Another game of Downtown with Paul this afternoon. This time D14: Walk on the Wild Side – a Linebacker II raid against targets around Hanoi.
Paul took the USA and planned a raid on eight targets by 48 B-52s supported by F-111s, SEAD and CAP.
The F-111s struck first at my airfields and effectively closed them, but not before two MiG-21s launched from Kep and Phuc Yen.
I managed to shoot down two Phantoms (one by Fire Can and one MiG kill) and two B-52s (one by SAM and one MiG kill). Two more B-52s were damaged by SAMs but recovered safely.
Paul destroyed six targets with heavy bombing and his SEAD shutdown three SA-2 sites.
Paul scored 18VPs (6×2 for targets; 3×1 for SAMs damaged; 3 for my extra MiG points); I scored 19 VPS (2×2 for shooting down a pair of Phantoms; 4 for capturing four aircrew; 1 for some collateral damage Paul inflicted; and 2×5 for shooting down a pair of B-52s).
Overall the score was -1 VP for a significant US defeat.
This was by far the largest scenario we’ve played and given it was set in late 1972 used a more complex set of rules than before.
