Sharpe
05-25-2007, 09:39 PM
Feng Shui Fails Hong Kong Defenders
Ticket #9 Defender chooses Tiger Heaven
Shing Mun Redoubt, the key to the defense of Hong Kong, fell today to a remarkable assault by Colonel Teishichi and his crack 228th Regiment. The British commanders had expected the position to hold for three weeks, but it took only one afternoon for the fast-moving Japanese to swarm over the pillboxes and entrenchments. A company of the Hong Kong Defense Force supported by a platoon from the 2nd Royal Scots and their battalion heavy weapons held the key positions.
5x Zhongzheng Rifle 20 pts
3x Zb-36 (Czech LMG) 12 pts
1x Kuom Officer 5 pts
1x Kuom Rifleman 2 pts
1x ML 3" Mortar 9 pts
2x 2" Mortar 10 pts
3x Highland Light Infantry 9 pts
1x Clan Fraser Piper 4 pts
1x Vickers 8 pts
2x 2 pdr ATG 12 pts
4x Pillbox 8 pts
Three Zhongzheng and the ZB-36 set up on the objective and in the swamp. The Vickers and the 2" mortars set up in nearby pillboxes. The Scots deployed in the woods behind the objective while one ATG deployed in a pill box in the center, but out of mortar range. The other ATG covered the British left, supported by a Zz Rifle. Finally, the 3" mortar was back on a hill supported by the last two infantry units in case of a paradrop.
Since the Japanese
4x Ha-Go 36 pts
1x HBH 7 pts
1x SNLF Cap 6 pts
6x Arisaka 18 pts
1x Imp Sgt 9 pts
3x 4th Raiding Regt 21 pts (Paratroopers)
2x Type 89 Mtr 18 pts
2x Type 92 MG 14 pts
2x Barbed Wire 1 pt
had little choice, they came straight on with the infantry in front. The heavy weapons dug in on a hill with the SNLF captain.
The UK won initiative on Turn 1 for the first and only time. Things looked bright as the ZB-36s used covering fire on three Arisakas and the 2" mortars dropped smoke in front of the mortars and MGs. With a skirl of pipes, the Scots stepped out of the woods and added their rifle fire to the entrenched Chinese. The Imperial Sergeant visited his ancestors a little earlier than he expected and several Arisakas were disrupted. Japanese return fire was completely ineffective.
If this pattern had continued, the Crown Colony would still be in English hands. Unfortunately, for the Westerners, they stopped using bullets and switched to rubber-tipped arrows. The ATGs gave good service, taking out 2 Ha-Go’s but every other shot for 4 turns was high and wide.
On turn 2, the Japanese killed both 2" mortars, 3 ZB-36's, one rifleman and the officer. They seized the swamp and forest on turn 3 and killed one ATG and the Vickers. The Scots, their valiant piper and the last ATG went down the next turn. The Japanese also dropped the three paratroopers on the objective.
The only bright spot for the hapless Brits was their heroic Kuomintang rifleman who had been back guarding the 3" mortar. As the two remaining Ha-Go’s approached to attack the mortar, he charged out over open ground to confront the tanks. The mortar disrupted one tank with its last round on turn 4 and the Kuom reached it on turn five. He survived 2 mortar attacks, 4 bursts of machine gun fire and 2 tank rounds before rolling a five and a six to destroy the disrupted tank.
Otherwise, it was all Japanese all the time as they wiped out the British force.
Ticket #9 Defender chooses Tiger Heaven
Shing Mun Redoubt, the key to the defense of Hong Kong, fell today to a remarkable assault by Colonel Teishichi and his crack 228th Regiment. The British commanders had expected the position to hold for three weeks, but it took only one afternoon for the fast-moving Japanese to swarm over the pillboxes and entrenchments. A company of the Hong Kong Defense Force supported by a platoon from the 2nd Royal Scots and their battalion heavy weapons held the key positions.
5x Zhongzheng Rifle 20 pts
3x Zb-36 (Czech LMG) 12 pts
1x Kuom Officer 5 pts
1x Kuom Rifleman 2 pts
1x ML 3" Mortar 9 pts
2x 2" Mortar 10 pts
3x Highland Light Infantry 9 pts
1x Clan Fraser Piper 4 pts
1x Vickers 8 pts
2x 2 pdr ATG 12 pts
4x Pillbox 8 pts
Three Zhongzheng and the ZB-36 set up on the objective and in the swamp. The Vickers and the 2" mortars set up in nearby pillboxes. The Scots deployed in the woods behind the objective while one ATG deployed in a pill box in the center, but out of mortar range. The other ATG covered the British left, supported by a Zz Rifle. Finally, the 3" mortar was back on a hill supported by the last two infantry units in case of a paradrop.
Since the Japanese
4x Ha-Go 36 pts
1x HBH 7 pts
1x SNLF Cap 6 pts
6x Arisaka 18 pts
1x Imp Sgt 9 pts
3x 4th Raiding Regt 21 pts (Paratroopers)
2x Type 89 Mtr 18 pts
2x Type 92 MG 14 pts
2x Barbed Wire 1 pt
had little choice, they came straight on with the infantry in front. The heavy weapons dug in on a hill with the SNLF captain.
The UK won initiative on Turn 1 for the first and only time. Things looked bright as the ZB-36s used covering fire on three Arisakas and the 2" mortars dropped smoke in front of the mortars and MGs. With a skirl of pipes, the Scots stepped out of the woods and added their rifle fire to the entrenched Chinese. The Imperial Sergeant visited his ancestors a little earlier than he expected and several Arisakas were disrupted. Japanese return fire was completely ineffective.
If this pattern had continued, the Crown Colony would still be in English hands. Unfortunately, for the Westerners, they stopped using bullets and switched to rubber-tipped arrows. The ATGs gave good service, taking out 2 Ha-Go’s but every other shot for 4 turns was high and wide.
On turn 2, the Japanese killed both 2" mortars, 3 ZB-36's, one rifleman and the officer. They seized the swamp and forest on turn 3 and killed one ATG and the Vickers. The Scots, their valiant piper and the last ATG went down the next turn. The Japanese also dropped the three paratroopers on the objective.
The only bright spot for the hapless Brits was their heroic Kuomintang rifleman who had been back guarding the 3" mortar. As the two remaining Ha-Go’s approached to attack the mortar, he charged out over open ground to confront the tanks. The mortar disrupted one tank with its last round on turn 4 and the Kuom reached it on turn five. He survived 2 mortar attacks, 4 bursts of machine gun fire and 2 tank rounds before rolling a five and a six to destroy the disrupted tank.
Otherwise, it was all Japanese all the time as they wiped out the British force.