Reports have just been received that the elements of the China Command have relieved Canton on July the 4th forcing the defending forces to retire. For some reason they elected to retreat towards Hong Kong rather than eastwards.
The Chinese forces then pressed their numerical advantage and immediately continued marching onward to Hong Kong leaving a rear guard to garrison Canton.
In a single days action the estimated 64,000 Japanese troops were forced to retreat into the country side and now face certain starvation if they elect not to surrender.
I do not expect them to surrender however, thus a long drawn out battle of attrition will now be necessary.
General Chiang Kai-Chek
Officer Commanding
China Command HQ
Well that was the fun part, what I did not expect from this action, as I have not previously read anything that indicated this possibility, was to capture an entire squadron of enemy Ki-51 Sonia Dive Bombers late of the 44th Lt Sentai.
I immediately supplied replacement pilots and transferred them to Wuchow. Interestingly enough though they are not automatically listed in the list of squadrons based at this airfield. Have I acquired a '5th army' will they bomb my own troops, or will they be usable by me at all? [&o]
Following is an image of the local map space.
Whilst it is great to demonstrate this result, is there anybody able to comment on my earlier question?
Archangel
NB, it appears that I cannot supply both images that apply to this message. I will submit a shot of the captured squadron next.
