Long Campaign - Japanese

[PatG]

Battle 7
1932
Chinese Communist delay
Not much to say here. I purchased more mortars, a security platoon to watch over the arty park, and some snipers for foot recce.

Support troops were the usual mix of recce and strike

The Chinese were deployed in a thin line across the board. I easily penetrated it on both flanks - in the south with my tanks and in the north with my recce. The main body moved up between the southern edge and a large rice paddy executing a text book flank attack. The recce and tanks shot up the Chinese arty a usual but this time I didn't get the Chinese HQ. Air recce spotted a couple of ATGs so none of my armour got spiked though a couple did investigate the new rice crop a little too closely and got bogged.

Actual combat was pretty much as expected with the artillery suppressing the Chinese as they ran to re-take the VHs while my infantry shot them to pieces.

Post game:
The 37mm have proven far too vulnerable to artillery - two died this game under mortar fire while their mules survived unharmed - so they were all exchanged for AAMG. I added a 150mm off board platoon to be reserved for counter battery.

The R&D boys have finally come up with some locally produced tankettes so the large So-Mos were traded in for lighter smaller Type 92s.

Next game: 1933 - Delay.