Japanese Officers were required to go through the dreaded Military Academy at Ichigaya, The Academy’s rigours of long hours, meagre rations and extensive physical training meant that only the toughest completed the course. Second Lieutenant’s were no different.

The team consists of three men. There is an option in some lists to include a flag bearer and I have included one. I have used the Japanese National Flag for this team as it offers the “Follow the Standard” rule. I have also included a fourth figure in case I do not wish to use a standard bearer. I have also chosen the National Flag to distinguish that it offers a benefit that the Japanese Army Flag that will be carried by my infantry sections does not.

The “Follow the Standard” rule means that one man, excluding the officer, in any offer team can replace all of his weapons with a flag, gaining the ‘Rally to the colours’ special rule – all friendly infantry and artillery units within 12″ of the flag-bearing model can re-roll (once) failed order tests when ordered to Rally. In addition, if the Rally order is successfully issued, the unit rolls two dice to determine how many pin markers are discarded and chooses the highest result. However, while the unit carrying the flag has a Down or Ambush order die on it, the flag is kept hidden and has no effect.

The Lieutenant

Lieutenant’s adjutant.

Flag bearer

Flag bearer

Team member

All four team members on the base for shelf storage ease.