The Land of the Morning Calm Tourney FINAL RESULTS

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The Land of the Morning Calm Tourney Round One:

High Tide, Low Hopes (H2H Variant)

Inchon, September 15, 1950, 1700 Hours

Historical Background: General Douglas MacArthur's moment of greatest glory had arrived. In spite of great opposition from the JCS and other gainsayers, the General would have his way. After making an impassioned speech to his superiors, seeking their approval,his voice dropped to a horse whisper and he ended by saying, "I shall go to Inchon and I shall crush them!" The invasion got the "go" sign.

On September 15th, the landings began in Inchon Harbor and more or less proceeded as scheduled. Even though a typhoon had threatened in the last weeks of preparation, the weather was not a factor. There was no massive response either from Moscow or Peking, and generally speaking, the natural difficulties were overcome.

It was, as amphibious assaults go, one of the most successful in history. Invasion forces included the First and Fifth Marine Regiments, to be followed by the Army's 7th Division, ROK forces, and numerous independent infantry, engineer, artillery, and armored battalions.

After a devastating air and naval bombardment, the island of Wolmi-do was overcome, with no allied loss of life. At 5:00 PM Marine amphibious and assault craft proceeded into the harbor, and the landings began. The LCVP landing craft would slam into the seawalls, engines wide open to hold it in place, and landing troops would scramble up ladders from the front of the craft onto the seawall. There was practically no response from the enemy. One officer later stated that "a single well emplaced enemy machine gun could have chewed the Marines to pieces and badly interfered with the landings."

The landing areas were designated Beaches Red and Blue. The Red Beach landings were relatively smooth. Blue Beach, the objective of Chesty Puller's First Marines, was a different story. Although the first wave made it without incident, the foll owing troops were confused by the haze and smoke. They accidentally fired on the first wave of friendlies and then eventually got lost.

Puller was able to bring order out of chaos, and by nightfall, both landing areas were secure. The primary cause for such success was the confused and inconsistent response of the NKPA to repel the invaders. There was only some resistance at the landing points. Casualties were extremely light. That would change in the days to come.

Optional Rules to Use:

Fog of War
Vehicle Fire Over
Quality Loss Modifier

You MUST use these rules and nothing else for all scenarios.

Matchups:

(Allied v Communist)

Mad Dog (25 Major Win) v Landser34 (5)
Landser34 (5) v Mad Dog (25 Major Win)

Laza (5) v jomni (25 Major Win)
jomni (15 Draw) v Laza (15 Draw)

KG_RangerBooBoo (5) v Compass Rose (25 Major Win)
Compass Rose (5)v KG_RangerBooBoo (25 Major Win)

Richie61 (5) v Der Landser (25 Major Win)
Der Landser (20 Minor Win) v Richie61 (10)

Hog of War awarded two major wins due to game abandonment.

fastphil (25 Major Win) v NikB (5)
NikB (25 Major Win) v fastphil (5)

Rabbit (25 Major Win) v Jeff Conner (5)
Jeff Conner (5) v Rabbit (25 Major Win)