Post by armchair general on Apr 2, 2017 22:00:08 GMT
[NOTE: This is another scenario off of the original Avalon Hill AAM Forum that existed before the Forumini. Unfortunately, I do not know who the author, so if you do, please let me know so I can give them credit. Because the game has changed just a little bit since 2005, there may some revisions that could be made to update the scenario and/or improve it. Feel free to make suggestions in the thread.]
Campaign Name: East Asian Campaign
Scenario Title: The 800 Heroes
Location & Date: Shanghai, China, 26 October, 1937
Introductory Paragraph:
After a 2 month campaign, the Kuomintang government was forced to withdraw from the city of Shanghai. Regimental Commander Xie Jinyuan was ordered to provide cover for the retreating National Revolutionary Army. Xie’s 524th Regiment fortified the Sihang Warehouse, along the Suzhou River, and awaited the Japanese assault.
Victory Conditions:
Each player gains 1 Victory Point for each opposing unit destroyed. The Axis Player gains 1 Victory Point for each Axis Unit that exits the board off of the South edge of the map. The Allied Player gains 1 Victory Point for each city hex occupied by an Allied Unit (whether or not contested) at the end of the scenario. The player with the most Victory Points is the winner.
Turn Length: 7 Turns.
Game Start: Allied Player deploys first. Axis Player moves first.
Map Set-Up:
Dog-1 (UR), Baker-2 (LL)
Charlie-2 (UR), Able-2 (UR)
North is the left of the map, along the Dog-1/Charlie-2 edge.
Allied Units and Deployment:
Elements of the 524th Regiment, 88th Division (35 points)
Deploy in any city hex:
Kuomintang Riflemen x 6 (@ 2 pts. ea. = 12 pts.)
Kuomintang Machine-Gun Team x 3 (@ 6 pts. ea. = 18 pts.)
Kuomintang Officer (@ 5 pts. ea. = 5 pts.)
Axis Units and Deployment:
Advance Elements, Imperial Japanese Army (52 pts.)
Deploy at least 2 hexes from and north of any city hex:
Arisaka Rifle x 9 (@ 3 pts. ea. = 27 pts.)
Type 89 Mortar (@ 9 pts. ea. = 9 pts.)
Imperial Sergeant (@ 9 pts. ea. = 9 pts.)
Type 97 Te-Ke Tankette (@ 7 pts. ea. = 7 pts.)
(Designer's Note: The Japanese deployment area includes all hexes from the north edge up to 2 hexes from the city hexes on map Dog-1 and all hexes from the north edge up to and including all cover hexes on map Charlie-2.)
Special Rules:
1. This scenario may be played using standard army construction rules. The Allied player may build an army of 40 points, consisting only of Soldiers. The Axis player may build an army of 60 points, with a maximum of 1 Vehicle.
2. Ignore the southernmost bridge on map Able-2. Units must make a Movement Roll to cross the stream at that hex side.
3. The southern bank of the stream houses international diplomats and staff. No unit may attack from or into a hex on the south side of the stream.
4. While adjacent to a friendly Commander unit, Kuomintang Riflemen in city hexes do not suffer from Lack of Determination.
5. The Type 97 Te-Ke figure represents the earlier Type 94 Te-Ke Tankette. It is statistically identical.
Background Story:
The 1937 Battle of Shanghai had waged for over 2 months. Chiang Kai-Shek’s National Republican Army proved more resilient than Japanese commanders had anticipated--the planned 3-day conquest of the city was taking considerably longer to accomplish.
After establishing a beachhead in August, Japanese forces struggled to move their way into the city proper. The defense of Shanghai involved weeks of bloody, street-to-street fighting, 5 years before Stalingrad’s infamous blood-letting. In mid-September, the Chinese lines finally weakened and broke, giving the invaders a foothold in the city itself.
The Chinese rallied and established new defensive lines. However, Japanese reinforcements raised the invading troop count to over 200,000, and it was merely a matter of time before the Chinese lines would crumble once again.
By the end of October, the situation was indisputable. Chinese forces were simply unable to stop the relentless advance of the Japanese. The order to withdraw came on October 23, and NRA troops began to fall back once more.
One unit, the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division, was ordered to provide a rearguard holding action in order to protect the withdrawal of other units. Their commander, Lt. Col. Xie Jinyuan, accepted his unit’s mission to prevent the Japanese from entering the International Settlements on the south side of the Suzhou River. Expertly-trained by German advisors and equipped with materiel superior to those issued to regular NRA troops, they set out to fortify and defend the Sihang Warehouse, near the shores of the Suzhou.
Aftermath:
The Japanese troops advanced towards the New Lese Bridge, only to be rebuffed by Xie’s men, who steadfastly held their warehouse. Japanese reinforcements would do little to change the situation. Residents of the area, emboldened by the defenders, aided the Chinese soldiers with supplies and ammunition scrounged from fallen combatants in other parts of the city. The 453 men of the 524th Regiment would stop Japanese forces calculated in excess of 2,000 troops over 5 days and at least 10 separate assaults, losing only 95 men while killing at least 200 attackers.
Although a ceasefire was negotiated by the International Settlements to end the fighting along the Suzhou, and the Japanese did eventually exert their control over the area, the actions of the 524th did allow for large numbers of Chinese troops to withdraw from the Shanghai fighting. The unit itself was interred in the International Settlements (Col. Xie would die there in 1941) and later imprisoned by the Japanese following the Pearl Harbor attack.
Their efforts were heralded by Chiang Kai-Shek’s government, and the unit was praised as “The 800 Heroes” (their numbers embellished by the Chinese media), a symbol of heroism in spite of the Kuomintang defeat at Shanghai. Their exploits have been the subject of movies in 1938 and 1976, and the veterans are considered war heroes in both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). General Xie (promoted posthumously) has been memorialized with the renaming of parks, schools and housing districts of Shanghai in his honor.
Source:
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org):
“Battle of Shanghai (1937),”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai_%281937%29
“Defense of Sihang Warehouse,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Sihang_Warehouse
Campaign Name: East Asian Campaign
Scenario Title: The 800 Heroes
Location & Date: Shanghai, China, 26 October, 1937
Introductory Paragraph:
After a 2 month campaign, the Kuomintang government was forced to withdraw from the city of Shanghai. Regimental Commander Xie Jinyuan was ordered to provide cover for the retreating National Revolutionary Army. Xie’s 524th Regiment fortified the Sihang Warehouse, along the Suzhou River, and awaited the Japanese assault.
Victory Conditions:
Each player gains 1 Victory Point for each opposing unit destroyed. The Axis Player gains 1 Victory Point for each Axis Unit that exits the board off of the South edge of the map. The Allied Player gains 1 Victory Point for each city hex occupied by an Allied Unit (whether or not contested) at the end of the scenario. The player with the most Victory Points is the winner.
Turn Length: 7 Turns.
Game Start: Allied Player deploys first. Axis Player moves first.
Map Set-Up:
Dog-1 (UR), Baker-2 (LL)
Charlie-2 (UR), Able-2 (UR)
North is the left of the map, along the Dog-1/Charlie-2 edge.
Allied Units and Deployment:
Elements of the 524th Regiment, 88th Division (35 points)
Deploy in any city hex:
Kuomintang Riflemen x 6 (@ 2 pts. ea. = 12 pts.)
Kuomintang Machine-Gun Team x 3 (@ 6 pts. ea. = 18 pts.)
Kuomintang Officer (@ 5 pts. ea. = 5 pts.)
Axis Units and Deployment:
Advance Elements, Imperial Japanese Army (52 pts.)
Deploy at least 2 hexes from and north of any city hex:
Arisaka Rifle x 9 (@ 3 pts. ea. = 27 pts.)
Type 89 Mortar (@ 9 pts. ea. = 9 pts.)
Imperial Sergeant (@ 9 pts. ea. = 9 pts.)
Type 97 Te-Ke Tankette (@ 7 pts. ea. = 7 pts.)
(Designer's Note: The Japanese deployment area includes all hexes from the north edge up to 2 hexes from the city hexes on map Dog-1 and all hexes from the north edge up to and including all cover hexes on map Charlie-2.)
Special Rules:
1. This scenario may be played using standard army construction rules. The Allied player may build an army of 40 points, consisting only of Soldiers. The Axis player may build an army of 60 points, with a maximum of 1 Vehicle.
2. Ignore the southernmost bridge on map Able-2. Units must make a Movement Roll to cross the stream at that hex side.
3. The southern bank of the stream houses international diplomats and staff. No unit may attack from or into a hex on the south side of the stream.
4. While adjacent to a friendly Commander unit, Kuomintang Riflemen in city hexes do not suffer from Lack of Determination.
5. The Type 97 Te-Ke figure represents the earlier Type 94 Te-Ke Tankette. It is statistically identical.
Background Story:
The 1937 Battle of Shanghai had waged for over 2 months. Chiang Kai-Shek’s National Republican Army proved more resilient than Japanese commanders had anticipated--the planned 3-day conquest of the city was taking considerably longer to accomplish.
After establishing a beachhead in August, Japanese forces struggled to move their way into the city proper. The defense of Shanghai involved weeks of bloody, street-to-street fighting, 5 years before Stalingrad’s infamous blood-letting. In mid-September, the Chinese lines finally weakened and broke, giving the invaders a foothold in the city itself.
The Chinese rallied and established new defensive lines. However, Japanese reinforcements raised the invading troop count to over 200,000, and it was merely a matter of time before the Chinese lines would crumble once again.
By the end of October, the situation was indisputable. Chinese forces were simply unable to stop the relentless advance of the Japanese. The order to withdraw came on October 23, and NRA troops began to fall back once more.
One unit, the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division, was ordered to provide a rearguard holding action in order to protect the withdrawal of other units. Their commander, Lt. Col. Xie Jinyuan, accepted his unit’s mission to prevent the Japanese from entering the International Settlements on the south side of the Suzhou River. Expertly-trained by German advisors and equipped with materiel superior to those issued to regular NRA troops, they set out to fortify and defend the Sihang Warehouse, near the shores of the Suzhou.
Aftermath:
The Japanese troops advanced towards the New Lese Bridge, only to be rebuffed by Xie’s men, who steadfastly held their warehouse. Japanese reinforcements would do little to change the situation. Residents of the area, emboldened by the defenders, aided the Chinese soldiers with supplies and ammunition scrounged from fallen combatants in other parts of the city. The 453 men of the 524th Regiment would stop Japanese forces calculated in excess of 2,000 troops over 5 days and at least 10 separate assaults, losing only 95 men while killing at least 200 attackers.
Although a ceasefire was negotiated by the International Settlements to end the fighting along the Suzhou, and the Japanese did eventually exert their control over the area, the actions of the 524th did allow for large numbers of Chinese troops to withdraw from the Shanghai fighting. The unit itself was interred in the International Settlements (Col. Xie would die there in 1941) and later imprisoned by the Japanese following the Pearl Harbor attack.
Their efforts were heralded by Chiang Kai-Shek’s government, and the unit was praised as “The 800 Heroes” (their numbers embellished by the Chinese media), a symbol of heroism in spite of the Kuomintang defeat at Shanghai. Their exploits have been the subject of movies in 1938 and 1976, and the veterans are considered war heroes in both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). General Xie (promoted posthumously) has been memorialized with the renaming of parks, schools and housing districts of Shanghai in his honor.
Source:
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org):
“Battle of Shanghai (1937),”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanghai_%281937%29
“Defense of Sihang Warehouse,” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Sihang_Warehouse