15mm Ww2 from Fireball Forward Guadalcanal scenario book. 4th battle of Matinakau river, "The meatgrinder". US forces attempt to destroy what's left of the previous battles Japanese assault force. Photos loaded in opposite order so start at the bottom.
Final score USMC 10- Japanese 5.
5. Key objectives for Marines are to destroy forces in village, while Japanese earn major points for destroyed tanks. Dan sends one of his Japanese platoon after the tanks, trying to destroy them with close assault.
4. The rules have a random system for navigation in jungle. Sometimes you go straight ahead Sometimes you drift left or right. This actually helped me as 1st platoon accidentally drifted right, away from 2 dug in machine gun nests and into a less dangerous duh in Japanese infantry platoon. With some lucky dice and MG support, they destroyed it.
3. Time is short for this game (4 turns) so I Sent the tanks across the beach at full speed to attack the huts. It didn't seem like the infantry would get there in time.
2. Japanese foxhole protect the southern approach through the jungle.
1. Japanese force is dug in on top right of table. USmc infantry force starts at bottom right, working their way through thick jungle. 4 Sturat tanks (proxy by Shermans) start on upper left travelling down the beach/sandbar.
If you want info on the historical event :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau
