Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

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How to get achievement "Totally not cool, bromania"(ENG)
By Fredericks
The guide was translated into English by the author of the same Russian guide. This guide describes how to get the rare (at the time of writing, 0.2% of the total player earned) achievement in Hearts of Iron IV "Totally not cool, bromania". Here is the simplest way to get the achievement, which does not depend on the game distribution (randomness). The achievement itself refers to the real history of the Second World War, namely the coup of King Mihai against the Iron Guard, allies of Nazi Germany, and the subsequent transition of Romania to the position of the USSR.
   
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The essence of achievement
What is the achievement itself? It is necessary, playing as Romania, to join a certain alliance (Axis, Allies or Comintern, in no case the Sanitary Cordon), start a war with any of the remaining two alliances and, by decision, go over to the side of the enemy alliance, then surrender ANY member his first alliance, which was there with you.
The methods of transferring to another alliance and declaring war on any power in a war with the first alliance are not suitable (Let's say we become a fascist, we declare war on the USSR, we go over to the side of the Comintern, we are in a war with Germany, we declare war on Bulgaria, it enters the Axis, we surrender Bulgaria). The developers, apparently, meant a long confrontation between the player and any great power, but the achievement is accomplished only by the surrender of some puppet of this power. I will show you the path of Mihai the Nazi.
Game start, communism on the rise
We play with a historical focus. Romania is a democracy, which does not give us the opportunity to justify the goals of the war against the countries we need. We begin to advance along the political branch of focuses (strengthening the power of Karol).Without being distracted by other tricks, we are moving along the socialist path. It is important for us to establish communism in the country as soon as possible. This is possible due to the national focus "Force abdlication"
(the ideology that will be established in Romania according to this focus depends on the government we have chosen, its foreign policy loyalty).
We immediately join the Comintern (the USSR is always ready to take us under its wing). We receive the next event and begin to justify the goal of the war against Poland.
Troops and economy
The Romanian army is quite ready for the offensive. But I would suggest using the standard 7 by 2 military template (7 infantry and 2 artillery). It is extremely important to have 8-10 cavalry divisions, tank units are also retained. This will provide us with flexibility in future wars. The economy is completely directed towards military support. After studying the national focus "Force abdlication", open "Maneuvers" (25 experience points for the template), and then go to the economy through any first diplomatic tricks (I chose "Preserving Great Romania", did not decide to take risks, going through the "Balkan leader" for the -25% of the time to justify the war)). Important: do not touch the diplomatic tricks associated with all three alliances. Develop your economy and army. From advisers, take military leadership for the infantry and the offensive, study the second (artillery) doctrine.
War with Poland and Peace Conference
Because of the support of the USSR (which we successfully called into the war), the war with Poland is not extremely difficult. You can just draw an autoplane. I myself hastened the process of the fall of the Poles, using the breakthrough of cavalry and tanks to Warsaw and Danzig. Important: immediately after declaring war on Poland, start justifying the goal of the war against the Reich. Is extremely important: do not take anything on the peace conference with Poland. We must get the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (led by a little stock Nikita Khrushchev) as a puppet of the Soviet Union. This is the most important part of our achievement. Next, we line up the troops on the border with the Ukrainian SSR and liberate Moldova as our own puppet (so that the USSR does not walk through our country in the future).
Sleight of hand, no fraud
It is very important to time the focus on the Mihai Coup when the target of the war against Germany is relatively ready. If 80-90 days are left until the end of justifying the war with the Germans, we begin to prepare the coup of Prince Mihai. This is a reassurance, so that the USSR does not throw us out of the Comintern for a democratic ideology, and the Reich does not walk through our allies ahead of time.



Having received the goal of the war on the Reich, we declare war on it and call all allies into it (make sure that the Ukrainian SSR is also at war). Then Mihai carries out his coup, and we can already begin an attack against our yesterday's allies (in decisions, when everything is ready, we choose "to join the Axis countries"). Attention: this is the point of no return.
War with Ukraine
Very important: make sure that there is no large concentration of troops on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR (before joining the Axis). The USSR is very fond of driving its troops from the Far East to Poland. This can make it difficult for us to get the achievement. Place maneuvering units on the sides, and distribute the infantry evenly along the front.


Live the decision to join the Axis. Very soon you will be forced to declare war on the USSR. But Moldova will not let the Red Army surrender us. It is very important: as soon as the war begins, you must direct all your efforts towards the surrender of Ukraine. Attack with cavalry and tanks, take cities. Fight quickly so that the USSR does not bring the army to you and complicate the achievement of the achievement. Fortunately, the Ukrainian SSR has few victory points, and Lvov alone is enough. Ukraine will soon surrender and you get achievements. Your former ally has surrendered, the conditions are met.
Conclusion
Mihai I managed to force his former ally to fall, changed the Comintern to the Axis, while establishing democracy in his country. For the first time in history, the monarchy was restored in a communist country. The Romanians managed to take Warsaw and Danzig. Neither Stalin nor Hitler expected such a rapid turnaround in Romanian foreign policy. Let Mihai celebrate his victory in Lviv and catch Nikita Khrushchev all over Western Ukraine. We got our achievement.

Thank you for your attention to the guide and I ask you to write if you received this achievement according to my guide.



Here is the link to the Russian guide https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2420198960
4 Comments
Mahuikk 28 Nov, 2023 @ 2:53pm 
how do you even switch sides?
Fredericks  [author] 29 Oct, 2021 @ 10:53am 
Thank you for checking
Gredu 29 Oct, 2021 @ 10:13am 
I've been able to gain 2 weeks and declare war on Poland the 12/31/1937 with 23% world tension.
I got the achievement when Ukraine capitulated.
Thx for the guide, it was indeed very easy.
Gredu 29 Oct, 2021 @ 9:30am 
I had France and UK guarantee Poland beofre I could declare war, I don't know if it could be bad luck since I played with historical focus... I'll just try again to check, but maybe something changed between the time you wrote the guide and now, and it would not be possible to do the exact same thing to get the achievement.