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Hello Fletch,
looks like you did it, Sian falls, Chunking is for sure main target its about 2000VPoints??.
How are looking the Project with Victory Points for now??

FROM: RADM TAMON YAMAGUCHI. ABOARD HIJMS HIRYU. CARDIV 2 CINC.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT:BRITISH CONVOY INTERCEPTED
DATE: AUGUST 17TH, 1942

TODAY, AT MORNING ONE F1M2 FLOATPLANE FROM A CARDIV 2 SCREENING HEAVY CRUISER HAVE SPOTTED ENEMY CONVOY WITH 5 UNESCORTED FREIGHTERS.

ONE WAVE ESCORTED BY 35 A6M2 WITH 20 B5N2 TORPEDO-ARMED AND 25 D3A1 DIVE BOMBERS HAVE TAKE OFF FROM HIJMS HIRYU-HIJMS SORYU TO STRIKE THEM, REPORTING:

- XAK EMPIRE GRENFELL, 3 BOMBS, 2 TORPEDO HITS. SUNK
- XAK KHANDALLA, 3 BOMBS, 1 TORPEDO HIT. SUNK
- XAK ELYSIA, 2 TORPEDO HITS, SUNK
- XAK CITY OF AGRA, 4 TORPEDO AND 2 BOMB HITS, SUNK
- XAK MASULA, 5 BOMB HITS, DEATH IN THE WATER.

OUR TASK FORCE WILL RETURN HOME INMEDIATELY AFTER SURPRISE HAVE BEEN LOST.

END //

ORIGINAL: Sly

Hello Fletch,
looks like you did it, Sian falls, Chunking is for sure main target its about 2000VPoints??.
How are looking the Project with Victory Points for now??

Hello Sly,

Remember tha massive ammount of VP that allied player will lost with the Chungking falls. For the other hands, chinese will be out of play, and massive transfer of troops would be done to Machukuo or Indian border to punish others Empire enemies.

I will not win by military, of course, I only can fight for a VP victory... that´s for sure

Best wishes
Ramón

ORIGINAL: traskott

oooh, the USS North Carolina... Looks like Cantona2 has got new toys to play !!!!

Traskott,

...and he will get more and more, dangerous toys. Wait a while and I will get others, spendable and easy to use (kamikaze Wind [:D])

Best wishes
Ramón

From: VADM Chuichi Nagumo, CarDiv 3 & 4 CINC. Santa Cruz Islands. ABOARD HIJMS JUNYO
TO: ADM ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, CombFleet Cin. Kure
SUBJECT: Strikes over enemy shipping lanes around Santa Cruz Islands.
Date: August 18th, 1942

After be spotted by enemy near Tabiteua meanwhile enemy carries launched strikes against our Tarawa airstrips, our carriers withdrew due surprise effect was lost.

At morning, our search float planes reported several ships around Vanikoro. In our first strike, 19 A6M2 escorted 7 D3A1 over Vanikoro. 3 P40 were catch on CAP. 2 A6M2 and 1 P40 were downed. with 2 bomb hits reported on enemy destroyer USS GRAYSON.

One hour later, general quarters sounds aboard all CARDIV4 ships when enemy flying fortress were spotted over the horizont. 5 B17E were intercepted by 39 A6M2. Our fighters reported 1 monster downed with another heavily damages and probably downed in the returning home leg. Enemy bombers dropped bombs over HIJMS HIYO, but no hits were reported.

Our second wave, after enemy air raid, with 15 D3A1 escorted by 19 A6M2 dogfighted with 2 P40E on CAP over Vanikoro. 1 enemy fighter was downed. 08 bomb hits were reported over enemy destroyer, sunk quickly.

Finally, at afternoon 4 A6M2 escorted 5 B5N2 to sent to bottom an enemy XAKL fleeing to east from Ndeni or Vanikoro. She was steaming as fast as possible and surprised when torpedoed and sunk.

11st AIR FLEET CINC have been alerted about possibility enemy carriers would be shadowing 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: NIGHT AIR STRIKE OVER COLOMBO.
DATE: AUGUST 19TH, 1942

Like Ordered, air assets from Port Blair have take off at night to strike Colombo port facilities before 1st Air Fleet would open operations against british.

20 G3M3 flying with half-moon light bombed Colombo port at 4,000 feet high drooping their bombs and reporting one hit on HEAVY CRUISER HMS CORNWALL. 2 G3M3 were downed by a very agressive Flak fire.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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FROM: RADM. TAMON YAMAGUCHI, ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. 1ST STRIKING FORCE
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: STRIKE OVER COLOMBO
DATE: AUGUST 19TH, 1942

COMBINED FLEET SECRET ORDER OF OPERATIONS NUMBER #5 - STRIKE OF ROYAL NAVY FACILITIES AT CEYLON.

1.- AFTER THE BASTARDLY AND SURPRISE ATTACKS OVER PALEMBANG BY ROYAL NAVY ASSETS THE LAST MONTH, COMBFLEET HEADQUARTERS SENT INSTRUCTIONS UNDER SECRET ORDER #5 FOR COMBINED FLEET ELEMENTS. INMEDIATELY ALL ASSETS WERE RE-DEPLOYED FROM SOUTH SEAS - READY FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST AMERICANS AT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND - AND CARDIV2 - CARDIV 5 - BATDIV 2 & BATDIV 3 ELEMENTS DEPARTURED FROM TRUK TO SINGAPORE. HIJMS AKAGI JOINED THEM FOUR DAYS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL TO SINGAPORE NAVAL STATION. SHE WAS STEAMING FROM HOME AFTER URGENT REPAIRS AND REFITS.

2.- AT SINGAPORE, INSTRUCTORS AND HIGH SKILL PILOTS WERE TAKEN LIKE REEMPLACEMENTS FOR THE AIR COMPLEMENT OF OUR CARRIERS. MY FLAG ON HIJMS AKAGI.

3.- SEVEN DAYS AGO THE FLEET DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE AFTER BE REPLENISHED. ALL ELEMENTS TAKE THE SOURTHERN WAY TO BATAVIA AND THEN TO INDIAN OCEAN.

4.- THREE DAYS AFTER OUR DEPARTURE FROM JAVA PORT, OUR FLOAT PLANES SEARCHING ENEMY TARGETS REPORTED AN ENEMY CARGO CONVOY, ALL ENEMY SHIPS (5) WERE SENT TO THE BOTTOM BUT THE SURPRISE WAS LOST. OUR OPTION WAS TO WITHDRAW, BUT ORDERS WERE VERY CLEAR: "YOU MUST TO ERRADICATE THE ROOTS OF SIN, ELIMINATE THE ENEMIES OF EMPEROR ATCEYLON, DESTROYING ALL ROYAL NAVY ASSETS"

5.- THIS MORNING, RADM RENZO TANAKA REPORTED ENEMY LIGHT SHIP SPOTTED. QUICKLY SUNK PROBABLY SHE SENT ALARM TO CEYLON. WE AWAIT HEAVY RESSISTANCE OVER CEYLON SKIES.

6.- LIKE PRE-PLANNED AT SINGAPORE, OUR FIGHTERS TAKE OFF TO SWEEP AT MORNING AND SMASH ENEMY CAP. IN OUR FIRST WAVE 11 A6M2 FLYING FROM CARDIV2 REPORTED 33 ENEMY FIGHTERS OVER COLOMBO NAVAL STATION. WE LOST 4 A6M2 WITH ONLY 1 SEA HURRICANE DESTROYED. THE SECOND WAVE WITH OUR MORE VETERAN PILOTS ON 19 A6M2 REPORTE ONLY 20 BRITISH FIGHTERS DESTOYING 3 OF THEM WITH ONLY 1 A6M2 DOWNED.

7.- STRIKING WAVE WITH 101 D3A1, 20 B5N2 ESCORTED BY 50 A6M2 MET WITH 19 ENEMY FIGHTERS, OF THEM DESTROYED BY OUR BRAVE PILOTS. WE LOST 3 A6M2 IN A2A AND 6 D3A1 BY A VIOLENT FLAK FIRE. HEAVY DAMAGES ON AIR FACILITIES: 9 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 62 RUNWAY HITS. OVER PORT, 1 BOMB WAS REPORTED ON HMS CORNWALL AND 2 HITS ON PORT. 1 ENEMY FIGHTER WAS DESTROYED ON GROUND BY OUR BOMBS.

8.- OUR SUBMARINES REPORTED THE SINK OF ONE ENEMY CARGO SHIP FLEEING FROM CEYLON, SHE WAS AROUND NORT MALE AT MALDIVE ISLANDS. OTHER SUBMARINE REPORTED TWO ENEMY BRITISH CARRIERS STEAMING FAST TO NORTH WEST 500 NM OF OUR POSITION.

THE ENEMY WILL LEARN A HEAVY LESSON.... IF THE EMPIRE IS DAMNED BY ONE ENEMY BOMB, WE WILL STRIKE BACK WITH THOUNSANDS. GENERAL CHASE ORDERER TO DESTROY ENEMY CARRIERS !!! WE ARE STEAMING FAST WITH BATDIV2 AND BATDIV3 LOOKING FOR A GENERAL MEETING WITH ROYAL EASTERN FLEET. I HOPE TOMORROW MORE NEWS WILL COME TO YOUR HEADQUARTERS WITH THE ANNOUNCE OF SINKING OF SEVERAL ENEMY HIGH VALUE TARGETS. WE WILL NOT BACK TO HOME UNTIL THE LAST BOMB WILL HAVE BE DROPPED OVER THE ENEMY !!

IF WE WILL NOT RETURN, WE WILL SEE YOU AT YASUKUNI. THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE HAS COME!

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!!

END//

I175 SUNK XAK NORD NEAR NORT MALE AT MALDIVE ISLANDS.
ANOTHER SUBMARINE REPORTS TWO ENEMY CARRIERS STEAMING FAST TO NORTHWEST. THE ENEMY IS FLEEING !!!

AUGUST 19TH, 1942

FROM: RADM TAMON YAMAGUCHI. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. 1ST AIR FLEET CINC.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: 2ND STRIKE OVER COLOMBO
DATE: AUGUST 20TH, 1942

WITH THE ENEMY FLEET FLEEING AT HIGH SPEED AND NO POSIBILITIES TO ENGAGE WE TAKE DECISION TO DESTROY ENEMY PORT FACILITIES. AT MORNING, FROM THE DECK OF OUR CARRIERS TOOK OF 35 B5N2, 105 D3A1 ESCORTED BY 69 A6M2 TO STRIKE ENEMY PORT FACILITIES AT COLOMBO NAVAL BASE. ON THE AIR OVER ENEMY BASE 22 ENEMY FIGHTERS (14 MOHAWK, 4 HURRICANE, 1 SEA HURRICANE AND 3 FAIREY FULMAR)ON CAP.

WE LOST 1 A6M2 ON A2A VS 1 SEA HURRICANE, 1 FULMAR, 1 HURRICANE AND 2 MOHAWKS ON THE AIR. THE ENEMY FLAK DOWNED 17 D3A1 AND 2 B5N2.

DAMAGES ON ENEMY SHIPS DOCKED AT COLOMBO, LIKE BELLOW:

- CA CORNWALL, 4 BOMB HITS.
- KV GENISTA, 2 BOMB HITS.
- SS TARPON, 2 BOMB HITS.
- XAK FINGAL, 2 BOMB HITS.
- TK BRITISH JUSTICE, 2 BOMB HITS.

5 PORT HITS AND 1 PORT SUPPLY HITS WERE REPORTED TOO.

FOR THE OTHER HAND UNESCORTED B5N2 (8) WERE INTERCEPTED BY 10 ENEMY FIGHTERS OVER ENEMY SHIPS ANCHORED OFF COLOMBO. 4 OF THEM WERE DOWNED. NO HITS WERE REPORTED AND THE REST OF OUR AIRCRAFTS RETURNED TO OUR DECKS.

FROM: LTGEN IIDA, XV ARMY CINC.
TO: GEN SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC
SUBJECT: KUMMING NORTHWESTERN APPROACHES BATTLE
DATE: AUGUST 20TH, 1942

WITH THE SUCCESS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN OFFENSIVES, IT WAS TIME FOR WESTERN CHINA. OUR XV ARMY ASSETS, WITH 48TH, 16TH AND GUARDS IMPERIAL ARMY DIVISIONS HAVE SMASHED TWO ENEMY CORPS IN THE MAIN ROAD TO KUMMING. WITH THE LOST OF 611 IJA MEN (3 SQUAD DESTROYED) WE CAN REPORT 3.411 ENEMY CASUALTIES (304 SQUADS DESTROYED). THE ENEMY SCATTERED FLEE TO KUMMING, WE HAVE START OUR MARCH OVER THIS CITY.

I HOPE TO ANNOUNCE THE FALL OF THIS CITY IN TWO WEEKS AND THE MARCH OF MY ARMY TO ASSEMBLE WITH XVI ARMY IN THE MAIN ROAD TO CHUNGKING IN ONE OR TWO MONTHS.

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

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ORIGINAL:  Fletcher..........AFTER THE BASTARDLY AND SURPRISE ATTACKS OVER PALEMBANG BY ROYAL NAVY ASSETS THE LAST MONTH, COMBFLEET HEADQUARTERS SENT INSTRUCTIONS UNDER SECRET ORDER #5 FOR COMBINED FLEET ELEMENTS...........
 
...........IF THE EMPIRE IS DAMNED BY ONE ENEMY BOMB, WE WILL STRIKE BACK WITH THOUNSANDS. GENERAL CHASE ORDERER.................
 
.............IF WE WILL NOT RETURN, WE WILL SEE YOU AT YASUKUNI. THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE HAS COME! ...........
 
...........THE ENEMY IS FLEEING !!! ..........

 
 
[:D][:D][:D][:D]
 
 
Well, you are giving increasingly fear to your enemies.......And you wonder if they are fleeing?
 
Brrrrrrr.............I feel chills ....... Hinomaru will fly at last throughout the Pacific and Asia forever [;)]
 
Greetings and well done....go on and soon you reach the glory of kiss the Emperor's feet [:(]
 
 



 

FROM: VADM. TAKASU, 1ST FLEET CINC. KURE
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET, CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: "WESTRALIA" AMC SUNK
DATE: AUGUST 21ST, 1942

Yesterday our 12nd Air Flotilla assets reported one enemy large ship was steaming at cruise 240 nm east of Sendai. Inmediatly orders were dispatched to DESRON1 at Yokohama, and 2 destroyers departured at once to intercept enemy ship.

Today, at morning, destroyers´s outpost locate enemy ship patrolling around Kushiro-Sendai convoy route, near Iwaki. Our destroyers launched a massive Long Lance torpedo attack and the enemy ship was quickly sunk after 5 torpedo hits and several gun shell hits .... Several survivors have been rescued to be interrogated at Yokohama Naval Station. They reported form HMACS WESTRALIA, a auxiliar merchant ship. They will be treated like pirates.

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you reach the glory of kiss the Emperor's feet

That´s really dirty ! I hope better glory for my efforts!

FROM: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO, CARDIV 3 CINC. ABOARD HIJMS JUNYO
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: HEAVY ENEMY BLOW AT PORT MORESBY
DATE: AUGUST 29TH, 1942

TP02 CONVOY, UNDER OUR INDIRECT COVER WAS SURPRISED AT NIGHT WHEN UNLOADING THEIR CARGO AT PORT MORESBY BY ENEMY HEAVY CRUISERS. DD KAMIKAZE AND AK YAMASIMO MARU WERE SUNK BY ENEMY CRUISERS. ONE HIT WAS REPORTED ON ONE NEWZEALANDER LIGHT CRUISER WITH 4 HITS ON USS PORTER AND 3 HITS ON HMAS STUART. TWO FREIGHTERS GOT UNDERWAY WITH 2 DAMAGED DESTROYERS.

ENEMY HAVE BLASTED AIRFIELD AT PORT MORESBY. OUR AMBUSH PLAN WAS A FIASCO AFTER ENEMY WITHDREW AT HIGH SPEED. FLOATPLANES HAVE NOT REPORT ANY ENEMY SPOTTED SHIP BEAMING CAIRNS-TOWNSIVILLE AREA AND NO ATTACKS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AGAINST ENEMY WARSHIPS.

16 AIRBASE HITS AND 49 RUNWAY HITS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY PORT MORESBY AIR NAVAL STATION.

END//

FROM: RADM. TAMON YAMAGUCHI, CINC 1ST AIR FLEET. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: BOMBAY AIR STRIKE - EASTERN FLEET ENGAGED
DATE: AUGUST 29TH, 1942

AFTER THREE DAYS TRYING TO AVOID ENEMY AIR SEARCH, OUR NAVAL FORCES HAVE ARRIVED TO "LUCK POINT" 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF BOMBAY. OUR FLOAT PLANES HAD TAKE OFF AT EARLY MORNING AND REPORTED SEVERAL ENEMY CAPITAL SHIPS STEAMING FAST TO WEST AT NEAR 300 NM OFF OUR POSITION. WITH 1ST WAVE READY TO LAUNCH STRIKE AGAINST PORT, ALL AVAILABLE TORPEDO BOMBERS WITH RESERVE DIVE BOMBERS TAKE OFF WITH ONLY 9 A6M2 TO STRIKE ENEMY FLEET.

1ST WAVE AGAINST BOMBAY:

16 A6M2 ESCORTING 38 B5N2 (BOMB-PAYLOAD) AND 29 D3A1.

10 ENEMY CARGO SHIPS DAMAGED (XAK MARIDAL -1 BOMB-, XAP DUNERA -2 BOMBS-, XAK WIN SANG -1 BOMB- XAK HAVILDAR -1 BOMB- XAK PASHA -2 BOMBS- XAK LANCHASHIRE -2 BOMBS- XAP POELAV -1 BOMB- XAK FLORECE LUCKENBACH -1 BOMB- , XAP DOUMER - 1BOBM-), ONE CORVETTE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGE AFTER ONE BOMB STRIKE HER AND 1 TANKER -SS BRITISH CONFIDENCE- WAS SEVERELY DAMAGE AFTER ANOTHER BOMB HIT.

2ND WAVE AGAINST EASTERN FLEET:

9 A6M2 WITH 23 B5N2 AND 24 D3A1. ALL B5N2 WITH TORPEDOES.

BB VALIANT WAS STRUCK BY 4 TORPEDOES AND 5 BOMBS, REPORTED SUNK.
CA DEVONSHIRE WAS STRUCK BY 2 BOMBS AND 2 TORPEDOES, REPORTED SUNK.
CA DORSETSHIRE, HIT BY 3 BOMBS.

3RD WAVE AGAINS EASTERN FLEET : (AFTERNOON)

17 A6M2 ESCORTING 45 B5N2 AND 27 D3A1 (LOOKING FOR BATTLESHIPS!)

CA DORSETSHIRE, 6 BOMBS AND 2 TORPEDO HITS, SUNK
DD FORTUNE, 1 TORPEDO HIT, SUNK

IN ANOTHER WAVES, OUR AIR NAVAL FORCES REPORTED THE SUNK OF SEVERAL MINELAYERS:

ML NO 189 SUNK BY ONE BOMB HIT
ML NO 191 SUNK BY TORPEDO
ML NO 204 SUNK BY BOMB HIT
ML NO 214 SUNK BY BOMB HIT.

OUR FORCES WILL PURSUE ENEMY FLEEING FORCES. THE ENEMY WILL NOT FORGET THAT EMPIRE´S BLACK GOLD AT PALEMBANG MUST NOT BE DISTURBED.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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SINKING OF HMS VALIANT,

AUGUST 29TH, 1942

SHIP LOST REPORTED
AUGUST 29TH, 1942

FROM: RADM. TAMON YAMAGUCHI. 1ST AIR FLEET CINC. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. NEAR BOMBAY
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBFLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: BOMBAY STORMED
DATE: AUGUST 30TH, 1942

WITH EASTERN FLEET FLEEING TO WEST LOOKING THE SECURITY OF ABADAN/ADEN OUR ASSETS HAVE PREFER TO BE REPLENISHED BY OILERS AND LAUNCH ANOTHER STRIKE OVER BOMBAY PORT. THE LATEST REPORT FROM OUR FLOAT PLANES TALKS ABOUT 24 ENEMY SHIPS DOCKED AT THIS BASE.

OUR STRIKE WAVE ESCORTED BY 15 A6M2 WITH 99 B5N2 AND 53 D3A1 (1 B5N2 & 2 D3A1 DAITAI AT RESERVE IF ENEMY SHIPS WERE SPOTTED):

DAMAGES REPORTED:

05 PORT HITS, 3 SHIPYARD HITS.

15 FREIGHTERS DAMAGED (XA CATRINE -2 BOMBS-, XAK FLORENCE LUCKENBACH -2 BOMBS- XAK WING SANG -2 BOMBS, XAK JALADRISHNA -1 BOMB-, XAK DAGFRED -3 BOMBS-, XAP LANCASHIRE -2 BOMBS, XAK VARSOVA -1 BOMB- , XAKL BUJISKES -1 BOMB-, XAP POLEAU TELO -2 BOMBS- , XAK FILLEIGH -1 BOMB- , XAP INDORA -1 BOMB- XAKL ELOUT -1BOMB-, XAP TILAWA -1 BOMB-, XAK LA PAMPA -1BOMB-, XAK VARELA -1 BOMB-).
1 TANKER DAMAGED (TK BRITISH CONFIDENCE -1BOMB-).
1 SUBMARINE TENDER HEAVILY DAMAGED OR SUNK AT YARD (AS COLOMBIA -5 BOMBS-)

NO AIR LOSSES REPORTED, ALL AIRCRAFTS COME BACK TO THE DECKS.

AT SEA ONE MINELAYER WAS SUNK -ML NO.193 BY A BOMB FROM D3A1 DIVE BOMBERS.

MORE TO COME!
LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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cantona must be totally paranoid about India navy now Fletcher -in my game in CHS I sank huge numbers of ships in mid 44! at columbo.
Now you are ruining my chances in WITPAE! -he won't let me do to him what you are doing i am sure! LOL

Hi 1275psi!

You can take another options like...mmmm a West Coast blockade force with all IJN carriers[:D] then he would be paranoid with Indian and Pacific Ocean Areas.. That´s would be good for both us ! [;)]

Best wishes
Ramón