Into the Grinding Mill CBI (id:#61651)
(ASL Journal #10 ID: J147)   [next]   [previous]
Luodian, China 1937-09-12 ()
Designer: Chris Mazzei and Peter Struijf
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Balance:
JapaneseChinese
37.142857142857%

Overview:

In August 1937 hostilities broke out between Chinese troops and Japanese Marines posted in Shanghai. The Japanese escalated the conflict by large-scale troop landings outside the city and took the coastal town of Baoshan after a brutal siege. Japanese forces then advanced toward a line of fixed defenses near the key road junction at Luodian, manned by 300,000 Chinese soldiers. The Japanese massed more than 100,000 troops, supported by overwhelming firepower of naval guns, artillery, tanks, and airplanes. The carnage and ferocity of the ensuing battle earned Luodian the Chinese nickname “grinding mill of flesh and blood”.
Attacker: Japanese (35th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Brigade, 9th Division and 5th Tank Division)
Defender: Chinese (18th Infantry Division, 16th Artillery Regiment, and 2nd Tank Battalion)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Japanese     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:19.0 D:16.0
AFVs: A:5
Type 89B CHI-RO x 5

AFVs: D:4
FT-17C x 2
Vickers 6-Ton Mk E(b) x 2

Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 3
D:3
7.5cm Krupp M08 x 3
5cm leGrW 36(g)

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: PTO, LJ (Exc: Roads/bridges exist. Dirt roads and wooden buildings). A: pre-game bombardment
Overlays: X16 X18 OW1
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-09-20(A) Don Berg vs Solo Japanese winJapanese attacked across the stream in the center and across the right flank bridge against complex of Chinese wire/mines and trenches arrayed across the front of the village. All mortars failed smoke/WP attempts on turn 2. Chinese attacks on turn 2 were supported by a slurry of help from the dice gods, killing the 3 best Japanese leaders hiding in their wooden buildings. None-the-less the Japanese broke into the village through well-place banzai charges and the support of their armor. The Chinese morale faded in the face to this and the incessant HtH attacks.
2025-01-24(D) Dave B vs Paul Schaeffer Japanese winMy 2nd Winter Offensive game of 2025 against the great player and great guy Paul Schaeffer. Paul talked me into playing this one. and since I'm generally up for any challenge, I agreed to play the Chinese defenders even though I had never played the Chinese in ASL at all. My setup of buried French Renault tanks was ok, but the setup of my guns was not very good at all (too far to the rear). Paul's Japanese generally walked all over me, and even destroyed the armored cupolas (both of them) in close combat. Still, I'd play it again now that I've learned a thing or two about this scenario, the Chinese, armored cupolas, etc. PS. There's a reason the French sold these crappy tanks to the Chinese. They suck.
2023-07-28(A) Shane Pask vs Japanese winDefinitely a grinding mill that went down to the last CC and a lucky roll for the Japanese (won a 1:4 HtH CC with a roll of 3). After this, the Chinese only had a 7-0, a broken conscript HS and 3 tanks (counting one surviving dug-in Ft17). Japanese did not have much more with all of their tanks lying in ruins and their only remaining leader wounded. Reliability cost the Chinese with their MMG and HMG malfing on the crucial last turn - a total of 10 Chinese malfunctions for the game but only 1 (Vickers CMG) disabled. One Jap was hung up on wire for 2 turns right in front of a Chinese gun but refused to even pin.
I remember hearing that a good game is one where both sides constantly think they are losing. For most of the game I did not give the Japs much chance - especially when my FT blundered into a minefield and disappeared in a red mist before even firing a shot.
2023-06-18(D) Lawrence Spangler vs Charles WatsonA Chinese win
2021-12-01(A) John Garlic vs Jean-Pierre Pouget Japanese win[Imported from ROAR]
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Avg Rating: 6.36Votes: 14
Views: 6563
To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 8.5 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
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Chinese4
Drawn:0

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Into the Grinding Mill [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 6
[D] Chinese 18
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