S3 Series

TO ALL SQUADRON LEADERS
FROM: COMMAND HEADQUARTERS

THE INTELLIGENCE BOYS ARE TELLING US THAT THE JAPS ARE VERY LIKELY TO BEGIN AN ALL OUT PUSH TO DESTROY RANGOON AND DO MUCH DAMAGE TO OUR SUPPLY CONVOYS. WE CANNOT LET THEM HINDER RESUPPLING EFFORT FOR THE CHINESE DEFENCE FORCES WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO STOP OR AT LEAST SLOW DOWN THE JAPANESE ADVANCES INTO CHINA.
WE SUSPECT HEAVY ACTION OVER THE RANGOON AND THE MOUNTAIN SUPPLY ROUTES. THE EMPEROR WANTS THEM CLOSED WHILE THE AMERICAN FORCES ARE STILL TOO WEAK TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.

ORDERS FOR EACH UNIT

AVG 1 AND 2 LAUNCH FROM KUNMING AND HEAD SOUTH TO RANGOON. YOU WILL NEED TO SPLIT YOUR FORCES TO COVER TWO AREAS
GROUP ONE SHOULD HEAD TO RANGOON WITH HASTE. GAINING AS MUCH ALTITUDE AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING YOUR SPEED. YOU ARE TO REGROUP AT RANGOON AND TO CREATE A DEFENCE PERIMETER FROM MOULMEN TO TOUNGOO. DO NOT NEGLECT THE POSSIBLITY THAT THE JAPS WILL COME IN FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL NOE. IF SQUAD GCIs DON'T PICK - UP RADAR BETWEEN T-0 AND T-30 SUSPECT SOME TYPE OF ROUSE. DON'T FORGET THEY LOVE TRICKERY.
GROUP TWO SHOULD SET A COURSE TO FOLLOW THE BURMA CONVOY ROUTES BETWEEN RANGOON AND KUNMING. USE A MULTIPLE ALTITUDE SEARCH PLAN WITH FLIGHT ELEMENT SET FAR ENOUGH APART TO INCREASE SEARCH AREA WHILE STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OTHER SQUADRON MEMBERS. REMEMBER THAT THE JAPS HAVE USED THE VAL AS A WEAPON ON THE TRUCK ROUTES AND WERE SUCCESSFUL CAMING IN NOE. MAXIMIZE YOUR EFFICIENCY BY KEEPING MOST OF THE GROUPS AT YOUR BEST FIGHTING ALTITUDE WITH SMALLER FORCES AT HIGHER AND LOWER ALTITUDES.

AVG 3 LAUCH FROM 117 AND HEAD SOUTH EAST TOWARD 144. SET UP TO ELIMINATE A POSSIBLE EASTERN ATTACK ON RANGOON AND THE CONVOY ROUTES BETWEEN 142 AND 87. BE AWARE THAT THEY COULD BE BOTH HIGH AND LOW SO SPREAD YOUR ELEMENTS TO COVER THE AREAS AS BEST YOU CAN.

SPECIAL MISSION: SEND ONE ELEMENT ON A DIRECT ROUTE TO THE 171 AREA IN THE SOUTH TO OBSERVE IF AN NOE ATTACK GROUP MAY BE COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION. THEIR ORDERS ARE TO IN NO WAY TO ENGAGE OR APPROACH CLOSER THAN IS NECESSARY FOR OBSERVATION. USE BEST SPEED TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY ARE TO NOTIFY THE COMMAND IF THEY SPOT ANYTHING. REMIND THEM WE NEED THEIR EYES NOT THEIR GUNS ON THIS MISSION. THEY SHOULD SHADOW ANY ENEMY FORCES UNTIL AVG 1 OR 2 HAS VISUALS ON THE ENEMY. THEY ARE TO RETURN 117 TO REFUEL AND THEN REJOIN AVG 3 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

TO ALL PILOTS:
THE JAPS HAVE A NUMBER OF THE ZERO FIGHTER IN THE AREA. THEY ARE FAST AND TURN ON A DIME. STAY HIGH AND FAST. UNLESS FORCED INTO THE SITUATION, DON’T TURN FIGHT WITH THESE SNAKES. THEIR BIT IS PAINFUL AND DEADLY.
FLIGHT COMMANDS PLEASE PROVIDE INPUT IF YOU SEE FIT AND USE YOUR DISCRETION TO INTERPRET YOUR ORDERS IN A MANNER TO INFLICT THE MOST DAMAGE WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR UNITS.

THAT MEANS COMMAND WANTS TO TOAST YOU ALL ON A SUCCESSFUL MISSION ON YOUR RETURN.

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HUNTING

i WILL SERVE AS GCI FOR MOST OF THE FRAME. i WILL REJOIN MY GROUP IF i FEEL MODIFICATIONS CAN BE BETTER ACHIEVED BY SQUAD LEADERS.

KACEYJ

For the second frame in a row, no orders for the RAF, Rangoon is our home field!

Sorry about last week. Big oversight on my part.

Beaver,

I apologize for that. I went with what I saw in messages on here and general orders from above. However, that is no excuse as I should have researched deeper into the original side field assignments instead of being delinquent in my duties. I will revise the orders to include the RCAF at Rangoon.

kaceyj

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