Monday 26 February 2018

Flames of war - Vietnam (V4)

US - Brown river water force - 26 pts
1xCCB
1xATC(H)
Inf. Platoon
1xASBP

PAVN - Infantry battalion - 25 pts
HQ
3xMG nest
Inf. Platoon
Inf. Platoon
3xAA mg
Special task platoon





Turn 1
US move up to unload at one of the objectives. PAVN ambushes a infantry platoon at another objective.


Turn 2
US Unload their rifle platoon and then fire at the Vietnamese platoon with the ASBP boat. PAVN ambush the HMG nest platoon arriving from reserve and pin down the US infantry in the coming firestorm. Then PAVN successfully recovers one objective (1-0). 



Turn 3
The Boats fire on the PAVN infantry killing one team, then the US infantry successfully search the objective (1-1). PAVN are reinforced by a AA mg platoon that attempts to dig in but fails. It then opens up on the ASBP boat inflicting a minor damage.


 Turn 4
The US infantry move towards the second close by objective. The boats and the infantry together destroy a AA team and a infantry team. The Special task force arrive and takes a shot at the ASBP, inflicting a second minor damage, then the Infantry platoon bail it with a lucky rocket hit.



Turn 5
The ASBP fail to remount, so with reduced fire the boats only kills a special task team. The US infantry successfully search the third objective (2-1). New PAVN recruits arrive at the other side of the river. The Special task force then force the ASBP boat to hit the beach with a rocket hit.





Turn 6
The US infantry board on the ATC boat ready to be ferried to the other side of the river. The boats together batter down the Special task force to two teams and the AA MGs to a single team. The Special task force and the AA mg flees the battle, failing their morale. The PAVN infantry then destroys the damaged ASBP.




Turn 7
The PAVN infantry seeing no hope of reaching the objectives on the other side of the river decides to retreat with a chance of returning on the other side of the river. Unluckily they return back to the same table quarter they departed from. The PAVN Infantry platoon successfully search the fourth objective (2-2).




Turn 8
The US marines secure the last objective (3-2), scoring a victory for the Brown water navy.