North China

7.7.1937 - 24.12.1937

PacPG: 7.7.1937 - 24.12.1937

Scenario Map:




When you move the mouse pointer over the map, unit name, strength and coordinates are displayed as a label. When you press terrain button object name is displayed (city, river, sea, ...)

Changes and corrections of map:

Scenario author:
Scenario origin:
Last revision date:
stanny
22.12.2005
16.8.2009
  
First release:
Revision released:

4.8.2009 ( Release 01 )
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New scenario. Beginning of Japanese invasion to China itself. A very small part of this map is included in Pacific General as a so-called "Land tutorial".

Original map:




When you move the mouse pointer over the map object (city, river, ...), its name, coordinates, optionally flag are displayed as a label

Historic overview:

Usually, we can read that the Japanese army provoked on the 7 July 1937 at the bridge Lugouqiao clash with Chinese forces, and thus began the war, which lasted eight years. If we examine closely the details of that incident, we find that they are being unbelievable. Most of the more testimony about the events in the main points coincide surprisingly, differences are only in insignificant details. In essence, the case was such that "apparently started the war with China because the Japanese soldier left for a few minutes his unit for to do physical needs at bushes. When he was gone, his friends heard gunfire. They were men of a Japanese regiment located based on previous contracts ino north China city Tientsin. They performed a night exercise near the old Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Their commander said: ´I heard gunshots Chinese Communists.´ Ordered to call the soldier and when not answered, he gave the order to attack the Chinese fort at the end of the bridge Marco Polo and required the opening of the gates of the city to allow the Japanese could find of its friend. When the Chinese commander refused, the Japanese commander ordered to start fire. The missing soldier, although after a while he returned to his battalion, but the war has already begun ... " (Aleš Skřivan - Japonská válka 1931-1945, Libri 1997)

Article on Czech Wikipedia
Article on English Wikipedia (1)
Article on English Wikipedia (2)

Scenario in dates:
July 30, 1937: China - The Japanese army occupies Tianjin.
July 31, 1937: China - The Japanese Army occupies Beijing.
August 13, 1937: China - 10,000 Japanese soldiers land near Shanghai and start a 92 day battle for a city.
September 2, 1938: Hong Kong - One of the deadliest typhoons affects the British colony of Hong Kong and nearby Portuguese Macao. In total, it will claim over 11,000 victims. In Kowloon Bay, the passenger ships Asama Maru (Japanese) and Conte Verde (Italian) are damaged by a collision. Both will serve as repatriation and transport vessels during World War II.
September 25, 1937: China - The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxing Pass. Eighth Route Army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party was created from the Chinese Red Army when the Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists have stopped fighting each other and formed the Second United Front against Japan. The battle resulted in the loss of 400 to 600 soldiers on both sides, but the Chinese captured 100 trucks full of supplies. The victory gave the Communists a tremendous propaganda boost. It was the only division-size battle fought by the Chinese Communists during the entire war with Japan.
November 8, 1937: In the China - In the north, the Japanese conquer the city of Taiyuan. There are many serious war crimes in the streets, for example, they use jobs incapable of drilling bayonets. In the south, a decisive attack by Japanese troops against Shanghai defenders begins. Against 10,000 Chinese troops 26th Army, the Japanese deployed over 100,000 men supported by 140 aircraft and 100 tanks. General Macui even orders that soldiers can use chemical weapons in particularly difficult situations.
December 7, 1937: China - the capital city Nanking is completely surrounded by Japanese troops. The only retreat path is across the Yangtze River, over which the government offices and part of civilians are evacuated.
December 8, 1937: China - Nanking, the Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek is leaving the encircled capital city.
May 25, 1939: United States - The book Wheat and Soldiers by Japanese author Ashihei Hino is published in New York. The writer went through the war in China as an infantryman, and in the book, based on his experience, he tells the painful story of a Japanese unit that is almost complete extinctioned. It is a moving image of despair and hatred of war, which is honest and free of propaganda. The book sells nearly half a million copies in a few months and becomes the first hand picture of the struggle in the Far East.

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
Dvořák, Pavel: Boening P-26,  HPM No. 10 a 11/1999
Šnajdr, Miroslav: Curtiss F11C-2/BFC-2 Goshawk and Curtiss Hawk II,  HPM No. 8 a 9/2004

Game play matters:

Campaign play:
Defeat means termination of the campaign. Minor victory allows to continue with advance to China in scenario Central China, Major victory leads to Nomonhan.

Scenario data:

Map size: 41 x 33 hexes
18 turns, 10 days per turn
Version: PacPG 1, Starting side: Axis, Campaign: Japanese campaign, Order in campaign: 2.
Axis states:    Japan
Allied states:    China
Neutral states:    -
Axis:    attack
Allies:    defend
Experience of Axis purchased units:   
Experience of Allied purchased units:   
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:    13.72 %
(product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Axis units:
34 units, from them are 8 core units and 26 auxiliary units
8 air units, 0 naval units and 26 ground units
0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport
Transports Air/Naval:
Axis - Allies


1/1 - 0/0
Number of Allied units:
40 units
9 air units, 0 naval units and 31 ground units
0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport

Initial prestige + every turn donation:
Axis / Allies


400 + 0 / 500 + 40
Max number of Axis units:
38 units, from them are 9 core units and 29 auxiliary units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 4 unit
   (1 core + 3 auxiliary)
Max number of Allied units:
40 units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 0 unit
Transport units:
Axis - air:    Ki-54 Hickory
Allies - air:    not available
Axis - naval:    Transport
Allies - naval:    not available

Victory conditions:

Major victory:      All strategic objectives must be token up to 15. turn
Minor victory:      All strategic objectives must be token up to last turn

Prestige donation for Major victory:      150
Prestige donation for Minor victory:      100

Battle participated units:

   Complete list of all units on map including coordinates, strenght, experience etc.

 List of types participated units
Axis units:

Kyoka Hohei 1936 (Infantry HW 1936) (Japan)
Hohei 1936 (Infantry 1936) (Japan)
Type 97 Te-Ke (Japan)
Type 95 Ha-Go (Japan)
Type 94 TK (Japan)
Type 89 Chi-Ro (Japan)
Type 93 Sumida (Japan)
Type 92 Osaka (Japan)
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha (Japan)
Type 94 37mm (Japan)
Type 96 150mm (Japan)
Type 92 70mm (Japan)
Meiji 38 Improved 75mm Field Gun (Japan)
Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover (Japan)
Type 88 75mm (Japan)
A5M Claude (Japan)
Nakajima A4N (Japan)
Nakajima A2N1 (Japan)
G3M Nell (Japan)
B4Y Jean (Japan)
D1A Susie (Japan)
Mitsubishi B2M1 (Japan)
Mitsubishi B1M (Japan)
Isuzu Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck (Japan)
Allied units:

HW Infantry 36 (China)
Infantry 1936 (China)
Infantry 1931 (China)
Chn PzIA (China)
Chn L3/35 (China)
Chn Renault FT17 (China)
Vickers 6 Ton (China)
3.7 PaK35/36 (China)
AF 75 mm Gun (China)
3´´ AD (China)
20mm AD (China)
Curtiss Hawk III (China)
Curtiss Hawk II (China)
Fiat CR.32 Chirri (China)
Boeing 281 Peashooter (China)
Vultee V-11 G (China)
Martin B-10B (China)
He 111 (China)
AF Truck (China)

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Tactical map (large & detail):

Basic map
Map with unloaded transports and order numbers of units

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