Military Theorist - More experience, -7% land doctrine research

Silent Workhorse (+30%) - More political power You’ll want to have every possible advantage over the Chinese player.įree Trade - Don’t panic, trade with Manchukuo for steel or trade back civilian factories with the rest of the Axis, who will also go free trade.

Make sure you have the first 1918 infantry support equipment researched, as well as radio and 1937 artillery. (You can also go for naval doctrine but it’s not highly recommended) Go for your two industrial research, fighter Is, and electronicsĪfter that go for your land doctrine: Grand Battleplan for planning bonus, left side or your air doctrine, operational integrity. You want a strong civilian economy so you can pump out even more dockyards and refineries later on. You can also mix in naval dockyards or a few synthetic refineries but I wouldn’t recommend building military factories until much later. Keep in mind, you’ll only have around 25-35 of these heavy marines, so use them wisely when the war starts.Ĭonstruction: For the most part you’ll want to build strictly civilian, as you and Italy have the most vulnerable economies out of all the Axis. As you get more and more XP, you can begin adding on battalions to get even more xp. So, delete your entire army except that one lonely marine division you have and begin training it. These beefy divisions will make up the bulk of your army not just against China but when you inevitably go to war with the Allies sometime in late 1940 or early ‘41. Make sure you have a -10% combat width field marshal assigned to these 44 marines at all times, otherwise, it won't be optimal. You will be making a 44 width marine division (That’s 16 marine battalions, 4 artillery battalions, support artillery, support engineer, and optional: support recon and support logistics,). What you need is something incredibly powerful, enough to break 15 of those ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 10 widths. A 24 combat width infantry, a weird light tank-infantry division, and a few motorized will not be enough to break through a smart China. It may seem like you have a decent army, but you don’t. So first things first, you are going to be training one single division. Keep in mind, I’m not the best player, but I know I’m better than at least half of those that call themselves decent Japan players. Or maybe the Japan player attempts some weak naval invasion and it gets repelled instantly. So time after time I see Japans get completely destroyed by China, usually getting overrun in the mainland by the hundreds of 10 width Chinese hordes. However I still felt like writing this because. NOTE: This guide will for the most part be useless as the Waking Tiger DLC will overhaul the game and completely change Japan’s focus tree.

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