1. So we want to play HOI 4...
2. Turns out the save game will be named Ironman Turkey 36.
Not because we picked the date of 1936, but because this is at least the 36th time we're doing this.
3. Let's see what the current state of our country is.
We check the Political tab and see that we have a fantastic leader.
There's so much to talk about him but let's not, for now.
4. Well that's about the only thing good about the state of affairs unfortunately.
This guy and his friends have been running their campaign to modernize the country immediately after they won the independence, but not everyone is so happy about the changes. The Kurds in the eastern provinces have their own national ideas calling for separatism, while the rural folk all around asia minor have their issues with secularism...
5. Add that to the state being only 13 years-old (from the date republic was officially declared), the country having lost so much in the great war, a generation of youth nearly wiped out in Dardanelles, Arabia, Caucasia and many other fronts. Under the circumstances, the army was formed from scratch by a few ex-Ottoman officers after the Ottoman army was disbanded. Fair to say it IS disorganized.
6. We got something going for us here though, and that's the fact that the officers of our army follow the ideas of Mustafa Kemal. They will oppose anything that strays the country from his ideals. They're also experienced and capable soldiers themselves.
7. Speaking of the army, let's check what we have here. 31 divisions you say, not bad!
They're heavily underequipped though. Half their equipment is non-existent, for now.
8. We even have a tank-cavalry division which uses Soviet T-26's. These were probably lend-leased during or shortly after the war of independence, for the sake of cordial relations with their newly founded sovereign state as a neighbour, I suppose so, anyway.
9. Well, it's great and all but these T-26's are better off as equipment for garrisons to suppress some resistance in the east. We don't expect an immediate war and the Kurdish resistance will be a constant problem for a long time still. With only cavalry as garrisons, the resistance kills a few thousands of people in a matter of months (ironman_36 speaking). We don't have that kind of manpower to throw away!
The current garrisons are using the "inter-war light tank chassis" as their tank equipment somehow. They just have the tank without its armament mounted on top. That provides them no hardness but still helps with suppression, oddly. Maybe the soldiers travel with and take cover behind them or something. That makes them still better than pure cavalry but... T-26's should replace those where they can.
10. Our stockpile makes us regret that we ever opened its tab. We even need to disband a few divisions to be able to equip our garrisons with their rifles, it seems.
Next, we start solving these problems and make our get go!
update: edited my blindness out and changed the name of the tanks I've called T-34's to T-26's.
Thank you Bullfilter.
2. Turns out the save game will be named Ironman Turkey 36.
Not because we picked the date of 1936, but because this is at least the 36th time we're doing this.
3. Let's see what the current state of our country is.
We check the Political tab and see that we have a fantastic leader.
There's so much to talk about him but let's not, for now.
4. Well that's about the only thing good about the state of affairs unfortunately.
This guy and his friends have been running their campaign to modernize the country immediately after they won the independence, but not everyone is so happy about the changes. The Kurds in the eastern provinces have their own national ideas calling for separatism, while the rural folk all around asia minor have their issues with secularism...
5. Add that to the state being only 13 years-old (from the date republic was officially declared), the country having lost so much in the great war, a generation of youth nearly wiped out in Dardanelles, Arabia, Caucasia and many other fronts. Under the circumstances, the army was formed from scratch by a few ex-Ottoman officers after the Ottoman army was disbanded. Fair to say it IS disorganized.
6. We got something going for us here though, and that's the fact that the officers of our army follow the ideas of Mustafa Kemal. They will oppose anything that strays the country from his ideals. They're also experienced and capable soldiers themselves.
7. Speaking of the army, let's check what we have here. 31 divisions you say, not bad!
They're heavily underequipped though. Half their equipment is non-existent, for now.
8. We even have a tank-cavalry division which uses Soviet T-26's. These were probably lend-leased during or shortly after the war of independence, for the sake of cordial relations with their newly founded sovereign state as a neighbour, I suppose so, anyway.
9. Well, it's great and all but these T-26's are better off as equipment for garrisons to suppress some resistance in the east. We don't expect an immediate war and the Kurdish resistance will be a constant problem for a long time still. With only cavalry as garrisons, the resistance kills a few thousands of people in a matter of months (ironman_36 speaking). We don't have that kind of manpower to throw away!
The current garrisons are using the "inter-war light tank chassis" as their tank equipment somehow. They just have the tank without its armament mounted on top. That provides them no hardness but still helps with suppression, oddly. Maybe the soldiers travel with and take cover behind them or something. That makes them still better than pure cavalry but... T-26's should replace those where they can.
10. Our stockpile makes us regret that we ever opened its tab. We even need to disband a few divisions to be able to equip our garrisons with their rifles, it seems.
Next, we start solving these problems and make our get go!
update: edited my blindness out and changed the name of the tanks I've called T-34's to T-26's.
Thank you Bullfilter.
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