With railways taking more importance, it is hoped they’ll add a new layer to your invasion planning, incentivising you to capture the enemy’s railways and undermine their supply efforts, while protecting your own logistics routes.
The idea is to reconfigure the offensive importance of supply lines, which, up to this point, could easily be ignored by players until the late game when they started to falter. But rivers can also function as supply lanes, working much the same way as railways, but requiring you to hold both sides of their banks to ship supplies.Īs the dev diary explains, it’s hoped the changes will improve the robustness of Hearts of Iron 4’s logistics system, and better replicate the historical importance of supply lines across the sparse and resource-scarce Eastern Front of World War 2, for the sake of accuracy and immersive simulation. Poor weather and limited equipment will reduce the efficiency of your logistics system. You’ll also be able to capture enemy railways as you move into their territory, strangling their supply lines and redirecting trains to supply your troops. The total supply generated will depend upon the size of your industrial base, with railways acting as bottlenecks, limiting the amount of supply that can be distributed across regions if you don't construct enough train cars to shift the goods. Supply will flow from your nation’s capital, along railways, to be distributed from cities, naval bases, or manually constructed supply hubs to your divisions. In the new system, railways will take on greater importance in your logistical infrastructure.
Release dates for the update and DLC are yet to be announced. A dev diary posted to the Paradox Forum yesterday confirmed that both will focus on the Eastern Front, and revealed details of a major shake-up to the game's supply system and land warfare. More details of Hearts of Iron 4's upcoming free 1.11 Barbarossa update and as-yet-unannounced expansion have been revealed.
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