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Allied shock attack.
IJA losses aren’t a disaster, and 3rd Raiders disabled a Bn worth of enemy infantry.
Two thirds of the IJA 11th Division was only a few days away from joining this hex from the SW.
11th/A Div will stay where it is shown, 11th/B will continue to move into the battle hex, while 11th/C will cancel that move and head “East” instead.

Kalemyo under the 54th Div symbol has a big stack, including:
HQ Korea Army, withdrawing towards Lashio (not shown on the image)
HQ 34th Army, staying to defend.
3rd Tank Div, 15th Div, 10th Div, 14th Div and 2nd Tank Div are also in the Kalemyo hex to block the Allied move shown coming from the NW. This move has been spotted for at least a week now, so if it isn’t a fake move about 2 Brit/Indian Divs could pop out of the jungle any day now.
54th Div is moving SW from Kalemyo to help close the gap between the Arakan and Imphal Sectors, in case the Allies try to march through the jungle rough towards Magwe/Mandalay. It will split into thirds and defend three separate hexes as shown by the red arrows.

13th and 51st Div are digging in to Jungle Rough terrain, facing a stack of Kiwis by the looks of it.
Neither side has unmasked their guns to probe the defences of the other.
The monsoon is in effect so I am saving supply for when it is needed to defend.
13th Div has level 4 forts while 51st Div has level 1 forts as it has only recently arrived. 3rd Tank Div has been ordered forward to this hex from Kalemyo to try and inflict some damage if/when the Allies attack.

3rd Raiders will now withdraw towards Thailand to recover.
4th Raiders is also withdrawing with 9th Div split into thirds and moving to defend the off-road Jungle Rough hexes as shown.

Allied moves are shown with green arrows, including the assault river crossing into the battle hex.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 21, 44
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Sub attack near Balabac at 71,82
DD Hakaze
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Jack, hits 5
SS Jack launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hakaze
Jack diving deep ....
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 2
SS Grayling is sighted by escort
Grayling bottoming out ....
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 56,43 (near Chittagong)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 13224 troops, 300 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 376
Defending force 913 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Allied adjusted assault: 494
Japanese adjusted defense: 10
Allied assault odds: 49 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
622 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
23rd Chindit Brigade
Defending units:
3rd Raiding Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 21, 44
F-5A Lightning sighted over Bhamo
SS I-124 observes Allied Aircraft at 168,61 near Atka Island
F-5A Lightning sighted over Bassein
23 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
Repairs completed on SS I-8 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Puerto Princesa expands fortifications to size 3
Padang expands fortifications to size 4
Cabanatuan expands fortifications to size 1
Ace pilot Nakada, Y. of 77th Sentai Det B is promoted to CPT
31st Special Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJN 31st Special Base Force at Soerabaja

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 22, 44
Intentionally blank

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 22, 44
Repairs completed on CLAA Tatsuta at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service – lots of upgrades finish, just before lots more start for other ships on the 1st of August.
Repairs completed on CLAA Tenryu at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Fuyuzuki at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shimozuki at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Kawakaze at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shigure at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yamakaze at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Samidare at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Harusame at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shiratsuyu at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Umikaze at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Suzukaze at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yudachi at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Nisshin at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Chitose at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Chiyoda at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsuzuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Susuzuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Teruzuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Niizuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Wakazuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
SS I-36 terminates patrol and enters Soerabaja for repairs
F-5E Lightning sighted over Pisanuloke – only showing the identified aircraft, but the Allies are looking deeper into Thailand again. IGHQ are rating an amphibious landing by mostly US Army and perhaps USMC as “likely”, somewhere between Sabang and Pegu in the near future.
F-7A Liberator sighted over Tavoy
F-5E Lightning sighted over Rahaeng
F-5A Lightning sighted over Uttaradit
G4M1 Betty from K-703 Hikotai attacking a Balao class SS at 42,69, an Allied SS is reported HIT
24 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
Repairs completed on SS I-9 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Mizuho at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Yamagata expands airfield to size 8 - stopped. This will be where HQ 52nd Air Div moves to. It will be an IJA pilot training base, but will also help defend Sendai/Iwaki if the Allies try to land there.
Tientsin expands airfield to size 8 - stopped. This will be where HQ 10th Air Fleet moves to, to become the IJN pilot training base.
Chungking expands fortifications to size 6 - stopped
Aircraft A7M2 Sam advances R&D – now at 10/44 with the remaining research factories repairing rapidly now. There are now 7x 30(0) and the others are 28, 28, 25. With engine bonus research is 14 points per day, so 7 days until arrival moves to 9/44, then maybe 5 until it moves to 8/44. Production should start on about the 3rd of August now.
Ace pilot Emura C. of 87th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Previous report of sinking of SS Sirdar incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
31st Special Base Force takes replacements from Batavia

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96
TK Ayazono Maru – a rare dud
TK Kikusui Maru
E Nomi
E Awaji
Allied Ships
SS Runner
SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at TK Ayazono Maru
Runner diving deep ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 23, 44
Repairs completed on SS RO-34 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
F-5A Lightning sighted over Bassein
F-5E Lightning sighted over Pisanuloke
24 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
Yamagata expands fortifications to size 1
Seishin expands airfield to size 8 - stopped
Cold Bay expands port to size 2
Umnak Island expands airfield to size 8
Koggala expands airfield to size 4
Ace pilot Hagiri D. of Taiho-1 is promoted to CPO
Ace pilot Ishizawa, K. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 1LT
ML G-326 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 24, 44
Nothing to report.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 24, 44
TF 413 can not completely unload troops at Miri – some of the staff of HQ Southern Army have found an excuse not to disembark. Their ship will be rotated through the dock so they will be forced to disembark, before being ordered back aboard to move back to Bangkok. Off the bus, on the bus!
F-5E Lightning sighted over Pisanuloke
F-5A Lightning sighted over Vientiane
F-5A Lightning sighted over Uttaradit
23 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 3rd South Seas Gsn from Kusaie Island
Yamagata expands fortifications to size 2
Marcus Island expands fortifications to size 5
T-11 Hikotai at Yokohama/Yokosuka takes D4Y2-C Judy replacements
Group Withdrawals:
3 due today (147 Daily PP)
Groups for today:
63rd Sentai – was running strafe training, so I’ll need to find a replacement Sentai for that.
68th Sentai – was running basic air combat training (escort) in Manchukuo with 78th Sentai, but there is currently an excess of IJAAF fighter pilots waiting for a spot on a strafe course so the next few Sentai to arrive will join the Strafe Training Group.
78th Sentai – as above
DD Kuwa arrives at Maizuru 

Amazing that the Japanese internal lines of communications are intact at this stage of the game. Are you still building tankers or other oil bearing ships? If not, do you recall when was the cut-off date where you stopped building them?

Not sure what your northern defences are, but you do need to watch that backdoor!

ORIGINAL: awaw

Amazing that the Japanese internal lines of communications are intact at this stage of the game. Are you still building tankers or other oil bearing ships? If not, do you recall when was the cut-off date where you stopped building them?

Not sure what your northern defences are, but you do need to watch that backdoor!

It can't be long to wait until the Allies make a big move somewhere, so the days of hauling fuel and oil from Palembang and Borneo have to be numbered now.

The pre-war plan was only to be building Type 2 Large Tankers and the medium Std-C Tankers until the end of 1944, but the Std-A Tankers that arrive before 1945 were ordered to finish construction a few months back.
All tankers that arrive in 1945 remain halted or stopped.

This shows the main land combat units in the NEAF theatre, with 5th Area Army commanded by GEN Kanin.
I started coming up with this plan in early July 44, so units are almost in place now.

If the Allies make a big push in this area with 10ish US Army Divisions this won’t be enough to stop them, but it might be enough to make it costly.
There won’t be many more reinforcements to this part of the map unless I biy out more troops from Japan or bring a few more units back from Southern Army.

The pre-war plan was for the 60s IMBs to move to Luzon, but based on the more pressing need to reinforce 5th Area Army that plan was revised and they are now mostly on or near Hokkaido. There have been more signs of a big task force moving past Anchorage, heading west in the last few days.

77th Div and 2nd Guards are at Sapporo and Hakodate.
88th and 89th Divs will form at Toyohara.
81st and 86th Divs are in reserve at Ominato.

The IJA Marine Bdes are reinforcing SNLF and IJNAF garrisons in the Kuriles.

60 IMB (Southern Army) is at Kushiro.
61 IMB (14th Army) is on ships at Ominato about to start moving to Bihoro.
62 IMB (13th Army) arrives is at Fusan, so may stay in China and not be bought out. If the Allies do move towards Hokkaido it is on the “break glass in case of emergency” list.
64 IMB (32nd Army) is at Ominato awaiting ships to move to Wakkanai.
65 IMB (4th Fleet) is at Muroran, but withdraws in 301 days, so about 1 Jun 1945.
66 IMB (Eastern Army) is at Ominato, as the NEAF reserve IMB to be bought out only in an emergency.
67 IMB (4th Fleet) has 16th IMR recently arrived at Hakodate from Manila, with the other Regt to arrive in about Mar 1945
69 IMB (NEAF) arrives in 3 days at Asahikawa, but it will move to Toyohara to form 89th Div.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 25, 44
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ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,82
xAKL Kosho Maru
xAKL Anbo Maru
PB Yachiyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Zamboanga at 74,88
PB Kensin Maru
xAK Monji Maru
xAK Toho Maru
Allied Ships
SS Devilfish
SS Devilfish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kensin Maru

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 25, 44
SS I-34 reports having been sighted by the enemy at 51 , 154 – next to Albany
Repairs completed on SS I-25 at Manus, ship returned to service
F-5A Lightning sighted over Chiang Mai
F-5A Lightning sighted over Vientiane
F-7A Liberator sighted over Tavoy
22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 3rd South Seas Gsn from Kusaie Island
Davao expands fortifications to size 6
Aircraft Ki-95 advances R&D – to 6/45 with only 1x size 30 factory on it
Ace pilot Shirahama N. of 87th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Unit '14th' changes name to '35th' – this is HQ 35th Army, currently at Saipan
TK Nichirin Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
SC Ch 56 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
104th Sentai arrives at Tokyo – will stay there and run strafe training courses

Terrain should help 11th/B Div here, but the Allies might send reinforcements. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 26, 44
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Ground combat at 56,43 (near Chittagong)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13108 troops, 299 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 359
Defending force 4216 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 153
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
23rd Chindit Brigade
Defending units:
11th/B Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 26, 44
Repairs completed on SS I-43 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
F-5E Lightning sighted over Pisanuloke
F-7A Liberator sighted over Pegu
5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 1st INA Subhas Regiment to Bangkok
16 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 3rd South Seas Gsn from Kusaie Island
Repairs completed on SS I-36 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Shimizu expands fortifications to size 3
Port Arthur expands airfield to size 7
Toungoo expands airfield to size 8 - stopped
Ace pilot Harada R. of 1st Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Ace pilot Taniguchi V. of 64th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
SS Gudgeon is reported to have been sunk near Tawi Tawi on Mar 21, 1944
MTB G-881 arrives at Hakodate
MTB G-349 arrives at Shimizu
14th Area Army arrives at Manila

GEN Kawabe takes command of 14th Area Army from LGEN Kuroda.
There are only two GENs left on the Supreme War Council.
GEN Tojo is still the Prime Minister, while IRL he was forced to resign on 18 Jul 44.
GEN Nishio was the Governor of Tokyo at this point in the war.
They will take command of HQ 13th Area Army (Nagoya) and 6th Area Army (China) respectively when those HQ units arrive.

MGEN Kawaguchi, Deputy Commander 11th Division, has taken personal command of the position in this hex from the COL of the Infantry Regt.
If the Allies give this battle group a chance to dig in to the Jungle Rough there might be a chance for the 11th/C Div to join them by opening the hexside from the SE.
3rd Raiders are also moving back into this hex from the E just to flip the hexside back to red, but they will then withdraw as 54th/B and 54th/C Div are moving W to replace them.

11th Indian Div and their supporting Chindit Bde bombarded again, disabling a few squads. All squads had recovered by the time the orders phase came around, so it looks like the Allies are just wasting supply by lobbing shells into the monsoon mud.

102nd Div forms at Bataan. It’s a standard C grade Div with no bonus devices.
108th Div forms at Manila from a garrison unit and artillery regiment. It’s a B grade triangular Div so can now triple in size, with bonus Infantry Gun and Engineer units embedded.

69th IMB arrives on Hokkaido and will be flown to Toyohara to form 89th Div by 108th and 109th Sentai.

[image won't show so I will try again tomorrow]

The blue box shows what 3x 27 plane Sentai can move by air in one day with both set to 30% rest.
36x devices moved so each plane can take one of each of these devices, and the whole IMB is air-mobile.
It looks like it will take about 2 weeks to move the whole IMB by air, so it would probably be quicker to move it by ship.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 27, 44
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Ground combat at 56,43 (near Chittagong)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13108 troops, 299 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 359
Defending force 4207 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 152
Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
23rd Chindit Brigade
Defending units:
11th/B Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 27, 44
SS I-47 reports having been sighted by the enemy at 176 , 49
6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 1st INA Subhas Regiment to Bangkok
17 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 3rd South Seas Gsn from Kusaie Island
Waipapakauri expands airfield to size 9
Loss of SC Ch 22 on May 02, 1944 is admitted
Loss of TK Tonan Maru #2 on Dec 17, 1943 is admitted
SST I-363 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo – will move to SEAF
LST T-138 arrives at Niigata
69th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Asahikawa

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 28, 44
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ASW attack near Madjene at 63,102
E Ukishima
Allied Ships
SS Pampanito
SS Pampanito is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Madjene at 63,101
E Shirakami
E Ukishima
Allied Ships
SS Pampanito, hits 3
SS Pampanito launches 2 torpedoes at E Shirakami
Pampanito bottoming out ....
E Ukishima attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Annette Island at 195,42
SS I-46, hits 5, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Bradford
DD Brownson
DD Clarence Bronson
SS I-46 is located by DD Bradford
DD Clarence Bronson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-46 eludes DD Clarence Bronson by hugging bottom
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Ground combat at 64,39 (near Ledo)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2760 troops, 68 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 111
Defending force 976 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
Allied adjusted assault: 142
Japanese adjusted defense: 34
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 2 disabled
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
Defending units:
4th INA Nehru Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 28, 44
SS I-46 reports having been sighted by the enemy at 198 , 43
E13A1 Jake from Atago-2 attacking SS Pampanito at 64,99 SS Pampanito is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Luangprabang
F-5A Lightning sighted over Vientiane
19 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 69th Ind.Mixed Brigade to Toyohara
19 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 69th Ind.Mixed Brigade to Toyohara
5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 1st INA Subhas Regiment to Bangkok
16 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
4 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 3rd South Seas Gsn from Kusaie Island
Fusan expands airfield to size 5
108th/A Division takes replacements from Clark Field
108th/B Division takes replacements from Clark Field
108th/C Division takes replacements from Clark Field
54th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo – resurrected after being destroyed in India.
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5x CVs are about to start their 1 Aug 44 upgrades, but SigInt is reporting something big moving west into the Bering Sea at 168,45 which is 5 hexes NW of Dutch Harbour. I have a hunch that this is the same contact that SigInt has been spotting moving from Seattle / Prince Rupert areas over the last week or so.

To prepare a welcoming party, all CV Groups that are about to lose their CVs for a month just transferred to the IJAAF airfield at Iwaki as the weather was clear, on their way towards Hokkaido.
If the Allies do venture into the Kuriles the CV fighter units will be nearby to help greet them, along with their land based brothers flying George-5s.
The CV strike units will be kept in reserve and only used if needed.

I’ve just noticed that the oversized CV groups seem to have had a few fighters placed into reserve so that the total of ready planes = 110% of the CV capacity. On that basis, resizing to 110% only might be a better way to go instead of just under 115%.

Combined Fleet CV, BB and CA task forces have been ordered to move from Kure and Yokosuka towards Hakodate and Wakkanai.
Combined Fleet hasn’t moved in months, so all ships and air groups are in perfect condition.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 29, 44
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Sub attack near Morotai at 81,101
Japanese Ships
TK Azuchisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Banshu Maru #56
Allied Ships
SS Aspro
SS Aspro launches 2 torpedoes at TK Azuchisan Maru
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ASW attack near Sitka at 191,45
Japanese Ships
SS I-46, hits 10, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Braine
DD Brownson
DD Clarence Bronson
SS I-46 is located by DD Braine
DD Brownson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Clarence Bronson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Braine firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Lots of radio transmissions detected off the Sumatra Coast.
There are two IJN subs recently ordered to patrol as shown, so they will be ordered to investigate with adjusted patrol lines.
Another IJN sub is currently on a defensive patrol next to the Cocos Islands, just to the SE, so they will also move to this general vicinity.
More signs that things are about to heat up.
It wouldn’t surprise me for the Allies to launch coordinated assaults on either flank of the Empire, such as Java and the Kuriles simultaneously.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 30, 44
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Sub attack near Siberoet at 30,86 - contact off the Sumatran Coast near where the heavy radio traffic was coming from
SS I-36, hits 11, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DE Cauvery
DE Narbada
DE Jumna
SS I-36 launches 4 torpedoes at DE Cauvery
I-36 diving deep ....
DE Jumna attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-36 forced to surface!
DE Narbada firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 - heavies smash Sabang
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 35
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 65
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 79
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-304 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 17 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70
N1K5-J George x 30
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70
N1K5-J George x 30
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

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Sometimes my well cropped images that I prepared a few days ago look like this when I come back to them.
An Avenger II was reported attacking I-36 off the Sumatran Coast and Sabang got hammered by B29s.
The Sabang airfield is out of action.

B-29s have a 28 hex normal range and Colombo is 26 hexes away, or Trincomalee is 24 hexes away, both with size 9 airfields.
This red line looks more like it comes from Trincomalee.

The George-5s were flying CAP at 20k’ so a bit too high.
No George pilots were lost, 2 Betty pilots were WIA and a few Jake pilots were KIA/WIA on the ground.

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This is the situation just before running the 31 Jul 44 turn.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 31, 44
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Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 30
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 75
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged - one reported shot down and a few others damaged, but the Intel screen later reported 5 shot down by air-air, but no other ops losses.
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 65
CAP engaged: Dropped the CAP altitude to 10k' after they were too high yesterday. Bombers came in at 8k'
S-304 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 10 on standby, 15 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
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ASW attack near Siberoet at 34,86
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 2
Allied Ships - USN ships spotted in the Indian Ocean, but no Fleet CVs spotted today. About 8x enemy task forces spotted including amphibious ships, cover forces and 3x CVE task forces.
CA Vincennes
DE Riddle
DE Parks
DE Samuel S. Miles
DE Levy
DE Spangler
DD Charles Badger
DD Bache
DD Aulick
DE Swearer
SS I-169 is sighted by escort
DD Charles Badger attacking submerged sub ....

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Got one! 5x B29s reported lost to A2A, so 4 of 8 crashed due to battle damage.
Close to a 1:1 trade for George-5s is not too bad.

The aircraft at Medan were the evacuees from Sabang, so they’ve had two tough days in a row.
Morale in the Jake unit is 15!
Medan is 29 hexes from Trincomalee, so the Allied Chief is prepared to push his B-29s to extended range.

The plot thickens.

10x enemy task forces were spotted yesterday but only 7 today.

No Fleet CVs spotted here so they are either lurking in the background or they are about to strike somewhere else completely.
I still have a hunch that the USN are about to pop up with something in NORPAC, so Combined Fleet will remain loitering near Hokkaido.
This operation will need to be faced by land based air for now, but that might change if USN TF38/58 shows up in support of it.

There are 9x 27 Peggy Sentai at Singapore set to night low naval attack out to max extended range 17, max normal range is 14.
That’s 243 max low naval attack bombers. Pilots are nearly all 70+ in low naval which is their 3rd skill, after ground bombing and ASW, so they are also generally 60+ experience. 2-3 of the Sentai have some pilots with 68/69 low naval as they hadn’t quite finished their LowN course, but they were given a Pass Conceded and graduated early to join this battle.
Just a reminder that the IJAAF Peggys are carrying bombs, as torpedoes are reserved for use by the Navy.

Moonlight is increasing so will be close to full moon once the Allies are close to Padang, which is the current assumed target.

Only 4 days until A7M2 Sam production starts.
The 9th factory repaired overnight so it will shave 1 day off the remaining research.
The other factory is of no significance now.

P1Y2-S Frances night fighters start production today at 30/month.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 01, 44
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ASW attack near Siberoet at 34,87
SS I-169, hits 21, heavy damage – not sunk, but 69ish float damage
Allied Ships
DD Rotherham
DD Roebuck
SS I-169 is sighted by escort
DD Roebuck attacking submerged sub ....
DD Roebuck is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Siberoet at 37,86
SS I-168, hits 1
Allied Ships
DE Narbada
DE Jumna
SS I-168 is located by DE Narbada
DE Jumna attacking submerged sub ....
DE Jumna is out of ASW ammo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack near Siberoet at 37,86
SS I-168, hits 2
Allied Ships
APD Little
AK Chicot
AK Bullock
LST-220
LST-85
LCI-336
LCI-334
LCI-329
LCI-327
xAP Montoro
xAP Koolinda
xAP Koolama
xAP Lycaon
xAP Clan Macneil
xAP Clan Macnaughton
xAP Nurmahal
xAP Howra
xAP Centaur
xAP Chaumont
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Mustin
SS I-168 is sighted by escort
DD Walke attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Aug 01, 44
F-7A Liberator sighted over Sabang
F-7A Liberator sighted over Alor Star
19 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 69th Ind.Mixed Brigade to Toyohara
19 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 69th Ind.Mixed Brigade to Toyohara
7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 1st INA Subhas Regiment to Bangkok
25 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 41st Division from Port Moresby
SS Amberjack determined to have been sunk on or about Jul, 10, 1943
Repairs completed on DD Momo at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-17 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hibiki at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-185 at Manus, ship returned to service
Foochow expands fortifications to size 4
Aparri expands fortifications to size 1
Ace pilot Mitsumasa G. of 1st Sentai is promoted to CPT
CV Kaga beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
CV Hiryu beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
CV Soryu beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
CV Shokaku beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
CV Zuikaku beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
CL Yubari beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo
SS I-8 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
SS I-9 beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
Previous report of sinking of DD Charles Ausburne incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service