I'm up for forest as well...and a suggestion.
Trystero and AAA, would you mind if AAA played up until the turn before we're prepared to attack? As we'll need to stop and discuss for awhile there in anycase.
I'd be OK with that. My plan was to discuss the disposition of our forces, move them to position, and then evaluate a plan of attack.
Here is what I have so far:
Japanese forces:
Osaka: 1 sword (C1, CR1), 1 spear (C1, Shock), 8 axes (1 C2, 7 C1, Shock), 2 archers (CG2, Drill)
Kagoshima: 2 axes (1 C2, 1 C1, Cover), 1 archer (CG2, Drill).
Our forces:
Drona: 5 axes, 1 warrior, 4 cats, 1 archer (spear in 1 turn)
Holy Cow: 1 warrior, (axe in 1 turn)
Bollywood: 4 axes, 1 cat, 1 archer (cat in 1 turn)
Delhi: 1 archer (axe in 7 turns)
Bombay: 1 warrior (archer in 7 turns)
Vijay: 1 axe, 1 archer (archer in 1 turn)
Pataliputra: ungarrisoned
In transit:
2 cats on road to Drona (2 turns)
4 axes, 2 cats on road to Drona (5 turns)
I would recommend moving the 4 axes and 1 cat (and the one completed next turn) in Bollywood to Drona, and upgrading the warrior in Drona to an axe. This would give us 14 axes, 10 cats, and 1 spear for our stack. I might also move the archer from Vijay (and build another archer there) to Bollywood and the archer in Bollywood to Drona for use in stack defense.