I brought my Marines in from both left and right and immediately plunged three squads into a CC versus a concealed Japanese squad. "Suicide" my opponent cried. But I was lucky with the dice and they wiped out his squad. However my units on the right got caught in the valley and couldn't get out. I lost two squads and a hero to a well placed shot from the arty (CH) and that set my attack on the track hexes back a turn. My mortar didn't play much of a role and I should have placed it with a half-squad not a full squad. I had to try to run around the top with a lone squad on the last turn to have any hope of capturing the required two track hexes. Unfortunately, having roles an average of about 5.5 for my MC's for the whole game this squad failed a NMC and that was the end of my chance. I think another turn would have seen the Marines in control of the required hexes. A good game to play as the American. I'm not sure my opponent enjoyed it as much. I did have some lucky rolls.
2021-04-20
(A) Jeff B
vs
Steve Etzelmueller
Japanese win
Really difficult for the Americans. They setup subject to a turkey shoot, and the Japanese can scatter to cover every avenue of approach. This will force the Americans to either risk immediate CC with the Japanese, or try to cross a lot of open ground. I would've tried the CC approach myself, but my opponent surprised me with a heavy NW attack. Between blasting the men in the valley and gunning down the reinforcing Americans, the Americans were a net 4 squads and a leader down after two Turns. Even with the SSR prohibiting the Japanese from deploying and simply ringing the VC area, there were just too many of them left for the Americans to stand a chance.
2021-04-12
(A) Dave Mareske
vs
Dennis Dowd
Japanese win
Tough one on the Marines trying to fight the Japanese and climb a hill. Dennis did a two prong attack coming from the west and reinforcing the east. Two early CCs went the way of the Marines, but then the Japanese were exchanging 1/2 squads for full squads of Marines. By Turn 4 the Marines had 4 squads killed and 2.5 broken and not enough to take both the huts and the path.
