In a war of attrition I think you have the advantage due to manpower. As noted above (stnylan) you have a lot of land to trade for time (also, to lay traps). Use it wisely! 
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nope, I didn't
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Li Jishen put down the map of the German Front and looked up as there was a knock on the door. As he began clearing the desk of the various reports and papers that had been insidiously accumulating over the past several months, he called out for whoever was outside to enter. Chen Gongbo walked in wielding a thick folder, prompting Li Jishen to groan, more papers.
Li Jishen gestured for Chen Gongbo to take a seat in front of the desk. “You have reports for me?”
Chen Gongbo nodded. “As you asked, I have reports on our industry, primarily the research segment.”
“Wonderful. Whenever you are ready…”
Chen Gongbo nodded again. “I am. First, I will go over our actual industry and resource stockpiles. China controls 214 actual factories, which work at an output equivalent of 279 factories. This translates into a transport capacity of 591 tons of supply daily, which we are stretching to some extent, requiring some 684 tons. I do not have precise figures of our resources as the stockpiles are so large. However, we have some 619,000 tons of coal, over 233,000 tons of necessary metals, just under 100,000 tons of rare materials, 160,000 tons of oil, 211,000 tons of military supplies and 7127 tons of gold bullion.”
Li Jishen scratched his beard. “Those are significant stockpiles. Where is all of this stored?”
“Half of it here in Guilin. The rest of it is divided amongst the provincial capitals.”
Li Jishen nodded. “Very well. Now, on to the research industry.”
Chen Gongbo pulled out a number of pages from his folder. “Very well. First, our current projects. Here you are, you allowed me to choose those which I thought wisest and not go to you for approval. I do hope that your trust in my judgment remains unimpaired.”
China’s current research projects.
Li Jishen nodded. “Very good. And now, what of the specific research fields?”
“First, infantry weapons. Our infantry is theoretically up to the 1943 standards; however, our armies on the German Front, for the most part, have yet to receive their new weaponry. We have to develop and specialized infantry weapons, I am personally unsure whether they are necessary or not.”
China’s development of infantry weapons.
“Next, we shall look at China’s industrial research. We haven’t make any progress here for some time—in time there are avenues of development we may wish to investigate, such as rocketry or the refining of synthetic oil, but none of it is vital at the moment.”
China’s industrial research.
“As for armor and artillery, we are lagging far behind. However, we have begun remedying this sorry situation, as you have noticed. We are beginning development of light tanks and hope to move on to medium as soon as possible. However, it is of course impossible to predict where the frontline will be by that time, so they may end up being a worthless avenue of research. Nevertheless, I feel that it is worth the possible price. As you can see, we have only a limited number of blueprints taken from Japan.”
China’s armor and artillery research.
“As for land doctrines, Li Zongren is managing quite nicely. There is only a small amount left to do before even the greatest minds in the world cannot progress any further, and we are steadily closing in to that mark.”
China’s land doctrine situation.
“When it comes to naval technology, we have, as you know, focused on light and battlecruisers. They are up to 1941 standards, with the next expected evolution in international standards to occur in 1945. As you also know, we are producing these 1941 light cruisers and destroyers, with the plan to have one medium- and two small-sized fleets.”
China’s naval research.
“In the category of supposed secret weapons,” Chen Gongbo smirked at the name, “we have only the ability to develop electronic computers. As you know, the Academia Sinica is taking care of this."
China’s ‘secret weapons,’ which most other major nations also have.
“As you can see, our air technology is lagging heavily. We have no bombers of any sort, and only obsolete 1940-standard interceptors. However, our interceptor air fleets have yet to see any action, as there is no actual need for them, so there is little loss there. Bombers would certainly be useful on the German Front, but, as far as I am currently aware, here aren’t any air commanders of sufficient qualifications to make full use of bombers even if we had then.”
China’s woeful air technology situation.
“I see you are tired, sir. Don’t fear, we are almost done. Now, for naval doctrines. We are lagging very badly in these as well, as our naval academy frankly isn’t cut out to really be developing any of the three naval doctrine branches. Thus, progress is only going slow.”
China’s naval doctrines.
“Our situation is somewhat similar with air doctrines. Our air academy isn’t the best, though it is certainly better suited for what it does than our naval academy. However, I really don’t see any need at the moment to progress further in this field as we have no bombers to use and don’t have any actual need for our interceptors.”
China’s air doctrines.
“That is all, sir.”
Li Jishen scratched his beard and looked thoughtful. “Very well. I trust your judgment. Continue on doing what you were, you are dismissed.”
Way to bring us up to date on those tedious domestic issues that are so boring yet so necessary to successful prosecution of a war. And I swear that I did not get as sleepy as Li Jishen. Its my job hours, really.
Where did you pick all these blueprints? Don't tell me than perfidious Chineses spy it!
The last Great War: Germans Butchers versus perfidious Chineses! Good luck!
The last Great War: Germans Butchers versus perfidious Chineses! Good luck!
i think he coded them in from the annex of japan like nationalist china gets after fading sunR. 2 la R. Team said:Where did you pick all these blueprints? Don't tell me than perfidious Chineses spy it!
The last Great War: Germans Butchers versus perfidious Chineses! Good luck!
just read through this, impressive to say the least, im interested to see what happens next
-Maximilliano
-Maximilliano
In fighting the Germans you have a (presumably) technologically superior foe, with superior numbers and hard targets in the theater of operations. It will be interesting to say the least!
as Tribolute said, I figured it was fair that I could loot the Japanese research industry, as it were, when I annexed them.
welcome, good to have you along for the ride!
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Li Jishen rocked in time with the train, staring out the window listlessly. He hated trains, they were so confining and he always got a bad headache when he concentrated on any one thing too much. Thus, it came almost as a relief when someone knocked on the door to his compartment and Li Zongren walked in, with a handful of reports.
Li Jishen began waving them away. “You know I can’t read on trains, Li Zongren. Next time we stop.”
Li Zongren, however, merely shook his head. “They’re important. You’re going to have to know the situation you’ll be entering in to.”
Sighing, Li Jishen stretched out his hand. Li Zongren dropped the reports on the table as he slid onto the seat across it from Li Jishen. Unhurriedly, Li Jishen picked up the first one, from Chen Jitang.
“I have ordered a retreat to the Volga. Two armies, including my own, were able to disengage and begin withdrawing immediately. Most of the others had to wait until September 2 before they could begin withdrawing. The majority of them commandeered abandoned Soviet trains and rode them back eastwards. We will hold a foothold on the western shore: Stalingrad. Simply put, our armies, primarily in the center and south, just cannot operate effectively any more; their average organization is less than a fifth of that of my army in the north.
--Chen Jitang”
Withdrawal in the northwest.
Li Jishen put down the report to see Li Zongren offering him another one. “This one may be the most important report we will have laid eyes on in a long, long time.”
“Let me see it, then.”
Li Jishen took the offered paper and scrutinized it only a slight amount before quickly looking back up at Li Zongren. “Can it be?”
Li Zongren smiled broadly. “Yes. Yes, it can. We first noticed on the twenty-fourth, we don’t know when this actually happened. This will no doubt make our own task much easier.”
The Americans have landed!
Li Jishen put down that report and took up the next one. He raised his eyebrow at Li Zongren. “Their progress is pretty good, I’d say.”
Li Zongren nodded. “Yes, the Germans will surely be forced to pull back a considerable number of troops to deal with this threat.”
The Americans are quickly expanding their beachhead.
“All of our units have made it back to the Volga now?”
“Yes. And, due to a couple piecemeal reinforcements, we now have the equivalent of an army, if an ad hoc army, holding Stalingrad itself.”
“Six armies? That’s, what, fifty-four divisions? They’ll hold the river, I’m sure of it. It will take the Germans a long time to bring up enough men to reach the other shore, and by the time they attempt to do that, it will be far too late, won’t it?”
The Eastern European theater of operations.
Li Zongren smiled and nodded. “Yes, far too late.”
“Excellent. You are dismissed.”
Watch the volga river if the germans cross it you will fall as the russians under u.
Excellent that you're not affraid to retreat to preserve your forces for another day. Let's just hope that once they're ready again the Americans haven't made your task too easy
Allies: we`re landing at calais.
Axis: ohoh! we`re to smart to fall for that one! send troops to normandy.
Allies: pwned
Axis:
Axis: ohoh! we`re to smart to fall for that one! send troops to normandy.
Allies: pwned
Axis: