[PatG]

A little perplexed at walking over the Chinese when advancing and getting my backside handed to me when defending, I decided to do a little reading up on the IJA. Contrary to the Kangaroo riding Canuck heavy infantry I'm used too, the IJA is almost entirely light infantry! Yes, blindingly obvious in retrospect.

My tactics in advance and meeting engagements have been pretty much spot on for light infantry. It is in the defense that I have mishandled my gunjin. In the straight up defense, I set my troops up as a "shield" to block the Chinese advance rather than use them as a "main-gauche" to deflect and redirect the attack. My superior troop quality allowed me to get away with using a local static defense in advancing and meeting engagements. I won't be able to get away with this went facing Marines. When I tried to do the same on Mud Mountain, complacency lead me to think that the lack of supporting fields of fire would not be a problem - after all it had worked before. My failure in the city defense was an out-right misunderstanding of my force structure and capabilities. Thank the Kami that I'm only sending virtual gunjin to a virtual Yasukuni - and that I don't have to engage in virtual sepukku to atone for my disgraces.

So - many lessons learned and much fun had. The Chinese are advancing in the next battle - let's see if I can put all my reading to work.