Marianas 1944: scenario #22, Patrol North: Barrigada

I was needing a scenario returning to the jungle terrain and only had time for a quick one and an unconventional one just for fun, almost a chest like strategy. This was it!

The Americans need two exit all four steps of M5 Stuart tanks off the north edge of the map but first must eliminate one Japanese truck step to win, in 14 turns, anything else is a Japanese victory. The Japanese also have a small force of mixed unit besides the three truck units, which include: 2 x INF, 1 x SER, 1 x HMG Reduced, 1 x 20mm AA Gun, 1 x Casemate and 3 Leaders.

In my game I setup the Japanese in the north section of the map in a kind of blocking force, using the terrain to their advantage. The Americans moved both M5 tank units to the nearest Japanese truck unit, destroying it and receiving some harmless 20mm AA Gun fire. Next they split up trying to exit the north edge of the map and trying to spreads the Japanese lines out. The problem was, the Japanese trapped one M5 unit and ignored the other. Letting it slip off the north edge of map but the other M5 was trapped in an endless assault and would slip out only to be assault by another Japanese unit until the scenario ended, giving the Japanese a victory.

If I had it to do over with, I would have kept the two American M5 together giving them more fire power to maybe blast their way out of the assault.