[WORK in progress!]
1942: comprehensive Guide. Written by Nuno (nuno69a at Gmail dot com).
Chapter 1. Introduction
Welcome in 1942, an anti-Japanese strategy war game developed by Chinese people as a commemoration of the events that happened 80 years ago.
This guide aims to serve as a complete walkthrough to the full game and its secrets.
Warning! I do not recommend reading this guide unless the following happens:
●    You already completed the game.
●    You do not care about it.
●    You are really, really stuck.
●    You just want to get information about your shiny new team member.
The intro-talk is done. Now let us blow some Japanese asses!
Chapter 2. Key guide
●    F1: Open the given unit's equipment.
●    F2: Open the given unit's backpack
●    F3: Open the given unit's skill screen.
●    F5: refresh the map
●    1 to =: change active unit
●    Q: Switch targeted person.
●    W: switch targeted item
●    E: switch through hand-held weapons.
●    R: Reload weapon (only non-automatic weapons).
●    A to G: use corresponding skills.
●    Z: view position.
●    X: view currently focused units stats.
●    C: View position information
●    V: view currently focused enemy's stats.
●    Arrow keys: look.
●    CTRL+Arrow keys: move.
●    CTRL+Q: End turn.
●    Shift+C: Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard
Chapter 3. Level guide
3.1. Prologue: “trapped in the jungle”
Level requirements: reach position 8, 6.
New characters:
●    Kin Luo
New enemy units: none
Kin Luo:
Kin is a Chinese soldier especially trained in using pistols and engaging in close combat. He can effectively stab enemies with a bayonet or even choke them.
Story recap
In the year 1942, Japan invaded Myanmar, cutting off all possible channels between China and the outside world. In order to support the anti-fascists battlefield, allied forces have opened an air route through Himalayas, sending soldiers and resources to China. In this way, our story has also begun!
The C46 aircraft loaded with soldiers, set for their training in India has been shot in the middle of the Burma jungle. None of the U.S pilots and soldiers survived, except for Kin Luo.
Kin Luo can be considered a lucky man, as his life has spared, on the other hand though, how he can survive in this remote and foreign place? Without a weapon, hope or even a trusted companion how far can he go?
And so, Kin Luo started searching for something that could keep him alive.
Guide for level: “Trapped in the jungle”
The game starts with an introductory cutscene. We are told how the Japanese invaded Burma and how they cut China off the outside world. We see how the C46 aircraft is blown up by the Japanese forces and we meet our main hero, Chinese soldier Kin Luo.
As soon as we regain control go one step left. What that is, a gun!
To be precise, it is a colt M1911!
After picking the gun up go down, 3 right, 2 down, 4 left and what that is?
Two herbs! These plants will heal a little of our HP. They might seem useless at first, but they can save your skin in some hard moments!
After picking up the herbs backtrack to the broken hatch (4 right, 2 up) and go right 2, up 3 from there.
Press F2 to enter the backpack and equip your new gun.

3.2. “Shadowy crisis”
Level requirements: kill the Japanese rifleman in less than 10 rounds.
New characters: none.
New enemy units:
●    Japanese rifleman

Japanese rifleman
A standard Japanese rifleman. He is just holding his dear Meiji38 rifle and a bayonet which can save his life in a critical situation.
By killing a Japanese rifleman, you can get the following:
●    -Meiji38 type rifle
●    -Meiji military knife
●    -Meiji rifle ammo
●    -Yiuki grenade (consider yourself lucky if you find it).
Story recap
After collecting some useful items, Kin Luo made up his mind and started going north-east. He did not know the exact way to return to China, but he was sure that the north-east was a way to go. Kin Luo was very lonely among the dark trees of the jungle. At this time, most of Burma was under control of the Japanese so the soldier was not sure whether he will live another hour or not.
But he could not just sit there and wait for his death. He had to live, for China, for his country!
The threes were making the sun invisible, making the jungle even darker and more unwelcoming place. Kin Luo moved slowly through the dark mass, looking in every corner with vigilance and uncertainty.
Suddenly, a figure flashed somewhere among the trees. Kin Luo opened his eyes widely and his nerves tightened to the extreme. He could not exactly see the man, but he was sure that he is the enemy. Kin Luo crouched behind the tree and waited. However, nothing happened. He was uncertain whether the man has seen him or not and he was not even certain who he is, are there more of them? He decided to give up waiting, and act!
Guide for level: “Shadowy crisis”
This area is slightly more complicated than the previous one, although nothing scary, yet.
The map looks like a corridor made between trees with little open spaces on both sides.
As soon as you regain control do the following:
Go 2 up, 3 right, 3 up, 3 left.
Two grapefruits!
These will heal a little of our stamina, maybe it is not a huge, monstrous value but better to have them than not, especially in early levels.
After scuffing the plants go 3 right, 3 down, 1 right, 1 down, 1 right.
Now watch out, as the Japanese man is waiting there just prepared to end your life. Try to find him and kill him.
Here I recommend using your ordinary attack or try and throw him. Do not waste your fast shooting skills as you will not find bullets soon.
After killing him you can loot his body because there might be some useful items in it.
Then just after getting your new gear equip the knife as a backup to your pistol and press CTRL+Q until the level ends. This will regain your precious stamina.

3.3. Fight side by side
Level requirements: kill all enemies.
New characters:
●    Chan Wenfei
New enemy units: none

Han Wenfei
Han Wenfei is more of a sniper/sneaker type. He cannot walk fast (only 3 steps per round) but if you know how to utilize his sneaking skills, he can be bloody dangerous.
Story recap
Killing another human is never a nice feeling. Even if Kin Luo was trained to do it, even if the man killed is his worst enemy it still makes him feel bad and guilty. However, what he can do about it? This is the battlefield so there is no man who can escape the fate of the killer. Kin Luo thought about the situation leaning on the tree. Who would not want to live a peaceful life?
The sun was slowly setting, and the night finally came. The stary sky seemed no different than the sky that Kin Luo observed in China. Sometimes he heard a sound of a bird, or a distant roar of an unknown animal, but that did not impress him much. Kin Luo finally searched the body of the man he has just killed and plunged into darkness.
By that time, he was already very tired but how could he stop? He did not know whether there is any danger ahead so he moved till he will just fall on the ground.
“Boom”! A distant shot pierced through the silence of the night and instantly dispelled Kin’s tiredness.
Kin Luo quickly crouched behind a tall tree and waited. He wanted to see what is happening before acting.
Several figures have appeared in the distance. Kin clearly seen that the chase was in progress. What’s worse, people were coming straight at him.
As the distance between them was getting smaller, Kin could finally see the scene clearly through the shine of the gunfire. It seemed like several Japanese soldiers are chasing someone else, but Kin could not clearly see who he is.
***
Boom! Boom! Boom! Escaping Han Wenfei was barely able to avoid the bullets coming behind him. As soon as the gunshots silenced, he turned sharply, his arm making a swift and quick move. Another Japanese rifleman has fallen in a pool of blood, noise of the shoot still reverberating through the jungle. Despite being a great shooter, Han Wenfei was hopeless, as he has run out of ammunition for his rifle. He knew that engaging in bayonet combat is his only hope, so he had pulled it and lunged at the Japanese!
Kin Luo, who has seen the scene clearly could not help but jumped sharply to help the stranger. It did not matter that he did not even know who he is, they had a common enemy and that was the most important matter now!
Guide for level: “fight side by side”
This level's map is slightly different than other maps we have already seen.
It is a square that is 8 by 8 and it contains some interesting things on it.
●    Shrub: patches of shrubs can allow both you and your enemies to hide. For you it means that your Q key will not work as usual and for your enemies it means harder time tracking you.
●    Eucalyptus: these barriers will prevent shooting enemies that are behind them.

At the start of the level our characters are diagonally set to each other, meaning that Kin is at 5, 5, whilst Han is at 6, 6.
First, move kin to Han. Now, as you can see, we are surrounded from three sides. Our best bet would be to kill first two enemies and then explore. So, let us do it!
Firstly, kill the enemy that is up and right from you, because he is guarding Han's rifle which he needs. Although he is a great sniper, he is not good at stabbing. After eliminating the first enemy go up and right as chan and take your loot.
We will not need Han anymore so you can try and move him to the upper right corner of the map and fight as Kin for the rest of the level.
Kill the second enemy, I recommend killing the one closest to han. Then you can go to the bottom left corner of the map as there are two herbs there. I do not know if that loot is worth your trouble, though.
If you do not want the herbs, then kill the third and last enemy as fast as possible.
Keep in mind that it is not possible to take the loot from him.

3.4. Survive to the dawn
Level requirements: survive to the dawn
New characters: none
New enemy units:
●    Japanese army officer
●    Japanese machine gunner

-Japanese army officer
Cool knife you have, guy and what a loud pistol! Easy to kill and forget. He has a lower chance of dropping Yiuki than his riflemen friends, but his loot is overall better.
By killing a Japanese officer, you can get the following:
●    Japanese combat pistol
●    Officer's knife
●    8MM ammo (what a weird caliber)
●    *Yiuki type grenade. Consider yourself a pupil of the dev if you get it.

-Japanese Machine Gunner
That little devil is not hard to kill. He is basically defenseless when taken from a close distance because he is in a minority that has no knife or a bayonet to stab you with.
By killing a Japanese machine gunner, you can get the following:
●    -Taisho 11 machine gun
●    6.5MM ammo
Story recap
Although the duo tried to end the battle quickly, gunshots and screams quickly attracted more enemies. Several Japanese soldiers appeared and quickly engaged Kin and Han.
They knew that the situation is not good, so they started running as fast as they could throughout the jungle. Seeing what the two soldiers did to his men, a Japanese officer gave a quick, cold order through gritted teeth: “Get them!”.
When running from the enemy Kin and Han quickly exchanged their names and experiences. Han Wenfei is a Korean soldier from the 200 TH division of the 5th army. Because of his superb eyesight he was called “a sharpshooter”. Kin Luo also briefly exchanged his experience. They quickly ran forward, but how their enemies could give up chasing them?
The chase in the jungle is extremely hard and trilling. Only the toughest of men will resist their tiredness and run forward. The night and the terrain made the chase exceedingly difficult for Japanese, but on the other hand the esc ape was not easy either. Kin Luo has noticed a small walley ahead. He pointed at it and Han understood the plan.
-It might not be easy to enter the walley, but an endless escape is a suicide!
And so, they decided to defend the walley and kill the devil!
Guide for level: “Survive to the dawn”
Scary music, scary level and scary amount of Japanese! However, we are better as we are not controlled by an AI, so let's work our way to safety.
The map is much more complicated than the previous maps. We are dumped on the northern part of the map, while quite a safe zone which is the valley is in the southwest. But what a player I would be if I did not take the loot, so let us explore.
As Kin, go 2 down, 2 right and down. Take two sweet potatoes (another stamina recovery item) and go left. Hide in the shrubs and move up slowly and look left for a valley entrance.
As Han from the starting place go 2 down and go max left. Then go 1 down and 1 left to be in the map corner.
There are two powerful healing items here. Take them as Kin or Han (does not matter) and wait there patiently for enemies to come.
Keep in mind that there will be two new enemy units here (see above).
Now to the meaty part of the whole story. The level is not hard if you take the following into account
●    If possible, avoid having all your characters on one square. If enemies will be throwing their explosive melons at you, only one soldier would be hurt by the explosion.
●    Plan who to end first: this advice will carry on throughout the whole game. Observe and see who is doing the most damage. For this level, your first goal will be the machine gunner, then Japanese officer and then our good friends riflemen.
●    Try not to heal: the next level is a safe zone so no worries about losing too much HP.
So just camp in the valley, kill, loot and end the level.

3.5. Rescued and safe
Level requirements: Han Wenfei should arrive at the warehouse gate
New characters:
●    Sun Yiruo
New enemy units: none

Sun Jiruo
Sun is a Korean medic thus, her combat skills are limited, but she can still deal a great amount of pain to her enemies if developed properly. She is best seen with a rifle, although she can have all other kinds of weapons, but she is the most effective with the rifle.
Story recap
Kin and Han were fighting for the whole night. Extreme fatigue made them forget about the pain. They have leaned against the stone, but there was no time to rest! They knew that such a big movement could not get unnoticed. Who knew how many enemies were already gathering here? They had no choice but stay here and fight, their extreme tiredness would make the escape impossible.
A weak sun shine slowly came from the east. The approaching dawn gave the two people new power to fight. As long as there’s blood in your veins, there’s always hope!
Many figures could be seen in a great distance. Han Wenfei, who had a great eyesight alerted Kin about the new enemy situation. It seemed like a small squadron is approaching!
The sun finally risen and the ground torn by the warfare looked like a blade of the sword, with the light reflecting from it.
The two held their weapons in their hands and waited. Although they met shortly before, they were already the life and death friends. Even though the gap between their force and the enemy force is huge, they cannot let the enemies kill them so easily! They cannot relax, because this is a battlefield, and not a peaceful home town, yes… home town.
Enemies slowly entered the range of vision. Looking from near, the gap was even huger. But they are the fearless chinese soldiers! They will never give up to the japanese, never compromise with them! Even if they’ll die! Even if they’ll be buried far away from their motherland!
Just as two men decided to give up their lives for their country, a strange hum could be heard and tanks appeared far away in the distance.
Seeing this scene, dozens of Japanese troops scattered all arround the place, trying to escape to the jungle. As the tanks came closer, it could be clearly seen that this is a British army, withdrawn from the front. There were hundreds of them, and they were carrying many heavy equipment.
Although the devils are not afraid of death, they won’t fight the enemy tens of times stronger than them, so they quickly escaped to the jungle. The British had no offensive intentions this time, so they let many Japanese to escape and didn’t pursue them.
Kin and Han, who were extremely tired were soon discovered by the British Army. Han Wenfei, who was proficient in english quickly talked to the chief officer. After a quick conversation, British allowed Kin and han to stay with them, as their condition was not suitable for acting alone.
Sun Jiruo quickly swept her forehead with her small hand and started looking at the injured. She was surprised that there were two more expeditionary soldiers in the march. Kin and Han were also very surprised. They didn’t expect a woman to be in the army in this remote place. It turned out that Sun Jiruo is a medical soldier from the same unit as Han Wenfei. During a huge battle with the Japanese devils, many troops have been disbanded. Sun was quickly picked up by the passing British army, much like Kin and Han.
Near the noon, they have settled down in a warehouse. Sun quickly bandaged Kin and Han and their state greatly improved. British gave all of them many weapons, ammunition and medicine. Even though this behavior seemed slightly arrogant for the Chinese, they did not refuse. They were happy that they can finally rest a bit.
As Kin, go one step left and take the items.
Stern submachine gun!
Yeah, our legendary British machine gun called many names by its funny appearance. High power, low cost. Take it because why not?
Feel free to make any modifications to Kin's equipment and switch to Han.
As Han, go left and loot the box.
Lee-Enfield rifle, another classic of the Second World War. It is too short to effectively stab but its range is long enough to shoot an enemy from far away. These weapon descriptions are awesome!
Get and equip the rifle and switch to Sun.
As Sun, go one step right and loot. Then, go down and loot.
Medical packages and bandages: these can be used to heal units. Press accent from within the backpack to hold an item in your hand in order to utilize it.
Feel free to equip the rifle and prepare to leave. Keep in mind though that there is no time limit, so check your equipment thoroughly.
The gate is at position 4, 1 so do not waste any more time and get there.

3.6. Forest and soldiers
Level requirements: reach position 15, 1
New characters: none
New enemy units: none
First, we should reunite our party. They are not far away from each other but in this level, it is recommended to keep the characters relatively close together. Playing as Kin do the following:
Go 1 right, 2 down and end the turn.
As Han pickup the items and go 3 down.
And finally, as Sun go 1 right, 3 down. Now our characters are reunited. You can check with C if there are not any enemies and end the turn of the last character.
Again, as Kin go 3 steps down. Check if there are not any enemies. If there are kill them or leave them. It is up to you. Keep in mind however that they will hear your shoots and more of them can come.
Repeat the same move with all 3 characters. Keep in mind that new enemies are not respawning when you are switching through your characters. They act only when the whole cycle of characters is over.
now we have two ways to proceed. It is up to you which one you will choose. I will present both
Path 1: less items but safer.
Go left 1, down 2.
Go down 1 and take the items (quite powerful healing herb), and right 2.
Go right 3.
Go right 2 (take the items) and up 1.
Go up 3.
Go 2 up, 1 right.
Go 1 right, 2 up.
Go 1 up, 2 right.
Go 3 down.
Go 2 down, left 1.
Go 1 left, 2 down.
Now you are on your final way.
Go 2 down, 2 right.
This is the end of the first path.

Path 2: not fully documented yet
Go 3 steps right and check for enemies. Kill, leave, as you wish.
Go 3 steps right.
Now you can go up to the northern wall to gather some items, then backtrack to your two remaining characters and proceed as follows.
Go 2 up, 1 right
Go 2 right (take the items) and down 1.
Go down 3.
Go down 1, right 2.
Go right 1 (take the items), and up 2.
Go up 3.
Go up 1, right 2.
Go 3 up.
Go 2 right (take the items) and down 1.

3.7. Bloody dusk
Level requirements: Kill all enemies
New characters:
●    Tang Shao
New enemy units: none
Tang Shao
Tang Shao is a kind of a strong man. He is holding a sword that can deal huge damage to opponents. He is also good at throwing grenades and dealing mass destruction with a machine gun.

This level is one of the hardest missions currently introduced in 1942. Our task is not only to kill all enemies, but also to keep Tang Shao alive. In the cutscene we see how he is chased by the Japanese and even shot by one of them. As we see his status, we see that he has 15 HP and 10 stamina! So, we can assume that even the weakest attack will kill him.
The map of the level is divided into two distinctive sections, split by a pile of rocks. The southern part is occupied by grassy area with a patch of jungle in the south west, and the north is occupied by a mountain.
Our characters are placed in the "L" formation, meaning that Kin and Han are standing in a column, and Sun stands next to Kin.
Tang, however, stands two steps right from Kin. How I always do it is that I go to Tang as kin and drop him some herbs that are restoring Stamina. Do not waste healing plants on him, because as you know we have a medic in our team!
Then as Chan I go two steps right and one step down.
As Sun I go 3 steps right and heal Tang.
As Tang I take items placed by kin and start escaping north towards the mountain.
Our goal is to position 4, 8. Then we are at the foot of the mountain.
From there go up and take a turn right when possible.
When you take the first turn right, go one step right and take the items.
Ten-year-old herb, a powerful healing item.
When you take the herb, go max right and max up.
Then turn right and enter the peak.
Go to the upper-right corner of the map and take the items.

3.8. Night of nightmares
Level requirements: Kill all enemies
New characters:
●    Xiao Pengyu
New enemy units:
●    Japanese medical soldier
●    Japanese ensign

Xiao Pengyu
Xiao Pengyu is a man that is way, way overpowered in my opinion. He is holding a machine gun, he can spread fire and death all around him, plus he is blazingly fast! He can take six steps at a time which is a massive value!

Japanese medical soldier:
This woman is protecting her comrades with her own life! She is quite easy to kill, she has no gun, only a small knife that our character can easily avoid. However, her danger lies in the task she performs. She will heal all enemies around her. By looting the medical soldiers, you can get the following:
●    Medical Package
●    Cotton package
●    Japanese short knife

Japanese ensign
A very high-ranked Japanese soldier. He is very proficient in using his knife, so stabbing him is out of the question. Because of his extremely hard training, he is also durable.
By killing the Japanese Ensign, you can get the following items:
●    Japanese combat pistol
●    Officer's knife
●    8MM ammo (what a weird caliber)

Oh no, our enemies have burned a village. We are here to protect what is left to protect.
We will have to kill many, many people before we can leave. We need to camp ourselves in a corner to avoid being surrounded. Kin should go two steps down and remain there.
Han and Su should stand still.
Tang should go two steps down.
Now we have two pairs of Allies:
Kin and Han are staying together, and su and Tang are standing together too.
This makes it possible to have a wider field of view, as well as a wider field of fire.
Now let us fight! As I said before, the number of enemies is large, try to kill the enemies closest to you. The most dangerous enemies are machine gunners and Japanese Medical soldiers.
Try to provoke the enemies to stab you unless you see your status is low.
In the 5th round something interesting happens! Our new comrade jumps to the battlefield from the back of the warehouse, ready to fight with us.
As most of the enemies are in the northern part of the map, going back to our group as Xiao is out of the question. I Guarantee you, even with his "superpowers" enemies would kill him in two or three turns so he should move one step down and stand there just shooting people that are coming dangerously close to him.
The fight is not hard to win, the difficulty lies with getting the biggest amount of loot.
Do not worry if your characters die in this mission. The next level is a safe zone so in order to get the game over all your character must faint. Remember to loot Japanese medical soldiers, you will need their supplies for the next missions.