PART 5. The final part of the game.
Having landed the USMC Platoon the troops ran for the cover to get into firing positions to defend the LZ. On the left flank the squad received no incoming fire and was able to link up with the RECON unit defending that flank.
On the right the two squads raced towards the top of the small hill to get the high ground as the platoon HQ radioed for artillery support and intelligence.
The NVA platoon ran as fast as possible to also gain the same high ground and collected any local VC on the way. They were faster and reached the top with all guns blazing and a few grenades thrown.
The right squad of Marines took casualties but was able to fire back with concentrated fire from its sister supporting squad as well as from the 50 cals in the choppers. Carnage ensued and over the following two moves the NVA were chewed up and the Marines able to take the high ground. The extreme right squad of Marines however took the punishment and fell back to the HQ to create a defensive zone.
In the mean time the UH34's had taken off and despite getting some small arms fire had no issues. However they did spot VC moving across the paddy fields and the fire of all three as they flew over them at low level caused serious casualties.
At this point the VC and NVA fell back rapidly and abandoned the village to the villagers who had been hiding since the fire fight began.
Huey medi vac came in to ferry the wounded and body bags back to base as the Marines established a perimeter and patrolled the area for weapons stashes.
Final conclusion was a successful operation although one that had been far more brutal than expected. As for the rules a good test with some interesting notes and slight amendments. Next battle would be a HUGE test to push the parameters of the rules and see how big a game they could control.
Final body count was
3 civilians KIA.
20 NVA/ VC KIA
3 MARINES KIA
2 MARINES WIA
1 RECON with a broken ankle returned to base and in bed drinking a cold beer.
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