount=0]1. Let's go pick on Switzerland[/url] [B]2. I'm Hungary :([/B] 3. Race ya to the beach (coming soon) 4. ???? (undecided) [B]I'm Hungary :([/B] Well here it is, it's starting to come together comrades, we have joined the might of the Axis! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-09-54-70.png[/IMG] Those hungarians do not know how to properly utilize their industrial capacity, so we'll take it from them to fuel the glorious war machine! (we ran out of electricity 3 months ago and russia won't trade :() We also have the new mountain infantry (1) and mixed vehicle, artillery, cavalry and infantry (4) divisions ready to deploy. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-40-42-25.png[/IMG] The battle plan is simple enough, 3 HQ groups (the middle one is actually 2 smaller HQs) take the shortest route possible to the next available VP and the loyalty of the Hungarian populace will crumble forcing them into submission. The middle HQ is biggest because I want to make sure that that airfield gets knocked out and held, the swiss bombers from before resulted in unnecessary Austrian casualties. The top VPs are the primary targets. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-45-40-59.png[/IMG] This is our hour of glory comrades! Charge! Oh wait it's a really fucking even stalemate. Let's expect heavy casualties. As you can see a bomber overhead in the north is fucking us up while we fight in a stalemate. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-48-54-17.png[/IMG] Our toil has paid off! although we have suffered many casualties as a result of the stalemate, our IC has kept the divisions topped up and some of the enemy forces are withdrawing, a breakthrough is imminent! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-51-54-19.png[/IMG] Here is the current situation, everything is going according to plan and everybody is well on their way to their objective. After the breakthrough, we gained ground so fast that the Hungarians could not keep up with us! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-55-07-58.png[/IMG] Slight problem in the south. The southern HQ has been cut off but holy shit these guys continue to fuck shit up incredibly well, they are only 2 provinces away from the secondary objective and may actually make it. They didn't actually make it, they ran out of supplies and couldn't really do much. [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-56-22-84.png[/IMG] Thankfully for those heroes, the capital had been taken a while ago and very shortly afterwards, the eastern primary objective had been taken without encountering resistance as the Hungarians were still finding it hard to catch up with the mountain trained infantry, this capture resolved the war for the glorious Empire of Austria! [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i86/Kondor58/hoi3game2009-08-2219-59-35-08.png[/IMG] In the next chapter I want to get myself access to the sea. Czechoslovakia is out of the question as a secondary target because it isn't connected to the sea and was added to the Allies just after I took Hungary. It's either Romania or Yugoslavia next on the list. I'm thinking Yugoslavia because right now my country is wide, but thin and taking it would bulk it up a bit.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;16861394]Yugoslavia is easiest to get, i lined my guys up against their border, declared war, took 1 part of their country and they surrendered.[/QUOTE] I highly doubt that.

If I attack Yugoslavia, Italy will jump in to fuck stuff up while I take the capital in the east so perhaps yugoslavia won't be that hard with the help of allies

[img]http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Leonding/LeondingPhotos/F100HitlerHouse02.jpg[/img] This is a very famous house... It's very related to the thread... It's the first home of a certain dictator... Oh Yeah, it's in Austria.

[QUOTE=Kondor;16862315]If I attack Yugoslavia, Italy will jump in to fuck stuff up while I take the capital in the east so perhaps yugoslavia won't be that hard with the help of allies[/QUOTE] I think you should go for Romania. They are a weaker target, they'll give you access to the sea, increase your crude oil production a lot, and will give you a much larger border with the Slavs. Plus you'll have one hell of a long country.

Just a word of advice. Unless you are using the theatre AI HQs aren't really important. More importantly doing use them in offensives, they have fuck in the way of attack stats, and they still take up space which can end up giving you a stacking penalty. leave them in provinces you need to defend and they can stall the enemy, but are ultimately useless if you aren't using the AI.