Advanced elements of Colonel Kohei Maruoka's Okabe Detachment set out to capture the strategic airstrip of Wau, only to find Captain Bill Sherlock and his A Coy, 2/6 Battalion, a platoon from 2/5 Battalion, and a platoon of 2/5 Independent Coy Commandos blocking their path across Wandumi Ridge. The Australians would hold out on the ridge until early evening under tremendous pressure. "They came like the rain", local villagers would comment about the Japanese attackers.
Attacker: Japanese (Okabe Detachment)
Defender: Australian (A Coy, 2/6 Battalion and elements of 2/5 Battalion and 2/5 Independent Coy Commandos)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:8.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
PTO, LJ. All Brush and Grain is Kunai. +1 DRM on Entrenching attempts.
Board number should be in the SW corner, not the NE corner (the printer rotated the board the wrong way during final edit, they initially had the length going N-S instead of E-W).
Ed Beekamn North Texas ASL
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Didn't use the banzai charge until turn 4 but despite my units taking large casualties, I was able to get the requisite 3 squads off the board using the jungle on the South side to shield their movement on the last turn.
2020-10-09
(A) Jason Wert
vs
Aaron Cleavin
Australian win
vASLOK20
2020-10-07
(D) Richard Jenulis
vs
Hank Witchaar
Japanese win
vASLOK 2020 - Pacific mini round 1. Banzai charges on turn 1, 2 & 3 closed the distance and made my withdrawal more difficult. Some key MC fails left the Australians with little left to slow the Japanese who walked off the board on turn 4. My verdict is this scenario is a bit hard on the Australians. My second time playing Hank. He is a good spirited opponent with a eye for the end game.
