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FROM: CDR MINOWA, 8TH BASE FORCE. PORT MORESBY. NEW GUINEA.
TO: RADM. GOTO, 4TH FLEET HQ. SOUTH SEAS ASW COMMAND. TRUK.
SUBJECT: S-23 SUNK
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.


THIS EARLY MORNING A HARD SOUND WAS HEARD BY CM WAKATAKA CREWMEN NEARBY TO MINED PERIMETER OFF PORT MORESBY. A LIGHT PATROL BOAT ESCORTING FREIGHTERS AT THIS BASE WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE. SEVERAL CORPSES AND OIL SLICK ON SURFACE. AN ENEMY SUBMARINE HIT A MINE. ELECTRIC COASTAL BOAT S-23 WAS A HEADACHE FOR OUR ASW PATROLS IN THIS AREA. NOW, ONLY SHE IS A SHIPWRECK.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !
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FROM: LT MURANAKA. CHA-26 CO. NEARBY PALEMBANG.
TO: VADM.KONDO. 2ND FLEET HQ. HONG KONG.
SUBJECT: SURFACE COMBAT NEAR MUNTOK.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

DISASTER SIGNAL. REPEAT, DISASTER SIGNAL.

THIS EARLY MORNING WE HAVE BEEN SURPRISED INTO OUR ASW PATROL AREA BY ENEMY MINELAYERS. CHA-7, CHA-18 AND CHA-19 SUBCHASSER SUNK BY ENEMY GUN FIRE. ENEMY SHIPS IDENTIFIED LIKE ML 432 AND ML 433 (BRITISH ?). THIS IS OUR LAST MESSAGE. I HAVE RETIRED TO PALEMBANG BUT OUR SHIP IS SINKING QUICKLY AND WE CAN NOT GET PORT. I WILL SINK WITH MY SHIP.
PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR SAVED INTO A RESCUED BOAT WITH A SAILOR.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!!!
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FROM: RADM TODA, 21ST AIR FLOTILLA HQ. BALIKPAPAN. BORNEO.
TO: VADM TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO. FORMOSA.
SUBJECT: AIR SUPPERIORITY MISSIONS OVER JAVA.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942

THIS MORNING SEVERAL WAVES OF A6M2 HAVE TAKEN OFF FROM BANDJEMARSIN TO SWEEP ENEMY AIR SKIES.
IN THE FIRST ONE, 19 A6M2 MEET AN ENEMY CAP WITH 8 FIGHTERS, DOWNING 4 OF THEM. NO IJN LOSSES.
A SECOND WAVE WITH 62 LEVEL BOMBERS TO SMASH AIR FACILTIES REPORT 3 AIR BASE HITS, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS, AND 2 RUNWAY HITS. NO IJN LOSSES AND NO ENEMY CAP. LIGHT RAIN.
A THIRD AND A FOURTH WAVES WITH A6M2 FROM BANDJEMARSIN MEET NO CAP.
INCOMING MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM 22ND AIR FLOTILLA REQUESTING SUPPORT TO SMASH NORTH JAVA AIRFIELDS.

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FROM: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG. SUMATRA.
TO: VADM. TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO. FORMOSA.
SUBJECT: SUPRESSING COASTAL DEFENSES
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

23 G3M2 HAVE TAKEN OFF THIS MORNING FROM PALEMBANG TO STRIKE ENEMY COASTAL DEFENSES OF MERAK BEFORE OUR MINESWEEPERS WILL ARRIVE.
OUR PILOTS REPORT 73 ENEMY CASUALTIES WITH 1 GUN LOST.
03 GROUND UNITS SPOTTED WITH 18 GUNS.
SEVERAL MORE WAVES WILL BE SENT. NO ENEMY CAP. OVERCAST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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FROM: RADM. TAKENAKA. 23RD AIR FLOTILLA. KOEPANG. TIMOR.
TO: VADM. TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO. FORMOSA.
SUBJECT: AIR STRIKE OVER DARWIN.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

UNDER HEAVY CLOUDS, 23 G4M1 ESCORTED BY 9 A6M2 HAVE STRIKE ENEMY AIR FACILITIES AT DARWIN.
OUR PILOTS REPORT 2 ENEMY SOC-2 SEAGULL DESTROYED AT GROUND WITH 1 GUN LOST, 9 AIRBASE HITS, 2 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 54 RUNWAY HITS.
WE WILL GO ON WITH OUR STRIKES UNTIL SMASH ALL ENEMY FACILITIES.
LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR
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FROM: LCDR OBAYASHI. 3RD KU S-1 DET A CHUTAI. AT PALEMBANG. SUMATRA
TO: RADM. MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR ATTACK OVER IJN SHIPS.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

THIS MORNING FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS, OUR CHUTAI FLY A LRCAP MISSION OVER MUNTOK TO PROTECT OUR MINESWEEPERS IN THAT AREA.
NEAR OOSTHAVEN, UNDER SEVERE STORMS, WITH AN ESTIMATE ALTITUDE OF 8,000 FEET WE SPOT NEARBY 30 ENEMY TORPEDO BOMBERS HEADING OUR SHIPS (4 DMS).
WITH ONLY 4 A6M2 FLYING IN LRCAP OUR PILOTS GET 14 ENEMY TORPEDO BOMBERS DOWNED BUT 12 OF THEM LAUNCHED THEIR TORPEDOES AGAINST OUR SHIPS.
IDENTIFIED W-1, W-5 AND W-6 TORPEDOED AT SUNK. AFTER ENEMY AIR ATTACK WE CAN SIGHT W-4 HEAVY DAMAGE PROBABLY SINKING.

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FROM: LCDR FUJITA, 2ND MINESWEEPER DIVISION. ABOARD W-4
TO: VADM. KONDO. 2ND FLEET HQ. HONG KONG.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR ATTACK
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

TODAY ALL 2ND MINESWEEPER DIVISION HAVE DISAPEAR BEATH THE WAVES AFTER AN ENEMY AIR ATTACK WITH TORPEDOES WHEN WE WERE HEADING TO MUNTOK TO MINESWEEPING MISION. NEARBY 30 ENEMY AIRCRAFTS WERE SPOTTED BUT OUR BRAVES A6M2 CAP GET TO DOWND 13 WITH ANOTHER 1 DOWN BY OUR FLAK.
THREE OF OUR SHIPS WERE SUNK BY TORPEDO HITS, WITH W-4 SINKING.
WE CAN NOT GET PORT AND WE WILL DIE FOR EMPEROR !

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FROM: LGEN ANAMI. XI ARMY HQ. NEAR NANYANG.
TO: GEN. HATA. CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY HQ. NEAR NANYANG.
SUBJECT: NANYANG OFFENSIVE.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

TODAY OUR TROOPS LAUNCHED A MASSIVE STRUGGLE AGAINST CHINESE BANDITS AT NANYANG. WE HAVE LOST 1.682 MEN WITH 42 VEHICLES VS. 4.501 ENEMY CASUALTIES WITH 4 GUN LOST (46 CHINESE SQUADS DESTROYED VS 13 IJA SQUADS DESTROYED). WE WILL SMASH ALL RESISTANCE AT NANYANG AND WILL BURN ALL CITY IF NECCESARY TO MOPPING UP FROM CHINESE RATS.

HEAVY ARTY SUPPORT AND AIR CLOSE SUPPORT REQUESTED.
LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR!!
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FROM: LGEN HOMMA. XIV ARMY HQ. NEAR BATAAN. LUZON. P.I.
TO: GEN. TERAUCHI. SOUTHERN AREA ARMY HQ. KOTA BAHRU. MALAYA.
SUBJECT: FIRST DELIBERATE ATTACK AGAINST ENEMY POSITIONS AT BATAAN.
DATE: JAN 21ST 1942.

TODAY OUR FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED A DELIBERATE ATTACK AGAINST ENEMY POSITIONS AT BATAAN. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS SMASHING WITH OUR LEVEL BOMBERS AND ARTY SUPPORT TO SOFT ENEMY POSITIONS I TAKE THE DECISION TO ATTACK TO DOWN ENEMY DEFENSES.
WITH 4,027 IJA CASUALTIES, 11 GUN AND 59 VEHICLES LOST, WE CAN GET TO REDUCE THE FORTIFICATION LEVEL TO 2 REPORTING 2788 ENEMY CASUALTIES AND 6 GUNS AND 9 VEHICLES LOST.

WE WILL FOLLOW WITH OUR AIR CAMPAIGN TO SOFT ENEMY DEFENSES BEFORE A SECOND OFFENSIVE ACTION.

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JAPANESE ECONOMY UPDATED 1/2
JAN 21ST 1942

JAPANESE ECONOMY UPDATED 2/2
JAN 21ST 1942

FROM: LCDR MURATA, AKAGI TORPEDO BOMBERS DAITAI. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI.
TO: CPT AOKI, HIJMS AKAGI CO.
SUBJECT: HIT OVER ENEMY SUBMARINE REPORTED.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

ONE OF OUR B5N2 IN ASW PATROL NEAR TO KOEPANG HAVE SPOTTED AN ENEMY SUBMARINE IDENTIFIED LIKE SS SEAWOLF AND GET ONE BOMB HIT ON HER.
ENEMY SUBMARINE SPOTTED YESTERDAY NEARBY CARDIV1 ROUTE.

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FROM: MGEN NOZOE. 20TH MIXED BRIGADE CO. NEAR ICHANG.
TO: LGEN SAWADA. XIII ARMY HQ.
SUBJECT: LRCAP REQUEST
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

TODAY OUR TROOPS HAVE BEEN BOMBED BY NEAR 30 UNESCORTED CHINESE LEVEL BOMBERS FLYING FROM CHUNGKING PROBABLY. I MUST TO REQUEST LONG RANGE CAP TO AVOID MORE INTRUDERS OVER OUR HEADS.
THIS MORNING WE LOST 121 MEN BY ENEMY BOMBS.


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FROM: LCDR TOKAJI. YAMADA DET S-1 DAITAI. AT PALEMBANG.
TO: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER IJN SHIPS.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

THIS MORNING FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS WE PROCEED TO TAKE OFF FROM PALEMBAN AIRFIELD TO FLY A LONG RANGE AIR COMBAT PATROL OVER TOBOALI WHERE TWO IJN LIGHT CRUISERS MUST TO INTERCEPT ENEMY MINELAYERS.
WE HAVE BEEN SURPRISED WHEN I SPOTTED NEAR 60 DUTCH AIRCRAFT FLYING ABOUT 9.000 FEET HEADING OUR SHIPS. UNDER PARTIAL CLOUD, WE INTERCEPT ENEMY RAID DOWNING 1 ENEMY FIGHTER AND 2 LEVEL BOMBERS. NO IJN LOSSES.

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FROM: LCDR TOKAJI. YAMADA DET S-1 DAITAI. AT PALEMBANG.
TO: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER IJN SHIPS.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

MINUTES LATER THE FIRST DUTCH AIR ATTACK SEVERAL BRITISH TORPEDO BOMBERS WERE SIGHTED FLYING ABOUT 9,000 FEET. 5 BRITISH AIRCRAFTS (FROM 7) WERE DOWNED BY OUR FIGHTERS WITHOUT OWN LOSSES.

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FROM: CPT SHIBUYA. CL KUMA CO.
TO: VADM. KONDO. 2ND FLEET HQ. HONG KONG.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR ATTACKS NEAR TOBOALI.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942

HEAVY ENEMY AIR ATTACKS OVER OUR SHIPS NEAR TOBOALI.
THIS EARLY MORNING WE DEPARTURE WITH HIJMS KUMA AND HIJMS KASHII ESCORTED BY SEVERAL TBs FROM PALEMBANG TO INTERCEPT ENEMY MINE LAYERS AT TOBOALI.
AT MORNING WE SPOTTED NEAR 60 ENEMY AIRCRAFTS HEADING US AND WE PROCEED TO GENERAL QUARTERS AND HARD MANEUVRES WHEN WE SPOTTED IJN AIRCRAFTS FROM OUR LRCAP INTERCEPTING ENEMY AIRCRAFTS. SEVERAL OF THEM WERE DOWNED. NO ENEMY HITS OVER OUR SHIPS.
A SECOND RAID WITH BIPLANES TORPEDO-BOMBERS WERE DESTROYED BY OUR COMBAT AIR PATROL FLYING FROM PALEMBANG.
WE ARE HEADING PALEMBANG AND WE WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW MORNING.
AWAITING ORDERS.
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FROM: LCDR TOKAJI. YAMADA DET S-1 DAITAI. AT PALEMBANG.
TO: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. PALEMBANG.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER IJN SHIPS.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

HOURS LATER THE FIRST DUTCH STRIKES WE SPOT ANOTHER RAID WITH NEAR 30 AIRCRAFT HEADING OUR SHIPS NEAR TOBOALI.
ENEMY AIRCRAFT FLYING ABOUT 6,000 FEET WERE INTERCEPTED BY 3 A6M2 DOWNING AN ENEMY FIGHTER.
NO IJN LOSSES.
OUR SHIPS SAILING FAST TO NORTH-NORTHWEST AVOID HITS.

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FROM: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HQ. AT PALEMBANG. SUMATRA.
TO: VADM TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO. FORMOSA.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER BATAVIA.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

FOLLOWING YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WE HAVE COORDINATE AN AIR STRIKE OVER BATAVIA JOINED BY 21ST AIR FLOTILLA UNDER RADM TODA.
A FIRST RAID WITH 16 G3M2 FLYING FROM PALEMBANG WITH 20 G4M1 FLYING FROM BALIKPAPAN HAVE STRIKE ENEMY AIR FACILITIES AT BATAVIA, DESTROYING AT GROUND 3 DUTCH LEVEL BOMBERS AND 1 DORNIER PATROL AIRCRAFT. OUR PILOTS REPORTING 22 AIRBASE HITS, 2 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 72 RUNWAY HITS.
PROBABLY BATAVIA AIRFIELD SEVERELY DAMAGE AND OUT OF SERVICE.

A SECOND RAID WITH 16 G4M1 FLYING FROM BALIKPAPAN HAVE STRIKE ENEMY AIR FACILITIES REPORTING 1 AIRBASE HIT, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY HIT AND 7 RUNWAY HITS.

LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !
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FROM: RADM TODA. 21ST AIR FLOTILLA HQ. BALIKPAPAN.
TO: VADM TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. FORMOSA. TAKAO.
SUBJECT: AIR RAID OVER KALIDJATI.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942

THIS AFTERNOON HAVE TAKEN OFF FROM OUR AIRFIELDS 12 G4M1 TO STRIKE ENEMY AIR BASE AT KALIDJATE. NO ENEMY CAP OR ENEMY FLAK. 1 RUNWAY HIT AN 1 AIRBASE HIT REPORTED.

WE WILL FOLLOW WITH OUR STRIKE MISSIONS AGAINST ENEMY AIRFIELDS AT JAVA.

AIR SUPPERIORITY NEAR TO COMPLETE.

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FROM: LGEN ANAMI. XI ARMY HQ. NEAR NANYANG.
TO: GEN. HATA. CHINA EXP. ARMY. NEAR NANYANG.
SUBJECT: DELIBERATE ATTACK AT NANYANG.
DATE: JAN 22ND 1942.

TODAY OUR FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED A MASSIVE ATTACK AGAINST ENEMY LINES AT NANYANG.
WE LOST 1.517 MEN WITH 18 VEHICLES DISABLED VS. 2.245 BANDITS CASUALTIES (67 SQUADS DESTROYED VS. 9 IJA SQUADS DESTROYED), AND 3 GUNS LOST.
OUR FORCE HAVE GET PERMISSION FROM MYOWN TO LAUNCH GAS ATTACK IF NECCESARY FOR TOMORROW SHOCK ATTACK. GASU BUTAI AND KAGAKUSEN SHIZAI UNITS ALERTED.
TOMORROW WILL BE A GREAT DAY. NANYANG WILL BE BURNT.
LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR !!!
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