Leyte 1944

[JayTownsend]

One cool new rule you may have noticed or not but there is now cave movement between adjacent caves.

Cave Movement:

Japanese units may move between adjacent Caves using tunnels. This costs two movement points, and moving units are not subject to Opportunity Fire.

Let's complicate this...
Rule 16.73 States that if a side suffers more step losses in an assault than the other, that side must vacate the hex (and be subject to the free shot). Assuming adjacent caves here, could a dislodged force retreat into an adjacent cave? Would they be subject to a free shot while doing so?

 

Assuming adjacent caves here, could a dislodged force retreat into an adjacent cave? Would they be subject to a free shot while doing so?

I would say yes to both, if the force retreating is Japanese. The Americans retreat out of the hex, most likely from the hex they entered from.