Italy - HOI4 - Czechoslovakian Campaign

General Messe's 1st Army won't arrive for a week or so but while we are waiting we can test their defences and maybe exhaust their reserves. It is 05 Oct 1937 and attacks are initiated in the Brno sector of the Czech border north of Vienna.
Additionally the Solothurn AT-gun becomes available.
I choose to research Grand Battle Plan next.
General Messe's army is beginning to arrive and the troops reinforce the original attacks giving the Czechs no respite.
20 Oct 1937: the whole eastern half of the front is now ablaze and there is a very promising development east of Vienna.
The next day, 06 Nov, sees a stalemate in the east but there is a surprise breakthrough north of Vienna. Brno is captured and 1st Army is poring into the breach with the goal of widening the gap. There are no forts behind the border and my forces are taking advantage of the situation.
20 Nov 1937: The penetration is now huge and we have captured their capital Prague. This is a large industrial region and I'm quickly utilizing there MFs and need to import more rubber from the UK.
The Czechs are now 62% towards capitulation.
25 Nov 1937 and Pilsen has been captured. Recon Company I has also been researched...
...and I choose Support Weapons II next.
77% towards capitulation and I hope that capturing their new capital Bratislava will end the conflict.
 29 Nov 1937 and Excavation I has been completed.
Improved Infantry Equipment I is selected next. Italian infantry will soon be receiving state of the art weaponry.
A list of my research projects. Only the L6 tankette is an embarrassment.
Bratislava (bottom-right) is now the key to our victory.
01 Dec 1937: The national focus Light Ship Effort is completed...
...and I choose Modernized Artillery for the army.
On the 16th of December Bratislava falls and the Czechs are capitulating.
I have more than enough points to completely annex Czechoslovakia.
Victory on all fronts and all Adolf Hitler could do is watch someone else grab a piece of the desired Lebensraum.
Almost 50,000 pieces of equipment have been captured!
 I pause the game here and look at the score card. We are still 6th but Germany has built a large air force.
We do have more factories than Germany though.
The Germans and British are neck and neck in aircraft. The next post will be about consolidating what has been gained. Until soon.


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