This scenario pits a very small number of Japanese troops with a 75/88 and a 37mm AA gun against 2 companies of Marines supported by mortars, an LVT-4A1 and an LVT-4A4. I placed the Japanese AA gun with an infantry platoon and LT on the western side of the small hill on the east side of the board giving him a good field of fire covering much of the edge that the Marines had to enter from. The second stack of Japanese had 2 Service platoons and another LT set up to the south and in the jungle edge so he could open fire at anything that came through the light jungle in front of him, and the last stack had the Japanese Major, the 75/88, a Service platoon and the HMG platoon. The Marines came in with the group of two stacks lead by the Major with a good LT, both leading stacks of 2 Marine infantry units. The third stack came in towards the south end of the west edge to work his way through the jungle and try to take out the units on that part of the board. The LVTs split up, one coming in next to the Marine Sgt who lead the two Mortar units, and the other coming in at the north end. As the first LVT stopped in the light woods where he could look for the enemy, the Japanese AA gun opened up an accurate AT fire and took out the only step lost by the Marines in this game. The Major and LT in the north moved through the light woods to flank the hill, with the plan of softening up the defenders there while the mortars dropped rounds on to try to do as much damage as possible before a Marine assault. The LT to the south with two Infantry platoons slogged through the jungle and the other LVT moved forward but didn't stick his nose out too far after seeing what happened to his partner. The command group with the Major succeeded in getting adjacent to the Japanese AA gun and defenders while the Mortars managed by turn 3 to roll a 2, and randomly rolling to see which piece in the hex took the loss, the hit took out the AA gun and demoralized the infantry. The Japanese quickly rallied and offered week resistance but lost everything in the ensuing assault, with even the LT succumbing to wounds. While all this happened, the Marines in the south had finally managed to get close to the defending Service platoons there, while the LVT single step moved to where he could shoot without drawing fire from the yet to be found 75/88, and the southern defense crumbled, again complete with leader. With confidence up, the northern force and LVT moved forward, the infantry finding the gun, Service and HMG platoons with the Major and closing to adjacent, while an LVT stuck it's nose out to try to draw fire, all the while letting the mortars pound the final stack of defenders. This time, mortars did some friendly fire damage, and just as that got straightened out, point blank fire hit the same stack of Marines and demoralized them, but mortar fire and now combined direct fire from just about everything else was taking it's toll. The 75/88 was the next loss, and a demoralized HMG platoon tried to flee but only got itself into a position to be wiped out next turn. The Japanese Major and the final Service platoon held the middle for another two turns until Marines finally finished off the Service platoon in assault. The Major managed to evade and escape, but by this point on turn 15, there were no more Japanese units, demoralized or otherwise, so the game ended in a US victory.