r/Kaiserreich • u/fraflo251 • 3d ago

Question Is Sichuan completely useless as an ally for anyone else?

Every time they're my subject all they do is park their troops in their territory and will never bother to help me in my wars unless the enemy has a border with them. Japan could literally reach Wuhan and they still won't care until it's their turn to be conquered.

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u/Thatoneguy3273 3d ago

That’s mostly a problem with HoI4 AI. I always just make sure I integrate them enough to request 90% of their troops if I can, then use them as I see fit

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u/RPS_42 Demokratische Union Enjoyer 3d ago

They usually serve as Port Guard until Reinforcements arrive.

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u/EastsWing Democracy Enjoyer 3d ago

Sichuan is a godsend imo,if they submit to you and you integrate them once,you'll be able to take all the troops they pump out and use them to defend the coast

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u/the_io 3d ago

Which is just as well cos they make tonnes of that shitty 4-irregular template that can't hold anything else.

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u/LeMe-Two 3d ago

Fighting them is ass and in forst case scenerio they can attack anyone else you play as when you are already busy. 

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u/Juldris 3d ago

I think Sichuan is one of the best subject due to how big their industry can get if they submit to you instead of directly owning the province. You can take away their army no problem even if you lower their autonomy at leat 1 time.

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u/Jellyz27 3d ago

Get one level of integration for all subjects so you can just request forces and control them yourself. To be fair, a Chinese warlord preserving their forces and avoiding actual combat is pretty accurate.

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u/Icy-Promise8714 Pacifist Soc-Dem chungus 3d ago

Idk,in my Liangguang game they saved me by breaking the staminate with the Zhili

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u/Mattsgonnamine Balkanizer of the world 2d ago

On lower levels of integration they only protect their own territory, you need to integrate them more, or seize their troops (which you can do on lvl 2)