Okinawa: Combat Command

Scenario 16-4:
Retaking the Shuri Line

By Larry Freeman

Fox Company wipes the 15th Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment off of Tanabaru Escarpment.

Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 17th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division:
Smoke: 2D6
Special Ammo: 1D4
Satchel Charges: 9

1 x Captain. He is armed with a M2 Carbine.
2 x Lieutenant. He is armed with a M1 Garand or M2 Carbines.
3 x Sergeants. They are armed with either a M1 Garand or a M1 Thompson SMG.
1 x Veteran Company HQ. It has 8 men. They are armed with M1 Garands, or M2 Carbines. One man may carry a radio.
3 x Veteran Platoon HQ Section. Each section has 4 men. All are armed with M1 Garands, or M2 Carbines. One man may carry a radio.
3 x Veteran Engineers. Each man carries a flamethrower. They must be assigned to a squad or section before the game begins. You do not have to keep all three together. Each man can get assigned to a separate squad or section. Once there, they will share the fate of that squad or section.
3 x Elite squads. Each squad has 10 men. One man can be armed with M1918A2 BAR. The rest are armed with M1 Garands, M1 or M2 Carbines. 6 x Veteran squads. Each squad has 10 men. One man can be armed with M1918A2 BAR. The rest are armed with M1 Garands, M1 or M2 Carbines. 2 x Veteran MMG sections. The section has 2 men. They are armed with the M1919A4 .30cal MMG.
2 x Veteran Mortar sections. The section has 2 men. They are armed with the M19 60mm Mortar.
2 x Off-table Batteries of Veteran 81mm Mortars. Each battery has three tubes. 3 x M4A1 Sherman tanks.

1st Battalion, 32nd Regiment, 24th Division:
Smoke: 0
Special Ammo: none
Satchel Charges: 1D8

1 x Tai-i. He is armed with a Taisho 04 Nambu Pistol.
1 x Sho-i. They are armed with a Taisho 04 Nambu Pistol.
1 x Gunso. They are armed with a Taisho 04 Nambu Pistol.
3 x Nitto-Hei Rifle Squads. Each squad has 9 men. One may be armed with the Type 11 Nambu LMG or the Type 99 LMG. The rest are armed with Meiji 38 Bolt-action Rifles.
3 x Issen-Goren Rifle Squads. Each squad has 9 men. They are armed with Meiji 38 Bolt-action Rifles.
2 x Nitto-Hei Rifle squads. Each squad has 9 men. They may be armed with Type 100 SMGs, or Meiji 38 bolt-action rifles.
2 x Nitto-Hei HMG teams. Each Team has three men. They are armed with the Type 92 Shiki HMG.
1 x Meiji 41 75mm Howitzer. It has three Nitto-Hei crew.

Victory:

The US player has two victory conditions. First, they must break, capture or destroy all 8 Japanese rifle squads. Secondly, they must occupy the top of the center hill (marked by a star on the game map). Anything else is a Japanese win. The US moves first and has six turns to accomplish their mission.

Terrain:

The Hills are light green and are considered normal for movement. Woods are dark green, heavy and give a +2 save. The Japanese player may fully entrench every squad section or weapons team.

Deployment:

All US units must start within 6" of the south and east table edges. The Japanese player must set up first inside their start lines. As the US had already fought on the escarpment the previous two days, there was not much the Japanese had hidden from them. To simulate this, only one weapons team and three squads may be set up hidden. All the rest must be placed on the table.

Special Rules:

There are no special rules.

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