This scenario pits a large NKPA force of infantry, HMGs, SMGs, mortars and trucks against a smaller force of ROK infantry with some HMGS and mortars. ROK troops have to try to keep the town hexes under their control and eliminate NKPA forces from getting 20 steps off the south end of the table. In addition to the town hexes, they get 3 entrenchments to help slow down the invading forces. I set up 2 strong stacks in each of two hexes in each town, with infantry and a leader in each entrenchment, leaving the mortars and one infantry with the sergeant that I set up in some central woods hexes, where the mortars could be called to hit anything approaching the towns or entrenchments. I felt somewhat like I was defending with a sieve, with lots of holes for the NKPA troops to get past for their exit victory conditions, but also forced them to stop in enough strength to take the towns. My plan was to delay with the entrenchments but then pull back before the troops got cut off there, and use those to reinforce the towns. This worked well with two of the 3 entrenchments, but the more central one got cut off before I could pull the troops out. A NKPA assault on the town hex held by a ROK 10-1-2 LT found itself badly damaged, and then itself was the target of assault when the ROK Colonel lead more infantry into the town hex and demoralized what remained of the NKPA there. My opponent tried to pull out the troops but lost most of them to the free assault shot. It became stagnant as the NKPA commander pushed to take the towns by force while also trying to eliminate the central position of mortars and the Sergeant. It was amazing to see the Mortars defend and damage the NKPA attacker while passing their own subsequent morale checks. The situation became similar to the role of Bastogne during the bulge. It was not as strategically important but it became a moral fixation to eliminate this road block, so after 12 turns of play, the NKPA player conceded. Losses at that point were 5 NKPA steps to 6 ROK, and no NKPA unit was anywhere near the south edge of the board for an exit. Great little battle, and my first face-to-face with a local player I found.