Dien Bien Phu Tourney

[TheBigRedOne]

DBP Tourney Round One:

Roadblock At Ban Kho Lai

22 March, 1954
S of main DBP Fortified Camp
Size: Company (+) Vehicles
Side: Best as French or PBEM

The French positions at Dien Bien Phu included one called Isabelle which was several kilometers south of the main French fortifications. The road between the main positions and Isabelle was vulnerable to Viet-Minh occupation. Regiment 57 had thrown up two rows of trenches, cutting RP41 and isolating Isabelle. Moving south from the main position, Legion paratroopers supported by Ney's tank platoon ran up against the entrenched Viet Minh. Attempts to break through or flank the position were thwarted and so from the Isabelle position, Algerians from II/RTA as well as another platoon of Bisons moved north in support. Not until an additional platoon of tanks from Claudine was committed would the village be cleared and the road opened. The fighting was fierce, but the French forces joined hands, giving them their first real victory in the fighting.

Optional Rules to Use: Quality Loss Modifier, Vehicle Fire Over

Matchups:

(Viet Minh v French)

Laza (15 Draw) v Barnacle Bob (15 Draw)
Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) v Laza (15 Draw)

Landser34 (15 Draw) v Alpha Two (15 Draw)
Alpha Two (5) v Landser34 (25 Major Win)

Nikb (15 Draw) v Paulinski (15 Draw)
Paulinski (25 Major Win) v Nikb (5)

kolc (25 Major Win) v Rabbit (5)
Rabbitt (25 Major Win) v kolc (5)

tallin (15 Draw) v Yorick (15 Draw)
Yorick (25 Major Win) v tallin (5)

rahamy (25 major win) v Glyn (5)
Glyn (25 major win) v rahamy (5)

billk1 (25 Major Win) v StEvremond (5)
StEvremond (25 Major Win) v billk1 (5)

TheBigRedOne (15 Draw) v cazart! (15 Draw)
cazart! (20 Minor Win) v TheBigRedOne (10)