My emperor, strangely there are 3 suns in Empire of Japan now
@Bitt3rSteel5 күн бұрын
Japan is just that great
@L_trump5 күн бұрын
@@Bitt3rSteelMy emperor, i went you and watched the sky at the clouds! But i saw mushroom clouds, is that normal my emperor?
@tylerredforge55635 күн бұрын
land of the dropping sun
5 күн бұрын
"My emperor, can it be that the war has not neccessarily developed in our favor?"
@nnanna00135 күн бұрын
Lmao this was the funniest
@NiluferARICAN5 күн бұрын
"did we got nuked? omg we got nuked twice" -Hirosteel
5 күн бұрын
No artillery, no kempetai, but concentrated and dispersed industry and scraping the barrel. Huh.
@ruansteenkamp42895 күн бұрын
Concentrated and Dispersed? What is Japan doing? Concentrating on dispersing the industry?
@miguelgameiro80635 күн бұрын
Neither
@Dedelblute35 күн бұрын
A bunch of dispersed clusters with highly concentrated factories in those clusters.
@zolls15375 күн бұрын
Its a bug of the mod
@andresmartinezramos75135 күн бұрын
Isolated megafactories
@dimas38295 күн бұрын
the best of two worlds.
@stonedtowel5 күн бұрын
These hour long videos are such a blessing of content brother. Between your family and us goblins, we really appreciate you🤝
@Bitt3rSteel5 күн бұрын
Glad you like them!
@SqicK9918 сағат бұрын
@@Bitt3rSteel We DEMAND more 1h+ videos! (ik its time consuming but man i really like it)
@culannthehound945 күн бұрын
It’s crazy Japan doesn’t have artillery in this mod.
@dulguunjargal11995 күн бұрын
Post Leyte Gulf Japanese Logistics
@projectpitchfork8605 күн бұрын
Real life japanese artillery also mostly didn't exist (for the army). And those that existed were almost all 75mm.
@esequieltrindade92445 күн бұрын
@@projectpitchfork860 this is wrong, japan would have batteries in it's armies wtf, ofc is not to the german level of bringing a 150 mm gun, but a light arty is better than nothing, at least arty 1 or 2 to their tech is good, but nothing? It's just bonkers
@AstinCrow5 күн бұрын
@@esequieltrindade9244 It's actually right, Japanese artillery was non-existent with the 75mm designs being the most produced but not even hitting the double digits. The war was very much a strain on Japan as they had to figure out what was more pressing to make with the little resources they had. Even their small arms production was a risk and it's amazing they managed to field the Navy they did, even if they couldn't afford it.
@maxwhite41775 күн бұрын
If you think that's crazy, in the vanilla 1939 start they dont have any either.
@Dedelblute35 күн бұрын
Japan in this mod is like a cat on a beach trying to build a sand castle to survive a tsunami.
@jrezecordero79434 күн бұрын
Coudn't find a better analogy to put it, especially when you can't fix any of the debuffs
@przemysawkrzekobrzegoszczy63325 күн бұрын
Admiral Ozawa carrying the entire war effort on his shoulders there.
@jrezecordero7943Күн бұрын
Bro is Japanese Admiral Yi fr
@peterbrown64945 күн бұрын
Funny how you still have the Fuso which was sunk in 1944,but not the Yamato,which was still afloat untill august 1945 Edit:I wanted to say April 1945
@magnum67634 күн бұрын
and the Mutsu, which blew up in 1943
@totalwar17934 күн бұрын
@@magnum6763 Junyou should also be in repair queue
@ultimatewarrior7334 күн бұрын
Yamato sank in April.
@heliogt19614 күн бұрын
my jp naval brain kicks in here. yamato was afloat until 7th of april 45. august were the nukes i believe
@General_Dane4 күн бұрын
Yes, but it’s probably for balancing reasons
@FilipBurovski5 күн бұрын
There should be a mechanic that allows one to win via defensive war if at least allows you to peace out like if your nation inflicks a certain ammount of damage on the enemy units or ships the combat will stop and the war would be over i think that would be fair.
5 күн бұрын
This sounds like something that makes too much sense.
@avisdunrandom5 күн бұрын
Like in stellaris when every camp will keep control of the land they occupied?
@egoalter12765 күн бұрын
War exhaustion technically allows you to capitulate an enemy without taking any VPs, bht it is really not an intended mechanic.
@darthrevan6185 күн бұрын
Eu4 type peace deal
@rogerr.85075 күн бұрын
It's not historical though 😂
@Speedshine-zed5 күн бұрын
Disaster save from Hiro84848HitoxX he said everything was going so well and he was destroying the chinese but then the americans started attacking and half his navy dissapeared, so lets try to fix this guys!
@a_person_of_all_time4 күн бұрын
1:19 Japan in 1945 apparently had 0 Artillery, Anti-Air or Anti-tank in the army. Insane historical accuracy
@jaredjosephsongheng3724 күн бұрын
Lol like actually insane historical accuracy
@commander91st415 күн бұрын
US HQ after winning the war: We won! but at what cost.. (remembers the all of the sunken US ships)
@vistagreat99944 күн бұрын
One of the realistic things about the outcome of this video (honestly its too realistic for my liking)
@kzazazazk4 күн бұрын
"all they have to do is deal with China" is basically what Japan thought for like a decade 😂
@vedsingh-bp2ke2 күн бұрын
They bombed the us pacific fleet because the US "wasn't letting them invade china properly "
@nitrocharge24045 күн бұрын
I tried Seelow Heights Japan once. As in, I loaded the game, looked at the situation, said "I'm screwed," and alt+f4'd.
@felraksis5 күн бұрын
New editor or style? I like it. Done very well. Keep it up :)
@jakeplayz_ytoffical5 күн бұрын
Agreed! Maybe he’s trying to spice it up a bit
@jakeplayz_ytoffical5 күн бұрын
Just confirmed, new editors
@L_trump5 күн бұрын
@@jakeplayz_ytofficalew
5 күн бұрын
I may be a simple man, but I like the talking cat representing the viewers in the beginning. That made me chuckle.
@felraksis5 күн бұрын
Agreed
@rogueemerald5 күн бұрын
For some more pain you should try surviving as poland in magna europa.
@Polska_gamerr5 күн бұрын
Nah in Blackice 👍
@rogueemerald5 күн бұрын
@@Polska_gamerra black ice style magna europa mod would be the purest form of hell
@zolls15375 күн бұрын
@@rogueemeralddont give the crazy modders a idea
@yuzhuocao56635 күн бұрын
This mod doesn’t allow AA or air superiority to counter the terror bombing??? It just there? Forever???
@janhumiecki28275 күн бұрын
19:23 that's not him dying, that's him winning his 4th term
@playerone7403 күн бұрын
37:46 - Loses Supply Hub to Tank Division - Attacks Back - tank Division has 0 org and bubble is Green 95 - bubble goes up to 96 - "We have no hope of getting that back everyone evacuate"
@Bitt3rSteel3 күн бұрын
Yeah, it's was getting reinforced with Infantry from one tile over. I saw it moving in
@kakhasukhitashvili56175 күн бұрын
Yes, I get it. There is no decision to turn debuffs off, but since you lasted one year, just turn it off manually and finish the game..
@Jacob-pu4zj3 күн бұрын
0:57 Bitt3rSteel confirmed smarter than Winston Churchill.
@KonigHoff4 күн бұрын
Americans and British watching as their entire war fleets get sunk by some ragtag Japanese ships from 10 years ago: "They've got to run out of ammo eventually, keep throwing hulls at them!"
@jaredjosephsongheng3724 күн бұрын
Uhhh they're Americans and British, not Soviets. They aren't the type of people who say "When a battleship falls, two shall take it's place".
@octavianhughes44934 күн бұрын
If you keep your troops around the port(s) in Manila and Luzon the Americans almost always leave only the Paratroopers in the northern port, and if you get the two remaining units in Mindanao to hold the strait the Americans almost never break through. You can reasonably hold the phillipines for a long while. Borneo can be defended and dug in if you move troops from the other Indonesian islands esp if you have the scripted naval invasions on. With a cheeky last stand and a withdrawal from some of the other nonimportant islands (such as the ones not needed to remove the bombing spirits, holding Iwo Jima/Okinawa etc) you can beat back the scripted naval invasions and get the Setting Sun down quite a lot. The only thing is that China has Sinkiang so (and I tested this) even if you occupy all of their other land they BARELY hold on in Sinkiang... Also the Soviets CAN be held back but it's a nightmare and if you lose Mukden and other parts of Manchuria you're pretty much hosed. doing the border forts focuses helped a good bit but with such low equipment it's still a tight thread.
@kieran89215 күн бұрын
You should do a coop endseig with a player on Germany and another on Japan as the main turning point is when one falls it frees up a lot of units for the allies. Maybe chaotic florius.
@lek4a5 күн бұрын
This really needs to become a world record, this is the most painful start date and situation you can find in hoi
@Saiun955 күн бұрын
This run be like: Japanese Army 👶 Japanese Navy 🦍
@rat_ratratratrat4 күн бұрын
thank you bettersteel for making long videos and a very relaxin voice so i can sleep while watching ur vids keep up the great work
@batu_cagan4 күн бұрын
hosho sinking half of combined allied fleets is something i never thought i would see
@JustFloppa14105 күн бұрын
damn, i really like these more edited videos, good to see your channel changing for better
@EvilmindStudios4 күн бұрын
40:49 Recovered rare audio broadcast from Hirohito in 1945:
@scavengergriffingaming4 күн бұрын
LOL 😂😂😂
@eswizzle3893Күн бұрын
Thank you for the amazing videos! Especially the futurama clips ❤
@llama8785 күн бұрын
Yeah, this need a rework
@dawsontan92655 күн бұрын
You trying to close the sea zones and let supply go through china is actually what Japan tried to achieve in real life
@totalwar17934 күн бұрын
I still think it's crazy that Ichi-Go technically worked but they never were able to get supplies to go through China bc of all the infiltration in the countryside.
@vedsingh-bp2ke2 күн бұрын
@@totalwar1793 it was pointless anyhow. How are you going to realistically produce something with those raw materials when the firebombings began
@jokubaspeciura23285 күн бұрын
Hey that's me! 6:13
@wrtekcz5385 күн бұрын
pro strat: let americans land and with their industrial might let them repair your industry and then retake it
@sirjmo4 күн бұрын
The mod has been slightly updated for japan, as of yesterday. Change nodes say added arty to japan OoBs and experience. Haven't looked deeper, but I'm hoping for debuff removal/reduction to be in there too.
@fakekirion4 күн бұрын
you are actually insane (liked the cat gifs more of them pls)
@guncolony4 күн бұрын
Bruh having both concentrated and dispersed is literally 75% free buff to factory output and more than outweighs the negative modifier
@buddermonger20003 күн бұрын
Doesn't outweigh construction debuff.
@valentinotto884 күн бұрын
21:20 a strike force without a patrol fleet is useless tho. You either send them all as patrol or you split off some spotting cruiser to patrol
@Bitt3rSteel3 күн бұрын
It projects naval supremacy
@zhiquanchua78974 күн бұрын
I think if you survived to 1946, you deserve to have the debuffs turned off.
@Gufo643 күн бұрын
Now it's time for the best mod crossover, black ice and seelow heights
@visyxl5 күн бұрын
I love the new editting style!
@haydnphilips1385 күн бұрын
Love the content brother steel. For guns maybe try to slowly build up a production of the cheapest guns. Yes I do know they are shit and make your bad troops worse BUT you can reduce the deficit and MAYBE build a few more to shore up the coast and home islands.
@tundrawolf51273 күн бұрын
That naval game was lit. Try again without the debuffs, can you beat the allies and the soviets? Would be super cool to see
@trygveplaustrum46344 күн бұрын
*Now we know who won the Army-Navy rivalry in Japan.*
@icymcspicy66843 күн бұрын
Bittersteel: It’s impossible! There’s too many planes, ships, and enemy units! Tojo in 1945:
@Saoped5 күн бұрын
Hey bittersteel ur a really good hoi4 player and I recently downloaded it because of u and I’m having a lot of fun
@ramirezrodriguezangelrodri84424 күн бұрын
This game resumes in the next Mexican phrase : Me vas a ganar pero nada te va a quitar los madrazos qué voy a dar. 💪 Nice video, we got peak content with this one
@unfortunately_fortunate200014 сағат бұрын
I love how in HOI4 you can do things like reduce the American Pacific fleet to basically nothing & take a massive swathe out of the Royal Navy and that still doesn't change how aggressive the AI are with naval warfare also I thought the the game didn't actually list naval losses with the casualties in the war report, meaning those 500k were just from sheer AI stupidity.
@Cannon-b5r5 күн бұрын
You are a savior I just got in the car and saw you uploaded now i have entertainment for a hour
@doomsdan94864 күн бұрын
Watching hoi4 while driving is mental
@hexoslaya36964 күн бұрын
@@doomsdan9486I suppose it’s better than playing hoi4 whilst driving though.
@Cannon-b5r4 күн бұрын
Dw i wasn’t driving
@thenugget19914 күн бұрын
What if you turtle at the start of the game, pull back as far as you can. Stockpile guns and equipment. Stockpile planes. Focus even more on the navy. Aquire complete, uncontested naval dominance. Move from there.
@benjaminvago33025 күн бұрын
I like this new editing style 👍
@imbanan92975 күн бұрын
You could have added maintenance company in the start when the chinees had equipment and then remove it when they run out
@Nylonical_Nonsense725 күн бұрын
so glad i became a member and now im able to enjoy another bittersteal 5 star meal of a viseo early :)
@PAcifisti3 күн бұрын
Wouldn't it be better to have the ASW as convoy escort? That puts them mostly to combat subs and reduce convoy casualties.
@andromidius3 күн бұрын
Seems like this mod/scenario needs a little fine tuning still compared to the Germany version. But still a fun concept to see how long you can last.
@subbot95404 күн бұрын
The Navy doing there last dance to empress the Emperor
@Flora_Strahlen3 күн бұрын
Great Video with much suffer but enjoy your way to got the most of it
@BlAckH0le-f7y5 күн бұрын
Bittersteel in the historically accurate late-war Japanese situation. This is gonna be fun to watch...
@jonathanfabela7394 күн бұрын
0:58 Not gonna lie that edit was smooth af
@Baconboy-r2i4 күн бұрын
And funny
@davidsargsyan34163 күн бұрын
I have a question Couldn’t you try to use Japan’s mechanic when you give more power to military and get some buffs for military factory production but debuffs for dockyards. Like you already had a fleet which won every battle
@Jacob-pu4zj3 күн бұрын
48:39 There's an East German Division in there! 😂
@ikeglinsmann9759Күн бұрын
44:44 Bitter really leaning into the historical Japanese roleplay.
@EnduringGamer4 күн бұрын
The destroyer Yukikaze survived despite everything just like she historically did.
@barretmusselman99775 күн бұрын
It would be cool to see a multiplayer game and see if you have a competent player in Germany if you could hold then.
@MilkTea1015 күн бұрын
A Bitter Steel upload? Means a nice a day
@mariidiote5 күн бұрын
India gets a railway from a 70 day focus from the vanilla focus tree lol
@firebugmercenary5 күн бұрын
Hmm, for the emperor? I think i’ve seen this one before…
@assassin93145 күн бұрын
Enjoying the slightly different style of editing mr Steel, just don't overdo it 👍
@xXxAngryBird101xXx4 күн бұрын
I'm hoping the next big DLC is Japan and Navy focused. Japan was the reason the US entered WW2, yet their focus tree is smaller than the generic focus tree....
@electroninja04 күн бұрын
If he only had had the +5% stability and war support.
@otten56662 күн бұрын
i finished this scenario with the debuffs on by abandoning the main land.
@Ihavelowbattery4 күн бұрын
No artillery is fr crazy
@JohnWasAPrettyCoolGuy3 күн бұрын
I'm commenting to help with the algorithm! This video is good! I like this video! Awesome video! Great video!
@Leunatic085 күн бұрын
Your content is awesome man.
@Bitt3rSteel5 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
@propernoun15834 күн бұрын
You should have about 90 days from the fall of Germany before the Soviets declare war and invade Manchuria, if the game follows the real sequence of events.
@jadeorbigoso52124 күн бұрын
I hope you will also cover the Minor Axis Nation of Endsieg and even the Socialist Republic of Italy
@Potato_Guy-wi4gl4 күн бұрын
I like the new editing!
@jordanprince24414 күн бұрын
It’s not even sad, it’s magnificent.
@stoyanb.16685 күн бұрын
This is old version, and an old video the missons have been in the mod for a few weeks already to remove the debuffs.
@JohnSmith-zl1tr4 күн бұрын
He says that in the video.
@j.nevrion37324 күн бұрын
I really thought you could manage to survive. Where did the oil came from your ships and airplanes were running? ;)
@Bitt3rSteel4 күн бұрын
Dutch East Indies
@timurdemetres50412 күн бұрын
I miss that one patch several years ago when they made AI so busted Germany trashed most players.
@eisbergsyndrom50104 күн бұрын
Authentic Japan experience.
@pretzperson4 күн бұрын
Can you try again but disable the debuffs after you capture chongqing.
@SteveRadermaker4 күн бұрын
Do it without the negative modifiers, I promise I will watch a full hour again !
@juanpablomolina15235 күн бұрын
The mod has been updated so you can get rid of bad modifiers.
@Zeguyez5 күн бұрын
Bittersteel,did you hire a new editor?
@TheOneAndOnlyEali5 күн бұрын
Your video quality has significantly improved! I'm impressed!
@NathanChan-w1e4 күн бұрын
try disaster saving this without debuffs
@propernoun15834 күн бұрын
You should play Japan on the April 27 start date.
@aigarskauls92005 күн бұрын
Well I think he pushed patch in this mod. I was able to win in this mod 1962 the war was over 89mil dead on allied side and 16mil on my side usa, uk, frace was 16-17 mil each. At start i had well death on 3rd start speed 1 and 40h of gameplay it was over... i did kinda spent 5 years rebuilding navy even i didnt needed much it since well usa navy was sunk. wierdly UK never set sail i captured 20BB and 40 CVs from them at end of war. I had Soviet union dow them as well in 1949 for whatever reason as well. i think soviets lost another 10-12 million as well so 120 million dead at ww2 end for my run. give or take million or three
@FischAraber4 күн бұрын
turn it off when you have complete air supiriority
@BileyyggR5 күн бұрын
will you ever do any darkest hour content?
@PotatoAustin4 күн бұрын
Bro the Stalin edit was peak
@TheStrategyGamerPro5 күн бұрын
Yeah in case you don't know how hard this is, I tried this on recruit difficulty, just to see if it was possible, and cheated in tons of equipment, PP, XP etc. for me and Germany and I still struggled as an intermediate level player. This scenario is insane!
@fthagnryleh49512 күн бұрын
All the unused promotions for the generals...😢
@savagesatiregaming16545 күн бұрын
Wait is this from the Livestream Bittersteel or a whole different one??
@Bitt3rSteel5 күн бұрын
This was off stream
@savagesatiregaming16544 күн бұрын
Okay that makes sense and you got hoe'd badly.
@commissarkordoshky2195 күн бұрын
Can you do another one without the Debuffs? :)
@HeadlessZombY4 күн бұрын
Man, tbh, the starting mills being so low is more than enough of a penalty, terror bombing is kinda lame. Also Japan has some artillery, even if it was outdated.