Battle of Luzon

December 22nd, 1941. American forces in the Philippines pose a major threat to the advance of the Japanese to the south, so the capture of Luzon Island is an important part of any Japanese plans to gain dominance in South-East Asia.

Participating vehicles

Japan			USA
Ground vehicles	Aviation	Fleet	Ground vehicles	Aviation	Fleet
Medium tank: I-Go Ko ★ Chi-Ha Chi-Ha Kai SPG: Ho-Ro ★ Ho-Ni I SPAA: Type 94 ★ Ta-Se	Fighter: A5M4 ★ Hagiri's A5M4 A6M2 mod. 11 A6M2 Bomber: D3A1 ★ B5N2 Ki-21-Ia Ki-21-I hei G4M1 Flying boat: H6K4 ★ H8K2 H8K3	Boat: Type T-1 ★ Type T-38 Type T-51b Type T-14 (mod. 1) Destroyer: IJN Mutsuki ★ IJN Ayanami IJN Yugumo IJN Yuudachi Cruiser: IJN Tama ★ IJN Kako IJN Furutaka IJN Suzuya IJN Mogami	Medium tank: M2A4 ★ M3 Stuart M2A4 (1st Arm.Div.) SPG: M3 GMC ★ M8 HMC SPAA: M13 MGMC ★ M16 MGMC	Fighter: P-26A-34 M2 ★ P-26A-33 P-26B-35 P-26A-34 P-40E-1 P-40F-10 P-40C F2A-1 F2A-3 Thach's F2A-1 Bomber: B-18A ★ B-34 B-10B	Boat: PT-6 ★ PT-20 PT-103 PT-109 Destroyer: USS Litchfield ★ USS Barker USS Aylwin USS Porter USS Somers Cruiser: USS Trenton ★ USS Raleigh USS Brooklyn USS Pensacola

★ — default group vehicle which you can always put into the vehicle slot.

Scenario tasks

Victory will be awarded to the team that first fulfills at least one of the tasks in the scenario within the allotted time. Victory will not be awarded for additional tasks.

Japan	USA
Capture at least 2 sectors from L5, H5, H6 within 2 hours. Capture at least 80% of the sectors within 2 hours. Prevent enemy superiority in vehicle numbers 3 times.	Hold at least 2 sectors from L5, H5, H6 for 2 hours. Hold at least 21% of the sectors for 2 hours. Gain superiority in vehicle numbers 3 times.

Initial balance of power