Dien Bien Phu Tourney

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DBP Tourney Round Three:

Retaking of Huguette 1
060/Huguette 1

23 April 1954
Western Sector of main DBP Fortified Camp
Size: Company (+) Vehicles
Side: Best as French or PBEM

After taking both Huguette 6 and 7, the Viet-Minh attacked the length of the runway and overran the next French strong point of Huguette 1. A counterattack by 2 BEP was ordered to retake the position. The mission was plagued by snafus. The 6th Company became lost in the maze of tunnels and trenches and arrived late at the jump off; the commander of the battalion, Maj Liesenfelt, was tuned to the wrong frequency; the artillery was unfocused; all leading to a disaster. In disarray, the French forces fell back to their lines.

The operation was a disaster for the French - an elite paratroop battalion had been defeated in a stand up fight, their operational reserves no longer existed, artillery ammunition expenditure was far above the allotted amount, and they failed to retake any ground whatsoever. The noose tightened again.


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

Matchups:

(Viet Minh v French)

Yorick (20 Minor Win) v kolc (10)
kolc (5) v Yorick (25 Major Win)

cazart! (25 Major Win) v Laza (5)
Laza (5) v cazart! (25 Major Win)

Rabbit (10) v Paulinski (20 Minor Win)
Paulinski (5) v Rabbit (25 Major Win)

Glyn (5) v TheBigRedOne (25 Major Win)
TheBigRedOne (20 Minor Win) v Glyn (10)

Barnacle Bob (15 Draw) v rahamy (15 Draw)
rahamy (5) v Barnacle Bob (25 Major Win)

tallin (20 Minor Win) v StEvremond (10)
StEvremond (5) v tallin (25 Major Win)

Nikb (20 Minor Win) v billk1 (10)
billk1 (5) v Nikb (25 Major Win)