The American Commander tried a center punch with an eye toward mopping up the flanks (with emphasis on the Japanese town that would have given them the victory). Everything was going well, the timetable was within reach and then I threw eight sevens in a row... which really threw a wrench in the works. (Now THAT WAS a bit uncalled for.) At any rate, the Americans did not fully integrate their movements and the Japanese, with cleverly placed minefields, stopped the Americans from switching units from flank to flank easily. (Rommel WAS right, "meet them at the waters edge and throw them back into the sea!")