Briefing

Task:

Command would like you to escort the four Nationalist amphibious vessels attached to TG 72 to within three nautical miles of Quemoy, unload for four hours and then return to your group to return home. You are to protect them from any Communist vessel, aircraft or artillery site you deem a threat to completing their task.

Note: If you are new to Command, to break up a group you can ungroup by pressing 9 on your keypad, selecting the unit you would like to break off and then pressing the D key to detach. You can then form a new group by selecting the ships you detached and pressing the G key.

Timeline:

You have 12 hours to accomplish your tasks.

Threat:

The threat is a wide array of communist defenses around the various harbor and sea ways. These include large-caliber artillery sites, motor torpedo boats and a significant buildup of modern Soviet-designed jet fighters and bombers at nearby bases.

The air threat consists of many modern Soviet fighters and bombers. The fighter crews have been trained by Soviet pilots, but do not have many modern radar systems to assist with intercepts and do not have an air to air missile in inventory, so they are at a disadvantage. Their bomber force is a greater threat and can destroy ships with bombs and rockets.

Known Air Order of Battle:

The sea threat consists of torpedo armed P-4 and P-6 torpedo boat squadrons and shore based artillery. The torpedo boats have been most effective in enforcing the Communist blockade while the artillery is mostly concentrated on daily bombardments of the island.

Assets:

You have the entire 6-carrier task force at your disposal as well as naval patrol assets from Okinawa, Japan and seaplanes from Boko Ko Port in the Pescadores Islands.

Nationalist forces will assist by providing their daily intelligence reports as well as access to any warning dispatches. They will be conducting air resupply as well, so be sure to identify all targets.