Blood on the Snow - Sino/Soviet Border Clashes

[MarkSheppard]

First scenario in the series is up; centering on the March 2, 1969 border clash between Soviet Border Guards and Chinese troops.

You will need MBT version 4.0 for maximum compatibility.

Two things in this ZIP:

Scenario 260: The Scenario Itself utilizing a reduced map for faster playability.

Map 350: Large map (260x160) of the Area, summer.
Map 351: Large map (260x160) of the Area, Deep Winter; frozen river.

Scenario Description:

Damanskiy 3/2/69
China Defend vs. Soviet Assault
Date: March 2, 1969
Location: Damanskiy Island, Ussuri river, USSR

On the night of 1/2 March 1969, a large number of Chinese soldiers occupied Damansky Island, which straddled the Russian-Chinese Frontier. Initially, this incursion was overlooked at first, because the Russian Border Guards did not notice anything. It was not until around 10:40 AM that the lookout at Nizhne-Mikhailovka reported about thirty armed men crossing from the Chinese side of the river to the island.

The commandant of the post; Senior Lt. Strelnikov, assembled a group of about 32 frontier guardsmen and reached the island around 11:00 AM. Around 11:10 AM, the Chinese decided to open fire on Strelnikov's group, killing most of them in the battle that followed.

As this scenario starts, the remnants of Strelnikov's group are huddling along the shoreline, as the reserve group, headed by Senior Lt. Bubenin, approaches the island at around 11:30 AM.

In the resulting battle that followed; the Chinese were driven off the island, but they would return later.

EDIT: Playability suggestions appreciated.

EDIT II: Rebuilt it many times before I "got the hang" of using the scenario editor; lol.