Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Japan
Play Date	2023-02-17
Language	English
Scenario	JuFi024

This is familiar ground, as we return to the GIFU position. This time around all the advantages the Americans had built up are gone, and they now get saddled with disadvantages AND harder objectives. The lone exposed trench is gone. Morale is back to 7. Their units are now split up and far less cohesive. Set up is restricted, oh and forced adjacent to the Japanese. They also have less artillery. They also have to be hyper casualty adverse or the Japanese win.

So do they take even more entrenchments than they had to without all that? No of course not. Japan sets up their counterattack stacks on the right, ready to attack whatever is forced to setup in the exposed adjacent spot. They could probably just individually fire on it to force compound demoralizations too. Either way they dont need many kills. Their HMGs and field guns secure the left, while the remaining entrenchments have the 81 and SER to avoid walk ins.

Americans try their best to suppress the counterattack stacks as a top priority but may have been better served moving adjacent stacks away rather than firing in on turn 1. Counterattack stack 1 dis/dems the exposed American stack via adjacent DF and counterattack stack two eviscerates it in assault. Americans cant even play for a draw anymore after turn 2 because of the AND condition in their VCs. Bloody, quick, not worth setting up.

On to Mt Austin 7....