Halha River Bridge CBI (id:#56620)
Nomonhan, Manchukuo
1939-07-08 (0 others)
Designer: Rick Troha
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
JapaneseRussian
Overview:
The summer of 1939 saw a major border clash between Russian and Japanese forces over the line between the Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchukuo. Since the Japanese considered the Halha River the border, they felt a strong response was necessary when MPR and Soviet forces moved east of the river. This escalated into the largest conflict between the two countries since the Russo-Japanese War. Soviet engineers had thrown a number of bridges across the Halha to better supply their forces east of the river. Second Lt. Takayama was ordered to take his infantry platoon and a platoon of engineers to destroy one of these bridges. Two tanks from the 4th Tank Regiment were also assigned to assist in this mission.Attacker: Japanese (1st Company, 4th Tank Regiment and 72nd Infantry Regiment)
Defender: Russian (149th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 36th Motorized Rifle Division)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:6.0 D:6.0 |
| AFVs: A:2 Type 95 HA-GO x 2 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher D:1 37mm PP obr. 15R |
| Misc Rules: | A: 448's AE (H1.22), exempt from set DC detonation NTC. |
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| Overlays: | St3 | St1 | SD2 | SD6 |
Errata (source)
| The counter depiction on the scenario card of the 37* INF Gun in the Russian OB incorrectly shows it as having IFE. | MMP |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2026-03-26 | (A) Dan Best | vs | Kermit Mullins | Russian win | 0.5 hrs | ||
| 2026-03-26 | (D) Kermit Mullins | vs | Dan Best | Russian win | 0.5 hrs | ||
| 2023-12-23 | (D) Jobbo Fett | vs | JobboFett | Russian win | Quick and dirty scenario with a fun objective that sets it apart from the usual. A banzai of Assault Engineers went impossibly poorly for the Japanese when multiple shots resulted in immediate KIAs for the assaulting troops. Numerous tries at critical hits were successful, but never providing the resulting KIA result the Japanese needed to succeed. A Russian leader (and subsequently squad) went berserk, and I had hoped they could kill the tank to a point they would generate a flame, but alas. | ||
| 2023-03-23 | (A) Mark Thompson | vs | Jeff Talor (Russians) | Japanese win (VASL Log) | The Japanese attacked in the center, with the AFVs and Vehicular Dust effectively shielding the 10-2 / 4-4-8 stack and 9-1 / 4-4-7 stack, and were in a solid position at the beginning of Turn 2, with the Russian INF Gun (malf'd) and MMG (squad broken by DFF) out of commission and the AFVs at the bridge entrance. Hubris then took over with the Japanese rashly initiating two banzai attacks to get into position to set DCs the following turn, which were nearly annihilated by deadly Russian DFF and residual. By Turn 3, with all Japanese leaders dead and the DCs in Russian hands, the Japanese were left with only the long-odds of an AFV HE IFT KIA or Flame result against the Bridge. Unbelievably, the Japanese obtained an IFT Flame result after 8 shots. The remaining Russian units crashed the Bridge to extinguish the Flame, but were cut down by the AFVs. During the AFPH of Russian Turn 5, the Japanese rolled what was needed to convert the Flame to Blaze, winning the game. Across the littered battlefield, only 2 Russian squad equivalents and 2 Japanese AFVs remained.... | ||
| 2023-02-05 | (D) Dave Mareske | vs | Stephen Stewart | Russian win (VASL Log) | The Russians spread out in their defense creating a foxhole surrounded by wire for the Japanese to contend and I placed the MMG on the right flank. The MMG proved to be in a good place even though sometimes out of range. The Japanese attack came up the middle, the 9-1 LDR was with the 4-4-7s and the 10-2 was with the Assault Engineers. The Russians concentrated their fire on the 9-1 group for the first two turns and pretty much eliminated them, but I was not able to get any effective shots on the tanks, though eventually they were eliminated in CC. The AE at some point all went berserk, two of them going after the squad behind the wire and the third charging the bridge and getting KIAed. The last ditch effort came when the 10-2 LDR placed a DC on the bridge, but needing a "3" to destroy it, rolled a "10". Game ended with the Japanese with a few half squads and no tanks. Russian defense held. Very static defense, not a lot of movement for the Russians. Fun though...good intro to a few desert rules. |
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| Action | Date |
|---|---|
| grumblejones Added a playing | 2026-03-26 22:45:56 |
| Danno Added a playing | 2026-03-26 22:43:27 |
| Hutch Modified the misc. rules | 2025-07-08 10:02:04 |
| Hutch Modified the gps location | 2024-12-31 17:33:15 |
| aokigaryou Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2024-12-31 16:05:44 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
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| (G45 Halha River Bridge.doc) | After Action Report | King Billy | 2537 |
| Type 95 Ha Go Tanks (Type-95-HA-GO.jpg) | Image | King Billy | 1937 |
| (jap-russ new.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1647 |
| VASL Log file (G45_Halha_River_Bridge.vlog) | VASL Game Log | dmareske | 1448 |
| VASL Log file (ASL - G45 - Halha River Bridge (MGT v Jeff Talor).vlog) | VASL Game Log | Thompsonmg(MGT) | 1331 |
| (G45.png) | Map Image | hipsu | 1780 |
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| Avg Rating: 5.83 | Votes: 18 | Views: | 9335 |
| To-Play list count: | 4 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 2.2 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 15 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Japanese | 6 | |
| Russian | 9 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Halha River Bridge [Confirmed] |
| [A] Japanese | 27 |
| [D] Russian | 34 |