Chinese Navy?

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Are Chinese Naval units in Witp?

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Not saying there WASN'T one, but, "What Chinese navy?"

Japan had taken control of every port city in China by 1941, with the exception of the British colony at Hong Kong. Based at Hong Kong, under RN control was a small fleet consisting of 8 MTBs, 4 gunboats, a mine layer, an obsolete destroyer, and few auxillaries.

Will these ships be in WitP? Most likely, "Yes". I remember them being in PacWar, and basically you do the same thing the Brits did with them historically as, "Run them to Singapore as quickly as possible."

On final note, there were 5 American riverine gun-boats, that were relics of the Spanish-American war (indeed, they were actually captured Spanish vessals from the Phillipines).

"In late November, 1941 three of the five remaining American gunboats made a dash for Manila Bay from Shanghai and Hong Kong leaving the USS Wake at Shanghai and USS Tutuila at Chungking. Wake surrendered December 8, 1941 after being surprised and boarded at its mooring in the early morning. Tutuila's crew was evacuated by air to India in January, 1942 and the ship signed over to the Chinese government. Both these ships survived the war. "

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