FlashFyre Demonstration Long Campaign

[Riun T]

notice my duwk's and alligators,moving up behind the troops are also recieving fire.
alot of constant pressure on main.

[Riun T]

Still rocking back and forth on VH possession

[Riun T]

a big shot of the field on turn 18.

[Riun T]

Don't know how I'll score on this one, I've had too many casualties to think I'll get a marginal.

[Riun T]

And I'm still an awefully long way from their HQ's victory hexs.

[Riun T]

well we reloaded magezines, tightened the helmet strap and got down to bussiness. southern VH's

[Riun T]

turn 22 at the northern VH's

[Riun T]

the overall picture doesn't look too bad for us, so I guess its all up to the scoreing gods.
turn 23 big picture

[Riun T]

time to turn on the steam and hold the north and south VH's where I can and push to their HQ!!

[Riun T]

slugging it right to their doorstep!

[Riun T]

finally "japanese force morale broken"!

[Riun T]

really suprised how long they held me off. beginning of turn 29

[Riun T]

save at end of battle screen.

[Riun T]

and now the various VH clusters to show us remaining units

[Riun T]

south front.

[Riun T]

enemy hq was routed with only 3 members surviving and I couldn't find them on the map.

[Riun T]

they had a small group of what might have been considered reserves just south of their HQ victroy hex cluster, but they didn't move or fire?

[KG Erwin]

Hard-fought battle, Riun. You and your multi-national forces, you must be fighting under MacArthur. [:D] He kept trying to grab USMC units, but Nimitz ensured that they would be borrowed only. You keep slogging on the southern front, and I'll tackle the Central and Northern Areas. After all, you get the liberation of the Philippines -- my Marines are targeted towards the southern approaches to Tokyo itself. [;)]

As for the unengaged enemy -- I've seen this before. If their leadership is damaged, they tend to lie doggo and do nothing. The Japanese weren't known for individual commanders to exercise any more initiative than they were authorized.

They may explain why survivors of island assaults survived up until the 1970s --no one told them that the war was over, so they kept hidden, raided locals for food and waited for the relief that would never appear, even after nearly 30 years. That still amazes me. You gotta admire their discipline. [&o]

[Riun T]

That really makes me wonder if it was disipline or if they heard and saw enough of what happened to their forces in neiboring areas as to scare them into seclusion??

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: Riun T

That really makes me wonder if it was disipline or if they heard and saw enough of what happened to their forces in neiboring areas as to scare them into seclusion??

I dunno, man. Scared? No. They just sat there waiting for orders that never came. All they focused on was survival. To Western minds, it seems completely crazy, but surrender was out of the question.