Street-fighter - Battle of Loc Ninh - Campaign Series Vietnam 1948-1967
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| Rating: | 0 (0) |
| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 4 |
| Turns: | 26 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | S. Vietnam |
| Second Side: | N. Vietnam |
Jason Petho
29 October, 1967
[Loc Ninh, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam]: [SIDE A / H2H] [HIS] [CSL]:
As a part of the strategic preparations for the Tet Offensive in early 1968, the People’s Army of North Vietnam (PAVN) began attacking isolated allied bases in the fall of 1967 in hopes he could draw US and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces outside of several major South Vietnamese cities.
The Dry Season Campaign started on October 27th when an attack was launched against Song Be by the PAVN 88th Regiment. After a couple of days of heavy fighting, the 88th Regiment had withdrawn back into the jungle before additional ARVN reinforcements would arrive. Further to the west, the next target would be Loc Ninh, a town located in Binh Long Province, approximately 14 kilometers east of the Cambodian border and 110 kilometers north of Saigon.
Elements of the Viet Cong 273rd Regiment gathered in the plantation around Loc Ninh, with support from the 84A Artillery Regiment, and prepared their plans for the assault, which also provided an opportunity to experiment with street fighting techniques as well as to test South Vietnamese reactions and use of firepower to relieve cities and populated areas captured by Viet Cong forces.
Loc Ninh was defended by a Regional Force Company located around the District camp, a Popular Force Platoon and near the airfield was a Special Forces CIDG Camp that also housed the A-331 Special Forces team.
One of the CIDG Companies was on patrol eight kilometers from the town when the rockets and mortars started to fall on the Special Forces Camp and the Regional Force compound, with some of the rounds falling in Loc Ninh, setting it ablaze.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
29 October, 1967
[Loc Ninh, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam]: [SIDE A / H2H] [HIS] [CSL]:
As a part of the strategic preparations for the Tet Offensive in early 1968, the People’s Army of North Vietnam (PAVN) began attacking isolated allied bases in the fall of 1967 in hopes he could draw US and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces outside of several major South Vietnamese cities.
The Dry Season Campaign started on October 27th when an attack was launched against Song Be by the PAVN 88th Regiment. After a couple of days of heavy fighting, the 88th Regiment had withdrawn back into the jungle before additional ARVN reinforcements would arrive. Further to the west, the next target would be Loc Ninh, a town located in Binh Long Province, approximately 14 kilometers east of the Cambodian border and 110 kilometers north of Saigon.
Elements of the Viet Cong 273rd Regiment gathered in the plantation around Loc Ninh, with support from the 84A Artillery Regiment, and prepared their plans for the assault, which also provided an opportunity to experiment with street fighting techniques as well as to test South Vietnamese reactions and use of firepower to relieve cities and populated areas captured by Viet Cong forces.
Loc Ninh was defended by a Regional Force Company located around the District camp, a Popular Force Platoon and near the airfield was a Special Forces CIDG Camp that also housed the A-331 Special Forces team.
One of the CIDG Companies was on patrol eight kilometers from the town when the rockets and mortars started to fall on the Special Forces Camp and the Regional Force compound, with some of the rounds falling in Loc Ninh, setting it ablaze.
[ALL, NO VV] [CSEE, Variable Objectives] [1.00]
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