Main Battle Front at Jitra

Following the first three games of this miniseries where British/Indian forces t\attempted to delay the oncoming Japanese forces during their invasion of Malaya in 1941, the main defensive line at Jitra has been reached.

On the Brits right flank in the Rubber Plantation (palm trees standing in for rubber trees), both sides exchange fire and each take a casualty

Guarding the main road from the Japanese invasion beaches to the north in Thailand, stands a substantial concrete bunker (r). The Brits and Japanese forces here too exchange fire and a casualty each...

Back on the right, the Japanese take additional losses...

In the center, a weakened Japanese squad (from previous fight), loses more men...

Then the Japanese player makes an incredible shot, penetrating the bunker and downing one of the Vickers MMG crew!

Joining the Japanese forces in their center, another squad and a Chi Ha tank make their appearance...

On the right, British forces take losses, and at this point the Brits were getting frustrated as they have two squads exchanging fire on one Japanese squad her.  They are pounding the Japanese to their front as well...

The Brits take another loss in the center from long range fire. The Japanese just can't miss...

And yet more losses to long range fire!

Finally the Brits get a good shooting round inflicting losses and enough Shock to suppress the Japanese on this flank. Perhaps things are looking up!

The Brits pour more devastating fire into the Japanese on the right, causing the squad to rout...

Finally some reinforcements for the Brits, but no sooner do they arrive and they take heavy losses! (Again at long range)

Then suddenly another bad round and they break! The luck of the British has just simply been terrible...

And more losses for the Brits on the left...

Another casualty! Can the Brits catch a break!

Not letting up on the right following the rout of the Japanese squad here, the Brits maintain their fire and bring down a senior Japanese leader. Unfortunately it will be their only success...

The last shots of the Brits before they break as a force, a 2lb AT shot hits the tank and momentarily stops its advance. Unfortunately a photo showing the courageous attack by Japanese engineers destroying the bunker with a satchel charge has disappeared, so that British disaster does not show up here. Overall it was an incredibly frustrating game for the British forces. With all their forces entrenched or in a bunker, they suffered three times the losses of the attacking Japanese troops. Oh well...