Isolation: Ban Kho Lai INDO (id:#61826)
Ban Kho Lai, Dien Bien Phu, Indochina
1954-03-28 (3 others)
Designer: Mike Reed
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
FrenchVietminh
Overview:
Isabelle was the southernmost strongpoint in the Dien Bien Phu fortress. It lay over 7km south of the main complex and holding it was costly in terms of troops occupying it and maintaining communications with it. The road to Isabelle ran past the village of Ban Kho Lai; at that location, the Vietminh had tightened their noose around the various strongpoints and had set up a roadblock. The roadblock was first cleared by the French on 20 March. On 21 March, the Ban Kho Lai position had been strengthened by the Communists; it was cleared again, but the operation took more troops and more time. On 22 March, it was decided to conduct a mopping up operation to clear the Vietminh and the roadblock from the Ban Kho Lai position. An assault was made from the north by the 1st BEP, reinforced by a M-24 "Bison" tank platoon.Attacker: French (1er Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, and 2/1 Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens with Composite Squadron, 1st Regiment Armored Cavalry and Grounded Air Troops)
Defender: Vietminh (57th Artillery Regiment, 304th Infantry Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:21.5 D:14.0 |
| AFVs: A:4 M24(a) x 4 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:0 M2 60mm Mortar x 2 D:0 57mm Type 36 RCL x 2 50mm Type 89(j) Heavy-Grenade Launcher x 2 |
| Misc Rules: | "Double blind" scenario; referee may be needed: PTO (G.1), DJ. (G2.1), Orchards: Light Woods |
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| Overlays: | RP1 | RP2 | RP3 | RP4 | RP5 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2019-06-21 | (A) Dave Mareske | vs | Bill Dorre | French win | Very hard on the defender; attacker has lots of options with the defender having to protect two fronts. |
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| Hutch Modified the overview | 2026-08-15 00:07:49 |
| Hutch Modified the Unit Elements | 2026-08-15 00:07:08 |
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| Avg Rating: 7.00 | Votes: 1 | Views: | 5591 |
| To-Play list count: | 0 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 5.4 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 1 | |
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| French | 1 | |
| Vietminh | 0 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Isolation: Ban Kho Lai [Confirmed] |
| [A] French | 1 |
| [D] Viet Minh | 0 |