Marianas 1944, scenario #16: Those Small But Deadly Hills

These were deadly Hills and the terrain, soggy ground and minefields were all a major headache for the advancing Marines, that plus no artillery support cause the Americans to take chances as they only had 16 turns to do a lot with only a little. The Japanese covered the main southern hill very well including three minefields. They cover the northern hill with a smaller force but the Marines never had time to make it there. The first major blow happen when the Americans hit a three point minefield adjacent to a stack of enemy units and between the two they destroyed two Marine Infantry steps and one Leader.

In this scenario, I actually had more Marine step loses than Japanese, 5 to 6, which I believe is a first for me but included a tank/M4 step which counted double, lost to a Japanese 47mm AT Gun. Needless to say, the American completed zero victory objectives while the Japanese did most of their for 20 to 5 Japanese victory. This is actually a difficult scenario for the Americans.