Hearts of Iron 4 The Endsieg Mod in 2020 Its Mindbending

Today on Hearts of Iron 4 I'll be trying the Endsieg mod for the first time in years, it's mindbending.
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[@AlextheRambler]

*Turns out the Endsieg mod is a challenge*

[@Terminator-kx3jk]

What’s upppppo

[@rordongamsay6368]

Rambler nation assemble!

[@NotASpecies]

Is the mod working finally

[@malaysianmapping9767]

DO CHINA

[@matouskulhanek3320]

I have been trying this game for myself and I would for the first time want to win (I only won the 1945 scenario) As the Soviets XD

[@MartijnTV]

Hey alex, creator of the mod here. A couple steps to help you here in 1944 are: 1. Buy all fuel you can from venezuela 2. Make your medium tanks 40 width, 10 tanks 7 motorised and 3 mechanised. Move all your tanks, motorised and mechanised to 1 position, change them all to medium tanks and consolidate two units until you have around 14 tanks that should be fully equipped 40 widths 3. Do the same with your infantry, i would suggest 40 width pure infantry but if you're feeling bold you can put in some artillery, and then consolidate 2 units together on every tile. 4. Do the same in the courland pocket. Keep around 3 infantry on the rightmost tile, 6 infantry on the middle and the tanks and the rest of the infantry on the leftmost tile. Put CAS on this airzone (the soviets dont put air over it), and wait for an opportune moment where they leave the port open (it will happen, trust me). If they leave it open but move into it from another tile, attack it. 4.1 keep 4 units in norway on the soviet border. Consolidate, delete the rest. 5. Request all your puppets units, and put them on defence in austria (just follow the river, make sure you include vienna for the factories). 6. Put the units on the eastern front on a field marshal general (so you have 90 divisions under a general), and put them oon a fallback line following the river EAST off berlin, until it reaches the lowest tile of neumark, then make the line go over the czechoslovakia forts. The western front you're going to keep the same, just put the units on a frontline (but ignore the maginot tile that is taken). 7. Once you have your tanks consolidated and together, move them to Brabant. Make sure you get full planning prep (use the ability), along with a general that has the ability to get bridge crossing and rommel as a field marshal. 8. Put air over it and wait till you get green air (use both cas and fighters). 9. Micro your tanks, first encircle dunkirk (2 electrical boogaloo), then head for paris. After you encircle some more in normandy, they shouldnt have enough troops anymore and you can snake. With your PP just get good high command, ignore advisors and lower war exhaustion

[@sircoprasnakekoala5438]

Uuuuum damn

[@pagatryx5451]

You did good work on the mod. thumbs up*

[@Verpal]

Upvoted for electrical boogaloo tank, the only tank worthy of the Reich.

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

69 LIKESSSSSSSSS POG

[@SanderDoesThings]

This is horrible advice. Follow the ISP route by loosing and then taking over the world

[@jvtabs1500]

That certain german leader is looking pretty accurate

[@folegionnaire4404]

Yes

[@Stuff-vr5op]

Yes

[@idonthaveaname9902]

Yes

[@I_like_big_bombs]

Merkel was beautiful

[@ruizen7996]

Yes

[@actonvogt5216]

Should have taken the isorrow route by just losing.

[@ortherner]

LOL

[@ortherner]

@Joseph Tarkington yep

[@apersonhoi4]

yes win by losing

[@aldihamzaraj4795]

Lose, keep a shit ton of land, go fascist again AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD AS BELGIUM CAUSE DADDY ISORROW IS SUPREME LEADER OF BELGIUM

[@kremdaboi3449]

“We still got Rommel” he died in october

[@ohitsrusher842]

They got his dead body

[@kremdaboi3449]

@@ohitsrusher842 German science revived him

[@ohitsrusher842]

@@kremdaboi3449 German propaganda* lol

[@trollege9618]

@@ohitsrusher842 yeah they got all his traits

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

One of these days you need to play as Argentina

[@ba-wp5zs]

avocados

[@DefinitelySpirit]

Every video.

[@ba-wp5zs]

@@DefinitelySpirit avocado?

[@emperor_ra]

When the argentinian kid talks about his old German neighbor taken away by israeli authorities:

[@gareginnzhdehhimself]

¿Con Señor Hilter?

[@forbiddentictactoe1734]

I was literally thinking about this mod like 20 minutes ago

[@ortherner]

same!

[@thetatn1113]

But... What about steiners attack, that fixes everything right?

[@danielfridman90]

Bo approves.

[@lekanske3816]

Mit der Angriff Steiners wird das Alles in Ordnung komm

[@thesummergamer7245]

my fuhrer, steiner, steiner couldn't mobilize enough men, the attack didn't take place

[@battledroid8010]

@@thesummergamer7245 DAS WAS EIN BEFEHL! DER STEINER ANGRIFF EIN BEFEHL!

[@ShirakamiKaiser]

Great, now do Endsieg 1945 all the way to Moscow.

[@danielfridman90]

MOSKAU! MOSKAU!

[@vorkutavorkutlag]

dear god

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Alextar: The Last Mindbender

[@ortherner]

XD made me laugh in real life

[@darthchu48darth92]

But I believe the Alextar can save the world *avatar theme intensifies*

[@youraverageuser7039]

Welcome back to hoi4 comrade

[@etho7351]

Yep

[@lash490]

One of the best mods in HOI4 ever

[@PatriotMapper]

*Top Ten Anime Mods*

[@alphariusfuze8089]

@@PatriotMapper Ah yes...the negotiator

[@ichiroudesu_.]

I’ve used to always use this mod instead of the Great War mod. I’ve always started in 1910 and it’s been just fine for me.

[@emperor_ra]

Mm yes the 1910 is very nice as it's like you get to see the whole story and write it in a way I once played as a country all the way to 1938 but then the game got updated and I couldn't play on that old save any longer especially since switching to an old game version seems pretty hard

[@irenaveksler1935]

@@emperor_raswitching is actually very easy Just search up how to do it

[@fettispeckii1786]

Rambler if you want to win the 1918 szenario you just take all troops on the french boder and disband the half of them and dont help your allies. when you done this take focus on one place where you want to attack and send there many divisions and wait that there breakthrough when you done this try to incircle as much troops as you can and bomb some forts ps: sorry for my bad english im from germany

[@Samuel-mh9lx]

With you we would have won

[@shackingchip1324]

Isn’t that what tommykay did? I think he also made his divisions into 40 widths

[@fettispeckii1786]

@@shackingchip1324 maybe

[@yoto8012]

Sollen die mal alle versuchen deutsch zu reden haha

[@romanian8034]

The 1918 scenario is easy. Build railway Guns, get 2k soft attack and just encircle the entire front

[@Classical4Piano]

when you released austria i screamed "THATS A CORE"

[@JStamato]

The best way to defend on these scenarios is to make them bleed for every metre if you keep retreating every time they breakthrough then you're just gonna lose manpower, factories and weapons, etc. You need to keep the line as long as possible and try to stabilise the line if they breakthrough.

[@thescottishanimeguy9946]

I did that in my lets play and it sorta worked but there was certain areas the Soviets just bkt8zed through it and just meant the areas that were holding ended up getting cut off, like near the end (well this is when I stopped trying as the Battle of Berlin had started, my entire army group south got encircled a few provinces away from Munich. I also couldnt marshall enough divisions to defend Berlin

[@yliu8730]

Just some tips which are very helpful from my experience. 1. When playing 1944 mod, it's better to play with speed 2 instead of 5. So, you can have enough reaction time to deal with a breakthrough and give orders to your divisions directly. 2. When I need to retreat some divisions from certain areas, I don't draw a defensive line and let all units retreat automatically. Because that will result in a) all the retreating divisions lost morale and entrenchments directly, and b) some divisions could retreat, but other divisions which are still under attacking by the enemies would be encircled. So, I always keep some divisions holding the front line. Then withdraw other divisions and let them dig in at the next province to peel for the divisions in the frontline to make sure no unit get encircled. Then I retreat more units from frontline. Any unit in 1944 mod is precious, so try to not lose any of them. 3. Transfer some divisions to 10 width light infantry divisions with only Engineers support company. In the Eastern front, there're some weak points which may get attacked by enemies from 3 directions, so Soviet tank divisions are very likely to break through those points. Deploy the 10 width light infantry divisions behind the weak points to form a second defensive line. So even if the enemies tank divisions can make a breakthrough, your 10 width light divisions with prepared entrenchments can still delay enemy tanks effectively.

[@addisondillon3132]

I’ve forgotten what Alex looks like without facial hair

[@-Chasing_Light-]

I loved watching this! When you were pushed back as Germany in the first part of the video, I thought that was the last bit of the vid, I'm glad I was wrong!

[@skortana3760]

8:15 that was the most Canadian thing I hear in less than 1 min "Eh" "Quite Frank" "Sorry"

[@comradeedwin1006]

Love your videos! Keep the great work up!

[@big_slurp4603]

15:32 Alex, if you selected all those troops and ordered them to move to the port they would have done a retreat order onto the ocean and gotten home

[@Idekwtph]

This is actually my favorite HOI4 mod in the area of what year you wanna start in and all that jazz. They even added a new Stalingrad one for the fall of 42

[@danhunt3327]

I'd love to see more of this mod with other start dates and nations

[@kevinthedude9852]

YES! i love it when the rambler man plays endsieg!

[@jaysoncremeans3056]

Love the new stuff Alex!

[@otakurt1149]

This brings me back to the Not surviving Endsieg video, the very first video i've watched from Alex.

[@juno6523]

Alex for the 1918 scenario you need endsiegs form of heavy artillery 40 width divisions and an army of 20 widths to cover alsace lorraine because you have trenches and forts there so they won't push

[@cjschmelkephoto]

I actually succeeded at 1918 because I waited for my troops to get equipment then requested troops from my subjects and broke the French line

[@justsometimber1nthelake873]

More endsieg, nice video my guy

[@JakeTheTrouserSnake]

You should consider doing an annual mod re-review, ISP has nostalgia November, but nobody claims "October Oldies".

[@nicolascazares2697]

I really enjoy these videos

[@apilolomi4354]

Love the endsieg vids!

[@methuzzah4221]

Lovely vid!

[@noahstorstein7313]

Rambler's editor has had a lot of fun in this video

[@liol-2870]

Alex : winning scenarios which represents the years where Germany were bombed can't be that Hard Also Alex : Maybe the scenarios aren't that easy.

[@aurumwatch5008]

could you do a vid about a vanilla+ playlist. There are a lot of mods that support that style of gameplay and it can make the game feel a lot more fresh.

[@jarskil8862]

18:04 Thats were Stalin learned the trick.

[@Syrath101]

To be fair the Soviets *were* constantly counter attacking during Barbarossa, it's why their casualties were so high.

[@laylamccahon7797]

The 3.0 update for OWBs is a tad buggy but it's definitely worth playing once it's cleaned up a bit. Lots of content in Colorado, Texas, the Mojave and for the Legion.

[@kongfeet81]

The Old World Blue update is pretty wild

[@kkitchens8089]

My strategy is moving all troops to Berlin and fortify it, takes a while, but it completely destroys their armies and you can basically breeze through and Hi.. I mean Senor Hilter stays as leader as long as you keep Berlin

[@AMG-ce3cr]

Commenting for algorithm , Love your content alex, keep it up.

[@noobplays-saslow2920]

Best way to win is delete half army and change templates to 20 width 7/2 so you have no equipment deficit, and you will be able to hold on all fronts with them. Build space marine templates, make a couple of them and use them to create holes in enemy lines, either micro and encircle them or make gaps and then do all out push as eventually their defence will collapse.

[@mistermurker6146]

one good tip i can give is that u should split ur army on the eastern front in half, make half the troops stay at the front line which will allow u to buy some time and make the otherhalf get behind a river and start digging trenches. the reason u should do this is becouse the russians keep endlessly attacking which doesnt let your men dig in and make trenches but if u do this u will hold longer. (you still wont prob win from just this one tactic but u will hold longer that i can promise)

[@kirankok6845]

An early start of nostalgia November :)

[@nobodyknowsme3324]

Please we need more videos of this mod!

[@woooof_]

You did this when i just played a game as germany on the mod. Funny.

[@harrislai6656]

This is the 20th consecutive rambler's video I've liked, lets see how long this will last. XDXD

[@dramaking9559]

Alex: For me its not the experience I play for Alex: SEND ME ALL YOUR DISASTER SAVEA

[@joaquinmontesinofernandez6629]

I searched endsieg 3 hours before and there you are alex the rambler making real my wish.

[@mastermemey2502]

Alex the bibbelibobbelybooambler videos just when i need them!

[@cty345]

Alex try equestria at war, it's a meme but it's actually one of the best hoi mods.

[@approximateCognition]

Yes, this

[@gorillainabikini266]

Isn’t it that my little pony one

[@basedropeist6617]

@@gorillainabikini266 Yes, it is.

[@approximateCognition]

@@gorillainabikini266 it is indeed, and it's probably one of the best mods on the workshop

[@gunnarcollins1466]

Alex do a return of the old world blues, I think its cool

[@Danterobo]

You should play the mod often. Especially the wwI

[@thecha4570]

Funny how you upload an endsieg vid as I start bingeing on endsieg.

[@Draconatus24]

Imagine if hitler went back to the 1945 start date like a groundhogs day situation

[@thedanklordger5094]

Will you play the updated version of Old World blues Alex my boi?

[@emperortj2035]

Mexico is fun in Old World blues. The wacky sub mods are quite somthen too.

[@allninelivez7631]

21:42 the British Empire during the 20th Century.

[@generaldoge1914]

Alex needs to take an extra cup of thee after all this stress

[@Ceege48]

Ya boi..... ALEX THE RAMBLER!

[@Theta-411]

Woah watch out for the ultimate *_GLIZZY GOBBLER_* !

[@p1nger128]

15:37 you can click on any port of yours and get all of those divisions out

[@uessir3331]

"Its going to be groovy baby" HOI4 gods call in Austin powers

[@ww2gamer855]

well done ramblerirooni

[@crankyrack9001]

The old rambler is back

[@fubuma534]

Usually I build forts in my backup backup line.

[@Schaapdatmekkert]

You can retreat from a port if you right-click on a different friendly port

[@hmm2206]

this was a good video

[@PatriotMapper]

“Ah yes, I do love a good old Belgum waffle” -Alex the Rambler, 2020

[@Super0000]

GO ALEX

[@matteoclementi]

Oh my god they make it again FINALLY

[@elijahduce5323]

Happy October 26!!

[@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

Rambler attempts endsieg scenario, here we go again.

[@caledonhockley883]

Hey Alex you should do more equestrian at war. I’m not a big fan of my little ponies but the mods great

[@approximateCognition]

The mod is a Masterpiece

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

It certainly is shockingly good considering it's a Pony mod.

[@george4821]

"Even if I get 1 division out it will be worth it" "Arrrrgggghhh, Only 6 divisions got out!!"

[@AnderZone]

Alex:my troops are not able to hold a single tile soviets using tanks divisions:brr

[@scotthowarth8517]

alex: ltes pull troops back also alex: why is there a gap in my line???

[@mariushegli]

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

[@schizomonika]

Look it's fine, have faith in the Endsieg.

[@justanotherdayinwherever]

I like the 'struggle for your life' videos. ;)

[@approximateCognition]

Alex, any chance you might come back to Equestria at war, and maybe not play a tiny city state? Just a suggestion! Anyway, thanks for the video!

[@antares6167]

I'd definitely love to see that! That mod has so much content, and could make for some fun videos

[@sebping7205]

Alex, you don't use airplanes to get aerial superiority, when you are running out of oil/fuel. One thing you can do - and what I highly recommend - is to build a huge amount of anti-aircraft guns. You better use your fuel for your tanks and motorized divisions

[@frekcho850]

At first I thought it was an endsieg+millennium dawn mod or something

[@voidwalker9746]

The part where he contemplates whether fuel is an already existing feature both confused and amused me.

[@zippygomeow1313]

type in "tag sov" in the console and then delete all units

[@sahils822]

Delall sov also works, without having to tag

[@AbitantedelVault]

"... To be quite frank" Me: "Frank Randall?"

[@maileo_]

16:18 raging rambler

[@gkagara]

Well 1 year later but allied and Soviet have massive buff at that end game scenario. They just steamroll everything.

[@moreno1149]

I managed to beat this scenario by just keeping on to every single piece of territory that I start off with as much as possible and the more time passed the less threatening were enemy offensives and eventually counter-attacked and won, no fallback lines, and small front lines so its easier to micro troops

[@kyle857]

Fallback lines suck anyway.

[@Sasputa]

It's thicc Germany time.

[@NimonBePraised]

Just when you think your day is bad here comes your bibbly babbly boobly boi to save the day!

[@fifaluis7293]

Pregunta que computadora tienes para que te valla fluido el juego saludos

[@cadecunningham1184]

Hey, I’ve seen this thumbnail before!

[@syedjazibhassan4855]

Haha the flag and the leader of Germany is Alex I like it's historically accurate

[@lavincen]

more endsieg please

[@byfoxy851]

lol at 15:56 up left the flag was censored but the small one down left wasnt

[@Dennis2005]

Not long to the end of 2021

[@joaquinespinal2222]

awesome

[@qassam2650]

finally endsiege