China Girl PTO (id:#56136)
Multi-Man Publishing (HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa ID: BRT02)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: Heat of Battle: Blood Reef Tarawa BR4
See Also: China Girl by Heat of Battle
Red Beach One, Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands 1943-11-20 ()
Designer: Eddie Zeman and Steve Dethlefsen
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
40%

Overview:

The M4A2 was seen by their crews for the first time aboard the transport Ashland while enroute to "Helen". C Company, 2nd Tank Battalion was given the new monster. 1st Platoon under Lieutenant Edward Bale would take six Shermans to Red Beach One. The Remaining 8 tanks were split evenly to support 2/2, on Red Two, and 2/8 on Red Three. Scouts lead the Shermans to shore under tremendous fire and with great valor Many of the scouts were killed, for every man killed, another would volunteer to take his place. Lt. Bale reached the beach, but was unwilling to run over his dead and dying fellow Marines scattered on the beach. He went back into the water to try and make it to the bird's beak, without the scouts. Four of the Sherman's fell into shellholes drowning out the engines. Lt Bale in China Girl and another tank, Cecilia were the only tanks to make it to the beach that day.
Attacker: American (USMC) (2nd and 3rd Battalions, 2nd Marines and 1st Platoon, C Company, 2nd Marine Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (Betio Naval Defense Garrison)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:6
M4A2 x 6

AFVs: D:4
Type 95 HA-GO x 4

Guns: A:0 D:4
Type 88 7.5cm Mobile Field High-Angle Gun
Type 94 Rapid-Fire Gun x 2
Year-38 Type Field Gun (Improved)

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: BRT SSRs. A: Seaborne Assault (G14), D: PB (G1.632)
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
HASL BRT2 (China Girl):In the US AFV setup instructions add "Ocean/Reef" between "in" and "hexes".MMP
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-04-09(D) Johan Vrijdaghs vs Guerra Guido American (USMC) win
2019-12-22(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. Japanese win
2015-12-27(A) Jeff Waldon vs Will Willow American (USMC) winVASL
2014-09-10(A) Aaron Sibley vs Jeff Coleman American (USMC) winWe used the balance as suggested in the BRT players guide. On reflection it might have given me too much of an edge.
2014-06-06(A) Richard Carter vs Steve Cummings American (USMC) winswitched sides and still w/ BRT players guide balance. It came down to the end. The Japanese had 1 broken crew, 1 crew manning a gun South of hexrow O. 1 crew and 1 HS on hexrow O. I managed to KIA the crew in advancing fire of last 1/2 turn and the HS was in the Ocean. I was actually ready to enter into CC and tie him up but we realized two things 1) No CC while wading but 2) to win the Japanese MMC had to be on hinterland or beach. So it was not the most glorious win but it pays to reread the VC's ... I had fun with it though.
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Avg Rating: 6.44Votes: 16
Views: 7291
To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 4.9 hours
Recorded Games: 15
Archive recorded plays:
American (USMC)6
Japanese9
Drawn:0

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