AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)

[Fletcher]

FROM : VADM SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC. KWAJALEIN
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: SUBMARINE WARFARE.
DATE : MAY 7TH, 1942

xAP VAN REES WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY SUBMARINE LAYER I-124 ON PATROL NEAR BUSSELTON (WESTERN AUSTRALIA). THE SAME BOAT ENGAGED AT SURFACE XAKL PARIGI HOURS LATER. 9 14CM GUN DECK SEHLL HITS WERE REPORTED OVER HER. ENEMY RESPONDS OUR FIRE WITH MACHINE GUNS AND OUR BOAT MUST TO SUBMERGES. NO CONFIRMED THIS SUNK.

SUBRON 1 WILL BE REINFORCED BY SEVERAL BOATS, AND REORGANIZATED LIKE BELLOW:

- SubRon 1 Scouting Group (Recon missions over Ndeni and Santa Cruz Islands)
- SubRon 1 Noumea Blockade Group (war patrol area over Noumea-Espiritu Santo Islands)
- SubRon 1 Espíritu Santo Group (war patrol area over Espíritu Santo - Santa Cruz Islands)
- SubRon 1 Pickett Division (Will screen Santa Cruz island - Salomon islands)

Orders to division commanders will be sent in few days.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: NDENI
DATE: MAY 7TH, 1942

OUR HARRASING AIR OPS FOLLOW ON LIKE PLANNED. TODAY 46 G4M1 FLYING AN UNESCORTED MISSION OVER NDENI TO STRIKE 137TH USAAF B.F., REPORTING 10 ENEMY CASUALTIES.

C5M2 RECON FLIGHTS REPORTED NO ENEMY CAP OVER ENEMY SKIES. SWEEPS MISSION ARE READY TO BE FLOWN IF ENEMY AIR FIGHTERS SPOTTED OVER ENEMY POSITIONS AT THIS ISLAND.

FLIGHT TRANSITS OF OUR STRIKES HAVE BEEN SENT TO SUBRON1 BOATS TO SUPPORT PILOT RESCUE MISSION IF NEEDED.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[traskott]

Those sinkings HURT.. The TK are a VERY valuable target, even for the allied. Good work !!!

[Fletcher]

Traskott,
Thank you very much, I am glad, two confirmed TK were sunk with another two severely damaged !
That´s a great success from SUBRON 2 boats.
Best wishes,
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET CINC, RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: NDENI
DATE: MAY 8TH, 1942

NEW AIR STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY POSITIONS AT NDENI AT SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS:

- 13 A6M2 SWEEPING NDENI REPORTED NO ENEMY FIGHTER WERE ON CAP OVER ENEMY BASE.
- 33 A6M2 ESCORTED 40 G4M1 TO STRIKE 2ND MARINE DEFENSE BN REPORTING 7 ENEMY CASUALTIES.
- A SECOND SWEEP WITH 7 A6M2 REPORTED NO ENEMY FIGHTERS ON CAP TOO.

OUR RECON FLIGHTS WITH C5M2 RECCE AIRCRAFTS REPORTED ENEMY RUNWAY BUILT (SIZE 1). OUR FORCES WILL LAUNCH A MASSIVE BLOW AGAINST ENEMY FACILITIES. THEIR WORK WILL BE BACK TO STONE AGE.

ONE G4M1 DAITAI AND ONE A6M2 DAITAI HAVE ARRIVAL T0 RABAUL AND PUT UNDER 11ST AIR FLEET TO REINFORCE OUR DEPLOYMENT AT SALOMON SEA IF NEEDED.

LCDR K. SUGINO HAVE TAKE COMMAND OF 6TH KU S-1 DAITAI AT MUNDA TO SWEEPS OPS OVER SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS.

LONG LVIE TO THE EMPEROR !!!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC. KWAJALEIN.
TO: ADM ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: SUBMARINE WAR REPORT
DATE: MAY 8TH, 1942

XAK TRENTO WAS TORPEDOED BY I-5 (SUBRON4) NEAR VICTORIA IN THE WESTERN CANADIAN COAST.

I-32 WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AFTER BE ENGAGED BY HMS PALADIN NEAR CEYLAN. UNDER HEAVY DAMAGES SHE IS RETURNING BACK HOME TO ARRIVAL TO PENNANG SUBMARINE BASE.

ENEMY SUBMARINE ACTIVITIES:

- CS MIZUHO WAS UNSUCCESFULLY ENGAGED NEAR PALEMBANG BY ENEMY SUBMARINE. ONE DUD TORPEDO HIT HER WITH NO DAMAGES REPORTED. GENERAL QUARTERS SOUNDS AT ALL NAVAL BASES AT JAVA SEA WITH SEVERAL ASW HUNTER KILLER GROUPS WITH ORDERS TO CHASE THE THREE ENEMY BOATS REPORTED IN THE PALEMBANG AREA.

- AN ALLIED SUBMARINE WAS REPORTED HIT BY A H6K4 ASW FLIGHT AT SALOMO SEA.
- AN ALLIED SUBMARINE WAS REPORTED HIT BY A E13A1 FLOATPLANE FLYING AN ASW MISSION FROM HIJMS MIZUHO, OFF PALEMBANG.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: ADM. OSIMI NAGANO. IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. GENRUIBU. TOKYO.
TO: ADM. SHIRO TAKASU, 1ST FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: 1ST FLEET DEPLOYMENT
DATE: MAY 8TH, 1942

BATRON 2, 1st DivisionVADM Takasu

HIJMS ISE, with Mobile Force, will be reloaded and replenished to be ready for new Secret Combined Fleet Ops.
HIJMS HYUGA, with Mobile Force, will be reloaded and replenished like her sister.

BATRON 2, 2nd Division

HIMS FUSO, with Mobile Force, will be reloaded and replenished to be ready for new Secret Combined Fleet Ops.
HIJMS YAMASHIRO, with Mobile Force, will be reloaded and replenished like her sister.

BATRON 3, 1st Division VADM Mikawa

HIJMS KONGO, detacched to 5th Fleet, steaming with HIJMS JUNYO.
HIJMS HARUNA, with Mobile Force

BATRON 3, 2nd División

HIJMS HIEI, detached to Kido Butai, will be reloaded and replenished to join Mobile Force
HIJMS KIRISHIMA, detached to Kido Butai, will be reloaded and replenished to join Mobile Force

CRURON 6 RADM Aritama Goto

HIJMS KAKO, ready at Palaos Island, will join to Mobile Force like Scouting Group
HIJMS KINUGASA, ready at Palaos Island, will join to Mobile Force like Scouting Group
HIJMS AOBA, ready at Palaos Island, will join to Mobile Force like Scouting Group
HIJMS FURUTAKA, ready at Palaos island, will join to Mobile Force like Scouting Group

CARDIV 3 RADM Kubawara.

HIJMS HOSHO, off Truk at ASW Duties.
HIJMS ZUIHO, detacched to CarDiv4, will join to CarDiv 3 after be reloaded and replenished.
DD YUKAZE, will arrive to Singapore Harbour, May 9th, 1942. Escort duties to HIJMS Zuiho.

DESRON 1 RADM S.Omori

FLAG: CL ABUKUMA, steaming with KB.

DESDIV 6

DD AKATSUKI, escorting convoy to Davao
DD HIBIKI, screening KB
DD IKAZUCHI, at ASW duties with 4th Fleet

DESDIV 17

DD HAMAKAZE, screening KB
DD ISOKAZE, screening KB
DD TANIKAZE, screening KB
DD URAKAZE, upgrading at Singapore drydocks.

DESDIV 21

HIJMS HATSUHARU, Home Waters, will escort troop convoy to South Seas.
HIJMS NENOHI, Home Waters, will escorte troop convoy to South Seas
HIJMS HATSUSHIMA, docked at Rabaul
HIJMS WAKABA, docked at Rabaul

DESDIV 27

HIJMS SHIGURE (at Timor, escort duties)
HIJMS YUGURE, escorting Davao convoy.

DESRON1 will be redeployed at South Seas to Carrier Escort duties. DESDIV 21 & DESDIV 27 will departure to south Seas when end their tasks.

DESRON3 will be attached to Mobile Force, orders will be sent in few days to redeployment.

[traskott]

Another secret KB operation ?

Be mercy, I think Cantona is now out of tiritas !!! [:'(][:'(]

[Fletcher]

FROM: LT.GEN. SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC, MANDALAY
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: MITKYINA AIR RAID
DATE: MAY 8TH, 1942

Enemy have launched an daylight air raid against our airstrip at Mitkyina. A first wave with 15 unescorted Blenheim got 2 airbase, 3 airbase supply and 11 runway hits. A second raid with 16 unescorted Wellington Is and 3 B-26 reported another 5 airbase, 9 airbase supply and 63 runway hits. 6 Ki-27 were destroyed at ground.

Our fighter reserve daitai at Mytkiyna have been redeployed at rearguard. A Ki-43-IC chutai have been ordered to patrol over Miytkyna skies to avoid more air strikes.

Supplies are very requested to Northern Burma.

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[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: traskott

Another secret KB operation ?

Be mercy, I think Cantona is now out of tiritas !!! [:'(][:'(]

I am in the prepping phase of a new Secret Combined Fleet Ops (number 4)... I will post about later
Japanese High Command will be merciless with devil yanks on South Seas or whatever they will be a threat for "my Empire"... [:-]
Best wishes
Ramón

[Fletcher]

AIR FRAMES AND ENGINE PRODUCTION
MAY 8TH, 1942

1.199 AIRCRAFTS PRODUCED MONTHLY
226 FACTORIES NOT PRODUCING.

1.245 ENGINES PRODUCED MONTHLY
108 ENGINES PRODUCED MONTHLY

MORE THAN 1.500 AIRCRAFTS AT POOL.
481 ENGINES AT POOL.

[Amoral]

Hi Fletcher,

This AAR is interesting to follow, but it is also an excellent reference for me as I plan out my own resource convoys and production.

But about your 1942 exercise for fighter production:

Do you really use 200 Zeroes, 250 Oscars and 63 Nicks per month?

Also, what is your opinion of the Ki-45 Nick? I know you have to produce it because of PDU=OFF, but would you produce it anyways?

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: Amoral

Hi Fletcher,

This AAR is interesting to follow, but it is also an excellent reference for me as I plan out my own resource convoys and production.

But about your 1942 exercise for fighter production:

Do you really use 200 Zeroes, 250 Oscars and 63 Nicks per month?

Also, what is your opinion of the Ki-45 Nick? I know you have to produce it because of PDU=OFF, but would you produce it anyways?

Amoral, thank you very much for your kind words,
Like you know I am playing with PDU OFF. Ki-43Ic figures are a need, this model will be upgraded freely. A6M2 is a must, and Ki-45 KAI is a valuable FB (I will use them like Night Fighters). Remember 60 AC/month is only 2 AC/daily, when you will need to upgrade a 36 aircraft IJAAF Daitai you will need more than 15 days to put them in first line airstrips...and you will need reemplacements, I am planning to produce 80 Ki-45 KAI monthly (and if you will not need to produce more you ever can to stop production to save H.I.points)... KI-45 factories will be upgraded freely (it´s a great advantage). IMHO, I would produce them if PDU ON were activated.
Best of wishes,
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11TH AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS AIR WAR REPORT.
DATE: MAY 9TH, 1942


Chitose Ku S-1 Daitai Type-0 Fighters took off from Munda runway to sweep enemy air space over Santa Cruz Island (Ndeni). 18 A6M2 met with 16 P-40E and 13 F4F3-A. Following the sweep, the strike wave with 40 G4M1 escorted by 45 A6M2 met with 11 F4F3 and 8 P40Es on CAP.

In the dogfight our fighters reported 5 P-40 and 5 Wildcats downed with 10 A6M2 lost (2 more were lost by operational causes).

Our bombers reported 6 casualties, 4 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hits and 24 runway hits over the newly airfield at Ndeni. 1 P-40 was claimed destroyed on ground.

06 recon flights from C5M2, H6K4 and H8K1 aircrafts were flown over Ndeni to report damaged over enemy air facilities.

We will press on with more aircrafts, more pilots, more bombs....

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

Chitose Ku S-1 type 0 Naval Fighters sweeping Ndeni
May 8th, 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11TH AIR FLEET CINC. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN AIR STRIKES
DATE: MAY 9TH, 1942

REPORTED BY OUR RECON FLIGHTS ENEMY HAVE RAISED AN AIRSTRIP AT PORT HEDLAND, OUR AIR ASSETS HAVE TAKE OFF TO SMASH ENEMY WORKS. 42 G4M1 HAVE DROPPED THEIR BOMBS OVER ENEMY FACILITIES RERPOTING 13 CASAULTIES, 4 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 1 RUNWAY HITS.
SHIPS DOCKED AT PORT WERE REPORTED TOO.

OUR AIR ASSETS WILL LAUNCH A NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST ENEMY TARGET AFTER KOEPANG BASE HAVE BEEN RESUPPLIED BY SEA.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. JISABURO OZAWA, SOUTHERN FLEET CINC. CAM RANH BAY.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC, KURE
SUBJECT: ASW WARFARE REPORT
DATE: MAY 9TH, 1942

An enemy "Gato" Class boat was pinged by CHa-26 subchasser screening Kushiro-Sendai regular resources convoy.

Another "Gato" Class boat engaged at surface at night time (32% moonlight) XAK TOKO MARU, a steamer from Shikuka-Ominato Special Convoy. 03 machine gun burst hit our cargo with no damaged reported on her. She is out of 8cm ammo after firing several salvoes against enemy boat.

An Electric Boat was pinged by PB KOHUKU MARU and PB KEIKO MARU 160 nm SE of Gasmata at Bismarcks.

HIJMS ASAGAO was unsuccesfully attacked by a "P" Class boat when she was screening a tanker near Hannover Island (Bismarcks). Tanker will arrive tomorrow with near 8.000 tons of fuel to Rabaul.

A Dutch Coastal boat was reported hit by a B5N2 ASW Flight from Kavieng at Bismarck Sea.

A "S" Class Boat was engaged by DESDIV30 (DESRON 6) destroyers 40 nm NW of Muntok (at Java Sea). HIJMS MOCHIZUKI is out of ASW ammo. Several Type 95 DC were dropped unsuccesfully. Hours later, Escort Ship "HISHU" engaged the same boat reporting 2 hits or near misses over the same boat with her Type 95 Mod-2 Depth Charges.

Great Convoy (2nd) will be ready to departure in few days. Escort and air assets are ready at departure port. Ships will be assembly in few days. Near 1,000.000 Resources/Fuel tons will be transfered to Home from S.R.A and our target will be increase this ammount for the next month.

Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

XK TOKO MARU (SHIKUKA-OMINATO SPECIAL CONVOY) UNDAMAGED AFTER BE ENGAGED AT SURFACE BY ENEMY BOAT.
MAY 9TH, 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: LTGEN SUGAWARA, 3RD AIR DIVISION CINC, MANDALAY.
TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, MANDALAY.
SUBJECT: AIR WAR OVER BURMA
DATE: MAY 9TH, 1942

35 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 29 KI-43IC STRIKE COLMMILLA AF REPORTING 16 RUNWAY HITS. NO ENEMY FIGHTERS ON CAP.
67 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 27 KI-43IC STRIKE IMPHAL AF REPORTING 1 B-26 DESTROYED ON GROUND, 4 AIRBASE, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 26 RUNWAY HITS.

NO ENEMY AIR ACTIVITIES OVER BURMA (?!)

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. HOSOGAYA, 5TH FLEET CINC. OMINATO.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE.
SUBJECT: NORTHERN WATERS REPORT
DATE: MAY 9TH, 1942

RO-33 REACHED HER TARGET TO RECON ADAK ISLAND. SHE REPORTED 4 ENEMY SHIPS DOCKED AND MORE THAN 30 AIRCRAFTS AT AIRFIELD.

TROOP CONVOY HAVE ARRIVED TO PARAMUSHIRO JIMA PORT, AND TWO ANOTHER TROOP CONVOYS DEPARTURE FROM OMINATO TO NORTHERN WATERS YESTERDAY HEAVILY ESCORTED BY ASW ASSETS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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