West Sector, Morong, January 9-14, 1942 (turns 1-6)
Meanwhile at the Morong line the pace was not as hectic. Only one JP Infantry was in position to attack in the first turn and they chose to target USMC/B Coy. That took care of their over-strength (Figure 1, main) and in the player's turn Mabayo bunker (the village across the river, I hadn't yet visited Google Maps and wasn't going to succumb to my inner 12-year-old) softened them before the Marine's attack (Figure 1, inserts). The auxiliary A Bty was already deployed in Anti-Tank mode and will move further West to support 1/A and X/B Coy against the JP Ha-Go on the far bank.
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| Figure 1 - Morong line, Turn 1 |
On Turn 2 the JP make a stronger attack but are held at the river. Other than the Ha-Go taking damages worth over a third of its strength (attacking infantry on a jungle that is supported by an Anti-Tank gun) casualties are slight all around. USMC/B Coy's single casualty is replaced and Eng/B Coy is still trying to assist 1/A Coy and the Marines to entrench (Figure 2).
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| Figure 2 - Morong line, Turn 2 |
The JP kept pushing and prodding and taking more losses than they could inflict until Turn 6 when their artillery came into range. PH/A Coy had been left unmolested throughout and started slowly retreating the turn before. 1/A Coy and the Marines' casualties are slight and (mostly) replenish-able in one turn but it is time to leave. Morong has held for the mandatory five turns (Figure 3).
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| Figure 3 - Morong line, Turn 6 |
In Turn 2 the reward for the San Fernando defense became available in the form of US$50 and 3 Land CPs (Figure 4). At this time I had no gap that needed plugging so I didn't deploy any unit: the likely candidate would be USMC/A Coy, I wasn't comfortable deploying any of the artillery batteries where JP aircraft could attack them and I feel I have all the AA/AT units I will ever need during the campaign.
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| Figure 4 - San Fernando defense reward |
In Turn 6 it was time for the Secondary VPs reward (Figure 5): US$20, one PH Recruits (PH/E Coy) and one US Heavy Infantry (X/D Coy, with organic Studebaker truck transport), both deployed at Mariveles (Figure 6).
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| Figure 5 - Secondary objective reward |
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| Figure 6 - Reinforcements arrive at Mariveles |
I'll take this opportunity to introduce two unit types that become available as I still have the image weight "budget" in this post. These are upgrades for the US Infantry and the P40 Warhawk and I will take advantage of the former to bolster my units (Figure 7).
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| Figure 7 - New unit types available |
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