This scenario has about a battalion of Japanese troops attacking 3 surviving groups, little over 2 companies, while those Australian troops try to hold 3 villages. The northernmost village has fire-lanes cut in the jungle hexes allowing British troops to fire through the jungle hexes out to 3 hexes. The other villages don't have this, so depend on firepower and morale to hold out. The fire lanes did little good as the fire from Israva's defenders failed to hit anything. Japanese came in from the north edge in 3 companies with the battalion command, mortars and reserve coming in down the middle with the central company. The western company worked it's way around to the Australian left and succeeded in getting past Isurava while the central company moved forward and started low firepower but accurate direct fire, pushing most of the Isurava force out and killing about half of it with several officers. The LTC commanding that force was the last leader to die, with several reduced platoons fleeing to finally be rallied by the higher morale leaders holding the southwestern village. The Japanese left got into position to attack the Australians in the east-central village next, and attacking village by village allowed the mortars to keep up effective fire without having to split their fire between multiple targets. The second village was held much longer, with the LTC and a sinlge step being pushed out on turn 21, where even the battalion commander and reserve became involved in the action and finally managed to eliminate the last members of that Australian force. Japanese troops managed to start engaging the southwestern village by turn 14, but got bogged down with the slightly higher morale troops there. With the mortars finally able to focus on the Australian defenders there, the outer defenses were being pushed back and the village was tied up in assault, but right to the last die rolls, the Australians there just wouldn't give up, keeping ownership of that last village in question to the bitter end. Japanese just didn't take the casualties the Australians did and with 33 points to 12 just for casualties, the Japanese didn't have any problem when adding the 15 points for captured villages to end in a Major Victory. Great game.