East Sector, Pilar and Orion, January 23-29, 1942 (turns 15-21)
Withdrawing from the Pilar line towards the Orion line proves to be more protracted than anticipated. Figure 1 depicts the situation at the end of Turn 15 and once again needs some clarification.
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| Figure 1 - Pilar, Turn 15 |
Again left to right: Cav/C Sqdn destroys an Ha-Go on a river tile; Pilar bunker softens up an Infantry unit that 1/C Coy will send scurrying into the FoW; the Fortress Bty bombards another Infantry unit that took the Secondary VP and which in turn will become the first target for the captured Ha-Go who forces it to retreat across the river. Cav/C Sqdn and 1/C Coy take one point of damage each.
As there's too many units trying to cross the river at the Orion bridge and not enough room on the other side 1/D Coy will ford the river by the Fortress Bty. It spent Turn 14 in the position now occupied by 1/C Coy where it took some damage which is being repaired on the road.
The JP attacks in Turn 16 target both of the light tanks. Cav/C Sqdn is bombarded by artillery and hit by an Ha-Go tank. Our Ha-Go tank barely survives after being attacked by two Infantry units, one Engineer and the returning B5N2 tactical bomber (Figure 2).
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| Figure 2 - Pilar, Turn 16 |
On turn 18 the Fortress Bty scores its tenth damage point and Commander Pete Simpson joins our roster. As he seems to be wearing a Marine uniform he will take command of USMC/B Coy (Figure 3).
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| Figure 3 - Pete Simpson |
Turn 21 is upon us and the Fortress Bty is now in range of JP artillery (Figure 4). The situation depicted is towards the start of the JP turn. The Heavy Infantry on the river will attack the Fortress as will an heavily damaged Infantry unit coming out of the FoW (the insert with a 2-strength unit after suffering one damage).
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| Figure 4 - Orion, JP Turn 21 |
No discernible damage is apparent on either the Fortress or the Heavy Infantry. The Type 97 Chi-Ha tank and the Engineer attempting to ford the river however pay dearly for their boldness. Their misery will be further compounded in the player's turn (Figure 5). The Fortress Bty doesn't bother with the enemy units assaulting it preferring to bolster the odds for friendly units. Those friendly units have decided that the Orion line is now untenable and are in the process of retreating to the Limay line. Limay is a Primary Victory Point and the JP are still two river crossings away.
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| Figure 5 - US/PH Turn 21 |
Holding all Primary VPs for 20 turns grants the player PH$20 and US$50 as per the "Buying Time" event (Figure 6). This is much welcomed by the US branch as it was down to US$45.
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| Figure 6 - Secondary objective reward |
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