Blitzkrieg Part 3 "Revenge" Sunday, July 2, 1900 GMT at TF#3 Server

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'BLITZKRIEG' Pt.3 'REVENGE!'

Date: SUNDAY JULY 2nd

Time: 1900 GMT (*8pm BST* *3pm EDT*)

Server: Team Fusion #3 Server

Map: Circus Time

Note: this event will have 1940-41 planesets, so it will be necessary to have the Tobruk dlc installed.
The server is running the current version 5.038. Please ensure your copy is up-to-date (Steam will install this update automatically if you simply open Steam).


10am July 1st, 1941: Eastchurch Airfield, Kent....the Briefing Room

''As you were, Gentlemen! (Hrumph! Somebody tell Heggers....tea and doughnuts are for ...AFTER...the briefing! Tsk, tsk!)
Well, it seems after the last show you've been noticed in high places. Mr Churchill sends his congratulations to you all for taking the map and destroying all objectives, but before you get too relaxed (sit up at the back, Snargle! And where the hell is Jeepy? Still chasing sheep in the Canaries? We need him back, Man!) ...the rest of us have been ordered to forge ahead.

So we're calling in 'the Heavies!' On Sunday next, the Wimpey Squad will hit important targets in Northern France and you lot will be providing escort.

However, rumours are filtering through that Hitler is in a towering rage since we Reds won the last map..... and he has gone through three carpets already! The Reich Chancellery floor is looking decidedly bare and they've sent for the Fuhrer's dentist for a spare set of German 'nashers!'
German High Command are terrified and haven't eaten any knockwurst for two weeks! Goering is fuming and has even cancelled the next party, chasing pigtailled Frauleins in the Black Forest! So......... it's getting serious!

The point is: the Blues are going to pull everything out of the bag to secure a win so..... we've got to be ready! Are we ready?
For God's sake! Somebody wake up, Marlow! Gordon Bennet!''

Can the Reds capitalize on their recent win? Will the Blues put them 'back where they belong?' Is Dazza still damp.... and humming 'Dazed and Confused?' Will anyone ever understand Jack's Irish brogue and will Snargle be able to tempt Jeeps back from the sun drenched beaches of Teneriffe?
All will be revealed next Sunday!

See you in the air!


BRIEFINGS:

Circus Time!
June 1941 Red

The RAF is now on the offensive conducting circus raids into occupied France. The night bomber war is ongoing with both sides conducting nightly attacks on a range of different targets. New aircraft variants have entered service since the BoB and the fighter fight is going ever higher as performance improves.

To win Red must score 150. Circus type targets are available in northern France and bomber type targets in the Rouen-Le Havre area. Some targets can be destroyed by strafing or single /small number of bomber payloads. Points as follows

(= nearest Long Range Radio Beacon)

(a) Axis shipping convoy (CQ 56) bound for Dunkirk: 10
(b) Axis convoy sheltering in the mouth of the Somme (BZ25): 10 (Abbeville 361 Khz)
(c) Axis desert pre-deployment camp (CK24): 30 (Barley 364 Khz)
(d) He 111s at Tramcourt preparing to head east: 30 (Tramecourt 368 Khz)
(e) Axis fuel dump at Licques (CE3: 20 (Hemilinghen 372 Khz)
(f) Hazebrouck railyard (CM37): 30 (Zutkerque 378 Khz)
(g) Abbeville industrial park (CC23): 30 (Abbeville 361 Khz)
(h) Rouen industrial complex (BR: 40 (Rouen-Boos 383 Khz)
(i) Point Audemer industrial park (BJ6): 30 (Le Havre 386 Khz)
(j) Creil D20 assembly factory (1 Welly bombload): 50 (Creil 391 Khz)
(Dieppe Airfield 313 Khz)

Spit Vbs have been placed kinda/sorta in historical location as per the Biggin Hill Wing. Canterbury has a range of other aircraft including Tomahawks which were still in-theatre in June 1941, albeit they didn't fly in the Circus raids.

Circus Time!
June 1941 Blue

The RAF is now on the offensive conducting circus raids into occupied France. The night bomber war is ongoing with both sides conducting nightly attacks on a range of different targets. New aircraft variants have entered service since the BoB and the fighter fight is going ever higher as performance improves.

To win Blue must score 150. Tip and run jabo type targets are available in England and bomber type targets in the Salisbury - Reading area. Some targets can be destroyed by strafing or single /small number of bomber payloads. Points as follows

(= nearest Long Range Radio Beacon)

(a) Allied shipping convoy (BV54) heading to the Thames: 10
(b) Allied shipping convoy sheltering at Camber: 10 (Dungeness 322 Khz)
(c) Allied train at St Mary's Bay (BQ43): 20 (Littlestone 325 Khz)
(d) Allied train at Hastings: 20 (Wilmington 303 Khz)
(e) Allied desert pre-deployment camp (BM50): 30 (Maidstone 330 Khz)
(f) Reading factory (AP52): 40 (Reading 334 Khz)
(g) Salisbury Industrial Park: 30 (Uphavon 340 Khz)
(h) Harwell Spitfire assembly factory: 50 (Andover 345 Khz)

Bf109 bases are kinda/sorta based on historical locations of JG2 bases as per the internet with some modifications made for MP playability.

Navigation beacons are available at Theville (ch: 302), Crepon (304), Fecamp (306) and Bologne (30

The RAF is now on the offensive conducting circus raids into occupied France. The night bomber war is ongoing with both sides conducting nightly attacks on a range of different targets. New aircraft variants have entered service since the BoB and the fighter fight is going ever higher as performance improves.