This is a really neat Scenario. Anyone reading James Jones's book the Thin Red Line will recognize this scenario from the book and the two movies. The Japanese set up on the hill in all the victory hexes entrenched and dug in. The American's sent one Battalion to the Horse's legs and one Battalion to the horse's head. Us artillery and air power had little effect on the Japanese and the U.S. suffered a number of demoralizations and disruptions and two step losses getting into assault position. But the U.S. still had enough to keep the pressure up. Despite never being able to bring their whole weight to bear they made slow but steady progress taking Japanese positions in victory hexes. The Japanese artillery was a going concern the entire scenario as they never failed their post bombardment ammo check until late in the game (scenario special rule). Once the U.S. artillery was used up the U.S. found the going harder. To make matters worse the original plan to unite both mortar platoons under a decent leader took forever to accomplish what with fog of war rolls and so many disrupted units that took priority. Going into the last turn the Japanese still had two hexes of the Horses head in control but the U.S. had lost less than 7 steps. The U.S. could have taken the game in the last turn had both their assaults won out but only one did leaving one hex disputed. Draw. If you like infantry battles this is a good one.