This scenario has the North Koreans defending against a poor morale US force. NKPA has to hold hills, US Army has to take them. I put a small NK force on each hill using woods and elevations to mask them and force the US to come in close, especially since some of the NKPA units only have a range of 1 (SMGs) and 2 (Infantry). For the US, I made up 2 attack forces lead by the Captain and the Major with another LT and stack adjacent, with the LTC following the road between hills to set up a base of fire with the mortar and to have a reaction force in the village just left of center so he could assist with the eastern hill if needed as well as keep up mortar fire on any hill. The North Koreans got the initiative and never let go of it, and nearly always managed at least 2 activations before US reaction each turn. US took casualties quickly, and had to back away from assaults several times due to failed morale, but usually managed to get away without further bloodshed. The NKPA didn't manage quite so well when the southwestern hill defense started losing and failing morale checks. The southeast hill force managed to hold right up to the last, but the southwest hill fell to the US on turn 14 and the US chased the remaining NKPA troops right off the west edge of the board at the edge of that hill, giving them 1 hill anyway. Losses: 6 NKPA to 7 US. With the southeastern hill still being fought for, it didn't count for either side, so with the total difference being 17 NKPA to 11 US, it ended in a draw. Great little game.

Korean War: Pusan Perimeter, scenario #24: Go Back!

Ok it seems simple enough, go back and take as many of those four hills that you lost possession of earlier and eliminate enemy steps as well. The North Koreans have control of the four hills and are spread out in those four locations. The Americans have 16 turns to try and get as many hills back in their possession as possible with each hill being worth five points and one point for each enemy step eliminated as well. The degree of victory is dependent on the points achieved or not.

The Americans enter on the south side and decide to split their force into two groups, as one can concentrate on the two western hills and the other on the two eastern hills, as the NKPA forces are defending all four hills but a couple of the hills can support one another with Direct Fire from their HMG units. They are also dug in and at a higher elevation than the Americans.

Both sides fight hard and both sides lose three steps each but the American also lose one leader and it had to be the highest ranking one. So much for the Lieutenant Colonel! The American managed to take control of two hills but desert one in attempt to take a third and the North Koreans simple reoccupy that hill and the Americans can’t take the third hill and end up only controlling one out of four hills. This gave the North Koreans a Minor Victory with a 10 point difference, 18 to 8. I think I shouldn’t have split my Americans into two forces and maybe hammered each area one at a time. Next time!