Played solo in 30 minutes.

This scenario is a small puzzle which is heavily dependent on who win the initiative on the 2nd turn. The Australians won the initiative in my game and took the opportunity to block the north and south trails.

The Japanese still had a chance of winning if they won the next turn's initiative by 2 by alas, the Australians won the initiative again. The Australians were able to exit 6 steps uncontested while the Japanese took revenge by eliminating the two units which blocked their path.

Australian victory!

I rated this one a "2". It's a small, fun puzzle but it is too dependent on a single initiative die roll.