Vietnam Combat Operations: Volume 7 - Playtest AAR

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[center]Attack #20[/center][left] [/left][left]Attacked by the C301 Sapper Battalion, the 620th Regional Force Company defending Rach Gia City miraculously holds its ground despite heavy casualties.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #21[/center][left] [/left][left]The D504 LF Battalion attacks Moc Hoa, capital of Kien Tuong Province defended by a CIDG Camp but the timely arrival of air support breaks the back of the Viet Cong.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #22[/center][left] [/left][left]Left unprotected during the Tet cease-fire, the old imperial city of Hue is occupied by two full NVA regiments. The D802 Battalion, Regiment 6, is tasked with capturing the Headquarters of the 1st ARVN Division located in the citadel and defended by the elite Hac Bao Reconnaissance Company. The combat is furious and despite the arrival of 2/3 and supporting artillery fires, only the Hac Bao Company manages to hold one but takes heavy casualties. It probably won't resist a second assault.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #23[/center][left] [/left][left]In the Highlands, the 809 Local Force Company quickly captures the Dalat/Lien Khuong airfield.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #24[/center][left] [/left][left]The village of Ham Thuan near Phan Thiet is attacked by a Local Force Company but the defenders manage to hold on.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #25[/center][left] [/left][left]The Saigon City Sapper Battalion attacks the Presidential Palace and the United States Embassy in downtown Saigon. The Palace Guard is forced to retreat but the arrival of the 3rd Airborne Battalion inflicts heavy casulaties to the Vietcong unfamiliar with street fighting. Fortunately, the Republic of Vietnam President, Nguyen Van Thieu, escapes unscathed [8D][/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #26[/center][left] [/left][left]The Vietcong tries to penetrate My Xuyen, a suburb of Soc Trang in the Mekong Delta but is repulsed with heavy losses by the 662nd RF Company and the reinforcing 43rd Ranger Battalion.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #27[/center][left] [/left][left]In the Mekong Delta, the D261B Battalion from the Dong Thap Regiment launches a vicious diversionary attack on the Ben Tranh airfield north of My Tho defended by the 32nd Ranger Battalion and a RF Company. The 1/11 ARVN, coming to reinforce, fells in an ambush and is entirely anihilated, but the rangers stay in control of the locality.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #28[/center][left] [/left][left]The 7 Cu Chi Local Force launches a suicide attack on the northern perimeter of the Cu Chi Base Camp, home of the 25th US Infantry Division. Quickly reinforced by a tank company, an armored cavalry troop and the tracks of 4-23 INF, the Remfs of the 1st and 2d Brigade HQs kill hundreds of VCs caught in the perimeter's wire.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #29[/center][left] [/left][left]Meanwhile in Darlac Province, the VC penetrates Xa Tho Thanh, a locality southwest of Ban Me Thuot.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #30[/center] 
The C74 Local Force Company attempts to overrun Tu Nghia, a small town south of Quang Ngai but is obliterated by the accurate barrage of two 105mm artillery battalions.

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[center]Attack #31[/center] 
Don Phuoc in Kien Phong Province, home of the IV Corps Mobile Strike Force is overrun by the D502 VC Local Force Battalion.

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[center]Attack #32[/center][left] [/left][left]A small airfield north of Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta defended by the 561st Regional Force Company is overrunned by a VC company despite supporting fires from two artillery battalions.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #33[/center][left] [/left][left]Dao Thong, a small outpost near the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province is attacked by the C251 LF Company but the battle is inconclusive.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #34[/center] 
Mo Cay, a district capital in Kien Hoa Province is quickly abandoned by the ARVN without much of a fight
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[center]Attack #35[/center][left] [/left][left]2-35 INF on LZ ROSS receives a ground assault from the D12 NVA Sapper Battalion. The attack is repulsed but not without some losses.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #36[/center] 
The Khu 7 Ha Lai LF Company attacks the Montagnard village of Plei Ta Nangle in Binh Dinh Province and routs the defenders.

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[center]Attack #37[/center][left] [/left][left]The resettlement village of Dat Ly northeast of Ban Me Thuot is attacked but the Vietcong is caught in the open by a deadly barrage and breaks off the attack.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #38[/center][left] [/left][left]A violent battle takes place in Tan Canh, a district capital in Kontum province. The 2nd Battalion, NVA Regiment 174, supported by the C15 Sapper Company and a mortar battalion launches an assault on the locality defended by the 3/42 ARVN and a RF Company. The Southvietnamese 6th Airborne Battalion and a company of Pattons for 1-69 ARM join the fight from nearby Dak To Combat Base. The defenders are badly shaken and only the red berets manage to hold the town.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]

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[center]Attack #39[/center][left] [/left][left]The C744 VC LF Company launches a surprise attack on the town of Di Linh in Lam Dong Province and quickly occupies the town.[/left][left] [/left][center][/center]