Choiseul Few PTO (id:#62272)
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Sangigal, Choiseul 1943-10-30 ()
Designer: Hugh Downing
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
55.555555555556%

Overview:

The Allies planned to land on Bougainville, but wanted a diversion to distract the Japanese defenders into thinking the real invasion would come from a different location. The island of Choiseul was chosen as the diversion. The unit chosen for this job was the 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Krulak. This small force of about 650 men had the task of making the Japanese defenders think they were a much larger force. After landing on the 28th of October, Colonel Krulak decided to attack the village of Sangigai, even though his scouts had informed him it was defended by a larger garrison than first thought. The Colonel enlisted the aid of several local guides to lead his attack through the jungle. Krulak decided to do a double envelopment, personally leading a force around the town to the southern end with the main attack rushing in from the north.
Attacker: Japanese (Elements of the 6th Division, 17th Army)
Defender: American (USMC) (Elements of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ (Exc: roads exists, brush remains brush). D: 5-5-8s are Paramarines (G17.111)
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-01-19(D) Mark Thompson vs Peter Rogneholt (Japanese) American (USMC) winThe American plan contemplated conducting a fighting withdraw from the middle hill/building toward the southern hill/building, where the main defense was anchored around the 10-3/HMG, and using the reinforcements to seize the northern building and to make a play to retake the middle hill/building. Units were careful to set-up out of LOS or beyond Banzai range. The Japanese nicked up the retreating Americans, but reached the southern hill/building with a smaller force so that they could also defend the middle hill/building. The American reinforcements successfully seized the northern building and pressed the middle hill/building, keeping Japanese force there dedicated to its defense. Nonetheless, the Japanese penetrated the southern building but ultimately failed to eliminate the 10-3 stack in CC, and then made them berserk in Japanese Turn 5 by firing into the Melee, and the Japanese conceded. Fun scenario.
2019-11-25(D) Tuomo Lukkari vs Tommi Kangasmaa Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2019-11-06(D) James Rimmer vs Jean-Francois Fortin Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
2019-10-11(A) Jason Wert vs Cliff Welsh Japanese winASLOK 2019
2019-08-28(A) Simon Staniforth vs Japanese win
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Hutch Modified the gps location2024-11-12 18:04:45
Thompsonmg(MGT) Added a playing2024-02-10 19:30:01
hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2022-02-23 18:41:56
Hutch Modified the Attacker's Guns2020-12-05 16:35:48
Hutch Modified the unit counts2020-12-05 16:35:48
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Estimated Play time: 2.9 hours
Recorded Games: 10
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese6
American (USMC)4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Choiseul Few [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 14
[D] American 12
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