FROM: VADM JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC. ASW ASSETS COMMANDER. CAMRANH BAY.
TO: ADM. OSAMI NAGANO, IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CONVOY ATTACKED
DATE: JUNE 3RD, 1942
An enemy wolf pack have been detected in the waters between Kushiro - Sendai. Our Convoy Number 683 with 9 Gozan class light cargo ship escorted with 2 Cha Type Subchassers have been attacked two times by different boats.
First attack at early morning, a "Gato" Class boat torpedo and sunk XAKL KURAMA MARU about 200 nm east of Ominato. Our subchassers can not get contact with enemy.
Second attack, hours later, 40 nm southwest of the last attack position, with a Electric Boat attacking XAKL DAIGEN MARU. After 1 torpedo hit our ship sent to bottom. This time, our subchassers get a good position to retaliation and several charges were dropped into water, with 3 hits/near misses reported.
Orders have been dispatched to reallocate DESDIV34 destroyers. They will departure tomorrow from Fukuoka to Ominato. They will be arrive NOrthern waters in three days and will be responsabile from the ASW cover in this area.
Orders to upgrade H6K4 chutai/daitais to H6K5 have been received from General Inspector of Aviation. One daitai in the 5th Fleet area will be upgraded this month like planned.
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FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC. ASW COMMAND. CAMRANH BAY. INDOCHINA.
TO: ADM. NAGANO. IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: GREAT S.R.A CONVOY (2ND)
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
The Great SRA Convoy will arrive in few days to Shimonoseki. These ships had departured from Singapore at May last with the departure from this Naval Base of CombFleet.
Convoy consist of 18 Tankers, 185 AKs and 47 AKLs shipping near 1,000.000 tons of needed resources to Home. They were escorted in their transit by 2 Escorts, 1 Torpedo-boat, 1 patrol boat, 5 subchassers and 23 patrol gunboats.
To the final transit to Shimonoseki 02 air groups will cooperate with ASW assets to avoid enemy aubmarine attacks:
- 65th Sentai (based at Saisho To island) with 21 Ki-30 with high ASW skill pilots (>60)
- Sasebo Ku T-1 (IJNAF) (based at Sasebo Naval Station) with 6 E13A1 with high ASW skill pilots (>60).
DESDIV34 have been reallocate to 5th Fleet, and destroyers will arrive at Ominato Naval Base in two days. They will be very needed there due enemy high submarine activities with nor less than 4 boats in the Kushiro-Sendai route.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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TO: ADM. NAGANO. IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: GREAT S.R.A CONVOY (2ND)
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
The Great SRA Convoy will arrive in few days to Shimonoseki. These ships had departured from Singapore at May last with the departure from this Naval Base of CombFleet.
Convoy consist of 18 Tankers, 185 AKs and 47 AKLs shipping near 1,000.000 tons of needed resources to Home. They were escorted in their transit by 2 Escorts, 1 Torpedo-boat, 1 patrol boat, 5 subchassers and 23 patrol gunboats.
To the final transit to Shimonoseki 02 air groups will cooperate with ASW assets to avoid enemy aubmarine attacks:
- 65th Sentai (based at Saisho To island) with 21 Ki-30 with high ASW skill pilots (>60)
- Sasebo Ku T-1 (IJNAF) (based at Sasebo Naval Station) with 6 E13A1 with high ASW skill pilots (>60).
DESDIV34 have been reallocate to 5th Fleet, and destroyers will arrive at Ominato Naval Base in two days. They will be very needed there due enemy high submarine activities with nor less than 4 boats in the Kushiro-Sendai route.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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FROM: VADM CHUICHI NAGUMO. 1ST AIR FLEET CINC. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. CARDIV1. SOUTH SEAS.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: SECRET ORDER #3 -COMBFLEET-.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
1. GENERAL SITUATION OF THE ENEMY
Because of develpments during the First Phase Operations, the enemy´s outpost which he had relied on to be his first line of defense, collapsed one after another until he began to feel direct threats even to such areas as Australia, India, Caledonian archipielago. The enemy was exerting every pressure to stem this tide by stepping up his submarine strength in the waters controlled by us and by increasing his air strengh in the Australia area. He employed these to carry on guerrilla type tactics. Task Forces thursts were also made in the Western and Southwestern Pacific.
These seemed to indicate that the enemy was planning on more positive actions than heretofore.
Subsequent to the beating he received in the Santa Cruz Island battle with the sinking of USS HORNET, the enemy was temporarily subdued, but by the middle of May -by the time the Fleet was about to sortie from Singapore- the enemy again began to show considerable life in all areas, parciularly in the Southern Seas (Santa Cruz) and Australia area.
2. SITUATION IN THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Ndeni acts as a sentry for New Caledonian / Spiritu Santo Islands. The enemey was expediting the reinforcing of its defensive installations, its air base facilities and othern military installations as well as the personnel.
Estimate of existing conditions there were as follows:
- Air Strength:
Fighters 3 Squadrons (P-39D, P-40E and P-40B)
Army Bombers Unknown but our sub recon over Spiritu Santo/Efate reported about 50
Recco.Flying Boats Same as Army bombers with sub recon reporting about 60
The above estimated strenght could be doubled in an emergency, intel reported.
b. Enemy can not maintained any CAP over Ndeni for days after his fighters squadrons could be under attrition by 25th AirFlotilla assets from Munda.
c. Some surface vessels patrolled the area and some submarines were active to the North (Salomons and Bismarcks, with not less than 8 boats)
d. Of the enemy´s carrier, HORNET was sunk in the Santa Cruz when the enemy landed at Ndeni-Vanikoro group island. Could get no reliable information as to the whereabouts of USS WASP. No carrier activities from the sinking of USS HORNET to now.
e. About 4 - 5 fleet carriers must be active with CINCPAC. USS LEXINGTON was torpedoed two months ago and could be ready for service. She has not be sighted at any theatre. However, the enemy probably will not fight for a island into our LBA range.
f. Shore Defense Installations on Ndeni:
- A USMC Defense Battalion (2nd).
- A USAAF Base Force (137th)
- A Engineer Battallion (from USMC ?)
- A Coastal AA Regiment (30th)
Marines had also been landed and all in all, the island was very strongly defended (about 9.000 high quality ground forces).
3. MOBILE FORCE COMMANDER´S ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
a. Althoug the enemy lacks the will to fight, it is likely that he will counter attack if we will try to launch a amphibious operations against them at Ndeni.
b. The enemy conducts air reconnaissance mainly to Tulagi-Lunga Point.
c. The enemy´s patrol radius is about 500 miles.
d. The enemy is not aware of our plans (We were not discovered until today, June 4th, after our strikes push the enemy). No enemy submarine or recon naval search plane spotted us in our large transit from Singapore to Truk and in the sortie from Truk (under patrol from several USN boats)to our operational area.
e. It is not believed that the enemy has any powerful unit, with carrier as its nucleus, in the vicinity.
f. After attacking Ndeni by air and destroying the enemy´s shore based air strenght to facilitate our naval operations in the area, we would still be able to destroye any enemy task force which may choose to counter attack.
g. The enemy´s attempt to counterattack with use of shore based aircraft could be neutralizer by our cover fighters and AA fire.
FLEET ORGANIZATION AND COMPOSITION (inmediately prior to motivation of the operation)
a. Organization of the Attack Units
CARDIV1 around HIJMS KAGA, HIJMS AKAGI
CARDIV2 around HIJMS HIRYU, HIJMS SORYU
CARDIV3 around HIJMS SHOHO, HIJMS ZUIHO, HIJMS HOSHO
CARDIV5 around HIJMS SHOKAKU, HIJMS ZUIKAKU
BATRON1 around 4 Battleships, 4 Heavy Cruisers
CRUDIV6 around 4 Heavy Cruiser like Pickett surface force.
DESFlotilla 1 like main escort force.
SUBRON1 with more than 15 submarines around Santa Cruz - Espiritu Santo islands.
HIGH COMMAND´S OPERATION ORDERS
- Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #3 Second Phase Operation Order.
- Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #4 Co-ordination of Movements of Various Forces involved in the SO (Sout Seas) and AL (Aleutians) Operations.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPERATION
Upon their return to Singapore at early May after the raid over western Australian bases, the ships immediately underwent repair and maintenance operations.
From the early May, carrier planes engaged in training at Singapore, take reemplacement aircrafts and receive new Reserve pilots from trained unit at Home.
Float plane training was conducted at Georgetown (Pennang Naval submarine Base -SUBRON3).
Although the flight training program was conducted without any major incident, since there had been a considerable turn-over in personnel, practically no one got beyond the point of based training. Inexperienced fliers barely got to the point where they could make daytime landings on carriers. It was found that even some of the seasoned fliers had lost some of their skill. No opportunity was available to carry out joint training. The likehoood of obtaining any satisfactory results from night attacks, therefore, was practically nil.
DIRECTION OF OPERATION BY THE COMMANDER AND HIS MOVEMENTS.
CarDiv 1 departed from Singapore 0600 May 14th. Maintaining strict anti-sub screen and a rigid radio silence, the force headed for Truk steaming at cruise and heading south-southwest to be refuelled at Balikpapan until reach Celebes and Eastern New Guinea. CarDiv 2 follow them May 15th, and CarDiv 5 departed from Singapore at May 16th with CarDiv3 coordinating his departure with Great SRA Convoy (2nd) to Home. Battleships steamed with CarDiv1 and CarDiv2 in their transit to Truk.
All forces were assembled at Truk (4th Fleet district) at May 27th, 1942. HIJMS HIRYU needed some repairs and she was put under urgent repairs with AR tender in the Base. HIJMS SORYU take several reemplacement B5N2 lost in the Perth raid could not be taken at Singapore.
CombFleet departed from Truk, at JUNE 1ST, 1942 like planned, with CarDiv1 leadering all forces, and my flag on HIJMS AKAGI. We steamed under heavy ASW meassures to avoid contact with enemy boats, reported in great numbers in the Salomons.
DAY X (AIR STRIKE DAY 1)
Vanikoro Striking Group take off from CARDIV5 carriers with 50 A6M2 escorting 60 B5N2 and 66 D3A1. 11 enemy P-40B were met on CAP. 3 A6M2 and 1 P-40B were downed in the dogfight. 11 casualties, 2 airbase, 7 airbase supply and 20 runway hits were reported in the first strike.
CARDIV3 Striking Group take off from our carriers with 12 D3A1 and 12 B5N2 to attack two enemy destroyers spotted south Vanikoro. They were on ASW duties and were surprised by our strike. 2 bombs were reported on USS WHIPPLE. She was sighted on heavy fires.
(2nd) Striking Group take off one hour later to strike aships off Vanikoro. 2 P-40B were met on CAP by our aircrafts (22 B5N2 escorted by 23 A6M2). 1 P-40B and 1 A6M2 were donwed. Our aircrafts reported:
- AP GEORGE F. ELLIOT, 1 torpedo hit. (2 vehicles lost) (enemy ship was landing motor forces)
- AVD BALLARD, 2 torpedo hits, SUNK.
(3rd) Striking Group with 10 B5N2 escorted by 26 A6M2 attacked xAKL Kailua (landing supplies at Ndeni). 3 torpedo hits were reported and the ship sunk under heavy blows. 1 B5N2 was lost by Flak.
CARDIV1 Strike Group with 22 D3A1 escorted by 41 a6M2 take off to strike naval forces south. One USN destroyed (identified like DD CUMMINGS) were reported hit two times by our bombs.
AKAGI naval attack group take off to strike two enemy warships near Santa Maria (Espiritu Santo Islands). Two dutch destroyer were identified (PIET HEIN - BANCKET), but both of them get to avoid hits from our bombers.
SORYU naval Atack Group (21 B5N2 escorted by 12 A6M2) take off to strike shippings off Vanikoro. A large AP (FULLER) was torpedoed (2 times) and sunk.
One PB5Y was downed by our CAP (HIJMS ZUIHO fighter).
Tomorrow we will be ready for any enemy counterstrike from LBA or Carrier based aircrafts.
Long Live to the Emperor !!
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TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: SECRET ORDER #3 -COMBFLEET-.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
1. GENERAL SITUATION OF THE ENEMY
Because of develpments during the First Phase Operations, the enemy´s outpost which he had relied on to be his first line of defense, collapsed one after another until he began to feel direct threats even to such areas as Australia, India, Caledonian archipielago. The enemy was exerting every pressure to stem this tide by stepping up his submarine strength in the waters controlled by us and by increasing his air strengh in the Australia area. He employed these to carry on guerrilla type tactics. Task Forces thursts were also made in the Western and Southwestern Pacific.
These seemed to indicate that the enemy was planning on more positive actions than heretofore.
Subsequent to the beating he received in the Santa Cruz Island battle with the sinking of USS HORNET, the enemy was temporarily subdued, but by the middle of May -by the time the Fleet was about to sortie from Singapore- the enemy again began to show considerable life in all areas, parciularly in the Southern Seas (Santa Cruz) and Australia area.
2. SITUATION IN THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Ndeni acts as a sentry for New Caledonian / Spiritu Santo Islands. The enemey was expediting the reinforcing of its defensive installations, its air base facilities and othern military installations as well as the personnel.
Estimate of existing conditions there were as follows:
- Air Strength:
Fighters 3 Squadrons (P-39D, P-40E and P-40B)
Army Bombers Unknown but our sub recon over Spiritu Santo/Efate reported about 50
Recco.Flying Boats Same as Army bombers with sub recon reporting about 60
The above estimated strenght could be doubled in an emergency, intel reported.
b. Enemy can not maintained any CAP over Ndeni for days after his fighters squadrons could be under attrition by 25th AirFlotilla assets from Munda.
c. Some surface vessels patrolled the area and some submarines were active to the North (Salomons and Bismarcks, with not less than 8 boats)
d. Of the enemy´s carrier, HORNET was sunk in the Santa Cruz when the enemy landed at Ndeni-Vanikoro group island. Could get no reliable information as to the whereabouts of USS WASP. No carrier activities from the sinking of USS HORNET to now.
e. About 4 - 5 fleet carriers must be active with CINCPAC. USS LEXINGTON was torpedoed two months ago and could be ready for service. She has not be sighted at any theatre. However, the enemy probably will not fight for a island into our LBA range.
f. Shore Defense Installations on Ndeni:
- A USMC Defense Battalion (2nd).
- A USAAF Base Force (137th)
- A Engineer Battallion (from USMC ?)
- A Coastal AA Regiment (30th)
Marines had also been landed and all in all, the island was very strongly defended (about 9.000 high quality ground forces).
3. MOBILE FORCE COMMANDER´S ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
a. Althoug the enemy lacks the will to fight, it is likely that he will counter attack if we will try to launch a amphibious operations against them at Ndeni.
b. The enemy conducts air reconnaissance mainly to Tulagi-Lunga Point.
c. The enemy´s patrol radius is about 500 miles.
d. The enemy is not aware of our plans (We were not discovered until today, June 4th, after our strikes push the enemy). No enemy submarine or recon naval search plane spotted us in our large transit from Singapore to Truk and in the sortie from Truk (under patrol from several USN boats)to our operational area.
e. It is not believed that the enemy has any powerful unit, with carrier as its nucleus, in the vicinity.
f. After attacking Ndeni by air and destroying the enemy´s shore based air strenght to facilitate our naval operations in the area, we would still be able to destroye any enemy task force which may choose to counter attack.
g. The enemy´s attempt to counterattack with use of shore based aircraft could be neutralizer by our cover fighters and AA fire.
FLEET ORGANIZATION AND COMPOSITION (inmediately prior to motivation of the operation)
a. Organization of the Attack Units
CARDIV1 around HIJMS KAGA, HIJMS AKAGI
CARDIV2 around HIJMS HIRYU, HIJMS SORYU
CARDIV3 around HIJMS SHOHO, HIJMS ZUIHO, HIJMS HOSHO
CARDIV5 around HIJMS SHOKAKU, HIJMS ZUIKAKU
BATRON1 around 4 Battleships, 4 Heavy Cruisers
CRUDIV6 around 4 Heavy Cruiser like Pickett surface force.
DESFlotilla 1 like main escort force.
SUBRON1 with more than 15 submarines around Santa Cruz - Espiritu Santo islands.
HIGH COMMAND´S OPERATION ORDERS
- Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #3 Second Phase Operation Order.
- Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #4 Co-ordination of Movements of Various Forces involved in the SO (Sout Seas) and AL (Aleutians) Operations.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPERATION
Upon their return to Singapore at early May after the raid over western Australian bases, the ships immediately underwent repair and maintenance operations.
From the early May, carrier planes engaged in training at Singapore, take reemplacement aircrafts and receive new Reserve pilots from trained unit at Home.
Float plane training was conducted at Georgetown (Pennang Naval submarine Base -SUBRON3).
Although the flight training program was conducted without any major incident, since there had been a considerable turn-over in personnel, practically no one got beyond the point of based training. Inexperienced fliers barely got to the point where they could make daytime landings on carriers. It was found that even some of the seasoned fliers had lost some of their skill. No opportunity was available to carry out joint training. The likehoood of obtaining any satisfactory results from night attacks, therefore, was practically nil.
DIRECTION OF OPERATION BY THE COMMANDER AND HIS MOVEMENTS.
CarDiv 1 departed from Singapore 0600 May 14th. Maintaining strict anti-sub screen and a rigid radio silence, the force headed for Truk steaming at cruise and heading south-southwest to be refuelled at Balikpapan until reach Celebes and Eastern New Guinea. CarDiv 2 follow them May 15th, and CarDiv 5 departed from Singapore at May 16th with CarDiv3 coordinating his departure with Great SRA Convoy (2nd) to Home. Battleships steamed with CarDiv1 and CarDiv2 in their transit to Truk.
All forces were assembled at Truk (4th Fleet district) at May 27th, 1942. HIJMS HIRYU needed some repairs and she was put under urgent repairs with AR tender in the Base. HIJMS SORYU take several reemplacement B5N2 lost in the Perth raid could not be taken at Singapore.
CombFleet departed from Truk, at JUNE 1ST, 1942 like planned, with CarDiv1 leadering all forces, and my flag on HIJMS AKAGI. We steamed under heavy ASW meassures to avoid contact with enemy boats, reported in great numbers in the Salomons.
DAY X (AIR STRIKE DAY 1)
Vanikoro Striking Group take off from CARDIV5 carriers with 50 A6M2 escorting 60 B5N2 and 66 D3A1. 11 enemy P-40B were met on CAP. 3 A6M2 and 1 P-40B were downed in the dogfight. 11 casualties, 2 airbase, 7 airbase supply and 20 runway hits were reported in the first strike.
CARDIV3 Striking Group take off from our carriers with 12 D3A1 and 12 B5N2 to attack two enemy destroyers spotted south Vanikoro. They were on ASW duties and were surprised by our strike. 2 bombs were reported on USS WHIPPLE. She was sighted on heavy fires.
(2nd) Striking Group take off one hour later to strike aships off Vanikoro. 2 P-40B were met on CAP by our aircrafts (22 B5N2 escorted by 23 A6M2). 1 P-40B and 1 A6M2 were donwed. Our aircrafts reported:
- AP GEORGE F. ELLIOT, 1 torpedo hit. (2 vehicles lost) (enemy ship was landing motor forces)
- AVD BALLARD, 2 torpedo hits, SUNK.
(3rd) Striking Group with 10 B5N2 escorted by 26 A6M2 attacked xAKL Kailua (landing supplies at Ndeni). 3 torpedo hits were reported and the ship sunk under heavy blows. 1 B5N2 was lost by Flak.
CARDIV1 Strike Group with 22 D3A1 escorted by 41 a6M2 take off to strike naval forces south. One USN destroyed (identified like DD CUMMINGS) were reported hit two times by our bombs.
AKAGI naval attack group take off to strike two enemy warships near Santa Maria (Espiritu Santo Islands). Two dutch destroyer were identified (PIET HEIN - BANCKET), but both of them get to avoid hits from our bombers.
SORYU naval Atack Group (21 B5N2 escorted by 12 A6M2) take off to strike shippings off Vanikoro. A large AP (FULLER) was torpedoed (2 times) and sunk.
One PB5Y was downed by our CAP (HIJMS ZUIHO fighter).
Tomorrow we will be ready for any enemy counterstrike from LBA or Carrier based aircrafts.
Long Live to the Emperor !!
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DD CUMMINGS STRUCK BY AKAGI STRIKING GROUP BOMBS.
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FROM: CDR. K. OTANI. SS I-18 C.O. SOUTH SEAS.
TO: CAP. Y. IMIAZUMI, SUBDIV 2, SUBRON 1 , TRUK.
SUBJECT: ENEMY MINESWEEPER SUNK.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
Two minesweepers were spotted at periscope depth near Santa Maria Island, into our war patrol area. Three torpedoes were launched and AM MATAI was blow in thousand piece. No enemy survivors. Another minesweeper unsuccesfully try to chase us.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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TO: CAP. Y. IMIAZUMI, SUBDIV 2, SUBRON 1 , TRUK.
SUBJECT: ENEMY MINESWEEPER SUNK.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
Two minesweepers were spotted at periscope depth near Santa Maria Island, into our war patrol area. Three torpedoes were launched and AM MATAI was blow in thousand piece. No enemy survivors. Another minesweeper unsuccesfully try to chase us.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET. CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: NDENI AIR RAIDS -LBA-
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
Coordinated with the strike of CombFleet over enemy targets at Santa Cruz Islands, our assets launched several agressive raids over Ndeni to supress this Airfield, like bellow:
- 25 A6M2 swept Ndeni without enenmy fighters on CAP reported.
- 15 A6M2 swept Ndeni with no enemy fighters reported on CAP.
- 44 A6M2 escorted 72 G4M1 to strike Ndeni airfield reportgin 3 airbase, 2 airbase supply and 32 runway hits.
- 19 unescorted G4M1 reported another airbase hit and 16 runway hits.
- 6 A6M2 swept Ndeni
Our forces will press on to smash enemy in their nest !
Long Live to the Emperor !
END//
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET. CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: NDENI AIR RAIDS -LBA-
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
Coordinated with the strike of CombFleet over enemy targets at Santa Cruz Islands, our assets launched several agressive raids over Ndeni to supress this Airfield, like bellow:
- 25 A6M2 swept Ndeni without enenmy fighters on CAP reported.
- 15 A6M2 swept Ndeni with no enemy fighters reported on CAP.
- 44 A6M2 escorted 72 G4M1 to strike Ndeni airfield reportgin 3 airbase, 2 airbase supply and 32 runway hits.
- 19 unescorted G4M1 reported another airbase hit and 16 runway hits.
- 6 A6M2 swept Ndeni
Our forces will press on to smash enemy in their nest !
Long Live to the Emperor !
END//
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FROM: LTGEN. H. OBATA, 5TH AIR DIVISION CINC. SAIPAN.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: PORTLAND ROADS AIR STRIKE.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
34 Ki-43Ic escorted 12 Ki-48IIA to strike Portland Roads runway. Enemy have seized up an airbase there. Seems like enemy want to be ready to support any counterstrike at New Guinea. This will must be cuff off at once with our strikes against this jumping point.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: PORTLAND ROADS AIR STRIKE.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
34 Ki-43Ic escorted 12 Ki-48IIA to strike Portland Roads runway. Enemy have seized up an airbase there. Seems like enemy want to be ready to support any counterstrike at New Guinea. This will must be cuff off at once with our strikes against this jumping point.
Long Live to the Emperor !
END//
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FROM: RADM . R. TOSA, 23RD AIR FLOTILLA CINC. KOEPANG. TIMOR
TO: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
SUBJECT: AIR SUPRESSION STRIKES OVER DARWIN.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
AIR STRIKES TO SUPRESS ENEMY FORCES AT NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN, LIKE BELLOW:
- 74 IJN level bombers escorted by 25 Type 0 Fighters reported 93 casualties on 19th Aussie Bn.
- 17 G4M1 level bombers reported 49 casualties form Emery Point Fortress.
Air Recon spotted an enemy submarine at anchor off Port Darwin. This must be a signal that enemy is trying to take Darwin like an advance submarine base. This will be heavily punished, and Darwin population will know the wrath of the Empire.
Long Live to the Emperor !
END//
TO: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
SUBJECT: AIR SUPRESSION STRIKES OVER DARWIN.
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
AIR STRIKES TO SUPRESS ENEMY FORCES AT NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN, LIKE BELLOW:
- 74 IJN level bombers escorted by 25 Type 0 Fighters reported 93 casualties on 19th Aussie Bn.
- 17 G4M1 level bombers reported 49 casualties form Emery Point Fortress.
Air Recon spotted an enemy submarine at anchor off Port Darwin. This must be a signal that enemy is trying to take Darwin like an advance submarine base. This will be heavily punished, and Darwin population will know the wrath of the Empire.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)
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 4TH, 1942
Our ground offensive will start at south tomorrow with a light delay in the North. Our air forces launched several strikes against enemy forces in the Sian front, like bellow:
- 119 IJA level bombers heavily escorted by 40 Ki-43Ic reported 53 enemy casualties from 93rd Corps.
- 9 Ki-49Ia escorted by 6 Ki-43Ic bombed 80th Chinese corps.
- 11 Ki-48Ib bombed 38th Chinese Corps.
At Liüchow front, our light bombers strike 49th Chinese Division and tomorrow our armoured forces will cross the river to smash enemy northern Liuchow forces, then Liüchow will be under siege and with their comm links cut off by our tanks in the north and east from XIII Army.
At Central China, XXIII Army will be ready for offensive operations in two weeks.
Long Live to the Emperor !!
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TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: CHINA WAR REPORT
DATE: JUNE 4TH, 1942
Our ground offensive will start at south tomorrow with a light delay in the North. Our air forces launched several strikes against enemy forces in the Sian front, like bellow:
- 119 IJA level bombers heavily escorted by 40 Ki-43Ic reported 53 enemy casualties from 93rd Corps.
- 9 Ki-49Ia escorted by 6 Ki-43Ic bombed 80th Chinese corps.
- 11 Ki-48Ib bombed 38th Chinese Corps.
At Liüchow front, our light bombers strike 49th Chinese Division and tomorrow our armoured forces will cross the river to smash enemy northern Liuchow forces, then Liüchow will be under siege and with their comm links cut off by our tanks in the north and east from XIII Army.
At Central China, XXIII Army will be ready for offensive operations in two weeks.
Long Live to the Emperor !!
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)
My dear friend, it still very much is a pleasure to witness the finely tuned and orchestrated planning and performing of your successfull strikes against the evil Allies for the honour, fame and glory of our beloved and great Empire under the grand and magnificient rule of His Godlike High Imperial Highness!
[&o]
And if I may also pose a curious question...... [:)]
I see that you organize the convoy system very detailled and intensively, by using a lot of different ports in the Home Islands. Well, I'm just in Feb.42 of my very first campaign game at all, so I'm quite a "greenhorn"......
But on the HI, I only use Shimonoseki, Niigata, Ominato, Hakodate, Sapporo and Shikuka (later also Maizuru together with Fusan, when the latter will be built up to maximum and draws resources, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo are reserved for outgoing convoys to Truk/Babeldaob area only) with -in my opinion- good results. I feel that the AI shuffles around all the stuff very good in and between Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. I see no waste there, and I think it's easier to seal of a limited amount of ports and port entries/exits against the ever present submarine pest with a -in this case- more concentrated naval and air driven ASW effort per location.
How would you describe your experience with all that?
And thank you very much!
BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI!!!!!! LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR!!!!
[&o]
And if I may also pose a curious question...... [:)]
I see that you organize the convoy system very detailled and intensively, by using a lot of different ports in the Home Islands. Well, I'm just in Feb.42 of my very first campaign game at all, so I'm quite a "greenhorn"......
But on the HI, I only use Shimonoseki, Niigata, Ominato, Hakodate, Sapporo and Shikuka (later also Maizuru together with Fusan, when the latter will be built up to maximum and draws resources, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo are reserved for outgoing convoys to Truk/Babeldaob area only) with -in my opinion- good results. I feel that the AI shuffles around all the stuff very good in and between Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. I see no waste there, and I think it's easier to seal of a limited amount of ports and port entries/exits against the ever present submarine pest with a -in this case- more concentrated naval and air driven ASW effort per location.
How would you describe your experience with all that?
And thank you very much!
BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI!!!!!! LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR!!!!
"Santa Maya must be liberated by any means necessary. Even diplomacy if it should come to it."
British PM Sir Mortimer Chris in "Whoops Apocalypse"
British PM Sir Mortimer Chris in "Whoops Apocalypse"
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How would you describe your experience with all that?
Saburu Kurusu, Dear Friend !
I should request your apologise from my poor english, I will try to describe my experience with convoys to Metropolitan ports and ASW meassures as well.
- I took Mike Solli convoy system like the main reference. Many advantages can be observed in this. Many convoys transit only one hex from coastal (at Kyushu - Hokkaido - Shikoku) to a Honshu port. If both hexes are well cover with defensive mines and light ASW forces this is a insurance for your incomes.
- I select tankers to ship available fuel at Korea to Home at first stage of war. Now the large tankers have been reallocated at S.R.A. to be part of the "Great SRA Convoys"
- The Great SRA Convoy is a own idea with many "long leg" sealift assets based at Singapore with oceanic ASW escort available (in these I usually select one or two CVE / CS and 4 Fubuki II-III ASW DDs)
- About ASW assets deployement, I usually take several Daitai/Chutai at Home for ASW training in the first stage to fullfill my REserve Pool with as many ASW high skill pilots as possible. When available Daitais/Chutais are deployed in the convoy routes between Yellow Sea/Metropoli, Hokkaido-Honshu and between South China Sea and Kyushu. My ASW Hunter Killer groups are leadered by CS or CVE with ASW FP or B5N1/2 with high ASW skill pilots. My coastal ASW groups are leadered by Fubuki IIs DD with 2-3 CHA Type Subchassers. Great convoys take coastal route to reach metropoli with several Chutais patrolling from nearby airstrips in his transit. This convoys are usually very good escorted with many PBs (long leg), several high ASW skill commanded destroyers and one or two Hunter Killer groups with one CVE or CS.
- To gather the Great Convoy assets, I need a month to ship all resources/fuel/oil in the SRA Ports (Soerabaja-Medan-Palembang-Brunei-Batavia-Boela-Makassar-Tarakan-Balikpapan-Davao-etc..). All ships are gathered at Singapore to be convoyed to Metropolitan port (Shimonoseki I selected).
I don´t know if these can help you, but any question will be wellcomed, and excuse me for my english, I ever think is not enough well.
Best of wishes, and best of lucks in your game !!
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)
FROM: LTCDR T. KINASHI. I-162 C.O. SUBDIV 29, CEYLAN WATERS.
TO: CAPT T.TAMAKI. SUBDIV 29 CINC. SUBRON 5. PENNANG SUBMARINE BASE -GEORGETOWN-
SUBJECT: ENEMY CARGO SHIP SUNK
DATE: JUNE 5TH, 1942
Large cargo ship was spotted at surface near Koggala. She was engaged and torpedoed sinking quickly after two torpedo hits hers. Survivors reported she was XAK CLAN MACGILLIYRAY, a british freighter in her returning leg from Indian eastern coast.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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TO: CAPT T.TAMAKI. SUBDIV 29 CINC. SUBRON 5. PENNANG SUBMARINE BASE -GEORGETOWN-
SUBJECT: ENEMY CARGO SHIP SUNK
DATE: JUNE 5TH, 1942
Large cargo ship was spotted at surface near Koggala. She was engaged and torpedoed sinking quickly after two torpedo hits hers. Survivors reported she was XAK CLAN MACGILLIYRAY, a british freighter in her returning leg from Indian eastern coast.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)
FROM: RADM. RENZO TANAKA, MOBILE FORCE CINC. COMBFLEET. ABOARD HIJMS NAGATO.
TO: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO, KIDO BUTAI CINC. COMBFLEET. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI.
SUBJECT: NDENI UNDER HEAVY NAVAL GUNFIRE.
DATE: JUNE 5TH, 1942
Today, at early morning our Battlewaggons have strike with heavy gunfire enemy facilities and ground forces at Ndeni (Santa Cruz Islands) following strictely our timeline. Our FPs observers reported 1 PB5Y and 1 P39D destroyed on ground. 631 enemy casualties were reported too from enemy forces, 5 guns were destroyed and 5 vehicles destroyed too. 2 airbase, 1 airbase supply, 66 runway hits, 10 port and 4 port supply hits.
Enemy have been completely out of combat there, and their works have been demolished.
At morning, 6 B17E heavy bombers were spotted by our CAP (25 A6M2 over us from HIJMS AKAGI, HIJMS SHOHO and HIJMS ZUIHO). 1 B-17 was downed with the lost of 1 A6M2. Several bombs were dropped over HIJMS NAGATO, but no hits or near misses reported. We will disegage enemy tomorrow at early, like planned.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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TO: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO, KIDO BUTAI CINC. COMBFLEET. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI.
SUBJECT: NDENI UNDER HEAVY NAVAL GUNFIRE.
DATE: JUNE 5TH, 1942
Today, at early morning our Battlewaggons have strike with heavy gunfire enemy facilities and ground forces at Ndeni (Santa Cruz Islands) following strictely our timeline. Our FPs observers reported 1 PB5Y and 1 P39D destroyed on ground. 631 enemy casualties were reported too from enemy forces, 5 guns were destroyed and 5 vehicles destroyed too. 2 airbase, 1 airbase supply, 66 runway hits, 10 port and 4 port supply hits.
Enemy have been completely out of combat there, and their works have been demolished.
At morning, 6 B17E heavy bombers were spotted by our CAP (25 A6M2 over us from HIJMS AKAGI, HIJMS SHOHO and HIJMS ZUIHO). 1 B-17 was downed with the lost of 1 A6M2. Several bombs were dropped over HIJMS NAGATO, but no hits or near misses reported. We will disegage enemy tomorrow at early, like planned.
Long Live to the Emperor !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)
Congratulations for your raid !!! Another blow for the allied morale, as Tokio Rose use to say....[:D]