Prussia - HOI4 - Q2, 1919

Now the 2nd Quarter of 1919. Let's see what the world has to offer....
22 Apr 1919: The focus Infrastructure Effort IV has completed....
….and as planned I select Extra Research Slot II.
26 Apr 1919: Cousin George in the UK is behaving himself so I can continue going global.
I removed the Unterseebooten from my Arabischer Flotta. One of them was very old so I disbanded it. The remainder have their own flotilla. (The icon with a '6' in the centre of the pic.)
Nice to know what all those trade routes are.
The Empire is very self-sufficient....
17 May 1919: Our army receives the Improved Light Machine Gun.
I choose the doctrine Specific Encirclement next.
21 May 1919: 1st Panzerarmee is tasked with defending our left flank. Half the army defends the Albanian border with Austria-Hungary while the other half defends the capital Tirana plus our port and gateway to the Adriatic Sea.
04 Jun 1919: Our 7 Heavy Panzer-Divisionen are fully trained with the new equipment so I  return them to Panzerarmee Maghrib.
05 Jun 1919: I still have 28 divisions in training.
08 Jun 1919: I take a look at Japan. I notice several things of interest. They only have 40% war support; large navy but small air force and despite being at war with us earlier they have an above average opinion of Germany. Interesting.
10 Jun 1919: I deploy more aircraft to Eastern Europe.
12 Jun 1919: I now check our production. The Field Gun situation is much better only 106 days of shortage now.
Not good with Support Equipment though. I shall transfer at least 5 MFs there.
Motorized equipment is much better.
24 Jun 1919: The seaplane Albatross W.4 is now available but I won't produce it. There is a W.8 successor on the drawing board and I don't have a carrier for the aircraft either.
I choose to develop Marines I next. A large navy needs Marine Infantry....
27 Jun 1919: I use another 100 PPs to create a building slot in Warszawa.
30 Jun 1919: I receive Extra Research Slot II.
I select Doctrine Effort III next.
Using the new research slot I now select the improved Albatross W.8 seaplane.
01 Jul 1919: Finally I upgrade the 10 Kolonial-Divisionen in Armeeschule West to the new format.
No real change here. There is no other Faction in the world, except the British Empire of course.
The USA appears to have stopped building new factories and dockyards but do have more divisions.
Well that's all the news for this quarter. Maybe in the 3rd quarter there is more to report. Bis bald....

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