A Week in Binh Long - The forever AAR

[Jason Petho]

Turn 6 - 1st/16th Infantry
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The convoy of 1st/16th is making progress. So far, no losses have been reported for the convoy as any of the mines/roadblocks and IED's along the route have only triggered the occasional disruption.
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Alas, the same can't be said for B/1st/16th Infantry. While securing the abandoned airfield in the southern part of Area ALASKA, the 1st Platoon from B Company ran into an IED and suffered the first casualties, sending half a squad to a MASH unit. Alas, nothing can be done about that except hoping for the best that we don't run into a lot of IED's. Due to the nature of the scenario/campaign, I will not be able to replenish losses to my core battalions. The losses will remain as such throughout the week.
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To the north, there is A/1st/16th Infantry in their helicopters, with some support from the Loaches and some Snakes. I will perform the air assault next turn. I didn't have enough Action Points to drop off the infantry and get the helicopters off the ground again, so I decided to wait a turn. As my helicopters are few and far between, I cannot be frivolous with them at all.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 6 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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The only thing of note is that the Jeep/Duster Task Force as completed the duty by checking the road for the 1st/16th Infantry convoy and have turned around back to QL13. They will spend the next handful of turns heading back to Lai Khe.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 7 - General
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This provides a pretty good summary of what's been going on during the last turn. I have found some IED's, which have caused some casualties, one of the platoons have recovered from the disruption though. My engineers south of Loc Ninh are making some progress in clearing QL13. Three Headquarters had unlucky die rolls, although I believe two of them are moving in the 1st/16th convoy, so that makes sense. You'll notice that the National Police unit has been building some Improved Positions. Basically, if an ARVN unit is in a hex and fixed without an improved position, they were tasked with building one.
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Turn 7 -2d/28th Infantry
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Let's start over in the west by the border. My first LRRP section has landed. It will operate north of the LZ LOUISIANNA 5 Firebase. Since it moves the quickest, hopefully we can secure the locations pretty quickly. I am concerned about ambushes against the LRRP unit, but I'm rolling the die to see what happens.
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To the south, the Aero Rifle Platoon has secured the first hamlet with a few more to go. You can see how close we are operating to the border.
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Here is the operating area for B/2d/28th Infantry. This is the northeastern part of Area LOUISIANA. I am expecting some resistance here, so will have to be a bit cautious.
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C/2d/28th Infantry will meander along the southern edge here of Area ALABAMA before crossing the area boundary (the red = signs) and starting the clearing of Area LOUISIANA.
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To the east of Loc Ninh, we can see A/2d/28th creating the ridge and securing the plantation in the area. There are still additional objectives to the east of the ridge, but so far, so good.
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The Dozers and Construction Engineers have arrived via Chinooks, which have stopped off in Loc Ninh to refuel before heading to LZ LOUISIANA 5.
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And lastly, the very slow progress of the highway clearing along QL13 from An Loc to Loc Ninh. This will take the majority of the day for the Engineer Task Force.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 7 - 1st/16th Infantry
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Further to the south at An Loc, we have A/1st/16th after it performed a Combat Assault into LZ ALASKA 1. Fortunately, there was no resistance, and I was able to spread out the platoons to start securing the area. The Snakes and Loach are still on station while I will send the Slicks to An Loc to refuel.
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At the southern boundary of Area ALASKA is where B/1st/16th is operating. They didn't run into any resistance, but one of the platoons stumbled into an IED (punji sticks, etc). The rest of the company started to fan out to secure the Rubber Processing Plant and the hamlets in the area. This will make a good secondary airfield for helicopters, so I'll make sure I keep this fairly secured in the future.
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Down south, the convoy is making progress and is well organized. This will take the majority of the day to drive up QL13 through Chon Thanh and on to An Loc. Unless this convoy is ambushed, C/1st/16th Infantry will be having a quiet ride north.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 7 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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With the headquarters units lounging around Lai Khe, the Jeep/Duster Task Force had completed the mission for the day and has started the trip back to Lai Khe. Once back in Lai Khe, this sector will fall off the radar unless something of note happens around Lai Khe.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 8 - General
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A bunch of helicopters need to find an airfield, but with all the movements, that's not surprising. Most of the Slicks I'll send to An Loc to refuel and then decide what to do with them after they have finished. Some more Improved Positions are being built by the stagnant ARVN and my a few headquarters are still out of supply as they continue the journey north.
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Turn 8 - 2d/28th Infantry
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Starting over in the west by the border, we have the Aero Rifle Platoon of D/1st/4th Cavalry continuing to secure the hamlets in the western edge of Area LOUISIANA.
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The LRRP unit is double timing along the trail in hopes of securing the area as quickly as possible before it is sent over to Cambodia to hunt down some supplies.
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B/2d/28th Infantry has almost cleared its area in northwest Area ALABAMA and has started to cross the boundary into Area LOUISIANA.
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C/2d/28th Infantry is not having a very effective last few turns. They are all spread out and all in the wrong area. I am still collecting them and preparing them to advance into Area LOUISIANA. Hopefully the company will start being effective in the next few turns.
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At least A/2d/28th Infantry is being more effective. They have started to go into the valley towards the hamlets in the Suit Tom Buor Valley. Here's hoping they don't take a lot of losses.
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The Engineering Task Force is still stuck on the highway. But that should be remedied soon.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 8 - 1st/16th Infantry & 3d Brigade Headquarters
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A/1st/16th Infantry has spread out around LZ ALASKA 1 and will be securing this part of Area ALASKA over the next dozen turns or so. No contact yet.
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At the bottom of Area ALASKA, B/1st/16th Infantry is doing the same, spreading out and trying to secure the villages northwest of the abandoned airfield. One platoon is heading east to clear the main plantation road.
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The remaining of 1st/16th Infantry has nearly arrived at the intersection of Route 301 and QL13. It should be clear sailing after this. If you have a good eye, you will notice the Duster (blue icon on QL13) and the escorting Jeeps have swung south and will head back to Lai Khe to the 3d Brigade Headquarters. The rest of the headquarters is still hanging around Lai Khe, shoveling sandbags. Note the Engineer trucks at the very top left of the image. This truck is carrying dozers, which will join this convoy as it heads up to An Loc.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 9 - General
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The Viet Cong turn was pretty quiet, and as you can see things are a bit better. I do have a loach that needs to return for refueling though.
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Turn 9 - 2nd/28th Infantry
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Starting with the Aero Rifle Platoon, two of the three targeted villages have been secured and it is patrolling down the trail to the third. So far, no resistance has been spotted.
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A little to the north, the LRRP team has made some good progress along the trails should be able to secure this portion of Area LOUISIANA with relative ease. The LRRP will venture into Cambodia after its adventure in Area LOUISIANA.
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B/2d/28th has entered its operating area around the eastern side of Area LOUISIANA. It is spread out nicely, a kilometre or so between the platoons.
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C/2d/28th Infantry hasn't been tasked well. It will take a few turns to get them organized where I would like them. They are too far away from the Victory Point locations to be very useful, but that should be remedied in a few turns.
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A/2d/28th Infantry continued on with clearing the eastern slope. I neglected to grab a screenshot unfortunately.

[Jason Petho]

Turn 9 - 1st/16th Infantry
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A/1st/16th Infantry. The most southern platoon has found a sniper. Unfortunately, the first casualties from A Company were caused by the first shot from the Viet Cong sniper team. The Snakes were not very effective. I will have to move closer with the Rifle platoon to assault it, hopefully I can get close without taking more casualties.
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I did bring both Snake gunships over to take a shot. Alas, no joy. But I'm in a position to get closer next turn.
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Here is the overall situation that A/1st/16th Infantry has found themselves in.
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Further to the south, B/1st/16th Infantry isn't fairing much better. One of the platoons had triggered some IED's and have suffered a disruption and had some losses. Unfortunately, I suspect this will be the standard way of how things will go with this campaign. Damn Viet Cong!
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On the bright side, at least, the rest of 1st/16th is continuing north along Route 301 to QL13 with little issue. The convoy has been split into a couple of groups, but it is making good progress as a whole.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 9 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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3d Brigade headquarters is still digging in around Lai Khe, but the Jeep/Duster task force has turned south on QL13 to head back to Lai Khe. It is important for me to keep my units together, especially as the days go by.
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Turn 9 - 1st Aviation Battalion
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I have been shifting helicopters north though. I will be assigning three flights to Loc Ninh and three to An Loc. This will allow me to move one full company at a time in their specific area of operations. Hopefully this will lessen the amount of walking my troops have to do. But, I am limited in my helicopters, so I have to keep that in mind. Here you can see how the Slicks have been split up, one group heading north while the other remains on the tarmac at An Loc.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 10 - General
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We had some contact in Area ALASKA, with the sniper that caused one of the platoons to suffer some casualties. Otherwise, the Viet Cong have been pretty quiet so far. I have some Slicks that need to land as they are low on fuel and the ARVN are continuing to build Improved Positions in the areas they are fixed.
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Turn 10 - 2d/28th Infantry
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The Aero Rifle Platoon from D/1st/4th Cavalry is a turn away from securing the three hamlets in the far western side of Area LOUISIANA.
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To the north of the Aero Rifle Platoon is the LRRP unit, it is advancing quickly along the trails in the northwest part of Area LOUISIANA.
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And some good news for LZ LOUISIANA 5. My Chinooks have landed and unloaded the Dozers. It will take a bit longer to unload the Construction Engineers here, as they have more equipment as part of the platoon. I can start building the Improved Positions and then upgrade them to Trenches with both of these units. Once I build two of them, I will gain the extra Event Points for following instructions and building a Firebase at this location.
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B/2d/28th Infantry is pushing into Area LOUISIANA. It is spread out a bit, but the platoons are still close enough to support each other if one of them run into some Viet Cong.
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C/2d/28th is a couple turns away from entering Area LOUISIANA as a whole, they will spread out and start securing as much as the visible Victory Locations as possible.
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A/2d/28th, operating to the east of Loc Ninh, is making excellent progress and have reached the valley floor and started securing the hamlets closer to the eastern boundary of Area ALABAMA.
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Down south along QL13, the Engineering Task Force is making some slow progress. I'll have to be building a bridge at this location (north part of the screenshot). The road north of the new bridge has some minefields and blocks, so I still believe this mission will take most of the day, unfortunately.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 10 - 1st/16th Infantry
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A/1st/16th has suffered some additional casualties due to the a minefield in the eastern part of Area ALASKA. Fortunately, the platoon wasn't disrupted so I could continue along the road.
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The other platoon that was attacked by the sniper had the good fortune of finding a bunker complex next to the sniper. Hopefully I will be able to assault the sniper next turn. Alas, the Snakes need some better target practice as they emptied all their ordnance to no avail.
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Around the abandoned Airfield, B/1st/16th continues to expand the cleared area, and while finding additional IED's, fortunately, none were triggered this turn. Each of the platoons area heading to each of the main north-south roads and will clear them in turn before returning to the abandoned airfield. I think I will build some improved positions here in case I need to use this in the future.
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Further to the south, the majority of the 1st/16th convoy has made it to QL13 and will be driving north to An Loc. I'm guessing this will take about 16-20 turns to get there - pretty much the whole day.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 10 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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Here's the 3d Brigade Headquarters. Still no Improved Positions have been built, I guess the heavy machine gun crews have something better to do. The Jeep/Duster Task Force has returned to Lai Khe though! I look forward to seeing that Duster in action.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 11 - General
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There was no additional contact with the Viet Cong this turn. Even the sniper didn't take a shot in the Area ALASKA. I heard some movement in the background, but nothing was spotted. I have a handful of helicopters out and about that need to be refueled. Looks like a heavy machine gun made some progress in building an Improved Position down at Lai Khe!
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Turn 11 - 2d/28th Infantry
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The Aero Rifle Platoon secured the last hamlet in this area of Area LOUISIANA. In doing so another Viet Cong sniper was found in the highlighted hex. I have lifted off some Hogs and Loaches to come help deal with this issue.
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To the north, the LRRP is almost ready to secure the most northwestern Objective in Area LOUISIANA. Fortunately, it is quiet in this sector.
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Over at LZ LOUISIANA 5, you can see that it has taken 75 Action Points to unload from the Chinooks. I'll leave the Chinooks here for another turn that way they will both take off with the same amount of Action Points and head back to the Loc Ninh airfield. While they are on the ground, they do not burn through any turns of fuel, which is a bonus!
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B/2d/28th Infantry continues advancing west. The platoons are split up fairly wide, but things should be OK for now.
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C/2d/28th Infantry a little the south is getting closer to be operating together. Hopefully within a few turns I can get them securing these areas in Area LOUISIANA as soon as possible.
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Here is an overview of the eastern side of Area ALABAMA, A/2d/28th Infantry is the most effective company at the moment within the battalion. Hopefully I will be done this area by midday of Day 1.
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Further to the south, the Bridge Engineers are out of the trucks and ready to attempt to start laying a bridge across the river. The regular engineers are continuing to clear the main road of blocks and mines.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 11 - 1st/16th Infantry
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First up, we're going to deal with that sniper that caused us some casualties that A/1st/16th Infantry found in the middle part of Area ALASKA. Here the Snakes and Loaches have found the sniper and will attack with rockets and guns. The rockets did the trick and I was successful at destroying the snipers with one of the Snakes.
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The rest of A/1st/16th Infantry has spread out and is doing a good job securing the area.
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B/1st/16th Infantry platoons move towards their assigned roads and will start taking the objectives in the next few turns. All is quiet in this area.
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The convoy to the south is creeping up towards Chon Thanh. You can see the ARVN Cavalry Squadron that has taken up positions along QL13. They are fixed, I look forward to them being released.. eventually.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 11 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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The first improved position has been built. These things take time, apparently. I fanned out the HMG's to the next places they will be digging in.
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Turn 12 - General
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Logistics, what the heck! I have to worry about logistics too? Oh yes, that is one of the elements that will make these A Week in scenarios a little different and fun! I will have to move the 2d/28th Logistics Company from An Loc up to Loc Ninh. Fortunately, I had been moving them already, but they are stuck in a traffic jam south of the river where I am attempting to build a bridge.
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I have a couple helicopters that I need to land, and my engineers have cleared a roadblock on QL13 south of the river crossing. Some headquarters are out of ammo for the turn, but a couple are moving, so that makes sense.
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Turn 12 - 2d/28th Infantry
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Utilizing the Loach and Hogs, I've tracked down the sniper that shot at the Aero Rifle platoon from D/1st/4th Cavalry. You can see that hiding in the jungle here. Unfortunately, the Hog's weren't effective in the very nasty terrain.
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The LRRP team to the north is making very good progress and will continue meandering the trails to the next objectives along the northern part of Area LOUISIANA.
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B/2d/28th Infantry is meandering in the jungle, although as the Chinooks were flying over head, a Viet Cong machine gun opened fire, raking the sky. Fortunately, no damage was sustained by that has given me a target now for the company to deal with. I will secure the Objectives first and then assault with A/2d/28th Infantry onto Hill 171 to deal with the Viet Cong unit/units there.
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C/2d/28th Infantry is now operating in unison and is about to cross into Area LOUISIANA. Note on the left that I landed the second LRRP unit to assist the company secure some locations. Once these are done, I'll fly the LRRP unit to Cambodia.
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To the east, A/2d/28th Infantry is the most productive company, securing the eastern area of Area ALABAMA with limited losses. That will change when they are heading into Area LOUISIANA though.
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Down on QL13, the Engineering task force is attempting to build a bridge across the river. Alas, no joy this turn. I will continue. The Blocks/mines south of the river and mostly cleared now. It will be to build the bridge and hope to clear the traffic jam that has been created... in the middle of the jungle.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 12 - 1st/16th Infantry
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With the sniper taken care of at Hill 102 (southern part of the screenshot), the platoons of A/1st/16th Infantry were able to continue with their mission of clearing Area ALASKA, the northern part. The helicopters hard to head back to refuel at An Loc.
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B/1st/16th Infantry platoons are advancing up their assigned routes. More mines, more blocks. It's a slow and tedious process. I will need more engineers in the future.
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The 1st/16th Infantry convoy is working its way up QL13. They have almost ready Chon Thanh. On the Jump map, An Loc is directly north along the long straight stretch (black line) to where the blue dots are near the middle of the map. That is about 10 turns away, but paved road. Assuming it isn't blocked or mined or there isn't an ambush waiting in the wings.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 12 - 3d Brigade Headquarters
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Well, I knew this was coming, but didn't think it would be so soon. I almost had a helicopter crash land due to forgetting about it over some terrible terrain. Fortunately, on the very last turn it had fuel I was able to land it back at Phuoc Vinh. The bit of good fortune is that the helicopter is carrying a task force headquarters for 1st/16th Infantry, which means it should be able to refuel on the spot.
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Here is the rest of the 3d Brigade Headquarters, as viewed from the air. The ARVN troops in Ap Lai Khe are all fixed, but it is part of an armoured cavalry squadron. That might be useful if it is ever attacked.
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[Jason Petho]

Turn 13 - General
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Looks like we have another logistical task. This time it is for 1st/16th Infantry. Fortunately, the entire battalion is en route to An Loc, so I have started taking care of this task already. I just have to make sure they arrive in one piece.
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Otherwise, two units have recovered from disruption and I have nearly a handful of headquarters still out of supply, but this is because they are mostly moving. The Engineers between An Loc and Loc Ninh have cleared another block.
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Turn 13 - D/1st/4th Cavalry
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I'll break out the D Troop from now on to keep things better organized. The gunships from D Troop have arrived on scene in western Area LOUISIANA and have been tasked with destroying the snipers that the Aero Rifle Platoon. Taking a look at the Unit Handbook (F2), the Hogs are most effective at a range of 2 hexes and firing from Nap of the Earth. Unfortunately, due to the jungle terrain, I had to fire from the Low Flight Zone.
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Fortunately, it was to good effect and the Aero Rifle platoon from D Troop was able to continue along the trails towards the next objective.
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Meanwhile, to the north, the LRRP is racing along the trails to secure the last two objectives along the northern edge of Area LOUISIANA before I send them off to Cambodia.
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