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

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: traskott

With those post, Tracker is useless, it's better take a look to the thread to keep the pace of operations....

Traskott,
Sure, take more time, but it is very interesting to have a great view of the different theatres into a sit map report...However, Tracker is a mandatory tool for Japanese players
Thanks!
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC, KWJALEIN ISLAND.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: SUB WAR REPORT
DATE: APRIL 15TH, 1942

TK PAN EUROPA WAS REPORTED SUNK AFTER ONE TORPEDO HIT BY I-122 NEAR PERTH.

ASW WARFARE: DD ARARE, SCREENING GREAT CONVOY ARRIVING SHIMONOSEKI REPORTED ONE HIT OR NEAR MISSES ON ENEY "S" CLASS SUBMARINE NEAR TSUSHIMA STRAITS.
TWO ELECTRIC BOATS WERE REPORTED HIT BY H6K4 ASW LONG RANGE PATROLS AT MARSHALLS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC, CAMRANH BAY.
TO: ADM. NAGANO. IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: GREAT CONVOY ARRIVE TO SHIMONOSEKI PORT.
DATE: APRIL 15TH, 1942

UNSUCCESFULLY ATTACKED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE NEAR TSUSHIMA STRAITS, THE GREAT CONVOY HAS ARRIVED TO HIS ARRIVAL PORT: SHIMONOSEKI, TODAY APRIL 15TH, 1942. MORE THAN 200 CARGO SHIPS WILL BE UNLOADED THERE AND WILL DEPARTURE IN FEW DAYS TO SINGAPORE TO BE TRANSFERED TO RESOURCE/OIL PORTS FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL GREAT CONVOY.
SECOND GREAT CONVOY IS ASSEMBLY AT SINGAPORE WITH CARGO/TANKERS FROM D.E.I.
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC, RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET, KURE.
SUBJECT: NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.
DATE: APRIL 15TH, 1942

15 A6M2 TAKE OFF FROM KOEPANG TO ESCORT 69 G4M1 TO STRIKE KATHERINE AIRFIELD. 6 CASUALTIES, 4 AIR BASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 23 RUNWAY HITS WERE REPORTED THERE.
26 KI-2I-IIA FROM IJAAF FLYING FROM KOEPANG STRIKE DARWING REPORTING 1 AIRBASE AND 5 RUNWAY HITS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC. KWAJALEIN.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: SUBWAR REPORT.
DATE: APRIL 16TH, 1942

XAK NOVA SCOTIA WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY I-6 NEAR PORTSEA AT SOUTH AUSTRLIAN WATERS NEARBY TO MELBOURNE.
I-122 WAS ENGAGED BY ENEMY DESTROYER IDENTIFIED LIKE HMS ENCOUNTER. 2 NEAR MISSES WERE REPORTED WITH LIGHT DAMAGES ONBOARD (8 FLOATING DAMAGE)
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LT.GEN. SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC. RANGOON.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. NORTHERN BURMA
SUBJECT: AIR WAR REPORT.
DATE: APRIL 16TH, 1942

35 IJA Level bombers escorted by 17 Ki-43Ic met with 3 Hurricanes at CAP when striking Burma Corps near Kalymo. 1 Hurricane was downed by our fighters.

23 Ki-43 escorting 19 Ki-30 strike Imphal AF reporting 2 airbase and 2 runway hits. Recon flights are mandatory there.

65 Ki-21-IIa escorted by 60 Ki-43 have bombed enemy population at Chittagong reporting 10 Manpower Hits and 5.510 fires (this is the beggining of a terror campaign against enemy population).

Our close air support over enemy ground forces have been succesfully, and our ground forces have crossed Irrawady defeating enemy forces fleeing to Indian-Burmese border.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC, NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CHINA WAR REPORT
DATE: APRIL 16TH, 1942

MORE AND MORE UNITS ARE ARRIVING TO THE FRONT LINE WITH CHINESE ARMIES NEAR SIAN... IN FEW WEEKS WE WILL BE READY TO LAUNCH A MASSIVE STRUGGLE TO SENT ALL OF THE TO HELL. A NEW SENTAI WITH 27 KI-21-IC HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED FROM HOME TO THIS ARMY TO SUPPORT OUR SUPRESSION OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY AIRFIELDS AT SIAN, CHANGCHA AND CHUNGKING. SEVERAL HEAVY ARTY BNS ARE BE WAITING TO START WITH THE BOMBARDMENT OPERATIONS BEFORE THE NEW OFFENSIVE.
IMAMURA, XIV ARMY CINC, MUST BE REPRIMANDED ABOUT THE JAVA TIMELINE. XVI ARMY IS OUT OF TIME TO CAPTURE JAVA AND HIS FORCES MUST BE IN TRANSIT TO SUPPORT OUR CHINA GROUND OPERATIONS.

2ND AIR DIVISION FROM JEHOL HAVE STARTING A SUPRESSION AIR MISSION AGAINST YENAN AIR FACILITIES. IN THE FIRST OF THEM, 22 KI-21-IC REPORTED 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 9 RUNWAY HITS. RECON HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO 1ST AIR DIV OVER THIS TARGET.

OVER SIAN 66 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 30 KI-27 HAVE SMASHED AIRFIELD REPORTING 9 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 26 RUNWAY HITS.

OVER CHANCHA, OUR AIR FORCES HAVE STRIKE AIRFIELD WITH 34 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 15 KI-27. 4 AIRBASE AND 20 RUNWAY HITS WERE REPORTED. A SECOND STRIKE WITH 6 UNESCORTED KI-51 REPORTED ANOTHER 3 AIRBASE AND 10 RUNWAY HITS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!

[traskott]

Poor Chinese !!! Well. There always be more chinese squads, so no problem. [:'(]

Good work with the "Big big convoys". It's a really good way to carry resources/fuel/oil to the H.I.

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: traskott

Poor Chinese !!! Well. There always be more chinese squads, so no problem. [:'(]

Good work with the "Big big convoys". It's a really good way to carry resources/fuel/oil to the H.I.

Traskott,
Dont worry I am gathering enough "big guns" to destroy all available chinese squads ...so will not be problem.. I Will waste ammo and chinese will waste human resources"
the Big Convoy is the first one, the second is assembly at Singapore and is planned to departure in the next month (one great convoy from SRA is planned monthly).

Kind Regards,
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN.SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, NORTHERN BURMA.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: JAVA
DATE: APRIL 17TH, 1942

5TH AIRDIV AND 21ST/22ND AIR FLOTILLA ASSETS HAVE LAUNCHED SEVERAL AIR STRIKES OVER ENEMY TROOPS AT BATAVIA, LIKE BELLOW:

- 85 IJN LEVEL BOMBERS FLYING FROM PALEMBANG STRIKE 44TH INDIAN BRIGADE REPORTING 63 ENEMY CASUALTIES.
- 51 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS FLYING FROM PALEMBANG AND OOSTHAVEN HAVE STRIKE 1ST KNIL REGIMENT AT BATAVIA REPORTING 28 ENEMY CASUALTIES.
- 17 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS FLYING FROM DJOKARJTA AND OOSTHAVEN HAVE STRIKE 44TH INDIAN BRIGADE AT BATAVIA.

OUR GROUND FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST MALANG REPORTING 966 ENEMY KIA OR PRISIONERS VS 252 IJA CASUALTIES.

AT BATAVIA FRONT, OUR FORCES ARE RESTING TO DOWN FATIGUE AND DISRUPTION FOR A NEW OFFENSIVE TO CAPTURE THIS CITY.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

MALANG GROUND OFFENSIVE SOUTH JAVA.
XVI ARMY FORCES PRESS ON TO END WITH THE D.E.I CAMPAIGN.

[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC, RANGOON.
TO: GEN SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, NORTHERN BURMA.
SUBJECT: AIR WAR OVER BURMA
DATE: APRIL 17TH, 1942

AIR STRIKES OVER ENEMY TARGETS AT BURMA/INDIAN THEATRE:

- 20 UNESCORTED KI-30 WERE INTERCEPTED OVER IMPHAL BY 7 HURRICANES. 11 LEVEL BOMBERS WERE DOWNED!!. THIS WAS A GREAT DEFEAT DUE A BAD COORDINATION WITH KI-43IC SENTAI AT MANDALAY...
- 43 KI-21-IIA ESCORTED BY 52 KI-43IC STRIKE CHITTAGONG. 8 P-40 WERE MET ON CAP. 2 OF THEM WERE DOWNED BY OUR FIGHTERS. OUR STRIKE REPORTED 1 MANPOWER, 1 RESOURCE AND 1.675 FIRES. OUR RECON FLIGHTS REPORTED 8 RESOURCE FACTORIES DAMAGED.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC, NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CHINA WAR REPORT
DATE: APRIL 17TH, 1942

OUR AIR ASSETS FOLLOW ON WITH OUR OFFENSIVE AGAINST ENEMY STRATEGIC TARGETS: ENEMY AIRFIELDS AT SIAN, AND CHANGSHA...

AT MORNING, 68 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 29 KI-27 STRIKE SIAN AF REPORTING 7 AIRBASE HITS, 7 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 54 RUNWAY HITS. 1 KI-30 WAS DOWNED.
A SECOND WAVE WITH 6 UNESCORTED 6 KI-30 REPORTED ANOTHER RUNWAY HIT.
2ND AIR DIVISION ASSETS FLYING FROM JEHOL LAUNCHED TWO STRIKES OVER YENAN AIRFIELD: FIRST ONE WITH 11 KI-21IC REPORTED 3 AIRBASE AND 2 RUNWAY HITS. THE SECOND WAVE WITH 13 KI-21IC REPORTED 2 AIRBASE, 4 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 10 RUNWAY HITS.
AIR STRIKE OVER SIAN WERE SUSPENDED DUE BAD WEATHER.

THREE NEW ARTY UNITS ARE AWAITED AT SIAN FRONT TO JOIN WITH NORTHERN CHINA AREA ARMY.
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC, RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC, KURE.
SUBJECT: AIR STRIKES OVER NORHTERN AUSTRALIA.
DATE: APRIL 17TH, 1942

AIR STRIKES OVER NORHTERN AUSTRALIAN TARGETS:

- 24 G4M1 FLYING FROM TIMOR STRIKE DERBY REPORTING 1 HUDSON DESTROYED ON GROUND, 2 AIRBASE, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 17 RUNWAY HITS.
- 23 KI-21-IIA FLYING FROM KOEPANG STRIKE DARWIN, REPORTING 1 RUNWAY HITS. OUR RECON C5N2 FLIGHT FROM LAUTERN REPORTED SEVERE DAMAGES ON PORT AND AIRFIELD AT PORT DARWIN.
- 26 A6M2 ESCORTING 42 G4M1 STRIKE WYNDHAM REPORTING 12 CASUALTIES, 12 AIRBASE, 5 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 17 RUNWAY HITS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC, CAMRANH BAY.
TO: ADM. NAGANO, IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: SPECIAL S.R.A. CONVOY
DATE: APRIL 17TH, 1942

TOMORROW SEVERAL T.G. WILL DEPARTURE FROM SHIMONOSEKI AFTER BE UNLOADED AT THIS PORT, LIKE BELLOW, TO BE ASSEMBLED AT SINGAPORE FOR THE THIRD SPECIAL S.R.A.CONVOY (SECOND CONVOY SHIPS ARE LOADING RESOURCES/OIL/FUEL IN THE MAIN S.R.A PORTS):

- 10 DAIGEN XAKL WILL DEPARTURE TO HONG KONG.
- 13 YUSEN N XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO PORT ARTHUR FOR SPECIAL MANCHUKUO CONVOY (II).
- 10 XAKL WILL DEPARTURE TO MANILA.
- 7 KYUSHU XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO DAVAO (MINDANAO).
- 34 ADEN CLASS XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO SINGAPORE.
- 9 XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO SAIGON.
- 11 TOHO CLASS XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO BALIKPAPAN.
- 14 AKASI CLASS XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO SOERABAJA.
- 12 EHIME CLASS XAK WILL DEPARTURE TO PALEMBANG.

THE NEXT DAY, OUR TKs WILL DEPARTURE TO MEDAN/PALEMBANG/TARAKAN/BALIKPAPAN PORTS UNDER HEAVY ASW ESCORT.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[traskott]

The unnustopable Fletcher logistic machine began  to work again. To 1943 you will be flooding with fuel at H.I. !!!

 What ground troops will be asigned to Java and Sumatra once dutch troops surrender?

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: traskott

The unnustopable Fletcher logistic machine began  to work again. To 1943 you will be flooding with fuel at H.I. !!!

What ground troops will be asigned to Java and Sumatra once dutch troops surrender?

Traskott, thanks !... I am pretty sure that 1943 will be a bad year in high Seas when Mark XIV dud rate will be decreased However I don´t know what submarine policy will follow Jonathan ..now he is working with his subs on war areas and not against the resource links (only 2 enemy submarines were spotted in these days on Home Waters).

About Java my forces to garrison will be like bellow:

-48 Infantry Division (infantry regiments) to garrison Soerabaja/Batavia/Tjilitjap.
-One IJN Base Force to Soerabaja
-Three IJAAF/IJNAF support units (Soerabaja/Tjilitjap/Batavia).
-One Independent Regiment Unit (Soerabaja)
-Two/Three labor units (Batavia-Soerabaja)
-Infantry Bns to garrison other bases to fulfill the requirements.

-One 22nd Air Flotilla Daitai (Reserve-Training duties)

-One MinesweeperRon with several DMS at Soerabaja.
-One ASW Flotilla (with 1 Patrol Gunboat Division, 1 Subchasser Division, 1 Destroyer Division) to escort resource convoys to assemble at Singapore with "Great Convoy" to Home Islands.
-SeaLift Capacity with 14 Akasi-D Class XAKs.


Java - Borneo - Celebes - Timor will be under XIV Army/2nd Fleet defensive area.

Kind Regards,
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. NOBUTAKE KONDO, 2ND FLEET CINC, SINGAPORE.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC, KURE.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AMC
DATE: APRIL 18TH, 1942

ANDAMAN ISLAND LANDING GROUP WAS ENGAGED BY AMC CORFU NEAR CAR NICOBAR AT NIGHT TIME. DD TSUGA WAS HIT BY 1 SHELL AND PB IKUNTA MARU HIT BY ANOTHER HIT. ENEMY RAIDER WAS HIT BY 3 12CM SHELLS FROM TSUGA.

DAMAGE REPORT FROM HIJMS TSUGA: 20 FLOATING DAMAGES, 4 SYSTEM, 4 ENGINES.

ONE LIGHT CRUISER ESCORTED BY ONE DESTROYER WILL DEPARTURE TOMORROW AT EARLY MORNING AT FLANK SPEED TO RUSH TO ANDAMAN ISLAND.

PB IKUNTA MARU WAS SUNK AT AFTERNOON DUE HEAVY FLOATING DAMAGES ONBOARD.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC, NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CHINA WAR REPORT.
DATE: APRIL 18TH, 1942.

Air strikes at China Theatre like bellow:

- 42 IJA Level bombers escorted by 30 Ki-27 strikes Sian reporting 16 runway hits.
- 26 unescorted IJA LBs strikes Sian (2nd wave) reporting 1 aribase hit and 5 runway hits.
- 20 Ki-21-Ic flying from Jehol reported 2 airbase, 2 airbase supply and 5 runway hits.
- 52 IJA Level bombers escorted by 16 Ki-27 flying from Hankow and Ichang strike Changsha and met with 2 H81A3. 1 Ki-51 was downed and 7 runway hits reported over enemy AF.

Several light cargo ships have arrived to Hankow river port to unload war supplies for the future offensive against Sian. Huge ammount of Heavy arty shells have been unloaded.

Long Live to the Emperor !!!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC, RANGOON.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, NORTHERN BURMA.
SUBJECT: BURMA THEATRE AIR WAR REPORT.
DATE: APRIL 18TH, 1942

AIR STRIKES AGAINST BURMESE THEATRE LIKE BELLOW:

- 34 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 22 KI-43IC STRIKE 16TH INDIAN BRIGADE AT KALYMO.
- 30 KI-43-IC FLIGHT A SWEEP MISSION OVER IMPHAL. NO ENEMY CAP.
- 61 KI-21-IIA ESCORTED BY 60 KI-43 FLYING FROM RANGOON STRIKE CHITTAGON REPORTING 3 RESOURCE HITS.

KI-48-IB SENTAI AT RANGOON HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO ARMORED KI-48-IIA.
ANOTHER KI-48IIA UNIT FROM 3RD AIRDIVISION WILL BE RECALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO JOIN WITH AIR ASSETS ON BURMA.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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