The latest Setting the East Ablaze game from yesterday. Our version of The First Battle of Bukhara, taken from the Red Dawn Rises! book, scenario 2.
Transposed further east to China, not far from the border with India. This time with the British (Chris) attacking a walled town held by the troublesome local warlord, Lo Fat Chow (Me).
The table: Yingtong City walls bottom left, British attacking from the right.
City walls defenders
Warlord troops
Main British attack, supported by HMG and artillery
British flanking force
Sikhs advance to the dry riverbed with covering fire from Britsh troops, after most of another company succumbed to Chinese artillery fire.
Mounted bandits advance, but are charged by the cavalry led by Major Denis Bloodnok (coward and bar)
50% casualties, their failing morale forcing them to retire. Major Bloodnok leads the attack from the rear!
White Russian lancers move to counter the British cavalry
The British pour fire into the Yingtong defenders, but fail to hit a thing
White Russians move up to meet the attack
Brave Chinese defenders
More White Russian mercenaries
Armed bandits moving into the orchard
More bandits, fearful of the british cavalry, decide lurking in a wood is a good idea
Tally Ho! Unfortunately the arrival of the RAF means they get straffed, but with only a single casualty
The RAF continues, shooting up the Warlord artillery
Chinese AA in the form of a Jingal
Bandits head for the walls, having dismounted
After the British fire depletes the defenders, the Sikhs begin their assault of the walls
Yingtong attacked
After riding down the mounted bandits, the cavalry line up to engage the Russian lancers
Bandits and mercenaries engage more Sikhs
The Sikhs breach the defences, the wall defenders having fled
The RAF take out another Chinese gun
The Cavalry get to charge first, sweeping away their Russian opponents
Continuing his one-man low-level onslaught, straffing bandits in the streets
British success!
Waggling his wings in salute to the victorious Sikhs, before heading home in time for tea and medals
Another entertaining game.
The Chinese artillery had early success, before both sides fire went badly astray for several turns. Colonel Dickie Duckworth-Lewis led the assault from the front, bowling through the initial falling rounds. Once the British guns got ranged in they started to take their toll, even wounding both Warlord commanders with stray rounds!
The Warlords mounted bandits and Russian lancers suffered badly at the hands of the British cavalry with fortuitously timed charges.
The arrival of air support sealed the Chinese fate, shooting up everything in sight, as the Sikhs entered the city.