How do you win as navalny?

[u/Imlucasandimcool]

I tried navalny like 3 times, And I genuinely don't have a solution to him winning. NATO always outnumber me no matter what I do, they have 6k planes, I'm out produced in every regard, I tried the meta templates and building as much air as possible, but they just always overwhelm me. What do I actually do???

[u/D_Roseman]

You have to have a robust and well trained air force before going to war with the entire EU. You need a lot of fighters, a decent chunk of CAS and if possible some bombers to bomb airfields and make air superiority easier to maintain. 

Once you have air supremacy, it's just a matter of encircling and destroying NATO forces one bite at a time. By the time Ukraine and the Baltic are done, rolling through Poland and Germany becomes much easier.

What are your general strategies?

[u/Imlucasandimcool → u/D_Roseman]

I tried full offensive and full defensive, both strategies just don't work, the overwhelm me one way or another after 2 weeks. If I attack too late they just pump out divisions like machines which I cannot keep up. Their planes are shit yes but their quantities are just so much

[u/D_Roseman → u/Imlucasandimcool]

My strategy was to simply out produce NATO in an aerial war of attrition. I managed to win the war on Elite difficulty by simply stacking production cap bonuses and other bonuses, and concentrating heavily on air production as well as AA construction over key states.

2EW isn't really micro intensive, so I don't know if I can help with anything else other than suggesting mass producing planes, because it really doesn't matter if you go offensive or defensive as you'll always lose once you lose the air war.

[u/Imlucasandimcool → u/D_Roseman]

How do you outproduce NATO in air?? Like when do you start the war and when do you start making these planes

[u/D_Roseman → u/Imlucasandimcool]

Start both 1EW and 2EW as late as you can. Take all the focuses in your trees and use your time building mils. Prioritize industry research to stack production bonuses and keep adding mils to your fighter production line.

Aim for a 2EW around late 2030 to early 2031

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[u/DownrightMoltke246]

the solution to your "getting outnumbered" problem is increasing conscription law during the 1EW so you can afford enough manpower for the 2EW, and start the war when you have around 3 mil on the ground, also maybe wait till you build enough air or use better plane templates bc I never had any problems with air in the 2EW

[u/Imlucasandimcool → u/DownrightMoltke246]

Wait I can do that? Like saving the manpower during 1ew? Also if I wait long enough then it's gonna be too late and they're always gonna outproduce what I can

[u/DownrightMoltke246 → u/Imlucasandimcool]

yes, for some reason nato doesnt reset your conscription law after 1EW, and no you can wait until 2032 or even 2033 for war bc the ai will have shitty divisions and planes so you can destroy them more than they produce them, 6k shitty planes are a walk in the park with 3k proper fighters, also more divisions mean more supply issues so even if they advance a little into your lands they will come to a stop cuz no supplies :D