AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. Chuichi Nagumo. 1st Air Fleet C-in-C. Near Port Moresby, New Guinea.
TO: ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto. Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: Port Moresby raids.
DATE: Jan 1st, 1942.

Today 40 nm west of Port Moresby our carriers have launched two waves over Port Moresby enemy ground positions to soft enemy defenses.
1st Wave with 135 D3A1 & 45 B5N1 escorted by 16 A6M2 have strike Gull Bn. A second wave in the afternoon with 17 D3A1 and 45 B5N2 escorted by 8 A6M2 have attack Port Moresby Brigade positions. About 50 enemy casualties reported. 1 B5N2 was damaged at landing.
Tomorrow we will recon enemy positions before minesweepers sqdrns arrive to support landing operations. BatDiv 2 & BatDiv3 are ready to blast enemy positions when landings will begin.

At Rabaul, forces of 144th Infantry Regiment report enemy have been defeated and Rabaul captured with only 30 IJA casualties. 245 enemy were killed.

Munda and Shortlands have been captured by our expeditionary forces.

Long Live to the Emperor
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM.Jisaburo Ozawa, Southern Fleet C-in-C. Cam Ranh Bay.
TO: ADM.Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: ASW and Borneo Reports
DATE: Jan 1st, 1942

(1) ASW Efforts

DD Hayashio reports depth charge attack on dutch oceanic SS near Kuching. Reported 3 hits or near misses.
DD Oite reporting 9 hits or near misses on a T Class USN SS near Shortlands. HIJMS Oite out of ASW Ammo ordered to return to Truk.
Enemy Submarine was spotted near Shimonoseki, 40 nm east of Tsushima Fortress, a Hunter Killer Group have been dispatched to chase enemy intruder.

(2) Kuching Op

AMc Wa-3 has sunk by coastal fire when mineswepper Kuching waters.

6 P-35 have attack BATDIV 1 in transit to Hong Kong. 1 enemy fighter bomber was downed by our Flak.

DD Sagiri was torpedoed by dutch SS near Kuching. Heavily damages (38 sys, 88 Flt, 49 Eng, 7 fires) she is heading at cruise to Kuching, only 40nm southwest of her position.

33rd & 34th Const Bn and 15th Cons Coy will be shipped at Samah to be transfered to Kuching (AF and Port absolutely destroyed by our naval gunfire).

3 Destroyers and 2 subchasser will be transfered from Miri-Brunei area to Saigo to support 21st Air Flotilla HQ transit to Kuching.

Kuching have falls in our hands with heavy allied losses (780). Sarawak Force surrender and two minor units fleeing. 79 IJA casualties reported in the assault forces.

XAK INDIA MARU Runs aground shile attempting to unload at Kuching. Damage Report: 11 system, 1 flood and 4 engines.

(3) Others

Kanoya Ku K-1 /C with 9 G4M1 have been deployed at Cagayan. 21st Air Flotilla is landing in this base and will support air naval Ops in South Borneo.

Landings at Jolo. 146th I.R. have landed in this base and tomorrow will be in our hands.

HIJMS Kitakami under heavy ASW escort will departure tomorrow from Davao to Yokosuka drydock.

Following ships out of comission to befin refit works:

DD FUBUKI (SAIGON)
DD USUGUMO (SAIGON)
DD SHIRAYUKI (SAIGON)
DD HATSUYUKI (SAIGON)

DD SHINONOME (PESCADORES)
DD SHIRAKUMO (PESCADORES)
DD MURAKUMO (PESCADORES)
DD URANAMI (PESCADORES)

DMS W-9 (HONG KONG)
DMS W-10(HONG KONG)
DMS W-11(HONG KONG)
DMS W-12(HONG KONG)

DMS W-20(TAKAO)


Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LGEN Homma, XIV Army C-in-C, Cabanatuan, Luzon.
TO: GEN Hisaichi Terauchi, Southern Area Army HQ, Alor Star, Malaya.
SUBJECT: Phillipine Report.
DATE: Jan 2nd, 1942

Butuan have been captured at Mindanao.
Jolo have been liberated by 146th Infantry Regiment. Our ships reported enemy minefields at Jolo waters. Sighted an enemy submarine in this area too. Several minesweeper dispatched by 3rd Fleet to Jolo to mopping up these waters.

HIJMS Minegumo reported 3 depth charges hit or near missses on an electric boat pinged near Vigan.

23rd Air Flotilla HQ reported following air strike over Cavite Naval Yard at Manila:

1st Wave with 40 G4M1 escorted by 36 A6M2 reported:

-3 bomb hits on AS CANOPUS
-2 bomb hits on XAP NEPTUNA
-2 bomb hits on XAKL COMPAÑIA FILIPINAS (reported sunk)
-1 bomb hit on XAK PRINCESS OF NEGROS
-1 bomb hit on XAKL ANAKAN
-1 bomb hit on XAK TANTALUS (reported sunk)
-1 bomb hit on XAP PRESIDENT MADISON

2nd Wave with 19 G3M2 from 1st Ku K-1 Daitai reported:

-1 bomb hit on XAK KI SIANG, reported sunk
-1 bomb hit on xAP NETUNA, reported sunk

xAK ARIMASAN MARU was sunk after two torpedo hits launched by enemy submarine off Vigan. All ammo cargo lost with ship.

Long Live to the Emperor !

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[traskott]

Amazing AAR !!! [;)] Long live the Emperor Fletcher [:'(]

[Fletcher]

Hi Traskott ! Long live to the Emperor !! [:D]
I should change the nickname [:'(]
Thank you for post and visit !
Regards.
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. Chuichi Nagumo. 1st Air Fleet C-in-C. near Port Moresby, New Guiena
TO : ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto. Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: Port Moresby Landings.
DATE: Jan 3rd, 1942.

Our carriers have launched 45 D3A1 escorted by 08 A6M2 to strike enemy positions at Port Moresby and cover our landings. 1 D3A1 have been downed by enemy FLAK.

Mobile Force under RADM Renzo Tanaka have bombed enemy ground positions at Port Moresby. 300 enemy casualties wre reported. Runway absolutely destroyed (86 hits reported). Destroyers escorting Landing Force fire back to enemy coastal guns to cover our assault. 4th Infantry Division and 28th Shipping Engineer Regiment at beachead. Tomorrow our IJA Forces will assault enemy positions under heavy cover by Battleships naval fire.

A Cachalot Class SS have been reported hit by 1 FP flying ASW mission from HIJMS Chiyoda (1st Mobile Force).

Enemy units identified at PORT MORESBY: A and D /Coys NG Rifles, Gull and Lark Bns, 49th Aussie Bn and Port Moresby Brigade. 15th RAAF B.F. identified like air support unit.


Long Live to the Emperor !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN HATA, Shunroku. China Expeditionary Army HQ. Near Wenchow.
TO: GEN.Sugiyama. IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. Tokyo.
SUBJECT: China Report.
DATE: Jan 3rd, 1942.

Kyuko Naval Guard Unit (previously transfered to Southern Area Army) have landing at Kwangchowang. No enemy resistance. This base will fall in our hands tomorrow.
02 ASW escort destroyers have clash with enemy MTB off Kwangchowang. 1 of these boats have been sunk by our gunfire.

HIJMS Ashigara (flagship of Kwangchowang landing force) was torpedoed by enemy submarine. 02 torpedo hits reported (44 floating damages). Our Heavy Cruiser is heading Hong Kong drydock under heavy escort (2 DD, SC, APD and 2 PBs). In retaliation attack over enemy submarine our ASW surface assets reported on hit or near misses on enemy sub.

23rd chinese Group Army with 21st, 49th, 50th and 3rd New Corps have launched a offensive against Nanchang. 452 IJA casualties reported (vs. 334 chinese lost). One reinforcement brigade launched a shock attack against enemy positions at Nanchang reporting 196 chinese casualties vs 35 IJA men lost.

2nd Ching An tui Bde will be transfered by railway from Peiping to Tangshan to relieve 36th Infantry Divison at garrison duties at this base. When releaved, 36th Division will march to north to smash enemy forces.

40th Field AA Bn will be shipped to Hong Kong from Pescadores at soon at possible.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LGEN Homma, XIV Army C-in-C, near Manila
TO: GEN Hisahichi Terauchi. Southern Area Army HQ. ALor Star. Malaya.
SUBJECT: Phillipines Report.
DATE: JAN 3rd, 1942

AMc´s have sweeps enemy mines at Jolo. An enemy submarine have attacked our minesweepers but no hits was reported.

CL TAMA and DD HASU have surprise near Ilo Ilo an enemy PT Sqdrn. 1 of these boats were sunk by our gunfire.

Clark Field was smashed by our 23rd Air Flotilla raid: 50 G4M1s and 23 G3M2s escorted by 25 A6m2 have strike AF, 34 runway hits were reported by our pilots.

Over Iba, 5th Air Division aircrafts, have strike 31st P.A.division defensive positions with 27 Ki-48, 19 Ki-30, 14 Ki-21, 9 Ki-36 and 3 Ki-51 escorted by 35 Ki-27bs. 28 enemy casualties were reported.

7 G4M1 from Kanoya Ku K-1 have attack two enemy oceanic minesweepers off Bataan, no hits reported.

6 G4M1 from Formosa AFs have strike Cavite Naval Yard reporting 1 bomb hit on xAP President Madison.

Bayombon AF have been increased to level 2.

xAK Karachi Maru will be at readiness rep mode at Aparri to be transfered to Hong Kong for a complete repair.

CVL Zuiho TF will head to Takao to upgrade Air fighter group and rendezvous with 1st BatDiv and Ambon Landing Force.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!
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[Fletcher]

MINDANAO SIT MAP REPORT
JAN 3RD, 1942.

[Fletcher]

FROM: LGEN Homma, XIV Army C-in-C, near Manila.
TO: GEN. Hisaichi Terauchi, Southern Area Army HQ.
SUBJECT: Phillipine War Report.
DATE: Jan 4th, 1942.

Two succesives waves of enemy fighter bombers were intercepted over Vigan today. 6 A6M2 from 3rd Ku K-1 Sentai reported 2 enemy P-35A downed by dogfight.

Enemy forces identified at Iba: 1st P.I.Base Force and 31st P.A.Division.

Enemy forces identified at Manila: Cavite USN Base Force, Manila USAAF BG, PAF Aviation, II Phillipine Corps HQ, 1st, 51st, 71st and 102nd Phillipine Divisions, 194th Tank Bn, 2nd constabulary Regiment.

Cagayan have raised fortifications to level 1. Will be increased to level 2.

Only one ship reported docked at Cavite Naval Yard with another unidentified at Clark.
5th Air Division will launch several air raids to supress enemy AFs and end with enemy air resistance (near 15 P-40s flying at Luzon).

Manila will be bombed by ground heavy arty and 5th Air Division bombers by several days before begin with direct assaults.

Iba will be assaulted with 7th Tank Regiment arrives like reinforcement to assault enemy positions. After Iba falls, our forces will converge to Clark Field under heavy air support to piece enemy in two isolated positions (Manila and Bataan).

13 G4M1 from kanoya ku k-1 daitai escorted by 3 A5M4 have sunk xAK Fatshan off IloIlo after 3 torpedo hits. 7 enemy fighters at CAP (P-26). No air losses.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

MALAYA SIT MAP REPORT
JAN 4th, 1942.

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Jisaburo Ozawa, Southern Fleet C-in-C, Cam Ranh Bay.
TO: ADM. Isoroku yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: Naval Report. ASW Report.
DATE: Jan 4th, 1942.

(1) ASW report

ENEMY Submarine Snapper is reported sunk by 250kg bomb hit near Cam Ranh Bay.

(2) Submarine report

I-18 reports enemy AM Chevreuil under french flag have been sunk after one torpedo hit near Noumea.

(3) Enemy submarines activities:

Dutch coastal sub sinks DMS W-6 in transit to Miri. She was previously severely damaged by CD fie when minesweep Kuching Waters.

(4) Naval Report

xAK Hiyoshi Maru was sunk after been struck by 2 bomb hits launched by dutch bombers off Kuching. She was to bottom with motorized support of 16th AA Regiment.

Mobile Force is returning to Truk to join with 3rd Fleet elements at Babeldaob to Ambon Ops.

AMC Hokoku Maru has arrived to yokohama drydock from Canton Island area after been hit by enemy surface destroyers. She will need 4 days to complete repairs (8 system damages).

CS 078 Convoy (SHIKUKA-NIIGATA) have been suspended and is returning to Wakkanai due surface threat. One enemy surface ship was spotted by H6K4 at Okhoskts Sea.

CM Toshima will departure from ominato to minelay Kushiro waters after a enemy submarine were spotted several times in this area.

3rd CHINA SUPPLY CONVOY is shipping war supplies at Tokyo Port to departure to Shangai when ready.


Kyuko Naval Guard have captured Kwangchowang.
Port Moresby have been captured by 4th IJA Division. Enemy have lost 1107 men by 124 IJA casualties reported. 11st Air Fleet ready to be transfered from Takao to South Seas.

Horn Island is heavily defended by A Coy /49th Aussie Bn, Torres Strait Bn, Horn Island Det. 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy requested reinforcements. Orders have been dispatched to Port moresby Landing Force to dettach a brigade from 4th Division to support Horn Island capture.

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. Chuichi Nagumo, 1st Air Fleet C-in-C, near Cairns, Eastern Australia coast
TO: ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet C-in-C, Kure.
SUBJECT: Raids on eastern Australian AFs.
DATE: Jan 5th, 1942.

Our carrier have launched a serial of air attacks over enemy airfields in eastern Australia, like following:

1st Wave: (TARGET: Cairns AF) (Force: 77 D3A1 dive bombers escorted by 8 A6M2). 25 runway hits reported and 1 A-24 dive bomber destroyed at ground.

2nd Wave: (TARGET: Townsville AF) (Force: 110 B5N2, 27 D3A1 escorted by 8 A6M2). 66 runway hits reported.

3rd Wave: (TARGET: Charter Towers AF) (Force: 27 D3A1 and 10 A6M2). 17 runway hits reported.

Naval Target: Our Naval search floatplanes reported two enemy ships about 80 nm southeast of our positions. 27 B5N2 take off from our Carriers to strike them. Two minesweepers were sunk. Both ships identified like AM MIDURA and AM BUNBURY.

RECEIVED 3rd FLEET MESSAGE TO JOIN WITH MAIN BODY AT BABELDAOB (PALAOS ISLAND) TO SUPPORT AMBON-TERNATE-MANADO LANDING OPS. MOBILE FORCE WITH BATDIV 2 & BATDIV 3 ETA TRUK JAN 7th, 1942.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

SOUTH SEAS SIT MAP REPORT
JAN 5TH, 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Jisaburo Ozawa, Southern Fleet C-in-C. Cam Ranh Bay.
TO: ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet C-in-C. Kure.
SUBJECT ASW efforts.
DATE: Jan 5th, 1942

CMc Toshima reported was attacked by enemy submarine in her transit to Kushiro. No hits reported. Our coastal minelayer will follow to mine Kushiro waters.

ASW escorts at Port Moresby report a retaliation attack vs an enemy S Class submarine off Port Moresby. 2 hits on her (1 direct hit reported). Enemy boat reported SUNK. SUBMARINE IDENTIFIED LIKE USS SEARAVEN.

DD Asagao reports 3 hits or near misses on an enemy Electric SS near Vigan.

Previous report of sinking of K XIV Coastal dutch submairine and O-20 oceanic dutch submarine incorrect. Both ships reported engages after sunk report.

(2) Others

HIJMS Ashigara have arrives to Hong Kong drydock with 13 system, 46 flood (32 major) and 42 engine (41 major) damages. Estimated time for complete repairs is 146 days.

AS Heian Maru ordered to Davao from Kobe to support submarine ops at D.E.I.

Long Live to the Emperor !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Nobutake Kondo, 2nd Fleet C-in-C. Samah.
TO: ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ. Kure.
SUBJECT: BORNEO, 2nd Invasion Wave.
DATE: Jan 5th, 1942.

After landings at Kudat, Brunei, Miri and Kuching, our forces are ready to start with Pontinak-Sambas-Singkawangk landings.

Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we hope Kuching Reinforcements convoy (II) will arrive to this port with enough engineers to urgent repairs at AF and Port in this base. When ready, 22nd Air Flotilla Hq will be transfered to North Borneo.

CARDIV 3, 3rd Mobile Force and CRUDIV 7 will escort our forces from CamRanh Bay to Singkawang.
From Miri, II and III/90th Infantry Bns (IJA crack troops) will landing at Pontinank.

Pontianak was bombed today by Kanoya Ku K-1 Daitai (27 G3M1), reporting 11 runway hits, and 1 Vildebest & 1 L-212 aircrafts destroyed at ground.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. Nobutake Kondo, 2nd Fleet C-in-C. Samah. Hainan.
TO: CA MAYA CO.
SUBJECT: INTERCEPT ENEMY SHIPPINGS
DATE: JAN 5th, 1942.

This morning our naval search aircraft have reported enemy light cargo ships heading southwest from Kwangchowang area (captured by NGU days ago).

3 B5M1 attacked this morning and sinks XAKL KANCHOW after 4 bomb hits. A Second wave with another 3 B5M1 sinks XAKL Haildor after another 4 bomb hits.
10 Ki-27 b from IJA Daitai at anti-PT boat straffe enemy ships (XAKL Soochos and XAK Hai Lee), both in the same position that former sunk ships.

Your orders will be departure tomorrow from Samah at early morning with 1 escorting DD to intercept and sink enemy ships heading 210-270.
Good chase !

Long Live to the Emperor!!
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[Swenslim]

Great AAR ! Long live Emperor !

[Fletcher]

Hi Swenslim !
thanks a lot  for visit and comment !
Regards (and " Long Live to the Emperor !!")[:D]
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN Sugiyama, Hajime. Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. IGQH. TOKYO.
TO: GEN Umezu, Yoshijiro. Kwantung Area Army HQ. Changchum. Machukuo.
ACKNOWLEDGE: GEN. Hata, Shunroku. China Area Army HQ. Near Wenchow. South China.
COPY (1): CHINA AREA FLEET HQ -Shanghái-. PORT ARTHUR IJN Naval Yard.
SUBJECT: SUPPLIES CONVOYS TO CHINA.
DATE: Jan 6th 1.942.

Marquis Kido, Lord Keeper of the Prival Seal have request to BOARDS OF MARSHALLS AND ADMIRALS to pay attention on the supplies deficiencies at China War Area.
It´s our primary target to eliminate China or commit to join against communist bandits. Several times this government have offer kinds proposals to join at Anti-Kommintern Pact to Chiang-Kai-Chek, but this chief of bandits have refusal our purposes. It´s time to accelerate our campaign to destroy Chinese forces in the middle and North Area. For this, we must to send as much war supplies as needed to reinforce our military efficiency.

GEN. Umezu will assume reponsability to send 96.000 tons of supplies that will be transfered via Port Arthur to Tientsin - Tsingtao ports from Manchukuo surplus.

CHINA AREA FLEET HQ at Shanghái has received orders from ADM. Nagano to cover this supply seaborne movements with light ASW forces. 08 Lima Cargo Class are gathering at Shimonoseki port to head to Port Arthur. Their first mission will be transfer this ammount of supplies to China Port.

However, the regular supply convoy from Tokyo to Shanghái will go on with supplies transfers from Honshu to China (3 monthly convoys with 16.000 tons each for a total about 48.000 tons of war supplies).

Enemy have launched air sweeps with H81A3 fighters flown by air pirates and we must to destroy this threat at once. Several meassures will be taken and secrets orders will be dispatch to 23rd Air Flotilla HQ at Takao and 5th Air Division at Aparri when fighters from this forces will be available.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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