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

[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN.SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXP. ARMY. SIAN FRONTLINE
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO
SUBJECT: SOUTHERN OFFENSIVE
DATE: MAY 30TH, 1942

Coordinated with our epic offensive in the North, our XVI and XXIII Armies are ready to push enemy in the South. With main chinese armies in the north to avoid the capture of Sian, our forces have landing at Indochina and all XVI Army is ready to start our offensive to capture Liüchow. Severely damages after air strikes day after day, enemy resistance in the air have dissapear. Our armoured forces (2nd and 8th Tank Regiments, with 2nd Recce Regiment) will cross the river, north of Liuchow, and will smash one enemy ground unit. At same time, XXIII Army forces will start their offensive from eastern road. With enemy enclosed, I hope i can announce the cross of the river of XVI Army to Liuchow in few days.

Another XXIII Army forces have destroyed one enemy corps at south of Sian in our mopping up activities. 12nd I.M.B. with 102nd I.R., 17th I.D (B detachment) and 8th Arm.Car Coy have stormed enemy positions (88th and 100th Chinese Corps) reporting 316 IJA casualties vs. 132 chinese men lost. These chinese units have withdrawing for months after the end of the campaign to capture Wenchow.

Long Live to the EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM S. INOUYE, 4TH FLEET CINC. TRUK
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: SOUTH SEAS PERIMETER REPORT
DATE: MAY 31ST, 1942

XAKL CANOPUS was torpedoed 40 nm east of Noumea by I-2. After two torpedo hits enemy ship was sunk. xAKL WAWA was engaged at surface by same boat and struck by 2 shell hits from deck gun fire. Two torpedoes end the work, sending to bottom the enemy ship.

Our ASW assets reported, like bellow:

- Misawa Ku K-1 Daitai (ASW at Vella Lavella) reported hit on enemy dutch boat at Salomons by one of their G4M1 on ASW patrol.

- E13A1 flying from HIJMS CHITOSE reported another hit over an enemy boat at Bismarcks.

- B5N2 flying an ASW mission from Kavieng reported another hit over enemy boat at Bismarcks.

Several air waves were sent from Munda (25th A.Flotilla) to strike Ndeni. The first one, with 25 G4M1 bombed 30th Coast AA Regiment (new unit spotted at Santa Cruz Islands). In the second wave, 17 G4M1 strike the same enemy unit reporting 6 enemy casualties and 1 G4M1 downed by Flak.

19 NGU have been unloaded at Lunga Point to reinforce our extreme south perimeter at Salomons. Another Fast Transport TG will departure with supplies from Rabaul to Shortlands.

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 REPORT
DATE: MAY 31ST, 1942

Heavy air strikes over Sian front by 1st Air Div assets, like bellow:

- 105 IJA level bombers escorted by 47 Ki-43Ic reported 12 casualties on 36th Chinese Corps.
- 12 Ki-49Ia reported 7 casualties on 9th Chinese Corps.
- 29th IJA level bombers reported another 14 casualties on 80th Chinese Corps.

For the other hand, our Hvy Arty units at Sian front reported another 91 chinese casualties from our bombardment missions.

Over Paoshan - Tsuyng road, our air assets (3rd AirDiv) reported 106 casualties on 200th Chinese Division after be bombed by 68 Ki-21-IIa flying from Burma.

At south, 33 Ki-51 escorted by 10 Ki-27 stormed 55th Prov. chinese division.
South Changsha, our XXIII ARMY detachment smashed enemy 100th Chinese corps. 12nd IMB, 8th ArmCarCoy, 102nd I.R. and 17th Div (Det B) reported 1.920 enemy casualties vs only 31 IJA men lost. Our forces marching to north to cut enemy railroad lines from West.

North of Changsha, enemy counterstrikes from 20th and 99th Chinese corps were stopped by our 3rd Div (C Det). Enemy lost 220 men vs 217 IJA men lost.

Message from Southern Fleet CINC was incomed reporting an special supply convoy will departure from S.R.A to supply our main bases and supporting our near future offensive in all chinese fronts.


Long Live to the EMPEROR !
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[traskott]

uuuh...eeehhh... I see japanese TFs 1 hex SW of Angyang !!!!! [X(][X(]

[Fletcher]

Traskott,

It is a Riverine Transport TG with war supplies to Hankow (River Port). I must to feed my armies for the next future offensives !.

Ramón

[traskott]

First time I notice that.... [:o][:o]

[Fletcher]

Nanking, Anking, Hankow and Canton are riverine ports in the screeshot map of Southern China, as you can see there. Note the thinner dark blue river line.

Best wishes
Ramón

[Fletcher]

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CONVOY REPORT
FIGURES FROM DEC 1941 TO MAY 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: LTCDR. H.HARADA, I-165 C.O., SOUTH SEAS
TO: CAPT. M.TERAOKA, SUBDIV 30, SUBRON 5, PENNANG SUBMARINE BASE. GEORGETOWN.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SHIP SUNK
DATE: JUNE 01ST, 1942

Early morning a little convoy with several xAKL was spotted bearing 90, speed 10 knots, 40 nm East of Diamond Harbor. Last ship of the column was engaged at surface and 1 torpedo hit struck at stearn. Due enemy escort ship in the area, my boat must to crash dive without confirm any sunk. Hours later, our boat spotted the same damaged ship steaming slow and withouth escorts in the area. We launched three torpedoes to ensure hits and all of them struck amidship breaking her in two and sending quickly to bottom. Enemy ship was identfied like XAK JALADUTA.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. S.INOUYE, 4TH FLEET CINC. TRUK
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: SOUTH SEAS REPORT
DATE: JUNE 1ST, 1942

Woodlark Island is reported be bombed by enemy 4Es. Later in the night a second raid was reported over the same garrison in this Island (6 B17). 06 B-17E were intercepted over Munda by our Ki-45 KAI twin engine fighters (IJAAF), 2 of them was downed by enemy defensive fire. No hits or damages were reported on our facilities.

Our Flying boats reported two enemy ships spotted several days ago in the Vanikoro Island area are two Flush Deck escort destroyers.

I-18 was damaged by a dutch destroyed (PIET HEIN) near Santa Maria Island after be pinged by her for hours. Light damages onboard, our submarine will go on with her war patrol.

SUBRECON REPORTS:

I-17 recon mission over Efate: Enemy ships spotted docked : 3 DM, 2 CM and 1 XAK, another 3 unidentified ships. 24 fighters, 26 bombers and 39 auxiliar aircrafts on airfield (near 90 AC)

RO-64 recon mission over Luganville: Enemy ships spotted docked: 5 XAK and another 4 unidentified ships. 6 ground units and 25 fighters, 22 bombers and 48 auxiliar aircrafts (near 100 AC)

I-10 recon mission over Vanikoro Island: 10 fighters and 7 auxiliar aircrafts identified with 2 ground units like garrison.

I-1 recon mission over Ndeni Island: 5 auxiliar aircrafts and 6 ground units with near 10.000 american troops.

Air Strikes over Ndeni:

25th Air Flotilla at Munda sent several waves to strike Ndeni, like bellow:

- 1st wave, an air sweep with 40 A6M2 reported no enemy fighters on CAP.
- 2nd wave, 41 A6M2 escorting 39 G4M1 reported 1 airbase and 14 runway hits on airstrip.
- 3rd wave, 21 G4M1 reported 1 port hit.
- 4th wave, 13 G4M1 bombed port facilities.
- 5th wave, a sweep with 6 A6M2 reported no fighters on CAP over Ndeni.
- 6th wave, a sweep with 17 A6M2 reported no enemy on CAP.

ASW report at South Seas:

A dutch boat was reported hit by a D3A1 flying from Vella LaVella. Many sub contacts were reported by our air and surface assets at salomon Seas.

long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN H.OBATA, 5TH AIR DIVISION CINC. SAIPAN. MARIANAS.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: DECEPTION AIR STRIKES OVER AUSTRALIA.
DATE: JUNE 1ST, 1942

In our war efforts to fix air assets at eastern australian coast to let IJNAF assets strike Santa Cruz Island with enemy defenses as low as possible in this area, our JAAF Detachment at Port Moresby sent two waves against Cooktown, like bellow:

1st Wave with 36 Ki-43Ic at sweep flying high reporting no enemy fighters on CAP.
2nd Wave (Strike) with 14 Ki-48IIa escorted by 36 Ki-43Ic reporting 2 airbase and 6 runway hits.

Enemy launched an air strike over Terapo garrison (83rd NGU) with 5 Hudson III LR. No casualties were reported but this kind of attack must be stopped to avoid disruption in our garrisons at South New Guinea.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN. SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC. MANDALAY
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: AIR WAR OVER BURMA
DATE: JUNE 1ST, 1942

Enemy air strike at night time over Lashio with 5 Blenheim and 9 Wellington were intercepted by 8 Ki-27b. Our fighters get enemy can not get any hit over our facilities. No losses by own or enemy.
Another 6 B-25C were intercepted by a lonely Ki-27b on night patrol over Lashio. No losses or damages were reported.

21 Ki-43Ic escroted 87 Ki-21IIa to strike Chittagong air facilities reporting 9 airbase, 7 airbase supply and 54 runway hits.

Enemy stroke 55th Gun Mtn Regiment in the burmese/indian border near Akyab with 12 Blenheim IV but no losses were reported by our ground forces.

We are needed of supplies at Shwebo-Mandalay-Myitkyina and Lashio bases to go on with our targets in this area. Air transport assests in the rearguard have been ordered to support our logistic efforts to complete our fortify and airfield resize works.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: GEN SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXP. ARMY CINC. NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CHINA WAR REPORT
DATE: JUNE 1ST, 1942

Our 1st AirDiv assets follow on with his air strikes over enemy ground forces in the Sian frontline. In our first air strike, 140 IJA level bombers escorted by 48 Ki-43Ic reported 65 enemy casualties from 98th Chinese Corps. Our second wave with 18 unescorted Ki-21-Ic reported another 14 casualties from 93rd Chinese Corps. Our arty assets at Sian frontline reported 79 chinese casualties.

Our offensive over Sian will start when our tanks will arrive to their targets in the northern Sian bank to cut off Sian from northern communication links by RR. This should be coordinated with XVI Army assault over Liüchow and XXIII Army offensive.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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