Actually the Americans persisted in the Hump Operation despite actually receiving fighter attacks from Japanese Zeros. At times the pilots of the transports resorted to unusual maneuvers and later on the transports received fighter cover. However, I would concede that if the Japanese controlled ALL of Burma AND either 1) they also controlled the eastern chunk of India OR 2) India is independent and not in the allies. that the Chinese would be cut off. But wouldn't the US fly a different "over the hump" operation to WESTERN China from WESTERN India landing in Urumqi? Urumqi was at that point in Nationalist Chinese hands, as it is properly shown on the 1944 map. Sheng Shicai had already deserted his Soviet bosses and gone over to the KMT, and was replaced by a more loyal governor. Also keep in mind I'm NOT trying to make Chinese surrender to the Japanese impossible once the US is in the war. I'm just trying to make it more difficult for the Japanese to achieve this, so that the ahistoric puppetry occurs less often once the US gets involved.
According to Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hump
In addition to losses from weather and mechanical failure, the unarmed and unescorted transport aircraft flying the Hump were occasionally attacked by Japanese Army fighters in the dry (winter) season.[12] While piloting a C-46 on one such mission, Captain Wally A. Gayda returned fire in desperation against a Nakajima fighter by pushing a Browning BAR automatic rifle out the forward crew cabin window and emptying the magazine, killing the Japanese pilot.[13][14] Some 468 American and 46 Chinese flight crews perished from all causes, totaling over 1500 personnel. At times, monthly aircraft losses totalled 50% of all aircraft then in service along the route.
In 1944 CBI Pilot Major Robert K. Chittle of Flint, Michigan was flying a C-46 over the Hump when approached from the east by a Japanese Zero. With no defenses, he brought the heavily laden aircraft down to the deck (ground level) and flew as close to the ground as possible. The Zero hovered above for some time, before leaving the area. Major Chittle earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for this and other heroic flying.[citation needed]
Chinese pilots made a key contribution to Hump flight operations. During 1942 to 1945 the Chinese received from the U.S. exactly 100 transport aircraft: 77 C-47 Dakotas and 23 C-46 Commandos. According to some sources, from May 1942 to September 1945, a total of 650,000 tons were transported via the Hump, of which Chinese pilots accounted for 75,000 tons (about 12%). This figure does not include passengers, of which 33,400 persons were transported, in one or both directions.
In 1944, Air Transport Command was tasked with the mission of supporting B-29 Superfortress missions being flown from China against Japan. From February to October 1944, ATC flew nearly 18,000 tons over the Hump in support of the B-29 strategic offensive bombing campaign, when B-29 operations were transferred from China.
In August 1944, USAAF General William H. Tunner took command of the India-China Division of Air Transport Command. By this time, the arrival of increased numbers of Douglas C-54 Skymaster four-engine transport planes greatly increased tonnage levels flown to China from India.[15] In order to improve efficiency, General Tunner changed the C-54's air routing to a more direct route to China, using escort from Eastern Air Command fighter squadrons to prevent interception by Japanese aircraft. The C-54, which could carry three times the cargo load of the C-47, replaced both the latter transport as well as the C-46 in the last months of the airlift.[16]
The Hump's air bridge operation continued until the end of the war. Though it declined in importance with the opening of the Ledo Road network in January 1945 and in particular, the recapture of Rangoon, the airlift's total tonnage (650,000 tons) dwarfed that of the Ledo Road (147,000 tons).[17] The final summary of flight time in the airlift totalled 1.5 million flight hours. The Hump ferrying operation was the largest and most extended strategic air bridge in the world, only exceeded in 1949 (in volume of cargo airlifted) by the West Berlin air bridge.
Anyway I discovered some serious issues with the 14th Air Force event. The two most important things are that 1) the US event does not trigger the Chinese event and 2) the Chinese event creates no divisions. The third problem is that the divisions created are interwar biplanes. Here's a fix for these issues:
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###Creation of the 14th Air Force
##########################################
event = {
id = 3545
random = no
country = USA
name = "Creation of the 14th Air Force"
desc = "The head of the American Volunteer Group in China, Brigadier General Chennault, states that with more Aircraft, fuel and munitions,
he can bring about the defeat of the Japanese in China from the Air."
picture = "14th_AF"
date = { day = 10 month = Febuary year = 1943 } #10 March 1943
offset = 10
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1945 }
trigger = {
war = { country = JAP country = USA }
war = { country = CHI country = JAP }
NOT = { war = { country = CHI country = USA } }
random = 33
}
action_a = {
name = "Send what is needed"
ai_chance = 99
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -10 } #Twice as big as Zet
command = { type = money value = -1000 }
command = { type = supplies value = -2000 }
command = { type = oilpool value = -2000 } # was 1000
command = { type = relation which = CHI value = 15 }
command = { type = domestic which = interventionism value = 1 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3546 } #was missing trigger for CHI event
}
action_b = {
name = "We can not afford this"
ai_chance = 1
command = { type = domestic which = interventionism value = -1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 3546
random = no
country = CHI
name = "The 14th Air Force Arrives in China"
desc = "Brigadier General Chennault has gone to Washington, and has brought back an Airforce!"
picture = "14th_AF"
action_a = {
name = "OK" #GREAT
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -10 } #Composite Wings, Ground Personnel
command = { type = supplies value = 2000 }
command = { type = oilpool value = 2000 } # was 1000
command = { type = waketeam which = 1049 }
# get blueprints for planes delivered
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4060 } # interceptor 3
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4090 } # interceptor 4
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4040 } # multi_role 0
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4070 } # multi_role 1
# goes to force pool -- should be attached to American Volunteer Group
command = { type = add_division which = "341st Bombardment Group" value = tactical_bomber when = 4 } #B-25
command = { type = add_corps which = "Chinese-American Composite Wing" value = air where = 1360 }
command = { type = add_division which = "3rd Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 2 } #P-40
command = { type = add_division which = "5th Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 3 } # P-51B
command = { type = add_division which = "1st Bombardment Group" value = tactical_bomber when = 4 } #B-25
command = { type = add_corps which = "14th Airforce" value = air where = 1360 }
command = { type = add_division which = "51st Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 2 } #P-40
command = { type = add_division which = "81st Fighter Group" value = multi_role when = 1 } # P-47
command = { type = add_division which = "33rd Fighter Group" value = multi_role when = 1 } # P-47
command = { type = add_division which = "311th Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 3 } # P-51B
}
}
Source for the air units is Wikipedia. There was a mixture of plane types in all the units and my representation is somewhat of a simplification. Here is the wiki:
Fourteenth Air Force
The Fourteenth Air Force official web site[2] says:
After the China Air Task Force was discontinued, the Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF) was established by the special order of President Roosevelt on 10 March 1943. Chennault was appointed the commander and promoted to Major General. The "Flying Tigers" of 14 AF (who adopted the "Flying Tigers" designation from the AVG) conducted highly effective fighter and bomber operations along a wide front that stretched from the bend of the Yellow River and Tsinan in the north to Indochina in the south, from Chengtu and the Salween River in the west to the China Sea and the island of Formosa in the east. They were also instrumental in supplying Chinese forces through the airlift of cargo across "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India theater. By the end of World War II, 14 AF had achieved air superiority over the skies of China and established a ratio of 7.7 enemy planes destroyed for every American plane lost in combat. Overall, military officials estimated that over 4,000 Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. In addition, they estimated that air units in China destroyed 1,100,000 tons of shipping, 1,079 locomotives, 4,836 trucks and 580 bridges. The United States Army Air Corps credits 14 AF with the destruction of 2,315 Japanese aircraft, 356 bridges, 1,225 locomotives and 712 railroad cars.
Chinese-American Composite Wing
In addition to the core Fourteenth Air Force (14AF) structure, a second group: The Chinese-American Composite Wing, existed as a combined bomber and fighter group with pilots from both the United States and the Republic of China. U.S. service personnel destined for the CACW entered the China theater in mid-July 1943. Aircraft assigned to the CACW included late-model P-40 Warhawks with the Nationalist Chinese Air Force 12-pointed star national insignia, rudder markings and squadron/aircraft numbering and B-25 "Mitchell" light bombers. In late 1944, USAAF-marked P-51 Mustangs began to be assigned to CACW pilots -- first, P-51B and C models, then, in early 1945, "D" and "K" model (sharing many of the external characteristics of the "D" model aircraft including the bubble canopy) reduced-weight versions. All U.S. pilots assigned to the CACW were listed as rated pilots in Chinese Air Force, and were authorized to wearing both nations' pilot's wings.
Most CACW bases existed near the boundary of Japanese-Occupied China, and one "Valley Field" existed in an area within Japanese-held territory. Specific field locations include Hanchung, Ankang, Hsian, Laohokow, Enshih, Liangshan, Peishyi, Chihkiang, Hengyang, Kweilin, Liuchow, Chanyi, Suichwan, and Lingling. [3]
According to Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hump
In addition to losses from weather and mechanical failure, the unarmed and unescorted transport aircraft flying the Hump were occasionally attacked by Japanese Army fighters in the dry (winter) season.[12] While piloting a C-46 on one such mission, Captain Wally A. Gayda returned fire in desperation against a Nakajima fighter by pushing a Browning BAR automatic rifle out the forward crew cabin window and emptying the magazine, killing the Japanese pilot.[13][14] Some 468 American and 46 Chinese flight crews perished from all causes, totaling over 1500 personnel. At times, monthly aircraft losses totalled 50% of all aircraft then in service along the route.
In 1944 CBI Pilot Major Robert K. Chittle of Flint, Michigan was flying a C-46 over the Hump when approached from the east by a Japanese Zero. With no defenses, he brought the heavily laden aircraft down to the deck (ground level) and flew as close to the ground as possible. The Zero hovered above for some time, before leaving the area. Major Chittle earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for this and other heroic flying.[citation needed]
Chinese pilots made a key contribution to Hump flight operations. During 1942 to 1945 the Chinese received from the U.S. exactly 100 transport aircraft: 77 C-47 Dakotas and 23 C-46 Commandos. According to some sources, from May 1942 to September 1945, a total of 650,000 tons were transported via the Hump, of which Chinese pilots accounted for 75,000 tons (about 12%). This figure does not include passengers, of which 33,400 persons were transported, in one or both directions.
In 1944, Air Transport Command was tasked with the mission of supporting B-29 Superfortress missions being flown from China against Japan. From February to October 1944, ATC flew nearly 18,000 tons over the Hump in support of the B-29 strategic offensive bombing campaign, when B-29 operations were transferred from China.
In August 1944, USAAF General William H. Tunner took command of the India-China Division of Air Transport Command. By this time, the arrival of increased numbers of Douglas C-54 Skymaster four-engine transport planes greatly increased tonnage levels flown to China from India.[15] In order to improve efficiency, General Tunner changed the C-54's air routing to a more direct route to China, using escort from Eastern Air Command fighter squadrons to prevent interception by Japanese aircraft. The C-54, which could carry three times the cargo load of the C-47, replaced both the latter transport as well as the C-46 in the last months of the airlift.[16]
The Hump's air bridge operation continued until the end of the war. Though it declined in importance with the opening of the Ledo Road network in January 1945 and in particular, the recapture of Rangoon, the airlift's total tonnage (650,000 tons) dwarfed that of the Ledo Road (147,000 tons).[17] The final summary of flight time in the airlift totalled 1.5 million flight hours. The Hump ferrying operation was the largest and most extended strategic air bridge in the world, only exceeded in 1949 (in volume of cargo airlifted) by the West Berlin air bridge.
Anyway I discovered some serious issues with the 14th Air Force event. The two most important things are that 1) the US event does not trigger the Chinese event and 2) the Chinese event creates no divisions. The third problem is that the divisions created are interwar biplanes. Here's a fix for these issues:
##########################################
###Creation of the 14th Air Force
##########################################
event = {
id = 3545
random = no
country = USA
name = "Creation of the 14th Air Force"
desc = "The head of the American Volunteer Group in China, Brigadier General Chennault, states that with more Aircraft, fuel and munitions,
he can bring about the defeat of the Japanese in China from the Air."
picture = "14th_AF"
date = { day = 10 month = Febuary year = 1943 } #10 March 1943
offset = 10
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1945 }
trigger = {
war = { country = JAP country = USA }
war = { country = CHI country = JAP }
NOT = { war = { country = CHI country = USA } }
random = 33
}
action_a = {
name = "Send what is needed"
ai_chance = 99
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -10 } #Twice as big as Zet
command = { type = money value = -1000 }
command = { type = supplies value = -2000 }
command = { type = oilpool value = -2000 } # was 1000
command = { type = relation which = CHI value = 15 }
command = { type = domestic which = interventionism value = 1 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3546 } #was missing trigger for CHI event
}
action_b = {
name = "We can not afford this"
ai_chance = 1
command = { type = domestic which = interventionism value = -1 }
}
}
event = {
id = 3546
random = no
country = CHI
name = "The 14th Air Force Arrives in China"
desc = "Brigadier General Chennault has gone to Washington, and has brought back an Airforce!"
picture = "14th_AF"
action_a = {
name = "OK" #GREAT
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -10 } #Composite Wings, Ground Personnel
command = { type = supplies value = 2000 }
command = { type = oilpool value = 2000 } # was 1000
command = { type = waketeam which = 1049 }
# get blueprints for planes delivered
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4060 } # interceptor 3
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4090 } # interceptor 4
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4040 } # multi_role 0
command = { type = gain_tech which = 4070 } # multi_role 1
# goes to force pool -- should be attached to American Volunteer Group
command = { type = add_division which = "341st Bombardment Group" value = tactical_bomber when = 4 } #B-25
command = { type = add_corps which = "Chinese-American Composite Wing" value = air where = 1360 }
command = { type = add_division which = "3rd Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 2 } #P-40
command = { type = add_division which = "5th Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 3 } # P-51B
command = { type = add_division which = "1st Bombardment Group" value = tactical_bomber when = 4 } #B-25
command = { type = add_corps which = "14th Airforce" value = air where = 1360 }
command = { type = add_division which = "51st Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 2 } #P-40
command = { type = add_division which = "81st Fighter Group" value = multi_role when = 1 } # P-47
command = { type = add_division which = "33rd Fighter Group" value = multi_role when = 1 } # P-47
command = { type = add_division which = "311th Fighter Group" value = interceptor when = 3 } # P-51B
}
}
Source for the air units is Wikipedia. There was a mixture of plane types in all the units and my representation is somewhat of a simplification. Here is the wiki:
Fourteenth Air Force
The Fourteenth Air Force official web site[2] says:
After the China Air Task Force was discontinued, the Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF) was established by the special order of President Roosevelt on 10 March 1943. Chennault was appointed the commander and promoted to Major General. The "Flying Tigers" of 14 AF (who adopted the "Flying Tigers" designation from the AVG) conducted highly effective fighter and bomber operations along a wide front that stretched from the bend of the Yellow River and Tsinan in the north to Indochina in the south, from Chengtu and the Salween River in the west to the China Sea and the island of Formosa in the east. They were also instrumental in supplying Chinese forces through the airlift of cargo across "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India theater. By the end of World War II, 14 AF had achieved air superiority over the skies of China and established a ratio of 7.7 enemy planes destroyed for every American plane lost in combat. Overall, military officials estimated that over 4,000 Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. In addition, they estimated that air units in China destroyed 1,100,000 tons of shipping, 1,079 locomotives, 4,836 trucks and 580 bridges. The United States Army Air Corps credits 14 AF with the destruction of 2,315 Japanese aircraft, 356 bridges, 1,225 locomotives and 712 railroad cars.
Chinese-American Composite Wing
In addition to the core Fourteenth Air Force (14AF) structure, a second group: The Chinese-American Composite Wing, existed as a combined bomber and fighter group with pilots from both the United States and the Republic of China. U.S. service personnel destined for the CACW entered the China theater in mid-July 1943. Aircraft assigned to the CACW included late-model P-40 Warhawks with the Nationalist Chinese Air Force 12-pointed star national insignia, rudder markings and squadron/aircraft numbering and B-25 "Mitchell" light bombers. In late 1944, USAAF-marked P-51 Mustangs began to be assigned to CACW pilots -- first, P-51B and C models, then, in early 1945, "D" and "K" model (sharing many of the external characteristics of the "D" model aircraft including the bubble canopy) reduced-weight versions. All U.S. pilots assigned to the CACW were listed as rated pilots in Chinese Air Force, and were authorized to wearing both nations' pilot's wings.
Most CACW bases existed near the boundary of Japanese-Occupied China, and one "Valley Field" existed in an area within Japanese-held territory. Specific field locations include Hanchung, Ankang, Hsian, Laohokow, Enshih, Liangshan, Peishyi, Chihkiang, Hengyang, Kweilin, Liuchow, Chanyi, Suichwan, and Lingling. [3]
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