The Battle of the Slim River 5th 7th January 1942 AAR
On Saturday we played another scenario in our ongoing Malaya campaign; the Battle of the Slim River (crikey, its been over a year since we played the last scenario!). This action was fought between the 5th and 7th of January 1942. The initial Japanese probes on the morning of the 5th came to nothing and the British forces began to fall back to the south. However, during the withdrawal the Japanese forces fell on the defending 4/19th Hyperabad and 5/2nd Punjabs. The Japanese attackers included tanks and engineers and managed to get through the Indian line to cause mayhem amongst the British artillery of the 137th Field Battery, 5/14th Punjab Regiment and 2/1st Gurkha Rifles, destroying or scattering all these formations. Finally they achieved the capture of the bridge over the Slim River and the British defeat here lead to the loss of central Malaya to the Japanese invaders. Image from: http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk The re-fight was based on the actions of the 5th and 6th Januar...