Korean War: Counter-Attack, scenario #30: Losing the Hills

A bloody night battle where the North Koreans have two objectives to try to achieve. One, kill 15 or more American steps, two, to control one of the north-south roads, if they achieve one, they get a minor victory and two a major victory, so the American Army will have to setup across two locations as not to concede a minor victory but this will also spread them out, allowing for bloody, in close night combat. Sure some illumination fire will come into play but this is another larger battle fought at night, which every soldier dreads!

The Americans setup first, allowing the Northern Koreans to concentrate most of their forces on one group of GIs and send a much smaller faint attack on the other group of Americans, to occupy them a bit. The night battle had its ups and downs for both sides but is just cool and both sides have a little off-board artillery and on-board mortars to mess around with as well. The much larger forces of NKPA started to overwhelm one of the split up American forces, dug-in and all, as the North Korean casualties matter little to them. This causes some of secondary Americans holding the other north-south road to pull out to assist their brother a few clicks over. The North Koreans ambush this group and the night combat is starting to spread out a bit, from its massive centers.

Towards the end of the game, the NKPA had killed 15 American steps but could not control a complete north-south road, giving the North Koreans a Minor Victory. It is kind of hard for the Americans to not lose casualties protecting both north-south roads, if the North Koreans hit one with the majority of their forces but I think I could have used the terrain better and not setup so far forward and this would have even things out but either way, it was and will be a close fought battle. I look forward to having another go at this scenario, as few dice rolls different, a few different movements and a little tactical change here or there, and it could swing to one side or the other.