This is a huge personal defeat for halma, embarrassing. They need to get some new, bigger guns in here. The batan peninsula is one of the most malarial regions on the planet. There are other theatres where the aclimate could kill you. On the front lines have people frozen stiff. But you know, spring will come and you'll still be dying.
Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.