Boonie Rats The Vietnam War 1965 1972

[sapper32]

Hi guys this is one of the games ive got going against the AI at the moment so thought i would post a brief AAR as i go along,Its 90 turns at 10km a hex,Im taking the Free world/ARVN side the game starts with South Vietnam about to be over run by VC/NVA forces,The ARVN start in garrison mode while Free world forces arrive on there historical dates.
Not much for me to do on turn one apart from some digging in and shipped over to DaNang two Marine battalions from 3rd Marine Division
The starting situation from the DMZ to Quang Ngai

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The situation in the centre showing the main ARVN units

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The Saigon area showing the main ARVN units,Have dug in what i can mainly the Airborne units and the Irregular's

[larryfulkerson]

Hey Sapper32 dude: are you going to do your operations according to an historical timeline or are you going to make up your own
operations based on the environmental conditions you actually experience? It's not important I'm just curious. Thanks for going to
so much trouble to bring this to us. I'll keep up on your efforts.

[sapper32]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Hey Sapper32 dude: are you going to do your operations according to an historical timeline or are you going to make up your own
operations based on the environmental conditions you actually experience? It's not important I'm just curious. Thanks for going to
so much trouble to bring this to us. I'll keep up on your efforts.

Hi Larry thanks for your reply,Im going to conduct operations as the situation demands its mostly defensive at the moment.

[sapper32]

Turn 2 The VC and NVA are very active the countryside is crawling with enemy units,Several cities have being captured are are about to be overrun including,Kontum Tay Ninh Pleiku and Can Tho.In the north in I Corps area VC units are threatning Hue and Da Nang while the ARVN 1st Division is under attack.

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T2 Saigon Area ive got no options here but to dig in around Saigon and hope the VC dont overrun to much of the south/Delta before US forces begin to arrive.

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Turn 3 The US 3rd Marine Division arrives in I Corps area of operations and moves to secure DaNang and Hue,VC main force battalions are encountered and attacked,The marines destroy one of the VC battalion while the USN shell the other causing heavy damage.
A monsoon has started and supply has dropped considerably so i will have to keep a close watch on units in action.

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Turn 3 Saigon Area, The US 173rd Airborne Brigade arrives at Bien Hoa airbase while an Australian battalion and the 173rd bde armour dock at Vung Tau south of Bien Hoa.The Australian with 173rd will secure and conduct operations around Bien Hoa.
The ARVN army is dug in and over the next 45 turns will become fully activated however at the momment only a few units are available for operations.

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Turn 4 The US 3rd Marine division has opened route 1 from Da Nang to the DMZ,The danger to the ARVN 1st Division is
passing as US/ARVN troops attack and destroy VC units.The marines will advance into the Ashau vally area on search and destroy operations.

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Turn 4 Central highlands,The ARVN troops are on there own here will get some US units in there asap

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Turn 4 Saigon. The VC and NVA seem to be building up for something here apart from the ARVN Airborne division and the 173rd Airborne most units are still in reorg.

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Turn 5 The monsoon continues and supply levels continue to fall,However a joint large scale operation north of Hue is given the go ahead,Elements of the US 3rd Marine division and the ARVN 1st Division combine to attack and destroy over several combat rounds 6 VC MF battalions i consider this to be a major victory.
In the Saigon area the lead elements of the US 1st Infantry Division land at Vung Tau and head north towards Bien Hoa,When the bulk of 1st infantry arrive they will be deployed near Saigon.

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Turn 6 The monsoon continues,The US 1st Marine division arrives in Vietnam,The US 101st Airborne supported by heavy artilery and Naval gunfire support relive Quang Ngai city and destroy two VC local force battalions.A joint operation by ANZAC and US forces destroys a VC battalion near Bien Hoa.The monsoon should end next turn so supply should improve.

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Turn 7 Overveiw,Screenshot of Northern South Vietnam showing positions of ARVN and US forces after 6 months/turns.

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Turn 7 Overveiw southern Vietnam

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Turn 7 Massive reinforcements this turn as the US 1st Cav Division and the ROK Tiger division are sent to begin operations,US 1st Cav will operate near Saigon for now there are plenty of targets in the nearby Iron Triangle and along route 22.
The ROK Tiger division will operate near the An Lo vally in central vietnam and pacify the coastal area and secure route 1.

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Turn 8 More reinforcements arrive in Vietnam including The bulk of US 1st Inf Div,the remaining Air Cav units the ROK Marine Bde and assorted Arty and Helo units.My forces are building up and seem very strong now its time to go on the offensive and drive the NVA out of the Iron Triangle,Initial scirmishes push the NVA deep into the triangle
the US forces will destroy them next month.

[sapper32]

Turn 8 Quang Ngai province has heavy action by the Koreans who search and destroy 3 small VC units while the ROK Marine Bde and the ARVN 3rd ACR pindown and destroy a VC local force battalion.Future operations will include securing route 1 on the coast including destroying the NVA 18th Regt and opening the road to Kontum in the west.

[larryfulkerson]

Turn 8 represents what date?