Chain of Command Japanese v British

Not having played Chain of Command for a while and with Jerry having painted up some 20mm Far East British we thought we'd play a game to get back into it before Version 2 of the rules was available.

I used my Japanese and we took a scenario from the 'Jitra' PSC called "Roadblock at Nangka" where the Japanese are facing a delaying action by the British and have to capture the British Line of Communication marker.

The Japanese deploy from their forward JoP hoping to rush the British before they can react:

Immediately the plan collapses as a British section appears almost on the flank of the Japanese:

More British appear and casualties/shock mount for the Japanese:

More Japanese arrive:

They are supported by a Chi-Ha tank:

Which promptly explodes when hit by British AT gun fire:

At this stage the Japanese decide to withdraw. As this miserable defeat had taken so little time we decided to have a repeat game!

This time the Japanese prepare more carefully with sections deploying on overwatch on the jungle line together with the tank: 

This gives them a much improved firebase for when the British do appear:

A complete turn around from the first game as this time it is the British who suffer heavily and withdraw:

Two games that really show the value of preparation in CoC! The first one with my hurriedly put together plan to rush the British failed dismally (though it could have worked...), the second where I prepared carefully and did much better. 

It was nice to get back into CoC and with the revised rules coming out soon there will probably be a revival of interest in playing again.