| Rating: |
8.05 (4) |
| Games Played: |
9 |
| SM: |
3 |
| Turns: |
21 |
| Type: |
Stock |
| First Side: |
Allies |
| Second Side: |
Axis |
Ishin, 10km ENE of Naha, Okinawa: [Best played as Allied] While American army and marine formations continued to pound against the outer defensive positions of the Shuri Fortified Zone in April 1945, the 7th Infantry Division continued to push forward along Okinawa's eastern coast. Facing the 32nd Regimental Combat Team southwest of Ishin was Skyline Ridge occupied by the Japanese 11th Independent Infantry Battalion anchoring the right side of the enemy line. Before Yonabaru Airfield along Buckner Bay could be occupied, the interlocking system of bunkers, caves and trenches on Skyline Ridge would have to be taken. As with all the fighting on the island, this would prove to be no easy task. Following an intensive artillery barrage the 2nd/32 and 3rd/32 Infantry Battalions and their attached armor moved against the ridge on April 20th using tactics developed in the long drive across the Pacific. Supported by flamethrower tanks and explosive laden engineers, enemy positions would be isolated while assault companies and additional tanks maneuvered to attack and dig the determined Japanese soldiers out of their fortified holes.
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Rasputitsa
Death~Dealer
keif149
Yossarian
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I could therefore inflict a large amount of damage early on, but this damage dropped off sharply as he grabbed the various bunkers and trenches. At this point, about turn 12, it largely came down to numbers. The U.S. force is massive compared to the Japanese, and is therefore able to inflict much more damage in a short amount of time. Once the allies grab the tough defensive hexes, there isn't all that much the Japanese can do. By the final few turns, I was getting maybe a reduction or two per turn; early on, it's more like a reduction or two per SHOT.
Very close game - was a draw until the final turn, when Ed grabbed a bunker worth 25 pt. I considered overstacking the bunker to help prevent its capture, but that would have led to increased likelihood of disruptions and casualties...which would have increased the chance of capture anyway. So I gambled...and lost!
Well played Ed.
Sun Tzu