Can Poland Still Survive 30 minutes of Hel? By Blood Alone Update

[@idkjustc72]

Try to do puppetmaster challenge as Communist Italy, because all your puppets get a industry buff.

[@ETHIOPIANCOFFEfan]

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[@ETHIOPIANCOFFEfan]

@卐 nice name

[@rizzonator987]

@@ETHIOPIANCOFFEfan it is a good sign depending on what you think it is

[@greaterbelgiummapping1266]

@@ETHIOPIANCOFFEfan 🤓

[@orangexd8469]

@@greaterbelgiummapping1266 Nice selffie 💀

[@mateuszchoda5560]

A little factoid about the "egg-headed" leader you got for Sanation Left. This guy was actually pretty close with Piłsudski (who created Sanation) but got marginalized by the late 30s, and actually commited suicide in April 1939, so he shouldn't be available as a leader in the 1939 start date (since it starts in August)

[@kwestionariusz1]

To tylko gra i fikcyjne scenariusze

[@kj_heichou]

Literally unplayable

[@Dark_Voice]

Its same as the Russian heir to the throne you can establish from Romanov line in Poland I think - she was executed already but is somehow in Hoi4

[@mateuszchoda5560]

@@Dark_Voice The "Anastasia" is actually a fraud. One of many that have claimed to be the executed princess. There is even an event where you can find this out and dethrone her.

[@bongus796]

@@Dark_Voice oh well the thing with her is yeah the actual Anastasia got executed, but the one that takes power in Poland is a pretender harking on the myth that Anastasia survived and fled Russia. If you do the Bear-King path it explains the 'truth' kinda

[@davis7476]

You can que up divisions before you lose land so you have a stockpile of manpower in training divisions and when you need it you can delete the training divisions

[@SmallPotato2313]

Exactlyni would do this to improve this strat but otherwise very good

[@krasnamerah1926]

Too cheesy

[@sarcasm9969]

@@krasnamerah1926 You conscript the people from the lands before you have to give them up. Where's the cheese?

[@goncalobalanca4299]

@@sarcasm9969 ehhh 1 million people on 3 tiles..

[@raippakeisari2342]

@@goncalobalanca4299 Today we have almost 20M people in Beijing so what's the problem? :D

[@riggy1990]

The first time I managed it was actually in By Blood Alone. Held on and held on but got to about 200k shy when I finally got beaten. But as a government in exile with high legitimacy, I managed to get my army to Denmark, kill a few more, but before I got wiped out, I pulled out to Norway with like my last 6 divisions. Germany finally got ontop, but I set a ring around Oslo and killed the final 100k there to get the achievement.

[@DieFrauAmHerd]

nice

[@turkabdulhamitci]

once i was playing Austria against Germany and Italy, and then cuz I joined the Allies and the Czechs were in it, I got the same frontline glitch too and then capped, but keeping my 36 divisions in Slovakia. i feel the pain too.

[@skonia121]

Tbh the easiest method to this achievment is to just capitulate (yes you can) and then on other fronts cause 1.8mln casualities. Its very easy that way

[@tuxtitan780]

That just sounds really not fun because you just, completely remove the challenge

[@skonia121]

@@tuxtitan780 yes but if someone really wants to do like all achievements its just faster this way

[@konbkob4156]

@@hypercynic it might actually be considering the focuses that focus on preparing for a surrender but if you're a sadomasochist you can try to defend

[@zack4915]

Slawek, Churchill, and de Gaulle agree to a conference in, say, London. Churchill and de Gaulle are early. Some minutes later, they hear large footsteps and feel the ground trembling. Slawek knocks open the door half a minute later with his cane he needs so his pure steel balls dont pull him down and, seeing Churchill and de Gaulle cowering in a corner, he says "Smells like bitch in here". He spends 3 hours of the conference listing the newest victories of Poland and then asks the two others what progress theyve made. Churchill and de Gaulle look at each other. Realising that they havent made any advances, Slawek gets up and leaves.

[@mule8064]

Tip: if you end up having to choose between being pushed out of any tiles, always hold on to the cities. You can survive with just the cities, and if you lose the northern two tiles, you can use Czechoslovakia as an alternate cycling base

[@antasil5768]

Brilliant work. I Saw creamylou back in the day and i didn't manage to replicate it yet. Your defense was a lot more solid, and your counterattack was epic!

[@creamylou7840]

Oh for sure, this is an improved strat

[@Qwerty-of4cy]

Do you know why it has Hel with 1 L? It is because there is a tiny peninsula in the north where there is that little bulge, and its called Hel

[@dirtfrosting]

Yep. It was one of the first places to be fought over, along with Westerplatte

[@hartingtherealone]

@@dirtfrosting and it was among the last to surrender aswell.

[@detroitvseverybody3813]

Its a beautiful spot too, still full of bunkers trenches and weapon placements (ofc no guns anymore)

[@fiyum333]

i thought you were gonna say "because germany took the L"

[@Crescent_2001]

A wonderful place.

[@redhead1118]

I have one more tweak - assign Stanisław Sosabowski as one of the generals for your armies. His stats are not that good, but he starts with the Commando trait. Which allows you to assign him the trait Camouflage expert for 50% reduction of the damage from CAS right from the start. And when he reaches level 4 you can assign him to Military High Command as Concealment Specialist for reduction of the enemy air support. As he will see lots of action in the trenches he will get to 6 in no time. In my game he got to 8 actually. The Commando trait is due to his role in Market-Garden operation - he commanded the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade that landed in Driel near to Arnhem. Gene Hackman played him in the movie "A Bridge Too Far".

[@hendrikmons4231]

Wow amazing game! Such a nice defence! What a way to end your 2022 content! Thanks for the many awesome content in 2022 and best wishes for 2023!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, you too!

[@regu6582]

Nice run. Here's to you and yours, Happy New Year and many more to come.

[@hanszhou6543]

You can easily just hold in Warsaw and a few seperate provinces- honestly not that hard to get the achievement. Eventually ended my game after I tallied up seven million German casualties after the Allies lost Africa for the second time and the Soviets died. Probably should've kept historical focuses on, lesson learned, since without it, the AI just sucks even more against the Axis.

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

2 Germanies? What a bizarre timeline

[@AtomicSandwich125]

Bro why is a comment with 1 like on the front

[@ythunter4288]

Anyone else notice that the quality of Bitt3rSteel's videos has increase massively?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

My editor works hard!

[@creamylou7840]

I'm so sorry you had to go through this lol

[@Pydgin]

Hi Lou! I think this makes your strat is officially the meta for 30 mins of hel.

[@TheManNamedNothing]

Let’s gooooo Lou u finally made it to the big leagues (I’m x_X_ARazzy_X_x

[@Power6563]

First thing I've done in 2023 is watch a Bitt3rSteel video. Happy New Year everyone!

[@zonger5787]

I would love to see if you can still do the Siberian Tiger achievement with the By blood alone DLC due to the changes in the Peace conferences, I have attempted it but it seems that getting china is no longer possible as the Soviets will take the land now. I feel it would be a good challenge and I have yet to see an updated tutorial for it. Good luck.

[@dystop_]

Idk if I got lucky but I got it first try yesterday. I just spammed 2 width cavs and waited until the soviets did their civil war on ahistorical (with Trotsky), I managed to get most of the provinces in the peace deal and ran down the missing ones while the new ussr was getting divs to siberia.

[@zonger5787]

@@dystop_ Did Germany do Historical in your A historical game? or did you declare war yourself?

[@dystop_]

@@zonger5787 I declared war myself, only took ~60 days to justify on the ussr since they were in a war against a major. Got the formable around mid 1938

[@antanasananas]

Ultra based western KZbinr making Kraków the unofficial capital of Poland in 30 minutes of hell

[@norcofreerider604]

So just a tip, at the beginning of the game, if you que up 1 fort in the tile north of Katowice, 2 forts in the forest tile north of Krakow, and 1 fort in Krakow, and 1 in Katowice (in that order) you have just enough time to get 3 (4 if you're really lucky) built before the Germans start attacking (as long as you scorched earth everything). When you unpause, also make sure to hit the strategic redeployment order so your units get to your fallback lines ASAP and get those few days of extra entrenchment (don't worry their organization fully recovers before the war starts). Also pick up the scavenger trait if you can, it makes a big difference early on to get that bit of enemy equipment. Hold off hitting the desperate defense decision for a month or so if you can, it helps tide you over until prepare for the inevitable is completed.

[@JacobReid]

I’m so glad you made this video. I was literally trying this last night and failed at 1.6 mil casualties

[@arsenicflask]

I failed with this guide cause the brits got capitulated by the germans ;_;

[@rutabega8348]

Hey man, I really like your videos. I find them relaxing. Good shit my guy

[@markzijnspamzender]

Thank you for this guide! I got the achievement right now, i thought this achievement was really difficult but it was easier then expected!

[@pink_unicorne]

Ohhh a fresh take on some old lore, interesting

[@Tbt19-110]

*Inside the Fuhrerbunker* Keitel: “As you can see here, the Allies have landed in southern France, Northern France. They have pushed inland rapidly and overwhelmed Mohnke and Whitmann’s division. The Allies also landed at Anzio, pushed inland to take Rome, and Mussolini is hanging on a limb here. Our attempted landing in the Middle East was thwarted and now Rommel and Fegelein are trapped against the Turkish border while the Turks watch and laugh. Also we’ve still got that annoying Polish pocket to deal with.” H-Man: “It’s no big deal, Steiner will crush them and move on to reinforce Steinhof and Guderian in France.” Keitel: “Erm…Mein Fuhrer… Steiner…” Krebs: “Steiner…he…um…” Jodel: “Steiner was encircled and killed in Breslau, the Poles are marching on Berlin as we speak.” *Explosion in the distance shakes the room, followed by very muffled gunfire and angry Polish screaming* H-Man: **Downfall Rant**

[@ultimatestuff7111]

Two things I did that made the initial stage way easier was waiting until prepare for the inevitable to be at 25 days and then I clicked desperate defense, but I also promoted the commando guy to a field Marshall and gave him camouflage expert which makes the initial holding really easy

[@joshual9976]

I wasn’t able to get the achievement using other guides, but I was able to do it using this strategy! Thx!

[@Chorutowo]

Oh man the only thing this video is missing is it being 30 minutes long lmao, you were sooo close

[@alphaundpinsel2431]

Imagine the history books of this universe and how enshrined the polish high command is, liberating itself, taking berlin, and wiping the flow with the soviets

[@SilencedP2P]

You didnt need to give up Wilno. It was placed between Belarus and Lithuania with no border to Germany. You would be further from the brink. Also, you could have put a bunch of men into training to save a bunch of manpower.

[@creamylou7840]

The soviets would have come for you if you would have kept it, their planes make the run harder, and you have a chance to cap if not played properly

[@matthewlee9342]

12:38 ROBLOX RISE OF NATIONS REFERENCE!

[@hugo57k91]

17:14 wait until he finds out what Germany done to the Poles in occupied areas

[@Roketsune]

LOL Creamy Lou sounds so pervy.

[@Krashing7]

TRUUU!

[@creamylou7840]

oh god, dont remind me

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@creamylou7840 Oh the man is here

[@Roketsune]

@@creamylou7840 Your name makes me think of cannibal soup with Lou as the main ingredient.

[@creamylou7840]

@@Roketsune ur into it

[@privateryan2125]

when I did it I did the warsaw strategy still which I think still works fine, the German AI is a bit smarter and doesn't fall for the encirclements as often but you do get to keep way more industry around.

[@privateryan2125]

granted I didn't release any puppets for that extra challenge.

[@Normalcoder3881]

a tip for poland is to spam a shit ton of unit into training but never deploy them so when you retreat you delete the training divs then you get the mp

[@ilburrito0059]

I was watching one of your disaster save's video and now new video!

[@jamesk400]

24:14 Paradox: we've updated the peace deal Hoi4 community: oh yay! So you fixed it? Paradox: we've updated it Hoi4 community: 😮‍💨

[@RegeleRapha]

Oh Bitt3rSteel posted my day just became better

[@kiriseraph9674]

21:55 Danzig is Gdansk! >:D Also omg that border gore :(

[@luckierloser]

I was wondering why you consider the fieldmarshal order with garrisons cheating? All it does is stop your units from moving like idiots and it's not like you're using it to get around the unit cap for generals. Also is there actually a need to give away the Lithuanian territory? There isn't a land connection after creating belarus and i don't think the germans ever use their one paratrooper

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

I’m pretty sure the field marshal garrison thing is an exploit

[@luckierloser]

@@Lady_Amelia-Eloise so are a lot of things, including many that bittersteel uses. I was asking why he considers this one over the line

[@legitHarry]

For those that do not get the joke in the achivement title, Hel is a polish peninsula.

[@midnight985]

Side note for people with the latest version: the extra land for Belarus does not matter, in the newest update, despite the extra land lose too belarus, you will be at 98% towards capitulation instead of 99%

[@ivankopernika536]

a small thing i noticed usingthis strat: at the start, if you queue up divisions and then release belarus and ukraine, you get to keep a good amount of the manpower from there. if you queue up divisiosn while the germans are taking territory, you get to keep some of the manpower from the land you give up as well.

[@mart7987]

Finally a video I've been waiting for your video and happy new year guys

[@LieutenantGruber]

I came here to listen to Polish names pronunciation. I wasn't disappointed

[@sinydzo]

Just got the achievement in the 1st attempt, thanks Bitt3rSteel! I've tried it before using "horseshoe" tactic, but next to Warsaw (I think Feedback did video about it), but failed few times and gave up. But I did few mistakes, so I barley survived and had red bubbles between 15-30 till late 1940. I think I didn't rotate divisions enough in the early game, so I had huge casualties and constant lack of equipment. So if someone is gonna try it, make sure you move your units manually

[@Payday2Heister]

you can do the focus "Prepare for the inevitable" even after capitulating

[@wubz3543]

Weird challenge idea: stop producing anything but air after the war begins and rely entirely on captured equipment (or lend lease). I recommend using the Asymmetric Warfare doctrine from rt56 because it early on gives scout companies massive bonuses to equipment capture.

[@arsenicflask]

but you can't use rt56 if you want to do "30 minutes in hel"

[@eze0430]

Tried to follow this guide and found that zoalzie can do the same job as that center tile while also allowing for a slightly smaller defensive line.

[@Вгостяхугеймера-м1к]

It's ZAOLZIE and it's spelled like "Zaohlzhie" by that "zh" i meant that sound from French that showed on writing like "j".

[@RussianGeneral1905]

Next hoi4 challenge: As France in 1939 scenario take out germany in less than 2 months

[@therealclp]

impossible

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

That's impossible. However taking out Italy in 2 months isn't though

[@RussianGeneral1905]

Bro, Germany invaded France in 1.5 months

[@julikaiba]

I am very glad to see you struggle with front lines so much, that its not just me :D

[@hexalot4277]

Can someone explain to me how the garrison order in neutral country "strat"/cheat I've never heard its mentioned at 9:20

[@scotch_mist]

You have no idea how glad I am someone else struggles with front lines too :)

[@japsu5279]

use the rivers around warsaw, krakow kielce and lodz and build forts where there isn't a river protecting the defensive line

[@bluephoenix8732]

Hey Bitt3rSteel, i have a chalenge for you. you need to start whit polland and relise the rupublic of ukraine and play as ukraine. when that done you have to conquer all the land of modern day ukraine. p.s. you have to fitgh the soviet union to gain the land and you cant go communist . good luck.

[@MUCM]

Hey! Just noticed you’ve made a typo in your video description ! "I upload new video's frequently” there’s no apostrophe between the o and the s in “videos”. Just wanted to let you know! have a good one!

[@noahkoz6873]

Thanks for this achievement guide, really helped me. Though J did find in my first attempt I pushed out way too early and that ended my run. You do get really low on guns again but this can be solved with I think army in exile

[@KATFOEX]

This was a really entartaining video idk why but i think u should make more of this content cus i would love to see it

[@yangheleoliu8917]

Maybe bank manpower up by training units so manpower no longer issue? Perhaps also regain control of Poland (as much as possible) and grab manpower whenever you can? Idk if its a good strategy but I see feedback gaming doing it

[@thecfc6979]

Best strategy is to delete your army so germany will annex everything but zaolzie. You have op focuses that allow you to develop zaolzie enough to make lvl 6 forts. You can hold zaolzie with 3 20width infantry divisions with support arti and air, shovels and recon per tile and germans will endlesly attack you. In my playthrough my casualties where only 56.

[@someonethatlikesyou7713]

You should try again the bad romances achievement since bba change a lot of mechanics

[@MrVulcanPrime]

The strategy I used to get the achievement in a prior version was start in 1939 and cause a fascist civil war and after take over the USSR then after declaring on Germany. This probably doesn't work anymore I'm guessing.

[@therealclp]

correct

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@vendetta9348]

This reminds me of the old way of playing Ehiopia, just defend 2 or 3 provinces and survive until you got elite trops and high level generals to counter atack

[@Ryuko-T72]

I think one useful strat is just before Germany invades, start training as many units as possible. When they make it to the horseshoe, cancel them all. This takes a pool of manpower from your entire country and adds it to your new pool in the horseshoe

[@quichrlyn]

what is he talking about at about 8:23 when he says he considers it cheating to put garrison orders in countries that you cant reach? is he saying you gain a planning bonus but your units dont actually move?

[@dr_vendetta8361]

Yes they gain planning bonus but don't move from where they are

[@arsenicflask]

I thought, "wow this looks like a fun challenge and with this guide i should be able to do it." The British got navaly invaded by germany in 1941 and being in the allies means i lost.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Brilliant

[@arsenicflask]

@@Bitt3rSteel the Hoi4 AI is almost as good as the frontline system

[@m4a1saiko29]

i have no idea why but german just never gave me a rest. They keep attack me since the start of the war that the longest battle i encounter last for 436 days. They even delay defeating France that France surrender at aug of 1940 just to attack me. I have no time to entrench or resupply. So i took relatively way more casaulties and run out of manpower b4 i can get those 9.6k people from the focus.....

[@rafaelaugustosimoes1813]

Happy New year Bittersteel 🍾

[@aoki6332]

You almost got back all the territory Poland-Lithuania had before there royal Union Glorious

[@kurtandrewtampos7270]

happy new year bro!!

[@pawelpawel5924]

I like the "Poland is not yet lost" accent :)

[@NeichoKijimura]

I don't have MTG, so I can't prepare for the inevitable. DAMN

[@alexlover1619]

0:48 As a Pole I must admit this was a based decision.

[@harunkuf7055]

You can also use desperate defense decision until you get prepare for the inevitable

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Oh yes...did that a few times

[@mikoajslusarz8036]

That river nearby warsaw - Wisła. It's pronounced more like Viswa. English translator handles it pretty good. Hope i helped

[@marvinwoods4556]

"Guns. LOTS Of Guns." Bittersteel, January 2023

[@Goodgodneedmahtea]

Mościcki's new portrait looks like tom hanks and no-one can convince me otherwise.

[@redfred004]

Well I managed to get the achievement and not once during the 2 in-game years I played before getting the achievement did Germany or their allies stop attacking me. It was absolutely horrible and I had zero breathing room the entire time. Thank you for the guide because I feel like I would have gone mostly insane if not inspired to actual completion.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It can be hit and miss. Like i said, I got lucky that germany spread itself thin for a bit, allowing me room to breathe and entrench

[@ibrahimabuawad6277]

Bittersteel's insanity has grown substantially after the release of this video...

[@N1ght_Breaker]

Good thing he didn't attempt this challenge now, after the update to special forces Germany would quickly overrun him due to the one paratroopers doctrine path selection that lowers org when a paradrop trooper lands (if the ai is even capable of doing so, of course...)

[@hansschuster9675]

As a German i can say that your german spelling of words is really god👍🤯

[@unitedfloridamapper7669]

If you start in 1936, you can hold the soviets back with 24 divisions if you fall back to Lviv and Bresk Litovsk.

[@vanillabarrel7886]

This feels like the siege of constantinople by the ottomans.

[@palmirotogliatti8622]

Always great videos. Respect for you

[@NON155]

LIBERIA HOI4 THAT NO OTHER KZbinR EVER DID LIKE ALL DLC

[@CARL_093]

happy new year bro

[@sejozwak]

Yes

[@randomdude548]

just realized. the meme from 12:40 (video time) its from a roblox strategy game.

[@skrinx7557]

Did anyone else notice the 1300 pp at the start?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, that's what you start with in 1939

[@skrinx7557]

@@Bitt3rSteel I actually never play 1939 so that's good to know. Thanks!

[@boweniscool]

My best run Ever was with poland, a few years ago lol I somehow managed to invade and Capture Germany by like summer 1938 (starting in 36) Then Russia fell by '41 or '42 and of course the game just dragged on to '45 with out much else to do

[@Trainter]

Artillery only challenge. I'm not asking, it's a demand from the dead that came from meme grave

[@GerinoMorn]

That is all I ever wanted. Thank you.

[@SerLagsalot]

8:37 I'm not sure what he's describing or why it's cheating. What good would setting garrisons in places you can't get to be?

[@Pykerivous]

its generally speaking an exploit, given your units wont try moving towards the neutral territory it allows you to have 72 units under a general due to garrison order. and in a situation like that it means more units under the best generals being microed because well, you arent really gonna be using the front line order.

[@ivankopernika536]

it builds a planning bonus so they take more casualties

[@SerLagsalot]

@@Pykerivous I see, thank you for explaining. It's quite clever.

[@jrmiles73]

I had the complete wrong idea on why you released those nations. I thought you were making a wall between Russia and yourself to make it so you only faced the Germans

[@JouMaxu]

i have no idea how this you do this. my casualties i got to the germans was 108k before i capitulated (that happened even before winter) i got even more casualties to myself (140k) i have no idea what jesus things did you do

[@cannolosiciliano7991]

you can release Lithuania like puppet and using the focus you can form a Commonwealth, i don't know if that work with decision

[@janvanep7491]

How did you get so many auto completed focusses and extra army XP at the start? i start with 5 army xp and no auto completed focusses, making this really hard (all dlc installed) And when i do this i usually die with about 700k casualties in November 1940, since they germans dont give me a break like they do for you. And in the end will take 1 of the upper provinces.

[@BLACKSNOW31]

Could you try don’t die for your country again, I’ve been trying to get it lately but the old strategy doesn’t seem to work.