Another Volksgrenadier support option completed. Again, it’s frosty rather than snowy that I’m trying to achieve, but also a Mad Max type Gotterdammerung feel of an army fighting on while it simultaneously falls apart. It’s still 16 AP Dice, which will give anyone a headache.

The Italians breech the minefield to break into the box.

The housewives’ favourite oversees the British defence of the box near the Egyptian border.

The Italians push hard while the Africa Korps lead elements arrive to the north.

The Italians make their first move.

Big day of O Group today. Just getting feedback on our 100 mile approach march across the western desert.

The main Japanese attack comes through the rubber.

The Leicesters respond to this cheeky insertion by killing the Japanese scouts. However, the Japanese pressure is identifying the British positions and the British morale is starting to fall.

In a run for the try line, a Japanese scout team emerges from the captured British staff car to seize the British Line of Communication marker.

What appears to be a British staff car speeds down the trunk road. But who could it be?

Sergeant McTavish recovers from his stunned state, lays the 2 pounder and takes out the Japanese tank.

The Japanese armour lives a charmed life as the 2 pounder crew fail to get their eye in.

Japanese knee mortars depot in the rubber to form a base of fire.

The Leicesters struggle through the jungle to block a Japanese advance through the rubber.

In the jungle fringe, a section of the Leicesters deploys and opens fire. The Japanese jitter party disappear. Their ruse has obliged the British to deploy a unit.

A view across the battlefield.

A Japanese scout team advanced through the paddy fields to start the action on the Jitra Line