Campaign for South Vietnam

[larryfulkerson]

So um.......Curt Chambers is playing the Allied side of things and I'm playing the NLF side ( NLF = NVA + VC ). I'd like to take this opportunity to extend an open invitation to anyone, especially Curt, to post their comments / questions here since I seem to learn a lot from other people's comments etc.

I'm aware that sometimes time sensitive information may be contained in these posts and if there is valuable intell contained therein I'll post a sentence somewhere near the top that it's CLASSIFIED and that would mean that Curt shouldn't read it. I'm using the honor system you see. And then when the information becomes stale I'll edit the post to make it read UNCLASSIFIED and then anyone can read it etc.

I intend to post information about every move by every unit and why since our newest beginners may learn a thing or two by doing that. I wish I had AAR's to read that did that when I was learning how to play better. I don't have any information about the Allied side of the game to post ( unless Curt releases / posts it here himself ) so this may seem a bit one-sided at times. I'm hoping to keep the pictures small enough that they will fit into the limitations imposed by the posting system Matrix uses. I love pictures and I suspect that most of you guys do too.

Here's a list of the turns, classification, and where you can find them so far ( mostly for Curt's benefit ):

turn 1.......unclassified......next post
turn 2.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=1&key=?
turn 3.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=1&key=?
turn 4.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=2&key=?
turn 5.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=2&key=?
turn 6.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=3&key=?
turn 7.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=4&key=?
turn 8.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=5&key=?
turn 9.......unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=6&key=?
turn 10.....unclassified.....tm.asp?m=1798370&mpage=7&key=?


EDIT: It just occurs to me that this list could get quite long and is somewhat of a pain to maintain anyway. So rather than that whenever I unclassify a turn I'll just send Curt an email with the news instead.

Anyway on with the show ( next post ).

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This is the report of NVA actions taken during turn 1. This report is unclassified.
the news summary shows that the victory points is 0 for both sides, dead even:

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The U Minh 10th VC Bn splits into three companies and moves about blowing bridges and
attacking the regional forces unit in Vi Thanh:

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The 271st VC Reg splits into three Bn's and moves into attack positions against the
regional forces unit in Tay Ninh:

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The PAVN HQ unit goes to ignore losses and moves to cover the Mig-15's with its AA guns
and the Migs go to ignore losses and Air Superiority mission (it's time to shoot down some
Allied aircraft while it's still possible ):

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I had originally aimed the 308th NVA Div at the garrison at Khe Sanh but decided at the
last minute to attempt to take Con Thien instead:

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I decided to split the 21st NVA Reg into three units and convert hexes to the southwest of Da Nang:

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And here's the results of the attack(s):

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attack results at 38_149:

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attack results at 52_120:

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Those three attacks took 70% of the turn. Further moves as follows:

The combat elements of the 308th move toward Khe Sanh:

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The 271st VC Reg disbands where it is:

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The three elements of the U Minh 10th VC Bn all disband where they are:

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Here's the losses so far:

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Campaign for South Vietnam Turn 2 as of 04MAY2008

This is the report of NVA actions taken during turn 2. This report is unclassified.
The news summary shows that the victory points is 0 for both sides, even steven:

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The combat elements of the 308th NVA Div assault Khe Sanh and get some retreat
before combat results that takes the assault into the front lines of an ARVN 1st Div
unit which they then assault:

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The three elements of the 21st NVA Reg continue converting hexes in Quang Tin province:

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HQ COSVN and the 502nd VC Bn convert some hexes and either escape or disband
except for one unit of the 502nd:

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And here's the results of the attack(s):

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Here's the NVA losses so far: