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Ok After a terrible failure in my last try as japan i am at it again. First time ididnt fight the US but I was bogged down in china and ran outta fuel. So i ended up with a collapsing front line. Now it is mid 38 and I have still nto decided where to go. I need resources for a future war with anybody. But where?
 
This guide here isn't to bad.

http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/index.php/Japan_strategy

start building X 3 carriers improved CV's in 1938. That will give you a modern CV fleet by 1941. Set aside 5 IC above the minimum supplies you need and trade for resources. Trade supples for energy off Germany and improve relations with the uAS, USSR and Venezula up to +50 by numerous little trades. They can supply all the resources you need. The guide is somewhat flawed though as you really need to crush the USSR or the USA ASAP. INvade the USSR when Barbarossa happens or in 1942 when the USSR normally DoW's Germany. You can bomb the red army to death though central Asia and liberate Kazakhstan, Siberia and the Trans ural Republic will really ruin the USSRs day even if the BP fires. It is a 2 year march though give or take to get from Manchukuo to Moscow. Or go all out at striking at the USA in 41/42 using the Pearl harbour event to grab Hawaii. A late game USA can be a pain to invade due to massive fleets, 5-8 divisions stacked on every beach and large numbers of bombers doing naval patrols off the coasts of the USA.

Basically concentrate on the USSR or the USA early (41/42). Taking stupid little islands, India, Australia and New Zealand is a bit pointless in the larger picture of things.
 
Another technique I've found for killing the American Army is to engage it in a distant theater. For Japan, Australia is perfect. The US AI seems to have a prediliction to defending it. You can cut off the island with your fleets sinking divisions on TPs, and the AI will have a hard time evacuating already landed divisions. Just did this in my Germany game, and destroyed close to 30+ US divisions this way. Between that and killing lots of US divisions in Africa and on TPs attempting fruitless landings on occupied England, the US is down to 8 divisions. I'm going to wait a while and let them build up again before invading.
 
I had that as well with Communist China except my navy couldn't really stop the yanks from getting into Australia. They also loved dumping divisions in New Zealand which I kept losing. You actually want to let the Americans land elsewhere to stop them from doing massive piles of doom in the USA mainland.
 
You have to take China out early. If you don't do that then you can't do much of anything else. I usually detach brigades in China that use fuel, and I keep moving forward as much as possible. Time is your enemy in China so sitting still too much will kill you because the last thing you want is to give China time to build a lot of divisions. The Chinese army isn't much early on, they have a low tech level and horrible org, so as bad off as you may think your army is the Chinese are even worse off.

You can conserve some fuel by not making extensive use of your Navy and Air Force. You really don't need to worry too much about the Chinese navy, and use your Air Force when you absolutely have to and park them the rest of the time.

For resources, I usually take Singapore and then Sumatra, and of course Indochina. I will take other provinces but those are for military use, large naval and air bases in forward areas. Taking Austrailia later on is a very good way to keep the USA away from your holdings, as has been mentioned before.

You'll have some choices to make later in the game, but to get there you have to take China out first, so just focus early on on pushing forward in China.
 
Also avoid building alot of cool naval units! Yamato might be impressive but its not worth it, build only CV and modern DD nothing else! Use all those crappy screens you start with, its tempting to scrap them all and build modern ones but you dont have the time. They only exist to take hits for your carriers.
 
Japan ?

The best way to win against AI, is to crush China fast and quick.
Build up a fast amount of infantry (non-brigaded).

DoW china while he is busy with guangxi clique (july-aug 36)....and rush for the industrial centers (shangai, nanjing, guangzhou, nanchang).

Dont worry. Once Nat china falls, you'll annex all other warlords (except comm china).

After that, its better for you to build one or two IC-run (to reach atleast 130-140 IC base). Build some CV and prepare an airforce to kill USNavy.

Important note : With Japan, the only way to beat USA is to get airsup over them and bomb his navy into oblivion. Not doing costly navy vs navy battles.
 
I think my main issue with japan for now is getting there and not getting evolped. I can build some 10 devion stacks but they won't hold out I imagine now in 38. I also need to have at least i figure 80 devisions to swiftly do this.
 
ok also a note japan cannot post new units on conqured lands. i can only place them on japan yet this isint normaly how it happens in other natiosn i control in other games i run. Why? I have them annaxed. Thsi means i have to transport forces from japan via sea.
 
Because there is no direct land connection between Japan and China.
 
I own parts of land in the chinese region from anaexed natiosn i cannot place them there either. So does it mean I'll never be able to place anybody anywhere but Japans mainland? if so this means I have to use my navy no matter what so I will always be using oil.
 
Thats correct. Its not to hard to stockpile oil anyway.
 
Tellos said:
I own parts of land in the chinese region from anaexed natiosn i cannot place them there either. So does it mean I'll never be able to place anybody anywhere but Japans mainland? if so this means I have to use my navy no matter what so I will always be using oil.
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Shigata ga nai!!!
you'll just have to seize more oil!!! look at the Indonesian/Singapore area :)
 
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