Gentlemen, it is mid 1944............
Welcome once again to the Burma, where the Japanese and American forces remain locked in bitter combat.
The Japanese, with their squadrons of seasoned pilots in their nimble A6M "Zero" and Ki-61 "Hien" (Allied code name TONY) fighters, have managed to thus far keep the Americans at bay.
Equipped with effective but obsolete P-40E "Kittyhawk" fighters, A-20G "Havoc" low level bomber/strafers, and the odd squadron of B-26B "Marauders", the Americans keep finding themselves on the losing end of one aerial encounter after another.
But help is on the way..........
A new fighter, the Republic P-47D-11 "Thunderbolt" has just arrived in the theater. Fast at hi altitudes, the big fighter (nicknamed the Jug by USAAF pilots) is untested against the agile, tight turning Zeroes and Tony's. Will it make a difference?
Terrain: BURMA
Time period: Mid-to-late 1944
IJAAF/IJN: A6M2
A6M5b
Ki-61
N1K2J (to be added later in the week at select bases,
but widely available toward week's end)
Ki-67
D3A1
B5N2
C-47
All the M's
USAAF: P-40E (available all week)
P-38L (available later in the week from select bases,
then more widespread as the week goes on)
P-47D-11 (available all week)
B-26B (select bases only)
A-20G
All the M's
C-47
Players, please note:
This week will be ran in a time-compressed manner, i.e., one day=one month. For example, each day in CT will be treated as one month in the RL battle that took place.
The N1K2J and P-38L will be enabled at select bases at first, then as the week progresses, I, or other CT staff members, will enable them at more and more bases to reflect their increased availability in the theater. I am debating adding either the P-47D30 or the P-51B on Wednesday or Thursday, probably from select bases in the case of the Pony. That is the preliminary plan at this stage.
Downtimes, numbers of troops needed for captures, etc, will remain at CT norms.
Thanks, and I apologize for the lateness of posting this announcement.
