More American GI's into the jungle, another stiff defense by the Japanese. With added troops the Americans renewed their attack. The added forces helped, but the jungle still proved to be a harsh mistress. The Americans scored a great OBA hit early on, but their support was limited to the first few turns. The Japanese took advantage of opportunity fire to make the advancing GIs pay. The fog of war made it hard for the Americans to coordinate their attacks. Once several hexes were involved in assault combat the Japanese morale kept thwarting the GI's attempts to control the victory hexes. The GIs killed some steps of Japanese, but often became disrupted due to the powerful defensive positions and assault modifiers that the Japanese could bring to bear. In the end the GI's "threw themselves against the wall" but could no break through.

Author	triangular_cube
Method	Solo
Victor	Japan
Play Date	2023-02-11
Language	English
Scenario	JuFi012

Similar set up to the prior 2 scenarios. Japanese have a set line of entrenchments to defend, this time down a tiny bit from the last two fights. Americans get 2 battalions this time, and although still flimsy morale wise, the numbers make this a fairer fight, though still probably favoring the Japanese.

American setup is more or less as constrained as the Japanese, so they will have the 2 battalions attacking both sides of the line. The weakest entrenchment is on the right, which is the only one oustside of the Jungle. Being the wing entrenchment, this is the most likely breakthrough point. The Americans in the east will dash across the open ground to the Jungle in the South and approach from the east while their HMGs suppress that corner.

The western approach will be handled more or less identical to the last scenario.

The massed OBA never rolls a natural X, so no real effect against morale 9. One step is knocked off a Japanese MG via the Eastern American HMG suppression, but not much effect is noted. The Americans reach the jungle line and begin to approach from the east.

In the West, after the last of the OBA is used up, the approach through the Jungle sliver reaches adjacent to the 2 X3 INF stacks. OP fire from one dem/dis the approaching stack while the other stack assaults out of their entrenchments, wiping the group over the next 2 turns including a decap/cat loss of a LT COL. With the west frozen in place, and the nearest in the East as well, the Japanese pick apart the frozen on approach Americans with ease.

Another Japanese win, but much closer this time.