Banzai Blitz: Suribachi D+4 - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

Iwo Jima Island (Best played by either side.): D+4. The fifth day of the battle saw the Marines capture Mount Suribachi and also make some gains on the eastern side of the island in the 4th Marine Division's sector. However the rest of the line essentially stayed put as the 3rd Marine Division deployed its 21st Marine Regiment in the central sector of the line inbetween the 5th and 4th Marine Divisions. As it were many of the surviving Marines were exhausted after four days of combat and needed a rest. On the Japanese side the force defending Mount Suribachi was down to only a few hundred men left and could only give token resistance shen the Marines made their final assault. On the rest of the island the soldiers steeled themselves awaiting the American onslaught that they knew would come as thier artillery continued to hit the Marine rear areas, causing more casualties day by day.