Red Dragon, Blue Dragon: The Huaihai, 1948-1949 2016

Game description publisherred dragon blue dragon huaihai operationallevel game large decisive battle chinese civil war battle huaihai showdown determine nationalist force jiang jieshi chiang kaishek drive mainland exile taiwan culmination year onagainoffagain civil war nationalist communistsin eightyearlong truce nationalist communist hold war resistance japan finally break side race seize city rail line china hold japanese november nationalist suffer severe reverse manchuria north communist leadership decide time come central china target area strategically crucial city xuzhou halfway beijing peking nanjing nanke result enormous battle annihilation involve half million fighter communist mobilize million peasant help suppliesthis odd situation nationalist wellarme air support artillery road mobility tank nationalist go quotagainst odds despite material superiority nationalist unit morale low defectors army main source replacement communist communist light lean wellmotivated battle develop asymmetrically powerful ponderous nationalist mobile communistsdesigne earl dixon red dragon blue dragon huaihai feature map draw kilometer hex week turn unit counter marker unit nationalist corps communist columns soldier artillery regiment tank battalion communist nationalist lot side subdivide historically subcommands rule cover unique aspect struggle nationalist defection communist guerrilla propaganda offensive communist short attacks communist reeducation red militia nationalist final defense position player discern early origin ferocious red chinese attack un force korea mere year battle element guerrilla warfare later familiar vietnamvirtually unknown west battle familiar mainland chinese taiwan fair description gettysburg chinese civil war.