This is my second scenario from War on the Equator.

The Ecuadorians have a larger force but are stretched out very thin per special rule at the setup: at least one unit must setup in each city hex. They also have more leaders and one Cavalry unit but a slightly lower morale.

The Peruvians have some of those stronger Marine Naval troops mixed with regular Infantry and the big Naval Gun Boat but they have very few leaders and I lot of town hexes to take without any support weapons to soften the targets before assaulting.

Into the battle, the Peruvians decide to attack on one side of the river first as both sides have the same amount of city hexes which count for victory points, besides enemy step losses. The gun boat will take units further down river to work on another town. The Ecuadorians decide not to play it historical by sitting around and waiting, and group for a major counter attack. They send a Cavalry unit and some Infantry reinforcements from the center towns, east to help the towns in this area and to tie up all the remaining Peruvian units which thought they would take that first large eastern town with just a little fight. This turned into a mini Stalingrad for them, especially without large support weapons or artillery to soften up town hexes. Even way out west, the remainder of the Peruvian attacking forces got locked up in battle. In the Center, the Ecuadorians were unchallenged.

I called the battle off at about turn 22, as the Peruvians were spent and without enough leaders to rally the troops. It pretty much stalemated in both the Eastern & Western sectors with the Ecuadorian controlling most of the battle field.

Conclusion:

Peruvians lost three INF steps and controlled two town hexes.

Ecuadorians lost one CAV step but controlled twelve town hexes.

Ecuadorians 27 points, Peruvians 7 points

• Major Ecuadorian Victory!

This is my second War on the Equator scenario, one victory for each side so far. Interesting scenario!