Blood Brothers CBI (id:#61009)
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Designer: Chas Smith
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Balance:
BritishINA
66.666666666667%

Overview:

As part of Operation Extended Capital, it was vital for the British to capture a key port over the Irrawaddy River further south prior to the monsoon season. The British IV Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Frank Messervy, was assigned the task and would have to fight their way over 300 kilometers in roughly a month. The 7th Indian Division would make a river assault in the Nyaunga area and 17th Indian Division, along with the 255th Armoured Brigade would exploit from the bridgehead. The area was defended by the 2nd Indian National Army (INA) Division. Elements of the 1st INA Division were attached to bolster the defenses. The 7th Division planned the crossing on a wide front at numerous points. The initial assault on 14 February was disastrous, with the INA defenders shredding the attackers with machinegun fire. On the 15th, they tried again.
Attacker: British (Elements of 1st/11th Sikhs, 89th Brigade, 7th Indian Division)
Defender: INA (Elements of 9th INA Battalion, Nehru Brigade, 1st INA Division)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:23.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Elite for Special Ammo w D: INA capability chart
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Clarification: BFP J hexes S1, S2 and S3 are considered base level -1.BFP
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-06-09(D) Ron Garcia vs Darryl M. INA winI can't pinpoint exactly how I won as the INA. My friend flanked either side and made decent progress. However, as he moved up the hills in open ground vs stone buildings, the casualties began to mount. Strangely, one side of his flank couldn't fail a MC, but the other side seemed to only fail. About halfway through the scenario, he moved a bunch of HS's CX into CC (uphill in a building) on the west flank and lost every one of them (four, I think). That side started to look secure. His eastern flank made slow progress, and some stone buildings began to fall. Unfortunately for him, by then it was too little too late. By that time, there was little chance of the British taking all the stone buildings in the southern hill mass, let alone take one more on the northern one. The British had some bad luck early with the smoke, but they would only be able to mask the initial moves anyway.

I think the British player needs to be pretty aggressive because his forces have a lot of buildings to take. My friend started to push harder as the turns slipped away, but how many -2 open ground point blank shots can a person's forces really be expected to survive? I kept my forces in place for the most part and with decent rolls, good use of resid, and strong defensive positions, they were hard to push out. I thought this one was going to be a dog, but both sides need to make some tough decisions. It turned out to be a pretty fun scenario.
2019-03-01(D) nathan wegener vs Tobias W British winTough to stop so many Brits. Good teaching game.
2012-07-06(A) Andy Beaton vs Ardneh British winBritish took heavy losses at the start, but once they were in the village, resistance crumbled quickly
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Jude Added a playing2024-06-09 21:26:14
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Estimated Play time: 6.2 hours
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