Korea? Again? Again???

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But there is bitter fighting at Seoul! At the end, I had managed to infiltrate his lines from teh south and attack his supporting artillery with NK troops. The artillery retreated to Inchon and then evaporated before combat to a NK AT company! This lucky stroke was compounded by the fact that the massed Chinese armies were able to push the Marines out of Seoul and, with their retreat to Inchon blocked, they went south to the other UN stack. So, those boys are surrounded and I was able to put two Chinese units into the hex next to Inchon. I don't think I can hold that hex as the UN forces are very good and I was not able to dig in very much, but, he is out of supply so when he attacks he should drain his supply level and, hopefully, take a lot of time to push me out. Marc is facing a dilemma because a lot of his shipping capacity is tied up off Wonsan. He can probably swing it back in Inchon, but that's a long way to go.

In the South, I pushed the Turks into a corner (they clearly reformed after the December debacle) and eliminated one salient while pushing back two US RCTs that were in the red.

I decided to commit my fresh Chinese army to the south and moved it that way.

Stay tuned, we're heading to an exciting finish and who knows what tricks Marc has up his sleeve!

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Liberation turn 44. After committing a truely unspeakable number of war crimes the Marines were able to resestablish the link to Inchon (and Marc commented they want a really big memorial since they keep having to retake the town). He also pushed in the south without making significant gains.

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But, the Glorious People's Armies counter attacked and surrounded the bridgehead in the South. And, in the round of combat that followed this picture the Marines were pushed back into Inchon thus surrounding the UN stack to the east of Inchon again. The Turkish Brigade was wiped out (again) and may not have time to reconstitute before this game ends. But, the Turks really can't be happy about all of their troops that are missing in this war.

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I did get off attacks on the surrounded stacks and did not eliminate them, but they did suffer very heavy losses. Honestly, right now we're punch drunk boxers hitting each other waiting for the final bell. Can I keep Seoul and the NK towns? Can Marc hang on to Taejon? The issue is still in doubt.

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Liberation turn 45. Well, the UN was able to free its pockets. I don't really have and answer to his armor units. They are hard to dislodge and seem to push me around with some sort of regularity. Most Geriatric Leader Kim Il Sung was not happy with the UN's escaping his traps. Even personally shooting some class enemies was not enough to cheer him up. That's a bad sign. :)

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Somehow, a Chinese division was able to get into Taejon. I was this close to cutting off the UN to prevent all resupply but I could not push the final hex out of the way. And, the pesky armor unit out there withstood a completely concentric attack and did not appear to suffer any damage at all. I guess I just have to hope that it used up some of its supply.

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Liberation turn 47 (I may have skipped 46). I can't push into Taejon anymore and, in fact, I'm reduced to just trying to keep Marc from linking up in the all consuming battle for Seoul. Last turn, Marc attacked the city (again) and caused about 400 or more losses on my troops. Ugh. I'm overstacked there and he has nothing but firepower and yet, and yet, I saved the hex by the timely intervention of reserves. So, here we are again.

The turn ended before I could take another photo but I attacked the south of his line and Seoul and pushed back two regiments but the Marine regiment held. In more glorious news, the NK air unit attacked the American carrier TF sitting off of Seoul and wiped out about 20 planes. Then, my shore based artillery damaged a destroyer, a BB and a CV. I have no idea what effect this has on those ships, but it sure made the headlines of the People's East Daily![&o]

His troops are all tired and my troops are all tired. Who will give out first?

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Liberation turn 48. This starts of bad with Most Petulant Leader Kim Il Sung complaining about how life is unfair and he doesn't care of the stupid UN and it's stupid Marines take stupid Seoul and stupid P'Yongyang and everything else and then started crying.

As you can see, Marc was able to push into the VP hex at Seoul and make some significant progress in the south. There were a lot of UN attacks and a lot of Communist casualties. [:(]

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But it ain't over until it's over and the fat lady has not yet sung. And, given Communist food policies there are no fat ladies to sing so we can't lose. :)

In the middle of the turn I was able to isolate two of the spearheads in the south and to push through the UN lines south of Seoul.

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And, as Most Erudite Leader Kim Il Sung would say "mirabile dictu" (Most Classicist Leader Kim Il Sung is nothing if he's not a HUGE Virgil fan). Here are the commies back in Inchon. And, there were at least 6 artillery battalions who retreated before combat out of Inchon.

Serious question for those who design the games, what happens to units that RBC out of a port? Are they dead? Did they sea transport someplace and do they come back? Inquiring minds really want to know to see if Marc can bring them back to provide fire support for the final battles at Seoul.

But, back to the action. Not only are the commies back in Inchon, but I even managed to wipe out an american armored battalion in the south.

Just a few turns left and this is going down to the wire sports fans!

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Liberation turn 49. The Glorious People's Army of China actually managed to hang on to Inchon for a turn in the face of another sea landing attempt by the allies so his land forces will be out of supply for another turn. He destroyed lots of units in the south and has formed a pocket and my troops are so wrung out that I could not even get rid of the one armored company that would have cut off his armor spearhead again. [:@]

On the upside, I did push him back one hex in the southern Seoul pocket but then, alas, there was a failed proficiency check. It would be nice if the UN got one of those in the very near future.

I have some relatively fresh formations (as in they are orange and not red. :)) with which to attack Seoul and it's looking like it might be time.

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Liberation turn 50. The glorious People's Army of Workers and Peasants is apparently being betrayed by traitors and wreckers. The UN pushed me back on both fronts but as per last turn, is vulnerable to be cutting off Seoul again. But, sadly although I made the initial penetration, I failed the proficiency check again after the first round. This is clearly a war crime. :) Can I've avoided attacking Seoul directly because I'm sure I'll take very heavy casualties but it looks like I may have to roll the dice and see if I can make it work.

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Liberation turn 51. I'm not sure if Marc made any attacks but he did push his way north. Time is almost up.

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Well, the good news is that I did not fail the proficiency check this time. The sad news is that after the first round of attacks I only had 30% of my turn left (odd but there you go). So, in the second round I went for Seoul. I did not take it, but the losses were much more even than I thought they would be. So, good news bad news sort of thing. Most Annoyed Leader Kim Il Sung writing his memoirs about how the entire goal of this liberation was to liberate Kaesong. Anyone care to disagree with him? :)

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Well, apparently there was one counterrevolutionary porcine female lurking in the shadows and she began to warble thus ending the game. Marc reports that it ended in a draw but the commies were on the brink of collapse as he ground his way forward from the south. I can't see the final map but I suspect that's true as I was running out of troops. But, almost all of the UN troops were in the red zone so it seems like a pretty historical result. The UN recaptures Seoul and then the two sides batter on each other for two years arguing over the cease fire as neither side wants to commit the troops to go for total victory.

This is a very fun scenario! Each side gets a chance to bash on the other and most of the time you're locked in bitter combat. Marc is a very good player so I"m glad that I was able to eke out a tie with him.

The only bug we noticed is that periodically he would start the UN turn and the program would nuke a south korean city. This seemed just a tad unrealistic but it was easily dealt with with Marc simply restarting the turn and the game would proceed normally.

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Like the AAR, well written [:)]
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Thanks!
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