BUSHWHACKED!**

Anzac-US Assault vs. NKPA Defend:* 
Chongju, Korea*
1300, October 29, 1950*
Turns: 15**

Scenario Size: Medium*
Estimated Play Time: 2 Hours+**

Design: Wild Bill Wilder*
bwilder@bellsouth.net**

Testers: Stephen Porter, Lars Remmen, Tom DeShetler**

Player Notes:** 

This battle should be played from the US side for a 1 player game. It is suitable for a 2 player game if the NK forces are set to 80% in the preference settings menu for the NK side.**

To win one must be aware of two things, losses and the values of the objectives. There are three sets of objectives. The two to the left are worth more as they are the key to getting to Chongju through the pass.**

The one furthest to the right should be taken to protect your flank but is not vital to the advance, so it is worth a little less. You will need all three to win decisively. In addition, too many losses, especially tanks can take away enough points to cancel out a resounding triumph, or even a triumph at all.**

The North Koreans are tired of running. They are fighting like cornered animals. Do not expect them to turn and run. They won't.**

Historical Background:**


The push toward the Yalu River in late October, 1950, had slowed to a crawl. Allied forces now found themselves in the same dilemma as their enemy had only a few months earlier. The men and equipment were spent, supply lines were stretched to their tenuous maximum.**

Even worse, the devastating Korean winter had begun. The temperatures were already below freezing most of the day and snowflakes warned of even harsher weather ahead. Then there were ominous rumblings of a Chinese intervention.**

MacArthur's promise of an end to the war by Thanksgiving seemed highly improbable.  Even so, the United Nations forces pressed onward.**

The Australian battalion of the Commonwealth force was headed toward Chongju and would then take the coast road to the Yalu on the western side of North Korea. The unit would be supported by tanks of Tom Dolvin's 89th Tank Battalion.**

On the 29th, the allied troops attempted to open the pass to Chongju but met fierce resistance from a resolute North Korean force. Both ridges were covered by the enemy. When 2d Platoon of D Company, 89th TB, moved forward in support of the advancing Aussies, they found that the enemy had carefully planned an ambush, with tanks and SP Guns of their own.**

Two Pershings of the HQ Company moved in support of the three remaining tanks of the 2d Platoon and fighting resounded over the valley. By nightfall it was over with the Australians and Americans holding the pass.**

The night, however, brought no security. The NKPA forces were determined to get the right of way to the north back under their control, but that is another battle.**

Sources:**
South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, Appleman*
Korean War Almanac, Summers*
At War in Korea, Forty*
Korea: The Unknown War, Blair*
Korea, the First War We Lost, Alexander*
Fire and Ice, Varhola*
