Kokoda - Escape from Oivi - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

This battle is based on the "Escape from Oivi" scenario from the board game Panzer Grenadier, Kokoda Campaign by Mike Bennighof, Ph.D. In this meeting engagement units from the Australian 39th Infantry Battalion, Companies B and D, and Papuan Infantry Battalion engage elements from the Japanese 1st Battalion, 144th Regiment and 15th Independent Engineer Regiment. After the Papuan Infantry Battalion decided discretion was the better part of valor, the greatly outnumbered Australian forces elected to destroy supplies and facilities before withdrawing back into the hills toward Kokoda. The Japanese infiltrated past the tightly bunched Australian forces to surround them. Captain Sam Templeton was killed early in the engagement, but eventually most the green Australians managed to escape through the Japanese lines.