Contra 009 China: Generals Bao, Kwai, Fai and Tao

The Contra 009 China side has four generals: Kwai, Fai and Tao are joined by General Bao, the general of fire and napalm. Bao took the slot of the base Chinese army, so in the mod you can't play China without a general. Below are each general's units with numbers from the files of Contra 009 Final (Patch 3), the main buildings and the real hardware, from tanks named after the Type 88 and Type 96 to the J-10 and MiG-31 fighters.

How the Contra 009 Chinese army differs from Zero Hour

China is still the side of hordes and armor, but almost every unit card has been rewritten:

• The Command Center costs 2500 and takes 6500 damage; in Zero Hour it cost 2000 with 5000 health.
• The Red Guard went down from 300 to 225 and builds in 2.25 seconds instead of 10. It has 150 health instead of 120, but its machine gun hits for 10 instead of 15.
• There is no shared Battlemaster anymore: each general has his own main tank. Bao has a Battlemaster (750, 430 health), Kwai the War Master (800, 490) and Tao another Battlemaster (800, 410). Their guns hit for 91–94, while the Zero Hour Battlemaster hit for 60. Fai has no main battle tank at all.
• Tao's Overlord takes 1200 damage instead of 1100 and hits for 120 instead of 80. Kwai's Emperor went up from 1900 to 2300 but got 1300 health.
• The Nuke Cannon costs 2000 instead of 1600 and has twice the health: 500 against 240.
• The Helix is called the Ka-29 Helix in the mod and has 600 health instead of 300.
• The Nuclear Missile costs 5000 to 6000 and takes 5300 damage; in Zero Hour it was 5000 and 4000.

Contra 009 Chinese generals

Costs, build times and health are taken from the mod's INI files. Damage is per shot of the main weapon, range is in game units. Dozers and supply trucks are left out of the tables.

General BaoNapalmGeneral KwaiTanksGeneral FaiInfantryGeneral TaoNuclear Weapons

General Bao: Napalm

Bao is a new Contra general, and in the skirmish menu he stands where regular China used to be. Everything he has runs on fire: Flamethrower Infantry instead of Red Guards, the Dragon Tank, the Immolator for 2000 and the Vortex Tank, which hits both ground targets and aircraft with fire vortices. The mod's dossier matches the mixture to the target: napalm against infantry, thermite against tanks and thermobaric mixtures against buildings. The Fuel Truck spills fuel that you can set on fire later. At rank 5 he unlocks Zhu Rong (7000, lava dealing 600) and the Dong Feng - 9000, a missile launcher with unlimited range.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Flamethrower Infantry	infantry	350	3.5	120	flamethrower 30 / 115
Tank Hunter	infantry	400	4	100	missile 80 / 150
ECM Trooper	infantry	400	4	120	jams vehicles, 155
Field Engineer	infantry	350	3.5	200	clears mines and toxins
Hacker	infantry	625	13	100	steals cash
Black Lotus	infantry	2000	25	600	captures buildings
Battlemaster	vehicle	750	7.5	430	cannon 91 / 150
Dragon Tank	vehicle	800	8	290	flamethrower 9.5 / 95
Vortex Tank	vehicle	800	8	325	vortex 45.5 / 175, vs air 95 / 275
ECM Tank	vehicle	900	9	400	jams vehicles, 150
Immolator	vehicle	2000	20	1200	flamethrowers 20 / 125
Howitzer	vehicle	1000	10	300	shell 38 / 350
Fuel Truck	vehicle	500	6	500	spills fuel
Listening Outpost	vehicle	700	7	300	radar, detects stealth units
Propaganda Crawler	vehicle	650	7	300	heals nearby troops
Assault Troop Transport	vehicle	3400	34	550	carries 8 flamethrower troops
A-100 MLRS	vehicle	2750	27.5	500	missiles 20 / 420
Dong Feng - 9000	vehicle	3000	30	800	missile at any range
Zhu Rong	vehicle	7000	70	2750	lava 600 / 200
MiG-35 MFI	aircraft	1400	14	225	missiles 50 / 320
MiG-31 Sky Guardian	aircraft	1800	18	225	anti-air missiles 200 / 400
Ka-29 Helix	aircraft	1500	15	600	machine gun 6 / 120

General Kwai: Tanks

Kwai is the tank general. His War Master is tougher than the main tanks of Bao and Tao (490 health), and his heavy line costs 2300 per tank: the Emperor with 1300 health, the Banshee with two ECM emitters, the Earth Shaker and the anti-air Manticore. The Overlord Headquarters makes these vehicles 15% cheaper. Kwai's infantry is weak, and his air force comes down to the J-10, the Ka-29 Helix and the Bixi transport, which carries one heavy tank at a time. At rank 5 he unlocks Guan Yu: 7000, 3250 health, and it fires at both ground and air targets.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Red Guard	infantry	225	2.25	150	machine gun 10 / 100
Tank Hunter	infantry	425	4.25	100	missile 80 / 150
Hacker	infantry	625	13	100	steals cash
Black Lotus	infantry	2000	25	600	captures buildings
War Master	vehicle	800	8	490	cannon 94 / 150
Dragon Tank	vehicle	800	8	360	flamethrower 8.5 / 95
Gauss Tank	vehicle	800	8	400	24 / 155, vs air 18 / 250
Emperor	vehicle	2300	23	1300	cannons 120 / 180
Banshee	vehicle	2300	23	800	machine gun 8 / 175, jamming 30 / 175
Earth Shaker	vehicle	2300	23	800	earthquake 80 / 350
Manticore	vehicle	2300	23	800	30 / 175, vs air 35 / 280
Sniper Cannon	vehicle	1400	14	270	cannon 300 / 300
Engineering Crawler	vehicle	650	7	300	clears mines
Propaganda Crawler	vehicle	650	7	300	heals nearby troops
Listening Outpost	vehicle	700	7	300	radar, detects stealth units
Guan Yu	vehicle	7000	70	3250	75 / 200, vs air 70 / 300
J-10	aircraft	1200	12	200	missiles 50 / 320
Ka-29 Helix	aircraft	2200	22	600	missiles 60 / 210
Bixi	aircraft	2000	20	1000	carries a heavy tank

General Fai: Infantry

Fai has 11 infantry types, more than any other general in the mod: the Minigunner, the Grenadier, the ATGM Operator dealing 200 and the Sniper with an anti-materiel rifle. They ride in four troop crawlers for 700 each, which are built empty, and in the Shandian with 8 seats. The Mobile Barracks for 2000 train infantry far from the base and call in artillery at range 450. At rank 5 he unlocks the Suan Ni: 5750, 3100 health and room for 12 infantry inside.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Minigunner	infantry	300	3	150	machine gun 8 / 125
Grenadier	infantry	400	4	150	grenade launcher 30 / 200
Red Arrow	infantry	300	3	120	anti-air missile 50 / 300
Tank Hunter	infantry	325	3.25	110	missile 80 / 150
ATGM Operator	infantry	650	6.5	175	missile 200 / 230
Sniper	infantry	600	6	120	rifle 300 / 250
ECM Trooper	infantry	400	4	120	jams vehicles, 155
Propaganda Officer	infantry	300	3	200	heals nearby units
Field Engineer	infantry	350	3.5	200	clears mines and toxins
Hacker	infantry	625	13	100	hacks vehicles 30 / 200
Black Lotus	infantry	2000	23	600	captures buildings
Dragon Tank	vehicle	800	8	200	flamethrower 30 / 150
ECM Tank	vehicle	900	9	250	jams vehicles, 150
Shandian	vehicle	800	8	300	transport, 8 seats
MG Troop Crawler	vehicle	700	7	280	machine gun 16 / 150
Grenade Troop Crawler	vehicle	700	7	280	grenade launcher 17 / 245
AT Troop Crawler	vehicle	700	7	280	cannon 65 / 150
Propaganda Troop Crawler	vehicle	700	7	280	loudspeaker, 4 seats
Howitzer	vehicle	1000	10	250	shell 115 / 350
Listening Outpost	vehicle	700	7	300	radar, detects stealth units
Mobile Barracks	vehicle	2000	20	500	calls in artillery, 450
Suan Ni	vehicle	5750	57.5	3100	12 infantry slots
J-10	aircraft	1200	12	150	missiles 50 / 320
Harbin	aircraft	1100	14	600	machine gun 6 / 120

General Tao: Nuclear Weapons

Tao bets on nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Tank Hunter hits for 150, the Nuke Cannon for 400 at range 370, and the Death Hand shells the enemy base across the whole map, though with poor accuracy and a long reload. The mod's dossier says most of his units hit hard but have low health, and he has no defensive structures at all. In return he gets the side's most expensive superweapons: the Nuclear Missile for 5500 and the Nuclear Storm for 12000, which takes 4 minutes to build.

Unit	Type	Cost	Time, s	Health	Weapon: damage / range
Red Guard	infantry	225	2.25	150	machine gun 10 / 100
Tank Hunter	infantry	400	4	100	missile 80 / 150
Nuclear Tank Hunter	infantry	800	8	160	nuclear grenade launcher 150 / 155
Red Arrow	infantry	300	3	120	anti-air missile 50 / 300
ECM Trooper	infantry	400	4	120	jams vehicles, 155
Field Engineer	infantry	350	3.5	200	clears mines and toxins
Hacker	infantry	625	13	100	steals cash
Black Lotus	infantry	2000	20	600	captures buildings
Battlemaster	vehicle	800	8	410	cannon 91 / 150
Irradiator Tank	vehicle	800	8	300	beam 14 / 125
Gattling Tank	vehicle	800	8	325	14 / 155, vs air 12 / 250
Overlord	vehicle	2000	20	1200	cannons 120 / 180
Howitzer	vehicle	1000	10	250	shell 115 / 350
Nuke Cannon	vehicle	2000	20	500	shell 400 / 370
Death Hand	vehicle	3000	30	750	nuclear shell 350 at any range
Assault Troop Transport	vehicle	2400	24	550	carries 8 Red Guards
Listening Outpost	vehicle	700	7	300	radar, detects stealth units
Yan Wang	vehicle	6000	60	2500	shell 425 / 400
MiG-35 MFI	aircraft	2000	20	225	nuclear missiles 130 / 300
MiG-31 Sky Guardian	aircraft	1800	18	225	anti-air missiles 200 / 400
White Dragon	aircraft	2000	20	250	missiles 50 / 300
Ka-29 Helix	aircraft	1500	15	600	machine gun 6 / 120

Main buildings and superweapons

The Nuclear Storm doesn't need rank 5, but it is unlocked by the "Nuclear Storm" general power for one point, which you can take from rank 3.

Real-world prototypes of Contra 009 Chinese hardware

Units carried over from Zero Hour (Red Guard, Tank Hunter, Hacker, Dragon Tank, Overlord, Nuke Cannon and the Helix, called the Ka-29 Helix in the mod) are covered on the page about the Chinese army in Zero Hour. Here we look only at the mod's new units.

• Bao's Battlemaster. The mod's Russian text calls it ZTZ-88, after the Chinese second-generation Type 88 (ZTZ-88) tank. The real one is built on the Type 79, carries a 105 mm gun and entered service in 1988.
• Tao's Battlemaster. In the Russian text it is the ZTZ-96: the Type 96, a development of the same Type 88 with a 125 mm smoothbore gun. It has served with the PLA since 1997, and more than 2500 were built.
• A-100 MLRS. A Chinese 300 mm rocket system with 10 launch tubes. The army tested it in 2002 but chose another system, the PHL-03, and the A-100 went to export, to Pakistan.
• MiG-31 Sky Guardian. The Soviet MiG-31 interceptor: first flight on September 16, 1975, in service from May 1981. In the mod, like the real one, it only fights aircraft.
• MiG-35 MFI. The MiG-35 is a Russian fighter that grew out of the MiG-29M. It was shown in 2007 at the Aero India show, and the Russian Aerospace Forces received the first production aircraft in June 2019.
• J-10. The Chinese Chengdu J-10 multirole fighter. It first flew on March 23, 1998, and has been in service since the mid-2000s.
• Red Arrow. In the mod's files the unit is called FN6: the Chinese FN-6 man-portable air defense system, HongYing-6 in PLA service. It hits aircraft at up to 6 km.
• No prototype: Vortex Tank, Immolator, Zhu Rong, Dong Feng - 9000, Banshee, Earth Shaker, Manticore, Guan Yu, Bixi, Irradiator Tank, Death Hand, Yan Wang, Suan Ni.

How to play China in Contra 009 on a phone

Contra 009 Final with Patch 3 works in ZeroFront, and you can get the mod in our Telegram bot under "Game files & mods". How to connect it on a phone is covered on the Contra 009 on Android page. A few tricks for a touch screen:

1. Fai has the most infantry. A double tap on a Minigunner selects every Minigunner on screen, which makes it easy to split the crowd by role.
2. Save Kwai's heavy tanks to group "1" on the left bar: a double tap on the group selects them and moves the camera there.
3. If the Death Hand or a superweapon is aimed at the wrong spot, a long press or a two-finger tap cancels the target.

The other gestures are in the article on phone controls, and a comparison of all 12 of the mod's generals is in the Contra 009 wiki.

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