Eyebrow on the Money witpqs (A) vs vicberg (J) {No vicberg}

[witpqs]

1942 March 18

The Empire captured:
Endeh
Waingapoe

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Waingapoe

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Most of the expected air attacks today, probably minus those stopped by weather. The air attacks at Hengyang were big but hit nothing, probably aimed at the now wiped out Light Industry. In turn, the B-17s at Calcutta are ordered to attack the Oil production at Magwe tomorrow.

[witpqs]

1942 March 19

The Empire captured:
Maumere

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


The usual air attacks including concentrated raids on Hengyang, but they seemed largely ineffective. Our B-17s at Calcutta did not fly and the cause is unclear. Mutiny!

No whiff of Imperial carriers at all. Here is a look at China.

[princep01]

How about a screen shot of the victory point/losses summary table. The Japanese have done fairly well in China, but at what price has this occurred? Thanks in advance.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: princep01

How about a screen shot of the victory point/losses summary table. The Japanese have done fairly well in China, but at what price has this occurred? Thanks in advance.

Sure! Intel Screen below.

[witpqs]

Meant to finish answering before posting that... on China:

We're both learning how to work with the new optional stacking limits, so don't count on any kind of best performance from either of us, certainly not all the time. I know I've screwed things up on that count, hopefully just mildly enough to keep things going!

I'm happy with how the Allies have done in China. In my view a determined Empire can take Kukong unless there is something else major going on which mitigates that. The other areas which have been conquered are all similar in nature - the plains, the areas near the coast. At start a whole bunch of Chinese units are at major risk and a number of them re sure to be mauled or outright destroyed, and that happened. There have been a few opportunities for the Chinese Army to punish Imperial units and those generally went well. Nanchang is the only exception that comes to mind. I haven't kept count but the units so battered have been shown in the AAR, and there have been several.

One chance I took was after pulling out of Kukong I had that force purposely dig in to receive - and hopefully repel - IJA attacks. I further figured that if they could withstand some attacks while the IJA was over stacked (significantly enough to matter), that would burn a bunch of supplies the IJA would have to replace, causing delay in the overall offensive. It worked. In fact I might have gotten a bit lucky because it worked better than I anticipated, and units in a blocking position were rushed to the attack. This had the effect of increasing the over stacking and weakening the blocking position. the defenders still held, and a relief force was able to break the blocking position (destroying a naval guard unit) and open an avenue for retreat. The force got back to Hengyang just in a nick of time. In that operation several Imperial units were battered and a bunch of Chinese units gained enormous battle experience. Those Chinese units which were mostly disabled have been able to move to rear areas to recover their disabled squads, with the experience gained intact. This is a major point for Chinese units - gain experience!

Near Ichang a more strongly entrenched force punished IJA attackers, and has gained additional experience from the continued bombardments. South of Changsha there has been no attack but continuous bombardments have provided the Chinese troops there with good experience gains. Looking at the Japanese ground points lost in the screen shot above those points are more than twice than in the other game (versus Andav called "Rumble in the Southwest"). I can't be sure but my sense is that the difference is in China. The operations described above, and others mentioned that punished certain IJA units, have destroyed a fair number of combat squads.

What cost? Aside from points, which we don't care about in our game, the cost has been time and resources. Those squads have to be replaced, which takes whatever is needed to feed the industry. The time will hopefully allow the Chinese Army to continue recovering disabled squads (some estimates are that 1/3 begin disabled) and so put up a stiffer defense. This is crucial because the Empire can, at some point, choose to bring in additional forces as they did IRL in 1944. Surely there will be other areas taken even with current Imperial forces in place. The whole Changsha area is threatened, and we all have to stay tuned to see what happens!

[8D]

[witpqs]

1942 March 20

The Empire captured:
Serasan
Clark Field

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Talaud-eilanden
Lolobato
Tacloban

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


With the fall of Clark Field the final redoubt on Luzon has been over stuffed with retreating Allies, but the stacking is only 50,731 versus capacity of 45,000. Perhaps the supplies will last a little while?

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27675 troops, 506 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 689

Defending force 19791 troops, 236 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Japanese adjusted assault: 586

Allied adjusted defense: 259

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
O-47A: 4 destroyed
Stearman 75M: 4 destroyed
B-10B: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5107 casualties reported
Squads: 127 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 281 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 129 (124 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (65 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 15

Assaulting units:
48th Division
5th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
USAFFE
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force

The B-17s hit Magwe's Oil production hard.

Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19

No Allied losses

Oil hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8

No Allied losses


Oil hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 12000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

At Bandoeng on Java the defenders held well, but with the constant air attacks they are suffering disruption and will be ground down by overwhelming numbers as fresh Imperial units tag-team them.

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24303 troops, 220 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 603

Defending force 25580 troops, 325 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 608

Japanese adjusted assault: 253

Allied adjusted defense: 670

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: op mode(-)

Japanese ground losses:
795 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (9 destroyed, 33 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
533 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
4th Division
18th Division
25th Army

Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Barisan KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Regiment
1st Regt Cavalerie
1st KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
KNI Leger
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
ML-KNIL
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
Pontianak Base Force
Andir ML Base Force

And still no sign of the Imperial carriers.

[witpqs]

1942 March 21

The Empire captured:
Catanduanes
Madjene
Talaud-eilanden

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Talaud-eilanden
Lolobato
Tacloban
Larantoeka

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


The air attacks in China today focused on Light Industry in Siangtan. Our own raid on Magwe claims another 16 Oil hits. No whiff of SVC's carriers. Here is an overview map.

[princep01]

Thank you for the generous discussion of your activites in China. Contrary to some Allied players, I actually like China if for no other reason than it is a place the Allies can actively engage the IJA and be at least a real nuisance. As a result, it can change what Japan does or plans to do at the beginning of the game. There is no greater game pleasure than to see the IJA committing signifcant numbers of reserve divisons and brigades to China in the early going as those units could well be otherwise causing great mischief in Burma, N. Oz, the islands of the eastern Pacific or even India/Ceylon.

[witpqs]

1942 March 22

The Empire captured:
Ruteng
Larantoeka
Lolobato

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Lolobato
Tacloban
Larantoeka

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


SVC continues directing the Empire's bombers against Chinese Light Industry. All that can be done is to suffer the consequences. A large Imperial force has crossed the river by surprise west of Hengyang. A move toward this was carefully watched for but zero indications seen, even though the troops across the river have been reconnoitered from the air daily. The lack of dedicated and competent recon air units in China is telling! The force is comprised of 3 units, and that is all the information available.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: princep01

Thank you for the generous discussion of your activites in China. Contrary to some Allied players, I actually like China if for no other reason than it is a place the Allies can actively engage the IJA and be at least a real nuisance. As a result, it can change what Japan does or plans to do at the beginning of the game. There is no greater game pleasure than to see the IJA committing signifcant numbers of reserve divisons and brigades to China in the early going as those units could well be otherwise causing great mischief in Burma, N. Oz, the islands of the eastern Pacific or even India/Ceylon.

It's a pleasure! Of course as you can tell by the March 22nd post my advice might be less valuable than you thought. [:'(]

[princep01]

The opponent here is the crafty Admiral Wa, correct? I know him well. Sneaky devil and a cunning opponent. Is his side-kick, the equally sneaky, Admiral Harmataka, also involved in this cruel rendition of the Pacific War?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: princep01

The opponent here is the crafty Admiral Wa, correct? I know him well. Sneaky devil and a cunning opponent. Is his side-kick, the equally sneaky, Admiral Harmataka, also involved in this cruel rendition of the Pacific War?

This opponent I have dubbed SVC - Supreme Vic Command. He is forumite vicberg and is running an AAR.

The other AAR I have going (Rumble in the Southwest) is against DAW - Devious Admiral Wa, forumite Andav (also running an AAR but not sure how up to date).

Admirals Harmasaki (forget his forum handle, he rarely posts) and Wa are teamed up against myself and forumite aprezto (formerly Wobbly) in a non-AARd 2x2 that was begun a couple of years ago. I joined that one a year and some ago and am trying to keep China alive and not destroy the Indian and British armies.

[witpqs]

1942 March 23

The Empire captured:
Kangean

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Tacloban

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


No major combat today, just the air raids and a couple of bombardments. Allied units continue maneuvering to shore up the gap in the Changsha area defenses.

Here is a peak at some of the submarine patrols around the Home Islands.

[witpqs]

1942 March 24

The Empire captured:
Culion
Subic Bay

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Tacloban

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


The usual air attacks. No sign of the Imperial carriers. Some SigInt in China likely indicating movement. A large supply and fuel convoy has made New Zealand and is stocking up that nation. Bataan has run out of supplies, hurried by air attacks making supply hits. The units themselves still have some supply although it is short and growing worse. A multiple SigInt hit in the DEI. The position makes it unlikely to be a supply/fuel/oil/resource convoy.

[witpqs]

1942 March 25

The Empire captured:
Lashio
Sabang

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Today saw the first Imperial bombardment at Changsha, where it seems SVC has wanted to hide his hand until now.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84500 troops, 708 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 2333

Defending force 93499 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2230

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
36th Division
34th Division
5th Armored Car Co
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
70th Division
13th Tank Regiment
32nd Division
59th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
72nd Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
19th Group Army
9th War Area
29th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
27th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

The Empire is fielding:

6 x infantry divisions
3 x independent mixed brigades
1 x infantry regiment
1 x tank regiment
1 x armored car regiment
1 x field artillery regiment

They are all parent units, and no divisions are divided into /A/B/C parts. That's the equivalent of about 8 x infantry divisions plus the armor. If I assume that an IJA infantry division boasts about 450 AV, then the infantry alone should be about 3,600 AV.

[SqzMyLemon]

Four of the six divisions look rather beat up. They'll obviously regain disablements and strength over time, but unless he has more reinforcements on the way, Changsha should be fine in the short term.

[witpqs]

1942 March 26

The Empire captured:
Mussau Island
Shwebo

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Christmas Island IO
Alor

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Several air attacks on Shaoyang, now a critical city, going after Light Industry. Another bombardment at Changsha.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84642 troops, 708 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 2345

Defending force 93544 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2236

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
70th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th Division
32nd Division
59th Division
34th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Armored Car Co
13th Tank Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
37th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Base Force
9th War Area
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
19th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

Also a bombardment just south of Changsha as the war on supplies rages on. Of more immediate significance, the horde across the river from Hengyang is moving to cross the river! In a couple of days we will see if the Chinese Army holds or breaks.

[witpqs]

1942 March 27

The Empire captured:
Basilan
Alor

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Christmas Island IO
Alor
Zamboanga

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Kunming was reconnoitered by air today. Over Bandoeng:

CPT Pelder, F. of 3-Vl.G.IV is credited with kill number 5
CPT Pelder, F. of 3-Vl.G.IV attains ace status!!

Today's bombardment at Changsha:

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84701 troops, 708 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 2348

Defending force 93642 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2242

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
34th Division
36th Division
13th Tank Regiment
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
5th Armored Car Co
59th Division
70th Division
32nd Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
58th Infantry Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
19th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
17th Chinese Base Force

An assault at Bataan made progress in overcoming the fortifications.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28502 troops, 516 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 769

Defending force 33668 troops, 470 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 633

Japanese adjusted assault: 434

Allied adjusted defense: 427

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
662 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 108 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
857 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
5th Division
5th Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd/45th PS Inf Battalion
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Bataan USN Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
301st Construction Battalion
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
I Philippine Corps
1st PI Base Force
14th PS Engineer Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
Far East USAAF
202nd PA Construction Battalion
USAFFE
201st PA Construction Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Supplies within the units are nearly gone and disruption is a problem. The end is near.

USN SS Grayling had some action but missed - hmmm, bad torpedoes?

[witpqs]

1942 March 28

The Empire captured:
Emirau Island

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Christmas Island IO
Zamboanga
Babar
Babo
Gasmata

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Very much the same as yesterday as the world watches for the Imperial horde near Hengyang to cross the river. Provided that they have not reset movement as a subterfuge, tomorrow they will attack across the river. Today's bombardment at Changsha.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84711 troops, 708 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 2348

Defending force 93663 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2244

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
32nd Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
34th Division
13th Tank Regiment
70th Division
36th Division
59th Division
5th Armored Car Co
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
26th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
9th War Area
29th Group Army
19th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force
17th Chinese Base Force

On prior days the AV of both forces had risen. Today ours was 2 points greater while theirs was the same. Below you see how Allied merchants are trying to deliver every bit of supply they can to India prior to any invasion, should one come.

[witpqs]

1942 March 29

The Empire captured:
Tablas
Christmas Island IO
Gasmata
Babar
Zamboanga
Babo
Mergui

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
Christmas Island IO
Gasmata
Babar
Zamboanga
Babo

There were Allied amphibious operations at:


There was no river crossing at Hengyang, but the IJA units still scout as moving. So either I miscalculated and tomorrow is the day or they reset movement. We shall see. Here is today's bombardment at Changsha.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 84922 troops, 708 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 2362

Defending force 93687 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2245

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
5th Armored Car Co
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Division
34th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Tank Regiment
70th Division
36th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
27th Division
59th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
8th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Base Force
19th Group Army
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force

The Imperial bombardment at Bataan is destroying squads and guns, a bad sign.

Here is a view of China...