CMOKNHT Junction : RCW

The keyboard can’t quite get the Cyrillic letters right but the rough equivalent, according to free google translator of Tuxedo Junction. With the railway on the table from last week it seemed a good opportunity to run a similar scenario using my RCW figures.

The scenario using slightly modified Bolt action rules is more complex. We rolled off to see who was defending the train as it happens the Reds had captured the train and the Imperial Forces would be seeking to get it back. There were three objectives on the train, the big gun ! The fuel wagon and the carriage which we assumed was carrying the ammunition. The Reds had to set up a unit at each objectives the Whites would attack from a randomised direction the re-enforcements would arrive down the opposite road but each unit could only arrive on a dice roll.

The central part of the train a small unit of elite Russian Sailors have been ordered to hold this position

The fuel wagon held by local irregulars 

And the ammunition wagon held by regular infantry

The Whites attack from the south supported by their local Airforce (the Nieuport effectively plays as a mobile machine gun with the advantage of causing an additional pin on any troops it targets)

Massed White infantry move up for the assault they need to move quickly to take the objectives before the re-enforcements arrive

The locals militia fighting for the Reds is already getting heavily attacked and are pinned down

After a couple of turns the reserves enter the table and despite being attacked from the air they make quick progress

But the Reds are in trouble everywhere, the 1st Officers Infantry Regiment are just about to assault the local Red militia who arent likely to stand up to the fanatical Officers Corp

The sailors have been almost wiped out, coming under fire from all directions

As expected the militia are wiped out but with encouragement from the commissar they push the Officers regiment back

..but the Whites now have the big gun ! and troops in reserve

Not quite so good on the left where the 1st Gen Alexeyev Partizan Infantry is pinned down in the long grass, they fail several attempts to assault

An overview of the battlefield at this point

The Red reserves have reached the centre and open fire

The commissar has a special rule where he can rally a unit and remove all their pins by shooting one of the soldiers ! It proved very effective here

At the ammunition wagon there are few defenders left

But everywhere else the battle has come down to furious hand to hand combat

Fighting at close quarters at the fuel wagon overseen by the commissar ....he never seems to actually fight himself ! The battle will be determined by the two combats

....and then turn 6 and the bi-plane takes a direct hit Boom !

The Red have the Reds have it.......no surprise the th turn was the last, the Reds one both the combat around the gun and the fuel wagon taking both objectives leaving the whites with the ammunition wagon., but even here they are being shot at by the armoured car. At this point Nestor the White enteral turns in disgust and beats a retreat.

A fun game considering it was played over zoom. It really did look after three turns that the Reds were done for, but a couple of failed morale checks for the whites and poor combat rolls and they snatched defeat from victory.

We spent some time thinking about hat else i need to boost this project..... perhaps another unit of infantry on each side. I have an eye on some German uniformed troops or more colourful Regts for the whites and perhaps some infantry in great coats for the reds. Ideally some more cavalry, a whippet tank, and I need a standard bearer for the whites.

We have had some great weather so have been enjoying some more isolation on my bikes 

This is Martindale the road is a dead end right up to the top of the valley unless you have a mountain bike and a lot of energy in which case there is a track that drops south into the next valley.

This is Ullswater from  the top end

I came back via Dacre a small local village, the Church is Norman but has been rebuilt a bit. But it has a history going back further and is thought to be the place where in AD934 Athelstan the King of England effectively became the first King of the United Kingdom, receiving homage from Constantine king of the Scots and Owen King of Cumbria. Apparently the evidence puts a monastery at this spot at the time. Why here i have no idea as it is pretty much in the middle of know where now.