Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

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SOVIET ONION (TROTSKY GO BRRRRRRRRRRRR)
By Tengri
In this guide, I will tell you how easy it is to make the achievement "Soviet Onion" without making puppets of, for example, Turkey, Poland,Xinjiang, killing whole freaking Allies or Axis
   
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FIRST STEP IS THE LAST STEP
do it on historical

1) PICK TRULY BASED MARXISM-LENINISM PATH FOCUS


FURRY IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOLE

2) PLACE ENTIRE ARMY, AIR, AND FLEET IN ODESSA
KFC HAVE STOOD UP
3) THEN TAKE LEFT OPPOSITION
YOU GO KILL FUNNY MUSTACHE MAN USING COLONEL SANDERS (TROTSKY). ALLY BUKHARIN AND ZINOVIEV OR LET THEM DIE- I DON'T CARE.


4) CREATE SECRET HEADQUARTERS IN ODESSA AND AFTER THAT TRY TO CAPTURE KIEV, HARKOV, AND CRIMEA BY DECISIONS


5) ALSO TAKE RAILWAY FOCUS AND MILITARY SUPPORT FOCUS FOR COMFORTABLE WAR


6) SO BEFORE CIVIL WAR YOUR SECRET STATE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS (btw i lost crimea, papa stalin cockblocked me, so beware of that)
IT'S 1917 ALL OVER AGAIN
7) JUST WIN SECOND RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR LIKE A CHAD (GO TO PRECIOUS CAUCASIAN OIL IN BAKU THROUGH CRIMEA)


8) ALSO YOU CAN TAKE HORSE FOCUS AND GET 5 GUT DIVISIONS WITH TANKS


9) AFTER TAKING CAUCASUS, YOU WILL EASILY ROLL OVER MOSCOW
WEAK SHOULD FEAR THE STRONG
10) CONGRATULATIONS! YOU SWITCHED FROM BAD COMMUNISM TO VERY BAD COMMUNISM


11) IMMEADIATELY JUSTIFY WAR ON TANNU-TUVA AND MONGOLIA,
PUPPET THEM

AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE WAR WITH FINLAND (for example you can make petrograd your new capital for better supply of winter war)


12) WAIT UNTIL 1939 AND TAKE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PAKT FROM OTHER FUNNY MUSTACHE MAN, TAKE YOUR HALF OF THE POLISH PIE

13) PUPPET WEAK LITTLE BALTIC STATES THROUGH FOCUSES, ALSO TAKE BESSARABIA


14) MAKE A WAR GOAL TO FINLAND THROUGHOUT FOCUS AND DECLARE WAR, WIN WAR (FIGHT TO THE END, DON'T TAKE JUST CARELIA), PUPPET FINLAND.
IT'S DECENTRALIZATION TIME
15) GO DOWN TO THE FOCUS "AUTONOMOUS SOVIET REPUBLICS"


16) LIBERATE THESE SOVIET REBUPLICS AS PUPPETS AROUND YOU:

3 BALTIC SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA )

BELORUSSIAN SSR (IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY FREED THROUGH SOVIET REPUBLICS FOCUS)

UKRAINIAN SSR

ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIAN SSR (IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY FREED THROUGH SOVIET REPUBLICS FOCUS)

KAZAKH, UZBEK, TAJIK, TURKESTAN, KIRGHIZ SSR
AND FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC
upd. (thx to Titan)

ALSO ALTAI REPUBLIC (has a tiny borderline between Mongolia and Kazakh SSR)

AFTER THIS, YOU NEED TO RETURN THE REST OF THE TERRITORIES TO POLAND AND ROMANIA (Belostok and Bukovina)

IN THE END IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS

GREAT SUCCESS
IT'S DONE. YOU ARE A MAGNIFICENT SOVIET ONION!
11 Comments
Mr. Gordo 11 Mar @ 6:11pm 
Using your advice it only took me 2 playthroughs and 8 hours to get this achievement. 10/10 guide
Tengri  [author] 10 Jan, 2022 @ 1:54am 
Or simply return territories to Poland and Romania
Tengri  [author] 10 Jan, 2022 @ 1:37am 
I replayed this walktrough again and Titan was right about polish territories and Bessarabia too. So you just dont need to take Molotov-Ribbentrop Pakt
Tengri  [author] 9 Jan, 2022 @ 11:16pm 
Yeah, Titan, you were right about Altai Republic, i just noticed a tiny border line between Kazakh SSR and Mongolia, i will update guide.

But i don't know about polish and romanian territories- if you complete "Autonomous Soviet republics" focus after taking eastern Poland by Molotov-Ribbentrop Pakt, you don't need to return territory to Ukrainian and Belorussian SSR, they will be automatically created with the already occupied polish territories (same thing goes with bessarabia). But i will double check this moment
Titan 9 Jan, 2022 @ 5:03am 
Well I followed your guide exactly and the achievement didn't fire until I released the Altai thing and gave back the Polish and Romanian territory
Tengri  [author] 8 Jan, 2022 @ 10:38am 
Titan, you don't need to release Altai Republic since you don't have border with Sinkiang when you release Kazakh SSR, also if you take Bessarabia before releasing Ukrainian SSR, Bessarabia will go to the Ukrainian SSR, so no problem
Titan 8 Jan, 2022 @ 6:31am 
Pretty good guide, though you also need to release the Altai Republic since you still share a border with Sinkiang and you also need to return Bessarabia to Romania (or alternatively don't do that focus) and also return the Polish territory you still have back to Poland
Thomas1753 4 Jan, 2022 @ 2:36am 
fascist collaboration moment
JESAS 28 Dec, 2021 @ 4:33pm 
Okay boss, you got it, my lord onion.:steamthumbsup:
Gorfeld 27 Dec, 2021 @ 9:26am 
Thanks! Perfect guide.