Troop types
Chinese troops
Equipment was harder to replace than men.
They have a different concept of time by western standards. All
Chinese troops are good engineers and can construct field
constructions in half the time taken by other troops. They are
also able to carry out demolitions without charges given time.
Chinese troops do not have a supply train and live off the land.
They are counted as irregulars and are not hampered by reliance
on roads. They do not suffer a movement penalty when moving
through the jungle. The Chinese were short in heavy equipment and
they protected what they had. If a Chinese gun, or mortar battery
comes under enemy fire then a seperate moral test will need to be
taken no matter what the damage. If any negative result occurs
then the gun will be withdrawn. Before Chinese troops make any
advance roll a dice evens they move odds they stay where they
are. This is only on the first turn that you try to make a move
once they start moving they no longer need to roll.
Japanese troops
Death before surrender. No reliance on roads.
For later war when a rout/surrender result first rolled this becomes a two round banzai charge instead in which no further moral roll is taken. Atthe end of the banzai charge another moral roll is taken applying any minuses that apply. (This includes any moral roll that would have needed to have been taken in the previous round). No
movement penalties apply in the jungle. For early war treat Japanese as elite for moral purposes. Japanese tanks need to
take a moral test on meeting a superior number of allied tanks.
The Japanese were also good engineers and will construct field
fortifications in half the time of other forces. Most of these
fortifications are not as durable and quickly thrown up
fortifications are easier to destroy. By late war these
fortifications were formidable and durable. Late war use of
snipers and special demolition teams and commandoes.
Americans
Tied to the roads like most western armies except for a few units
such as Merrill's Mauraders which operated in upper Burma.
Movement penalties apply in jungle except for the above mentioned
unit.
British
If playing a Malaya, China or Pacific island campaign 1941-1942
apply a -1 to the dice when taking a moral roll. British forces
in this theatre were cut off with no where to retreat and little
hope of reinforcement.
Normal rules apply for British forces outside this theatre or
time frame. British troops suffer a -1 penalty to their moral
dice if Japanese troops get behind their position 1941-1942. This
penalty no longer applies by the end of 1942 as the allies could
be supplied from the air. Chindits after the first Chindit
operation count as elite irregulars. They do not suffer movement
penalties in Jungle.
Attrition
In any far East campaign attrition rules should apply as often
more troops were temporarily lost to diseases such as malaria as
to combat. Malaria had less affect on the Japanese because they
had control of the largest sources of Quinine. Japanese troops
should suffer less attrition and recover quicker.
Weather
When it rains it rains and fighting in places such as Burma is
seasonal. Any far east campaign should take account of the
weather.
Terrain
Particularly in places such as Burma vehicles travelling off road
became grounded in gulleys etc. British tanks were abandonded
because they could not cross a major river and the Arakan region
likewise saw tanks lost in inappropriate country.
Japanese artillery peices
150mm howitzer battalion each of its three companies
represented by 150 mm gun.
At battalion level 1 70mm howitzer for every two battalions
fielded.
Regimental artillery 75mm and 105mm howitzers 3x75mm and 6x105mm.
Three battalions each of three guns.
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