Leyte 1944, Scenario Twenty-Five: Typhoon

I enjoyed naming this scenario as a Typhoon was hitting the Island while this battle was going on. The Terrain is flooded, there are lots of caves, entrenchments, minefields, the River is Major and the Americans bring two Engineer units and two Flame-Engineer units to spice things up. It’s a brutal battle and the Japanese must figure out how to best setup to defend and delay the Americans, while the Americans must figure out how to best move through this flooded terrain and attack with the best possible Infantry stacks, as there is very little support for either side, this in the ultimate Infantry battle.

The Americans had three objectives to achieve a major Victory and achieved all three but needed all 28 turns to do it and some luck with the dice as well. The Americans only lost three steps and the Japanese were pretty much cleared from the map for a Major American Victory. Some of this was because of my poor Japanese setup positions however.