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

[traskott]

42 Dauntless !!!! Those are two USN carriers at least....

[Fletcher]

AIR STRIKE OVER ENEMY MINELAYER DESTROYERS
JUNE 7TH, 1942. SOUTH SEAS

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: traskott

42 Dauntless !!!! Those are two USN carriers at least....

For sure, Traskott... With 10 F4F4 over transports, another 13 F4F escorting striking group, Jonathan must to have a CAP over their carrier/s. With 18 SBD like air complement of USN dive bombers Squadrons on a fleet carrier like standard is another piece of information about it.

He will must to withdraw or face to CombFleet.. !!

Best to you
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: AIR STRIKES OVER SANTA CRUZ
DATE. JUNE 7TH, 1942

With CombFleet in the area, our air strikes over Ndeni have been taken without enemy opposition. Enemy airfields at Vanikoro and Ndeni were severely mauled by big guns of Mobile Force and our aircrafts will smash any repaired facility over this island. Enemy have lost time thinking that we let him to build runways with total impunity. They must not know the Bushido Code.

Today, our air waves like bellow:

- 39 A6M2 swept Ndeni skies without enemy fighters reported on CAP.
- 19 A6M2 swept Ndeni
- 37 G4M1 escorted by 32 A6M2 strike Ndeni reporting 11 casualties from 30th Coastal AA Regiment.
- 6 A6M2 swept Ndeni

Enemy ground forces will be pounded by our level bombers in the following days.

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 6TH, 1942

109 IJA level bombers escorted by 51 Ki-43Ic and 6 twin engine Ki-45 KAI strike this morning Imphal airfield. Our fighters must to dogfight with enemy on CAP, a dozen of Mohawks IV over enemy base. 1 Mohawk was reported downed by our fighters. 1 airbase, 3 airbase supply and 17 runway hits were reported over enemy airfield.

38 British Level bombers were intercepted at day time over Mandalay. With only 4 Ki-44 available at CAP our fighters only reported 1 Blenheim and 1 Wellington downed. 13 casualties were reported from our ground units. 3 airbase and 3 runway hits on the facilities were reported too.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

SIT MAP REPORT
GILBERTS, June 7th, 1942

02 enemy troop transport sunk by submarine action.
01 H6K4 flying boat downed by enemy fighters

Tarawa airstrip mauled by enemy air strike from Carrier based DBs.

[Fletcher]

FROM: LTCDR S. NORTIA, I-122 C.O., SUBDIV 13. GILBERT WATERS
TO: CAPT T. MIYAZAKI, SUBDIV 13 CINC, SUBRON 6, 6TH FLEET. KWAJALEIN.
SUBJECT: ENEMY TROOP TRANSPORT SUNK
DATE: JUNE 8TH, 1942

XAP OAKBANK WAS ENGAGED AT SURFACE THIS EARLY MORNING OFF TABITEUEA ISLAND. 2 TORPEDO STRUCK HER AMIDSHIP SENDING HER TO BOTTOM. 27 GROUND CASUALTIES REPORTED.

OFFENSIVE RECON OVER TABITEUEA REPORTS NO ENEMY GROUND FORCES ON ISLAND.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET HQ. KURE.
SUBJECT: 11ST AIR FLEET REPORT
DATE: JUNE 8TH 1942

37 A6M2 swept Ndeni Is. skies without enemy fighters were reported on CAP.
7 G4M1 escorted by 32 A6M2 strike 30th Coastal AA regiment.
6 A6M2 swept Ndeni Is.
15 A6M2 swept Ndeni Is.

Air recon over Ndeni reported heavy damages on air and port facilities at Ndeni.

Enemy have bombed Horn Island airstrip with 6 Hudson III (LR).
12 enemy heavy bombers have bombed Milne Bay at 19,000 feet high. 2 runway hits were reported without damages in our facilities.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: RAIDS OVER SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS.
DATE: JUNE 9TH, 1942

We have been surprised when our first wave (sweep) reported enemy aircrafts were on CAP over Ndeni Island. 35 A6M2 sweeping Ndeni dogfighted with 4 P-40B on CAP under Heavy Rain. 1 P-40 was downed without own losses.
A second sweep with 4 a6M2 reported no enemy fighters were on CAP.
A third sweep with 20 A6M2 reported no enemy activities over Ndeni.
Our striking wave with 68 IJN Level bombers were escorted by 45 A6M2. Under bad weather (heavy rain) our pilots reported 11 enemy casualties, 1 airbase, 2 airbase supply and 73 runway hits.

In spite of heavy damages over enemy facilities, we will not forget to press on to avoid new enemy efforts to reinforce their forces in this area in our southern perimeter border.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC. CAMRANH BAY.
TO: ADM. ASUMI NAGANO. IJN GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SUB ACTIVITIES
DATE: JUNE 9TH, 1942

Yesterday, a enemy boat sunk a little tanker off Koepang at Timor. With more than 1.000 tons of fuel she was valuable to replenish our little forces docked at this southern S.R.A. port.

I am in a must to request more ASW assets to let us locally resuply missions like former.

Today an enemy Gato class boat torpedoed XAK TEISIN MARU off Nauru when loading resources. HOwever, ship was not sunk and she is docked at Nauru with heavy damages. Her sister will departure at once from Nauru to avoid contact with the enemy submarine.

A Ki-30 flying from Saicho To Island reported a hit over an allied boat in western Home waters.

Great Convoy (2nd) has arrived to Home Island (Shimonoseki) without news, several group of cargo ships after be unloaded at Home Port have departure to resource centers under ASW escort.

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: GILBERTS
DATE: JUNE 9TH, 1942


H6K4 flying boat recon flight from Tarawa reported enemy ground forces were landed at Tabiteuea Island. After three enemy troop transport were sunk by our submarines in the area, enemy have withdraw from the area. No enemy carriers or surface ships were spotted by our naval search assets at Marshalls.

I must to request supplies and forces to counterstrike if needed or through out enemy from the vecinity of our Mandate Islands.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION HQ. MANDALAY.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: BURMA AIR WAR
DATE: JUNE 9TH, 1942

In a low altitude testing raid our KI-45 KAIs have been show valuable. 6 Ki-45 KAIs have take off from Mandalay to strike Silchar airfield at 100 feet. Straffing enemy facilities several enemy aircrafts were damages on airstrip with 1 airbase, 1 airbase supply and 4 runway hits. A great success due the number of aircraft in this attack.

A raid with 82 IJA level bombers escorted by 33 Ki-43Ic have strike Imphal airfield reporting 1 Mohawk destroyed on ground, 10 casualties, 15 airbase, 1 airbase supply and 48 runway hits.

25 Ki-43Ic from 11st Daitai escorted 11 Ki-30 to fly an city attack mission over Chittagong.

A Ki-48IIa Daitai have been withdrew to rearguard airfield to be fullfilled with new aircrafts and take pilot reemplacements from General Reserve (Bombers) Pool.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

KI-45 KAIs flew a low altitude attack mission against Silchar AF.
June 9th, 1942

[Saburo Kurusu]

Dear Ramón,

sorry that I'm so late, but of course I would like to thank you again for your friendliness to share some of your valuable knowledge concerning the implementing of a working convoy system!

[&o]

And your English is absolutely not too bad, I and we all in here understand you very good, I believe!

[:)]

And not to forget at all:    BANZAI, BANZAI, BANZAI!!!!!!!!!

[Fletcher]

Dear friend Saburo Kurusu,

I am glad to hear that !.. You and any question about Convoy´s from you or whoever will be welcomed !
I will try to get some time to post more info about my merchant deployment and maritime traffic and ASW meassure to protect it against the fierce USN Silent Service.

Best of wishes !
Ramón

[Igel]

I keep on the air. I see you have the ally in the corner, waiting, waiting............ but at this time of game he should have given you some disappointment; and see that it is not yet.

You will have a window open to him ¿Is´n it ?.............. just to set a trap[8D]

Greetings

[Fletcher]

Igel,

[:D]of course, my friend, I am awaiting for a false pace from Jonathan to drop my push. We must to wait.. Jonathan´s PC is at drydock under repairs

Best wishes, and glad to see you here !!
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM.TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: NDENI
DATE: JUNE 10TH, 1942

Our air assets have take off from Vella Lavella and Munda AFs to strike enemy airfield at ndeni, like bellow:

- 29 A6M2 swept Ndeni dogfighting with 2 P-40B. No own or enemy losses were reported.
- 18 A6M2 swept Ndeni reporting no enemy fighters were on CAP.
- 15 A6M2 swept Ndeni reporting the same.
- 44 A6M2 escorted 44 IJN level bombers reporting 19 enemy casualties, 1 airbase, 1 airbase supply and 60 runway hits.
- 36 unescorted IJN Level bombers reported another 4 casualties, 1 airbase, 2 airbase supply and 46 runway hits.
- 06 A6M2 swept Ndeni.

C5M2 assets have been redeployed to Panggoe Island with new airstrip to training/rest duties.
Total 182 sorties from 25th Air Flotilla were flown over enemy island.

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: BURMA AIR WAR REPORT
DATE: JUNE 10TH, 1942

Strong air activity from our air assets and enemy over Burma / Indian border.

22 IJN Type-0 Naval Fighters take off from Akyab Naval airstrip to sweep Colmilla. Enemy was awaiting with 13 Hurricanes on CAP. 1 A6M2 was downed by enemy with 2 Hurricanes claimed by our pilots.
14 Ki-21 and 5 Ki-45 take off from Mandalay to strike Imphal but they were surprised by 10 P-40E on CAP. 1 Ki-45 and 4 Ki-21 were downed by the enemy.
24 Ki-43 and 16 Ki-30 unsuccesfully strike Chittagong city.
17 Ki-43Ic escorted 19 IJA level bombers over Silchar airfields. 6 enemy P-40 were flown a CAP mission over enemy base. 1 Ki-21 and 1 Ki-48 were downed with numerous P-40E downed (nor less than 6). 1 airbase hit, 1 airbase supply and 8 runway hits were claimed by our pilots.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN. H.OBATA, 5TH AIR DIVISION CINC. SAIPAN.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: SOUTHERN PERIMETER REPORT
DATE: JUNE 10TH, 1942

Our air assets at Port Moresby launched an air strike over Cooktown to fix enemy fighters at eastern australian coast.

35 Ki-43Ic escorted 21 Ki-48IIa to meet with numerous P-40E on CAP. 1 Ki-43 and several P-40E (nor less than 3) were downed by our fighters. Our bomber pilots reported 4 airbase and 7 runway hits.

For the other hand, the enemy have strike Port Moresby with his four engine monsters. 6 LB-30 and 6 B-17E were intercepted over Port Moresby by 25 Ki-43Ic on CAP (and catch training over PM). Enemy was flown over us at 17,000 feet. NO enemy aircraft were downed and no Ki-43Ic were destroyed with 2 or 3 enemy bombers damaged to their returning leg.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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