Campaign for South Vietnam

[larryfulkerson]

The surviving elements of the 312th NVA Div decide to retreat to safety and lick
their wounds:

And thus ends the turn.

[larryfulkerson]

I finally got around to calculating the EEV value and I think I did it correctly. But I'm not sure. Anyway, I believe the EEV value is 41 before turn 7 starts. So, excluding all the Allied activation events, that's about 2 points per turn to make it to the goal of 100 points I'm going to need the same pace as previous turns and maybe 30 or 31 turns more should do the trick. That's about 3 years more.

The problem is that I'm running out of choice hexes to convert. Maybe I can get Curt to attack me, thus converting the hex back to Allied control so that I can re-convert it again and maybe get a point for doing so. I can always hope.

It's my understanding that when the EEV value hits 100 the US Allied units have to start pulling out. ANZAC and Korean, and Phillipino ( how do you spell Phillippino ? ) and stuff like that included. I don't know about the air units.....maybe them too.

Then I'll be facing just the ARVN units and maybe the character of this game will change drasticly ( how do you spell drastically ? ).

Anyway, it's going to be interesting.

[Raindem]

The EEV calculations above are incorrect (hope I'm not looking at a classified post!).  The current EEV is 28.  NLF activity events add a point to the victory total, not the EEV.  However, having drove the Allied victory level down below -10 at least 1, and maybe 2, penalty points have been added to the EEV.

The Allies are still in a state of buildup.  At this point my counterattacks are limited to provincial capitals and artillery bombardments.  The good news is the independant brigades arrived 2 months earlier than expected.  Congress must have heard my plea.  The VC happy time will soon be coming to an end.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Raindem
The EEV calculations above are incorrect (hope I'm not looking at a classified post!).  The current EEV is 28.  NLF activity events add a point to the victory total, not the EEV.  However, having drove the Allied victory level down below -10 at least 1, and maybe 2, penalty points have been added to the EEV.

Oh. Okay, thanks for setting me straight. I'll try to watch for the EEV value's on the news summary instead like everybody else.

[larryfulkerson]

Campaign for South Vietnam Turn 7 as of 08MAY2008

This is the report of NVA actions taken during turn 7. This report is UNCLASSIFIED.
Here's the news summary for this turn:

[larryfulkerson]

The VC Go Cong Pol Sec decides to attack the rather small MP platoon in it's spawn
area even though it's suicide because I wanted to inflict some damage before I disband:

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The VC 48th Bn decides to split into three units and try to blow the bridge to
the north of Quang Ngai as well as convert some hexes before they disband:

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The NVA 271st Reg decides to target the transport helicopter(s) at Phu Lac:

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As a test of the Allied visibility, the VC 3rd/306th Bn decides to move to a better
position for an assault in the future:

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Two elements from the 1st NVA Div decide to create a diversion for the NVA 271st
by attacking Bien Dien:

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The one element of the VC Bien Hoa Bn decides to try to blow some more bridges
from Saigon to Bien Hoa and except for forgetting to convert the hex the mission was
wildly successful:

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The 1st and 2nd VC Inf Bn decide to gang up on one Allied unit and see what happens:

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The VC 2nd/502 Inf Bn decides to help the 295th try to take Cao Lanh:

[larryfulkerson]

The NVA 308th Div has decided they are rested up and they want to assault the ARVN
1st Division again:

EDIT: The idea here is to try to force an ARVN unit into the DMZ thus causing some points to be added to the EEV.

[larryfulkerson]

The VC 510th Bn has decided to split into two parts and assault Chau Phu:

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The VC 56th Bn has decided to split into three parts and convert hexes and disband:

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The VC D445th Bn has decided to split into three parts and convert hexes and disband:

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The Long Khanh VC Bn has decided to split into three parts and convert hexes and disband:

[larryfulkerson]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to show you the losses before the attacks:

[larryfulkerson]

The NVA 316th Div decides to try to open the road from Laos to Pleiku: