Shattered World : A Worse World War

It is now version 53.2.2 There will be no further changes unless someone spots a typo or gross editorial error. The changes I made were pretty subtle, didn't change anything much on a macro scale. * mention of german subs involved in battles with convoys during blockade of canaries * correction made to U.S. fleet movement descriptions(previously I kep saying 'east' where I had meant west. The fleet movements should make more sense now * Japanese aircraft operate out of Okinawa and Kyushu during battle of East China Sea * U.S. land based aircraft are also involved during the battle of East China Sea * Losses to U.S. task force during battle of East China Sea are a bit higher, and more fighters on both sides are downed * Minsk has 150,000+ surviving soviet soldiers as of August 1st rather than 200,000+ * The Japanese attack on the U.S. task force on August 1st includes Japanese aircraft from out of Kyushu and does slightly more damage * Battle of Northern Phillipine Sea chang...

As you can see below, Segment 53.2 is posted. Let me know what you think! Also, I apologize regarding the board still being down. My brother has run into some difficulties in retrieving the backed up board data and this has slowed him down in bringing the board back up. I'll post here when I have more information. In the meantime we can continue to use the comments sections here on the main site. Rest assured that the board will be back, its just taking longer than I expected to get it back up.

Shattered World - Segment 53.2.2 It was approaching 2:00 in the afternoon local time and the 500 B-31's flying high over the Pacific due east of Sakhalin Island stretched for miles and miles, formations of the huge bombers glinting in the bright sun like a string of pearls draped over the blue ocean below. Captain Dan Wood had been on nearly a dozen similar missions, but those had been to the south over Honshu and Kyushu. This was his first mission this far North, and from what intelligence had said he wasn't looking forward to what awaited him. This raid was the biggest attack launched against Japanese oil facilities on Sakhalin so far and it was also the first large daylight raid. But no one doubted that the Japanese were waiting for them. "Look sharp everyone, we're getting to within range of Jap fighters" Dan said into the mike, glancing at his co-pilot with a slight nod. And, sure enough, a couple minutes later word ca...