Manchuria 31

18.9.1931 - 5.3.1933

PacPG: 18.9.1931 - 27.2.1933

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The whole Manchurian operation began very quietly. On the night of the 18th September 1931 came close to the railway station, Liu Tiao-kchou, lying north of Mukden, a small explosion. Among the night sounds practically disappeared, so none of the commanders of the local Chinese staff paid no attention. They believed this was related to frequent clashes of Japanese troops with khunkhuz bandits. Meanwhile, the barracks of the Chinese 7th Infantry Brigade, commanded by a former Changs general Wang, quietly approached the freight train. For the Chinese guards, this meant that apparently waiting for the signal to run, so he paid no attention. At midnight on 19th September 1931 opened the doors of freight cars and in them occurred tubes of Japanese cannons and machine guns aiming the barracks. When the lights went out in the barracks, which was a sign that the troops are already on the beds, four of Japanese cannons sent deadly salutes to sleeping Chinese ... (Josef Novotný - Kantó Gun - Historie Kuantungské armády, Fontána 2003) Article on Czech Wikipedia Article on English Wikipedia Scenario in dates: December 15, 1931: China - The Japanese invasion of Manchuria prevents a civil war that threatens to escalate internal party struggles within the Kuomintang, but President Chiang Kai-shek is forced to resign and is appointed Lin Sen, who receives only minimal powers and office will be more formal. Chiang Kai-shek´s influence remains great and will be practically fully restored after the Battle of Shanghai (1932), when party leaders realize its necessity. February 27, 1942: Britain - Just as the Japanese are completing control of Manchuria, the first victims of their campaign in Asia, British physicist James Chadwick publishes the discovery of the neutron, taking the first step in developing an atomic bomb that will end the Japanese war adventure. It was on the basis of his feasibility study from 1941 that the US government began to develop a nuclear weapon with serious effort, and he himself became the head of the British team in Project Manhattan. April 13, 1932: Soviet Union - owing to the Japanese aggression in Manchuria in 1931, the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Soviet government decide on the creation and gradual strengthening of the Naval Forces in the Far East. In January 1935, under commander M. Viktorov, they will be renamed the Pacific Fleet - a force that disappeared in 1917 amid revolutions and civil war, while the economic problems of the Soviet Union prevented its restoration. Literature sources: Novotný, Josef: Causa Dohihara,   Laser, 1994, Plzeň Skřivan, Aleš: Cestou samurajů (By Path of Samurais),   Mladá fronta, 1984, Praha Jowett, Philip: Japanese Army (1) & (2),   Computer press, 2007, Brno . Skřivan, Aleš: Japonská válka 1931 - 1945 (Japanese War 1931 - 1945),   Libri, 1997, Praha Hata, Izawa, Sh, Ikuhiro, Yasuho, Christopher: Japanese army air force fighter units and their aces, 1931-1945,   DOBROVSKÝ s.r.o., 2007, Praha Novotný, Josef: Kantó Gun: Historie kuangtungské armády (Kanto Gun: History of Kwangtung army),   Fontána, 2003, Olomouc Tesárek, Bohuslav: Japonské tankové síly do roku 1945 (Japanese Armored Forces up to 1945),  HPM No. 5 a 6/1997 Novotný, Josef, JUDr.: Japonské tanky do roku 1945 (Japanese Tanks up to 1945),  HPM No. 2 a 3/1993

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Map size: 35 x 35 hexes 25 turns, 22 days per turn Version: PacPG 1, Starting side: Axis, Campaign: Japanese campaign, Order in campaign: 1.
Axis states:     Japan Allied states:     China Neutral states:     USSR
Axis:     attack Allies:     defend
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Climate region:      Bland Weather character in region:      Snowing and frozing in winter time. Rainy and clear days during summer time.
Game time costingness of scenario:    23.17 % (product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Axis units: 33 units, from them are 6 core units and 27 auxiliary units 5 air units, 0 naval units and 28 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Transports Air/Naval: Axis - Allies 0/0 - 0/0
Number of Allied units: 52 units 1 air units, 0 naval units and 51 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Initial prestige + every turn donation: Axis / Allies 150 + 0 / 304 + 52
Max number of Axis units: 35 units, from them are 8 core units and 27 auxiliary units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 2 unit    (2 core + 0 auxiliary)
Max number of Allied units: 52 units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 0 unit
Transport units: Axis - air:     not available Allies - air:     not available Axis - naval:     not available Allies - naval:     not available

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