Shanghai in Flames CBI (id:#56367)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `97 ID: A 110)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: MMP: Origins `96 Scenario
See Also: Shanghai in Flames by Multi-Man Publishing Shanghai In Flames by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Kevin Meyer
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Balance:
JapaneseChinese
25%

Overview:

After two months of heavy fighting in and around Shanghai, the Chinese Army was forced to retreat to the south bank of Suzhou Creek. Covering the retreat was the 524th Regiment of the Chinese 88th Division led by Lt.-Col. Hsieh Chin-yuan. The regiment held its positions around the Four-Bank Warehouse -- a reinforced-concrete warehouse owned by four commercial banks. In the middle of the burning Zhabei district, soldiers of the 524th prepared to write their own heroic destiny as thy faced the advancing Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army.
Attacker: Japanese (16th Division)
Defender: Chinese (524th Infantry Regiment)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: 4 Random Blaze locations. D: Fortify 3 locations in Factory Bldg 20E7.
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-09-22(D) Don Berg vs Solo Chinese winFire lanes across the avenue of advance from both flanks, protected by a platoon was the key to Chinese success. They fell back each turn, and were overrun on their left flank, but ultimately survived CC and escaped. The center building and 2 others were fully engulfed in flame by the end. The Japanese didn't have enough to break through the surviving squads to take the factory.
2024-09-19(D) Johan Vrijdaghs vs Guerra Guido Japanese win
2024-05-21(D) George Tashji vs Chinese winChinese fire was deadly accurate while the Japanese troops advanced. By end of turn 2, six Japanese squads had been eliminated (!) while several others reduced to striped status. Blaze counters split the Japanese advance to both flanks, but they persisted - and by turn 5 were in place to begin fire on the factory. Meanwhile, the Chinese played a typical fall-back game, skulking to slow the Japanese as they drew back towards the factory. The Chinese lost all their MG's through malfunction or in CC, but they firmly defended the factory with multiple intact squads. By turn 7, the Japanese did not have enough troops left to storm the factory, let alone take control. Good scenario - the spreading blaze counters make things unpredictable.
2024-01-04(A) Robert Wiebe vs Dave Chinese winDice were against me from the start, when my HMG on overwatch broke on its first shot, then was gone permanently the next RPh. Besides that, my assault up the right flank was pretty well on track as by turns 3/4 I was shooting into the Factory building; even got off two Banzai charges. Unfortunately, despite firing 12FP (after being halved) +2/+3/+4 shots I was not able to keep Dave's Chinese broken or pinned. Eventually ran out of time. Good use of skulking kept many Chinese units alive when they could have easily been chopped up.

Over all a very fun scenario, our first playing PTO, and we had a blast.
2023-10-26(D) Dwayne Duval vs Kevin DuvalA Japanese win
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