Firefight 25 – What if? 27 October 1942.
Simultaneous attacks at Bloody Ridge and the Matanikau River The Japanese had planned for the attacks in Firefights #10, #11 and #12 to take place simultaneously on the same night, but a breakdown in communication and coordination resulted in the three attacks taking place on three different nights. This Firefight speculates what might have happened if all three attacks had been better coordinated by combining them into one large firefight contest. The key in all three firefights is U.S. artillery that was able to decimate the Japanese by concentrating on each attack. That artillery will have to be dispersed among the firefights before the contest begins, seriously reducing the effectiveness of it in each attack.
Are we there yet?
