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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Sarmi (91,114)
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 51,54
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
SS O20 is located by DMS W-12
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Morning Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 44th Chinese Corps, at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 15 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Coastal Gun Battalion, at 76,109 (Ambon)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled – defenders mustn’t be in good shape now with squads being destroyed from the air.
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 41
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged – not ideal, but I gather some useful intelligence from this. I won’t bomb Chittagong until I can wear down the allied fighters.
Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 3
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 13
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged: fighters from 6 x Sqns vs unescorted Sallys…
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – I think this Sqn is based at Prome flying LRCAP or CAP with range 3ish.
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes – the time it took some of these fighters to make contact with the bombers saved the Sallys from a massacre.
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – first spotting of the USAAF 51st PG
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Molukken Garrison Battalion, at 76,109 (Ambon)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 4
4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 83,46 , near Ichang
Ki-36 Ida x 17
17 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 – nowhere near enough escorts
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft – and far too many fighters… actually, if 51st PG hadn’t shown up this wouldn’t have been quite so bad. I will send a big sweep over Chittagong tomorrow in the hope that the allied fighters fly CAP over it again.
Hurricane I Trop x 2
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 10
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 78,50 (Chihkiang)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet – I must have moved these bombers from Chungking and not changed the altitude, as they can fly at 5k’ over Chihkiang.
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 11th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 2nd Chinese Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking 35th Group Army ...
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Also attacking 58th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Allied aircraft – then it’s the allies turn to lose some bombers, but not as many as the IJAAF today
Blenheim IV x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 6
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 54,43 (Cox's Bazar)
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 10
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed
10 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Portsea at 81,171 – just outside Melbourne
SSX Ha-7, hits 4 – moderately damaged but should make the mother ship and return to port to repair.
Allied Ships
PG Warrego
SSX Ha-7 is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028
Defending force 38812 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119
Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26104 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 997
Defending force 44002 troops, 239 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1178
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11842 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 39072 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1501 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 116 – ready for another attack with this raw AV ratio
Defending force 1772 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Defending units:
Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
Ambon Base Force
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 239 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 2773 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 09, 42
SS RO-67 terminates patrol and enters Kwajalein Island for repairs
Task Force 4 lays defensive minefield at Port Moresby ( 98 , 130) and sets course for Truk
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
Allied Recon sighted over Akyab
Allied Recon sighted over Cox's Bazar
Allied Fighter sighted over Akyab
G4M1 Betty from Takao Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied APD at 92,129 an Allied APD is reported HIT
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 54th Const Co to Cox's Bazar
2 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 23rd Air Flotilla from Milne Bay
4 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar – into central Burma
9 x L3Y2 Tina transporting supplies to Port Moresby
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on AMC Nosiro Maru at Truk, ship returned to service
Submarine TF 272 ordered to return to Truk due to damage
Ominato expands fortifications to size 2
Roi-Namur expands fortifications to size 3
Wake Island expands fortifications to size 1
Imphal expands airfield to size 4
Brisbane expands airfield to size 6
Sian expands airfield to size 3
Sining expands fortifications to size 1
Soerabaja expands airfield to size 7
Voroshilov expands airfield to size 9
Kuibyshevka expands airfield to size 5
Loss of ACM Fukuei Maru on Apr 07, 1942 is admitted
14th Ku T-1 arrives at Kwajalein Island – Mavis patrol takes 50 experience pilots but I only have a few Mavis aircraft in the pools. It will take a while to fill this group out with planes but they are the only Mavis group allowed to take replacements.
14th Ku T-1 Det arrives at Kwajalein Island – converted to Mavis and recombined with the above.
14th Ku S-1 arrives at Makin – a Rufe group. Fighter pilots with experience in the 70s are assigned and 8 of the 9 aircraft this group can take are issued. I’m only producing 1 Rufe per day so it will take a few months to fill out the Rufe groups already on the map, with a couple more to arrive shortly. It’s good to get some more IJN fighter training groups.


Here's the current state of the IJN Fighter force sorted by average group experience.
KB is about half full of 80+ experience pilots with 22 more in the pool waiting to join KB groups once it docks.
Of those 22 pilots, 6 are aces and one is the current leading ace CPO Isozaki who is on 9 all from the earlier battles over PNG.

Morale is low in a few of the KB airgroups. Those pilots mustn't like flying range 7 CAP every day, but they are nearly back at Truk where I will give those groups a few days of stand down.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 42
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ASW attack near La Foa at 115,158
SS I-124
Allied Ships
DD Mustin
DD O'Brien
SS I-124 is located by DD Mustin
DD O'Brien attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97
ACM Nichinan
SS S-39 is sighted by escort – someone on the ACM must have been paying attention!
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed – not good as these are 70+ experience pilots, but I will keep it up as I feel I can win a war of attrition here. The RAF don’t get many replacements and the USAAF are losing a lot of P40s.
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 15
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet * (<--does anyone know what this * means?)

CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes – interesting that this is only 2mins seeing as the Oscars are sweeping at 20k’ (unless the * above means something like “not” at 20k’?!)
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 10 – good to destroy supply
Runway hits 29 – just to try and stop the defenders rebuilding a fort level or 2
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 – I have 4 big fighter Sentai that I can rotate through these sweeps, leaving the smaller Sentai and dets to local CAP and night CAP over the Magwe Oilfields. I will use 2 of the big Sentai on local CAP and 2 on Sweep, rotating them out of the Sweep mission when their fatigue rises. I think I can break the allied Sqns doing this while keeping my Fighter Sqns from getting too tired.
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged: Only 2 of 5 groups from the first sweep rise again to meet this sweep
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21 – the Sallys shift back to bombing the remnants of Burma Corps as they withdraw to the NE, toward Myitkyina.
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) – trying something new in China to increase the skills and experience of the Oscars there. Pakhoi is still in supply with lots of flak, so I wont try this again! Oscar-Ib has a 7.7mm and 12.7mm MG so not enough firepower to make this worth losing pilots as I am trying to improve them from 50 experience up to 70 experience in China before sending them forward to replace losses in 3rd or 5th Air Divs.
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed by flak
10 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing from 100 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) – I will leave Pakhoi as an bomber pilot training range.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 3
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 35th Group Army ...
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19 – just the 1 x Sally Sentai for now as a few others are working on disrupting the defenders at Chihkiang.
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Chinese Base Force, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 10
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Also attacking 11th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on 8th Route Army , at 75,45 , near Chungking – the hex one west of Chungking, I spotted more Chinese units moving SW (destination TBC, either Kunming or Kweiyang). I didn’t notice until reading this that it’s the Communists who start the war near Sian/Yenan.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed by flak – more evidence that I shouldn’t be using Oscars on strafe missions, but this does give me some useful intelligence that would not be available without ground attack missions. I will run more ground attack missions once the Nicks arrive, but at a higher altitude to avoid flak while still gathering intelligence on what allied units are where.
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing from 100 feet
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Also attacking 74th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) – Changsha’s Light Industry is showing as 17(144) and Heavy Industry as 7(54). I believe HI isn’t producing as I have troops in the hex, so that should only be 17 Supply that the Chinese are producing per turn in Changsha. Nowhere near enough to support the defenders in the medium to long term, but there is still enough Supply in hex for the flak to be working.
Ki-51 Sonia x 11
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 5000 feet – maybe I need to lift the altitude a few thousand feet to try and get above whatever AA guns are still in the hex…
Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 4
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Amphibious Assault at Babo (83,111)
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3280 troops, 241 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 2793 – tempting to order another deliberate attack with this raw AV ratio being about 2.5:1, but I have a lot more artillery and one more fresh Div marching to the sound of the guns that should arrive within the week. I will keep up the bombardments from artillery and Sallys, then attack again once I have >3000 raw AV.
Defending force 47326 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1124
Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030
Defending force 38840 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1122
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26132 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1001
Defending force 44015 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11841 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 409
Defending force 39075 troops, 243 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) – the Dutch defenders did well, but they are finally broken.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2847 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
Defending force 1776 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Japanese adjusted assault: 52
Allied adjusted defense: 22
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!
Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1989 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 191 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 29 (29 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF – all of these units are now available for the NW Australia raids. I will move them to Koepang to join Yoko 1st SNLF and start preparation for their next targets. 16th Army land combat units are preparing for a range of targets from Perth to Darwin to try and confuse allied Sig Int. The plan is that these SNLF will go ashore at the bases they prepare for and capture them so that the 16th Army units can land at occupied bases without suffering huge disruption. I want KB and some BB/CA task forces here to cover this operation, but those assets will be busy in SEAF for a few weeks yet.
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Defending units:
Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
Ambon Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 10, 42
Sarmi is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on CS Chitose at Truk, ship returned to service
DD Yayoi in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Repairs completed on DD Numakaze at Rangoon, ship returned to service
1LT Sawada, M. of 59th Sentai attains ace status!!
E13A1 Jake from Maya-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,127 a Narwhal class SS is reported HIT
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
2 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 21st/C Division from Horn Island – not all of 21st/C Div landed at Horn Island, with the remainder moved back to Port Moresby. This Mavis unit is moving those that did land back to Lae by air. I will recombine 21st Div elements over the next week or so, but there are a lot of allied subs around PNG right now so using xAK to pick them up is a bit risky.
9 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 23rd Air Flotilla from Milne Bay – reviewing Air HQ locations this turn, I will probably move HQ 23rd Air Flot to Milne Bay but it is still only size 1 (70% to size 2). Once it is size 3 I will move HQ 23rd AirFlot forward. HQ 11th Air Fleet is about to unload at Rabaul (size 5 AF) and HQ 25th AirFlot is about to unload at Shortlands (size 2 AF but will increase to 4 or 5). HQ 25th Air Flot will move forward to Tulagi once the airfield there is size 2 or 3. I am keeping the SEAF Naval Construction Bns busy in PNG and the Solomons, but will need to keep moving them forward to build these priority air bases so that I get long range naval search (Nell/Betty) looking further towards Noumea and Fiji.
4 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th – all of these transport groups on Timor will switch back to training for the short term.
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Yokosuka 4th
Repairs completed on CVL Zuiho at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!
Mare Island expands airfield to size 6
Adak Island expands port to size 2 – The NEAF reinforcements can’t arrive quickly enough. Only 16 days until A/50th JNAF AF Coy arrives, 20 days until 3rd Maizuru SNLF and 3x Infantry Bns arrive. 27 days until 51st IJN AFU arrives. I plan on using the 50th to 59th IJN AFUs in NEAF with the embedded engineers to build patrol and fighter airstrips.
Medan expands airfield to size 3 – that will do for Medan airfield.
Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 1


Close up of the Battle of Chihkiang below. Most of the IJA Divs didn't make it into the picture as I've split them into thirds in the hope that they recover disabled squads quicker that way.
IJA 34th Div has just arrived and is fresh, while the Chinese 44th Corps just arrived with a bit over 200 fresh AV.

After Chihkiang is captured, I'm thinking about sending most of this army east to try and block the 200k+ Chinese Army in the vicinity of Changsha from withdrawing to Chungking, or at least beat it up and slow it down. The ideal would be if I can capture Changteh next and close the withdrawal routes to the Chinese at Changsha. I could work on this while 20th Army is moving south from NCAA, then recombine everyone for the push to Chungking.

If you bomb above the anti-aircraft artillery, you won't lose the fighters. If you want to train them, send them on a sweep.

I was just checking the current status of the IJA Fighter Force.

2nd Air Army and 2nd Air Div in Manchukuo contain my basic training units. Brand new pilots fresh from replacement pool join this force. Once they reach 50 experience and about 70 skill on their main skills they move to the General Reserve.

1st Air Div in Japan is then an advanced training Div. I still have some <50 experience pilots here, but will generally replace these groups with "graduates" from 2nd Air Div. Fighter pilots flying 70% CAP Range 0 are increasing their experience, air skill and defence skill quite nicely without raising fatigue or dropping morale. Once they reach 70 experience these pilots graduate and move back into the General Reserve pool.
4th Air Div has moved to China and is another advanced training Div. It doesn't have any official units yet but 87th Sentai has moved to China, based at Hengyang which belongs to Kwantung Army because of a Kwantung Army unit being top of the stack when it was captured.

3rd and 5th Air Divs are front line active service Divs. They take 70+ experience pilots from the General Reserve pool (graduates from 1st and 4th Air Divs). I am not moving any 80+ experience pilots to Training Command. They are staying on active service so that they keep a quality advantage over the allies.

IJN Air Flot HQ locations also plotted just for info.

From this review I am going to move 1st Sentai from Palembang to Burma. I had "farmed" the good pilots from 1st Sentai but it can provide CAP over a rear base like Rangoon and be closer to the front line to provide support in an emergency now that the allied air threat to Palembang has effectively passed (apart from a Carrier raid).

There are only 4 more Fighter Sentai due to arrive in 1942 so this force structure is pretty much it for the next year.
I will start building Nick-A Fighter Bombers at 60/month from 1 May and start converting Light Bomber units to Fighter Bombers to assemble a better anti-bomber capability. The first unit to get them will be the 84th IF Chutai as they don't need to pay PP to receive them. They are training up their FB skills at Saigon in preparation.

Any particular reason why you retained 4 Sentai in its original detachments and not merge them? Same for 77 Sentai.

ORIGINAL: awaw

Any particular reason why you retained 4 Sentai in its original detachments and not merge them? Same for 77 Sentai.

I recombined 3rd Sentai but that meant I lost the ability to change it to FB.
I should have waited until 5/42, changed all dets to Nick then recombined 3rd Sentai.
I didn’t save the game just prior so to avoid that again I haven’t combined 4th Sentai.
Now you’ve reminded me I just saved the game and 4th Sentai combines without losing the FB option.

For the 77th Sentai, the A and B dets don’t have a withdrawal date, while the main unit has to withdraw 7/44.
I figure I can keep the A and B dets for the whole war if they aren’t combined. They both expand to 16 planes in 3/44.

Nice tricks, thanks!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 11, 42
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,103
PB Kyo Maru #7
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,159
SSX Ha-8, hits 2
SSX Ha-8 is located by DD O'Brien
DD O'Brien attacking submerged sub ....
DD O'Brien is out of ASW ammo – first siting of a USN surface combatant for a while. Long range Mavis patrols have spotted this as a 2xDD task force, so perhaps just on ASW duty.
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ASW attack near Ambon at 76,109
APD Aoi
xAP Naminoue Maru
APD Tade
SS O24 launches 4 torpedoes at APD Aoi
APD Tade attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
xAK Yamagiri Maru, Torpedo hits 1 – forgot to check this before sending the turn back… This task force is bringing a JNAF AFU to Milne Bay, so I hope the skipper does something sensible without orders, like stay in the task force and finish the mission.
xAK Yokohama Maru
PB Santos Maru
Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 4

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yamagiri Maru
PB Santos Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
SS I-170 is located by DD Norman – this is one of the RANs best Destroyers a long way from the RAN cruisers that are in the Coral Sea. This ship may just be an ASW picket duty.
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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Norman
SS I-170 is sighted by escort
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Amphibious Assault at Duff Islands (123,142)
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Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 29
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 14
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 69,105 , near Kendari. No missions ordered so the local commanders find targets within range. I’ll let them use these previously routed troops as a training aide.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 4
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Morning Air attack on 37th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 18
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak – altitude increased from 5k to 10k tomorrow
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 11th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 – no losses today, I will sweep Comilla and Calcutta tomorrow with about 40 allied fighters spotted at each
Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 5
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 5
Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
No.135 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on Dili Detachment , at 69,116 , near Koepang
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Sub attack near Akyab at 54,45
AMC Bankok Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage – sinks quickly taking a few troops from 5th Div with her.
PB Kogane Maru
Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 3
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
SS Trusty launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Bankok Maru
PB Kogane Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3275 troops, 241 guns, 226 vehicles, Assault Value = 2860
Defending force 47265 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1118
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030
Defending force 38868 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26142 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1003
Defending force 44023 troops, 236 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11886 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 414
Defending force 39077 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Duff Islands (123,142)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Duff Islands !!!
Assaulting units:
7th Indpt SNLF Coy

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 11, 42
Babo is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on SS I-155 at Kwajalein Island, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hokaze at Rangoon, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-173 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Syoyo Maru at Tarakan, ship returned to service – not needed at Tarakan so will move to Palembang to help move fuel to Singapore.
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,127 a Grampus class SS is reported HIT
WO Ohtsuka, Z. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard CV Hiryu – only two days from Kure now, gets one more point of flotation damage. One more turn and Hiryu should pass Oita and be safe.
Extensive flooding aboard SSX Ha-7 – one hex to get back to the mother ship so should make it
Allied Recon sighted over 25th Army
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
17 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 33rd JAAF AF Coy to Magwe
2 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 21st/C Division from Horn Island to Lae
9 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 23rd Air Flotilla from Milne Bay to Lae
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar to Magwe
Repairs completed on DD Okikaze at Rangoon, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Tachikaze at Rangoon, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CA Chokai at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Duff Islands !!!
Yokohama/Yokosuka expands fortifications to size 3
Eureka expands airfield to size 3
Mojave expands airfield to size 3
Mandalay expands fortifications to size 1
Rangoon expands port to size 6 – that allows IJN CAs to be rearmed which is all that can get up the river, so the engineers start work on some more fortifications.
Cairns expands airfield to size 3
Perth expands airfield to size 6
Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 2
Dili expands port to size 2
Salt Lake City expands airfield to size 4
Akagi-1 at CV Akagi takes A6M2 Zero replacements – KB reaches Truk and is fully replenished with fuel and sorties. Pilors are given a few days of stand down to recover fatigue and morale. I’ve also posted the best fighter pilots to the carriers and shuffled a few with about 70 experience back to the reserve pool. They will join land based groups until they get to 80+ experience.
Akagi-2 at CV Akagi takes D3A1 Val replacements
Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Kaga-2 at CV Kaga takes D3A1 Val replacements
Kaga-3 at CV Kaga takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Shokaku-3 at CV Shokaku takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Zuikaku-3 at CV Zuikaku takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Loss of AMC Bankok Maru on Apr 11, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAK Matsue Maru on Jan 03, 1942 is admitted
4th Tank Regiment arrives at Tokyo – this unit was lost when the ships it was on were both torpedoed one hex from Rabaul. It is a light tank unit so I’m still undecided where to send it. It’s been bought out to Southern Army so I’ve got a few days to decide where to ship it to. Maybe China where it won’t be mauled by British or US anti-tank guns.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 42
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Submarine attack near Soerabaja at 56,103
xAKL Rozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Rozan Maru is sighted by SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Rozan Maru
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Sub attack near Noumea at 115,159
SS I-30, hits 3
Allied Ships
DD O'Brien
DD Russell
SS I-30 launches 2 torpedoes at DD O'Brien
DD Russell attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Midway Island at 161,93
SS I-153
SS I-153 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Tracy
DM Tracy attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 8
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
AMc Kibi Maru
SS O23 is sighted by escort
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Pre-Invasion action off Denpasar (58,108)
PB Shirogane Maru
xAK Kasagi Maru
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Amphibious Assault at Denpasar (58,108)
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Invasion Support action off Denpasar (58,108)
PB Shirogane Maru
xAK Kasagi Maru
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha – IJA 33rd Div will attack tomorrow if the allied troops don’t move first.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 69,105 , near Kendari
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 98th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 4
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
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Morning Air attack on 11th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17
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Afternoon Air attack on Dili Detachment , at 69,116 , near Koepang
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Sub attack near Ambon at 76,109 – moving the Yokosuka SNLF to Koepang
CL Katori
xAP Naminoue Maru
APD Tade
SS O24 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Katori
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 98,132
xAK Iburi Maru
xAK Kanko Maru
PB Toko Maru
SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Iburi Maru
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Invasion Support action off Denpasar (58,108)
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
PB Shirogane Maru
xAK Kasagi Maru
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4030 troops, 271 guns, 300 vehicles, Assault Value = 2919
Defending force 47203 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112
Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031
Defending force 38896 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1122
Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26133 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1004
Defending force 44087 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1190
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11896 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 413
Defending force 39056 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 596 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 1570 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 43
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
I./33rd Inf Regt – about to withdraw anyway, so I figured it could go out in a blaze of glory and show me what this defending unit is.
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps – an under strength Corps guarding one of the back roads which are now all cut by IJA tanks. If it wants to escape it will need to go cross country.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 12, 42
SS I-162 terminates patrol and enters Truk for repairs
Extensive flooding aboard SSX Ha-7
Pumps fail aboard SSX Ha-7, flooding increases...
SSX Ha-7 abandoned due to heavy damage
Repairs completed on SS I-2 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CL Kiso at Rangoon, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-175 at Singapore, ship returned to service
G3M2 Nell from Bihoro Ku K-1 Det attacking SS KXI at 67,117 SS KXI is reported HIT
16 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming – most of the fighting strength is at Kunming now, just in time as two more Chinese units were just spotted in the hex one to the east.
17 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 8th JAAF AF Coy to Ternate
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 33rd JAAF AF Coy to Magwe
1 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 21st/C Division from Horn Island
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on CL Tama at Rangoon, ship returned to service
Bangkok expands fortifications to size 2
Fresno expands airfield to size 3
Stockton expands airfield to size 3
Christmas Island expands airfield to size 3
Cox's Bazar expands airfield to size 2
Buna expands fortifications to size 2
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 2
Medan expands fortifications to size 1
Koepang expands fortifications to size 1
Hiryu-3 at CV Hiryu takes B5N2 Kate replacements – Hiryu arrives at Kure, airgroups disembark for training and repairs start. Just noticed I forgot to set her to critical repairs so will do that next turn. HQ Combined Fleet and HQ 1st Fleet are still at Kure so that their naval support squads can help out with repairs like this.
14th/C Division - some devices have been upgraded at Jehol – in 2 days when parts of 71st Div arrive in Manhukuo the garrison will be big enough to let 14th/C Div catch the next train to Chihkiang.
Device(s) upgraded in 4th Tank Regiment supplied from Tokyo – tankettes to light tanks
Loss of xAKL Rozan Maru on Apr 12, 1942 is admitted
26th Air Defense AA Regiment arrives at Mukden – will catch the train to Fusan, then be bought out with PP and move to Burma.
24th Air Defense AA Regiment arrives at Sapporo – will stay at Sapporo in case the allies try anything fancy in NORPAC.

If you start when you first capture it, it does not build up too high.

Yeah, I keep both sites clear with about 5-6 small convoys (~4 xAKL's of 795 capacity and about two dozen ~1570 cap. guys). They also ship supply and reinforcements throughout the region to some extent.

Don't forget these sites are pretty much the 'end of realm' and I have 'eyes' checking the area from there for what incursions my opponent may be making.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 13, 42
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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Norman
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 8
Port fuel hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SB-III bombing from 3000 feet – I’ll have to remember to put an Oscar det on night CAP tomorrow
Port Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 – and drop this Oscar det to 5k’
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,89
CM Aotaka
CM Hatsutaka
PB Keiko Maru
SS KXV is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Midway Island at 161,93
SS I-153
Allied Ships
DM Tracy
SS I-153 is sighted by escort
DM Tracy is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Adak Island at 162,53
SSX Ha-3
Allied Ships
APD Sands
SSX Ha-3 is sighted by escort
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Night Naval bombardment of Denpasar at 58,108
CL Oi
CL Kitakami
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shiokaze
DD Akikaze
DD Hakaze
DD Sawakaze
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
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Amphibious Assault at Vanikoro (121,145)
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 99,57
SC Ch 23
SC Ch 20
SC Ch 22
SS Seawolf is located by SC Ch 23
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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed – 3:1 kills isn’t great, but I’ll keep rotating the Sentai and keep the pressure up
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 5
P-400 Airacobra x 26
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged: Two new players join the air war over India. P400s don’t do much better than P40s
AVG/3rd Sqn with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 18 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
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Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 39
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 35
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 42
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied Ships – I’ve spotted a few SS and an AS in port at Darwin and was hoping to hit them. If they can move, I’d expect them to try and bug out tomorrow but without fighter cover I will keep this up. The Oscars are on escort just in case the RAAF or a USAAF fighter Sqn shows up.
xAKL Patris, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 69,105 , near Kendari
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 4
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 10
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 26th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet – staying at 15k’ as I’m not losing any planes to flak, but might try 10k’ again soon to see if I get a few more hits without losing aircraft.
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 60,43 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 76,51 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged – I hope these 4 were write offs. I will send more Zeros so that they have a numbers advantage for next time, see if that helps overwhelm the B17s
Japanese Ships
APD Hagi
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 – clear skies over Comilla, defenders must have withdrawn to somewhere to recover. I need to keep playing this shell game for a few more turns before sending Sallys back again, and when I do they will need to be escorted.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Perth at 48,147
SS I-171, hits 3 – moderately damaged, returning to Soerabaja for repairs
Allied Ships
AM Toowoomba
SS I-171 is located by AM Toowoomba
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4975 troops, 310 guns, 391 vehicles, Assault Value = 3019
Defending force 47201 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119
Allied ground losses: More IJA heavy artillery has arrived in hex and is starting to find the range. I will shortly have a 3:1 raw AV advantage at which point I will launch another deliberate attack with every available man.
156 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units: Just the gunners shown here bombard, while the infantry clean their rifles
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 975 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1037
Defending force 38867 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units: Just the gunners here too, causing decent casualties in rough terrain. I think these Chinese defenders are low on supply
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26150 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1006
Defending force 44039 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
37th Division
36th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
1st Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion – not involved in this bombardment, as it is moving towards the NCAA main axis NW of Sian
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11925 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 416
Defending force 39034 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139
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Ground combat at 60,43 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12394 troops, 122 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 904
Defending force 2997 troops, 57 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 59
Japanese adjusted assault: 343
Allied adjusted defense: 43
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
415 casualties reported – that seems like disproportionately high losses, must be from the rough terrain.
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
875 casualties reported
Squads: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Assaulting units:
56th Division – just arrived this turn and didn’t attack. Will advance NE to an allied stack with 6 units showing, most likely Bns and base forces already beaten up in central Burma
33rd Division – will follow up the retreated units who moved directly E to Katha (dot hex)
Defending units:
Mandalay BMP Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
17th Indian Division
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Ground combat at Denpasar (58,108)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 877 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Defending force 43 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 11
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Denpasar !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
37th JNAF AF Unit – great work by this AFU vs a Base Force det, saves the SNLFs for more important duties. This AFU will develop a Jake and patrol base at Bali to try and interfere with allied subs moving through the shallows and wide straits of the nearby hexes. I will also plant a few minefields in the nearby wide strait hexes with ACMs to tend them, once I get some more mines in the pools.
Defending units:
Den Passer Base Force
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 37459 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139
Defending force 11925 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 416
Allied adjusted assault: 115 – one tenth raw AV, being low on supply doesn’t help
Japanese adjusted defense: 1294 – triple raw AV due to rough terrain
Allied assault odds: 1 to 11
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
279 casualties reported – took a few losses, but I think these can recover before the Chinese can. It may get to the point soon that CS starts sacrificing these units so that they reappear back at Chungking for free before my concentrated field army arrives there. I’d be ok if he does that as I would get a few victory points for destroying these troops, but I hope he doesn’t so that the Chungking operation goes quicker.
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
425 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 76 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
Defending units:
41st Division – one IJA Div holding their own against 7 x Chinese Corps who have no real option but to withdraw or eventually be destroyed here.
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4108 troops, 34 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 153
Defending force 1367 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Assaulting units:
32nd/B Division
Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps – this unit has been spotted moving into this hex on the fast road SE of Sian for the last few weeks. I had no idea it was a 10 AV fraction. It has a friend doing the same thing one hex to the south that 32nd/C Div will block. I have spread 32nd Div along this road to keep the supply line open to Sian. A deliberate attack is ordered tomorrow which may not destroy this unit, but I am ok if it does as I want to concentrate 32nd Div with the rest of 12th Army in the mountains NW of Sian.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 13, 42
Boeton is occupied by the Japanese
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 8th JAAF AF Coy to Ternate
2 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 21st/C Division from Horn Island
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on DD Fumizuki at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Denpasar !!!
Seishin expands airfield to size 4
Changchun expands airfield to size 6
Nadi expands airfield to size 3
Hong Kong expands fortifications to size 3
Cox's Bazar expands fortifications to size 1
Portland expands airfield to size 3
Milne Bay expands fortifications to size 1
Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 3
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D
26th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Mukden
14th/C Division - some devices have been upgraded at Jehol
Loss of PB Toyotu Maru on Jan 19, 1942 is admitted
13th Air Flotilla arrives at Hamamatsu – will stay here as it can’t be bought out. It really needs a RADM with decent air skill but there aren’t any spare ones in the pools. I have noticed a few VADMs with decent air skills currently in command of Fleets (SEAF and 3rd Fleets from memory) that I will replace when I get some spare PPs then reassign them to Air HQs so they can make use of their high air skill.
26th Air Flotilla arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – will move to 4th Fleet, likely Tarawa to support long range naval search and potential long range strikes on opportunity targets
13th Mortar Battalion arrives at Mishan – will stay in Manchukuo as I probably already have enough artillery to conquer China.
18th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – to Southern Area Fleet (Southern Fleet in game) to serve as Cebu garrison.
85th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – SEAF to garrison Horn Island
86th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – SEAF to garrison in the Solomons
87th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – as above
88th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – as above
89th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – as above
I/19th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – to SAF to garrison Baybay. This will free up the 10th Special Base Force that I currently have there so it can move back to Tarakan to act as a backup naval base that can rearm and refuel at least CLs. I will check the Port size + naval support squads but it may even allow CAs to be rearmed too.
II/19th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – will join with I/19th NGU at Baybay
III/19th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – as above, 19th NGU will recombine and eventually take replacements to fill itself out from 75-100%
3rd Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Tokyo – will find its way to SEAF eventually, but will occupy vacant allied bases in rear areas around the Philippines on the way
6th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Tokyo – same as above, but will probably start in the Philippine Islands and work south to occupy vacant Dutch bases in the Celebes region.
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion arrives at Fushun – will catch the train to China to add more heavy guns to the main axis near Chihkiang, which should be captured before this unit arrives.
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion arrives at Fushun – same as above

There is an enforced operational pause due to some real life work travel, but this allows me to review details before entering orders this turn. I will start with a mid-month “around the grounds” review.

General Defence Army and Combined Fleet:
Enemy subs are present around most major ports. Jakes are starting to keep them spotted using their developing naval search skills but the subs are staying in deep water which keeps them pretty much immune to IJN depth charges.
I will plot a Political Points graph and estimate dates to buy out remaining infantry, plus review options for their targets, but the units I still need to buy out are summarised here. 52nd Div will be available shortly, on paper it is allocated to Burma but is 100% prepared for Noumea in an attempt to confuse allied SigInt. It would also be very useful in NEAF for upcoming Aleutians operations. With carrier support it could potentially destroy the developing USN base at Adak Island. I will also review construction engineer tasks and start to develop a few key airfields. Expanded home islands airfields aren’t needed yet and I want to let the Supply stockpile keep building, but I can afford to build up one or two airfields at a time.

Kwantung Army: Enemy activity consists of Soviet base building. No allied subs spotted in the Sea of Japan recently.
Start disabled AV in Manchukuo garrison units is almost all repaired. 71st Div subordinate units will arrive and allow it to recombine in a few days. This will let 14th/C Div to deploy to China. I will review construction engineer tasks here too and select a few key airfields to build and review fortification building. I will also check 2nd Air Div to see if I can free up a few more recon and bomber Sentai to move to China. I will also forward plan the Political Points needed to buy out fighters and bombers to HQ 4th Air Div which is currently in China, but also start planning for their move to Burma/NE India.

From this review, I am going to move 3rd Cav Bde to NW China once the garrison AV allows. I noticed a few Manchukuo garrison units still have about 100 AV of disabled squads to repair, which will allow the 3rd Cav Bde to move as it only has 40ish.

Only IJA regular force units are shown here. The Manchukuo garrison units are meeting all garrison requirements in the cities.

North China Area Army: Enemy are a mix of fresh and recently defeated, generally holding key mountain or rough terrain. Enemy are low or out of supply near 1st Army. Some enemy units are moving to try and cut my supply lines SE of Sian, but appear to be remnants from previous battles.

1st Army will continue to defend near Tsiaotso.
12th Army will conduct a limited advance on the northern approach to the Chungking plain.
NCAA Reserves include 35th and 110th Divs who will clear roads SE of Sian to allow 32nd Army to move to the HQ 12th Army stack. Once the roads are clear and a solid front line is formed, 110th Div will also join the 12th Army stack.

Mongol Garrison Army: Enemy consists of previously defeated units in isolated Mountain hexes and potentially some more as yet unidentified units in far NW China. IJA forces will garrison cities in the northern mountains and advance into NW China with cavalry to make contact with enemy forces in the far NW. I doubt the Cav Bdes have enough combat power to clear NW China on their own so they will be given “advance to contact, then defend” orders. 26th Div will join NCAA Reserves in support of the main 12th Army stack rather than move into NW China as it would be overkill there. 3rd Cav Bde is moving to take over as Sining garrison which will free up the 2nd Ind Mixed Bde to conquer NW China.

All of the 20th Army units (in grey) are moving to the south and will join the Chihkiang battle and approach Chungking from the south.

South China: Enemy are able to withdraw from all areas including Changsha as they control enough hex sides, but they are not yet moving back from forward positions. Some movement has been detected out of Chungking and Kweiyang towards Yennan mountains, likely small units to try and keep withdrawal paths open.

11th Army: 6x Divs in total not counting garrison troops, 2 are mobile at Chihkiang, 2 are at Changsha and 2 are one hex NW of Changsha in contact with enemy stacks in each location. One of the “mobile” 11th Army Divs will become the future Chihkiang garrison while the other moves to help encircle the Chinese force and lock it up in Changsha.

13th Army: 4xDivs in total not counting garrison troops, 1 each at Wenchow and Chuhsien watching enemy stacks there. 2x Divs are mobile at Chihkiang. I have just ordered 56th Bde to move forward to Chuhsien and close a Chinese controlled hexside there. I have also just ordered 3x small RGC units to Wenchow to close off three hexsides that are still in Chinese control, then will move those RGC units to close the remaining Chuhsien hexsides. In Sep 42 I get a few more RGC units that arrive at Nanking for garrison duties. They will free up the 13th Ind Mixed Bde to move south to take over as the Hengchow garrison, in turn allowing 55th Bde to either join 56th Bde at Chuhsien or take over as the Wenchow garrison. Ultimately I want to try and leave the 55th and 56th Bdes as POW camp guards and move 22nd and 116th Divs forward.

Korea Army and 20th Army (grey units): 7x Divs in total, currently split with 4 in the north and 2.66 at Chihkiang. All 20th Army Divs will move to concentrate at Chihkiang with orders to create a “Changsha pocket”, if the Chinese don’t withdraw first. Once the pocket is formed, all 7x Divs will concentrate on the Kweiyang axis and leave the pocket to be watched by 2 Divs from 12th Army.
That should allow a total of up to 13x Infantry Divs to advance onto the Chungking plains from the south. 4 from 11th Army (leaving 2 at Changsha), 2 from 13th Army (leaving 2 in rear areas) and 7 from 20th Army, plus the 1st and 2nd IJA Tank Divs will be able to form in late June/early July on the front lines.

23rd Army: 51st Div is advancing into Kweiyang, but will hold there awaiting reinforcements. If the Chinese withdraw without fighting the 51st Div will follow up towards Kunming if possible. 19th and 20th Divs will also join 23rd Army and push West to open the road to Kunming. Once that is achieved they will return to the Chungking plains to add two more Infantry Divs to the attack.

At Kunming, once all of 21st Ind Mixed Bde is in the hex I will withdraw the 2 x Raiding Regts and move them across to Burma.

All units at the bottom of the image are at Chihkiang with HQs CEA and 13th Army. I am moving 138th Inf Regt NE to try and get the Chinese stack at Chihkiang to retreat away from this hex, but they may not arrive before the city is captured. Once 13th Div arrives at Chihkiang (about 35 miles to go so 3 days) and builds itself 1 level of field forts I will launch the next deliberate attack.

17th JAAF Base Force is moving to Tuyun to establish a bomber airfield closer to Chungking.

HQ Southern Expeditionary Army is at Rangoon, Burma
Enemy has been routed in Burma, are strong at Chittagong, but recon of Assam shows it as lightly held. RAF and USAAF are active in the air. Only RN and Dutch subs spotted since the RN cruiser force was sunk in the Bay of Bengal. No more intel on Chinese units moving to India but the presence of at least a few Chinese Corps in India is expected.
15th Army: will block Paoshan and advance to the Burma-India border, then conduct a limited advance into Assam. I will make contact in rough terrain and attack only where the odds are favourable, otherwise I will create a static front and hold the line until China is conquered.
25th Army: I've just ordered a battlegroup based on 18th/Div C plus an artillery Regt to move NE to threaten Chittagong’s flank and see if that prompts allied moves out of Chittagong. IJA AT guns are moving to 25th Army. I will build up air bases in the Arakan region (especially Akyab and Cox’s Bazar) and work towards getting Sallys bombing allied troops who are in the open. I will only advance into Chittagong if defenders start moving out. I will try and force an allied withdrawal from Chittagong by threatening supply lines rather than putting in a frontal assault, as Chittagong likely has level 3-4 forts by now.

This has prompted me to move a variety of units:
- HQ Southern Army will move to Shwebo to keep it in range of the Infantry Divs, and hopefully drag supply forward with it
- 5th Div is moving to Akyab by ship, then will walk to join 25th Army.
- 1st JAAF Base Force will move to North Burma, likely Myitkyina to build it up as a fighter and bomber base for missions over Assam.
- 7th JAAF BF will move to Akyab so it can support sweeps and bombing missions over Calcutta.
- 15th JAAF BF will move forward from Bangkok, but stay in depth at Chiang Mai for now
- HQ 21st Air Flot will move to Rangoon. The Army is handing over responsibility for air defence to the Navy. Because of this I've just transferred a group of 50 experience Zero pilots into Kanoya Ku S-1 at Bangkok and moved the planes that can fly to Rangoon.
- both Raiding Regts will catch air buses to Mandalay

16th Army: Enemy ground units present in Darwin and Katherine in moderate strength. No fighters spotted but some bombers likely on naval search.

Prep for NW Australia raids continues, awaiting KB and IJN surface combat forces to support amphibious landings. 5th Air Div will continue to bombard Darwin from the air and will soon start taking recon photos of Broome, Derby and Wyndham from the IJN airfield at Koepang.

I will also check 2nd Air Div to see if I can free up a few more recon and bomber Sentai to move to China. I will also forward plan the Political Points needed to buy out fighters and bombers to HQ 4th Air Div which is currently in China,

You have a no holds barred game no? Just buy out the 2nd Air Div HQ to a non-restricted HQ. All the air units tied to 2nd Air Div will become unrestricted as well and be free to move as you wish.[;)]

If you load restricted naval air units that can go onto carriers, AV, or CS class, then they will become unrestricted. Then enlarge them to 81 slots and use them as well.

ORIGINAL: rustysi

I will also check 2nd Air Div to see if I can free up a few more recon and bomber Sentai to move to China. I will also forward plan the Political Points needed to buy out fighters and bombers to HQ 4th Air Div which is currently in China,

You have a no holds barred game no? Just buy out the 2nd Air Div HQ to a non-restricted HQ. All the air units tied to 2nd Air Div will become unrestricted as well and be free to move as you wish.[;)]

While I could buy out all of 2nd Air Div in that way, I don't want to move all of those units out of Manchukuo as I currently need most of them for basic pilot training. I also can't move too many IJAAF Airfield Bns as the 9xAV they contain each are currently needed in the Manchukuo garrison. The air units I have my eye on are those that don't have to withdraw. This is a good reference for how the IJAAF were organised historically. By the end of the war there was one Air Army assigned to each theatre. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-4.html

In this game I am keeping 2nd Air Army assigned to Kwantung Army, with 2nd Air Div the basic training force. I have effectively loaned 4th Air Div to China Exp Army for the next 6-12 months of game time, and they may even move to Burma or NE India for a while, but if the war is still going in 1944 the plan is to move 4th Air Div back to Manchukuo. From this review, I am also going to loan 2nd Air Div (but only the air units shown on this chart) to China Exp Army.

I just noticed I've been using the wrong symbol on my charts for the Hikodan (Air Brigade) locations as I thought they were Regts. IJA Air Bde units are not present in game in the form of a Bde level Air HQ, but the JAAF Base Forces have the same numbering system as the historical Air Bdes. As a generalisation, those Air Bdes contained 1xFighter, 1-2xBomber and maybe 1xRecon unit so they could act as a multi-role tactical unit. I'm trying to keep that sort of organisation inside each Air Army in each theatre, ie:

- Each Air Army reports to an Area Army HQ and contains 2-3x Air Divs.
- Each Air Div contains 2-3 x Air Bdes.
- Each Air Bde (represented in game by the ## JAAF Base Force unit) contains 3-4 x JAAF AF Bns plus 3-4 x flying Regts (Sentai) and flying Bns (Chutai).