Korean War: scenario #23: The Bowling Alley

Since I first read and wrote about The Bowling Alley conflict as called the US Army, as the tank fire vibrated down the valley road sounded to them like a bowling alley, as the M26s and T34/85s exchanged fire. It’s a night scenario and the Americans are stretched kind of thin to stop the North Korean from slipping through. But the NKPA also have to eliminate five or more American steps, so it’s kind of gets mixed up in the many night actions.

The North Koreans try to come on the northern edge of the map in multiple locations to keep the American spread out and honest. Both sides have a pretty good amount of off board artillery. The North Korean armor: T34/85s and SU-76s try to avoid the dug-in American M26s tanks and flank around them, forcing them out of their dug-in position to fight it out and in doing so they kill the SU-76s but are eliminated by the T34/85s. The American Bazooka teams are soaped off in assaults thus with tanks steps counting double, they give the NKPA one of the victory conditions. But with all the confusion at night, four steps of North Korean Infantry slip off the map followed by the T34/85 tanks, which steps count double, giving the NKPA their second victory condition and a Major Victory, even if they did lose many more steps then the Americans.

Ok, I guess my defensive set up on the American side could have been better but at night, everything is different but surely I won’t waste my armor and bazooka teams as easy next time, thinking I could have an easy victory. Fortunately, there were many battles down the Bowling Alley including another one in this scenario book, #24, called Another Night it has more forces on both sides but should allow the Americans to cover the map better but both sides have double the armor, so I look forward to having a go at that one and replay the first one as well.