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Tobi72 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:11 am

doktorbole wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 12:55 am Thank you for a great mod. Especially since there are not many mods for IJA. I have a question regarding mission briefings, are they only in German?

Thank you very much.
Thanks for the tip. I have two versions of the campaign. Both are the same except for the language. I have tested the English version and linked the probably German version, I will change that, thanks.

Update!!!
The English translated version is now included in the link.
https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=116239

If something is wrong, please let me know. best regards

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:15 am "My friend tell me if you will also have the Thai army in your mod in the future ? "

It was a short battle between the Kingdom of Thailand and the Japanese Empire. Despite fierce fighting in southern Thailand, it only lasted five hours before a ceasefire was reached.

I'm not yet sure where my campaign series will end.

Sleezly wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:04 pm Nice work Tobi! Appreciate it!!

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:42 pm For the time being, it will remain in English and German. Creating the maps and missions, reading articles and translating the story into the game takes a lot of time. Be patient my friend.

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:32 pm "My friend after the events you describe the Thai Army participated in some of the Japanese campaigns as an ally of Japan" As I said, I'm not yet sure when and how this campaign series will end.

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:49 pm Yamato`38 Mission 3 in progressAlarm am Xuehe River.png

June 7, 1938 or how to kill half a million people at once.
Early in the morning of June 7, 1938, by order of the head of the Kuomintang of China Chiang Kaishi, the southern part of the Huyakou Dam in Henan Province was blown up, the Huang He River changed its course and rushed to the southeast across the fertile plains of Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces. The flood peaked on June 9. Inundated were 54,000 square kilometers of territory of these provinces, 11 cities and 400 villages. The number of victims remains unknown. Immediately after the disaster in the world media called the figure of 700 thousand people, in 1946, the Nationalist Commission counted 800 thousand, modern Chinese researchers say at least 900 thousand.
https://pikabu.ru/story/7_iyunya_1938_g ... ek_5446264

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 8:11 am Very nice pictures my friend and specialist of informative links.

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:01 am Update. Thanks to Phcas.


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Tobi72 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:30 pm Yamato`38 Mission 3 completed. I will continue the small information boards about certain units and the whole thing will be translated into English at the end.Poli.png

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:00 pm "And on this real historical event I have matured the idea of a bonus mission to prevent the Russians from bombing this base !!!! And it depends on the player's skill to shoot down the Russian Chinese "

I am already in the middle of March with my mission, but I would like to take up the idea and incorporate it as a little change. Do you have more info?

Der Angriff auf Formosa:
die sehr riskante, aber sehr erfolgreiche Mission der sowjetischen Freiwilligengruppe. Hauptmann Fjodor Polynin war der Kommandeur der Bombergruppe. Formosa war ein hervorragendes Ziel. Die Entfernung von Hankou (heute ein Vorort von Wuhan) nach Formosa beträgt mehr als 1000 km, so dass das Ziel kaum in der Reichweite eines zweimotorigen SB-2-Bombers lag. Der japanische Flugplatz war von Bergen umgeben und schwer zu erreichen. Er würde wahrscheinlich von Jägern verteidigt und sicherlich von Flaks geschützt werden. Am 23. Februar 1938 flogen 28 SB-Bomber in einer Höhe von 13500-16500 Fuß, um die Reichweite der SB zu vergrößern. Die Besatzungen litten während des langen Fluges an Sauerstoffmangel, da keine Sauerstoffmasken zur Verfügung standen, aber es gab keine Alternative. Die Bomber flogen nördlich an der Insel vorbei, drehten nach Süden ab und gingen mit gedämpften Triebwerken auf 12000 Fuß herunter, um die Japaner zu täuschen. Die Bombergruppe traf dann das Ziel und flüchtete in Richtung Küste. Auf dem Weg über die Meerenge befanden sich die Bomber auf 6000 Fuß, und die Besatzungen konnten ein wenig verschnaufen, bevor sie auf 12000 Fuß stiegen. Es gab keine Begleitjäger, aber die SB war ein schnelles Flugzeug, das von den zeitgenössischen japanischen Jägern nicht eingeholt werden konnte. Aber auch über dem Ziel bestand keine Gefahr aus der Luft; außerdem hatten die Japaner keinen Versuch der Tarnung oder Zerstreuung unternommen. Sie schienen sich ihrer Sicherheit sicher zu sein. Die japanische Flakartillerie begann gegen Ende zu feuern, aber zu spät. Die viel leichteren SB-Bomber hatten bereits gewendet und flogen in Richtung Taiwanstraße, um die chinesische Küste anzusteuern. Insgesamt warfen die sowjetischen Flugzeuge 2080 Bomben ab. Für die Japaner war der Angriff ein Schock. Der Luftwaffenstützpunkt in Taibei war einen Monat lang außer Gefecht gesetzt. Nach Angaben des chinesischen Geheimdienstes wurden etwa 40 Flugzeuge auf dem Flugplatz vollständig zerstört, und auch eine Reihe von unmontierten Flugzeugen wurde in ihren Transportbehältern vernichtet. Die Hangars und ein Treibstoffvorrat für drei Jahre waren verbrannt. Die japanische Regierung rief den Gouverneur von Formosa zurück, und der Kommandant des Stützpunkts kam vor ein Kriegsgericht und beging anschließend Selbstmord.

https://www.wio.ru/spain/china-a.htm

After the annexation of Taiwan, the Japanese began to develop the new colony. Among other things, not far from Taipei, they - laid out a village, which they named after the Japanese city of Matsuyama - 松山 (Chinese spelling is the same, but reads Sun Shan - Pine Mountain).
In 1936, a military airfield with the same name was built near the village. Taipei - 台北 (Taihoku in Japanese) had by this time sprawled, and the airfield was on its outskirts. By the second half of February 1938, Japan's aircraft fleet was so depleted that the government had to urgently contract with firms in Germany and Italy to purchase new aircraft. Foreign ships with military equipment could not unload in the Shanghai port. The Japanese not without reason feared a raid of Soviet bombers. Therefore, unloading was carried out on the Japanese islands, in particular at the main base of the Japanese Air Force on Formosa.
In mid-February, our scouts reported that another caravan of aircraft arrived on Formosa. Disassembled airplanes packed in containers were delivered to the airfield, where there were already many machines in the parking lots, assembled and prepared for the flight to Shanghai.

...and the next morning they read in the newspapers about the success of the American pilots who had bombed the base on Taiwan! It turned out that an American volunteer, Commander Vincent Schmidt, had already told the newspapers that it was he and his men who had destroyed the Matsuyama base. About the Russians, he mercifully reported that they also participated in the raid. Next, Schmidt promised to bomb Tokyo, without giving away on trifles. “Hong Kong Telegraph” had time to publish an enthusiastic editorial, when there was an embarrassment: the Chinese command knew perfectly well who bombed whom, and the Japanese sent a note of protest to the Soviet, not the American Embassy. However, for a few days Schmidt went googly-eyed: Soviet aviators for reasons of secrecy did not give bright interviews. When the truth was revealed, Schmidt took offense and left. A surprising episode: Schmidt was an experienced and not at all bad pilot, a veteran of World War I and Spain, but apparently jealousy of someone else's glory outweighed everything.
https://dzen.ru/a/ZQF4bgjyuW5hzyR7

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 6:02 am My friend what exactly kind of information do you need !?!?

Thank you, that's enough for me.
Perhaps I have overlooked the name/designation of the bomber squadron.
But that's not important, otherwise I'll give the squadron a pseudo name. If I let Japanese fighters climb up to intercept, it's fictitious anyway.

In the fall of 1937, more than two hundred I-16 fighters were handed over to the Kuomintang, formidable “ishachkas”, at that time - very modern and combat-ready. Along with the airplanes arrived a group of “artists”. In official documents, the Soviet pilots were listed as philharmonic artists touring China.
https://dzen.ru/a/Xq18nrE7KGaJeBQ4
https://dzen.ru/a/XqnbQuf6U0ND2WT-

Tobi72 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 9:04 am I've made a start and am now working on mission objectives, briefings, etc.Formosa1.pngFormosa2.png