Joint NVA Breifing

General Tran Do you have at your disposal the following forces to assault the city:-

	Unit	Strength	Co Qty	Equipment
	804th Battalion 4th Regt	Battalion	3
	815th Battalion 5th Regt	Battalion	3
	818th Battalion 5th Regt	Battalion	3
	800th Battalion 6th Regt	Battalion	3
	802nd Battalion 6th Regt	Battalion	3
	6th Regt Hvy Weapons Co	Company	1
	1st Sapper Battalion	Battalion	3
	2nd Sapper Battalion	Battalion	3
	12th Sapper Battalion	Battalion	3

These forces must be used to attack the city and you have some latitude to decide which part of the city they will attack. The party has identified numerous targets that must be achieved and these troops have been training hard to achieve these goals.

You must quickly take the city and the people there will rise up and join you in defeating any counter attack that will inevitably be made by the ARVN and their allies. Once taken, the city must not fall back into the hands of the enemy and you must do everything in your power to defend the city from counter attack.

The following forces can be used either inside or outside the city to help secure it: -

	Unit	Strength	Co Qty	Equipment
	Hue City Front HQ 164th PAVN Artillery Regt 164th PAVN Artillery Regt 416th Battalion 5th Regt 5th Regt Hvy Weapons Co 806th Battalion 6th Regt 810th Battalion 4th Regt	Company Arty Arty Battalion Company Battalion Battalion	1 1 2 3 1 3 3	122mm Rockets 81mm Mortars

Your HQ (Hue City Front) must be located some where safe and near to or in the city. The 164th PAVN Artillery consists of one 122mm Rocket Battery and two 81mm Mortar Batteries. With this force you will need to ensure that a supply line is kept open to the city so that reinforcements and re-supply can be made. The enemy are weak within the city but there are strong forces in the area that need to be taken into account.

The enemy has firebases at Camp Evans and PK17 to the North of Hue and to the South the Americans have a strong base at Phu Bai. These will be attacked by local forces to help delay response to your thrust at the city. The city is lightly defended and the enemy spread thinly in the surrounding countryside. Be aware that as and when we can get reinforcements to you we will.

Poor weather is your friend and it is hoped that low cloud and rain will ground most of the bombers and helicopters that cause our forces so many problems.

Split your command with Colonel Tran Van Tra and allocate him tasks that you think are worthy of his ability. Bear in mind we have few radios and messages will mainly be carried by runners between units.

The map provided is divided into 1km squares and turns will be a 12hrs day or night turn. Your orders will need to specify if you want forces to dig in and the local population can help dig bunkers and trenches should you need them. Your troops have been shown how to fortify city areas and they will need time to undertake these fortifications so use your troops well.

The sappers have explosives for blowing up bridges and helping destroy the enemy, think carefully about how and where they are used. All your soldiers are resolved to wear their best uniforms on the day of the attack so that they are ready to march through the city streets to a chorus of cheering crowds once the city has fallen.

Supplies will be needed to launch attacks and you will need a supply token per Battalion per turn to assault a target. These supply tokens will be replenished depending on how successful you are at keeping your supply line open.

To begin with you have enough supply tokens to launch 2 attacks per Battalion (26 tokens). Each battalion has 3 companies. You will not use supply tokens just defending. Attack Combat strength will be reduced as casualties are taken but defensive strength will tend to be stronger despite losses.


The supplies can be stock piled and these locations will have to be shown on the map. It is expected that you will be able to gain a token or 2 per day as re-supply. Once supply has been issued to a battalion it can not be returned so you either have the battalions carry the supplies or they are stock piled. Supplies move at same rate as your men so consider carefully where you might want the supplies held.

Your initial forces can be deployed anywhere on the map except in the city and close to the enemy bases you must be at least 6km  (6 squares) away from the known enemy locations.

Your supply line is from the west the road between squares 25 and 26 any enemy forces astride this route will delay your resupply.

Mark,

The NVA briefing gives the restriction that our forces must be at least 6km (6 squares) away from the known enemy locations.

What are the known enemy locations?

I was assuming Hue does not count - since it's only lightly defended. I know Camp Evans, PK17, and Phu Bai are enemy locations. What about the ARVN 1st div training ground? Hue itself?

Thanks,
Jonathan.

tungstenfish33 wrote:Mark,

The NVA briefing gives the restriction that our forces must be at least 6km (6 squares) away from the known enemy locations.  

What are the known enemy locations?

I was assuming Hue does not count - since it's only lightly defended.  I know Camp Evans, PK17, and Phu Bai are enemy locations.  What about the ARVN 1st div training ground?   Hue itself?

Thanks,
Jonathan.

You can mount a surprise attack on the ARVN 1st Div Training Ground.

The main firebases are to be avoided as the initial assault is to capture and secure the city and enable the down trodden works to rise up and join you, as they surely will.

So main force must be given targets and orders for what they want to do in Hue. You know the main enemy locations being the Airport, ARVN HQ and and MACV.

So I need to know where they want to go and what they are trying to achieve in first day of the attack, Also ideally some longer term goals... But as you might be based in city you can manage them a bit closer...

Will need to know where your HQ's will be based. FYI - Moving HQ's is time consuming and will introduce delays in getting info and sending orders.m

Hope this makes sense?

Hi are you having any supply dumps?

You really need to have some places where supplies can be stored and I will allow locations where you have been able to set up good hidden dumps.

Also do I assume that each Battalion is carrying two supplies each?

Mark,

For forces under Col. Gen. Tran, each Bn will carry two supply points with them.

For the Bns in the north and along our supply route, we will establish a supply dump at the river crossing/town at 25-26, 60-61 (where we should have 1 co dug in), although we do not anticipate accumulating much there (because those Bns will likely not be conducting many attacks).

For the Bn in the south, if it's possible to get it any supplies, we would like to establish a hidden dump at its starting location in the mountains in the area 13-14, 80-81 (west of Phu Bai).

Sean

OK understood. I will update my master map with those hidden dumps.

MJ1 wrote:Hi are you having any supply dumps?

You really need to have some places where supplies can be stored and I will allow locations where you have been able to set up good hidden dumps.

Also do I assume that each Battalion is carrying two supplies each?

* Yes - each Bn carrying two supplies.

* The main supply dump for Hue defense is inside the Imperial Palace. This supply will permit our forces inside the city to counterattack when opportunity arises, and hopefully also permit us to hold out longer if (when) the supply line is cut.

* Outside Hue, lets have one dump in the hilly jungle in square 69.5, 20.5, just southwest of the supply road. One Co. from the West Support Bn should dig in there to protect it. I assume this dump would be used to resupply any fresh troops coming to Hue as reinforcements.

OK I have access to this forum, but I have not found the path to my personal folder: ""Vietnam - Col Van Tien Dung" group". Could that please be spelled out for me.   

Hi Tom,

I have sent you a link to exact address.

You should however see it listed above this forum with Photo?

The link you sent me works fine, however it does not show as a folder in the NVA folder.

Hmm odd...

I get to see three folders above this one for the 3 different players.. OK NP as long as you can find it...

These are the folders I see:

Joint NVA Breifing
Turn 9 (8 FEB 68) Message to Col. Gen. Tran Van Tra
Jerry this is where you communicate with Sean
New Message to Gen Tran Van Do
Message to Gen. Tran Van Do
Messages TO Col. Tra
Reports From the Front

Look beneath this message and you will see hot spot for NVA forum.

Click that and at top you should see picture of NVA leader and hotspot to go into your forum...