I started a game last week to try China out in Black Ice. The food shortage is terrible. With only 75 convoys it took the bulk to import food from the US which was just enough to keep me around 5% of storage. I like how many issues China has to work on, which really recreates the challenges China was in in 1936. As soon as Japan invaded all my transports were sunk and realized all my steel production was on the coast and now inoperative which killed all my production.

I would expect China to have better food production, though I don't know if that's historically accurate. I can't spawn militia units due to lack of guns though I haven't cleared 1938 so that could change. Just feels like China needs a little more attention, balance wise.

Historically there is no scenario where China could win a single battle against Japan in WW2.
The base game makes that hard to model the fact that China's saving grace was manpower and logistics required to hold down captured territory.

Originally posted by Belrick:

Historically there is no scenario where China could win a single battle against Japan in WW2.
The base game makes that hard to model the fact that China's saving grace was manpower and logistics required to hold down captured territory.

the troops had problems but as it is currently in the mod China doesn't have any resources especially food which is simply incorrect.