Turn 12
The enemy once more moves into contact with the Porac/Floridablanca blocking force. These look rather spent but there's two full strength Infantry beyond Porac (Figure 1).
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| Figure 1 - Floridablanca |
Over at Guagua the 5th "Hickam" Sqdn does what it set out to do providing support to 1/A Coy under attack by a G3M Rikko (Figure 2).
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| Figure 2 - Support fire |
Faced with the choice of assisting Bunker B2 against the farthest G3M and staying on station and hitting the closest G3M, 5th "Hickam" Sqdn chooses the latter inflicting heavy damage (Figure 3).
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| Figure 3 - Air combat |
The blocking force South of Porac engages the enemy. To the exception of XPH/A Coy everyone hits the unit directly North of their position. The results of these engagements are displayed in the top right insert. 1/C and 1/B Coys hit the JP Engineer spotted in the previous turn which thought it was a good idea to cross the river. It takes heavy damage. 1/A Coy declines to attack the Ha-Go on the river, it might be tricked into finding out the hard way that 14th "Punaluu" Bty has gone into Anti-Tank mode. X/A Coy has reached the jungle Southwest of Guagua and will be ready to assist in its defense in the next turn (Figure 4).
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| Figure 4 - Counter-attack |
Turn 13
The JP Engineer moves out of the jungle/river and replaces some of its casualties (Figure 5).
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| Figure 5 - JP repairs |
5th "Hickam" Sqdn can hit either of the G3M that struck X/A Bty. It takes a position where it can provide support to both the artillery and Bunker B2 without being pushed aside if either (or both) are attacked, targets the undamaged G3M inflicting heavier damages than expected and suffering its first casualties (Figure 6). The JP 9-strength plate insert is the remaining health of the G3M after combat.
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| Figure 6 - Air combat |
South of Porac the two JP Infantry attacked the line suffering heavy losses but are still combat-capable so the U.S. Forces take replacements and the opportunity to re-entrench. Cav/C Sqdn falls back: it is damaged, only lightly entrenched and in serious risk of being outflanked. Further East 1/C Coy hits the Ha-Go tank following the JP Engineers inflicting minor damage while 1/B Coy takes replacements. 1/A Coy still won't engage the Ha-Go on the river and is joined by X/A Coy. I only had a screenshot of X/A Coy final position from an aerial perspective, that's why they look so tiny. Also the weird-looking frame started as a "doughnut" but had to be cropped to show 1/A Coy's strength plate (Figure 7).
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| Figure 7 - Combat |
HQ announces that Manila is an open city (Figure 8).
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| Figure 8 - HQ broadcast |
You may have guessed it, image weight budget. Hope to see you again.
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