The Marco Polo Bridge Incident CBI (id:#61769)
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Prior Publication: FrF17 Friendly Fire Pack 3
See Also: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident by Friendly Fire
Wanping, China 1937-07-08 ()
Designer: Martin Svärd
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Balance:
JapaneseChinese
50%

Overview:

In July 1937, Beijing was surrounded by Japanese-controlled territory. Only the southern road with the ancient Marco Polo Bridge was still free of the enemy. If this last of the Beijing approaches fell into Japanese hands, the whole city would be lost. Japanese troops were stationed on the eastern side of the bridge and the Chinese on the western side. - - - - In this 5-turn scenario, Japanese infantry and tankettes slug it out with Chinese infantry and a lone armored car. The Japanese try to put themselves in the best situation possible before the inevitable negotiations begin by controlling as large a bridgehead and capturing as many prisoners as possible.
Attacker: Japanese (117th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division and 221st Mechanized Squadron)
Defender: Chinese (219th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:24.0
AFVs: A:2
Type 94 Tankette x 2

AFVs: D:1
Type 22

Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: no HIP, set up on ground level only, 2 Chinese prisoner sqds under Guard
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-01-15(D) Chris Larkin vs Japanese Japanese win3.5 hrs
2025-01-14(A) Jon Jaramillo vs Chris Larkin Japanese win3 hrsI started the game with two banzai charges which immediately captured a couple buildings. I made slow progress for the first couple turns but once I broke his MMG stack I was able to run wild and capture the requisite number of buildings plus captured a few prisoners and keep my armor out of harms way. The last couple turns I really diced Chris to the point where I was apologizing for my rolls. I'm not an experienced Japanese player so this was a great starting point to learn the mechanics of that nationality but in an urban setting instead of jungle. Pretty fun scenario another great product from our friends from the North.
2023-08-22(A) Nate Gregg vs Chris Gregg Japanese winWe played another Scenario as the last one was so quick. I didn't get off to a very good start, but slowly made gains, and then consolidated those gains and held off the Chinese counterattack for a Japanese win!
2023-08-19(A) Nate Gregg vs Chris Gregg Japanese win

(VASL Log)		A well-executed tactical plan which was accompanied with a lot of luck allowed me to capture 2x Chinese squads and capture 5 buildings in the first 1/2 turn and only taking one striped squad in casualties. In the bottom half of the first turn, I destroyed the Chinese armored car with a MMG, which resulted in a Chinese concession. 45 minutes, probably the fastest game of ASL ever!
2023-08-17(D) Nate Gregg vs Chris Gregg Japanese win
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