The Chinese OOB was revised in version 1.03 of CHS. This has been done in conjunction with version 4 of Andrew Brown's WitP map. Some of the changes are outlined here.

These changes were predicated by research I had conducted that indicated the position of a number of Chinese units were incorrect.

OOB Overview:

Previous Chinese OOB:

• 73 Corps
• 1 Tank regiment
• 18 divisions

Chinese OOB Changes:

• Added 22 Corps
• Added 3 Guerilla Corps
• Added 19 Field Artillery Regiments
• Converted 12 Corps to Guerilla "Corps"
• Converted 1 Div to Guerilla "Corps"
• Converted Tank Regt to Infantry Corps
• Converted 1 division to Field Artillery Regiment
• Converted 2 divisions to Infantry Corps

New Chinese OOB:

• 86 Corps (22 static)
• 20 FA Regt
• 14 Divisions
• 16 Guerilla "Corps"

Chinese Infantry Corps:

1. There are 86 Chinese Infantry Corps, 15 of these are static.
2. Nominal starting strength of 334 squads, 24 37mm AT Guns, 24 81mm Mortars, 6 75mm Guns, 24 Engineers and 301 Support.
3. TO & E: 382 Squads, 24 37mm AT guns, 24 81 mm Mortars, 6 75 mm guns 24 Engineers, 341 support.
4. Each of these corps is from 5 to 35% disabled.
5. The starting Exp and Morale averages around 41.7.
6. The static corps were created by adding 5 devices labeled "fortifitication".

The "standard" Chinese Division TO & E would have called for 10,923 men, 3821 rifles, 16 howitzers and 30 Regimental/Battalion guns. Only 10 Chinese Divisions were so equipped and were destroyed during the Battle of Nanking. In practice Chinese Divisions were roughly 50% of this number. Most Chinese corps consisted of between 2 and 3 divisions.

Chinese Cavalry Corps:

1. There are 4 Chinese Cavalry corps. 3 start in Lanchow and 1 is a reinforcement.
2. The three in Lanchow have morale 70 and exp 60. These represent the elite Muslim Cavalry present in the North-Western Armies 8th War area.
3. The Artillery component of the Cavalry corps have been reduced from 12 to 4 at full strength.

Chinese Field Artillery Regiments:

1. There are 20 Chinese field Artillery regiments.
2. TO & E: 24 75mm guns and 20 support.
3. All 20 start in Chungking, 10 are static (Chiang maintained an artillery park that he would dole out pieces from as he deemed appropriate).

Chinese Armor:

The Chinese Armor Unit has been eliminated in exchange for the artillery units.

Chinese Guerilla Corps:

1. There are 14 Chinese Guerilla "Corps".
2. Nominal starting strength of 40 squads, 6 81 mm mortars, 30 support.
3. TO & E: 100 squads, 9 mortars, 75 support.
4. These units are positioned just off of the transportation net throughout Northern China.
5. These units can be divided into thirds.

Chinese Infantry Divisions:

1. There are 14 Chinese Infantry divisions.
2. 3 Divisions are designated as Communist, positioned in Yenen and are static.
3. TO & E: 186 squads, 12 37 mm AT guns, 12 81 mm Mortars, 4 75 mm Guns, 12 Engineers, 167 Support.
4. The Artillery component of the divisions has been reduced from 12 to 4 guns.

Chinese HQs:

1. There are 36 Chinese HQs, 24 of which are corps level Group HQ spread across China.
2. All of the Chinese command HQ';s have been made static with the exception of NCAC in Tsuyung.
3. The China Command HQ, NCAC and Red Chinese HQ have had there ranges reduced to 5, 2, and 1 respectively. Y-Force HQ has had their range increased to 2.

X-Force:

1. The Chinese units in India should probably have there own TO & E.
2. I have one TO & E slot available to do this.

30 Divison plan:

I ignored this. The divisions were only finally organized very late in the war. 11 divisions of the 30 had received 13 weeks of training by July of 1945.

Chinese Bases:

1. The Chinese bases listed in the table below have been modified by adding Daily Supply and reducing HI and Resources and redistributing those assets amongst the bases listed. The pattern of distribution was based upon the actual distribution of capital and resources amongst the Chinese provinces during the war.
2. Chungking, Yenen, Sian and Changsha have all had there initial fort level increased to 6.
3. Ichang starts as Japanese. The Japanese captured Ichang in June of 1940.
4. Wenchow starts as Chinese. The Japanese did not occupy Wenchow until July of 1942.

Chinese Supply Situation:

Theoretical Full strength Supply usage (not counting A/C, construction or combat).

Old:

New:

A theoretical increase of 8228 supply points per month in consumption.

CHS Version Comparison:

* Theoretical Full strength Supply usage (not counting A/C, construction or combat).

Japanese Unit location changes:

Chinese LCU Change Details:

In addition to numerous location morale and experience changes the following changes were also made:

1. Added Slot 2086 Chinese Guerilla
2. Modified slot 2087 Device 4 -434 - 4
3. Modified Slot 2088 Device 4 434 - 6
4. Modified Slot 2089 device 4 434 - 4
5. Modified Slot 2090; FA Regt, Device #1 434 -24, Device #2 252 -20
6. Added Slot 2230, 19th Chinese Corps, X - 47 Y - 29
7. Added Slot 2231, 3rd Chinese Corps, x 49, y 29
8. Added Slot 2236, 17th Chinese Corps
9. *Added Slot 2239, 23rd Chinese Corps
10. Added Slot 2243, 31st Chinese Corps
11. *Modified Slot 2242
12. *Added Slot 2246, 32nd Chinese Corps
13. *Modified Slot 2248
14. *Modified Slot 2249
15. Added Slot 2252, 33rd Chinese Corps
16. Modified Slot 2254, 47th Chinese Guer.
17. *Modified Slot 2255
18. Added Slot 2256, 34th Chinese Corps
19. *Added Slot 2260, 36th Chinese Corps
20. Added Slot 2264, 37th Chinese Corps
21. *Added Slot 2269, 41st Chinese Corps
22. *Modified Slot 2270
23. Modified Slot 2272, 98th Chinese Guer.
24. Added Slot 2273, 43rd Chinese Guer. Corps
25. Added Slot 2274, 45th Chinese Corps
26. *Modified Slot 2276, 18th Chinese Corps
27. Added Slot 2278, 52nd Chinese Corps
28. Modified Slot 2279, 4th New Chinese Guer.
29. Added Slot 2280, 61st Chinese Corps
30. Added Slot 2283, 75th Chinese Corps
31. Modified Slot 2285, 50th Chinese Guer.
32. *Added Slot 2286, 85th Chinese Corps
33. Modified Slot 2288, 26th Chinese Corps
34. Added Slot 2289, 86th Chinese Corps
35. Modified Slot 2292, 67th Chinese Corps
36. *Added Slot 2294, 88th Chinese Corps
37. *Added Slot 2295, 92nd Chinese Corps
38. *Added Slot 2298, 94th Chinese Corps
39. *Modified Slot 2301
40. Added Slot 2303, 95th Chinese Corps
41. *Modified Slot 2305
42. *Added Slot 2307, 2nd Prov. Chinese Corps
43. Modified Slot 2308, 7th Chinese Guer.
44. Modified Slot 2309, 48th Chinese Guer
45. Added Slot 2310, 2nd Art Regt
46. *Modified Slot 2311
47. *Modified Slot 2312
48. Added Slot 2313, 3rd Art Regt
49. Added Slot 2315, 4th Art Regt
50. Added Slot 2319, 5th Art Regt
51. Added Slot 2320, 6th Art Regt
52. Added Slot 2322, 7th Art Regt
53. *Modified Slot 2324
54. *Modified Slot 2329
55. Added Slot 2330, 8th Art Regt
56. Modified Slot 2332, 15th Chinese Guerilla Corps
57. Added Slot 2334, 9th Art Regt
58. Modified Slot 2335, 8th Chinese Guer.
59. Modified Slot 2336, 73rd Chinese Guer
60. Added Slot 2338, 10th Art Regt
61. Added Slot 2342, 11th Art Regt
62. Added Slot 2347, 12th Art Regt
63. *Modified Slot 2350
64. Added Slot 2351, 13th Art Regt
65. *Modified Slot 2352
66. Added Slot 2353, 14th Art Regt
67. Added Slot 2355, 15th Art Regt
68. Added Slot 2356, 16th Art Regt
69. *Modified Slot 2357
70. Added Slot 2358, 17th Art Regt
71. Modified Slot 2359, 27th Chinese Guer.
72. Modified Slot 2363, 51st Chinese Guer
73. Modified Slot 2364, 57th Chinese Guer.
74. Modified Slot 2365, 89th Chinese Guer.
75. Added Slot 2361, 18th Art Regt
76. Added Slot 2362, 19th Art Regt
77. Added Slot 2367, 20th Art Regt
78. *Modified Slot 2370
79. Added Slot 2371, 1st Art Regt
80. Added Slot 2372, 75th Chinese Guer. (Div) Corps
81. Added Slot 2373, 208th Chinese Guer (Div) Corps

* Static

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