CHINA 1937 – 39: Chain of Command

German Trained Divisions:

The Chinese Rifle platoon was based on German Stormtrooper tactics of WW1, heavily influenced by
German Advisors, at least in the National Republican Army until 1943 when the Chinese
Expeditionary Army took on the US structure. The Chinese Army was large but poorly trained and
poor logistics meant huge amounts of aid was never used at the front. Chinese Troops count as
Green but should be rated as Diehards, as well as any other weapon they have, all Chinese Soldiers
can also have a sword. Most of these better units were wiped out before 1939.

Regular Troop Quality, Force Morale -2

PLATOON HQ
Captain or Lieutenant, with SMG (Thompson or MP18)

SECTIONS ONE TO FOUR

Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant with pistol or SMG (C98 Broomhandle Mauser)

LMG TEAM
MG34
Three crew
Rifleman (Gewehr 98 or Type 24)

RIFLE TEAM
4 X SMG or Riflemen

Provincial Army Division:

For Provincial Army Division units 1937-45 I would use the following list for the vast horde of poorly
equipped and trained units, mostly prior Warlord units.

Green Troop Quality, Force Morale -8

Sr Leader with Machine pistol

Platoon LMG team with Brno ZB26 LMG or the like and 4 crew

3 Sections with 13 riflemen & Junior leader with Machine Pistol or SMG
LIST ONE
Satchel Charge
Medical Orderly
Engineer Mine Clearance team, 3 men
Engineer Wire Cutting team, 3 men
Engineer Demolition team, 3 men
Adjutant
Minefield
Barbed Wire
Entrenchments for 1 team
Motor Car, no crew
Boys ATR, 2 crew

LIST TWO

Tank Killer Team - molotov coktails & the like

BAR team with 3 men
Roadblock
5cm Mortar team,3 crew
Pre-Game Barrage

LIST THREE

20 mm AA or Solothurn Gun Team w/ 5 crew

Poorly Equiped (Green)Squad 12 riflemen - no Jr leader
FT-17 tank with MG or 37mm gun
LMG Team with Brno ZB26 (Bren Gun) & 3 crew
Leichter Armoured Car
Vickers Carden-Loyd Tankette
L3.35 Tank
Sniper team

LIST FOUR

Senior Leader (to represent various foreign advisors)

Infantry Section w/ LMG and Jr Leader
MMG team & 5 crew
Fwd Obs & Mortar battery (one thing the Chinese were known for were tons of mortars)
PaK 36 36mm anti tank gun with 5 crew and a Junior leader
T 26 Tank
Engineer section with Junior Leader
Forward observer and PaK 37 Mountain Gun
LIST FIVE

Cavalry Section (dismount as regular squad)

Assault Squad (Dare to Die or Big Sword unit) Agressive in CC, more than usuall # of SMG/machine
pistols
Vickers 6-ton tank with Junior Leader
Panzer 1 with Junior Leader

Most of the support weapons on the list will be self-explanatory and their qualities covered by the
National Arsenal Table. All Tanks and Armoured cars come with a Junior Leader. Transport only
vehicles, such as the car are simply vehicles and come with no crew, remember you will need to
allocate men to drive them.

THE CHINESE ARSENAL TABLE

The Arsenal Table below covers a wide range of Chinese support weapons. For Infantry weapons and
some Armoured vehicles armament may be found in the rules on the Master Arsenal Table.

VEHICLE ARMOUR A.P. H.E. SPEED NOTES

Leichter Armoured Car 1 - - Wheeled 2 X MG 34
Vickers Carden-Loyd Tankette 2 4 6 Fast Low profile, small
L3.35 Tank 2 4 6 Fast Low profile, small
T 26 5 5 3 Average
Vickers 6 ton Tank 5 5 3 Slow No hull MG
Panzer 1 2 - - Average No hull MG
FT.17 MG 2 ‐ - Slow No Hull MG
FT.17 37mm 2 3 3 Slow No Hull MG

ANTI-TANK WEAPONS A.P. H.E.

PaK 36 5 3
Boys ATR 3 1