The Last Act - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines: [Best played as Axis] While the battle for control of the Philippines was being fought on Luzon through the beginning of 1942, the Allied garrison on Mindanao was for the most part ignored by the Japanese 14th Army. The force that had seized Davao in December was very small and could do little more than patrol aggressively. This situation would not last long! With the Bataan Campaign concluded by mid-April, General Homma turned his attention south and instructed that a larger force be dispatched to secure the remaining islands. With the morning sun beginning to rise over Mindanao on April 29th, the landing craft approaching through Moro Gulf carrying General Kawaguchi's Detachment split into two forces and headed toward objectives at Cotabato and Parang. Ashore at Cotabato, elements of the sector garrison commanded by Lt. Col. Nelson from the 101st PA Infantry Division scrambled to man their defenses covering the Mindanao River and extensive mangrove swamp as enemy naval gunfire began to pound the landing zones. The final act in the conquest of the Philippines had begun.