Bonus points if your allies are already going to the frontline the moment the war starts. Don't be afraid if you feel like a wimp for calling on your allies. If the Blitzkrieg begins to go in favor of your enemy, try seeing if any of your allies close-by can hold the frontline or create a fallback line in time. Ask your allies for help if you desperately need it You can also research Support Range 1, which will increase the range of artillery fire. Use strategic unit placement to help you prepare, for example place your artillery on a city surrounded by mountainous terrain, so the enemy troops will take heavy damage before they reach the city and destroy the artillery. You can additionally utilize concentration of force to defeat each enemy element one by one. With a defense stronger than their Blitzkrieg, you'll have enough time to bring your main forces to the frontline. With Blitzkrieg usually your enemy will send 10K-20K troops and 200-600 tanks at you rapidly, depending on the country size and economic ability.
If you're out invading multiple countries, try to keep part of your army back for defense, especially near your capital city. Consider creating Sonar Stations so you can see any submarines near your coast. Bonus points if you have somebody tell you " (enemy) is going to attack you, (Your country)". You'll want to make sure you watch what your neighbors are doing and if they are acting suspiciously. Below are a few tactics to make you and your allies immune to or at least prepared for a Blitzkrieg. Like all strategies, there are different ways to counter the Blitzkrieg. You can force a peace deal on the enemy nation if you occupy 90% or more of their cities. Take over most of that nation and then annex that part when the nation accepts your treaty.When you are nearly in total control of their nation, they will probably panic and start spamming units, which will work to your advantage. It is crucial that you do not waste your manpower pool, because that will cause you to become unprepared for a possible enemy counteroffensive. Just keep calm and let them exhaust their Manpower. But it won't really matter to you, as you were ready for war. The tanks will at least manage to take a quarter of the nation in the worst-case scenario, and half of it in the best-case, before the enemy begins to resist. If the enemy has aircraft, create anti-air units near your biggest cities and factories, because you will get less income if they get bombarded Then immediately mass-select the units and set them to auto-capture the target nation. As soon as you are done making the tanks and planes, declare war. A better idea is to justify on an ally instead of directly justifying on the nation you want to annex, as this will not immediately alert your opponent to your plans.Īround 30 seconds before you start the war, you should begin making tanks, and bomb enemy cities using Bombers, if you can afford it. Also, try not to justify directly on the nation you want to blitzkrieg and annex. Try expanding in other directions so the enemy doesn't think they will eventually end up as your next target. There are other things you must to as well while preparing to avoid attracting unwanted attention from your future opponent. Research Tank Mobility 1 and Tank Firepower 1. Be sure you have enough steel and motor parts to produce the tanks.
Tanks are the unit you should use most in this method, as they move fast and attack hard. In this method, you cannot mass your troops at the border of the nation you want to attack like most people do, but rather gather enough supplies to quickly make an army.