Hearts of Iron IV

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How to win against France as Germany without Siege Artillery/ Howitzers in The Great War mod
By louiserlergel
The DLCs required:
La Resistance


STEP 1: Intelligence Agency


Make an agency

Immediately decrypt France, Belgium and Netherlands (and maybe even Luxembourg)

Build Mils and Civs go through your focuses and whatever

Increase your Cryptology level by going through the Cryptology Department


STEP 2: Production


Do not invest your Mils into Siege Artillery we will focus on normal Artilleries

Invest some Mils into Early Motorized or the latest Motorized you have

Invest some Mils into Fighters, CAS and Zeppelins

Guns/Infantry Equipment are very important so put a lot of Mils into it


STEP 3: Templates and Deployment

Do not add or make Infantry Templates with Siege Artillery, we will not be using them

Make around 13 or 15 Motorized Divisions ( Customize the Motorized Template if you want to as long that it is fast asf)


STEP 4: Divisions


Get your weakest/cheapest divisions in your army into your colonies in Africa because it will not only distract a chunk of the French Army and will also distract the British Army

Invest some Divisions on the borders of all Benelux Countries/ Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg

More importantly put the Motorized Divisions in the border between you and the Netherlands


STEP 5: The Great War


Choose the 1905 Schlieffen Plan/ Go through Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg

Dont reveal the Decrypted Intel on France yet. Instead reveal the Decrypted Intel of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg

Now that you revealed it, micro with your Motorized Divisions (thats in your border between You and the Netherlands) until the Netherlands capitulate

Now move your Motorized Divisions to your border with Belgium. Capitulate Belgium and Luxembourg and try to encircle some French and Entente DIvisions

When you capitulated the Benelux, reveal the Decrypted Intel and move your Motorized Units into the border between Belgium (which you conquered already) and France and give the Frenchies hell


Enjoy your sweet juicy victory!




















   
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2 Comments
CharmyTheCharizard 3 Dec, 2023 @ 5:37pm 
Wolferos' Great War mod could indeed use a bit of tuning.
But if got some, wouldn't simply adding to REDUX be the easier option?
forgetter 30 Nov, 2023 @ 8:22pm 
very helpful guide, but i thought i'd share my own experience from redux. ww1 started as usual for me, i was kind of under-ready, with the western front well defended but the east sorely lacking. it turns out that (and this may not be in stock great war) the russian army is absolutely horrendous, the austrians and my two armies still trounced them, civil war then started. i can gather from this that russia is almost made to fail in redux. but once done with russia, i had (and any player worth their salt would have) researched tank tech, and started building middle of the road mediums. my divisions couldnt stock armored cars, so i went with bicycles instead, which rock, by the way, and some efficient micro and pinning, alongside minor french slipups won the fight. my humble opinion is that all redux mods are more goofy, and therefore better, than their stock counterparts, as well, they're alex the rambler's preference. if i've been a right idiot, please tell me as much