Marianas 1944, scenario #20: Orote: Round Two

This had the classic Pacific Battle feel and hit the spot but it is better played as the American player or solitary as the Japanese pretty much defend in fixed positions but can shift some forces in the early stages of the battle.

The Marines and some added Army armor assault from the east in two groups and it became almost two parallel battles but you could shift units from the north map to the south map and vice versa but it would take a long time due to the difficult terrain. Armor led the charge followed closely behind by Infantry units in both attacks.

The Marines had to overcome minefields, casemates, caves & entrenchment and still exit 25 or more units off the west edge of the map but had very good support in off-board artillery and air-support. Keeping the POI/ENG handy for mines and the FLM Engineers handy for assaults, to cancel out the enemies fire-first in many fixed positions was key.

The Marines were able to take all the casemates, caves and entrenchments and exited 27 steps, keeping some behind to guard the entrenchment and cave hexes, so the enemy didn’t reoccupy them as there were still enough Japanese steps running around in the jungles, even after eliminating 19 steps and 4 leaders. The Marines had one of their best performances, losing only one Infantry step and one Army M10 tank destroy step to an enemy 47mm AT gun. Kind of cool, the first time I got the use an M10 in a Pacific Battle.

Yes, the Americans easily won this scenario but it was a very enjoyable scenario to play!