This is a very large meeting engagement, with tanks on both sides. The Australians have very few tank leaders, six for 23 tanks (perhaps the scenario writer forgot that the AC1 and AC3 are tanks?), so they have to be careful with them.

The Australians used their fast, wheeled APCs to win the race to the big town on map 2. The Japanese moved up to the attack, but made a mistake in trying to stand off and wear down the defenders before assaulting. This gave the Australians the opportunity to move up their slower and more heavily armed Bren Carriers and tanks.

Once the Australian firepower arrived, the Japanese were out of options. The Australian tanks have poor guns but good armor. Some of the Japanese tanks have good guns, but none have good armor and the Australians were able to drive them back, inflicting heavy casualties.

The Australian firepower and the fact that they held the majority of the town hexes forced the Japanese into desperate assaults in the towns at poor odds.

In the end, the Australians inflicted over 100 step losses on the Japanese (tanks counted double), suffering less than half as many themselves. They controlled most of the small towns, and almost all of the large town.

Major Australian Victory

I rated this one a 3. The ending would have been a lot closer if I'd played the Japanese better. I'd like to try it again, but it's a big time commitment. If you're a fan of large combined-arms scenarios, you'll probably rate it a 4.