The IJA puts together a string of victories ....
I think I may need to go and lie down.
I think I may need to go and lie down.
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I guess those mountaineers ride into battle on their mules, or maybe Utsunimiya, a General in the IJA has trouble distinguishing counters. For reference, the Japanese unit in the bottom left corner of the image is a regular Cavalry DivisionOn the morning of the 4th, hours before the sun would be up, the Battle of Zouxian started when the 7. Japanese Cavalry Division attacked the Nationalist Infantry Division guarding the province. Eleven thousand horsemen against six thousand enemy soldiers.
The mountain-climbing, mule-riding cavalry seems to be everywhere.They had sent a cavalry division into Yan’an. On paper this meant over eleven thousand horsemen were going against over sixty-four thousand.
For reference, these guys seem to ride actual horses, and at the same time they're pretty bad at climbing mountains.The sun has only been up a few hours when the Imperial Army sent in a cavalry division and a infantry division into the Province of Shagqiu
They also reported the capture and neutralization of one spy from the UK. This worried most of the upper ranks within the different Intelligent Agencies. Why was one of the most powerful naval powers in Europe interested in Japan? What did England want with Japan?
For once I agree with @serutan . Clearly our predictions about the fall of Yan'an didn't sufficiently take into account just how incompetent the IJA is. As it is impossible to overestimate the incompetence of the IJA, this isn't particularly surprising. Still I will have to once again review my low expectations of the IJA in a downward direction. I also can't help but notice that it has taken the Army a very long time to start to really take advantage of the fact that China's Industry has been blasted out of existence, and also that IJA casualties for this war have been unacceptably high. If we suffer this many dead against the nationalist second-rate Army and the communist third-rate Army, I wonder how long our units will even last if they are ever faced with a first rate foe, let alone one which has proper heavy artillery, and tanks, etc.If our intelligence people have to wonder why UK intelligence would have an interest in poking around Japan, their incompetence is beyond human comprehension. Perhaps Advisor Pip should be assigned to explain to them why a naval power would want to spy on another naval power.
Also, while the fall of Yan'an is of course welcome news, the commanders in that area should be recalled, and given training on the concept of concentration of force and coordination thereof. While I know at least one advisor will consider this a waste of time due to Army commanders being unable to learn anything, the attempt must nonetheless be made. Also I cannot help but note the dire need to get fighters out of Army control, as their grasp of logistics is - to be charitable - nonexistent.
If the Navy had been given just a single corps of Naval Infantry, the Chinese capital would be in our hands already. Clearly we must inform the Japanese public of the shoestring budget the IJN is operating on, and educate them on just how few ground troop it has at it's disposal. The results the Navy has achieved in China, despite the fact that much of the fighting takes place far from the coast, are nothing short of exemplary when one considers the scant resources it has to work with. On the high seas the IJN may be halfway decent (though it would be much better with the addition of new Battleships along with the new Carriers under construction). On land it is still a minnow, maybe we need to change that.The Navy was quick to point out their aerial victories and how many enemy soldiers they had killed to protect their footholds. The populace was somewhat impressed but not as impressed as it use to be. The Navy’s success, week after week, was working against it. The population, even those who were Pro-Navy, were expecting more. They wanted more footholds taken, battles and marches, and the enemy Capital taken.
OOC: I HATE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THIS GAME!!!!! In RL I like the Chinese culture, people, tea, and food. But in this game...I HAE THEM SO MUCH!!!! JFOGJEROGJRJfierjgmfheoidjfjppekf!!!!!This advisor remains surprised that the Ministry of Intelligence has anyone left to capture foreign spies on Japanese soil, considering their profligate waste of spies in foreign lands.
The fall of the Communist Capital will be a blessed relief.
While I obviously agree with this, I am considering resigning as an advisor. None of the advise we give is ever heeded and we see the same mistakes made over and over again by the IJA, the only variation being them finding new and innovative ways to cock up.If our intelligence people have to wonder why UK intelligence would have an interest in poking around Japan, their incompetence is beyond human comprehension. Perhaps Advisor Pip should be assigned to explain to them why a naval power would want to spy on another naval power.
Also, while the fall of Yan'an is of course welcome news, the commanders in that area should be recalled, and given training on the concept of concentration of force and coordination thereof. While I know at least one advisor will consider this a waste of time due
to Army commanders being unable to learn anything, the attempt must nonetheless be made. Also I cannot help but note the
dire need to get fighters out of Army control, as their grasp of logistics is - to be charitable - nonexistent.
while this looks promising, let’s wait to see if the Army can snatch ignominy from the jaws of glory.Then, on the morning of the 14th, the news that caused his staff to cheer and made the General ALMOST break out a bottle of wine - the Army won the Battle of Yan’an.
For fighting back after being attacked by Imperialists? I’d be even angrier at the Japanese AI Army generals.OOC: I HATE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THIS GAME!!!!! In RL I like the Chinese culture, people, tea, and food. But in this game...I HAE THEM SO MUCH!!!! JFOGJEROGJRJfierjgmfheoidjfjppekf!!!!!
Doing it Deserts of Kharak style.Can a small track-mounted aircraft carrier be developed for inland operations?
Only if we build a small track-mounted battleship to go along...Can a small track-mounted aircraft carrier be developed for inland operations?
Small? Pah. We must go large and close the land-battleship gap, the French already have a commanding lead;Only if we build a small track-mounted battleship to go along...
Yes, of course.Only if we build a small track-mounted battleship to go along...
Double-yes, with feeling! Let’s bring the naval war to the Chinese heartland!Small? Pah. We must go large and close the land-battleship gap, the French already have a commanding lead;
If no-one is listening to what is said, what is the point of advising?
And by God do we need a lot of pints/wine glasses/shot glasses/lowballs/highballs/culturally-appropriate drink containers around this joint.A familiar retort of what I imagine government bureaucrats everywhere mutter into their pints/wine glasses/shot glasses/low balls/high balls/(insert culturally appropriate drink container here).
I must interject here, despite my own reticence to defend Utsunimiya, because a few ships are actually under construction: 2 Fleet Carriers have been laid down (17th of January 1936), with a plan for a further 4 to be laid down in 2 pairs subsequently, giving everyone ample opportunity to come up with a reason to cancel them. More recently an undisclosed number of Cruisers (both Heavy and Light) and Landing Craft (& thier motherships) have been laid down.(1st of December 1937). Of course this is an insufficient naval programme, which is moreover entirely unbalanced to boot, lacking modern Battleships, but also modern Destroyers and Submarines.All this, and yet for all the ceaseless warnings and advocacy of the advisors not one battleship, carrier, or even measly submarine that I am aware of has been launched or even laid down.
I blame the "recently-acquired" sake habit for my forgetfulness here.I must interject here, despite my own reticence to defend Utsunimiya, because a few ships are actually under construction: 2 Fleet Carriers have been laid down (17th of January 1936), with a plan for a further 4 to be laid down in 2 pairs subsequently, giving everyone ample opportunity to come up with a reason to cancel them.
This on the other hand only reinforces my points. We in the Navy have been pushing for any number of ship types to be developed and built, but cruisers have hardly been part of those discussions, notably heavy cruisers are arguably worse than useless for a modern navy of an advanced nation like Japan. Clearly, whoever does have the ear of the government ministers is not among our advisory number.More recently an undisclosed number of Cruisers (both Heavy and Light) and Landing Craft (& thier motherships) have been laid down.(1st of December 1937).
I blame the "recently-acquired" sake habit for my forgetfulness here.
{...} but cruisers have hardly been part of those discussions, notably heavy cruisers are arguably worse than useless for a modern navy of an advanced nation like Japan.
Oi, get back in your submarine pen while the grown-ups drink tea and bitch about the Empire.Naval squadrons go out on cruises, how can they possible accomplish this without cruisers?
What we REALLY need is a bomber capable of reaching Hawaii and the US West Coast from Saipan.