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If the German Navy rolls a 1 they will try to invade Britain.
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Basically guaranteed since they won in France. It might actually come even earlier if Italy doesn't faceplant into the Greeks requiring Germany to bail them out through invasion resulting in a delay from the original Barbarossa schedule. Hell Yugoslavia might actually even be in the Axis proper if things go right for Germany.
Oh right that. What, does Hitler order the Wehrmacht to swim to England?
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Are you just joking or is this one of those things that are only revealed on the Discord?
The mistake in the analysis here is assuming we need all the military factories operational before the war. Fucking 10 aircraft factories? Where exactly do you plan to get enough aluminum for those without Heavy Industry spending? The OTL Soviets had something like only 3-4 of the listed factories operational by Barbarossa. There is intentionally supposed to be more than we can do, trying to do it all will burn through our entire buffer of war materiel and then it's June 1941 and we've got a whole bunch of factories but no fucking steel or aluminum to feed them with. If we want Stoylenskoye operational before the war starts, and we do, we need to mechanize Heavy Industry first otherwise we're going to start running out of steel to make tanks with. And that's not even addressing the coal supply to power all the aluminum smelters and steel mills and factories, or the infrastructure spending on more rail capacity we'll need during the war, or anything else that will let us fight an industrial war of attrition. The war isn't Barbarossa, we are going to get our asses kicked during Barbarossa no matter what that's just guaranteed, we need to be able to sustain this for years on end not just sprint to summer of 1941 and be done.
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10ebbor10
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That's not true.
From Discord :
They had 6.5 plants at the start, and then build 9 extra in the first year.
More importantly, the OTL Soviets did not do well in the early war. They got absolutely crushed. If we want to do better, we will need more planes than they had.
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SakSak
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Problem with this argument is that you can always have more civilian factories. Economically, the optimal time to build military factories is never because they have no return on investment.
I would just like to point out that currently we are running a deficit on manpower, are meeting coal demand, and everything else is a surplus.
Finally, always remember that you go to war not with the army you want, but with the army you have.
We've done an absurd number of weapons trials, up to and including replacing airplanes with new models faster than we can build them.
It is now time to build them.
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We already built a lot of them. If it were 1938 I would be a fervent advocate of HI - I _was_.
But it is summer 1940, less than a year till start of Barbarossa.
We have more aluminum, steel, machinery, qualified people, rubber and food than otl USSR. If they did what the did on what they had wrt production numbers, we can do that and more.
It is not enough, but it will have to do.
Nostradamus
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shouldn't we have the biggest stockpile of aluminum in the world at this point?
Crazy7s1
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The American Negaverse would like to take this time to say "Hi".
We sold it
We haven't focus on it much
Turn 26(1940 2nd Half): Brigades of Socialist Labor Will Protect the Union
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Turn 26(1940 2nd Half): Brigades of Socialist Labor Will Protect the Union
Resources per turn 1000+ULAG with 5 in storage
Party Support 55
Current Status of ULAG:
Population: 1,131,000 (I'll round to the nearest 100k)
Attitude: Stable
Food State: Hearty Meals, -82.5 Resources Per Turn
Guard State: Intensive Monitoring, -27.5 Resources Per Turn
Resource Income: Construction focused, 165 Resources Per Turn, Additional Actions
Foreign Relations Overview, June 1940
In foreign events, the latest months have been an eventful cavalcade of occurrences worldwide as the Hitlerite menace has continued to push around the world. Norway has managed to fall to the menace with the use of paratroopers and naval landings as the Royal Navy has failed to protect the nation, causing it to rapidly be torn apart by the invaders. Another offensive was seen in the French region despite the massive number of polish evacuations. Despite the French army's qualitative edge over the German one, some mistake in command caused it all to come tumbling down. France committed to a forward defense, leading to them being rapidly encircled around many port cities. This encirclement did not manage to fight much but did manage to make a retreat to the port of Dunkirk with their Polish allies.
However, the French situation would only develop for the worse after this, as in the Dunkirk pocket, multiple german offensives shifted focus to its neutralization rather than advancing on the line, causing a general collapse of the British and Polish forces in the pocket. As the pocket was closed, only a minimal number of British personnel managed to escape fully intact, with the Polish and French units fighting a valiant rearguard action that bought far too little time. From this point, the French government knew that continental resistance was not going to work and ordered the massive evacuation of personnel from the continent and the preparation for a colonial government in exile. During this chaos, the Japanese forces invaded the French possessions in Vietnam, and while war was not declared, the league of nations denounced the action.
The invasion of the rest of France occurred swiftly, with the evacuations causing a general collapse of resistance. While the bulk of forces escaped fighting another day, European France was lost to the Hitlerites. On the Spanish front, though, the German infantry continued their advance, pushing deep into the nation, with only retreating French forces left to prop up the Republic. After a quick capitulation of Spain and the government's reorganization, a new falangist faction was put into power. Europe has fallen to the fascist menace, and the only assumption that can be made is that the Union will be the next to be attacked.
There is, however, some fleeting good news on the Africa front as the latest Italian offensives have managed to mostly peter out. While the British colonies may be a direct sign of imperialism, every Hitlerite they tie-down is one less thrown at the Union. In these dark times, war will soon be upon us. All preparations must be made to defend the revolution, and the politburo is in full agreement to accelerate military mobilization time tables-considerably. The current baltic occupations have added some small amounts of additional production to the Union's general industry, an increase that will be needed in the trying years to come. (+50 Resources Per Turn)
(So, as you might notice now, a lot of actions have little indicators of what they cost and of what they produce as a result of Statistical planning. An important thing to note is that two of a symbol is far greater than two single symbols, with a similar pattern continuing up the chain.)
Free dice to allocate: 6 Dice
Infrastructure 8 Dice
[]Regional Interlinked Grids(Far East): The construction of a full regional scale grid is necessary to ensure that every city and town can be connected to the central network of electrical capacity. While such an effort would be a massive arduous undertaking, progress will allow an enormous leap forward in the workers' comfort and quality of life. Such measures would also enable the expansion of new types of industry exploiting electric power production. (15 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Rail Line Replacements(Stage 1): With the current far heavier and more intense use of a multitude of aging rail lines, the total replacement of entire sections of track is a regretfully necessary endeavor. While this will cause a massive degree of strain on the network itself, such improvements will finally allow trains to reach their full speeds, even with heavy cargo loads. While this project may not even be done in a generation, its completion will signal that the steam train and wood ties' era is truly over, entirely replaced by far higher speed diesel trains and concrete ties. (10 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Road Programs(Stage 4): The construction of additional gravel roads in the countryside along with the leveling of multiple dirt roads, will ensure the continued access of trucks into the farming interior. These road programs will be far broader in scope than the previous ones, but also far less involved per road, as the priority will be creating a stable route into and out of the countryside. As an added bonus, these routes will significantly improve rural areas' integration into the union and ability to easily purchase supplies from cities. (15 Resources per dice 70/500)
[]Create Metro Lines: As many cities still need more urban transport despite the steady improvements in public transportation, the idea of an underground system of movement is seen as a massive improvement. While the digging effort will be quite a manpower heavy, the actual resources committed to the project will be relatively light. In the case of war, these metro systems can also serve as shelter for the workers, allowing them to be far better protected from possible bombing raids. (15 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Begin Preemptive Industrial Relocations: The currently acquired industrial locations in the Baltics and in the newly acquired areas of Poland are located in vulnerable locations and are surrounded by unreliable workers. While it will not be domestically popular to start their relocations into Siberia, this would allow them to function un-interrupted by both a possible enemy advance and in case of local saboteur action. (10 Resources per dice 0/200) (-Capital Goods -Steel ---Consumer Goods, Temporarily)
Heavy Industry 10 Dice
[]Stoylenskoye Planned City(Stage 1): The infrastructure base's construction to tap a new large deposit of iron for its production to steel is a critical step in further expanding Steel production in the Union. The deposits in the Kursk region are the highest in any place outside of Magnitogorsk. They are also fairly easily accessible, making the site a perfect one to construct a planned city. While the city itself will also be focused on Steel production, many of the early lessons learned during the construction of Magnitogorsk will be taken into account to optimize higher-quality steel production. 20 Resources per dice (0/100)
[]Donbas Coal Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 4): The expansion of the basin any further will be an impractical endeavor as the bulk of the easily reachable coal is already being dug out of the earth. Still, further efforts can be invested to produce more coal yet from the region. However, such material will be far harder to ship to the Urals, where the bulk of the coal use occurs. (15 Resources per dice 65/400) (++++Coal ---Workforce)
[]Kuznetsk Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 5): With the current deposit almost fully exploited, just one final push is needed towards its total exploitation. The current effort has dug at the near-surface deposits, but more manpower is necessary to dig out the coal. Thus, with the expansion of the effort to deep shaft mining, more coal can rapidly be dug out of the earth. While such mining efforts are likely to be costly towards manpower, they will secure a supply of coal that will not run out in the course of our lifetimes. (15 Resources per dice 78/600) (+++++Coal ---Workforce)
[]Gorky Machine-building Plant(Stage 5): The final planned stage for Gorky is focused on converting much of the machinery to pre-fabricated sub-units. While this may reduce some machines' efficiency, the total standardization of components produced in a single generation will also provide a massive degree of interchangeability. Another prong of the construction effort will focus on producing all of the parts needed to machine high-quality steel, allowing the tool quality gap with the west to be fully closed, with domestic production of machinery that is at least as good as western examples. This effort will be one of the most expensive ones undertaken by the Union. Still, with a decade of steady production, the industrial backwardness of the Union can finally be thrown off. (20 Party Influence upon completion, 35 Resources per dice 123/800) (++++++++Capital Goods ----Steel --Workforce)
[]Power Production Campaigns(Stage 4): The next step is constructing more thermal power stations to power the Union with a factor of redundancy. This stage of the effort will build a truly massive number of electric stations and use a similarly enormous quantity of coal. It will allow a good amount of grid redundancy and the introduction of central electric heating, as no longer will power under-production be able to cause people to freeze. This stage of the program will also ensure that most towns and segments of the grid have a similar redundancy level, hopefully relegating full blackouts to the past. (20 Resources per dice 469/500) (++++Power ---Coal --Workforce)
[]Ordzhonikidze Plant Modernization: The first plant driving forward progress in the Union has progressively gotten more old and obsolete and now can be replaced with a far more precise plant. While the output may decrease, the factory and its highly experienced staff can instead be converted into a center of high precision production. Hopefully, with time, even on the small parts level, the Union should exceed the capitalists. (30 Resources per dice 0/100) (++Capital Goods -Steel)
[]Turbine Upgrade Programs: Many power plants in the Union have been using far older and far less optimal turbines. While they are mostly functional, additional capacity can be extracted from the locations with more modern hardware and electrics. Such an effort will be costly and may cause some brown-outs, but it is necessary to improve the Union's power production capacity. (25 Resources per dice 25/150) (+Power)
[]Casting Industry Refurbishment: With the current constant lack of experienced personnel and the issues with creating hard cast steel tools, a general refurbishment and upgrade of the industrial plants are needed. Due to these parts' noticed problems and the constant defects created, a new educational and quality improvement initiative is necessary. While the current issues are relatively minor in most applications, the military has had persistent problems with improperly made bulk steel plates. (20 Resources per dice 131/200) (+Steel +Consumer Goods +Capital Goods -Workforce)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice
[]Sulfa Drug Expansion: With the current demand for Sulfa drugs so massive all across the Union, it has been found that multiple managers have been reducing concentrations of the medications. There is a simple solution to fix this: reporting the managers to upper echelons and greatly expanding production to ensure that every location in the Union can receive a proper medication dosage. (40 Resources per dice 0/100) (++Consumer Goods)
[]West Siberian Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 1): With the newly discovered oil basin, many extraction opportunities can be undertaken in the region. While these first few wells will be more exploratory digs to ascertain the basin's extent, they will still produce a considerable amount of oil. With the heavy presence of gas, some new developments on its utilization and processing may be viable, as it would be a shame to waste the possible fuel source. (10 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-Workforce)
[]West Siberian Petroleum Basin Refining(Stage 1): The heavy oil found all over the region is not the most optimal for refining with the current equipment, but it still must be done. Multiple new refineries are planned to be set up to test that the oil can be converted to more useful fractions of new products with respectable ratios of yield. Still, lighter fractions of the oil are not expected to be made in any notable quantity. Instead, large amounts of diesel and fuel oil can be made to drive the Union forward. (15 Resources per Dice 0/150) (+++Fuel +Capital Goods -Workforce)
[]High Octane Refineries: With the newly obtained breakthroughs in the catalytic cracking of oil into more optimal petrochemical products, the construction of a new series of refineries is needed. The bulk of these new systems' output will almost exclusively go towards the ever-growing VVS, but some additional production will be left over for extended equipment trials. As these are the first systems constructed, the process will be inefficient and require further development by their very nature. The Soviet Union, however, is up to the task. (20 Resources Per dice 0/200) (+Fuel -Workforce)
[]Tomsk Synthetic Rubber Plant: The production of yet more synthetic rubber is a critical need for the Union, as further expansions of mobile forces require a constant stream of more rubber. The current supply is mostly sufficient for most uses, but further progress needs to be made to allow for the massive expansion of the truck pool. Additional rubber production will also enable the projected uniform modernization projects to be initiated, allowing far better boots to reach the troops. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 30 Resources per dice 0/250) (+Consumer Goods -Workforce)
[]PVC Production: With the multitude of discoveries involving additives that can be added to known forms of polymers, a considerable breakthrough in capability is possible to be achieved. These new efforts will first focus on the far more rigid and industrially useful materials. Still, with time and investment, it should be possible to extend the discoveries to making plastics a common sight all over the Union. These factories will consume a good number of oil side-products and electricity but should result in a whole new series of hard materials used in many applications. (25 Resources per dice 91/300) (++Consumer Goods -Workforce)
Agriculture 4 Dice
[]Fruit Tree Cultivation: Many fruiting trees can be grown in regions where conventional agricultural practices have poor results. While the food produced from these will likely be reasonably minimal, additional luxury fruits will allow the workers to receive far more luxuries. Simultaneously, the production of fruits will allow for some export outside of the Union, producing a relatively decent quantity of resources. (15 Resources per dice (0/200)) (+Food +Consumer Goods)
[]Fish Farming Ponds: With many new methodologies developed towards the keeping and feeding animals in captivity and some improvements cataloged from previous fish farming efforts, the first fish farms can be made. New fish food granules developed in earlier experiments with antibiotics have so far delivered incredibly promising results when used in river habitats for fish. With these innovations, pike can start to be farmed in mass, allowing for far cheaper protein to be produced for the workers, and ensure that all can have fish. (20 Resources per dice (0/150)) (+Food +Consumer Goods)
[]Working Farmer Initiatives: With the proliferation of buses and transportation to the cities, it will be prudent to encourage farmers to work in urban plants. During the seasons that are not the harvest or the planting, a large quantity of the farmers' time is reasonably free to do other tasks, not on the households. Thus, by offering considerable benefits to those going into Urban centers to work factory jobs, more manpower can be transferred to industrial plants. (10 Resources per dice (0/250)) (-Food +++Workforce)
[]Farming Supply Programs: With the current statistical analysis of many small farming towns, multiple have been found with a lack of equipment depressing their output. While soil quality makes up an essential factor when making adjusted plots by region, a good degree of yield is dependent on mechanization, and an optimal number of mechanisms has been calculated for farms. Still, the changes due to their loss are also calculated and found to be far more damaging. Thus, with the current production of tractors and trucks, the supplying of farms lagging behind should raise output considerably. (15 Resources per dice (0/250)) (+Food)
[]Reverse Reporting Policy: The current state policy on glorifying those that are over-performing in agriculture has been found to cause a multitude of problems due to unsustainable practices. While removing the glorification of excessive farming labor will cause some minor tension in the party, the reform is necessary to reduce pressure on farmers and improve sustainability. (-10 Party Influence upon completion, 5 Resources per dice 0/100)
Services 4 Dice
[]Expand Resources to Ailing Schools: Multiple school districts are far behind on standardized scores and performance, creating an immediate crisis in the countryside. While the initial teachers sent out were moderately qualified, they were far from perfect, creating a cascade of issues. While this will not cost much in terms of cost to sort out, more educated personnel need to be transferred to education, limiting industrial development. (5 Resources per dice 0/100) (-Workforce)
[]Polytechnic Universities(Stage 4): With the steady introduction of more experienced professors from initial university efforts, it would be prudent to further increase the number of schools. While much of the faculty in these new institutions would be reasonably low in experience, they have confidence and updated knowledge of the world. Simultaneously, an expanded number of slots will ensure that most graduates from lower education can have a chance at receiving a far better one and being far more productive workers. (10 Resources per dice 0/400) (--Workforce)
[]Expand Medical Schooling: Medical schools have always provided a hard limit on the number of new experienced doctors and nurses available. While the current system produces a steady stream of graduates, large parts of the medical force are retiring. As it would be a shame to lose their experience and expertise, a further large series of medical schools can be constructed to ensure that the pipeline of doctors continues to remain strong. (15 Resources per dice 0/200) (-Workforce)
[]Pharmacy Systems: With the newly available amount of medications that need to be distributed to workers all over the Union, the creation of a separate pharmacy system can enable far easier access. While the bulk of the pharmacies will be operated by newly trained nurses, they should shorten the amount of time the population needs to get medications. Simultaneously, the standardization of medication quality will allow a truly scientific approach to dosages and medicine. (10 Resources per dice 0/150) (-Workforce)
Military 8 Dice
(Authors note: Most military efforts will have quality dice rolled after they are completed, which will affect the quality of the buildup/equipment/information)
[]Trial New Twin-Engine Bomber: With the apparent age of the DB-3 design, it is a prudent endeavor to order a new type of light attack bomber. Given the close support pilots' experience in Spain and Khalkhin Gol, a medium weight dive-bomber is the optimal design. To accomplish this and still maintain a decent payload, a new twin-engine bomber needs to be developed. (25 Resources per dice 0/40)
[]Trial Medium Tank Modernization: With the development of a far cheaper gun along with massive advancements in suspension, and the considerable lessons learned in the battles with Japan, it is time to prototype a new form of medium tank. While the T34 is sufficient for now, there are multiple opportunities to improve its quality and reduce its cost. The all-cast mono-block front plate can be further thickened. The suspension switched to a far more viable torsion bar, and additional visibility devices can be added to the turret. Overall, most of the tank will stay mostly the same, but a general line re-fit is needed to implement the full modernization package at once. (25 Resources per dice 0/40)
[]Radar Plant: The production of new radars is a critical aspect of expanding naval and air forces' capability. While there are currently many units needing these radars, the highest priority will be those on the German border. The production of the new sets and the accompanying electronic detection development departments should eventually allow for steady miniaturization of the technology and enable its use for rangefinding. (45 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Energy -Workforce)
[]Shell Plants(Stage 2): Given the shortage reports from many frontal districts and individual units themselves, more shell production is desperately needed. The battles of Khalkhin Gol have shown that current levels of munitions reserves are utterly insufficient and that more production of every type of shell is required. As the fascists have already taken Europe, we must supply the shells by the next summer, or the entire war effort could fail. There is no possible set of factory complexes that are more critical than the production of enough shells. (35 Resources Per Dice 0/150) (--Energy -Coal -Workforce)
[]La-1 Plant: The new cheap wooden fighter is a prime candidate for mass production for a low cost. Despite the lower performance and agility issues, these planes are more affordable, more straightforward, require fewer man-hours, and do not need strategic materials. Due to these, their production should be prioritized to the greatest extent to ensure that no front-line units are equipped with the currently obsolete I-15. Production may take some time to spool up due to the utilization of beta wood, but these should become a useful framework for future fighters. (Choose from: Tbilisi/Leningrad) (30 Resources Per Dice 0/75)
[]Yak 1 Plant: The new light fighter's production represents a further large scale improvement in military capability. These fighters may be more expensive than their competitors and require some aluminum, but the gains in agility and speed are considerable. Despite multiple minor teething issues in their flight and takeoff, these currently represent the best fighter aircraft available to the Union. At expected combat altitudes should be competitive with upcoming German aircraft. (Choose from: Engels/Saratov/Tatischevo) (40 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Gorky and Moscow Aviation Plant Modernization(I-185): Despite the issues plaguing the new aircraft, its advantages in speed, climb, and armament by far favor it over the I-180. These factories will consume a large quantity of aluminum but will produce a fighter capable of fighting any prospective German aircraft at a quality advantage. Especially if the current problems with takeoff and landing can be fixed in the factory. (45 Resources per Dice 0/100) (--Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Sukhoi Aviation Plant: A slightly more expensive and more radically designed CAS plane. The newly upgraded attacker features a somewhat lighter airframe and protection scheme, making up for it with twin 37mm autocannons. While the new aircraft is less protected than the Ilyushin model, the guns should enable it to deal with tanks far more easily than before. (Choose from: Kharkov/Moscow) (40 Resources Per Dice 0/150) (-Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Ilyushin Aviation Plant: The production of the less armed but far more armored CAS aircraft is essential for fighting the soon to come war. The Su-2 has proven itself to be a capable attacker during the battles with Japan, and this new design should be able to contest the ground and make the Hitlerites bleed. (Choose from: Voronezh/Irkutsk) (35 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Steel -Workforce)
[]Stalingrad Plant Retooling: Due to the massive improvements in the new T34 tank's performance over the old models of T28, a production shift is needed to secure enough tanks. The machinery for the construction and casting of turrets and internal systems is already there at the plant, easing conversion pressure. Instead, all that is needed to be built wholesale is the new suspension production line to ensure that a steady output of the new tank can be secured. (25 Resources per Dice 55/100) (Will modernize if taken concurrently)
[]Gorky Tank Plant: With the steady growth of the planned city through the months, there is now the city's population towards constructing another industrial complex. While the expertise is not there for the immediate full-scale production of the tank at the new factory, high-quality production can be initiated relatively rapidly through the breaking up of factory crews from the other plants. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (--Steel -Workforce)
[]Nizhny Tagil Tank Plant: As the city is near a multitude of heavy industry and steel supplies, the construction of a new large military plant is the perfect addition to the location to properly utilize the manpower there. While the expertise is not there for the immediate full-scale production of the tank at the new factory, high-quality production can be initiated relatively rapidly through the breaking up of factory crews from the other plants. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (--Steel -Workforce)
[]Gorky Artillery Plant Expansion: The production of additional divisional guns is desperately needed as this is the first modernized gun that has managed to pass trials, with it rapidly becoming the near-universally preferred weapon of the military. While the plant itself has already shifted towards its production, to have any hope of producing enough of the weapon, massive expansions need to be undertaken. (35 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-Steel -Workforce)
[]Pilot Academies: The returning veterans from Khalkhin Gol and the Spanish civil war have brought back many new improvements to current flight doctrine. While such modifications will take time to train into the bulk of pilots, establishing official piloting classes and starting to stockpile trained aviators will significantly improve the capabilities of the VVS. These efforts, however, will cost money and time, but the climb in tactical acumen and capability should be worth it. (30 Resources per Dice 147/225)
Bureaucracy 3 Dice
[]Trial Production Staff: With the multitude of workers goofing off on their posts and creating ongoing unplanned production issues, it would be prudent to start making examples. While most of the problems can be attributed to poor management, the presence of many of those who are attempting to cut their work-time and improve their salary must be dealt with. (10 Party Support if completed, DC 20)
[]Propagandize Towards Female Workers: With the current lack of industrial labor in many factories and the shortage of men for both the army and the factories, the recruitment of masses of women will be a prudent reform. A larger industrial workforce is needed at nearly any cost to maintain the levels of production necessary. While such an initiative may cause minor grumbling in the party and in the factories, more labor is needed, and this is one of the cheapest ways to obtain it. (-5 Party Support if completed, DC 40) (+++++Workforce)
[]Economic Mobilization: With the fall of France and the annihilation of Dunkirk, it stands to reason that we are the next nation to be put under the threat of the Hitlerite boot. To prevent this and to increase military production, it is time to shift the economy into a mobilized state, focusing on the rapid mobilization of the army and the industry. To accomplish this, multiple state and industrial assets will be transferred under the VSNKh to further increase military production at all costs. (2 Dice, Immediate) (4 More Military Actions) (---Consumer Goods) (New Options)
[]Initiate Rationing: The current raw production of materials may not be enough to effectively sustain the war effort, necessitating a cutback of the current relative waste through the Union. The currently proposed rationing level will mostly cut back on plastics and calorically inefficient food for those outside of the military. The bulk of the excess production will be mostly canned for long term storage to ensure that the army can keep fighting when the fascist menace is upon us. (-10 Party Influence, DC 40) (++ All Resources)
Moratorium 4 Hours
Edit: Forgot Gorky
Turn 26(1940 2nd Half): Brigades of Socialist Labor Will Protect the Union
Resources per turn 1000+ULAG with 5 in storage
Party Support 55
Current Status of ULAG:
Population: 1,131,000 (I'll round to the nearest 100k)
Attitude: Stable
Food State: Hearty Meals, -82.5 Resources Per Turn
Guard State: Intensive Monitoring, -27.5 Resources Per Turn
Resource Income: Construction focused, 165 Resources Per Turn, Additional Actions
Foreign Relations Overview, June 1940
In foreign events, the latest months have been an eventful cavalcade of occurrences worldwide as the Hitlerite menace has continued to push around the world. Norway has managed to fall to the menace with the use of paratroopers and naval landings as the Royal Navy has failed to protect the nation, causing it to rapidly be torn apart by the invaders. Another offensive was seen in the French region despite the massive number of polish evacuations. Despite the French army's qualitative edge over the German one, some mistake in command caused it all to come tumbling down. France committed to a forward defense, leading to them being rapidly encircled around many port cities. This encirclement did not manage to fight much but did manage to make a retreat to the port of Dunkirk with their Polish allies.
However, the French situation would only develop for the worse after this, as in the Dunkirk pocket, multiple german offensives shifted focus to its neutralization rather than advancing on the line, causing a general collapse of the British and Polish forces in the pocket. As the pocket was closed, only a minimal number of British personnel managed to escape fully intact, with the Polish and French units fighting a valiant rearguard action that bought far too little time. From this point, the French government knew that continental resistance was not going to work and ordered the massive evacuation of personnel from the continent and the preparation for a colonial government in exile. During this chaos, the Japanese forces invaded the French possessions in Vietnam, and while war was not declared, the league of nations denounced the action.
The invasion of the rest of France occurred swiftly, with the evacuations causing a general collapse of resistance. While the bulk of forces escaped fighting another day, European France was lost to the Hitlerites. On the Spanish front, though, the German infantry continued their advance, pushing deep into the nation, with only retreating French forces left to prop up the Republic. After a quick capitulation of Spain and the government's reorganization, a new falangist faction was put into power. Europe has fallen to the fascist menace, and the only assumption that can be made is that the Union will be the next to be attacked.
There is, however, some fleeting good news on the Africa front as the latest Italian offensives have managed to mostly peter out. While the British colonies may be a direct sign of imperialism, every Hitlerite they tie-down is one less thrown at the Union. In these dark times, war will soon be upon us. All preparations must be made to defend the revolution, and the politburo is in full agreement to accelerate military mobilization time tables-considerably. The current baltic occupations have added some small amounts of additional production to the Union's general industry, an increase that will be needed in the trying years to come. (+50 Resources Per Turn)
(So, as you might notice now, a lot of actions have little indicators of what they cost and of what they produce as a result of Statistical planning. An important thing to note is that two of a symbol is far greater than two single symbols, with a similar pattern continuing up the chain.)
Free dice to allocate: 6 Dice
Infrastructure 8 Dice
[]Regional Interlinked Grids(Far East): The construction of a full regional scale grid is necessary to ensure that every city and town can be connected to the central network of electrical capacity. While such an effort would be a massive arduous undertaking, progress will allow an enormous leap forward in the workers' comfort and quality of life. Such measures would also enable the expansion of new types of industry exploiting electric power production. (15 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Rail Line Replacements(Stage 1): With the current far heavier and more intense use of a multitude of aging rail lines, the total replacement of entire sections of track is a regretfully necessary endeavor. While this will cause a massive degree of strain on the network itself, such improvements will finally allow trains to reach their full speeds, even with heavy cargo loads. While this project may not even be done in a generation, its completion will signal that the steam train and wood ties' era is truly over, entirely replaced by far higher speed diesel trains and concrete ties. (10 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Road Programs(Stage 4): The construction of additional gravel roads in the countryside along with the leveling of multiple dirt roads, will ensure the continued access of trucks into the farming interior. These road programs will be far broader in scope than the previous ones, but also far less involved per road, as the priority will be creating a stable route into and out of the countryside. As an added bonus, these routes will significantly improve rural areas' integration into the union and ability to easily purchase supplies from cities. (15 Resources per dice 70/500)
[]Create Metro Lines: As many cities still need more urban transport despite the steady improvements in public transportation, the idea of an underground system of movement is seen as a massive improvement. While the digging effort will be quite a manpower heavy, the actual resources committed to the project will be relatively light. In the case of war, these metro systems can also serve as shelter for the workers, allowing them to be far better protected from possible bombing raids. (15 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Begin Preemptive Industrial Relocations: The currently acquired industrial locations in the Baltics and in the newly acquired areas of Poland are located in vulnerable locations and are surrounded by unreliable workers. While it will not be domestically popular to start their relocations into Siberia, this would allow them to function un-interrupted by both a possible enemy advance and in case of local saboteur action. (10 Resources per dice 0/200) (-Capital Goods -Steel ---Consumer Goods, Temporarily)
Heavy Industry 10 Dice
[]Stoylenskoye Planned City(Stage 1): The infrastructure base's construction to tap a new large deposit of iron for its production to steel is a critical step in further expanding Steel production in the Union. The deposits in the Kursk region are the highest in any place outside of Magnitogorsk. They are also fairly easily accessible, making the site a perfect one to construct a planned city. While the city itself will also be focused on Steel production, many of the early lessons learned during the construction of Magnitogorsk will be taken into account to optimize higher-quality steel production. 20 Resources per dice (0/100)
[]Donbas Coal Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 4): The expansion of the basin any further will be an impractical endeavor as the bulk of the easily reachable coal is already being dug out of the earth. Still, further efforts can be invested to produce more coal yet from the region. However, such material will be far harder to ship to the Urals, where the bulk of the coal use occurs. (15 Resources per dice 65/400) (++++Coal ---Workforce)
[]Kuznetsk Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 5): With the current deposit almost fully exploited, just one final push is needed towards its total exploitation. The current effort has dug at the near-surface deposits, but more manpower is necessary to dig out the coal. Thus, with the expansion of the effort to deep shaft mining, more coal can rapidly be dug out of the earth. While such mining efforts are likely to be costly towards manpower, they will secure a supply of coal that will not run out in the course of our lifetimes. (15 Resources per dice 78/600) (+++++Coal ---Workforce)
[]Gorky Machine-building Plant(Stage 5): The final planned stage for Gorky is focused on converting much of the machinery to pre-fabricated sub-units. While this may reduce some machines' efficiency, the total standardization of components produced in a single generation will also provide a massive degree of interchangeability. Another prong of the construction effort will focus on producing all of the parts needed to machine high-quality steel, allowing the tool quality gap with the west to be fully closed, with domestic production of machinery that is at least as good as western examples. This effort will be one of the most expensive ones undertaken by the Union. Still, with a decade of steady production, the industrial backwardness of the Union can finally be thrown off. (20 Party Influence upon completion, 35 Resources per dice 123/800) (++++++++Capital Goods ----Steel --Workforce)
[]Power Production Campaigns(Stage 4): The next step is constructing more thermal power stations to power the Union with a factor of redundancy. This stage of the effort will build a truly massive number of electric stations and use a similarly enormous quantity of coal. It will allow a good amount of grid redundancy and the introduction of central electric heating, as no longer will power under-production be able to cause people to freeze. This stage of the program will also ensure that most towns and segments of the grid have a similar redundancy level, hopefully relegating full blackouts to the past. (20 Resources per dice 469/500) (++++Power ---Coal --Workforce)
[]Ordzhonikidze Plant Modernization: The first plant driving forward progress in the Union has progressively gotten more old and obsolete and now can be replaced with a far more precise plant. While the output may decrease, the factory and its highly experienced staff can instead be converted into a center of high precision production. Hopefully, with time, even on the small parts level, the Union should exceed the capitalists. (30 Resources per dice 0/100) (++Capital Goods -Steel)
[]Turbine Upgrade Programs: Many power plants in the Union have been using far older and far less optimal turbines. While they are mostly functional, additional capacity can be extracted from the locations with more modern hardware and electrics. Such an effort will be costly and may cause some brown-outs, but it is necessary to improve the Union's power production capacity. (25 Resources per dice 25/150) (+Power)
[]Casting Industry Refurbishment: With the current constant lack of experienced personnel and the issues with creating hard cast steel tools, a general refurbishment and upgrade of the industrial plants are needed. Due to these parts' noticed problems and the constant defects created, a new educational and quality improvement initiative is necessary. While the current issues are relatively minor in most applications, the military has had persistent problems with improperly made bulk steel plates. (20 Resources per dice 131/200) (+Steel +Consumer Goods +Capital Goods -Workforce)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice
[]Sulfa Drug Expansion: With the current demand for Sulfa drugs so massive all across the Union, it has been found that multiple managers have been reducing concentrations of the medications. There is a simple solution to fix this: reporting the managers to upper echelons and greatly expanding production to ensure that every location in the Union can receive a proper medication dosage. (40 Resources per dice 0/100) (++Consumer Goods)
[]West Siberian Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 1): With the newly discovered oil basin, many extraction opportunities can be undertaken in the region. While these first few wells will be more exploratory digs to ascertain the basin's extent, they will still produce a considerable amount of oil. With the heavy presence of gas, some new developments on its utilization and processing may be viable, as it would be a shame to waste the possible fuel source. (10 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-Workforce)
[]West Siberian Petroleum Basin Refining(Stage 1): The heavy oil found all over the region is not the most optimal for refining with the current equipment, but it still must be done. Multiple new refineries are planned to be set up to test that the oil can be converted to more useful fractions of new products with respectable ratios of yield. Still, lighter fractions of the oil are not expected to be made in any notable quantity. Instead, large amounts of diesel and fuel oil can be made to drive the Union forward. (15 Resources per Dice 0/150) (+++Fuel +Capital Goods -Workforce)
[]High Octane Refineries: With the newly obtained breakthroughs in the catalytic cracking of oil into more optimal petrochemical products, the construction of a new series of refineries is needed. The bulk of these new systems' output will almost exclusively go towards the ever-growing VVS, but some additional production will be left over for extended equipment trials. As these are the first systems constructed, the process will be inefficient and require further development by their very nature. The Soviet Union, however, is up to the task. (20 Resources Per dice 0/200) (+Fuel -Workforce)
[]Tomsk Synthetic Rubber Plant: The production of yet more synthetic rubber is a critical need for the Union, as further expansions of mobile forces require a constant stream of more rubber. The current supply is mostly sufficient for most uses, but further progress needs to be made to allow for the massive expansion of the truck pool. Additional rubber production will also enable the projected uniform modernization projects to be initiated, allowing far better boots to reach the troops. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 30 Resources per dice 0/250) (+Consumer Goods -Workforce)
[]PVC Production: With the multitude of discoveries involving additives that can be added to known forms of polymers, a considerable breakthrough in capability is possible to be achieved. These new efforts will first focus on the far more rigid and industrially useful materials. Still, with time and investment, it should be possible to extend the discoveries to making plastics a common sight all over the Union. These factories will consume a good number of oil side-products and electricity but should result in a whole new series of hard materials used in many applications. (25 Resources per dice 91/300) (++Consumer Goods -Workforce)
Agriculture 4 Dice
[]Fruit Tree Cultivation: Many fruiting trees can be grown in regions where conventional agricultural practices have poor results. While the food produced from these will likely be reasonably minimal, additional luxury fruits will allow the workers to receive far more luxuries. Simultaneously, the production of fruits will allow for some export outside of the Union, producing a relatively decent quantity of resources. (15 Resources per dice (0/200)) (+Food +Consumer Goods)
[]Fish Farming Ponds: With many new methodologies developed towards the keeping and feeding animals in captivity and some improvements cataloged from previous fish farming efforts, the first fish farms can be made. New fish food granules developed in earlier experiments with antibiotics have so far delivered incredibly promising results when used in river habitats for fish. With these innovations, pike can start to be farmed in mass, allowing for far cheaper protein to be produced for the workers, and ensure that all can have fish. (20 Resources per dice (0/150)) (+Food +Consumer Goods)
[]Working Farmer Initiatives: With the proliferation of buses and transportation to the cities, it will be prudent to encourage farmers to work in urban plants. During the seasons that are not the harvest or the planting, a large quantity of the farmers' time is reasonably free to do other tasks, not on the households. Thus, by offering considerable benefits to those going into Urban centers to work factory jobs, more manpower can be transferred to industrial plants. (10 Resources per dice (0/250)) (-Food +++Workforce)
[]Farming Supply Programs: With the current statistical analysis of many small farming towns, multiple have been found with a lack of equipment depressing their output. While soil quality makes up an essential factor when making adjusted plots by region, a good degree of yield is dependent on mechanization, and an optimal number of mechanisms has been calculated for farms. Still, the changes due to their loss are also calculated and found to be far more damaging. Thus, with the current production of tractors and trucks, the supplying of farms lagging behind should raise output considerably. (15 Resources per dice (0/250)) (+Food)
[]Reverse Reporting Policy: The current state policy on glorifying those that are over-performing in agriculture has been found to cause a multitude of problems due to unsustainable practices. While removing the glorification of excessive farming labor will cause some minor tension in the party, the reform is necessary to reduce pressure on farmers and improve sustainability. (-10 Party Influence upon completion, 5 Resources per dice 0/100)
Services 4 Dice
[]Expand Resources to Ailing Schools: Multiple school districts are far behind on standardized scores and performance, creating an immediate crisis in the countryside. While the initial teachers sent out were moderately qualified, they were far from perfect, creating a cascade of issues. While this will not cost much in terms of cost to sort out, more educated personnel need to be transferred to education, limiting industrial development. (5 Resources per dice 0/100) (-Workforce)
[]Polytechnic Universities(Stage 4): With the steady introduction of more experienced professors from initial university efforts, it would be prudent to further increase the number of schools. While much of the faculty in these new institutions would be reasonably low in experience, they have confidence and updated knowledge of the world. Simultaneously, an expanded number of slots will ensure that most graduates from lower education can have a chance at receiving a far better one and being far more productive workers. (10 Resources per dice 0/400) (--Workforce)
[]Expand Medical Schooling: Medical schools have always provided a hard limit on the number of new experienced doctors and nurses available. While the current system produces a steady stream of graduates, large parts of the medical force are retiring. As it would be a shame to lose their experience and expertise, a further large series of medical schools can be constructed to ensure that the pipeline of doctors continues to remain strong. (15 Resources per dice 0/200) (-Workforce)
[]Pharmacy Systems: With the newly available amount of medications that need to be distributed to workers all over the Union, the creation of a separate pharmacy system can enable far easier access. While the bulk of the pharmacies will be operated by newly trained nurses, they should shorten the amount of time the population needs to get medications. Simultaneously, the standardization of medication quality will allow a truly scientific approach to dosages and medicine. (10 Resources per dice 0/150) (-Workforce)
Military 8 Dice
(Authors note: Most military efforts will have quality dice rolled after they are completed, which will affect the quality of the buildup/equipment/information)
[]Trial New Twin-Engine Bomber: With the apparent age of the DB-3 design, it is a prudent endeavor to order a new type of light attack bomber. Given the close support pilots' experience in Spain and Khalkhin Gol, a medium weight dive-bomber is the optimal design. To accomplish this and still maintain a decent payload, a new twin-engine bomber needs to be developed. (25 Resources per dice 0/40)
[]Trial Medium Tank Modernization: With the development of a far cheaper gun along with massive advancements in suspension, and the considerable lessons learned in the battles with Japan, it is time to prototype a new form of medium tank. While the T34 is sufficient for now, there are multiple opportunities to improve its quality and reduce its cost. The all-cast mono-block front plate can be further thickened. The suspension switched to a far more viable torsion bar, and additional visibility devices can be added to the turret. Overall, most of the tank will stay mostly the same, but a general line re-fit is needed to implement the full modernization package at once. (25 Resources per dice 0/40)
[]Radar Plant: The production of new radars is a critical aspect of expanding naval and air forces' capability. While there are currently many units needing these radars, the highest priority will be those on the German border. The production of the new sets and the accompanying electronic detection development departments should eventually allow for steady miniaturization of the technology and enable its use for rangefinding. (45 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Energy -Workforce)
[]Shell Plants(Stage 2): Given the shortage reports from many frontal districts and individual units themselves, more shell production is desperately needed. The battles of Khalkhin Gol have shown that current levels of munitions reserves are utterly insufficient and that more production of every type of shell is required. As the fascists have already taken Europe, we must supply the shells by the next summer, or the entire war effort could fail. There is no possible set of factory complexes that are more critical than the production of enough shells. (35 Resources Per Dice 0/150) (--Energy -Coal -Workforce)
[]La-1 Plant: The new cheap wooden fighter is a prime candidate for mass production for a low cost. Despite the lower performance and agility issues, these planes are more affordable, more straightforward, require fewer man-hours, and do not need strategic materials. Due to these, their production should be prioritized to the greatest extent to ensure that no front-line units are equipped with the currently obsolete I-15. Production may take some time to spool up due to the utilization of beta wood, but these should become a useful framework for future fighters. (Choose from: Tbilisi/Leningrad) (30 Resources Per Dice 0/75)
[]Yak 1 Plant: The new light fighter's production represents a further large scale improvement in military capability. These fighters may be more expensive than their competitors and require some aluminum, but the gains in agility and speed are considerable. Despite multiple minor teething issues in their flight and takeoff, these currently represent the best fighter aircraft available to the Union. At expected combat altitudes should be competitive with upcoming German aircraft. (Choose from: Engels/Saratov/Tatischevo) (40 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Gorky and Moscow Aviation Plant Modernization(I-185): Despite the issues plaguing the new aircraft, its advantages in speed, climb, and armament by far favor it over the I-180. These factories will consume a large quantity of aluminum but will produce a fighter capable of fighting any prospective German aircraft at a quality advantage. Especially if the current problems with takeoff and landing can be fixed in the factory. (45 Resources per Dice 0/100) (--Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Sukhoi Aviation Plant: A slightly more expensive and more radically designed CAS plane. The newly upgraded attacker features a somewhat lighter airframe and protection scheme, making up for it with twin 37mm autocannons. While the new aircraft is less protected than the Ilyushin model, the guns should enable it to deal with tanks far more easily than before. (Choose from: Kharkov/Moscow) (40 Resources Per Dice 0/150) (-Aluminum -Workforce)
[]Ilyushin Aviation Plant: The production of the less armed but far more armored CAS aircraft is essential for fighting the soon to come war. The Su-2 has proven itself to be a capable attacker during the battles with Japan, and this new design should be able to contest the ground and make the Hitlerites bleed. (Choose from: Voronezh/Irkutsk) (35 Resources Per Dice 0/100) (-Steel -Workforce)
[]Stalingrad Plant Retooling: Due to the massive improvements in the new T34 tank's performance over the old models of T28, a production shift is needed to secure enough tanks. The machinery for the construction and casting of turrets and internal systems is already there at the plant, easing conversion pressure. Instead, all that is needed to be built wholesale is the new suspension production line to ensure that a steady output of the new tank can be secured. (25 Resources per Dice 55/100) (Will modernize if taken concurrently)
[]Gorky Tank Plant: With the steady growth of the planned city through the months, there is now the city's population towards constructing another industrial complex. While the expertise is not there for the immediate full-scale production of the tank at the new factory, high-quality production can be initiated relatively rapidly through the breaking up of factory crews from the other plants. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (--Steel -Workforce)
[]Nizhny Tagil Tank Plant: As the city is near a multitude of heavy industry and steel supplies, the construction of a new large military plant is the perfect addition to the location to properly utilize the manpower there. While the expertise is not there for the immediate full-scale production of the tank at the new factory, high-quality production can be initiated relatively rapidly through the breaking up of factory crews from the other plants. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (--Steel -Workforce)
[]Gorky Artillery Plant Expansion: The production of additional divisional guns is desperately needed as this is the first modernized gun that has managed to pass trials, with it rapidly becoming the near-universally preferred weapon of the military. While the plant itself has already shifted towards its production, to have any hope of producing enough of the weapon, massive expansions need to be undertaken. (35 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-Steel -Workforce)
[]Pilot Academies: The returning veterans from Khalkhin Gol and the Spanish civil war have brought back many new improvements to current flight doctrine. While such modifications will take time to train into the bulk of pilots, establishing official piloting classes and starting to stockpile trained aviators will significantly improve the capabilities of the VVS. These efforts, however, will cost money and time, but the climb in tactical acumen and capability should be worth it. (30 Resources per Dice 147/225)
Bureaucracy 3 Dice
[]Trial Production Staff: With the multitude of workers goofing off on their posts and creating ongoing unplanned production issues, it would be prudent to start making examples. While most of the problems can be attributed to poor management, the presence of many of those who are attempting to cut their work-time and improve their salary must be dealt with. (10 Party Support if completed, DC 20)
[]Propagandize Towards Female Workers: With the current lack of industrial labor in many factories and the shortage of men for both the army and the factories, the recruitment of masses of women will be a prudent reform. A larger industrial workforce is needed at nearly any cost to maintain the levels of production necessary. While such an initiative may cause minor grumbling in the party and in the factories, more labor is needed, and this is one of the cheapest ways to obtain it. (-5 Party Support if completed, DC 40) (+++++Workforce)
[]Economic Mobilization: With the fall of France and the annihilation of Dunkirk, it stands to reason that we are the next nation to be put under the threat of the Hitlerite boot. To prevent this and to increase military production, it is time to shift the economy into a mobilized state, focusing on the rapid mobilization of the army and the industry. To accomplish this, multiple state and industrial assets will be transferred under the VSNKh to further increase military production at all costs. (2 Dice, Immediate) (4 More Military Actions) (---Consumer Goods) (New Options)
[]Initiate Rationing: The current raw production of materials may not be enough to effectively sustain the war effort, necessitating a cutback of the current relative waste through the Union. The currently proposed rationing level will mostly cut back on plastics and calorically inefficient food for those outside of the military. The bulk of the excess production will be mostly canned for long term storage to ensure that the army can keep fighting when the fascist menace is upon us. (-10 Party Influence, DC 40) (++ All Resources)
Moratorium 4 Hours
Edit: Forgot Gorky
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- Location
- The great frozen north
Has Gibraltar fallen?
Losing the BEF sucks, but at least that's somewhat countered by France deciding to continue the fight, meaning Italian forces in Libya are flanked on both sides.
Losing the BEF sucks, but at least that's somewhat countered by France deciding to continue the fight, meaning Italian forces in Libya are flanked on both sides.
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- She/Her
It will fall in the course of the turn.
So how's China doing bad I take it and I kinda see the Union as a more ideal role model for the foreseeable future
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
First Plan Draft.
[ ] Plan Total War Preparations
Infrastructure 8 Dice
-[ ] Road Programs(Stage 4), 5 Infra Dice (75 Resources)
-[ ] Begin Preemptive Industrial Relocations, 3 Infra Dice (30 Resources)
Heavy Industry 10 Dice
-[ ] Stoylenskoye Planned City(Stage 1), 2 HI Dice (40 Resources)
-[ ] Kuznetsk Basin Mine Expansion, 2 HI Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] Power Production Campaigns, 1 HI Dice (20 Resources)
-[ ] Ordzhonikidze Plant Modernization, 2 HI Dice (60 Resources)
-[ ] Turbine Upgrade Programs, 2 HI Dice (50 Resources)
-[ ] Casting Industry Refurbishment, 1 HI Dice (20 Resources)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice
-[ ] Sulfa Drug Expansion, 1 LCI Dice (40 Resources)
-[ ] High Octane Refineries, 3 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
-[ ] Tomsk Synthetic Rubber Plant, 2 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
Agriculture 4 Dice (4 idle)
-[ ] Reverse Reporting Policy, 2 Agri Dice (10 Resources)
Services 4 Dice (4 idle)
Military 8 Dice (+5 Free Dice) (+4 Military Dice from Mobilization)
-[ ] Trial New Twin-Engine Bomber, 1 Military Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Trial Medium Tank Modernization, 1 Military Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Radar Plant, 2 Military Dice (90 Resources)
-[ ] Shell Plants(Stage 2), 4 Military Dice (140 Resources)
-[ ] La-1 Plant(Tbilisi), 1 Military Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] La-1 Plant(Leningrad), 1 Military Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] Ilyushin Aviation Plant(Voronezh), 2 Military Dice (70 Resources)
-[ ] Stalingrad Plant Retooling, 1 Free Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Gorky Artillery Plant Expansion, 2 Free Dice (70 Resources)
-[ ] Pilot Academies, 2 Free Dice (60 Resources)
Bureaucracy 3 Dice (+1 Free Dice)
-[ ] Propagandize Towards Female Workers, 1 Bureaucracy Dice, 1 Free Dice
-[ ] Economic Mobilization, 2 Bureaucracy Dice
Resources Used: 1060
Resources Remaining: 0
Get the Industry evacuated, get roads done since it's summer. HI, finish the modernization stuff, prepare for Stoylenskoye next turn, do a bit of work on Kuznetsk and finish up power production. LCI, get Sulfa back into working condition and grab the Avgas refineries.
Get both Trials out, grab Radar, heavy focus on Shell Plants since it's a Staged Project and extremely critical. Gamble on getting both La-1 Plants done, modernize our existing Plants to make more modern Planes. Grab some CAS, get the Gorky Expansion done because everyone wants the new Field Gun for both infantry and tanks, and put on Pilot Academies for the rest.
Note: I'm a bit worried only putting 1 die on Propagandize Towards Female Workers. I'm thinking of maybe splitting off a die from Military for that. The question is: what? Also wondering about maybe replacing Roads for more Rubber Plants, and taking a die from somewhere else in the Military to put on Stalingrad Retooling since it synergizes with the Medium Tank Trials.
EDIT: Cutting out I-185s to afford Stalingrad Tank Retooling and a Free Die on Female Workers. This also frees up enough Resources to work on Rubber Plants.
Also, now managed to wrangle free enough Resources to do Reverse Reporting Policy, since a lot of policy decisions like that will be locked out during the war.
[ ] Plan Total War Preparations
Infrastructure 8 Dice
-[ ] Road Programs(Stage 4), 5 Infra Dice (75 Resources)
-[ ] Begin Preemptive Industrial Relocations, 3 Infra Dice (30 Resources)
Heavy Industry 10 Dice
-[ ] Stoylenskoye Planned City(Stage 1), 2 HI Dice (40 Resources)
-[ ] Kuznetsk Basin Mine Expansion, 2 HI Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] Power Production Campaigns, 1 HI Dice (20 Resources)
-[ ] Ordzhonikidze Plant Modernization, 2 HI Dice (60 Resources)
-[ ] Turbine Upgrade Programs, 2 HI Dice (50 Resources)
-[ ] Casting Industry Refurbishment, 1 HI Dice (20 Resources)
Light and Chemical Industry 6 Dice
-[ ] Sulfa Drug Expansion, 1 LCI Dice (40 Resources)
-[ ] High Octane Refineries, 3 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
-[ ] Tomsk Synthetic Rubber Plant, 2 LCI Dice (60 Resources)
Agriculture 4 Dice (4 idle)
-[ ] Reverse Reporting Policy, 2 Agri Dice (10 Resources)
Services 4 Dice (4 idle)
Military 8 Dice (+5 Free Dice) (+4 Military Dice from Mobilization)
-[ ] Trial New Twin-Engine Bomber, 1 Military Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Trial Medium Tank Modernization, 1 Military Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Radar Plant, 2 Military Dice (90 Resources)
-[ ] Shell Plants(Stage 2), 4 Military Dice (140 Resources)
-[ ] La-1 Plant(Tbilisi), 1 Military Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] La-1 Plant(Leningrad), 1 Military Dice (30 Resources)
-[ ] Ilyushin Aviation Plant(Voronezh), 2 Military Dice (70 Resources)
-[ ] Stalingrad Plant Retooling, 1 Free Dice (25 Resources)
-[ ] Gorky Artillery Plant Expansion, 2 Free Dice (70 Resources)
-[ ] Pilot Academies, 2 Free Dice (60 Resources)
Bureaucracy 3 Dice (+1 Free Dice)
-[ ] Propagandize Towards Female Workers, 1 Bureaucracy Dice, 1 Free Dice
-[ ] Economic Mobilization, 2 Bureaucracy Dice
Resources Used: 1060
Resources Remaining: 0
Get the Industry evacuated, get roads done since it's summer. HI, finish the modernization stuff, prepare for Stoylenskoye next turn, do a bit of work on Kuznetsk and finish up power production. LCI, get Sulfa back into working condition and grab the Avgas refineries.
Get both Trials out, grab Radar, heavy focus on Shell Plants since it's a Staged Project and extremely critical. Gamble on getting both La-1 Plants done, modernize our existing Plants to make more modern Planes. Grab some CAS, get the Gorky Expansion done because everyone wants the new Field Gun for both infantry and tanks, and put on Pilot Academies for the rest.
Note: I'm a bit worried only putting 1 die on Propagandize Towards Female Workers. I'm thinking of maybe splitting off a die from Military for that. The question is: what? Also wondering about maybe replacing Roads for more Rubber Plants, and taking a die from somewhere else in the Military to put on Stalingrad Retooling since it synergizes with the Medium Tank Trials.
EDIT: Cutting out I-185s to afford Stalingrad Tank Retooling and a Free Die on Female Workers. This also frees up enough Resources to work on Rubber Plants.
Also, now managed to wrangle free enough Resources to do Reverse Reporting Policy, since a lot of policy decisions like that will be locked out during the war.
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SakSak
Unbound
- Location
- The Cold Wastes of the North
So wait,
" However, the French situation would only develop for the worse after this, as in the Dunkirk pocket, multiple german offensives shifted focus to its neutralization rather than advancing on the line, causing a general collapse of the British and Polish forces in the pocket. As the pocket was closed, only a minimal number of British personnel managed to escape fully intact, with the Polish and French units fighting a valiant rearguard action that bought far too little time. "
Instead of halting the advance like OTL, they instead pushed on and collapsed the pocket sooner? So the Dunkirk escape didn't occur at any appreciable scale (I believe about 75-80% escaped originally?)
Man, this timeline is really shaping up to be bad for the Allies.
" However, the French situation would only develop for the worse after this, as in the Dunkirk pocket, multiple german offensives shifted focus to its neutralization rather than advancing on the line, causing a general collapse of the British and Polish forces in the pocket. As the pocket was closed, only a minimal number of British personnel managed to escape fully intact, with the Polish and French units fighting a valiant rearguard action that bought far too little time. "
Instead of halting the advance like OTL, they instead pushed on and collapsed the pocket sooner? So the Dunkirk escape didn't occur at any appreciable scale (I believe about 75-80% escaped originally?)
Man, this timeline is really shaping up to be bad for the Allies.
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Yep. About 10,000 soldiers escaping overall TTL.
Compared to historical's ~558,000.
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- She/Her
So, to give you context for the odds for this since am fairly sure Discord has not cross-posted them yet. Any German win at all would have taken a 60 difference between the dice(8% chance, counting the worse options), a historical German win would have taken an 80 difference between the dice(2% chance). France and Germany instead rolled a 96 difference(0.1% chance)
The Brits losing an extra half a million troops this early is going to hurt, god damn. At least they have a bunch of escaped French to help them avoid total collapse, but the dice really are fascist sympathizers that's the only way I can explain this.
Crazy7s1
Excellent
We just have to hope they sympathize with communism more
- Location
- Not London
This isn't the biggest problem. The most crucial problem is the loss of Gibraltar which severely imperils the supply route of the British empire which runs across the med, through suez to India.
Now Britain either has to route through the Cape of good hope or shift the RN and RAF force distributions decisively to the med in order to keep the supply lines open. And this at a time when the British Isles are being threatened by invasion..
Can't French contribute? Their navy should be still there and mostly combat capable.
- Location
- The great frozen north
This is very bad. Allied supply lines to North Africa will be crippled. What few gets there will have to come overland via French Morroco and Algeria. We'll be lucky if Egypt holds. Let's hope to god that Turkey doesn't decide to join the Axis and march on the Caucasus.