The Land of the Morning Calm Tourney FINAL RESULTS

[TheBigRedOne]

The Land of the Morning Calm Tourney Round Three:

Whipping at Wolmi-Do

Scenario Size: Medium
Estimated Playing Time: 45 Minutes

Wolmi-Do Island, Inchon, September 15, 1950, 0830 Hours

Design Notes: This scenario can be played from either side or as a 2 player game. The NKPA has a marginal advantage so the players may want to give the USMC an edge by spotting 20 points before play.
Time is the key to winning for the US player. The Marines did it in 47 minutes. You have one hour.

USMC Orders: Captain, your company is to clean out sector 2 on the map. A number of enemy troops may still be active and could present a problem with flanking fire on Blue Beach when the main landings begin. Check all enemy strongpoints and caves and clean them out. Supporting tanks should be joining you shortly.

Historical Background: The tiny island of Wolmi-Do sat in Inchon Harbor like a menacing boil on the face of the sea. Intelligence reports indicated a strong enemy presence with some big guns. From Wolmi-Do, the enemy could pour in enfilade fire on troops landing at both Blue and Red beaches at Inchon.

To neutralize this threat, attacks from the air and the sea hammered the island for five days. In the first encounter, six destroyers crept into the harbor and opened up on Wolmi-Do. The large North Korean guns carefully hidden responded after ten minutes and a serious fight ensued. Des troyers Collet, Gurke and Swenson were all hit and some sailors killed. By the end of the free-for-all, however, many of Wolmi-Do's guns had been knocked out.

Just before dawn, on September 15th, Joint Task Force Seven again approached Wolmi-Do. After more naval gunfire and napalm attacks by Marine Corsairs and Skyraiders, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines came ashore.

Nearly all the enemy's fortifications had been knocked out but some 500 enemy soldiers and a few larger weapons would still have to be taken out. Shortly after the Marines disembarked, nine tanks, 3 of them equipped with flamethrowers, came on shore.

In some areas the enemy fought to the death but in less than an hour, the American flag was flapping in the breeze from the highest point on the island, a grim, bloody indication that Inchon would be next.

Sources:

Conflict, The History of the Korean War, Leckie
The Korean War Almanac, Summers
Fire and Ice, Varhola

Optional Rules to Use:

Fog of War
Vehicle Fire Over
Quality Loss Modifier

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

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