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FROM: CDR NAKAHARA, DD TAKITSUKAZE CO.
TO: VADM OZAWA. SOUTHERN FLEET CO. ASW COMMAND. CAMRANH BAY.
SUBJECT: S KXVI ATTACKED.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942


FOLLOWING OUR PATROL SCREENING CARDIV2 WE HAVE ATTACK AN ENEMY SUBMARINE NEAR TAWI TAWI AT 70,93. DEPTH CHARGES THROUGHT UNSUCESSFULY, NO HITS WERE REPORTED WITH ENEMY SUB DIVING DEEP.

WE ARE HEADING NORTHEAST TO TARAKAN. ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL JAN 3RD 1942. WE WILL REFUELL AND DEPARTURE TO ASW PATROL AT ONCE.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !
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FROM: LCDR TAKAYAMA. W-19 CO.
TO: RADM. NAGANO. HEAVY COVER TF. ABOARD HIJMS HARUNA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SUB ATTACKED.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942.

AN ENEMY SUBMARINE WAS SPOTTED WHEN TRYING TO GET POSITION TO ATTACK AT XAK FUSHIMI MARU, OFF KUCHING. I LAUNCH AN DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK AND 3 HITS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. OIL SLICK ON THE SURFACE. WE MUST TO ABANDON SEARCH WITH LOST CONTACT WITH ENEMY.

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Well done

thanks Swenslim ! .. I was interrupted this afternoon with my reports by a PC problem ..I follow on now.

FROM: LCDR KOBAYASHI, 3RD KU S-1 DET A COMMANDER. TARAKAN. BORNEO
TO: RADM TAKENAKA, 23RD AIR FLOTILLA HQ, IN TRANSIT, AT SEA.
SUBJECT: ANTI-PT BOAT AIR ATTACKS.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942

THIS MORNING, WE HAVE RECEIVE INCOMING MESSAGE FROM AIR SEARCH AIRCRAFT THAT SPOT ENEMY PT BOATS NEAR TO SAMARINDA. UNDER MODERATE RAIN, 7 A6M2 TAKE OFF FROM TARAKAN TO ATTACK AT 100 FEET ENEMY BOATS.
OUR AIRCRAFTS GET 4 HITS OVER PT TM-11 AND 1 SHELL HITS OVER PT TM-10, PROBABLY BOTH SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DIED IN THE WATER.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR
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FROM : ADM YAMAMOTO. COMBINED FLEET HQ. BABELDAOB. PALAOS.
TO: VADM. SHIMIZU. 6TH FLEET HQ. KWAJALEIN ISLANDS. MARSHALLS.
SUBJECT : DIVINE DRAGON - 3
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942

AT ONCE, YOU MUST TO ORDER TO JUNSEN C1 CLASS SUBMARINES UNDER YOUR COMMAND TO REFIT AND LOAD SSX MIDGET SUBMARINES AT TRUK AND DEPARTURE TO CAMRANH BAY NAVAL STATION TO REFUELL AND BEGIN A NEW HIGH SECRET OPERATION. NO DETAIL WILL BE SENT TO SUBMARINE COMMANDERS. THEY WILL RECEIVE AT CAMRANH BY "EYES ONLY" MESSAGE NEW ORDERS.

ACKNOWLEDGE REQUESTED /
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FROM: LGEN YAMASHITA. XXV ARMY HQ.
TO: GENERAL TERAUCHI. SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ
SUBJECT: XXV ARMY PROGRESS.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942

TODAY OUR ADVANCED TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED TEMULOH, KUALA LUMPUR AND KUANTAN. ARMOURED ELEMENTS WILL ADVANCE TO MALACCA AT ONCE. 2ND DIVISION WILL BE LOADED AT TRANSPORT TO DISEMBARK AT MERSING AS SOON AS LGEN SUGAWARA CONFIRM TO ME AIR SUPPERIORITY OVER THE SOUTH MALAYA SKIES.

OUR TROOPS WILL NOT REST BEFORE SINGAPORE WILL FALL IN OUR HANDS FOR THE GLORY OF OUR EMPIRE.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!
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FROM: MAJOR TAMURA, II/24 INFANTRY BN. 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AT KUCHING.
TO: GEN. IMAMURA. XVI ARMY HQ, BABELDAOB. MINDANAO.
SUBJECT: KUCHING CAPTURED.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942.

THIS MORNING AFTER HEAVY NAVAL SUPPORT AND CLOSE AIR ATTACKS OUR FORCES HAVE CAPTURED KUCHING. 263 ENEMY LOSSES. SARAWAK FORCE AND 106 RN BASE FORCE DESTROYED. ALL PRISIONERS WAS SHOT BY COWARDICE FOLLOWING BUSHIDO CODE.

23RD AIR FLOTILLA HQ DISEMBARK THIS MORNING AFTER US TO COMPLETE IJN AIR SUPPORT.

AT SOON WE WILL BE RELEVEATED BY IJN ELEMENS WE WILL SHIPPED TO JOIN WITH 2ND DIVISION ELEMENTS AT MALAYA. AT THIS MOMENT WE WILL BE UNDER XXV ARMY HQ COMMAND.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!
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FROM: AIRCRAFT RESEARCH BUREAU. TOKYO.
TO: GEN. TOJO. PRIME MINISTER. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: RESEARCH AIRCRAFT UPDATED JAN 1942.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942.

FOLLOWING YOUR DIRECT ORDER WE HAVE PROCEED TO CHANGE AND UPDATE ALL OUR RESEARCH BY FOLLOWING:

-HACHINOE: (20)X 0 KI-61-IA
-SENDAI: (16)X 0 KI-44II-A
-UTSONOMIYA: (16) X 0 KI-61-IA, (8) X 0 KI-61-IA.
-TOKYO: (16) X 0 KI-61-IA, (16) X 0 KI-44-IIA
-MAEBASHI: (13) X 3 KI-44-IIA, 10 X KI-61-IA
-TOYAMA: (15) X 1 KI-46-III KAI.
-YOKOHAMA: (18) X 0 KI-61-IA, (16) X 0 D4Y1, (16) X 0 A6M5
-HAMAMATSU: (8) X 0 KI-61-IA, (4) X 0 KI-44-IIA, (8) X 0 KI-44-IIA,
(4) X 0 KI-44-IIA, (4) X 0 KI-61-IA, (4)X 0 KI-61-IA.
-NAGOYA: (32) X 0 D4Y1, (32) X 0 D4Y1, (8) X 0 A6M5.
-GIFU: (43) X 1 KI-61-IA, (26) X O KI-45 KAiA, (4) x 0 KI-44-IIA, (4) X 0 KI-61-IA.
-TSU: (8) X 0 A6M5C, (8) X 0 A6M5C,(8) X 0 A6M5C, (8) X 0 KI-61-IA, (8) X 0 D4Y1, (4) X 0 A6M5C, (4) X 0 A6M5C, (4) X 0 D4Y1
-OSAKA: (12) X 0 A6M5C, (8) X 0 A6MTC, (4) X 0 KI-61-IA, (4)X 0 KI-61-IA, (8) X 0 H8K1, (8) X 0 H8K1, (4) X 0 KI-44-IIA, (8) X 0 H8K1.
-KOBE: (6) X 0 KI-61-IA, (48) X 0 KI-84A, (4) X 0 KI-61-IA, (16) X 0 KI-45-KAIb, (8) x 0 H8K1.
-OKAYAMA: (12) X 0 A6M5C, (12) X 0 A6M5C, (12) X 0 A6M5C, (4) X 0 A6M5, (4) X 0 A6M5.
-HIROSHIMA: (8) X 0 D4Y1.
-FUKUOKA: (16) X 0 KI-61-IA.
-NAGASAKI: (24) X 0 D4Y1.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !
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FROM: LCDR KUMAGAYA. YOKOSUKA KU K-3. 12TH AIR FLOTILLA. ASW COMMAND.
TO: VADM OZAWA. SOUTHERN FLEET HQ. ASW COMMAND. CAMRANH BAY.
SUBJECT: SS CUTTLEFISH HIT BY D3A1.
DATE: JAN 2ND 1942

I AM HONORED TO SEND NEWS FROM OUR PILOTS. THIS MORNING ONE D3A1 FLYING IN NAVAL SEARCH SPOTTED AN ENEMY SUBMARINE AT SURFACE. ENEMY BOAT IDENTIFIED LIKE SS CUTTLEFISH. THE PILOT CONFIRM ONE HIT OVER ENEMY SUBMARINE.

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Hey Fletcher, some great updates. I'm thinking of borrowing your styl for some updates in my own AAR

I wonder what mission the midget carriers are being assigned to?

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Hey Fletcher, some great updates. I'm thinking of borrowing your styl for some updates in my own AAR

I wonder what mission the midget carriers are being assigned to?

Honored if you take borrowed this "Communications Center" style (like I name it). I talk about the midget carriers mission later, when all will be ready some patiente will be neccesary [:D]
Best wishes !

I think it very risky to unload at Mersing, he can still have british torpedo bombers alive, so maybe better to unload at Khota Baru and move division by railway.

ORIGINAL: Swenslim

I think it very risky to unload at Mersing, he can still have british torpedo bombers alive, so maybe better to unload at Khota Baru and move division by railway.

I am waiting air supperiority over Singapore. Johore Bahru airfield is completely destroyed by air raid. Now, 3rd Air Div will launch heavy air attacks escorted by Hayabusa daitais over Singapore facilities.
Of course, AmphGroup will be protected by CAP from Ki-43 units flying from Kuantan when ready...

WAR PROGRESS UPDATE
JAN 3RD 1942

FROM: RADM MATSUYAMA. HEAVY COVER FORCE. OFF BALIKPAPAN. ABOARD HIJMS MUTSU.
TO: RADM YAMAGUCHI. CARDIV2 CO.
SUBJECT: PT BOATS SUNK
DATE: JAN 3RD 1942.


AFTER HEAVY COVER OUR LANDINGS AT BALIKPAPAN, OUR SHIPS SPOTTED AT NIGHT TIME WITH IMPROVED NIGHT SIGHTING THANKS TO FULL MOON (100%), SEVERAL DUTCH PT BOATS AND ENGAGE. TWO OF THEM WERE SUNK BY OUR SHIPS. TM-11 WAS SUNK BY DD KAWAKAZE AND TM-15 WAS SUNK BY DD UMIKAZE.

WE WILL JOIN WITH YOU IN THE RENDEZVOUS POINT TO SURFACE COVER.

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FROM: MGEN YAMAGATA. 21TH MIXED BRIGADE. SOUTHERN AREA ARMY. AT BALIKPAPAN
TO: GEN. TERAUCHI. SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. KOTA BAHRU. MALAYA.
SUBJECT: BALIKPAPAN FALLS
DATE: JAN 3RD 1942.

WITH 74 IJA MEN LOST IN THE ASSAULT WE CAN CONFIRM BALIKPAPAN IS SECURED IN OUR HANDS. THE ENEMY FLEEING TO SAMARINDA WITH 639 CASUALTIES REPORTED AFTER OUR ASSAULT. WE WILL WAIT RELIEVE BY IJN GUARD UNITS BEFORE BE SHIPPED TO THE NEXT TARGET.

NO ALLIED AIR ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA.

REPORTS ABOUT FACILITIES STATUS:

OIL : (5) X 295
REFINERIES: (5) X 295

THE DUTCH RESPONSABILES FROM THE OIL AND REFINERIES SABOTAGE HAVE BEEN HANGED AT ONCE.


LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR!!

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FROM: VADM OZAWA. SOUTHERN FLEET HQ. ASW-CONVOY SYSTEM COMMAND. CAMRANH BAY. INDOCHINA.
TO: ADM NAGANO. IMPERIAL NAVY STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: ASW ACTIVITIES.
DATE: JAN 3RD 1942

DD MICHISHIO REPORTS HAVE FAILEN TO FIND ENEMY SUB AT 58,88 NEAR KUCHING (K-XVII). NEAR MIRI, DMS W-20 AND W-14 HAVE ATTACKED DUTCH COASTAL SUBMARINE SS K-XIII, NO HITS WERE REPORTED.

NEAR AOGASHIMA, SC CHA-14 HAVE FAILED TO FIND ENEMY SUBMARINE (SS GRAYLING).

G3M2 FROM 1ST KU K-1 ATTACKED AN ALLIED SUBMARINE AT 93,63. NO HITS WERE REPORTED.

F1M2 FROM CS CHITOSE ATTACKED A TRITON CLASS SS AT 67,91 BUT NO HITS WERE REPORTED.

I DISPATCH ORDERS TO BABELDOAB TO REROUTE SEVERAL ASW SHIPS TO METROPOLITAN WATERS. THREE ENEMY SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN SPOTED IN.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!

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FROM: LGEN SUGAWARA. 3RD AIR DIVISION HQ. KOTA BAHRU. MALAYA.
TO: GEN. TERAUCHI. SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. KOTA BAHRU. MALAYA.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER SINGAPORE.
DATE: JAN 3RD 1942.

TODAY 58 KI-21-IIA ESCORTED BY 20 KI-43-IC HAYABUSA HAVE TAKE OFF FROM KOTA BAHRU AIRFIELDS TO STRIKE ENEMY AF AT SINGAPORE. OUR RAID MEET 46 BUFFALO I AT CAP. PREVIOUSLY RECONOSAINCE FLIGHTS DO NOT REPORT CAP!.
3 KI-21-IIA HAVE BEEN DOWNED BY ENEMY FIGHTERS AND FLAK AGAINST 1 BUFFALO DOWNED BY OUR FIGHTERS.
A SECOND STRIKE (UNCOORDINATED) WITH 30 KI-48-IB ESCORTED BY ONLY 7 KI-43-IC HAYABUSA HAVE MEET WITH 42 BUFFALOS AT CAP. WE LOST 1 KI-43 AND 14 KI-48-IB.
THE AIR ALTITUDE OF COMBAT AIR PATROL WAS 25.000 FEET.
WE GOT IN THE FIRST RAID 5 AIRBASE HITS, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 34 RUNAWAY HITS. IN THE SECOND WE GOT 2 AIRBASE HITS AND 5 RUNAWAY HITS.

I WILL STOP OUR ATTACKS UNTIL GET MORE KI-43-IC TO ESCORT OUR LEVEL BOMBERS. KUANTAN AIR FACILITIES WILL BE READY TO LET AIR OPS FROM IT SOON.

WE HAVE REQUEST TO 22ND AIR FLOTILLA UNDER RADM MATSUNAGA SWEEPS WITH A6M2 FROM NAVY.

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FROM: CDR MAKIUCHI, 2ND KURE SNLF CO. AT COTABATO, MINDANAO IS.
TO: ADM. YAMAMOTO. COMBINED FLEET HQ. BABELDAOB.
SUBJECT: COTABATO FALLS
DATE: JAN 3RD 1942.

FOLLOWING THE GENERAL ORDERS MY UNIT COMBINED WITH MIURA DET FORM IJA HAVE CAPTURED COTABATO. THE ENEMY FLEEING TO NORTH. TOMORROW WE WILL MARCH TO PURSUE THEM AND CAPTURE ALL NORTHWEST BASES AT MINDANAO.

ENEMY LOST 200 MEN VS. 63 IJA/IJN CASUALTIES.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!
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