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ECONOMIC CHART
JAN 30TH, 1942

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FROM: GEN.HEJIME SUGIYAMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
TO: (1) Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, XVII ARMY C-IN-C.
(2) Board of Marshalls and Admirals, IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: XVII ARMY. Attached Units
DATE: Jan 30th, 1942.

14th Infantry Division will be attached to XIV Army until falls of Manila. After Manila will be captured, this great unit will be sent to South Seas to join with 4th Division (pending to transfer to XVII ARMY HQ). This unit will land at Batangas tomorrow under heavy ASW and CAP cover.

A new convoy is ready to be sent from Korea to Rabaul with several AA / labor units to improve our southern outer defensive perimeter.

HIJMS HOSHO will escort a new convoy from Tokyo with new ground units to Southwest Area Fleet area and HIJMS SHOHO is in transit escorting a new convoy to Babeldaob-Rabaul with XVII Army units.

11st Air Fleet HQ is ready at Rabaul with 1 G4M1 and 1 A6M2 daitai. Labors units a Kavieng, Rabaul, Lae, Munda, Shortlands and Milne Bay are working hard to increase our airfields and fortifications levels in these bases.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA. SOUTHERN FLEET C-IN-C. ASW COMMAND. CAMRANH BAY.
TO: ADM. NAGANO. IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CONVOY SYSTEM. JANUARY REPORT.
DATE: JAN 31st, 1942


(1)Convoy arrivals

Nagasaki - Shimonoseki : convoys number 99, 108, 112, 122, 130, 140, 154, 163, 166, 172, 183, 193, 200.
Takamatsu - Kobe: convoys number 85, 102, 120, 137, 161, 176.
Hakodate - Ominato: convoys number 105, 136, 160, 175, 195.
Shanghái - Shimonoseki : convoys number 95, 128, 157 and 185.
Matsuyama - Tokuyama : convoys number 97, 117, 132, 156, 173 and 191.
Tsingtao - Shimonoseki : convoys number 76 and 141.
Keijo - Shimonoseki : Convoys number 104, 131, 164, 188.
Kushiro - Sendai : convoys number 82, 94, 106, 109, 116, 146, 152, 159, 170 and 181.
Shikuka - Niigata : convoy number 78.
Fukuoka - Shimonoseki : convoys number 91, 98, 107, 111, 118, 121, 123, 129, 133, 138, 147, 153, 162, 167, 171, 177, 180, 182, 186, 192, 197 and 204.
Port Arthur - Shimonoseki (Tankers) : convoys number 88, 148 and 178.
Port Arthur - Shimonoseki (freighters) : convoys number 134 and 168.
Fusan - Shimonoseki : convoys number 92, 103, 113, 126, 139 and 187.
Sapporo - Hirosaki : convoys number 73, 96, 101, 119, 127, 135, 150, 151, 174 and 179.
Toyohara - Toyama : convoys number 77, 115 and 155.
Chinnampo - Shimonoseki : convoys number 93 and 142.
Hangchow - Shimonoseki : convoy number 25.

(2) Special Convoys Arrivals:

Port Arthur - Osaka (tankers): convoys number 71, 110, 114, 124, 169
Shanghái - Tokyo (tankers): convoy number 100
Hong Kong - Shimonoseki : convoy number 123.
Port Arthur - Tokyo (tankers) : convoy number 143.
Shanghái - Shimonoseki (tankers) : convoy numbers 144 and 149.
Shikuka - Ominato (freighters) : convoy number 158

(3) Resources delivery:

Resources: 4,149.574 tons
Oil: 120.100 tons.
Fuel: 483.527 tons.

(4) Incidences:

2 TK were sunk by enemy raider at northern waters. No freighters or tankers sunk by enemy submarine activities at January 1942 in convoy duties.
Enemy sub activities in metropolitan waters severely reduced. No enemy subs spotted at inner Sea.
HIJMS HOSHO have been dettached from ASW escort duties and will transit in troop convoy escort duty to South Seas.
A large ammount of small XAKL have been converted at Ominato-Sasebo-Nagoya to xPBs.
Promised 4 Fubuki - II DD (improved ASW) have been delayed for escort duties at metropolitan water due these warships are attached to Combined Fleet War Ops in Java Sea.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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FROM: GEN. HEJIME SUGIYAMA. IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO
TO: BOARDS OF MARSHALLS AND ADMIRALS. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: WAR REPORT - Jan 31st - Feb 1st, 1942.
DATE: February 1st, 1942.

(1) WAR AT CHINA

Our forces have launched a great offensive in the Northern Area, 1st and 11st Army have capture Chengchow and are marching to Loyang and Nanyang. Tomorrow two infantry divisions will launch an agressive probe against enemy positions in the main road from Chengchow to Nanyang. Air Recons flights will be ordered to support our ground operations.

At Wenchow, chinese bandits are suffering heavy losses but they hold on their defensive positions. Reinforcements are awaited to reopen our offensive against this base.

15th Infantry Division have been releaved by 2 reinforcements brigades at Shanghái and is ready to be transfered to 1st Army. This unit will be sent to Nanyang Area to support our offensive.

A second supplies convoy from Port Arthur is docked at Tientsing with near 70.000 tons of supplies. Another more supply convoy is awaited at Shanghai from Tokyo.

(2) D.E.I

Combined Fleet Operations at North Java reporting several enemy submarines engaged by our ASW forces. Today one enemy submarine unsuccesfully attack HIJMS HARUNA near to Balikpapan. No hits were reported and our retaliation fail to engage enemy submarine. For the other hands, VADM OZAWA reports one enemy submarine have been chased off Oosthaven. HIJMS ARARE reported 4 hits on one USN Submarine at early morning when screening Landing forces there. HIJMS KURI from Amphibious group escort report another 2 hits or near misses and finnaly HIJMS FUBUKI and HIJMS HIBIKI (from Special Hunter Killer Group)joined to chase and reported another 6 hits on the same enemy.
submarine.
03 enemy Hudsons attacked yesterday at night time over HARUNA. No hits or damages were reported by our naval commanders.
01 dutch PT Boat was sunk by Oosthaven Landing Force escorts at night time, yesterday night.

03 enemy Do-24K were intercepted over Ambon Island by 7 A6M2. No enemy or own losses were reported.
05 enemy Fortress were intercepted yesterday over Koepang by 7 A6M2. No air losses, but enemy turned back.
Another 3 B-17 were intercepted, Jan 31st over Tarakan by 9 A6M2. One enemy fortress was downed.
1 A-24 was downed by A6M2 on CAP over Tarakan.

Babo have fallen in our hands (1st Ind SNLF Coy).
Boela have fallen in our hands (Bandasan SNLF).

(3) MINDANAO

Malaybalay will be the final battle to end this campaign. Our forces reported yesterday 395 enemy casualties (vs 329 IJA), and another 464 allied casualties (vs 151 IJA) today. We are ready to launch the final assault supported by 21st Air Flotilla close support from Cagayan.

(4) MALAYA

All is ready to cross Johore Bharu to Singapore. XXV Army is assembly at Johore and resting to the final assault. Guards, 5th, 18th, 56th and 2nd (-) Division are ready with heavy armoured and arty support to launch the final attack against enemy fortress.

Singapore have been strike by 3rd Air Division assets from yesterday to date like following:

a) Jan 31st, morning air attack (22nd Air Flotilla), 25 G4M1 and 26 G3M2 stike Singapore Fortress.
b) Jan 31st, morning air attack (3rd Air Division), 14 Ki-43 escorting 82 IJA bombers reported 63 runway hits lossing 2 Ki-51 downed by enemy Flak.
c) 18 G3M2 and 20 G4M1 escorted by 6 A6M2 (22nd Air Flotilla) reported 20 enemy casualties from Singapore Fortress. 1 G3M2 and 1 G4M1 lost by Flak. Feb 1st, 1942.
d) Feb 1st, morning air attack (3rd Air Division), 59 Ki-21, 11 Ki-48 escorted by 13 Ki-43 reported 1 gun and 1 vehicle destroyed from 2/21 Bty 80th AT Regiment.
e) Feb 1st, morning air attack (3rd Air Division), 14 Ki-48 strike Singapore Base Force.
f) Feb 1st, morning air attack (3rd Air Division), 42 Ki-48 strike Singapore Fortress.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET HQ. Kure Naval Yard.
TO: ADM. NAGANO, IJN GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: H.V.U. DAMAGE REPORT
DATE: February 1st, 1942

High Value Units Damage Report

Battleships:

HIJMS KONGO (torpedoed), 15 System-8 Flood (8 Major)-8 Engine. She is moored at Shanghái Naval Yard awaiting ASW escorts to be transfered at Sasebo Shipyard.

Cruisers:

HIJMS ATAGO (torpedoed), 6 System-19 Flood (19 Major)-29 Engine (28 Major). She is heading Kure after be departure from Babeldaob (Carolinas Island). Escorted by 4 Destroyers. ETA Kure: Feb 9th.

HIJMS ASHIGARA (torpedoed), 13 System-24 Flood (24 Major)-39 Engine (38 Major). She is under repairs at Hong Kong Shipyard. Delay: 111 days.

HIJMS SUZUYA (bombed at port), 5 system damage. She is under repairs at Hong Kong (PierSide). Delay: 4 days.

HIJMS KUMA (torpedoed), 22 System-58 Floating (48 Major)-3 Engine. She is at Cagayan under readiness repairs before be transfered to Home under heavy ASW Escort.

HIJMS KITAKAMI (torpedoed), 13 System-55 Floating (55 Major)-3 Engine. She is in transit to Yokohama escorted by 1 DD and 1 PB after be put under readiness condition at Saipan Port. ETA Yokohama: Feb 6th, 1942.

CS CHITOSE (bombed at Port), 17 system-14 floating (10 major). She is escorted by CL Nagara and 3 Destroyers to Ambon-Babeldaob to be put under readiness repairs before tranfered to Home Islands.

Submarines:

RO-68 (depth charged near Canton), she is 16 system-57 Floating (46 major) and 2 engine. At Jaluit under readiness repairs to be transfered to Kure to be put under shipyard repairs.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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FROM: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO. 1st AIR FLEET C-IN-C. ABOARD HIJMS KAGA. EASTERN JAVA
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO. COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE.
SUBJECT: AIR OPS Vs ENEMY TARGETS AT GROUND.
DATE: FEBRUARY 2nd, 1942.

Following Air Groups take off froum our Carriers to strike enemy targets on Java:

(1) DJOKAJARTA STRIKE UNIT (CARDIV 1)

Weather: Thunderstorms, low visibility.
Commander: LCDR. Shigeru Itaya (HIJMS AKAGI)
Type and number of aircraft: 13 A6M2, 26 B5N2, 41 D3A1.
Air Combat: No enemy aircrafts on CAP.
Ammo expended: 93 #250 Kgs GP Bombs.
Results obtained: 11 enemy casualties rported, 7 airbase hits, 45 runway hits.

(2) MADIOEN STRIKE UNIT (CARDIV 2)

Weather: Light rain, low visibility.
Commander: LCDR E. Murakami (HIJMS SORYU)
Type and Number of aircrafts: 13 A6M2, 32 B5N2, 33 D3A1.
Air combat: No enemy aircrafts on CAP.
Ammo expended: 97 #250 Kgs GP Bombs.
Results obtained: 1 L-18 Lodstar and 2 CW-21B destroyed at groung. 6 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 41 runway hits.

(3) SOERABAJA STRIKE UNIT (CARDIV 5)

Weather: Heavy clouds, poor visibility.
Commander: LCDR. K. Takahashi (HIJMS Shokaku)
Type and number of aircraft: 14 A6M2, 26 B5N2, 52 D3A1.
Air combat: 2 B339 at CAP. 1 downed by our fighters.
Results obtained: 1 B339, 1 A24 and 1 Dornier 24-K destroyed at ground, 29 runway hits reported, 9 airbase hits and 4 airbase supply hits. 5 ground casaulties. 1 D3A1 lost by enemy FLAK.
Recon over Soerabaja confirms 2 AR and 2 SS docked.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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FROM: VADM NOBUTAKE KONDO, 2nd Fleet C-in-C. Samah.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, Combined Fleet HQ. Dure.
SUBJECT: DEI OPS.
DATE: Feb 2nd, 1942

(1) ASW Activities

HIJMS ARARE reporting 1 depth charge hit on dutch oceanic SS near Oosthaven. She was screening landing force.
HIJMS SANAE and HIJMS KURETAKE reported 5 hits or near misses on another oceanic dutch SS near Oosthaven

(2) BALIKPAPAN LANDINGS

146th Infantry Regiment have landing at Balikpapan with heavy enemy resistance.
PC Ashi and PB SHOWA MARU #5 sunk after hit VH Mark II mines off Balikpapan. APD TADE was torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine when screening Landing TF. W-16 DMS was sunk too by torpedoes launched by another enemy submarine.
HIJMS NAMIKAZE was struk by 5 #75mms CD hits reporting following damages: 17 system, 7 floating, 1 engine, 28 fires.
PB NARUTO MARU #3 was struck by 1 #75mms CD hit reporting 16 system, 3 floating and 3 fires damages.
XAK HIZUKAWA MARU was struck by 4 shell hits from CD defenses rerporting 3 system and 70 fire damages.

Tomorrow our forces will be supported by by two engine bombers from 21st Air Flotilla and will assault enemy ground defenses.

CVL ZUHIO and BB HARUNA TASK GROUPS will retire from this waters due high submarine threat.

(3) KENDARI

CRUDIV 8 will rendezvous with Kendari Amphibious Landing Force at Ambon and will be supported by CARDIV 3 air group in close support. 23rd Air Flotilla will support our bomb ground defenses to soft enemy resistance.

(4) MINDANAO

Malaybalay have fallen in our hands. XIV Army southern island campaign have finished. Enemy have lost 3.185 men (470 infantry squads, 82 gun and 22 vehicles destroyed). In the last assault our forces reported 235 IJA-IJN Casualties. Following enemy units have surreder: III Phillipino Corps HQ, 102nd and 103 P.A. Infantry Regiments, 2nd/101st P.A.Bn, 3rd P.A.Constabulary bn and Cagayan USAAF B.F. Our ground forces will march to Davao to join main body XIV Army (IJA) or will land in another enemy targets at D.E.I (IJN SNLF Units)

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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FROM: RADM. MATSUNAGA, 22nd Air Flotilla C-in-C. Kuching. Borneo
TO: VADM. Tsukahara, 11st Air Fleet C-in-C. Rabaul
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR ACTIVITIES, D.E.I.
DATE: Feb 2nd, 1942.

Our air assets have strike Balikpapan reporting 1 enemy B339 (from 2) downed over enemy air space. 10 runway hits were reported by our bomber pilots.

Enemy air raid over ships off shore Oosthaven was intercepten by 10 A6M2 at CAP over our ships. 1 enemy B339 escorting 3 Cw20 and 3 139WH were attacke by our fighters. 3 enemy aircrafts were downed.

3 B-17 were intercepted over Ambon by 6 A6M2. No air losses but enemy turned back.
Another 2 P-26 were intercepted when trying to attack our shippings at Batangas. 16 Ki-27 dogfithed with them but no enemy losses were reported.

1 search 139WH3 was downed by 1st Air Fleet CAP.

3 139WH3 twin engine dutch bombers were intercepted over Oosthaven by 6 A6M2. 1 dutch bomber was downed.

1 CW-22 was downed by our flak when attacking XAK HAWAII MARU near oosthaven.

Near 50 dutch aircrafts have been destroyed today (10 at ground by air raids from KB).

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN.HEJIME SUGIYAMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
TO: (1) Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, XVII ARMY C-IN-C.
(2) Board of Marshalls and Admirals, IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: XVII ARMY REPORT
DATE: February 2nd, 1942.

(1) UNITS IN TRANSIT TO SOUTH SEAS

CONVOY "TAZONNAN-1" (ETD Fusan Jan 28th, 1942)under CPT K.Miyaki will arrive to Shortland island with 28th Field AA Gun Coy.

CONVOY "TAZONNAN-2" (ETD Fusan Jan 29th, 1942)under LCDR. E.Kozono will arrive to Rabaul with following units:

41st Air Defense AA Regiment (to be redeploy at Port Moresby)
27th Field AA Gun Coy (to be redeploy at Port Moresby)
47th Road Construction Bn (to be redeploy at Port Moresby)
48th Road Construction Bn (to be redeploy at Port Moresby)
41st Air Defense AA Bn (to be redeploy at Lae)
25th Field AA Auto Weapon (to be redeploy at Milne Bay)
46th Field AA Auto Weapon (to be redeploy at Milne Bay)

(2) UNITS ATTACHED TO OTHER ARMIES

14th Infantry Division at Batangas will be attached to XIV Army until Manila will falls in our hands.

(3) XVII ARMY UNITS READY TO BE SHIPPED

38th & 39th AA Machinecannon marching to Tokyo from Hamamatsu to be shipped there and transfered to South Seas by sealift.
41st AA Machinecannon at Tokyo awaiting former AA units to be shipped.

(4) UNITS READY TO BE TRANSFERED TO XVII ARMY

69th, 99th, 201st and 205th JAAF AF Bns.
16th, 29th & 30th Field AAA AutoWeapon.
5th, 17th and 31st Infantry Regiments.
8th Engineer Regiment
8th Recon Tank Regiment
56th AA Machinecannon

(All these units will assembly at South Korea to be transfered to South Sea escorted by 1st Fleet High Sea assets).

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[kokubokan25]

A paradrop assault over probomoehli and a landing in Oosthaven....? All this stuff is very familiar to me.[;)]

[Fletcher]

Hi fremen !
I take borrowed from you when I played like allied.
It´s a good idea to avoid Palembang Coastal Defenses and save time to the future assault to North Java. A direct assault over Palembang is so risk. Soft enemy engineers is a must.
Light changes, I prefer to use all my paratroopers in this operation and backbone of XVI Army to land at Oosthaven (XVI Army, 38th I.D., 8th Tank Regiment, 19th & 20th Ind.Engineer Regiment, 10th Mnt Gun Reg, 20th Mnt Gun Bn, 4th Mortar Bn, 17th Medium F.A.Regiment and several support units -AA and AvSupport-). When Singapore and Palembang falls, a lot of them will be shipped to Java.
For the other hand, I prefer to support this ops with main body Combined Fleet.
Best wishes
ramón

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FROM: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO. COMBINED FLEET C-IN-C. KURE.
TO: BOARD OF MARSHALLS AND ADMIRALS. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: WAR REPORT.
DATE: FEB 3rd, 1942.

(1) D.E.I.

23rd Air Flotilla assets have launched 2 air attacks against Netherlands Fleet off Kuching. Firt strike with 17 G4M1 reported no hits and 1 twin engine bomber downed by enemy flak. A second (Afternoon) strike with another 14 G4M1 reported no hits and another G4M1 downed. Following ships were spotted by our pilots:

CL DE RUYTER, CL JAVA, CL TROMP, DD BARKER, DD EVERTSEN.

Orders have been dispatched to chase enemy ships.

At Balikpapan, enemy coastal defenses have been softed. 18 G4M1 from 21st Air Flotillla strike Balikpapan Base force reporting 1 gun lost with 37 enemy casualties. At ground, 146th I.Regiment reports 89 allied casualties vs 23 IJA men lost. Tomorrow we will launch a second assault to capture this strategic base.

HIJMS Zuiho was attacked by 3 enemy twin engine bombers (139WH3) and intercepted by our CAP. 2 enemy bombers were downed.

1st Air Fleet follow up with air ops over targets at Java, launching the following air raids:

A) SOERABAJA STRIKE UNIT, with 32 A6M2, 94 D3A1 and 83 B5N2. They met with 10 75A7-5 Hawk and 10 B339 at CAP over enemy skies. 2 enemy fighters were downed by our aircrafts with no own losses.
At docks, our bomber pilots reported following damages on enemy ships:

- SS STINGRAY SUNK after 2 bomb hits.
- SS K XVI SUNK after 2 bomb hits.
- SS PERCH SUNK after 2 bomb hits
- AGP ERIDANUS, 1 bomb hit.
- AR CASTOR, 1 bomb hit.
- AVP FAZANT SUNK after 1 bomb hit.
- AS ZUIDERKRUISS, 3 bomb hits.
- AMc TJERIMARI SUNK after 1 bomb hit.
- AMc ENGANNO SUNK after 1 bomb hit.
- AMc SLAMAT SUNK after 1 bomb hit.
- AMc DEJEMBER SUNK after 1 bomb hit.

At Port were reported 8 hits and another hit on port fuel. 59 runway hits were reported over AF.

B) TJILITJAP AIR STRIKE UNIT with 6 A6M2 and 27 D3A1 met with 6 Buffaloes at CAP. 1 enemy fighter downed by our aircrafts and 3 runway hits reported on enemy airfield.

An enemy search CW22 was downed by Kido Butai CAP.

Near Oosthaven, 40 nm east of this base, 4 Vildebeest were intercepted with 3 downed by our Yamada Daitai on combat air patrol in this area.

Total air supperiority over Java accomplished. Enemy have lost from starting campaign to date: 71 twin engine bombers 139WH3, 47 B339, 12 Do24K-1, 9 CW-22, 5 Hawk 75A7, 3 CW21B and 3 T.IVA.

(2) ASW WARFARE

H6K4 antisubmarine air patrol flight reported one hit on a Dolphin Class SS in Marshalls area.
D3A1 antisubmarine air patrol flight reported one hit on a Cachalot Class SS near Yakohama.
HIJMS HAYATE reported 4 hits on an enemy "S" Class submarine off Ambon.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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