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Gulf Strike - Turns 18 and 19

The "Soviet-Persian War" continues using the Gulf Strike rules.

The Soviets are moving further south in Iran. The Americans now have supply chain problems. There are two points of failure.
  1. A Soviet heavy cruiser is bombarding the supply head at Diego Garcia
  2. The supply chain has been broken at Konark.


Turn 18 -
  • In Air; F-4s bomb a supply depot in Afghanistan, further weakening the Soviets there. Soviet Backfires make a conventional bombing attack on Iranian Militia in Hamadan, but the militia gets some incredibly lucky rolls and put a hit on the bombers. This forces the bombers to retreat. Su-24s provide close air support for the assault on Hamadan and Qom.
  • On Land; SpecOps raids destroy a truck unit in Afghanistan. Soviets push out the remaining militia and capture the holy city of Qom.
  • At Sea; The Soviet CA is finally sunk by an American SSN. This is the last Soviet naval unit in the Indian Ocean. US heavy transport ships reach the friendly port in Somalia.

Turn 19 - Soviets regain the initiative.
  • At Sea; CV-68 moves north to attack the Yemen base. Most the US naval units move further north. There are no more Soviet units to contest the waters.
  • In Air; CV-68 launches a sortie of A-6 bombers but it repulsed by Mig-23s protecting the base. Backfires make another bombing run on Iranian militia protecting Hamadan and is successful. CV-68 launches another sortie, escorted by F-14s. The MiGs launch to intercept and drive away the F-14s. The remaining A-7 and E-6 are shot down!  Su-24s continue to bomb the defenses in Hamadan.
  • On Land; The last Iranian armor brigade is defeated and the Soviets capture Hamadan.
On this turn, the US commander (me) had and inexplicable stretch of bad luck.  I rolled a 'ten' (worst die roll result on d10 dice) at least 7 times!! I've been very lucky for most turns but turn 19 was deadly due to bad die rolls.
The Soviets now control eight cities; Tabriz, Rasht, Zanjan, Tehran, Qazyin, Mashad, Qom and Hamadan.

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