Korean War: Counter-Attack, scenario #16: The Last Straw

A night scenario where the North Koreans attack dug-in American Marines, which sounds difficult but where are two ways the NKPA can win, one by eliminating 7 or more American steps without losing 150% more steps then the Marines OR by controlling one of the two east-west roads on either map. The Marines have no idea where the NKPA units will enter so they have to split their forces on both east-west roads, so having to cover both maps and they setup the mortar units in the middle to support both roads.

The North Koreans decide to attack only one road in force but split off a few units to go after the all alone Marine 81mm mortars, hoping to score some easy points but the Americans pull out most of their dug-in units on the northern east-west road that are not engaged, to block the NKPA units attempting to attack their 81mm mortars and reinforcing their comrades in the south which are blunting the North Koreans major attack there.

This scenario had a lot of maneuver but the North Koreans were awful on the dice rolls for this night action and after losing seven steps in their rush to get enough points in 15 turns called off the offensive, as their units were too scattered in various morale states to achieve any victory condition and had only eliminated 3 Marines steps. So a clear American victory in the dead of the night!