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BOTA 13 - Moscow Calling

***NOTE: Current Sea Power bug where AI not launching ASW helos. Still plenty of other ASW***

PART 13 - MOSCOW CALLING:
By mid-November 1984, the war in the North Atlantic has entered its cruellest season. NATO’s convoys now cross through gales and ice-cold seas, shadowed by unseen hunters. The Soviet surface fleet may be broken, but Admiral Vladimir Chernavin’s new undersea campaign has brought the war back to the depths. Soviet submarines surge through the Greenland and Norwegian Seas in their efforts to strangle the Atlantic lifeline and keep NATO from Norway.

In the Kremlin, Marshal Ogarkov continues to hold his grip on power. His directive is clear—Fortress Norway must hold. From captured ports along the Norwegian coast, Soviet naval aviation and surface groups are rebuilding their strength behind layers of submarine and air defences. Among these bastions sails the Moskva, an aging but still formidable helicopter carrier serving as the nerve centre of the Northern Fleet’s anti-submarine barrier. Her Ka-25 squadrons sweep the seas for intruders, while Soviet submarines patrol the depths. Soviet ASW aircraft range overhead, laying sonobuoy fields and closing every gap in the screen. NATO calls it “the Norwegian Bastion.” Chernavin calls it home waters.

NATO refuses to yield. Allied planners have shifted from defence to attrition—systematically dismantling the Soviet bastion one contact at a time. Packs of Los Angeles-class submarines are pushing into the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to wear down Soviet patrol lines and destroy key command nodes. Their primary objective: sink the Moskva and blind the Soviet Navy’s regional command.

MISSION:
At 0800 Zulu on 18 November 1984, three U.S. submarines—USS Atlanta (SSN-712), USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689), and USS Norfolk (SSN-714)—take position in the Norwegian Sea, 180NM west of Bodø, Norway. Under broken cloud and freezing fog, they advance closer towards the Vestjorden approachs and the busy Soviet sea lanes to the occupied naval base at Narvik. Ahead lies the Moskva, ASW corvettes and frigates, attack submarines, and roving aircraft sweeping the approaches. It is a dense, layered threat environment where one mistake will expose the entire pack.

The stakes are immense. NATO’s planned counter-offensive into occupied Norway depends on crippling Soviet surveillance across the Norwegian and Greenland Seas. If Moskva survives, her helicopters and sensors will continue to guard the northern bastion, sealing off the route to Norway. If she is lost, Soviet command and coordination in the region will fracture, and NATO will gain the first opening it has had in months.

For Chernavin, the defence of Moskva is a test of his new doctrine: control the deep and the surface will follow. For the U.S. submariners closing in beneath the icy sea, it is a contest of nerve, stealth, and precision. Contact, classify, engage—nothing more, nothing less. From the depths comes the echo of Moscow calling, but this time NATO intends to end the conversation.

CAMPAIGN:
The Battle of the Atlantic campaign unfolds in a dark reimagining of 1984, where Cold War tensions erupt into full-scale war. After seizing power in the Kremlin, Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov launches a lightning invasion of Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Soviet forces pour across Scandinavia and surge into the Norwegian Sea, threatening to sever NATO’s transatlantic lifeline and dominate the GIUK Gap. In response, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and allied NATO naval forces mobilise for a desperate stand to preserve control of the seas.

From the fog-choked Baltic to the windswept North Atlantic, players will command Task Forces through a series of missions: from the defence of Gotland and interdiction of Soviet amphibious landings, to high-stakes carrier battles in the mid-Atlantic and convoy escorts across submarine-infested waters, to full-scale amphibious warfare. In this struggle for maritime supremacy, every decision counts—and the future of Europe hangs in the balance.

A 25+ mission linear campaign, The Battle of the Atlantic, is inspired by famous naval battles of WWI and WWII. Please let me know in the comments about any bugs or suggestions.