Central China

1.2.1938 - 25.10.1938

PacPG: 1.4.1938 - 18.9.1938

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Historic overview:

In the first week of April 1938, the Chinese have achieved significant success in the battle of Tai-er-Zhang. Japan 10th Division was surrounded, 5th Division, armed with tanks and heavy guns, had rushed to help, but to no avail. The failure of the Japanese - had 6,000 dead and 30,000 wounded - was significant. However Kuomintang command failed to take advantage of this victory. Japan finally hit the new focus on 200 000 men and 19 May 1938 Suzhou fell. (Aleš Skřivan - Japonská válka 1931-1945, Libri 1997) Article on Czech Wikipedia Article on English Wikipedia Scenario in dates: August 14, 1937: China - Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) bombs Japanese Navy flagship Izumo moored in the Huangpu river in Shanghai. In what will became known as "Black Saturday", bombs from ROCAF aircraft fall in the Shanghai International Settlement with almost 4000 civilians killed or injured, most of the death occurring at the Great World entertainment centre (rebuilt as original in 1981). 4th Flying Group of the ROCAF equipped by Curtiss Hawk III fighters, based in Henan, under the command of Captain Gao Zhihang, shot down six Japanese Mitsubishi G3M1 bombers while suffering zero losses and wins the first air battle against Japanese Air Force. The G3M bombers are also the first to carry out the first ocean-raid in history, as their base is located in Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan). November 21, 1937: In the China - Colonel Gao Zhihang, flying ace of the Republic of China, dies by air raid at Zhoujiakou Airfield. His 4th Air Force Group is caought on ground while refuelling by some Japanese ten Mitsubishi G3M2s. In 1940, the government will announce August 14, day of his famous first victory, would be Air Force Day to raise the morale of the Chinese populace. December 12, 1937: China - On the Yangtze River, Japanese aircrafts Yokosuka B4Y and Nakajima A4N sink an American river gunboat USS Panay (PR-5) carrying refugees from Japan-besieged Nanking. This "USS Panay Incident" occurs, although the US is not in war with Japan and the ship is clearly marked with American flags. The Japanese apologize and pay damages, but the incident leads to a deterioration of relations between the US and Japan. USS Panay becomes the only United States warship sunk by Japan´s armed forces up to attacking Pearl Harbor. January 26, 1938: China - during Nanking Massacre, John M. Allison, at the time consul at the American embassy in Nanking, is struck in the face by a Japanese soldier. This incident, commonly known as the Allison incident, further strains relations between Japan and the United States, which had already been damaged by the Panay incident less than two months earlier. Japanese Consul-General Katsuo Okazaki will apologize formally no long afterwards. After WWII, Allison will be named United States Ambassador to Japan in 1953. In 1954, 16 years after the "Allison Incident", Allison and the man who had apologized to him in Nanjing, Japanese Foreign Minister Okazaki, will sign the U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement on behalf of their respective countries. June 7, 1938: China - In a desperate attempt to stop the rapid Japanese advance, the Kuomintang blows up a dam on the south bank of the Yellow River. The ensuing flood wave destroys three Chinese provinces and moves the mouth of the Yellow River a thousand kilometers to the south. The result is 800,000 victims and millions of homeless people. Although the flood prevents the Japanese army from occupying Zhengzhou, it greatly discredits Chinese nationalists and becomes a tool for recruiting new members of the Chinese Communist Party, which is gaining strong support in the flooded areas. August 24, 1938: China - Japanese fighters shoot down a passenger plane DC-2 "Kweilin" of the China National Aviation Corporation near Hong Kong. This is the first attack on a civilian passenger plane in aviation history and is extremely brutal. After the American pilot successfully made an emergency landing on the river, Japanese planes begin to strafe the aircraft wreck with machine gun fire includin passengers on the surface. As this is an unprecedented incident, it will lead to a great international diplomatic outrage. 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. March 4, 1942: In China - US China headquarters is established by General Stillwell at Chunking. 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 . Newark, Tim: Turing the Tide of War,   Ottovo nakladatelství, 2003, Praha Dvořák, Pavel: Boening P-26,  HPM No. 10 a 11/1999 Spurný, Svatopluk: Italský tančík Carro Veloce (Italian Tankette Carro Veloce),  HPM No. 10-12/1999 Bobek, Jan: Kaneyoshi "Kinsuke" Mutó,  HPM No. 12/1996

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Scenario data:

Map size: 37 x 33 hexes 18 turns, 10 days per turn Version: PacPG 1, Starting side: Axis, Campaign: Japanese campaign, Order in campaign: 3.
Axis states:     Japan Allied states:     China Neutral states:     -
Axis:     attack Allies:     defend
Experience of Axis purchased units:     Experience of Allied purchased units:
Climate region:      Monsoon Weather character in region:      Rain periods alternate with dry period. Rain period between June and September.
Game time costingness of scenario:    20.37 % (product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Axis units: 48 units, from them are 11 core units and 37 auxiliary units 9 air units, 0 naval units and 39 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: 57 units 11 air units, 0 naval units and 46 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Initial prestige + every turn donation: Axis / Allies 450 + 0 / 320 + 60
Max number of Axis units: 52 units, from them are 11 core units and 41 auxiliary units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 4 unit    (0 core + 4 auxiliary)
Max number of Allied units: 60 units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 3 unit
Transport units: Axis - air:     Ki-54 Hickory Allies - air:     not available Axis - naval:     Transport Allies - naval:     not available

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