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Originally Posted by Oche
Lambeti Plantation, June 1943*
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Date: June 28, 1943*
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Battle Location: Lambeti Plantation near Viru Harbor, New Georgia, Solomon Islands*
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Battle Type: USMC (Assault) vs Japan (Defend)*
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I thoroughly enjoyed this scenario, but the deployment of the USMC forces is terrible.
You have a company of Marine Raiders supported by tanks and armored cars, plenty of room to maneuver, and thus, the initiative. What you don't have is arty or air, beyond a single light mortar team.
What the IJA have is a dug-in rifle company supported by heavy MGs, field guns, and mortars. Moreover, the defense is multi-tiered, and it's a tough nut to crack.
Instead of attacking this Japanese line at a single point with everything you have, your forces are thinly spread, attacking it along its length.
Consequently, I took a lot of casualties, one platoon being so badly mauled it was effectively out of the fight because they couldn't move with all the suppression. I eventually turned the battle when the forces in the north, supported by tanks, were able to capture the Japanese HQ area and then link up with the forces in the south. I ended the fight with 41 casualties, no vehicles lost, and 129 Japanese casualties.
I know how it is with these old scenarios.. in SP1, you could almost walk over defensive positions in some scenarios. However, in SPWW2, things are much closer to real life and it's not a cakewalk. I think I would fairly easily destroy the AI if I played this scenario as the IJA defender. If you ever redo this scenario, I'd change up the deployments for the USMC.
Isn't this the type of feedback I said I'd give months ago
I have some AARs written up for the first set of Pacific scenarios you posted.. I just never got around to getting them to you. I'll rectify that failing of mine soon.
Great work, Jose, I love these walks down memory lane.
Matt