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[Jason Petho]

The fifty-seventh session of A Week in Binh Long. Night has fallen and the Viet Cong have started to come out to play. As expected, things are getting worse as the turns go by. Even though the night has just begun, I'm already taking some unexpected losses. I lost some APC's, an ARVN 155mm Battery, even one of my Task Force headquarters. The Viet Cong have been spotted inside An Loc and around Chon Thanh. The main attacks even come yet, so I am doing what I can to prepare for them. Out in the countryside, the Viet Cong are cutting off roads and highways and capturing villages.

[Jason Petho]

The fifty-eighth session of A Week in Binh Long. Well, we are burning through night turns of Day 6, but not in a good way. There is lots of ambient light provided by the burning wrecks from Viet Cong attacks. It seems the Viet Cong are hitting most of the main cities in various strengths. Some are small probes, some seem to be more determined. An Loc, for example, is finally starting to regain some semblance of control. On the bright side, I did have an ARVN battalion become released - due to its being attacked too much. Ha!

[Jason Petho]

The fifty-ninth session of A Week in Binh Long. The proverbial crap has hit the fan with two hours of intense combat the whole way through, although it seemed lighter at the beginning. As we get closer to the end of the night of Day 6, the Viet Cong are attack in full force. Loc Ninh and An Loc are infiltrated by Viet Cong platoons and assaulting left - right and center. I am suffering some severe losses all over the place. At least I didn't least any helicopters this session... ha!

[Jason Petho]

The sixtieth session of A Week in Binh Long. 120 hours later, we finally hit the dawn of Day 7. What a mess, seriously! Loc Ninh and An Loc have suffered terrible losses in both territory and men and material. Fortunately, the south, with the exceptional of Lai Khe has remained unscathed. I have spent the first turn of Day 7 deciding on what my courses of actions will be. There are a lot of things to consider for this day and how I plan on recapturing many areas I have secured once before.

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-first session of A Week in Binh Long. Silly me for thinking that the night would be worse than the day. The morning has turned into hell in a handbasket. Loc Ninh and An Loc are being succumb to mortar and rocket attacks while the Viet Cong are still conducting assaults and attacks. Some are fairing better than others. I have been able to start allocating resources and developing plans for counter attacks. The coming next sessions will be a race to the wire to see who can get to the main cities the fastest with the mostest. On the bright side...ha, who am I kidding, there's no bright side with today's session.

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-second session of A Week in Binh Long. Another few turns of the morning of Day 7. I'm having some local successes in some areas, but not the key areas yet although I do see the light at the of the tunnel. Or is that a fire? I think its fire, definitely fire. Ha! On the bright side, one of the battalions has touched down from the field north of An Loc, so hopefully next session I can start taking back that city. Loc Ninh isn't faring that well as a brand new massive attack has started. I'm also down 30,000 Points this past turn.

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-third session of A Week in Binh Long. Loc Ninh is looking worse and worse as the morning progresses. I think I will have to take some drastic measures to secure the city. The rocket attacks are absolutely brutal, wiping out platoons left and right. An Loc is still hanging on and I have a battalion advancing from the north which will offer some relief. Lai Khe has fallen and I am saving what I can while the "cavalry" works its way south to save the day. Day 7 is hard, really hard, but fun!

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-fourth session of A Week in Binh Long. Let's start with the good news, An Loc has a battalion slowly advancing from the north. The first company has arrived in the northern suburbs and in the coming turns will finally make some headway. To the south, Chon Than had a sniper in the wire that was calling some mortar fire, but that seems to be fixed now. There is a task force well on its way towards Lai Khe, getting ready to recapture that, or at least start to next session. The bad news? Well, Loc Ninh is down to one hex, everything else is under Viet Cong control. I have lost access to the airfield, so I have to land any reinforcements either to the north, west or south - all about a 5 turn walk to Loc Ninh. That is the priority going forward and I am starting to transfer a battalion from the south by helicopter to help as the roads are still closed, of course.

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-fifth session of A Week in Binh Long. Alas, I have lost Loc Ninh. My reinforcements didn't arrive in time and I have completely lost the city. On the bright side, I am a couple turns away from starting the counterattack with infantry that have been flown from Minh Thanh. This session found me assaulting An Loc from the north and making some decent progress as well as starting an attacking on Lei Khe. Helicopters are flying around in support of all operations today, with no losses this session - shockingly enough! There have been a couple ambushes, but I am generally starting to turn the tide. Slowly, very slowly.

[Jason Petho]

The sixty-sixth session of A Week in Binh Long. Around Loc Ninh I have started the attack on the Hill of Doom. This will be an interesting and deadly fight as there are recoilless rifles and machines on the hill and it is supported by mortars are rockets from nearby positions. My ammunition situation improved a little bit, which was fortunate because the day started off poorly with all the supply vehicles losses. An Loc has swung into my favour and I have secured most of the town due to some exceptional assaults and gunship action. Down at Lei Khe, the attack has started and I am curious to see how this will turn out. Exciting times indeed, although I did drop below the Major Victory threshold this turn.