Korean War: Counter-Attack, scenario #23: Surrounded on Hill 303

An interesting scenario where the initial American force which is G Company and H Mortar Company for victory conditions, setup first followed by the North Koreans, which setup second within 3-5 hexes of the Americans in a blocking positions but also with some attention to where the American reinforcements will enter the map from the east edge. The NKPA also setup two underwater bridges in any river hex but this was from the original map design configuration but still they work and make sense in this scenario as the NKPA entered from those to begin with, so they would still be there and now the American might be able to use them.

The situation almost reminds me of a modern day Caesar, Epic Battle of Alesia type battle. The North Koreans have the Americans pretty well surrounded and both sides trade some shots and some of the NKPA forces pull east and dug-in around the bridges to cover the American Reinforcements from B Company and Armor reported to be approaching. The Americans decide to wait out their reinforcements to try and breakout of their siege.

On turn eight the American reinforcements enter the map but the initial American forces don’t try to breakout until about turn 12, hoping the reinforcements might take some pressure off of them. The North Korean setup up a deadly cross-fire for the eastern approaching American M26 armor and the NKPA 45mm AT gun even rolled a 12 on the dice besides the dug-in T34/85s. Needless to say, the Pershing tanks are burning after crossing the north-south river. The Americans manage a little revenge by knocking out a step of North Korean T34/85s with an assaulting Sergeant and 3.5in Bazooka Team. By the end of the scenario, the map looked like a total melee with units trying to break out of the NKPA encirclement and units trying to open a hole inside of it. The American were not able to break out any or the original G and H Companies but destroyed five NKPA steps but lost ten of their own in a very crazy but action filled battle. The results were a NKPA minor victory by one point.