Viet Cong Information The area about to be attacked was the current base of operation; of the 1st VC Regiment, one of the oldest such units in South Vietnam. Made up of "winter cadre" personnel, i.e., those who have remained in South Vietnam after 1954, it was very familiar with the area of operations. It had been very active and successful in the area south of Chu Lai, topping its activities in July by overrunning a government post at Ba Gia, inflicting 130 casualties and capturing over 200 weapons, including two 105mm howitzers. On August 18 the Regimental Headquarters, the organic 60th and 80th Battalions and elements of the 52nd VC Company and 45th Weapons Battalion were present in the area. (The Regiment's 90th Battalion, are attached 70th Battalion were not present at the time of the attack). Based on what information was available on the 1st VC Regiment it appears that the following was present: 1st VC Regiment Sapper stands, Veteran; Morale: 10 All other elements, Veteran; Morale: 9 Headquarters, with: 1 command stand 1 command infantry stand 1 staff telephone stand 2 support stands Regimental Sapper Company, with 2 recon engineer SMG stands 60th VC Battalion, with Headquarters, with: 1 command stand 1 command infantry stand 1 support stand 3 Rifle Companies (1, 2, 3), each with 3 infantry stands Weapons Company, with 2 weapons stands and 1 57mm RR stand 80th VC Battalion, with Headquarters, with 1 command stand 1 command infantry stand 1 support stand 3 Rifle Companies (1, 2, 3), each with 3 infantry stands Weapons Company, with 2 weapons stands and 1 57mm RR stand Attached Units 45th VC Weapons Battalion (All elements, Veteran; Morale: 9) Headquarters, with 1 command stand 1 command infantry stand 1 support stand 1 AA Company with 3 .51 AAMG stands (ds) 1 Weapons Company, with 1 75mm RR stand (ds) 1 81mm mortar stand (ds), with ROF 2, HE 4, 1"x1", Range 72" (20 rounds) 2 MMG stands 52nd VC Company (All elements, Regular; Morale: 7) 8 light infantry stands Notes 1. The 1st Viet Cong Regiment sets up subject to the following restrictions: The Regimental Headquarters and Sapper Company may set up in any one hamlet on the board. The remaining six infantry companies of the 1st VC Regiment can be placed in any other six hamlets with one company pet hamlet. Elements of the headquarters and weapons companies may be assigned as wished to any of the infantry companies of their battalion. The stands belonging to die 45th Weapons Battalion may be placed in any hamlet on the board. The command and infantry command stands in the 45th Headquarters can spot fix the battalion's 81m, mortar using the battalion mortar rule. They are the only two stands of the battalion with this ability. One stand of the 52nd VC Company can be placed in any hamlet in addition to any other troops that are placed there. 2. All VC stands are considered to start the game in bunkers or weapons pits. The VC players will have to record where these bunkers are in the hamlets, and what the fields of fire for these bunkers/weapons pits are. The number of bunkers/weapons pits present is determined by the number of stands that start the game in that hainlet. In addition, the perimeters of the hamlets were fortified Consider any VC stand side that is on the edge of a hamlet firing out to be entrenched. 3. The staff telephone stand may only issue orders for VC stands within a hamlet. It may not issue orders to a stand outside a hamlet, even if that stand is within 6" of the hamlet. If the staff telephone stand is moved or lost, this ability is lost with it. The regimental command stand may use the staff telephone stand to issue its order to any stand in any hamlet. 4. The AAMG stands have a close range (15" or less) chance to hit an aircraft of 1-3, and a long range chance (15"-30") of 1-2. The target aircraft must be flying at very low altitude. If firing at helicopters attempting to land, add one (+ 1) to the AA's chances to hit. If firing at close range, the effect (if any) of the hit takes place before the aircraft attacks/lands. If firing at long range, the effect (if any) of the hit takes place after the attack/landing. If a hit is made, roll 1D10, and subtract from it -1 for the AAMG, and minus whatever the aircraft's defensive value is, If the final result is less than 0, the aircraft must check morale, If it fails this basic morale check (no modifiers), it aborts its mission and mum home. If the final result is a 1-3, then the aircraft is damaged, and must return to base. If the final number is 4 or greater, the aircraft is shot down. At the end of any turn that any aircraft flies at very low attitude over any VC stand, whether visible or not at the time, the VC player gets a roll for collective small arms fire. There is only one roll per aircraft, regardless of the number of stands that the aircraft flew over. On a die roll of a 1, that aircraft takes one hit as if from an AAMG. 5. If attempting to break out of the area, VC stands may only escape off the west edge of the board south of the Tra Bong River. 6. The Viet Cong Weapons data: Type ROF Effective Command Stands 1 4" Command infantry stands 1 8" Infantry Stands 1 8" Light infantry stands 1 4" Weapons Stands 2 15" Gun crews/Support stands 1 6" SMG stands 2 2" MMG stands 2 10" AAMG stands 1 15" Direct Fire Weapons Chart Weapon ROF 2" 5" 10" 15" 20" 30" 40" 50" HE 57mm RR 2 9x2 6x2 1x2 - SA 75mm RR 2 9x2 9x2 6x2 5x2 4x2 2x2 1x2 - HE 4 90mm TG 2 9x3 9x3 9x3 8x3 7x3 4x3 2x3 1x3 HE 5 106mm RR 1 9x4 9x4 6x4 5x4 4x4 2x4 1x4 - HE 5 More An Cuong Landing, Vietnam August 18th, 1965: "Satellite/Starlite" Introduction US Set-Up Vietnam Set-up Referee's Notes and Historical Commentary Back to Table of Contents -- Command Post Quarterly #1 To Command Post Quarterly List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Greg Novak. 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