Battle for Hanoi

[Afghanistan]

The revolution has hit Hanoi, and hit Hanoi hard. They have begun an assault on many fronts.

• The severing of telegraph lines out of Hanoi.
  
• Agents inside the city raise the stakes. They start to spread rumors of the horrible slaughter of civilians at French hands, of conscription of the Vietnamese at gun point and of invaders to the south.
  
• Two groups of 350 each, armed with small arms and backed by a few machine guns from Greek air drops begin engaging anti-aircraft batteries at opposite end of the cities.
  
• Two groups of 50, armed with one machine gun each begins to assault aerial observation posts on the edge of the jungle.
  

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Anti-Aircraft Batteries
Rebels throw grenades and begin suppresive fire from the jungle with half of the machine guns to provide cover. Half the troops rush out to take shooting positions behind pre-existing cover (rubble, jungle, vehicles, buildings). Then they lay down similiar fire while the other half of takes position. They engage with small arms fire and machine gun support. A few lob fragmentation grenades at the door ways of any structure that concentrations of French soldiers are exiting.

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Observation Posts
They attack from concealment in the jungle. The machine gun concentrates on troops that have not yet found cover, while sniper fire begins from the jungle. Fragmentation grenades are thrown inside the watch towers and guard posts.

[Greece]

The 20 milita men under the greek officer move out and follow the milita men but do not engage. They are following one of the groups attacking an AA site. Except for 5 men who sneak down to cut the rail lines.

[Afghanistan]

An American general once commented that “War is hell, all hell”. Today the French found out how right he was. Outnumbered and caught by surprise the French antiaircraft positions did not stand a chance. The first wave found half the soldiers gunned down by rebels before they were able to find cover and defend themselves. Buoyed by their success the Vietnamese rebel forces rushed forward and swarmed the French troops. The resulting melee went no better for the French. Those few that survived were captured. Across the city, at other air defense posts the same scene played out.

The colonial commanders tried desperately to scramble troops to retake the positions. It proved to be too little, too late. The Greek air force began an attack coordinated with the rebels. Every plane stationed near Hanoi had been launched. Bombs rained down terror from the sky, destroying barracks and French civil authority buildings. Fighters flew down low and strafed the columns of soldiers. It was clear, they were not here to destroy vital military targets, but for French blood. When the air assault was finished the French garrison lay in tatters. What troops that were left were spread through out the city, hidden in what ever building or out of the way place they had taken cover.

While Greek airplanes laid waste to the forces inside of Hanoi, the rebel forces gathered and reorganized just outside the city. When the bombardment ended the small rebel army boldly charged forth into the city. Firefights broke out over the city, as rebels engaged the scattered pockets of French troops. All over the city, led by charismatic leaders implanted earlier by the revolution, the Vietnamese rose up against the French.

Rioting and combat continued for days. Finally a group calling itself the Revolutionary Council negotiated the surrender of French colonial forces within the city. Hanoi has fallen.

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OOC: This was based on the original attack plan I had worked out with Greece, and on Germany's ruling involving France's player not showing. Greek troop activities have been posted with Greece's permision.