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November 6, 1942 Trimcomalee
Intel
11739 men are based at Paramushiro Jima.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is located 34 miles NE of Chungking.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is located 36 miles NE of Chungking.
8th Heavy Artillery Brigade is located at Mutanchiang.
36th Construction Battalion is located at Canton.
4480 men are based at Hanoi.
67th Construction Battalion is located at Toyama.
11th Ind. Brigade is located 19 miles N of Chungking.
37th Division is located 33 miles NE of Chungking.
51st Heavy AA Battalion is loaded on AP,Anzan Maru moving to Darwin.
Chinkai Base Force is located at Masan.
Elements of the 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located 21 miles S of Chengting.
5857 men are based at Takamatsu.
100509 men are based at Heiho.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Recon
SB-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 85660/1035/30
R-12 takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 5860/69/0
R-12 takes recon photos of Tsitsihar 6 LCUs 27560/298/18
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 8 LCUs 24580/403/142
R-12 takes recon photos of Changkufeng 5 LCUs 35220/355/8
SB-2 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 31900/349/8
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Taung Gyi nothing spotted
Do 24K-2 takes recon photos of Port Moresby 57 fighters, 28 aux, 28 LCUs
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 4 LCUs 3520/20/135
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Lunga 12 LCUs 6200/50/0
Combat
Trimcomalee was attacked without any warning by 51 X Zero, 70 X Val and 71 X Kate. 10 X Seafire, 6 X Fulmar and 19 X Hurricane intercepted the raid destroying 10 X Zero, 4 X Val (29 damaged) and 3 X Kate (7 damaged). The Allies suffered 3 X Seafire destroyed 1 damaged, 5 X Fulmar downed and 16 X Hurricanes lost. The RN fleet was sitting in port and the initial reports though not good could have been worse.
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 4, moderate systems damage
CV Formidable, Bomb hits 6, moderate systems damage
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 4, on fire/under control, heavy systems damage
CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 3, no damage
CL Birmingham, Bomb hits 1, moderate systems damage
BB Valiant, Bomb hits 1, no damage
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, no damage
BB Warspite, Bomb hits 2, light damage
CA Devonshire, Bomb hits 1, moderate systems damage
CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1, light damage
All fires are under control and expected to be out shortly.
The port facilities suffered light damage.
The question immediately was raised as to how the IJN managed to slip into range to launch an attack without being spotted? An official investigation will be launched immediately.
15 X Seafire, 18 X Fulmar and 21 X Swordfish attacked the IJN TF about 186 miles SW of Trimcomalee and were bounced by 21 X Zero. Fighting their way through the CAP 4 X Seafire were lost and another 3 were damaged, 3 X Fulmar were downed and 1 damaged while the Swordfish lost 8 and another 5 were shot up while the Japanese lost 7 X Zero. The Swordfish managed to put a torpedo into the CV Kaga and another into the CV Akagi setting both of them on fire.
Another attack of 11 X Seafire and 6 X Swordfish followed and 7 X Zero met it. The British lost 2 X Seafire, 1 damaged and 3 X Swordfish to the Japanese who lost 1 Zero. No hits were reported.
Later that day above the IJN CVTF 197 miles SW of Trimcomalee the CAP of 13 X Zero spotted an inbound raid by the British made up of 14 X Seafire, 9 X Fulmar and 7 X Swordfish, 6 of which were damaged. The CV Akagi was reported to have been hit by 2 fish, suffering heavy damage and burning.
12 minutes later the 13 X Zero on CAP spotted another attack on the way in comprised of 4 X Seafire, 2 X Fulmar and 6 X Swordfish. In the running battle the CAP lost planes while the British suffered a damaged Seafire, a Fulmar downed and 1 Swordfish splashed while 4 more were damaged. The BB Mutsu was struck by a torpedo and was reported to be on fire.
Derby was hit again by 10 X Zero, 31 X Val and 8 X Kate and suffered light damage.
At Wyndham the Japanese attack and hammer a British tank formation, forcing it to retreat with both sides suffering heavy loses in the fight.
The Japanese artillery bombardment continued at the rail junction inflicting moderate loses on the Allied forces. The Allied gunners, though busy didn't inflict any damage at all on the Japanese.
At 25,85 the Allies attacked the Japanese blocking force and inflicted moderate casualties, forcing the Japanese to retreat. The Aussies loses were light.
29 X Tony arrived at Kungchang and cruised around in lazy circles waiting for opposition that never arrived.
Ed stares at the line in the report about the radio transmissions at Vancouver. He supposes that efforts are being made to track these down, but a mobile radio in a large area would be hard to find, especially if the messages are kept short.
Sylvia sits and listens to Pete with a smile on her face. When he's done telling her what he wants to do she says, “That's OK with me. We'll take things at whatever we think is a comfortable pace.” They then briefly and gently embrace each other.
Elaine's father has just finished telling her that Bill is a naval officer and there is a war on so that it's entirely possible that he was assigned to some other duty. He wonders where he went wrong and she became such a self centered woman.
Benham is nearing completion of the work being done on her and Phil has had enough of life ashore. Lazing around just doesn't seem to be as comfortable as it once was, not to long ago. Yet that short amount of time seems like forever.
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RE: Going Again - 
Interesting choice. My guess is the IJA has decided to trade ground and troops for time, so as to prevent an allied airbase in the area for as long as possible.
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