BlitzKrieg Commander Rules...Phillipines Late December 1941...

  On Labor day, Chuck, Mike and myself played a great game of "blitzkrieg Commander" set in the Philippines in late December 1941. The scenario was fictional, and was located on Luzon. Basically, a company of  Japanese SNLF troops with a light tank platoon in support, attacking a vital cross-roads position. The crossroads was held by a reinforce company of Filipino regulars. The allied force had attachments of a "USA 37mm at gun, an M3 half track mounted with 75mm howitzer, plus three AA machine guns". Most importantly, They were commanded by none other than Captain Drake Steele US Army!

  Well The Amero-Filipino forces were well dug-in at the cross-road. The cluster of buildings was part of the Crossly-Steinburg Pineapple Plantation. There were several strong machine gun bunkers as well as entrenchment and other defensive measures.

  The Japanese SNLF forces struck down the side road leading south to the Crossly Steinburg Plantation. When they were about a quarter miles or so away from the Plantation they diverted east onto a small track and followed it till its end. The SNLF platoons then faced about and headed strait for the Plantation!

  As the Japanese infantry was getting into position, there was a lot of air activity going on. The Japanese tried several times to bomb the Allied positions. But every attempt was driven away by the effective Allied AA fire! The Allies air had similar problems due to Japanese air superiority.

  The Allied did do some damage to both Japanese armor and infantry with mortars though. In fact the Japanese recon tanketts and tanks suffered greatly from the mortar attacks! They were eventually all disabled and destroyed by the mortars, 75mm howitzer and a lucky Allied air strike.

  When the SNLF troops finally got into position they overwhelmed the Amero-Filipino positions. However, it took several really hard turns to do so! In fact it was very dicey there for a few turns because the Japanese commander kept failing command rolls. The Allies on the other hand were rolling hits all the time for disruptions, but few kills.

  In the end the Japanese prevailed, and took the cross-roads as well as the Plantation with acceptable losses. The allies lost a little over 50% and evacuated to fight another day. The Japanese were held long enough so that the main allied forces could reposition into a good strong defensive position. All thanks to Captain Drake Steele and his tough little Filipino boys!