War Against the World, a Japan HWW Playthrough

Part 1: The Initial Invasion

Hello, everyone. So, I said that the goal of this playthrough was to play Historic World War as Japan. But I would declare war on everyone at once. I lied a little. I will only declare war on countries that are close to me. As I expand, I will declare war on more countries. I waited 12 hours to declare war on the first group of unlucky countries.

Then, I began the invasion.

Enemies: Manchukuo, both Chinas, Mongolia, U.S.S.R, Siam, England, France, Netherlands, U.S.A, Australia.

Even though I haven't declared war on everyone yet, I am still fighting a formidable coalition. I began planning which targets to invade very early on. Before I made my invasion, the Chinas were infighting. Manchukuo was invading the Soviet Union. A word of advice to anyone who plays Manchukuo, do not invade the Soviet Union. It's not worth it. You might be able to win, but you will only gain a few cities. It also leaves you ripe for Japanese invasion.

Finally, the Dutch were invading Siam.

The political situation was also intense. There were two major coalitions. The UK, France, and Germany. There was also the Soviets, China, and Italy.

After looking at that, I began building up my army and began planning my invasion. Early on, I would use the bulk of my forces to attack Manchukuo and China. However, I had a small strike force attacking Papua New Guinea.

War!

Approximately 12 hours into Day 1, I began my invasion. Here's the situation about 2 hours in.

Pretty nice, I must say. I will go into more detail over Operation Spite later.

cool. Now i will play as japan like dis.

Detailed pictures and more detail on Day 1, like Which units from where you used etc. I would like to play as Japan too

Operation Spite: First Hours

The early hours of Operation Spite were characterized by high speed attacks, and land, sea, and air cooperation. There were 3 major targets in the initial attack. Manchukuo, China, and Papua New Guinea. 1 infantry regiment was sent to attack French Indochina.

Manchukuo Front

On the Manchukuan front, Japan would be facing Soviet and Manchukuo units. Manchukuo and the Soviets were at war with each other. This left the Manchukuo-Korea border undefended. Japan surged across the border, taking Yingkow and Hsinking, the capital. As of the time of writing, Harbin is under siege. Japanese naval units bested the Soviet navy and took Vladivostok and Alexandrovsk.

Chinese Front

On the Chinese Front, Japan's biggest worry was a U.K. 6 stack of units. Luckily, a sneak attack by a superior Japanese fleet annihilated this unit. The Chinese front was a massive success for Japan. So far, 5 cities have been taken, with 2 about to be taken. Chinese militia managed to significantly hamper a Japanese division in the north, but the Japanese didn't lose a unit yet.

Chinese Front, colorized.

The landings in Papua New Guinea were relatively uneventful. Landing areas were bombarded, and Japanese units landed. A Japanese infantry also landed in the French city of Hue.

So far, Japan has lost about 8000 troops while inflicting 32000 casualties.

There are 6 hours until Day 2, and the invasion is 6 hours old.

Bad news. My perfect record in this game is gone. China took a province.

i played as japan, and in 12 hrs, i lost a unit, China attacked Beijing twice, captured taiyuan and has a considerably large army that can defeat my now weakened units: i however expanded into Manchukuo and currently occupy 6 cities.

oh and i used gold, since chinese gonna take my city while i slept, i dont like that.

I'll type my version of the playthrough tomorrow... I did the exact same countries.

Day 2.

Quick Update: It is halfway through Day 2. At the start of Day 2, I had 300 points. First in the world. Russia quit, sending me some very nice messages in the process. France somehow snuck around and took Taiwan. Other than that, all is well. I lost 2 units, though.

To retain historical accuracy i will attempt an Ocean wide Offensive operation on multiple nations (mostly european)

Part 2, Rising Sun. At the start of Day 3, things were looking very good for Japan. Manchukuo had been defeated, America seemed inactive, China was half taken, Russia quit, Papua New Guinea had been taken, Indochina was being invaded, Mongolia was being invaded, and the Philippines were being invaded. Japan was sitting high and dry with 450 points. The UK only had 280, in second place. Japan is the most OP nation in the early game if you are active. Most of my targets so far have been by the sea. With bombarding of coastal areas, it is possible to take large swaths of land with few land units. Papua New Guinea had 3 infantry attacking it. Half of Indochina was taken by 1 infantry. Finally, I used balanced forces and air power to my advantage. I have a challenge for Karl and Claudio. We’ll see who can get a win by the earliest day. It has to be solo. One more thing, India, Tibet, Bhutan, Xinijiang, Nepal, and Tanna Tuva were declared on.

there is a manpower shortage currently, so i am going to use my resources to create a shanghai to berlin railway, I will ask people for more resources to make my dream of railroads throughout asia into Berli

so far day 1 ended, china has been defeated kinda, i sent 6 spies and none of them gave info, gonna round em all up now. As no information on whether america has stationed a fleet in Honolulu i will Bypass Hawaii and invade the philippines and the European colonies without a strike at hawaii. I expect the american ships to be at philippines.

I have 280 VPs rn, and will make a road from korea to Mongolia, capture the final Manchu city, take chengdu and start the offensive campaign. Also i will troll my competitors on the paper.

According to The Greatest Scientists, there's an infinite amount of parallel universes,

In one of Them, BrutusTrump doesn't exist, The King of Japan is Kim-Sing Song.

He is bored with his war-torn life and decides to announce a new edo-period, But that doesn't go according to plan.

Estimated 3,500 Men with guns, with a touch of Chinese hint were racing towards Japanese-Occupied Shanghai and Tsingtao.

Better luck next time, Kim-Sing Song died of a heart attack and was replaced by his son, Kim- Sing Un.

He was particularly fond of world-domination and Armored cars, navy and Infantry. So he ordered production of these in each and every 10 VPS province.

And He regrouped his troops too:-

All headed for China.

Meanwhile, The Offensive of Shanghai failed and Tsingtao succeeded. So Kim-Sing Un died as well. The country became a military dictatorship.

But luckily, The navy destroyed the troops easily.

All units from The Main Japanese islands were moved to Korea. Russia was bombed, they tried to move the ships, those were hunted down. And the troops were killed.

Then Arranged my Pacific Fleet,

Just like BrutusTrump, I attacked the French and moved a huge stack to Hong Kong. Then it would go to the colonies.

End of the Day, 320 VPS....

in this round i have lost a total of two units. However i believe i am picking steam and expanding fast: i bungled up day 1 and i went 24 hours slower than the rest of you guys... but... i should be larger now. I went to sleep and the aussies bombed My infantry in port moresby..

If anyone wants to spectate: 4716443

My game is 4708673. Bad news, the Americans moved an 11 naval stack into my main waters. Good news, my navy will be in a position to fight them in the morning. Day 4, Second place in world’s army, to Germany. I have 11%. I have 580 points. However, there are 2 groups that could still stop me. The German Franco alliance could be dangerous. The Americas have many active countries.

The hardest part so far is how spread out I am. I have 40 land units and 10 planes fighting on a front from Burma to Mongolia.