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Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

4/9/2011 5:53 PM

robsohn

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Re: Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

Modified By robsohn on 4/9/2011 8:07:05 PM

Letters from Iwo Jima, AAR Turn 3

Feb 23 - good clear weather

US Bombards Empyreal to get the pesky LR Arty 26 (7 hits) - destroyed; Funami 8 (1 hit) - no effect

US moves 24th Marines up the beaches to Tamana Hill to contest the other high ground on the island. DF 5 (1 hit). 27th and 28th move into Tamana also. 25th and 26th occupy Double Root; 23rd moves up the West Coast

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US Assault Tamana 14 (6 hits) - net 1 step though. This is going to be a meat grinder as US really needs to prep bombard into places with 2 caves and high terrain of 3. I think this will turn out to be a bad choice by the American Commander.

JP Naval arty in Tamana 6 (1 hit). Move Dice 1 (1 unit can move again): move infantry down to Old Man to try to "block" US movement out of or into Tamana.

JP assault on Tamana bites 5 (0 hit) - whiff.

Safe To Land and B/H survives as no bombardment units can reach.

VP JP9 US10

IwoJRATM_game1AAR_turn3b by robertlsohn, on Flickr

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4/9/2011 5:56 PM

robsohn

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Re: Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

Modified By robsohn on 4/9/2011 8:09:58 PM

Letters from Iwo Jima, AAR Turn 4

Feb 26 - good weather.

US Bombards Funami 24 (5 hits) - 1 step; Motoyama 4 (0 hit) - no effect.

US moves 26th Marines to Old Man (JP unit doesn't surprise). 23rd to Warbler. 9th to Funami, DF 7 (3 hits - retreat/2 steps). 3rd to Funami, DF 4 (0 hit). 21st to Old Man, DF 5 (0 hit).

TANKS! 4th Tanks land Double Root to Funami, AT DF 4 (1 hit). 3rd Tanks and 5th Tanks into Funami. 3rd and 4th Arty land at Double Root.

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US Assault Old Man 7 (3 hits) - eliminates JP. Funami 17 (3 hits) - no effect due to terrain. Tamana 12 (4 hits) - just a cave collapse. Assaults in the volcanic terrain is proving to be tough for US Marines and tanks.

Control Old Man (B/H) and Warbler.

JP bombs Tamana 6 (3 hits). Ohsaka into Funami 5 (1 hit). Move Dice 4 (2 units can move): moved back into Ohsaka and North Field.

JP assault on Funami 8 (2 hits) - 1 hit/retreat. Tamana 5 (2) - 2 hits.

VP JP19 US12 - bad turn for the Marines.

IwoJRATM_game1AAR_turn4b by robertlsohn, on Flickr

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4/9/2011 5:58 PM

robsohn

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Re: Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

Modified By robsohn on 4/9/2011 8:17:42 PM

Letters from Iwo Jima, AAR Turn 5

Mar 1 - good weather

US Bombards Funami 32 (9 hits) - now US is getting serious with guns and planes!!! JP wiped out; North Field 4 (1 hit) - no effect

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US moves 5th Arty to land at Double Root. US Commander gives up taking Tamana Hill and decides to take Motoyama by brute armor strength. To put it mildly: bad idea. 24th, 27th and 28th Marines retreat from Tamana to Old Man. 3rd Tank to Motoyama; AT surprise 4 (1 hit). He couldn't have 2nd AT gun in there, could he? 4th Tank to Motoyama; AT surprise 4 (1 hit). No chance for 3rd AT!!! 5th Tank to Motoyama; JP tank AT surprise 7 (2 hits). The Kursk of Iwo!

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US moves 21st Marines into Motoyama; DF surprise 7 (2 hits) - 1 hit/retreat. 26th into Motoyama; DF surprise 4 (0 hit) - wiffed. 25th into Motoyama; DF all fired out. 9th to Warbler. 23rd to Funami.

Payback time! US Assault Motoyama 13 (1 hit) - wiffed! Not good for the Jarheads at all!!

No control changes or builds.

JP bombs Old Man 3 (1 hit) - 1 hit/B/H gone. Bomb into Motoyama 3 (2 hits). Bomb into Funami 8 (4 hits) - oooof. Move Dice 5 (3 units can move). Getting full of myself, JP unit in Motoyama moves into Funami, US DF 4 (2 hits) - 1 hit/retreat. Tank and AT retreat to North Field to reset JP "AT trap". "Triangle D" being formed between North Field, Motoyama and Tamana.

JP assault Motoyama 7 (0 hit) - could have put away the US here. Drat!

VP JP28 US14 - very bad turn for the Marines

Debrief: at the end of crushing bombardment of Funami, I was feeling bleak about JP's chances. It looked like US would be able to bombard Motoyama and Tamana with 30+ dice each over the next 2 turns and just crush my defenses. Inexplicably or perhaps getting impatient with my slow moves, US went to force the issue with tanks. Perhaps Admiral Phillips lost "count" of JP units potentially killed. Unknown JP Captain: "Perhaps we may be able to win ... however that is defined."" />

4/9/2011 6:01 PM

robsohn

Joined: 8/17/2010

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Re: Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

Modified By robsohn on 4/9/2011 8:19:17 PM

Letters from Iwo Jima, AAR Turn 6

Mar 4 - good weather

US Bombards Motoyama 36 (13 hits) - as US shoulda, coulda, woulda done last turn - JP wiped out.

US retreats 4th Tank, 3rd Tank and 25th back to Funami. 26th to Old Man and 28th occupies Double Root. US is giving consideration to the B/H replacements to get needed steps back.

B/H on Warbler; STL on Funami.

JP bombs Old Man from Tamana 3 (1 hit). Move Dice 2 (1 unit can move): JP tank hides.

VP JP29 US18

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4/9/2011 6:02 PM

robsohn

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Re: Letters from Iwo Jima: Bob S (JP) vs Gary P (US)

Modified By robsohn on 4/9/2011 8:20:34 PM

Letters from Iwo Jima, AAR Turn 7

Mar 7 - bad weather

US Bombards Tamana 36 (8 hits) - 2 JP units wiped out.

US consolidates by moving 21st to Warbler; 26th and 28th to Old Man.

No Assault. No control changes or builds.

No JP bombardment. Move Dice 5 (3 units can move): 2 units hide; 1 moves hidden into Tamana. No JP assault.

VP JP29 US22

Debrief: I'm thinking with time running out that maybe US sould rush Motoyama, but not many units to push with. Also, mistake to not enter Tamana with 1 or 2 units.

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Ironman Announcement - Wednesday, February 02, 2011

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