Village Battle Indochina

Setup a small solo play through for my French Indochina War Eureka miniatures using the ruleset Hammer of Democracy by Ivan Sorensen.

20mm Hellcat strike on VM positions

Map Size 3' x 3'. 20 minutes of "Game Clock". After each turn roll 1 d6, take this much time off the game clock. Actual time to play was around 25 minutes or so.

Both forces were evenly matched, deploying with mortar & HMG team, 1 heavy infantry, and 3 light infantry. According to game rules each square was Dependable meaning 7 HP per square.

The Legionnaires deployed behind battle works on the outskirts of a small village, successfully rolling to spot Viet Minh movements on a 2 d6 5+ via aerial recon. This meant that off map artillery could target them on the first turn.

VM had very good initiative and activation rolls moving rapidly into position. Mortar and artillery fire wore down a few units but could not stop two squares from getting danger close to the French line.

By turn 3 the French had to roll for low Ammo with three units had been lost to effective VM artillery fire. A successful French Hellcat strike in Turn 4 might have proved the difference, severely damaging the two closest VM units which had not been destroyed by artillery and mortar fire, which was abysmal for the French side a la Dien Bien Phu.

Legion MG Nest

This battle was almost two close to call. The French took heavy losses, loosing half their deployed force but ultimately kept the Viet Minh from breaching the perimeter.

Excited to continue wargaming with these figures. I have quite a few troop options that I'm looking to play around with. Next time you see this I will likely play an armor reinforced game but will not allow French airstrikes. I currently have M24 Chaffee for French support and plan on adding some armored cars as well. Luckily the Viet Minh have a bazooka unit to even odds.

Keep rolling those 6's

 -15mm Dieter