Battling Bastards - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

Trail 429, 10km NW of Limay, 40km W of Manila, Luzon, Philippines: NIGHT [Best played against Human opponent] During the initial months of the Pacific War the Japanese penetration of the Abucay Line near the western shore of Manila Bay in the Philippines, forced General Wainwright to fall back to secondary lines running inland from Orion. However, after months of blockade and diminishing supplies of food and ammunition, the American and Philippine Army formations were still determined to hold out against the invaders until help could arrive from the United States. Unfortunately for the defenders, no help was coming! Instead General Homma, commanding the Japanese 14th Army, committed the recently arrived 4th Division to fight its way over Mt. Samat and smash through the Allied defenses northwest of Limay. By the first week of April the left wing of the American II Corps had been shattered. For the weary Allied troops, who called themselves "The Battling Bastards," the situation was growing desperate. In preparation for a counteroffensive to stabilize the left flank, the under-strength US 31st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), supported by a few Stuart tanks, was ordered to secure Trail 429 to its junction with Trail 4 northwest of the San Vicente River during the night of the 5th. Approaching the American objective from the west, with nearly the identical mission, were elements of the Japanese 61st/4 Infantry Regiment, setting the stage for a fierce night action.