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Go Guangxi ! Drive those Japs into the see !
I'm eager to know what's next... A Guangxi Navy, and on to the japanese home islands ?
I'm eager to know what's next... A Guangxi Navy, and on to the japanese home islands ?
i suggest you mod the event from nat china where they defeat them and the japs surrender all off china to you creating korea as an independant state
You better make sure that those Yunnanese don't get hurt by the Ma invasion. Also, can the Nationalists invade hostile territory from Shanxi or can they be there but no invade.
Xiben san ma or w/e its written is a puppet of nationalist china. Probably moving against Yunnan. Hopefully they will stop that advance. Anyway, good job stopping the Japan advance, you still have a lot to do, especially when the bulk arrives from Korea through Shanxi.
Guangxi Navy, that would be a sight. What about a Guangxi air force? Or Guanxi tank corps? The list goes on and on...
yea you dont want yunnan to suddenly turn into nat china..looks like theres quite a number of japanese divs inthe south..
Li Jishen smiled. He was finally smiling more than he was frowning, though he was still sighing a great amount. Guangxi forces had pressed further against the Japanese coastal holdings, though some events had shown that the Japanese yet have their aggressive spirit and won’t take defeat easily.
The first event of the month was perhaps the most fortuitous of all—Li Zongren had developed his spearhead doctrine to his satisfaction on August 4 and continued his theoretical work with what von Appel called the ‘schwerpunkt’ doctrine. Li Jishen immediately saw improvement in his own corps and received reports of similar improvements in other Guangxi units—he was confident that the new theory would aid Guangxi greatly in defeating the Japanese.
Li Zongren continuing his outstanding theoretical work.
On the northern front, the Ganzhou pocket was closed quickly. The five Yunnanese divisions, eager to redeem themselves, rushed to the attack, supported by Chen Jitang. The Japanese, at the same time, launched an operation against Li Jishen’s forces in Longyan to relieve the beleaguered pocket. Li Jishen successfully held the Japanese at bay, and the pocket was soon crushed.
Yet another small Guangxi victory, destroying another two Japanese divisions.
Chen Jitang’s attention quickly turned elsewhere, as Li Jishen was ready to push for the coast again. The target chosen was Xiamen, as it would create two pockets, Bao’an-Shantou and Quzhou-Fuzhou, allowing for easy defeat of both. The Japanese defenders of Xiamen were duly overrun and Chen Jitang pushed his troops forward to occupy the coastal town.
It was time to create another manageable pocket—or two.
The Japanese took advantage of the gap in the Guangxi front to advance to Nanping, separating Bai Chongxi from the greater part of the Guangxi army to the south. This was, however, a boon to the Guangxi as Li Jishen quickly realized, ordering Bai Chongxi to attack Fuzhou as his own forces in Longyan supported from across the breach. Not only would this move isolate Quzhou for destruction, but also create yet another pocket, at Nanping. The Japanese were soon routed and Bai Chongxi was marching forward unopposed.
The Japanese showed their usual aggressiveness—but they’re certain to regret it.
Soon afterward, the Japanese displayed their aggressiveness in the south too, attacking Wuzhou and overrunning the single division holding that stretch of the frontline. They had earlier also counterattacked at Bose once the Yunnanese had moved into the town and threw them back. Guilin, still the capital, Li Jishen realized, was likely to soon be in direct danger of a powerful attack itself, as well as Guangzhou.
The Japanese were on the attack in the south as well.
The Guangxi forces in the south, however, did not take this move sitting down. Very quickly, an attack was put together and launched, seven Guangxi and Yunnanese divisions assaulting what might have been two or even three Japanese divisions in Liuzhou. The battle was difficult, but the Japanese were eventually put to flight and the Yunnanese half of the attack force advanced.
The attack on Liuzhou, to remove some of the pressure that threatened to split Guilin and Guangzhou.
Late in the month, Xiamen was finally occupied by Chen Jitang’s forces and he immediately attacked Shantou, supported by von Appel from Guangzhou. The sole Japanese division—which was, as seemed to usually be the case, leaderless—wasn’t simply defeated in the battle but actually, somehow, ceased to exist as a coherent unit. It wasn’t pushed back toward Bao’an, it was thoroughly destroyed.
The final battle of the month, Shantou saw the inexplicable disintegration of an entire Japanese division when it had retreat options open to it.
Li Jishen smiled, September would be a great month for Guangxi, as he had no doubt that every city and town east of Hong Kong would be, finally, liberated from the Japanese. And then, with the full force of the Guangxi army bearing down on the southern Japanese holdings, they would not be able to resist their defeat for too much longer.
The first event of the month was perhaps the most fortuitous of all—Li Zongren had developed his spearhead doctrine to his satisfaction on August 4 and continued his theoretical work with what von Appel called the ‘schwerpunkt’ doctrine. Li Jishen immediately saw improvement in his own corps and received reports of similar improvements in other Guangxi units—he was confident that the new theory would aid Guangxi greatly in defeating the Japanese.
Li Zongren continuing his outstanding theoretical work.
On the northern front, the Ganzhou pocket was closed quickly. The five Yunnanese divisions, eager to redeem themselves, rushed to the attack, supported by Chen Jitang. The Japanese, at the same time, launched an operation against Li Jishen’s forces in Longyan to relieve the beleaguered pocket. Li Jishen successfully held the Japanese at bay, and the pocket was soon crushed.
Yet another small Guangxi victory, destroying another two Japanese divisions.
Chen Jitang’s attention quickly turned elsewhere, as Li Jishen was ready to push for the coast again. The target chosen was Xiamen, as it would create two pockets, Bao’an-Shantou and Quzhou-Fuzhou, allowing for easy defeat of both. The Japanese defenders of Xiamen were duly overrun and Chen Jitang pushed his troops forward to occupy the coastal town.
It was time to create another manageable pocket—or two.
The Japanese took advantage of the gap in the Guangxi front to advance to Nanping, separating Bai Chongxi from the greater part of the Guangxi army to the south. This was, however, a boon to the Guangxi as Li Jishen quickly realized, ordering Bai Chongxi to attack Fuzhou as his own forces in Longyan supported from across the breach. Not only would this move isolate Quzhou for destruction, but also create yet another pocket, at Nanping. The Japanese were soon routed and Bai Chongxi was marching forward unopposed.
The Japanese showed their usual aggressiveness—but they’re certain to regret it.
Soon afterward, the Japanese displayed their aggressiveness in the south too, attacking Wuzhou and overrunning the single division holding that stretch of the frontline. They had earlier also counterattacked at Bose once the Yunnanese had moved into the town and threw them back. Guilin, still the capital, Li Jishen realized, was likely to soon be in direct danger of a powerful attack itself, as well as Guangzhou.
The Japanese were on the attack in the south as well.
The Guangxi forces in the south, however, did not take this move sitting down. Very quickly, an attack was put together and launched, seven Guangxi and Yunnanese divisions assaulting what might have been two or even three Japanese divisions in Liuzhou. The battle was difficult, but the Japanese were eventually put to flight and the Yunnanese half of the attack force advanced.
The attack on Liuzhou, to remove some of the pressure that threatened to split Guilin and Guangzhou.
Late in the month, Xiamen was finally occupied by Chen Jitang’s forces and he immediately attacked Shantou, supported by von Appel from Guangzhou. The sole Japanese division—which was, as seemed to usually be the case, leaderless—wasn’t simply defeated in the battle but actually, somehow, ceased to exist as a coherent unit. It wasn’t pushed back toward Bao’an, it was thoroughly destroyed.
The final battle of the month, Shantou saw the inexplicable disintegration of an entire Japanese division when it had retreat options open to it.
Li Jishen smiled, September would be a great month for Guangxi, as he had no doubt that every city and town east of Hong Kong would be, finally, liberated from the Japanese. And then, with the full force of the Guangxi army bearing down on the southern Japanese holdings, they would not be able to resist their defeat for too much longer.
Things are definitely looking up. Perhaps soon the Japanese will be pushed from southern China entirely (although the large concentration south of Guilin looks like it will be hard to defeat).
Ah that explains it. Thanks.Tribolute said:
Good progress, Myth. It seems you are able to turn the nasty situation around.
excellent! soon the japanese will be in the sea and you will reign supreme in china!
Good job so far. Your doing fairly good, hows the North china situation? Are the Japanese coming from Shanxi yet?
I think the Japanese might have more troops on the Manchurian border, but your forces should be more than powerfull enough to deal with them 
excellent jogging and swimming lessons for Japanese infantry let be that way until the sweet victory...
let be that way until the sweet victory...
Li Jishn was openly smiling, there was no more time for frowning. He was far too busy planning the next stage of Guangxi’s campaign to rid China of the Japanese threat as his train rattled southwestward. The Japanese had been, simply put, comprehensively defeated east of Hong Kong—the remaining Japanese presence was in the south.
Perhaps one of the most significant events of the month hadn’t been any of the fighting, but the development of the Guangxi industry to the point where it could support yet another, a fourth, technological pursuit! Yu Hanmou, once he realized this, contracted Kwangtung Arsenal to develop a rear area vehicle repair shop. Also, the next four divisions completed their training, but even then there weren’t enough qualified leaders to lead them—leaving an entire corps leaderless and destined simply to watch the eastern coast. Li Jishen then decided to turn away from divisions in favor of brigades—specifically engineer brigades.
A fourth research pursuit, if anything, began putting strains on Guangxi’s possible contracts.
On the front, the Nationalists again attempted to attack Zhengzhou and its important factories but were held off by Long Yun’s defenders, an attack and occupation of Fuyang by Shermentcheff and the return of the Yunnanese corps that had attempted the encirclement of Xi’an to the city.
The Nationalists had to be getting desperate.
Very soon, Nanping was attacked by Bai Chongxi, with Li Jishen supporting, crushing what in the end amounted to three divisions. Li Jishen was sure that the constant attrition the Japanese were feeling was really taking a toll on their resources—by the end of the battle of Nanping they had lost nearly a dozen divisions. And they were constantly throwing more in—another division landed at Shantou, only to be destroyed soon after.
The Nanping pocket crushed, and a new Japanese division in Shantou.
Soon after the first two divisions, of three, were crushed in Nanping the attack on Quanzhou began. Chen Jitang attacked, supported by Li Jishen. The battle slowly compressed the Japanese to the coast, resulting in the complete annihilation of two divisions in sight of helpless Japanese transports and futilely shelling destroyers and light cruisers off shore. By that time, Shantou was again cleaned of any Japanese threat.
The final victories in east China.
Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and Li Jishen were then redeployed to the southern front, Kravelkin moving to Fuzhou to defend it, Chen Jitang staying in Quanzhou, the Guangxi corps commanded by Major General Tschevelkov in Xiamen, and five Yunnanese divisions spread from Shantou to Bao’an. The Japanese, however, did not give up. Two leaderless divisions attempted to land at Fuzhou before Kravelkin, with two divisions, arrived—just one leaderless Guangxi division was present to defend the coast. It was victorious.
The failed Japanese assault at Fuzhou.
The Japanese also attempted to land at Shanghai, repeatedly—daily, even. Always with four divisions, always leaderless and always seen off without even a fight by Lindemann. The east could be safely called secure.
An instance of the daily and futile Japanese attempt to land on Shanghai’s beaches.
Li Jishen smiled. The Japanese in the south were next on his list, and they couldn’t be any more formidable than their countrymen had been to the north. They would be defeated, and then Li Jishen could consider other targets. With the Japanese on the retreat to blatantly, perhaps other Chinese warlords would cast in their lot with Guangxi, which was easily the greatest Chinese power in the region.
Perhaps one of the most significant events of the month hadn’t been any of the fighting, but the development of the Guangxi industry to the point where it could support yet another, a fourth, technological pursuit! Yu Hanmou, once he realized this, contracted Kwangtung Arsenal to develop a rear area vehicle repair shop. Also, the next four divisions completed their training, but even then there weren’t enough qualified leaders to lead them—leaving an entire corps leaderless and destined simply to watch the eastern coast. Li Jishen then decided to turn away from divisions in favor of brigades—specifically engineer brigades.
A fourth research pursuit, if anything, began putting strains on Guangxi’s possible contracts.
On the front, the Nationalists again attempted to attack Zhengzhou and its important factories but were held off by Long Yun’s defenders, an attack and occupation of Fuyang by Shermentcheff and the return of the Yunnanese corps that had attempted the encirclement of Xi’an to the city.
The Nationalists had to be getting desperate.
Very soon, Nanping was attacked by Bai Chongxi, with Li Jishen supporting, crushing what in the end amounted to three divisions. Li Jishen was sure that the constant attrition the Japanese were feeling was really taking a toll on their resources—by the end of the battle of Nanping they had lost nearly a dozen divisions. And they were constantly throwing more in—another division landed at Shantou, only to be destroyed soon after.
The Nanping pocket crushed, and a new Japanese division in Shantou.
Soon after the first two divisions, of three, were crushed in Nanping the attack on Quanzhou began. Chen Jitang attacked, supported by Li Jishen. The battle slowly compressed the Japanese to the coast, resulting in the complete annihilation of two divisions in sight of helpless Japanese transports and futilely shelling destroyers and light cruisers off shore. By that time, Shantou was again cleaned of any Japanese threat.
The final victories in east China.
Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and Li Jishen were then redeployed to the southern front, Kravelkin moving to Fuzhou to defend it, Chen Jitang staying in Quanzhou, the Guangxi corps commanded by Major General Tschevelkov in Xiamen, and five Yunnanese divisions spread from Shantou to Bao’an. The Japanese, however, did not give up. Two leaderless divisions attempted to land at Fuzhou before Kravelkin, with two divisions, arrived—just one leaderless Guangxi division was present to defend the coast. It was victorious.
The failed Japanese assault at Fuzhou.
The Japanese also attempted to land at Shanghai, repeatedly—daily, even. Always with four divisions, always leaderless and always seen off without even a fight by Lindemann. The east could be safely called secure.
An instance of the daily and futile Japanese attempt to land on Shanghai’s beaches.
Li Jishen smiled. The Japanese in the south were next on his list, and they couldn’t be any more formidable than their countrymen had been to the north. They would be defeated, and then Li Jishen could consider other targets. With the Japanese on the retreat to blatantly, perhaps other Chinese warlords would cast in their lot with Guangxi, which was easily the greatest Chinese power in the region.
Perhaps the Chinese warlords will. If not, at least you ought to be able to renew the offensive against the Nationalists.