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Ron Rigelhof is playing the NVA side and I'm playing the Allies this time. We're using CSV 4.0 and all of the optional rules ( #1 the Allies can't use hex possession to tell where the enemy units are.....I'm also not using the supply toggle for the same reason. #2 the provencial VC units can't leave their province unless and until the provincial capital has been subdued into friendly hands. )

Some of these turns will be CLASSIFIED and if they are then Ron shouldn't read that turn. I'll be reviewing the turns from time to time to declassify them and turn 1 isn't classified 'cause Ron already knows where all the Allied stuff is. When the turn is unclassified I'll send Ron an email telling him so.

Ron caught me off guard, asleep at the wheel and I neglected to set some aircraft on AS missions and the very first combat that called for some CS saw 2 of my aircraft squadrons shot down. Whoa. Other than that it's a good game so far.

I tried playing against the NVA PO and I must say for the record that having a playback ( PBEM ) is MUCH better because the PO's screens flick by so quickly you can't get much intell from watching. I can grab screenshots from the PBEM playback and construct intelligence estimates ( pictures ) from them. They tell you which way the enemy unit was moving sometimes, not always. Those units that stay in friendly hexes don't have any depiction and you're told only that an enemy unit is moving ( somewhere on the screen I guess ).

Ron is doing a good job of keeping me guessing where he's going to appear next and my ARVN units can't keep up with all the movement(s) so far. Several times I'm presented with an enemy unit that I can see but can't pursue because of the lack of manpower. When the Allied buildup starts in earnest that situation will go away ( I hope ).

Well, without further ado, the next post starts with turn one.

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:

The NVA have captured Khe Sanh and the ARVN 1st Div is in no condition to contend with them
so they take up defensive positions near Con Thien and await further attacks:

The ARVN 9th Div surrounds and attacks the VC unit that captured Vi Thanh:

Units from the ARVN 2nd Div takes up blocking positions around the NVA unit that assaulted
an airfield south of Hoi An:

I requested a boatload of Allied reinforcements, including all the air units I can get:

And here's the results of the attacks:
attack results 99_30

attack results 52_119

And here's the Allied losses ( according to the END_OF_TURN_DO_NOT_SEND.sal file ):

And the turn ends here.

Campaign for South Vietnam Turn 2 as of 11MAY2008

This is the report of NVA actions taken during turn 2. This report is UNCLASSIFIED.
Here's the news summary:

While on a S&D mission units from the ARVN 21st Div found a VC unit in the swamps.
They decided to surround it and kill it:

While on a S&D mission units from the ARVN 9th Div found a VC unit.
They decided to surround it and kill it:

And here's some results to attacks:
attack results 37_151

attack results 52_121

And those attacks took 40% of the turn. More attacks below:

As much as the ARVN dudes would like to destroy the VC 502nd Reg they don't have
the manpower to surround these guys. The best I could do was fly some airborne rangers
into Cao Lanh to reinforce the garrison there already:

Elements from the ARVN 21st Div are attacking the VC unit they surrounded:

And here's the attack results:
attack results 32_155

And the turn ends here.

Campaign for South Vietnam Turn 3 as of 11MAY2008

This is the report of NVA actions taken during turn 3. This report is UNCLASSIFIED.
Here's the news summary:

Here's the Allied losses so far:

Here's the reinforcements I get this turn: