Today at 8:00 pm UK/3:00 pm Eastern is Frame 3 of the current SEC, Crimean Christmas. All welcome to attend for this unlimited lives event. Hope to see you there!
Crimean Christmas: Frame 3, Kerch!
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Crimea 1941. The History:
Sevastapol, the main object of the campaign,
was surrounded by German forces and assaulted
on 30 October 1941. German troops were repulsed
by a Soviet counterattack. Later, many troops
evacuated from Odessa contributed to the defense
of Sevastopol. The Germans then began an
encirclement of the city. Other attacks on 11
November and 30 November, in the eastern and
southern sections of the city, failed. German
forces were then reinforced by several artillery
regiments, one of which included the railway gun
Schwerer Gustav. Another attack on 17 December was
repulsed at the last moment with the help of
reinforcements, and Soviet troops landed on the
Kerch peninsula the day after Christmas, to relieve
Sevastopol. The Soviet forces remained on the
peninsula until a 9 April German counterattack.
They held on for another month before being eliminated
on 18 May. With the distraction removed, German
forces renewed their assault on Sevastopol, penetrating
the inner defensive lines on 29 June. Soviet commanders
had been flown out or evacuated by submarine towards
the end of the siege, and the city surrendered on 4
July 1942, although some Soviet troops held out in
caves outside of the city until the 9th.
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Frame 3: The Axis has decided that the forcing of
Sevastopol will be too expensive in manpower and material.
Therefore it will be cutoff and isolated to whither on the
vine while the remainder of the Crimean peninsula is taken.
The VVS is determined to keep it's foothold in the Crimea
and is planning a little surprise for the Axis airfields
of its own.
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Aircraft and Fields:
Axis:
Aircraft and Fields:
He-111 - A59.
Ju88A-4 - A59
Ju87D - A2.
Bf109F-4 - A59.
Bf109E-4 - A2 (Romanian).
Allies:
Aircraft and Fields:
I-16 - A62, A16.
Yak7B - A62, A16.
IL-2 - A62.
**All may rearm/refuel on any available hotpads.
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Objectives:
Axis: Bomb cities in 10/7/8 and 11/6/9.
Both: Players may elect to bomb hangars at fields
Owned by the opposition.
Scoring: HIGH SCORE WINS
Fighter Kills: 1pt.
Bomber Kilss: 4pts.
City Buildings: 2pts each (1pt each of both cities
have not been hit).
Hangars: 4pts each.
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ARENA SETTINGS
Terrain: BlckSeaW
Event start, game time: 15:00
Icons: Icons medium, basic: 3k yds, full: 1k yds.
Aircraft Warning Range: 132000 (25 miles)
Radar: Friendly only - unlimited.
Enemy - Tower Based (Dot and DarBar)
Radar Floor - 200ft.
Radar Range - 25 miles
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.
Fuel Burn Rate: 1.0
Formations: On
External View: Bombers only.
City Building Hardness: MA Standard
City Building Down Time: 150 minutes.
Airfield Hangar Hardness: MA Standard
Airfield Hangar Down Time: 150 minutes.
AAA Strength: 0.2 (GroundAutoLethality[...])
Designed by asw
