Strategy Comment: American need to decide whether to set up on or behind the ridge. There are advantages/disadvantages to each. Either they will be firing uphill or into the jungle. If they setup behind the ridge, the Japanese would have no protection versus artillery, but on the ridge they force the Japanese to assault uphill (defensive bonus). The American battalion decides to form a solid line without holes, but they are spread out quite thinly. Can they hold?

Japanese Goal

Get two units to the American airfield (marked with a spotted marker) Inflict sufficient casualties (at least 9 steps)

The Battle

Only a few brief notes remain of this scenario.

Within a handful of turns the Japanese have already hit their win condition, now they must deny the Americans inflicting 16 steps

Japanese are folding up the American line like an accordion!

Japanese penetrate the American line. Line is as good as gone. Americans retreat to intercept.

Note: Americans need to inflict 4 more casualties. Go for the isolated Japanese in the northwest

Note: Americans assault the Japanese in northwest. Japanese are in trouble and try to reinforce! Americans 2 steps away from win condition.

Japanese Losses: 3!!! (American artillery ordered by the fleeing Captain in the southeast eliminates a Japanese platoon).

Note: – That lone Captain escaped capture time and time again and manages to radio in a very successful artillery barrage.

American Major killed and Lieutenant deserts

DRAW!!!

Aftermath

A very fun scenario with a somewhat imbalanced win condition. The Americans really struggled to inflict their casualties, and only with the aid of their off-board artillery and some lucky strikes did they manage to succeed.

Rating 4/5