Cpl Uhl
Senior Member
The Japanese conduct an Armored Assault Banzai and end up in a hex with: 1 Japanese AFV, 1 Japanese Squad and 1 US HS.
CC Phase: Because of the AFV, the CC is Sequential with the US going first, despite the Japanese being the ATTACKER.
Question: does the US attack on the HtH table?
I would argue yes. G1.64 says: Whenever >_ one unbroken Japanese Infantry/Cavalry unit is the ATTACKER in CC/Melee...that CC/Melee automatically becomes HtH...
In non-Japanese situations, either by SSR, Gurkhas, whatever, declaring HtH is always couched as something the ATTACKER/Ambusher may do - so if these weren't Japanese I'd say the US couldn't use HtH because they aren't the ATTACKER, didn't Ambush and aren't allowed to declare HtH by SSR or any other rule.
However, with Japanese as the ATTACKER, CC just automatically becomes HtH. So I would think that in the situation described with sequential CC, the US would attack on the HtH table.
Thoughts?
CC Phase: Because of the AFV, the CC is Sequential with the US going first, despite the Japanese being the ATTACKER.
Question: does the US attack on the HtH table?
I would argue yes. G1.64 says: Whenever >_ one unbroken Japanese Infantry/Cavalry unit is the ATTACKER in CC/Melee...that CC/Melee automatically becomes HtH...
In non-Japanese situations, either by SSR, Gurkhas, whatever, declaring HtH is always couched as something the ATTACKER/Ambusher may do - so if these weren't Japanese I'd say the US couldn't use HtH because they aren't the ATTACKER, didn't Ambush and aren't allowed to declare HtH by SSR or any other rule.
However, with Japanese as the ATTACKER, CC just automatically becomes HtH. So I would think that in the situation described with sequential CC, the US would attack on the HtH table.
Thoughts?