For those who don't play paradox games or Hearts of Iron 4, I did a difficult achievement, which is starting as communist china and proclaiming the People's republic of china. You have to fight an uphill battle starting from a single province. I managed to consolidate, drive out the japanese, and turn on the Kuomintang in a few years. This last year has been researching and preparing a naval invasion to fully defeat Japan. Of course, I had to keep Mao as the head, otherwise how could I really claim to have created the PRC?
Let me ping my friend and get back to you. When we first started playing he watched a 4 hour guide, which is excessive, but he went into the game knowing everything. He ended up teaching me. So I’ll find that and link you, just reply to this to remind me.