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

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. EASTERN BURMA.
TO: GEN. HEJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: JAVA REPORT
DATE: MARCH 16th, 1942

Under heavy air close support our forces have attacked enemy positions at Tjilitjap.

29 IJA level bombers flying from Palembang (22nd Air Flotilla HQ) have strike 5th coastal gun bn reporting 20 enemy casualties.
In the same way, 2 A6M2 escorted 20 G3M2 to strike at Tjilitjap the same ground unit reporting another 16 enemy casualties.
42 IJA LB strike 3rd KNIL AA Bn at Tjilitjap reporting 18 enemy casualties

Our ground forces launched a first attack reporting enemy fortifications was donwed to size 0. 215 IJA Casualties were reported against 350 enemy men lost.

I hope tomorrow we can announce the capture to Tjitijap !
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!
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[traskott]

Excellent !!! Soon Java will be yours and u will be able to began to fortify it. Fort.Level 9 even at the toilettes, isn't ? 

[Fletcher]

You can be sure that I will works on fortify all my threatened bases from enemy counterstrike... At first in the South Seas (Munda, Shorltands, Vella Lavella, Torokina, Kavieng, Rabaul, Gasmata, Buna, Lae, Milne Bay, Port Moresby...), but when available enough Engineers/labor units at Timor (Koepang, Roti, Dili, Lautern).. At Marianas Island I am working hard to raise my defenses and fortify works... the same will be for the Burma-Indian Borders... you will see it

I hope Java will be in my hands in twenty days.

Best wishes
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM TSUKAHARA, 11st AIR FLEET HQ. RABAUL
To: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE
SUBJECT: AIR STRIKE OVER BROOME
DATE: MARCH 17TH, 1942

With KB returning home to replenish and reload, our air assets at Koepang AF have launched an air strike against Broome air facilities. 20 A6M2 take off to escort 51 G4M1. Our pilots reported 3 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 54 runway hits. No own air losses were reported.

IJA LEVEL BOMBERS assets from 5th AirDivision will be deployed soon at Roti-Lautern-Dili airfields when these will be available.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY C-IN-C. IN THE ROAD TO SIAN.
TO: GEN. HEJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO
SUBJECT: 88TH CHINESE CORPS DESTROYED
DATE: MARCH 17th, 1942

Our southern forces from 23rd Army reported the destruction of enemy 88th Corps near Chuhsien. Enemy lost 1871 men vs 660 IJA casualties. These bandits were the same that defended Wenchow one month ago... It´s mandatory to kill all of them to be an example for the enemy. If they try to defend our targets, they will kill at IJA hands or hanged like terrorist. The only way for them is join to us in our Divine Task for the Prosperity of the Great Asia under the Japan rule.

Long live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. EASTERN BURMA.
TO: GEN. HEJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: S.R.A. REPORT
DATE: MARCH 17th, 1942

Heavy air strikes against enemy positions at Java, like following:

- 9 G3M2 strike ArtillerieCommando Coastal Gun Bn at Soerabaja reporting 11 enemy casaulties.
- 15 G3M2 strike same enemy unit in a second wave.
- 31 Ki-48-IIa from IJA flying from Djojakarta supported our ground assault at Tjilitjap.
- 15 Ki-21-IIa flying from Makassar strike enemy AF at Soerabaja.
- 40 IJN level bombers strike Tjilitjap to support our forces at ground, attacking 3rd KNIL AA Bn and reporting 38 enemy casualties.
- 20 IJA level bombers strike Tjilitap reporting another 19 casualties in the same AA enemy unit.

At ground, our forces have captured Tjilitjap. 1.246 dutch were killed or taken prisioners vs 421 IJA casualties. Our forces will press on to capture Bandozeng and Batavia.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

AIRFRAMES AND ENGINE PRODUCTION...
MARCH 17th, 1942

960 Airframes Monthly
1186 Engines Monthly

[kriegmarine]

ORIGINAL: Fletcher

AIR PRODUCTION REPORT 1/2

Hi Fletcher, I see you're making Lilys and Sonia, why?, Always thought it was better to train on mission AWS Helens Lilys and update them. Do not have enough units Sallys? And so many Sonias?
PD: Sorry, my English is not good

[Fletcher]

Hello Kriegmarine... Good to see you here !
Yes I am producing Lillys and Sonias as needed, I am playing with PDU OFF and I will need more of them if I want to get enough reemplacements for the Sentai/Daitais flying with this machines.  I have enough Sally units, but remember when playing with PDU OFF you have mandatory productions because. It´s a need to get reemplacements until you units get the available update. Many Ki-48Ia units will be upgraded to Ki-48-II and Ki-51a to Ki-51b.. My factories will be upgrade freely
I hope this helps
Best wishes,
ramón

[Fletcher]

JAVA CAMPAIGN
SIT MAP REPORT
MARCH 18TH, 1942

48th Division & 146th Infantry Regiment will arrive in few days

[Fletcher]

BURMA SIT MAP REPORT
MARCH 18TH, 1942

[traskott]

Go, Fletcher go !!!. Though Burma and far away [;)]

[Fletcher]

Hi Traskott, not far away from Burma.. only until border

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. EASTERN BURMA
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IGHQ, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. TOKYO
SUBJECT: S.R.A.
DATE: MARCH 19th, 1942

Enemy under heavy air preassure from our 22nd Air Flotilla / 5th Air division assets at S.R.A. Our raids like following:

- 21 G3M2 strike Soerabaja reporting 3 Airbase, 1 airbase supply and 10 runway hits.
- 33 G3M2 and 25 G4M1 escorted by 2 A6M2 strike Batavia reporting 4 Airbase, 1 airbase supply and 19 runway hits.

- 51 IJA Level bombers strike batavia airfield reporting 2 airbase, 1 airbase supply and 11 runway hits with 1 Ki-48 downed by enemy Flak.
- 11 Ki-48Ib strike Batavia reporting another 3 runway hits over AF
- 09 Ki-36 strike Batavia AF with 1 Ki-36 downed by enemy flak.

We will follow with our task to soft enemy positions until the final ground assault.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE.
SUBJECT: NORTH AUSTRALIA SUPRESS
DATE: MARCH 19TH, 1942

From Koepang our air assets launched two air strikes against enemy airfield facilities at Darwin.

1st (IJN) strike with 51 G4M1 escorted by 20 A6M2 reported 1 Hudson destroyed at ground, 4 casualties, 5 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply and 52 runway hits.
2nd (IJA) strike with 28 Ki-21-IIa from 5th Air Division (deployed at Koepang) reported another 16 runway hits over enemy AF.

5th Air Division heavy bomber units will be deployed soon at Timor.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN. IIDA, XV ARMY CINC. NEAR MANDALAY
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. EASTERN BURMA.
SUBJECT: BURMA WAR REPORT
DATE: MARCH 19th, 1942

36 Ki-43Ic escorted 78 IJA level bombers to strike enemy ground forces at Meitkila and support our ground assault in this city. 175 enemy casualties were reported in this succesfull air close attack.
Our ground forces reported the captured of the enemy base with 367 enemy casualties.

27 Ki-43 escorted 25 Ki-30 to strike Mandalay. 1 enemy Hurricane was downed with 1 Hayabusa down by enemy fighters.

20 Blenheim IV were intercepted over Magwe by 4 Ki-43s. 1 enemy blenheim was downed but we lost 2 Ki-43 at ground.
Another 15 Blenheim IV were intercepted over Magwe by several Ki-43s unsuccesfully.

7 B-26 were intercepted near Akyab by 3 Ki-43 on LRCAP over our advanced guard forces in southwestern Burma. 1 enemy level bomber was downed.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM NOBUTAKE KONDO, 2ND FLEET CINC. SINGAPORE.
TO: RADM MATSUNAGA, 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG. SUMATRA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR STRIKE OVER TRANSPORT TASK FORCES
DATE: MARCH 19TH, 1942


YOUR ARE ABSOLUTELY IN CHARGE OF OUR NAVAL ASSETS AIR SECURITY AT JAVA SEA. SEVERAL DAITAIS/SENTAI UNITS HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER YOUR COMMAND TO ENSURE OUR NAVAL TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. YOU ENSURE THAT OUR AIR SUPREMACY WAS ABSOLUTE. YOU WAS UNDER YOUR OWN MISTAKES. OUR NAVAL FORCES WERE STRIKE BY ENEMY AIR ASSETS BASED AT JAVA (BATAVIA AND SOERABAJA). 01 FREIGHTER WAS SUNK WITH NICE RESOURCES TO US. ANOTHER TWO CARGO SHIPS WITH VALUABLE TROOPS MUST BE UNDER YOUR AIR COVER, BUT THEY WERE STRUCK BY ONE GP BOMB LAUNCHED BY ENEMY B-25 LEVEL BOMBERS.

THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST MISTAKE. YOU WILL RESPONDS WITH YOUR LIFE IF MORE WRONG DECISION ARE TAKEN AND ENEMY FLIGHTS DISTURB OUR VALUABLE SEALIFTS ASSETS IN THIS AREA.

ACKNOWLEDGE REQUEST /
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[Fletcher]

FROM : GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: IJA DEFEAT !
DATE: MARCH 19TH, 1942

I MUST TO REQUEST YOUR APOLOGIES AFTER OUR FORCES HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY BANDITS BANDS IN THE ROAD OF SIAN. THE MAIN ROAD WAS CUT AND OUR FORCES WERE OUT OF VALUABLE WAR SUPPLIES TO LET OUR FORCES WOULD BREAK ENEMY LINES.

OUR FORCES REPORTED 10.908 CASUALTIES VS 4.150 CHINESE BANDITS KILLED OR PRISIONERS. EMERGENCY REARGUARD UNITS HAVE BEEN SENT TO MOP UP OUR COMM LINKS WITH NANYANG.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC, KWAJALEIN
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE
SUBJECT: SUBMARINE WARFARE REPORT
DATE: MARCH 20th, 1942

(1) 6th Fleet submarine report

xAK MAHIMAHI was sunk by RO-62 near Pago Pago after 2 torpedoes struck her.

I-16 under LCDR KAORYU YAMADA was sunk by enemy ASW warships near Pago Pago. We lost contact with her this morning. Our Pago Pago Sqdrn reported her sinks.

I-3 was depth charge attacked and lightly damaged near Pago Pago by enemy destroyer.

(2) Enemy submarines

K-XIII, coastal dutch submarine was pinged and depth charged by HIJMS YUGIRI near Palembang. 5 hits or near misses were reported against her.

XAK MIKAGE MARU, cargo ship at Semarang was torpedoed by enemy electric boat. 185 men from Imperial Guard Division unloading at this port were rescued by other ships in this Task Force.

HIJMS KISO was struck by another torpedo by the same enemy submarine off Semarang. DAMAGE REPORT: 15 system, 17 flood (13 major) and 27 engines (25 major).

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM. MATSUNAGA, 22ND AIR FLOTILLA C-IN-C. PALEMBANG. SUMATRA
TO: VADM. NOBUTAKE KONDO, 2ND FLEET HQ. SINGAPORE.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR RAIDS INTERCEPTED
DATE: MARCH 20th, 1942

13 ENEMY LEVEL BOMBERS WERE INTERCEPTED OVER SEMARANG WHEN TRIED TO ATTACK OUR SHIPPINGS THERE. 15 A6M2 FLYING FROM DJOJAKARTA AND OOSTHAVEN (!!) WERE ABLE TO INTERCEPT ENEMY AIR RAID. IN THIS FIRST AIR RAID ENEMY LOST 4 LEVEL BOMBERS. NO HITS OR DAMAGES WERE REPORTED IN OUR SHIPS.

A SECOND RAID WITH ANOTHER 3 B-25 WAS INTERCEPTED BY 3 A6M2. ENEMY LEVEL BOMBERS TURNED BACK AT ONCE.

FINALLY, 5 CW-22 FIGHTER BOMBERS WERE INTERCEPTED OVER SEMARANG BY 2 A6M2 FLYING OVER OUR SHIPS. 2 ENEMY FB WERE DOWNED.

OUR LEVEL BOMBERS ASSETS HAVE LAUNCHED A RETALIATION AIR STRIKE AGAINST ENEMY AIR FACILITIES AT JAVA, LIKE FOLLOWING:

- 22 G3M2 STRIKE SOERABAJA REPORTING 8 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 27 RUNWAY HITS.

- 24 IJN LEVEL BOMBERS STRIKE BATAVIA AF REPORTING 4 AIRBASE, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 21 RUNWAY HITS.
- 27 G3M2 FLYING FROM PALEMBANG STRIKE BATAVIA REPORTING 3 AIRBASE, 2 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 15 RUNWAY HITS. 8 ENEMY CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED THERE TOO.
- 27 IJA LBS STRIKE BATAVIA AF REPORTING ANOTHER 2 AIRBASE AND 13 RUNWAY HITS. 10 ENEMY CASUALTIES REPORTED TOO.

23RD AIR FLOTILLA LAUNCHED AN AIR STRIKE AGAINST DARWIN AIRFIELD WITH 50 G4M1 ESCORTED BY 19 A6M2. OUR FORCES REPORTED 8 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 91 RUNWAY HITS.

WE CAN NOT LET MORE AIR STRIKES AGAINST OUR SHIPPINGS. TOMORROW WE WILL LAUNCH A MASSIVE STRUGGLE AGAINST ENEMY AIR FACILITIES AT JAVA TO SMASH ALL AIR ENEMY ASSETS IN THE ISLAND.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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