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28 Dec 42 reports - 8/16/2020 9:51:38 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 28, 42
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Night Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,139
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AVP Pollux, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at AVP Pollux
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5A Catalina: 4 damaged
PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38F Lightning: 4 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire Vc Trop: 4 damaged
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Hyuga
BB Hyuga firing at 32nd Infantry Division
BB Ise firing at Port Moresby
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Night Naval bombardment of Vizagapatnam at 42,37
CA Aoba
Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Manpower hits 1
Fires 376
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Aoba
CA Aoba firing at Vizagapatnam
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Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-39
SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-38
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,134
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 2 � this was only a matter of time, as there are so many allied subs around Milne Bay that you could almost walk on them to Port Moresby� Damage is relatively light, but she will need some yard time. There are a lot of DDs that can upgrade on 1/43 so they will escort her home and take their upgrades. This task force will hug the northern PNG coast and head towards Manus to replenish and shuffle escorts.
DD Hibiki
DD Uranami
DD Shirakumo
Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 1
SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes at BB Hyuga
DD Shirakumo attacking submerged sub ....

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138 � shifting some pressure to the Solomons so the allies don�t think it is all about PNG.
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 23
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
G4M1 Betty x 30
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged � still lots of supply at PM as indicated by the heavy flak
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 33
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 50 � the bombers will not fly over Dimapur tomorrow. Need to try and wear down the allied fighters before they try another bombing raid.
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed � it won�t be long until these planes are upgraded to Oscar IIa
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40K Warhawk (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
23rd FG/75th FS with P-38F Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed � this looks like one of the bombers gets a kill, but I just checked and there are no kills credited to an IJAAF bomber unit.
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
21 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Sub attack near Cooktown at 93,137
SS I-26 � this sub sinks its second AVP today
Allied Ships
AVP Fazant, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15533 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 521
Defending force 15091 troops, 139 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 421

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 28, 42
Task Force 156 lays minefield at Darwin ( 76 , 124) and sets course for Dili
Repairs completed on SS I-17 at Truk, ship returned to service
SS I-175 terminates patrol and enters Singapore for repairs
WO Ohashi R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kimiyama W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Kimiyama W. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Shibayama I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kimiyama W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Futagami L. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chikami F. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Chikami F. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
an Allied SS is reported HIT
SS KXI is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
14 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
Repairs completed on AKE Akasi Maru at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on BB Yamashiro at Singapore, ship returned to service
Oak Harbor expands airfield to size 2
Jessore expands airfield to size 9
62nd Sentai converting to Ki-49-IIa Helen � from Sally, in Burma.
DD Hatsuzuki arrives at Nagoya � will move to Kure and take its 1/43 upgrade
DD Onami arrives at Maizuru � will move to Tokyo to escort the Yamato BB Div
Loss of xAK Senko Maru on Nov 02, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAK Oregon Maru on Sep 17, 1942 is admitted
AK Almaack is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Dec 27, 1942
AVP Pollux is reported to have been sunk near Cairns on Dec 28, 1942
AVP Fazant is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Dec 28, 1942

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29 Dec 42 reports - 8/16/2020 11:09:18 AM

jdsrae

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 29, 42
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Sub attack near Tavoy at 53,57
AO Toho Maru
E Tomozuru
E Hatsukari
E Manazuru
Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 5, heavy damage � excellent start to the turn! I can�t remember the last time that an allied sub was forced to the surface, but the Type 95 Mod-2 DCs do the job here in shallow water.
SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at AO Toho Maru
Grunion bottoming out ....
E Hatsukari attacking submerged sub ....
SS Grunion forced to surface!
E Manazuru firing on surfaced sub ....
E Tomozuru firing on surfaced sub ....
E Hatsukari firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1
BB Mutsu firing at Lunga
BB Nagato firing at Lunga
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Night Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96
SS Gurnard is located by SC Ch 39
SC Ch 39 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Finschhafen at 101,126
xAK Sydney Maru #2
xAK Rakuto Maru
PB Daiya Maru
SS S-38 is sighted by escort
PB Daiya Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
23rd FG/75th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Kittyhawk IA x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged: Tojos are too good for Hurricanes and Kittyhawks
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
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Morning Air attack on 1st Marine Division, at 114,137 (Tulagi)
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 23
G3M2 Nell: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
8 x A6M2-N Rufe sweeping at 20000 feet
Sweep: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Port supply hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
G4M1 Betty x 19
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th RAN Base Force, at 96,127 (Terapo) � there are 3 units spotted here. One other is a USMC Para Bn, plus one still unidentified.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 22 � great result from these A6M2s
Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 16000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 16000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 16000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 16 � no losses again which is just as good as the 4E bombers shot down, with some good experience gains for the pilots.
PO2 Nikaido reached 81xp today, qualifying for carrier duty, so he is withdrawn to the reserve pool. He has flown 342 missions with 3 kills credited.
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
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ASW attack near Finschhafen at 101,126
PB Daiya Maru
SS S-38 is sighted by escort
PB Daiya Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Daiya Maru is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15569 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 527
Defending force 15121 troops, 139 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 424
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Ground combat at 58,40 (near Imphal)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4556 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159
Defending force 2870 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
54th/A Division
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 29, 42
Repairs completed on TK Ayazono Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
2LT Hashiguchi M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
11th Sentai is way out in front at the top of the Inter-Service Top Gun Trophy competition with 316 kills. 251 Ku S-1 is in second place on 214.
WO Ariyoshi I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Yoshioka, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
1LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
1LT Takenaka A. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Gushi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
CPT Jobo, R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Ishizuka, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyamoto, G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Miyamoto, G. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Ogura, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Kikuchi O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Tsukamoto N. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
SS S-35 is reported HIT
PO2 Nikaido D. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Muranaka S. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Fukada F. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Minami R. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Kanda M. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Tokuda D. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Kanda R. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
16 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
Repairs completed on TK Ceram Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service � routine maintenance for a few days before they haul fuel or oil back to Japan.
Repairs completed on TK San Ramon Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Kuroshio Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Huzisan Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Nitiei Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK San Clemente Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Toa Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Akatsuki Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Changsha expands airfield to size 5
Lahat expands airfield to size 2
Previous report of sinking of SS Pickerel incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of xAK Kokai Maru on Mar 18, 1942 is admitted

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30 Dec 42 reports - 8/16/2020 11:56:58 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 30, 42
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Night Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC Ch 1
SC Ch 3
Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 1
SS Runner is sighted by escort
SC Ch 3 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
17 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 18th British/B Division, at 57,40 , near Comilla
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138
A6M2 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 23
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
G4M1 Betty x 29
G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged
29 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
A6M2-N Rufe x 8
8 x A6M2-N Rufe sweeping at 20000 feet
Sweep: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Port hits 1
17 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 Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 7th Indian Division ...
Also attacking RAF 222 Group Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Also attacking 7th RAN Base Force ...
Also attacking 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
Also attacking 7th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39 � the current plan for the IJA is to wait until a few more Divs are in place then move 3x Divs and a Corps HQ into Silchar at the same time. Anything less would be likely get kicked out immediately. I might ask the Dude if he doesn�t mind sharing who he has placed in command of I Aus Corps, I expect someone good like Lavarack�
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Also attacking 7th Indian Division ...
Also attacking I Australian Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
25 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
G4M1 Betty x 19
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
19 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,102 � on patrol on the NE approaches to Pearl Harbour. I might need to move this sub a few more hexes away from PH.
SS I-6
Allied Ships
PC Jackson
PC Tiger
PC Kimball
SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes at PC Jackson
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-39
Allied Ships
SS Runner
SS Runner is sighted by escort
SC CHa-39 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-39 is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15571 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 528
Defending force 15121 troops, 139 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 30, 42
Repairs completed on TK Hoyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Manei Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
SS I-27 terminates patrol and enters Truk for repairs
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
Repairs completed on TK Teiyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Canton expands airfield to size 7
11th Sentai converting to Ki-44-IIc Tojo � the top Sentai get their shiny new aircraft
SS I-36 arrives at Port Arthur � will join the Southern Area Fleet SubDiv, based out of Soerabaja. Patrol zone remains TBC

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31 Dec 42 reports - 8/18/2020 12:51:45 PM

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Allied merchant shipping was spotted on the NE Queensland coast, so RADM Tanaka was ordered to investigate without getting too close to RAAF Base Townsville.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 31, 42
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Night Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Billiton at 53,93
PB Shinko Maru #2
Captain of SS Saury elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 184,99
SS I-6
Allied Ships
DD Sterett
DD Wilson
SS I-6 is located by DD Sterett
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
36 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
16 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M5 Zero x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 42
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Armoured Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on 11th RAAF Base Force, at 75,125 , near Darwin
G4M1 Betty x 19
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
G4M1 Betty x 23
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
23 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13046 troops, 139 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 424
Defending force 16179 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 536
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15624 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 536
Defending force 15121 troops, 139 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 31, 42
Repairs completed on CL Kinu at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CL Natori at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hamakaze at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsukaze at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Amatsukaze at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Kagero at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hagikaze at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Arashi at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Nowaki at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Maikaze at Kobe, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Tanikaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Urakaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hayashio at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Natsushio at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Oyashio at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-31 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CL Nagara at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-175 at Singapore, ship returned to service
a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS S-35 is reported HIT
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
16 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
Genzan expands airfield to size 4
Keijo expands airfield to size 7
Cooktown expands airfield to size 2
Chiba expands airfield to size 4
Salt Lake City expands airfield to size 8
Aircraft D4Y1 Judy advances R&D � to 1/43, so production starts tomorrow.
The 30x Val factory will change to 30x D4Y1 per month production even though that will cost another 30k for the factory repairs. That allows the 4x30 D4Y1 research to skip along to D4Y4 research with full engine bonus. The D4Y4 will advance 2.4 months per month with 26 months left until it arrives naturally, so it should start production in late July 43 with production of 120/month. KB should be fully equipped with D4Y4s by Sep 43.
In hindsight I�ve built a few too many Aichi engines (about 480 in the pool) so that factory is switched off. The D4Y1 will only use about half of those engines before the D4Y4 starts production, and the D4Y1-C is only building at 10/month. I�ll build the D4Y1 until the engines run out. The Aichi engine factory will change to the Mitsubishi Ha-43 when it starts production in about 11/43.
IJ Navy instructors accelerate training of 49 pilots from month-cycle 10 � I had transferred 2x IJN veterans to the pool as part of reorganising the Hosho-1 fighter unit and this happened.
Accelerated training for 55 IJ Navy pilots from month-cycle 8
IJ Navy instructors accelerate training of 51 pilots from month-cycle 8
Loss of TK Akebono Maru on May 30, 1942 is admitted
DE Ward is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Dec 31, 1942
xAK Comliebank is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Dec 31, 1942
SC CHa-49 arrives at Niigata � to Davao
67th Sentai arrives at Kushiro � this Sonia unit isn�t due to withdraw until mid-1945, so 360 political points were spent to change it to another Nick FB unit. It will stay on Hokkaido to train up more IJAAF fighter pilots.
61st JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo � will move to Rota in the Marianas and help build a supporting airfield for Guam/Tinian plus fortifications.

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1 Jan 43 reports - 8/18/2020 1:30:59 PM

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Here's the victory points worm on 1 Jan 43.
Still about 7k points short of auto-victory, so the war is set to continue a long way into 1943 yet.

China is nearly secure so only about 500 points left there.
Operations into India and SEAF have potential to score some more points by capturing allied ground forces.
That will be the focus for the IJA for about the next 6 months: try to clear Bengal and retake Port Moresby.
The Combined Fleet will take the opportunity to complete repairs and ugprades so it is as ready as possible to try and counter allied advances in the Pacific.

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RE: 26 Dec 42 reports - 8/18/2020 1:37:37 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Rufes can train strafe. 100' sweep. It has been a while since I did it...but pretty sure.

Rufes can definitely train strafe by setting to train sweeps at 100'

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RE: 1 Jan 43 reports - 8/18/2020 1:45:07 PM

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This is the Hosho-1 pilot roster, before and after the excess officers were moved to the reserve pool.

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RE: 1 Jan 43 reports - 8/21/2020 9:14:21 AM

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The game has skipped along at a turn a day this week, but this weekend will see a pause as the Dude has a better offer.
I�ll get one turn back tomorrow morning my time, then will have all weekend to enter the next round orders, so no complaints here.
I�ll take this as an opportunity to check a lot of things like industry, pilot training and come up with some future op plans.
If anyone wants me to post something in particular let me know.

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1 Jan 43 reports - 8/22/2020 8:40:46 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 01, 43
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Sub attack near Billiton at 53,93
APD Nadakaze � moving to join the other 3 APDs at Singapore.
Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 4
SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes
APD Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Anatom at 121,161
SS I-164, hits 3, heavy damage
Did I read around here somewhere something about firing torpedoes at a Destroyer is like hitting a wildcat on the backside with a banjo?
Allied Ships
DD Tucker
DD Flusser
SS I-164 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Tucker
DD Flusser attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,102
SS I-6, hits 9 � and again, spotting some movement around Pearl Harbour though�
Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
DD Hull
DMS Trevor
xAK Iron Knight
DD Monaghan
SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes at DD MacDonough
DD MacDonough attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
PB Tonon Maru
SS Herring is sighted by escort
PB Tonon Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
16 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
11 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 64
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged. 10k� proves to be a tad low
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 111th Chindit Brigade, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96
SC Ch 39
SS Gurnard is located by SC Ch 39
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1252
Defending force 42406 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1622
Assaulting units:
22nd Division � reinforcements arrive with 4 more Divisions 1x Army HQ and 1x Corps HQ on the way.
116th Division
36th Division
4th Mortar Battalion
19th Field AA Machinecannon Company
Defending units:
70th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
32nd Group Army
23rd Group Army
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13088 troops, 139 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 428
Defending force 16197 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 539
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15642 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 537
Defending force 15163 troops, 139 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 428
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Ground combat at 58,40 (near Imphal)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4556 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159
Defending force 2842 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Japanese adjusted assault: 123
Allied adjusted defense: 197
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
307 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
54th/A Division � needed the rest of the Divisions here. The 111th Chindits are spotted slowly moving west so I will let them escape.
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 01, 43
Repairs completed on DD Shiranui at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yukikaze at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CL Isuzu at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-168 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
SSX Ha-11 scrapes bottom at Rabaul � on defensive patrol which is probably a waste of fuel. Minor damage, will repair at Rabaul.
SS S-35 is reported HIT
Allied Recon sighted over Jorhat � as Jorhat is clear terrain I am not leaving any ground forces there, they would just get bombed into oblivion. If the allies want to take this base back with Paras they can have it, as I will then try to bomb them into oblivion.
SS Peto is reported HIT
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
Repairs completed on SS I-27 at Truk, ship returned to service
Trincomalee expands airfield to size 8
Bombay expands port to size 8
Invercargill expands airfield to size 5
Yokosuka Ku S-2 on CV Kaga converting to size 81 from 36 � Kaga is still under repairs at Kure. This fighter Hikotai will move back to Yokosuka to conduct basic training courses.
DD Susuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure � lots of DDs start upgrades, with more heading to the yards to improve their ASW capabilities from very poor to poor!
DD Hatsuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
DD Fubuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Shinonome beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Usugumo beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Shirayuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure
DD Hatsuyuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Murakumo beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Yayoi beginning refit in shipyard at Manila
DD Satsuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Minazuki beginning refit in shipyard at Manila
DD Fumizuki beginning refit in shipyard at Manila
DD Kikuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Nagatsuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Yuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Manila
E W-13 taken out of commission to begin refit at Soerabaja � lots of DMS upgrade to Escort too, with more ASW Divs moving back from forward areas to upgrade in safe ports well away from 4E bomber range.
E W-14 taken out of commission to begin refit at Soerabaja
E W-15 taken out of commission to begin refit at Soerabaja
E W-16 taken out of commission to begin refit at Muroran
E W-18 taken out of commission to begin refit at Muroran
203rd Sentai converting to Ki-43-IIa Oscar � in Burma
61st JNAF AF Unit - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo � needs a few more squads then will move to the Marianas.
Previous report of sinking of BB Nevada incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service � that�s a shame�
Device(s) upgraded in 10th JAAF Base Force supplied from Seishin � lots of radar upgrades. This tells the reader where all the JAAF Air Brigade or �Air Sector� HQs are located.
Device(s) upgraded in 13th JAAF Base Force supplied from Kanko
Device(s) upgraded in 1st JAAF Base Force supplied from Katha
Device(s) upgraded in 7th JAAF Base Force supplied from Magwe
Device(s) upgraded in 8th JAAF Base Force supplied from Myitkyina
Device(s) upgraded in 20th Division supplied from Rangoon � IJA infantry squad 43 upgrades. I will need to check the database to remind myself of the effect of this change. I think it is less men per squad but I can�t remember what the change in firepower ratings is.
Device(s) upgraded in 26th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Cox's Bazar
Device(s) upgraded in 6th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Manus
Device(s) upgraded in 17th JAAF Base Force supplied from Chungking
Device(s) upgraded in 11th RGC Ind. Brigade supplied from Hengyang � I need this TOE to upgrade so that this unit can meet the garrison requirement at Hengyang on its own. It won�t be long until that happens.
Device(s) upgraded in 18th JAAF Base Force supplied from Palembang
Device(s) upgraded in 12th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Samarinda
Device(s) upgraded in 4th JAAF Base Force supplied from Lautem
Device(s) upgraded in 12th JAAF Base Force supplied from Chumphon

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RE: 1 Jan 43 reports - 8/22/2020 11:40:50 AM

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1 Jan 43 Strategic Map showing IJA Division locations

Divisions to buy out of China / Manchukuo, in rough order:
- 40th Div was recently bought out and is at sea, moving south.
- 41st Div will be bought out next to move to SEAF. 40th and 41st Divs will join 16th, 21st and 52nd Divs at Buna to attack Port Moresby via the Kokoda Trail.
- 70th and 71st Divs will move to the Marianas. The Manchukuo garrison is at 9076/8000 so the only thing delaying deployment is the PP to buy out two more Divs. 110th Div has moved one Bde to Mutankiang, the others are still in garrison roles in China but will be replaced shortly so 110th Div can all move to Mutankiang. 116th Div will join it after Wenchow is captured to keep the Manchukuo garrison number above 8k.
- 1st Guards Div will most likely move to the Marianas and remain in reserve there. Guards Mixed Bde is still at Tokyo, with 128 days until this Div can form.
- 104th Div is moving from Canton to the Battle of Wenchow, but is planning for the defence of Luzon. After Wenchow is captured it will move to Shanghai and wait to be bought out.
- 61st Div will be able to form in 66 days. The plan is for all the 60s Divs to stay in China, so the 61st Div will form and then stay in reserve at Tokyo and only be bought out once it is needed.
- 20th Div is at Rangoon but hasn�t been bought out yet so can�t move anywhere by sea. It will stay in reserve there until needed, but might move south to Singapore once the 30s Divs arrive to replace it.
- 22nd Div will move overland to Singapore after Wenchow is captured and will remain in reserve there. It will be bought out if needed.
- 26th Div will move into reserve at Singapore. It is planning for the defence of Palembang.
- 27th Div is moving from China towards the south Burma coast.
- 23rd ,24th ,25th ,28th and 29th Divs will move towards Malaya when other units join the Manchukuo garrison to replace them, some time in 1944.

I think that's 15x Divisions in total on the list above, so at least 18 months worth of PP to buy all of them out.
PPs will also be spent on other things like changing unit commanders and unit HQ assignments to allow some to combine, so by the time I get through all of the above it will probably be 1945�

The 30s Divs from the Battle of Wenchow will move to defend Thailand, the south Burma coast and Indochina.

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2 Jan 43 reports - 8/23/2020 5:19:41 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 02, 43
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TF 298 encounters mine field at Milne Bay (101,133)
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
3 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,133
DD Mochizuki
DD Uzuki
SS S-35 is sighted by escort
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 � multiple sweeps hit nothing over Comilla. I was hoping to hit some bleed over CAP from Dacca.
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
23 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
34 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 2 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
Runway hits 3
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Afternoon Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on 9 RAAF Base Force, at 75,125 , near Darwin
G4M1 Betty x 19
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak � 10k feet is too low
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96
SC Ch 38
SC Ch 37
SC Ch 39
SS Gurnard is located by SC Ch 38
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ASW attack near Oita at 104,61
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-16
SS Spearfish is located by SC CHa-14
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-38
SS Runner is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1255
Defending force 42331 troops, 136 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 02, 43
SS I-124 lays minefield at Cooktown ( 92 , 137) and sets course for Manus
Repairs completed on CL Yura at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Oita Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Sanju Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
SS S-27 is reported HIT
a Porpoise class SS is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS S-27 is reported HIT
SS S-27 is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
SS S-35 is reported HIT
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Milne Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on TK Yamaoka Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Koho Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Cape Town expands airfield to size 7
Portland Roads expands airfield to size 2
Regina expands airfield to size 8
Sabang expands fortifications to size 3
Ki-46-II Dinah upgrading to Ki-46-III Dinah at Nagoya � the Dinah III gets a big range boost. There is 1x size 20 factory building these. As I�ve split all the recon units in forward areas I will upgrading them as soon as there are 3-4 planes ready.
Aircraft B6N2 Jill advances R&D � to 7/43 and closing at 8% per day.
11th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Balikpapan � more radar upgrades. I just checked the in game database and it looks like the Ta-Chi 3 upgrades to the 4 on 1/43, then the 4 can upgrade to the 7 the next day.
15th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tarakan
11th Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Kobe
12th Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Kobe
22nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Akyab
23rd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Rangoon
25th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Magwe
1st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Palembang
2nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Djambi
3rd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Katha
4th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Mandalay
5th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Miri
Device(s) upgraded in 12th JAAF Base Force supplied from Chumphon
Device(s) upgraded in 4th JAAF Base Force supplied from Lautem
Device(s) upgraded in 12th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Samarinda
Device(s) upgraded in 18th JAAF Base Force supplied from Palembang
Device(s) upgraded in 17th JAAF Base Force supplied from Chungking
Device(s) upgraded in 6th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Manus
Device(s) upgraded in 26th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Cox's Bazar
Device(s) upgraded in 8th JAAF Base Force supplied from Myitkyina
Device(s) upgraded in 7th JAAF Base Force supplied from Magwe
Device(s) upgraded in 1st JAAF Base Force supplied from Katha
Device(s) upgraded in 13th JAAF Base Force supplied from Kanko
Device(s) upgraded in 10th JAAF Base Force supplied from Seishin
TK Amato Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure � 8150 capacity medium TK. It will move to Sasebo and wait to join the next convoy to Singapore to join its sisters.
Loss of xAP Kobe Maru on Feb 16, 1942 is admitted
DD Selfridge is reported to have been sunk near Kirakira on Dec 04, 1942

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 03, 43
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ASW attack near Manado at 75,98
AO Toei Maru
AO Nippon Maru
DD Karukaya
SS Shad is sighted by escort
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Night Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 3 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
BB Mutsu firing at 32nd Infantry Division
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TF 329 encounters mine field at Cooktown (92,137)
Allied Ships
AM Whyalla
1 mine cleared
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on 9 RAAF Base Force, at 75,125 , near Darwin
G4M1 Betty x 17
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,137 � this was a 20 hex range strike from Rabaul. I�m guessing that the allies are hoping to sneak supply forward to Port Moresby but the IJN has surface forces spotted at Milne Bay and carriers replenishing at Manus Island.
G3M3 Nell x 7
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK Hauraki
xAK Kauri, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1265
Defending force 42290 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1615

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 03, 43
SS Peto is reported HIT
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on DD Tsuga at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yugiri at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-178 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Saidor expands port to size 2
Kukong expands airfield to size 2
DD Shikinami beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Ayanami beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Asagiri beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Sagiri beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Yugiri beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Oboro beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Akebono beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Sazanami beginning refit while under repair in shipyard at Singapore
DD Ushio beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
7th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Soerabaja
1st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo
41st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Shanghai
42nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Nanking
41st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Fusan
51st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Takao
51st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Taihoku
22nd AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Shanghai
15th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Fusan
21st AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tientsin
38th Division - some devices have been upgraded at Ambon
23rd AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Saigon
20th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Singapore
31st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Hakodate
9th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Kweiyang
11th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Dili
15th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Chiang Mai
16th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Kukong
Previous report of sinking of SS Pickerel incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
xAK Kauri is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 03, 1943

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 04, 43
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
7 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
PB Kunitu Maru
PB Heiei Maru #7
AMC Kongo Maru
AK Yamakaze Maru
PB Hokutai Maru
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kunitu Maru
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TF 405 encounters mine field at Milne Bay (101,133)
AMc Fukkai Maru
3 mines cleared
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TF 192 encounters mine field at Cooktown (92,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
3 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Runway hits 1
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 7 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
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ASW attack near Oita at 104,61
SC CHa-16
SS Spearfish is sighted by escort
SC CHa-16 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-16 is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277
Defending force 42277 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 04, 43
Repairs completed on CA Kako at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-10 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-19 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Rikko Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Tatekawa Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Hofuku Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
an Allied SS is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
1 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
3 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Kiska Island expands fortifications to size 4
Torokina expands airfield to size 5
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D to 10/44 and closing at 3% per day, about 90% per month. They should start production late Nov 43.
Aircraft A6M5c Zero advances R&D to 4/43 and closing at 12% per day. Production should start from 1 Feb 43. Once research comes back to 2/43 these factories will advance to research the A6M8 which will also have the engine bonus from a large stockpile of Mitsubishi Ha-33 engines.
E W-10 beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
E W-19 beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
11th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Balikpapan
15th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tarakan
11th Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Kobe
12th Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Kobe
22nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Akyab
23rd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Rangoon
25th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Magwe
1st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Palembang
2nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Djambi
3rd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Katha
4th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Mandalay
5th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Miri
16th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Batavia
Previous report of sinking of DD Chevalier incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service � DD Chevalier was reported sunk the same day that the French DD Le Triomphant was sunk. The Int staff probably just got confused with the French sounding name.
Device(s) upgraded in 16th AA Regiment supplied from Batavia
Akagi-2 on CVL Ryuho converting to size 27 from 30 � this was just to get the Akagi-2 DB training unit back to a multiple of 9.
TK Takane Maru arrives at Maizuru � another 8150 capacity medium TK. It will wait for 3xPB escorts before moving to Sasebo then Singapore.
30th Fld AA Gun Co arrives at Tokyo � previously destroyed during the withdrawal from Port Moresby. It will move back down there.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 05, 43
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Night Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38 � no aircraft spotted here, so this is mostly to try and stop the forts from building any further than whatever they are at now.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36 � this is the biggest allied air base in Bengal, so must have some big AA guns and plenty of supply�
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
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Night Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
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Night Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
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Night Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
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Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-39
SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-38
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
14 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,137
A6M2 Zero x 36
G4M1 Betty x 16
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed � I anticipated some LRCAP today so set the escorts at 6k� to maximise the chance of them linking up with the Bettys. It worked, but they then got bounced.
Bettys will revert to search tomorrow with Zeroes ordered to sweep the skies over Cooktown.
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
xAK Hauraki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire � for only one torpedo hit, but on a large xAK
xAK Koomilya
AM Wollongong
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-39
Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 3
SS Runner is sighted by escort
SC CHa-39 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-39 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,133
SC Ch 19
SC Ch 18
SS S-30 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-37
SS Runner is located by SC CHa-38
Runner bottoming out ....
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,133
SC Ch 16
SC Ch 19
SC Ch 18
Allied Ships
SS S-30, hits 5
SS S-30 is located by SC Ch 16
SC Ch 18 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,85
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-37
SS Runner is located by SC CHa-38
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8247 troops, 486 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 1796
Defending force 42246 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612
Allied ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units: reinforcements arrive with 3x Divs to arrive tomorrow. Everything that arrived was set to combat mode which seemed to cause all artillery units to join in the bombardment, to good effect. Now all units need to dig in before the first deliberate attack.
North China Area Army
Mongol Garrison Army
36th Division
116th Division
22nd Division
37th Division
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
19th Field AA Machinecannon Company
10th Mortar Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units:
49th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
23rd Group Army
32nd Group Army
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 05, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-165 at Truk, ship returned to service
DMS Southard is reported HIT � at Cooktown
an Allied PG is reported HIT
SS S-40 is reported HIT
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
2 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
3 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on SS I-121 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Taiden expands airfield to size 2
Kohima expands fortifications to size 4
Changsha expands airfield to size 6
7th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Soerabaja
1st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo
41st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Shanghai
42nd Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Nanking
41st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Fusan
51st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Takao
51st Air Defense AA Battalion - some devices have been upgraded at Taihoku
22nd AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Shanghai
15th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Fusan
21st AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tientsin
23rd AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Saigon
20th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Singapore
31st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Hakodate
9th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Kweiyang
11th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Dili
15th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Chiang Mai
Soryu-1 on CV Soryu converting to size 27 from 25 � the KB airgroups were manually set to resize to get fighters to roughly 50% of the capacity of each carrier, TBs typically at 2x the torpedo capacity and DBs to fill the remaining capacity. I will try to keep air units as a multiple of 9s from now on in a nod to the 3x3 aircraft �flights� or Hentai of the IJNAF.
Soryu-2 on CV Soryu converting to size 18 from 23
Soryu-3 on CV Soryu converting to size 18 from 15
Hiryu-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 36 from 28
Hiryu-2 on CV Hiryu converting to size 18 from 26
Hiryu-3 on CV Hiryu converting to size 18 from 17
Shokaku-1 on CV Shokaku converting to size 36 from 27
Shokaku-2 on CV Shokaku converting to size 18 from 27
Zuikaku-1 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 36 from 27
Zuikaku-2 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 18 from 27
Junyo-1 on CV Junyo converting to size 27 from 21
Junyo-2 on CV Junyo converting to size 18 from 19
Junyo-3 on CV Junyo converting to size 9 from 13
17th Garrison Unit arrives at Kumamoto � will move to PNG. It will withdraw in 314 days so it will make a nuisance of itself before then.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 43
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Runway hits 1
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 92,137
SS RO-107
Allied Ships
xAK Hauraki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hauraki is sighted by SS RO-107
SS RO-107 launches 2 torpedoes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed � opposition was expected, but not a full RAAF Wing
15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 35
Kittyhawk IA: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000.
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 11
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 35
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
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Afternoon Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M2 Zero x 23
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 19
Kittyhawk IA: 4 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Motor Brigade, at 62,127 (Broome)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
PB Shonan Maru #2
SS Whale is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Carnarvon at 47,135
SS I-168
Allied Ships
xAK Yunnan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Yunnan is sighted by SS I-168
SS I-168 launches 4 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
xAK Heito Maru
PB Shonan Maru #2
SS Whale launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Heito Maru

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 06, 43
a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
an Allied SS is reported HIT
PO2 Murakami I. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Kanda R. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Katagi W. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Hirusawa N. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Chiyoshima E. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Chiyoshima E. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Nakasawa O. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Hagiri J. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Murakami W. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Kalemyo
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Imphal
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Mili expands airfield to size 3
Tillamook expands airfield to size 4
Howrah expands airfield to size 4
Buna expands fortifications to size 3
Nadzab expands airfield to size 1
21st Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Truk
29th JNAF AF Unit - some devices have been upgraded at Georgetown
Device(s) upgraded in 29th JNAF AF Unit supplied from Georgetown
xAK Hauraki is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 06, 1943

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7 Jan 43 reports - 8/25/2020 1:04:20 AM

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The allied heavy bombers flatten Katha airfield destroying lots of IJAAF planes on the ground.
I�d been half expecting this but left the decision too late to revert the fighter units to defensive posture...
The question now is where will they hit next?

RAF went after Chittagong but the defenders did well there.

It might be time to withdraw the IJAAF bomber force to somewhere relatively safe like Chiang Mai airfield, and let the fighters try to wear down the allied bombers for a while.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 07, 43
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TF 192 encounters mine field at Cooktown (92,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
4 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SS Sunfish is located by SC CHa-13
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 96,167
SS I-10
Allied Ships
TK Aristophanes
xAK Corinda
xAK K.I. Luckenbach
PG Charleston
SS I-10 is sighted by escort
PG Charleston attacking submerged sub ....
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 92,137
SS RO-107, hits 2 � managed to get itself hit by a couple of .50 cal rounds from the Lepus�
Allied Ships
xAKL Lepus, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAKL Lepus is sighted by SS RO-107
SS RO-107 attacking on the surface
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 damaged
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
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Night Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 5
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
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TF 192 encounters mine field at Cooktown (92,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
5 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
PB Shosei Maru
SS O21 is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 35
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 1 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 14
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 � here�s the ugly part�
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 16
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 34
P-40K Warhawk x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 4 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 50
Aircraft Attacking: all at 15k�
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43 � and they just kept on coming. The only slight positive is that it looks like there were only a few IJAAF pilots WIA.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Katha , at 61,43
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
20 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 � this went a bit better. 77th Sentai racks up more victories.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 14
Beaufort I x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 3 destroyed
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 12
Beaufort I x 12
Beaufort VIII x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 1
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Sub attack near Rangoon at 53,56
xAK Toyohasi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage � sunk, full of just over 6k supply�
xAK Tusima Maru
PB Shosei Maru

SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Toyohasi Maru
PB Shosei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8247 troops, 486 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 3141
Defending force 41920 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1577
Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 07, 43
2LT Koga J. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
2LT Koga J. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Kamei E. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
1LT Igarashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
1LT Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Furogori, G. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Furogori, G. of 77th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Bunkichi N. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
2LT Iwashita U. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Iwaya I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Degawa I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Kono, K. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Koda D. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Koda D. of 77th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Furogori, G. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Ariyoshi L. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Haraguchi, K. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Haraguchi, K. of 77th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Goto K. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Kalemyo
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Pago Pago expands port to size 3
Moulmein expands fortifications to size 1
Batavia expands fortifications to size 5
Ace pilot Minami, T. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
16th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Kukong
Previous report of sinking of SS O21 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of xAK Toyohasi Maru on Jan 07, 1943 is admitted
xAKL Lepus is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 07, 1943

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8 Jan 43 reports - 8/26/2020 8:37:50 AM

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Wenchow was captured at the first attempt with a 2:1 result.
No allied bases left in China!

The combined allied bomber command in Bengal attacks again, switching target to Myitkyina, but the defending fighters were all on local CAP and do well.
Aircraft losses are about 2 allies : 1 Japan.
IJ pilots losses today total 6 WIA and only 4 KIA, so if the allies try something like this again tomorrow I�ll take it.

Success here will be achieved if the allies switch back to night bombing or pause to recover for a few days.

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RE: 8 Jan 43 reports - 8/26/2020 1:28:40 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 08, 43
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TF 192 encounters mine field at Cooktown (92,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
6 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-32
SS O21 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 151,156
SS I-17
Allied Ships
ACM Heath, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
ACM Heath is sighted by SS I-17
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at ACM Heath
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42 � here they come again!
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 32
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged: this setup seemed to do ok
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 16 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 16 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
66th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 40
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 13
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Dohibara V. in a Ki-44-IIc Tojo makes head on attack ... forces Liberator II out of formation
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 33
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 31
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 27
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 95663 troops, 1243 guns, 954 vehicles, Assault Value = 3147
Defending force 41755 troops, 131 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1564
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 � I thought there would be higher forts here, at least 2 or 3.
Japanese adjusted assault: 3827
Allied adjusted defense: 1306
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Wenchow !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
6263 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 565 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
56786 casualties reported
Squads: 2134 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2518 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 183 (183 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 10
Assaulting units:
35th Division � 30s Divs to Thailand/Burma
36th Division
116th Division � to Manchukuo garrison
22nd Division � to Malaya
39th Division
34th Division
37th Division
Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
23rd Group Army
32nd Group Army
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 08, 43
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
SS S-40 is reported HIT
2LT Kamito, S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7 � 11th Sentai Tojos get the vast majority of the kills credited here.
2LT Kamito, S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
CPT Aoyagi, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
CPT Aoyagi, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Gushi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Hashimoto U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Eto P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Kaoki R. of 44th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Izumida F. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Izumida F. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Chiba W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Bunkichi I. of 44th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Shirahama W. of 44th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Dohibara V. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Ito, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Eiichi J. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Futagami H. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Gushi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
1LT Ochi B. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Takenaka M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Eiichi W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Eiichi W. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Ariyoshi H. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Gyuba U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Inokuchi P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Takenaka M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Hanzawa F. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
1LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
1LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
1LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
WO Inuzuka L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Minami, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Ishimori L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Ishimori P. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
17 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Kalemyo
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Japanese forces CAPTURE Wenchow !!!
Shanghai expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft N1K1-J George advances R&D to 8/43. Still only 3x30 active research factories with five more between 20 and 28 out of 30.
Ace pilot Bunkichi N. of 77th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
E W-6 taken out of commission to begin refit at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-7 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-20 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-21 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-22 beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Wenchow
Device(s) upgraded in 116th Division supplied from Wenchow
Device(s) upgraded in 25th Special Base Force supplied from Victoria Point
TK Omurosan Maru arrives at Fukuoka- forgot to move these two TKs before sending the turn. They will probably be forgotten for a few days/weeks now�
TK Kyoie Maru arrives at Nagoya
Loss of LSD Shinshu Maru on Jul 04, 1942 is admitted
ACM Heath is reported to have been sunk near Pago Pago on Jan 08, 1943

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RE: 8 Jan 43 reports - 8/27/2020 5:43:03 AM

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11th Sentai Tojos get the vast majority of the kills credited here.

The Tojo, especially the 'C', is quite an effective fighter until it comes up against the later Allied models.

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9 Jan 43 reports - 8/27/2020 1:16:58 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 09, 43
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-13
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-10
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 92,135
SS I-158
Allied Ships
xAKL Benkalis, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAKL Benkalis is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 attacking on the surface
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 152,154
SS I-17, hits 3
Allied Ships
AKV Hammondsport
DD DeHaven
AKV Malancha
AKV Doryssa
AKV Kittyhawk
DD Waller
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at AKV Hammondsport
DD Waller attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 2nd RAAF M/W Sqn , at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 7th RAN Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham) � no flak at Wyndham, so the 193rd Tk Bn is either low on supply and/or doesn�t have the AA weapons to hit planes flying at 10k�
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur) � day 3 strike goes for ground targets here spotting the 1st Tank Div for the first time. This gives the iJAAF airbases in Burma get a day of reprieve. The engineers at Katha and Myitkyina still have a lot of holes in runways to fill in�
There was no LRCAP over Dimapur but 1x Oscar Sentai will fly LRCAP tomorrow, but the allies may not come back two days in a row.
A-20A1 Havoc x 12
P-38F Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 25
Allied aircraft losses
A-20A1 Havoc: 9 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level � the organic AA guns do well vs these attack bombers.
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 56th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
B-24D Liberator x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 25
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Also attacking 11th Tank Regiment ... no hits from 15k�
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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
B-25C Mitchell x 11
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Also attacking 12th Tank Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed � pilot reported WIA despite being shot down over enemy territory, unless he was shot down on the way home and rescued.
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 21000.
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-32
SS O21 is located by SC CHa-30
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-13 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-32
SS O21 is sighted by escort

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 09, 43
PO1 Koizumi M. of 253 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
SS Pompano is reported HIT
a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Seishin expands airfield to size 6
Woleai expands fortifications to size 3
Oak Harbor expands airfield to size 3
San Luis Obispo expands port to size 3
E W-1 taken out of commission to begin refit at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-2 begins refit while under repair at Yokohama/Yokosuka
E W-3 taken out of commission to begin refit at Yokohama/Yokosuka
Repairs completed on CVE Hosho at Kobe, ship returned to service
xAKL Benkalis is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 09, 1943

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RE: 9 Jan 43 reports - 8/27/2020 1:22:17 PM

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During reorganisation of the CEA air units the staff noticed that this recon Chutai can upgrade to fighters.

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RE: 9 Jan 43 reports - 8/27/2020 6:31:13 PM

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During reorganisation of the CEA air units the staff noticed that this recon Chutai can upgrade to fighters.

There're a number of IJ air units that will convert to something else. Of note is many of your FF air units. Once their usefulness is past they will serve better as normal LBA.

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10 Jan 43 reports - 8/28/2020 2:24:37 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 43
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137 � I was expecting some CAP here
29 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 24
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 54th/A Division, at 58,40 , near Imphal
Allied aircraft � this looks like the C grade to me, while A and B grade bombers rest and recover.
Blenheim VD x 12
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Mohawk IV x 16
Wellington Ic x 22
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th RAN Base Force, at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
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Sub attack near Boeton at 68,108
TK Tennan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage, sunk
PB Tokuho Maru #5
SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tennan Maru

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 10, 43
Repairs completed on DD Asanagi at Truk, ship returned to service
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS S-40 is reported HIT
SS Spearfish is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS S-36 is reported HIT
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on DD Matsukaze at Truk, ship returned to service
Annette Island expands airfield to size 7
Vella Lavella expands port to size 1
Asansol expands airfield to size 5
24th Special Base Force takes replacements from Miri � spent a few PP to combine the Special Base Forces in SWAF
Loss of TK Tennan Maru on Jan 10, 1943 is admitted

In other news, the crew of BB Hyuga get 79 days of shore leave.

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RE: 10 Jan 43 reports - 8/28/2020 2:58:56 PM

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For the BB Hyuga, it might be quicker to use Pier Side to repair the system damage then put her into the shipyard, especially if you have lots of naval support and/or ARs there.

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RE: 10 Jan 43 reports - 8/28/2020 8:48:49 PM

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For the BB Hyuga, it might be quicker to use Pier Side to repair the system damage then put her into the shipyard, especially if you have lots of naval support and/or ARs there.

Cheers joe, was thinking about that but didn�t know for sure what would be quicker.
I�ll put into pierside to repair the minor damage first then into the yard for major, and take note of the days to confirm.
There�s a decent amount of naval support there but no ARs yet.
I�ve got 7x AR still converting at Kure.

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11 Jan 43 reports - 8/29/2020 2:58:39 AM

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Another quiet day.
4x IJN CVs are back in the Coral Sea but they don�t seem to have been spotted.
They will head south staying about 8 hexes off the Queensland coast with 2x CA div TFs and 1x CL div TF providing extra surface cover.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 43
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ASW attack near Palm Island at 92,143
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AM Whyalla
SS I-26 is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 21
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
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Sub attack near Cooktown at 93,137
SS I-158
Allied Ships
AM Townsville
AM Whyalla
SS I-158 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Townsville

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 11, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-4 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Akatsuki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shirakumo at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatakaze at Truk, ship returned to service
SS I-124 lays minefield at Palm Island ( 92 , 143) and sets course for Rabaul
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
18 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Chittagong
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on DD Hibiki at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Hakko Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Vella Lavella expands airfield to size 1
Utsonomiya expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft D4Y4 Judy advances R&D � to 1/45 and closing at 8% per day; about 2.4 months per month. By my calcs that should be about 7 months to go until production starts at 120/month. Right about when the Essex class CVs are due to start arriving in numbers�
DD Teruzuki beginning refit while under repair in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Akatsuki beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Hibiki beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Inazuma beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Shirakumo beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Isonami beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Uranami beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
124th Infantry Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Moulmein
Repairs completed on DD Yugumo at Truk, ship returned to service
Loss of SS I-24 on Dec 06, 1942 is admitted
DD Balch is reported to have been sunk near Tulagi on Dec 04, 1942

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RE: 11 Jan 43 reports - 8/29/2020 6:18:29 AM

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was thinking about that but didn�t know for sure what would be quicker.
I�ll put into pierside to repair the minor damage first then into the yard for major,

Have you tried adjusting the 'priority' yet?

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RE: 11 Jan 43 reports - 8/29/2020 7:16:24 AM

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quote:

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quote:

was thinking about that but didn�t know for sure what would be quicker.
I�ll put into pierside to repair the minor damage first then into the yard for major,

Have you tried adjusting the 'priority' yet?

Yep played with a few toggles.
I�ve read Alfred�s ship repair 101 a few times, but the last time was months ago...

My observations from the last few turns follow.
Priority wasn't really helping Hyuga as there were very few other ships under repair.
Now that there are 3x CA and more DDs in the same shipyard changing Hyuga from normal to critical saves 8 days.
Once placed in the shipyard, full repairs would now take 120 days at normal, 77 at high and 78 at critical. It was 79 a few days ago at normal, before more CAs and DDs arrived for upgrades.
All the CAs and DDs will be back in service by the time Hyuga needs to go into the shipyard, so might not make any difference to be set at high priority by then, but it will probably still need another 2 months to repair after all minor damage is fixed.

High priority is worth it compared to normal priority now that there are other ships in the yard, but it is also important to get other ships out of the same repair yard asap so the workers can focus their effort on one big ship. Eg: as soon as ships start upgrades I change them to pierside mode, but it may have been better to move those CAs and DDs somewhere else.

I just toggled the CAs and they will generally complete their repairs quicker in the shipyard rather than pierside.

I�m not that fussed with perfecting this as there are so many DDs upgrading that all but Kaga and Hyuga will be repaired before their DD escorts are ready anyway.

Major damage on CVs and BBs just takes a long time to repair. That�s not all bad, as they aren�t burning fuel while they�re in the shipyard.

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12 Jan 43 reports - 8/29/2020 10:47:44 AM

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KB keeps heading south. Still undetected by search aircraft but who knows what allied SigInt has picked up...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 43
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TF 26 encounters mine field at Palm Island (92,143) � freshly laid by IJN sub
AM Quail
xAKL Shinai, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
1 mine cleared � that�s one way to clear a mine!
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Submarine attack near Perth at 48,147
SS I-22
Allied Ships
TK British Zeal � missed� this TK looked huge in the periscope�
TK British Zeal is sighted by SS I-22
SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at TK British Zeal
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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-103 attacking SS S-37 at 99,133 - near Milne Bay
SS RO-103
Allied Ships
SS S-37
SS RO-103 launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
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Submarine attack near Palm Island at 92,143
SS I-26
Allied Ships
xAKL Shinai, heavy damage � from the mine hit, reported sunk so may have sunk before I-26 could engage.
xAKL Shinai is sighted by SS I-26
SS I-26 attacking on the surface
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 � allied CAP was suspected but this is telling me that the allies have decent pilots now so it is well and truly time to retire the A6M2 from sweeping duties. The A6M2s will soon be moved further back into rear area local CAP duty or training roles in Japan. There are 65x A6M5 in the replacement pool and the A6M5c will start production on 1 Feb.
A6M2 Zero x 29
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 25
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
8th FG/35th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 17 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 12, 43
Repairs completed on CL Yubari at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Akigumo at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK San Pedro Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS RO-102 at Rabaul, ship returned to service
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking SST Nautilus at 101,136
SST Nautilus is reported HIT
SS S-37 is reported HIT
a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
PO1 Kurakane R. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Matsumoto A. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Matsumoto A. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Kojima W. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
18 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Chittagong
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Mojave expands airfield to size 8
Cooktown expands airfield to size 3
Saidor expands airfield to size 1
Ambon expands fortifications to size 5
Aircraft A6M5c Zero advances R&D to 3/43 and closing at 12% per day. In 9 days time the A6M5c will advance to 2/43, so about 22 Jan. It would advance to 1/43 on 31 Jan, so no point in doing that to just save a day. The research will switch to A6M8 on about 22 Jan and get one more month of acceleration on A6M8 instead.
DD Asashio beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Michishio beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Arashio beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Natsugumo beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Minegumo beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Asagumo beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
74th Infantry Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Bangkok
xAKL Shinai is reported to have been sunk near Palm Island on Jan 12, 1943 � by sub laid mine

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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/29/2020 11:30:21 AM

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Orders for KB for 13 Jan 43.

There should only be 2x USN CVs anywhere on the map, but the risk is that they are down here somewhere with CVL/CVE support.
The KB are moving forward into the dark here as there is no IJN search apart from a few submarines with short range Glens.
Fingers are crossed that the KB trips over some fully loaded tankers or troop convoys.

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