IJA 1st ASSAULT INFANTRY

28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL

HEADQUATERS HEADQUATERS (1) You must eld the HQ and two Combat platoons. You may choose additional , Support and Reserve.

Regimental HQ (1)

COMBAT PLATOONS

INFANTRY (1) INFANTRY (1) INFANTRY (1) ARTILLERY (2) Regimental Platoon Regimental Platoon Regimental Platoon Gun Platoon

WEAPON PLATOONS

RECONNAISSANCE (3) INFANTRY (3) MACHINE-GUNS (4) ARTILLERY (4) Recon Platoon Engenieer Platoon Machine-gun Platoon Platoon

SUPPORT PLATOONS

ARTILLERY (5) AIRCRAFT (6) RESERVE (6) Anti-Tank Platoon Air Support Submarine and Destroyer Reserve

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28th VETERAN 3rd is fearless veteran. IJA 1st ASSAULT INFANTRY

28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL HEADQUARTERS

HEADQUARTERS

Company Command 2iC Command Company HQ 1st 45 Ri e/MG team Ri e/MG team

Add AT Gun team 35 AT GUN team AT GUN team Add LMG team 25

LMG Type 96 team LMG Type 96 team Add SMG 5

COMBAT PLATOONS

HQ Command Light Mortar team Regimental Platoon

Squad 3 Squads 1st 280

2 Squads 1st 140

Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams

Squad

Add LMG team 25 Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams Add Sniper team 50 Squad Add Lung mines for each squad.

Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams Combat platoons may use the “ght to the end” rule.

LMG Type 96 team Sniper team

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28st VETERAN is fearless veteran.

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GUN PLATOON

HQ Command Gun Platoon

Command Ri e/MG team Observer Ri e team Section Gun Sections 28th 60

Add Observer Ri e team 15 Type 92 70mm gun Type 92 70mm gun Use re burst rule. You may make combat attachments

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28st VETERAN is fearless veteran.

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28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL WEAPON PLATOONS RECONNAISSANCE

HQ Command Recon Platoon

Squad 2 Squads 1st 230

1 Squad 1st 115 Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams

Squad

Ri e/MG teams Ri e/MG teams

INFANTRY Pioneers

HQ Command Engineer Platoon

Squad 3 Engineer Squads 220 2 Engineer Squads 150

Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams 1 Engineer Squad 75

Squad Add Pioneer Supply 1.5-ton truck 25 Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams

Squad Engineers are Pioneer Platoons with Tank Assault 4 You may change one Ri e/MG team in a squad with a ame-thrower Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams Pioneer Ri e/MG teams

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28st VETERAN is fearless veteran.

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28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL WEAPON PLATOONS MACHINE-GUN PLATOON HQ Command

HMG Platoon Command Ri e/MG team Section 2 Sections 1st 160

1 Section 1st 80 Type 3 HMG team Type 3 HMG team

Section

You may make combat attachments Type 3 HMG team Type 3 HMG team

ARTILLERY - MEDIUM MORTAR PLATOON

HQ Command

Medium Mortar Platoon

Command Ri e/MG team Observer Ri e/MG team Section 2 Mortar Sections 160

1 Mortar Section 70 Mortar team Mortar team Mortar team

Section Add Observer 15

Mortar team Mortar team Mortar team

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28st VETERAN is fearless veteran.

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WEAPONS PLATOONS ANTI-TANK PLATOON

HQ Command Anti-tank Platoon

Command Ri e/MG team Section 2 Gun Sections 1st 200 1 Gun Section 1st 100 Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun

Section

Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Type 94 37mm gun Use rapid re rule.

FEARLESS Rating for the Ichiki Detachment 28st VETERAN is fearless veteran.

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28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL SUPPORT PLATOONS RESERVE

Submarine and Destroyer Support

Submarine and Destroyer Support 50 You can land your troops, when they come from reserve, at any edge 40cm (in sight of enemy) or concealed 20cm away. See special rules.

AIRCRAFT

Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” Air support

Sporadic

1 Flight A6M “Zero” 90

Mitsubishi G4M “Betty Bomber” 1 Flight “Betty Bomber” 100

Naval Support platoons are CONFIDENT rated as con dent veteran. SUPPORT VETERAN

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28th ICHIKI DETACHMENT ON GUADALCANAL THE JAPANESE FORCES ON GUADALCANAL

With the start of the Paci c War in 1941, ocer Kiyonao Ichiki was promoted to colonel and was placed in command of the IJA 28th Infantry Regiment, from the 7th Division, which consisted of 3,000 troops, and was originally assigned to assault and occupy Midway island. The defeat of Japanese naval forces at the Battle of Midway in June 1942 ended that operation. In August 1942, Ichiki and his regiment were transferred to the IJA 17th Army and were based at Truk in the Caroline Islands. After the Allied Landing on Guadalcanal, Ichiki was assigned to take a portion of his regiment (2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, with artillery and engineers - nicknamed the “Ichiki Detachment”) to recapture the now called Henderson Air eld and drive the Allied forces o the island. On 19 August, six Japanese destroyers carried Ichiki and his 916 troops from Truk and landed them at Taivu Point on Guadalcanal. Ichiki had been ordered to wait on the beachhead for the remainder of his regiment. But the beach was deserted and the island apparently lightly defended. So Ichiki underestimated the strength of the American forces on the island and left a rear guard of 125 men and advanced to for a nighttime frontal assault. Unknown to Ichiki, the American Marines were aware of his landing and were entrenched and in forti ed defensive positions. In the Battle of the Tenaru of 21 August 1942 Ichiki was defeated with extremely heavy losses

The Battle of Guadalcanal - 7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943

The battle for Guadalcanal, codenamed „Operation Watchtower“ (7 August 1942 – 19 February 1943) was the rst battle in the American amphibious campaign against Japanese Forces in the Paci c. It was fought on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Paci c theatre of WWII. On 7 August 1942 the newly formed 1st Marine Division landed at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The main target was the air eld that was under construction at nearby Red Beach. It was known as 'Lunga’ Point', or as well 'Runga Point' to the Japanese (code named RXI), and became later known as Henderson Field, named in honor of Major Lofton Henderson in the Battle of Midway. The strip would allow to use Guadalcanal as a base and for strategic use – most wanted by both forces, Allied and Japanese. Supported by powerful US naval forces the Marines landed at Guadalcanal where they overwhelmed the Japanese defenders and seized the air eld as well as their radio station, food stocks and other useful materials. Huge naval battles between the US Marines and Japanese forces followed, Japanese planes dominated the sky over the area, air raids happened several times per day. Japanese soldiers adapted the jungle ghting which was a hard target to the US Marines, nding an unfamiliar terrain and territory. The Japanese Forces defended themselves and their country bravely and tried to retake Henderson Field, the US Marines defended Henderson Field for which they had fought so hard. After three major land battles, several large naval battles and air raids and battles November 1942 saw the Japanese Forces defeated decisively, although campaigns continued into 1943. Between 1 – 19 February 1943 the Japanese Seventeenth Army evacuated from Guadalcanal. At Guadalcanal started the long way to the nal Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. The price paid was very high on both sides.

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JAPANESE ARSENAL GUADALCANAL

TANKS Type 97 Chi-Ha Shinhoto Standard, Front: 2 Side: 2 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, smoke “Type 97 47mm gun Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 7 FP: 4+ Type 97 Chi-Ha Standard, Front: 2 Side: 2 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, smoke “Type 90 57mm gun Range: 16” / 40cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 95 Ha-Go Standard, Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret “Type 94 37mm gun Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 2 Ka-Mi Slow,20cm Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret, amphibious tank “Type 94 37mm Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ Type 97 Ke-Te Standard, Front: 1 Side: 1 Top: 1 - Turret MG, Hull MG, one-man turret, amphibious tank “Type 94 37mm Range: 24” / 60cm ROF: 2 AT: 5 FP: 4+ TANK MGs: Range 40cm ROF: 3 AT: 2: FP: 6 - ROF 1 if other weapons re

GUNS

Type 3 HMG - man-packed, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:6 AT:2 FP: 6 - ROF 3 when pinned or moved Type 92 70mm AT gun - man-packed, Range: 8”/20cm ROF:2 AT:3 FP: 3 “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:2 FP: 6 Type 94 37mm AT gun - light, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:3 AT:6 FP: 4+ - Gun Shield Type 38 75mm gun - light, Range: 24”/60cm ROF:2 AT:6 FP: 3+ - Gun Shield, Smoke “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:3 FP: 6 Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar - man-packed, 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT:2 FP: 6 - AA Mine Discharger “ reing bombardment: 40”/100cm AT:3 FP: 6 Type 89 122mm - immobile, Range: 30”/80cm ROF:3 AT:14 FP: 2+ - Breakthrough gun “ reing bombardment: 80”/200cm AT:6 FP: 3+ Type 92 105mm - immobile, Range: 40”/100cm ROF:1 AT:14 FP: 2+ - Breakthrough gun, Gun Shield “ reing bombardment: 96”/240cm AT:4 FP: 4+ Type 96 150mm - immobile, Range: 24”/600cm ROF:1 AT:12 FP: 1+ - Bunker buster, Gun Shield “ reing bombardment: 80”/200cm AT:5 FP: 2+

ANTI-AIRCRAFT

20mm AA Gun truck - Wheeled, Range: 16”/24cm ROF:4 AT:4FP:5+ - Anti-Aircraft Type 38 75mm - immobile, Range: 24”/100cm ROF:3 AT:11 FP: 3+ - Anti-Aircraft

INFANTRY team 4”/10cm ROF:1 AT:1 FP:6 - Hits on a 2+ in Assaults and has Tank Assault of 1 Rie team 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:2 FP:6 Rie/MG team 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT:2 FP:6 - ROF 2 when pinned LMG team 16”/40cm ROF:5 AT:2 FP:6 - ROF 2 when pinned Light Mortar Type 89 - 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:1 FP:4+ Lung mines (Nikuhaku) - human bullet, improvised Tank Assault 4 Sta team 16”/40cm ROF:1 AT:2 FP:6 Pioneer teams are rated as Tank Assault 3

FORTIFICATIONS HMG Bunker immobile 24”/60cm ROF: 6 AT: 2 FP: 6 - ROF 3 when pinned

AIRCRAFT A6M “Zero” : MG toHit: 2+ AT: 6 FP: 5+ Bombs: to Hit: 4+ AT: 5 FP: 2+ Betty Bomber: MG toHit: 2+ AT: 6 FP: 5+ Bombs: to Hit: 3+ AT: 7 FP: 2+ 8 JAPANESE ARSENAL 1942 / 1943

JAPANESE ARSENAL GUADALCANAL AMPHIBIOUS TANK Tanks like the Japanese Ka-Mi may use this rule and may move into water. The speed of these tanks is 4”/10cm as in di cult terrain. They may even re with their main gun or MGs.

AA MINE DISCHARGER You may use this as Anti-Aircraft gun with RANGE: 16”/40cm ROF:2 AT: 4 FP:5 +

The AA Mine Discharger was a Japanese anti-aircraft weapon red by 81mm mortars. The device was a simple tube like an infantry mortar of 70 mm or 81 mm . Instead of a standard mortar bomb, the projectile was a tube containing seven individual mines, each mine was equipped with a parachute. When red, the mortar threw the shell to a range of 3,000 to 4,000 feet (900 to 1,200 m) and a maximum altitude of approximately 600 m. The shell ejected the mines at the top of its arc. They would then oat down on their parachutes. They were fused to detonate on contact or after a xed time period, damaging nearby aircraft. The weapon could also be used like a simple cluster bomb, by ring over enemy troops.

LUNG MINES (improvised Anti-tank weapons)

In the years of World War Two, the Japanese developed a crude hand-thrown HEAT antitank , and a suicide-weapon HEAT-warhead anti-tank grenade, the lunge mine, that was not launched or thrown, but rammed into the target like a . As well as the HEAT grenade , the Type 3. The Japanese also used large improvised bombs made with teapots and other salvaged material.

TYPE 100 The Type 100 submachine gun had a rate of re of 800 rounds/min. Between 10,000 to 30,000 were built between 1942-1945.

TYPE 96 LIGHT The Type 96 was a used by the Japanese from 1936-1945.

TYPE 97 BOLT-ACRTION (SNIPER RIFLE) The Type 97 was a Japanese bolt- rie, based on the Type 38 rie. It used the Japanese designed 6.5×50mm caliber which produced little recoil when red. Its stopping power was reduced by the rie's 31 1/2 inch long barrel which slowed the bullet, and because the charge was light compared to the bullet's weight. It was built between 1937-1945.

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GUADALCANAL 1942 / 1943

SPECIAL RULES FOR 28th ASSAULT ON GUADALCANAL

BAYONET ATTACK Japanese Soldiers were well trained to use their in close combat. In Assault or Hand to Hand combat, japanese 28th combat platoons may re-roll failed to hit rolls.

SPIRIT OF ICHIKI Combat platoons may re-roll any failed platoon moral check.

HIDDEN MINEFIELDS You may place mine elds anywhere on the table during the game in the turn of your opponent, even in sea or surf zones. These mine elds can be placed in the movement phase of your opponent. If any teams, tanks, guns, LVTs or boats end their movement on such a hidden mine eld, it has to take a test on a hit of mines immediately.

TO THE LAST MAN Combat platoons of the 28th may ght to the last man and the “Last man standing rules” does not apply.

TROPICAL DESEASE Fighting in the jungle and on remote island took a hevy toll to all soldiers even those who never saw any combat action at all. In jungle mission, or if you wish to add this rule, roll a dice for each platoon on the tabel or which comes from the reserver: On a roll of 5+ the platoon is inicted to tropical diseases which lower the overall combat value in the following manner: A platoon suering from tropical disease will not counterattack. In assault they hit on a 4+ only. Moral tests for platoon moral need a 5+ to pass.

SUBMARINE & DESTROYER SUPPORT Some japanese lists can buy the Submarine Support Option. This special rule option enables japanese troops to land their platoons from reserve freely on the table via submarines where sea areas are present or declared in the vicinity of the table edges. There must be no visible sea or beach area. In case of remote small islands all the edges of the table may count as near to a sea area. The platoons may land on a selected area for landing but must be 40 cm away from enemy troops (independent teams do not restrict deployment). There is no submarine support available in a beach landing scenario.

OTHER RULES You may use known rules for the japanese like “Envelope” for infantry, Night Attack, “Duty to the End” and “Hip Shot” for tanks. Artillery may use the “Fire Burst” rule.

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GUADALCANAL 1942 / 1943

SPECIAL RULES FOR 28th ASSAULT ON GUADALCANAL

HERO

Japanese Colonel Ichiki, commander Kiyonao Ichiki (一木 清直 Ichiki Kiyonao, born on 16. October 1892 – died on 21. August 1942) was an o cer in the IJA during the Guadalcanal battle. With the start of the Great War in 1941, Ichiki was promoted to colonel and was placed in command of the IJA 28th Infantry Regiment, from the 7th Dision which consisted of 3,000 troops, and was assigned to assault and occupy the Midway Islands. The failure of this operation changed his assignment. In August 1942, Ichiki and his regiment were transferred to the IJA 17th Army in the southern front and were based at Turk in the Caroline Islands. After Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal, Ichiki was assigned to take the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, with artillery and engineers, which was nicknamed the “Ichiki Detachment”, to recapture the famous Henderson Aireld and drive the Allied forces o the island. Six Japanese destroyers carried Ichiki and his 916 troops from Truk and landed them at Taivu Point on Guadalcanal the 19. August 1942. Ichiki had been ordered to wait on the beachhead for the remainder of his regiment, but nding the beach deserted and the island apparently lightly defended, Ichiki underestimated the strength of the American forces, left a rear guard of 125 men, and advanced to make a nighttime frontal assault against the American positions. Unknown to Ichiki, the American Marines were aware of his landing and were entrenched in defensive positions. In the night of 21 August 1942 Ichiki was defeated with extremely heavy losses. The accounts dier as to how Ichiki died. At least one account claims that Ichiki was killed in action during the heat of battle; others state that he committed ritual suicide due to the humiliation of his defeat in the battle. Despite the failure of his attack, Ichiki was promoted posthumously to major general.

You can add Ichiki for 60 points and add him to a 28th Assault Company. With Ichiki you may re-roll all failed company moral check and skill tests of your combat platoons if they are in command distance of Ichiki. You can even save Ichiki on a 4+ in an assault.

With Colonel Ichiki you may use the “Frontal Night Assault” Rule.

FRONTAL NIGHT ASSAULT Ichikis famous attack in the night of the 21 August 1942 lead to extremely heavy losses. His soldiers were truly fearless and gave their lives for their commander.

In addition to the “Night Attack” Rule, you don’t need to roll for a tank terror in a Night Attack.

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