The real killer, though, in in a place like malaya and the philippines, is the japanese ability to outflank. They do it on land by running into the jungle any time they're held up by an allied road block,. And infiltrating around and threatening to surround allied forces. So that means your line is moving back, and all the work you did to prepare it and get it ready is wasted. The rain is incredible, and i have not brought that up enough, because it plays a huge role in everything from obscuring sight  to making the morale of the troops just sag more. We have to remember, these soldiers in milay on the