A Less Peaceful Christmas PTO (id:#65158)
Urdaneta, Luzon, The Philippines
1941-12-25 (13 others)
CH136: Desperate Stand (Critical Hit # 6.2)
WCW 9: Sweep Up (ASL Open `96 Scenario Pack)
3: Paint It Red (Red Christmas)
2: Do They Know It's Christmas? (Red Christmas)
4: Dies Irae (Red Christmas)
#2: Do They Know It's Christmas? (Red Christmas II)
#3: Paint It Red (Red Christmas II)
#4: Dies Irae (Red Christmas II)
DB119: Delay to the Agno (Dispatches from the Bunker #40)
SIC #6: Christmas Battle (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
SIC #7: Forward Strongpoint (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
SIC #8: Panzer Relief (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
FT 328: Punjabi Tenacity (Franc-Tireur#16)
WCW 9: Sweep Up (ASL Open `96 Scenario Pack)
3: Paint It Red (Red Christmas)
2: Do They Know It's Christmas? (Red Christmas)
4: Dies Irae (Red Christmas)
#2: Do They Know It's Christmas? (Red Christmas II)
#3: Paint It Red (Red Christmas II)
#4: Dies Irae (Red Christmas II)
DB119: Delay to the Agno (Dispatches from the Bunker #40)
SIC #6: Christmas Battle (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
SIC #7: Forward Strongpoint (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
SIC #8: Panzer Relief (Soldiers Of Ice: Objective Stalino)
FT 328: Punjabi Tenacity (Franc-Tireur#16)
Designer: Ken Dunn
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
JapaneseFilipino
Overview:
The Japanese had landed at Lingayen Bay with 43,000 troops composed mostly of the 48th Division which had been activated in 1940 on the island of Formosa and which had not yet seen battle. Using landing craft and powered sampans, the Japanese landed in several waves and on 22 December advanced in tank-infantry columns. The American-Filipino force reacted quickly but was soon forced to retreat whereupon they established a series of defensive lines further south to withdraw in order. The forces under General Wainwright, commander of the North Luzon Force, ahd been badly disorganized over the previous days' fighting at the landing sites, and the first defensive line ("D-1") was simply a line on the map where he could reform his troops. While most of the line did reorganize and withdrew to "D-2" under the safety of screening forces by 25 December, the 11th Division had a less peaceful Christmas Day. The 11th dug in around the small village of Urdaneta where they met the 1st Formosan Regiment.Attacker: Japanese (1st Formosan Infantry Regiment)
Defender: Filipino (13th Regiment, 11th Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: NoUnit Counts: |
Squads: A:11.0 D:14.0 |
AFVs: A:0 |
AFVs: D:0 |
Guns: A:0 Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2 D:0 M2 60mm Mortar x 2 |
Misc Rules: | PTO, LJ. D: 9-1 Leader is American advisor, may not rally Filipino MMCs |
Map Board(s): |
Publication | Board |
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ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2 | L |
Overlays: | NONE |
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Last Played:
Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Comments | |
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2023-02-08 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | Pascal Boileau | Japanese win | The Japanese launched several Banzai charges with huge success and few losses. Filipinos fire was poor and they were chased out of the buildings by turn 4. A few units escaped but not enough to avoid a major Japanese victory. Still a difficult scenario for the Filipinos. | |
2023-02-08 | (D) Pascal Boileau | vs | O Ramaille | Japanese win | As depicted by O. Ramaille, huge success and few losses for the Japanese and the reverse was true for the Filipinos... I conceded the game at the beginning of turn 5, nothing can be done to worry the Japanese on their way to victory. Thanks to Olivier ! | |
2022-02-23 | (A) Mark Thompson | vs | Filipinos (NotSure) | Japanese win (VASL Log) | The Japanese emerged unscathed from the jungle and kunai along the East edge of the Board but down 24 building control VPs. To make up this deficit quickly and cut off the Filipino exit before taking control of the buildings, two 3 squad stacks, one with the 9-1 and the other with the 8-0 leader, made a risky Banzai charge to the South edge. These units spanned the palm grove intact, and several CCs and Melees ensued with the Japanese edging out the Filipinos due to their HH advantage. The Filipinos made a valiant stand, but were unable to exit or prevent loss of the buildings, which gave the Japanese the VP margin needed to win the game. | |
2022-02-22 | (A) Igor Luckyanov | vs | Alexey Kolleganov | Japanese win (VASL Log) | Smoke placed by Japanese mortars has neutralized the Americans in the stone building. The final score is 43 :35. | |
2022-02-22 | (D) Alexey Kolleganov | vs | Igor Luckyanov | Japanese win | Interesting scenario. The smoke was a surprise for the guys who sat in the town hall. | |
2022-02-20 | (A) Codie Lonsberry | vs | Socks (Gabe) | Filipino win (VASL Log) | @clons87 (Japanese) vs @Socks (Filipinos). Close fight had the Filipinos running for their lives by the 4th turn. After the smoke settled, the Filipinos were gone and the Japanese were in firm control of a ghost village - but failure to eliminate enough enemy troops ultimately led to Imperial Army HQ being dissatisfied with the performance. | |
2022-02-15 | (A) Fedor Melnikov | vs | Alexey Kolleganov | Japanese win (VASL Log) | The successful firing of mortars and bloody hand-to-hand attacks decided the outcome of the battle. | |
2022-02-15 | (D) Alexey Kolleganov | vs | Fedor Melnikov | Japanese win | ||
2022-01-14 | (D) Kermit Mullins | vs | Scott Waites | Filipino win | The Filipino's built up a healthy VC lead with building control , but suffered heavy losses to the Japanese Banzai charges, but a KIA result on the last Banzai sealed the deal and gave the Filipinos the win. | |
2021-02-13 | (D) Eric Topp | vs | Mark Dennehy | Filipino win | I built up a big VC lead at the start of the game by holding onto the buildings. On turn 3, I exited most of my infantry. My opponent conceded after a calculation showed he could not win even after eliminating the remaining Filipino units and capturing the buildings. | |
2020-11-03 | (A) Dmitry Klyuykov | vs | Fedor Grachev | Japanese win | ||
2020-08-20 | (A) O Ramaille | vs | Japanese win | A few successful banzaï charges along with well placed smoke and WP helped the Japanese to completely slaughter the Filippinos with only a few losses. With 65 VP (maximum) earned and 23 VP suffered, the Japanese got a full and decisive victory. Not an easy one for the Filippinos. |
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lechiquier94 Added a playing | 2023-02-11 17:20:09 |
lt_steiner Added a playing | 2023-02-08 23:18:15 |
MoriQuessir Uploaded a VASL file | 2022-08-06 18:21:12 |
clons87 Rated the scenario | 2022-02-28 00:49:15 |
clons87 Added a playing | 2022-02-28 00:48:50 |
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Scenario Setup (S76 A Less Peaceful Christmas.vsav) | VASL Setup | MoriQuessir | 483 |
(jap-philla new.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 536 |
(urdaneta loc.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 554 |
VASL Log file (15.02.2022_alexey_fedor.vlog) | VASL Game Log | mcrstar | 464 |
VASL Log file (S76_A_Less_Peaceful_Christmas_2022_0222.vlog) | VASL Game Log | Igor Luckyanov | 540 |
VASL Log file (SK - S76 - A Less Peaceful Christmas (MGT v NotSure).vlog) | VASL Game Log | Thompsonmg(MGT) | 541 |
VASL Log file (S76 Full Game Codie v Gabe.vlog) | VASL Game Log | clons87 | 552 |
(s73 map.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 594 |
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