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RE: 23 Apr 43 reports - 11/21/2020 9:30:12 PM

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This is the situation in Bengal on 23 Apr 43, just before the 31st Infantry Regt was pushed backwards on 24 Apr 43 to the NE.
More allied units are moving into the open terrain NE of Dacca, providing lots of targets for IJAAF bombers.
It looks like the allied air forces have withdrawn from Dacca and Tezpur, back to Calcutta and Rangpur respectively, so they are still a threat via area CAP and LRCAP.

Cuttack has been spotted as vacant for the last week or so of recon, so a Raiding Regt will para drop in there soon just for a bit of fun.
That should also get the allies thinking about defending other bases up to 11 hexes from an IJAAF airfield.
There is a level 1 airfield at Cuttack, so the Raiders can also be extracted if required.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/21/2020 10:27:25 PM

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So far it is 3 votes for the Nick-A and none for the Nick-C.

I get the argument for the Nick-A having more chances to cause at least some damage via the 2x12.7mm MGs, but we don't know exactly how that "6" accuracy of the 30mm cannon is used by the game. It does suggest a very low chance of a hit, but ships and bombers are larger targets than enemy fighters so I assume that the size and maneuverability of the target factors into the chances of a hit.

I've always understood accuracy for aircraft weapons as a scale from 0-100, with 100 being perfect accuracy.

That's not backed up by anything other than educated guesswork on my part, but it is worth noting that the aircraft weapons with the greatest accuracy are all fairly small, fast firing machine guns (which makes sense from an air combat standpoint). As rate of fire works in with the accuracy stat, it makes sense that the Nick C's cannon gets a poor score as IIRC it was a very slow firing weapon (and maybe even had to be reloaded/cycled by the pilot?)

The vast majority (around 75%) of aircraft weapons have accuracy values in the 20-40 range, so that's a good reference for how bad the Nick C's cannon is.

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As in real life, the days of the Nick being useful as a bomber interceptor will be limited to the time that the allies fly unescorted raids.
The allies haven't been doing much of that lately in this game, but they must have a lot of 4E bombers on the map somewhere so it could start again in Bengal or SEAF any day now.

Once the P=47s and P-51s are able to escort, Nick will have to be relegated to auxiliary night fighter and low level naval attack missions.
The P-38Gs (13 normal range with drop tanks) are already a big threat to the Nick.
As soon as Frank arrives the Nick will be a 2nd tier aircraft anyway.

The Nick is very durable, as far as Japanese fighters go. Because of that, I like to mix it in sometimes with frontline CAP to add a bit of a damage sponge. It can't hold it's own against the newer Allied airframes, however.

It's well suited to the night fighter and low-nav roles too.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/22/2020 2:40:52 AM

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Center line mounted weapons are more accurate that wing mounted weapons. I do believe that the ammo load may also have an effect but it may not.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/22/2020 3:58:12 AM

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The P-38Gs (13 normal range with drop tanks) are already a big threat to the Nick.

I've had a few of these encounters and the Nick's came out well. The numbers of a/c we pretty much even and the P-38's were in an escort roll. I have no idea what the skill sets and experience were for the 38's.

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25 Apr 43 reports - 11/22/2020 5:12:12 AM

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Supply at Tokyo goes above 1 million.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 43
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
xAK Malta Maru
PB Shoei Maru
xAK Florida Maru
E Shirataka
PB Kinsyo Maru #4
SS Albacore launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Malta Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,55
SC Ch 20
SC Ch 22
SS Hake is located by SC Ch 20
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Saishu
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at E Saishu
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed by flak � 15k� might be a bit low
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 45 � Nicks do ok in the escort role here today. The numbers advantage probably helped.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 43
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 18
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
CAP engaged: most likely all based at Rangpur
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 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.
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 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.
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 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.
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 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 Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21 � sweeps arrive
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 1
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ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,56
SC Ch 21
SC Ch 22
SS Hake is located by SC Ch 21
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Sub attack near Rennell Island at 114,140
SS I-31, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Nestor, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS I-31 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nestor
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 25, 43
CL Isuzu collides with DD Yuzuki at 74 , 106 � light damage only, they were on the way back to Manila for minor repairs anyway so this will add a few days to that.
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Tullibee at 105,61 SS Tullibee is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 109,63 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
AMc Fukkai Maru observes PBY-5A Catalina at 101,133 near Milne Bay
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus
F-4 Lightning sighted over Port Moresby
H8K1 Emily from 851 Ku T-1 has spotted an Allied AMc at 31,47 an Allied AMc is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 103,62 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Guardfish at 110,63 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Kavieng
F-4 Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Rabaul
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 5th/B Division to Comilla
Meiktila expands fortifications to size 2
Singapore expands airfield to size 9 � back to fort building, they are level 5 and 75% at the moment.
Kavieng expands fortifications to size 5
Sining expands fortifications to size 3
Ace pilot Hanzawa F. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Hiyo-3 converting to B6N2 Jill
15th Tpt.Chutai converting to Ki-57-II Topsy

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/22/2020 4:03:14 PM

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So far it is 3 votes for the Nick-A and none for the Nick-C.

One factor I don't think anyone mentioned: Production. The Nick-A uses the Ha-35 engine, which alot of models use. The Nick-C uses the Ha-31 engine....at this point it's likely you have no models using that engine.

What does your engine production situation look like, do you have surplus of the Ha-35, or no?

For production reasons, if you have 2 production lines, it might make sense to produce BOTH purely because of the engine pools

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/23/2020 3:06:36 AM

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So far it is 3 votes for the Nick-A and none for the Nick-C.

One factor I don't think anyone mentioned: Production. The Nick-A uses the Ha-35 engine, which alot of models use. The Nick-C uses the Ha-31 engine....at this point it's likely you have no models using that engine.

What does your engine production situation look like, do you have surplus of the Ha-35, or no?

For production reasons, if you have 2 production lines, it might make sense to produce BOTH purely because of the engine pools

Good point on engines, it�s another thing to consider.
My pre-war plan was to go to Nick-C so I have about 700 Ha-31s and still building in anticipation of needing them.
I also have about 1100 Ha-35s with multiple aircraft using them.
The plan is to use all of these engines up by the end of the war.
If I don�t change the Nick-A to -C I will need to update my engine build plan, but the Supply has already been �invested� into those Ha-31 engine factories.

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26 Apr 43 reports - 11/23/2020 8:42:12 AM

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Supply increased at Tokyo by 12k overnight.
I've always wondered how people build up the supply stockpile in the Home Islands into the millions, but at that rate it would only take 84 days to get the Tokyo stockpile to 2 million.
I did some pre-war estimates which indicated about 1.6M supply in Japan by now, so that is close to being the case.
I should be able to get the Tokyo supply stockpile over 2 million before the end of 1943.
There is probably about 500k of supply spread through all the other cities in Japan to help with industry repairs.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/23/2020 1:55:00 PM

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Good point on engines, it�s another thing to consider.
My pre-war plan was to go to Nick-C so I have about 700 Ha-31s and still building in anticipation of needing them.
I also have about 1100 Ha-35s with multiple aircraft using them.
The plan is to use all of these engines up by the end of the war.
If I don�t change the Nick-A to -C I will need to update my engine build plan, but the Supply has already been �invested� into those Ha-31 engine factories.

If you have more than 1 production line on the Nick, I would do half and half; Nick-A is slightly better IMO, but it's not a huge difference. That would give you flexibility on which engine you use.

But you need to produce the Nick-C, rather than throw all those engines out. It sounds like you over-expanded both Ha-31 and Ha-35 lines, but too late to take it back.

Ha-35 though you need for A6M (until you get Sam), Ki-43 (2nd-tier IJA fighter, but useful), and some late-war Kamikazes. Also Ki-48, but I am not a fan of those and their 100kg bombs. Ha-35 has it's uses all the way through the war.

Ha-31 has no other worthwhile use, so you may as well start building the Nick-C.

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Supply increased at Tokyo by 12k overnight.
I've always wondered how people build up the supply stockpile in the Home Islands into the millions, but at that rate it would only take 84 days to get the Tokyo stockpile to 2 million.
I did some pre-war estimates which indicated about 1.6M supply in Japan by now, so that is close to being the case.
I should be able to get the Tokyo supply stockpile over 2 million before the end of 1943.
There is probably about 500k of supply spread through all the other cities in Japan to help with industry repairs.

Without giving away too much to my opponent, it is very difficult to get supply into the millions with all the demand on industry IMO if you playing DDB (no supply for refineries). You should have most of your A/C and Engine expenditures done by now, but supply consumption increases with larger IJA and more Allied bombing. I don't think your experience is unusual. What is your fuel and resources stockpile look like in the Home Islands? The burn rate is roughly 12K fuel a day, and something like 80K Resources, and at some point your ability to ship more in could be limited.....

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/23/2020 9:12:29 PM

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I�ve converted most LB to FB so Ha-31 will be used to build 2x60 Nick-C per month plus 1x30 Nick-D. That�s a demand of 300 engines per month.
As the fight moves over IJAAF airfields the plan is to give the jockeys a few horses to ride each day, if they can bail out and survive the aircraft being shot out from under them.
Randy FB won�t arrive until Nov 44 so Nick-C will help backup Frank on 4E interceptor duty until then.

Ha-35 engine factories will change to Ha-43 in Jan 1944. The pool of Ha-35 will all be used up by building some late war Oscars, Irving NF and Toka.

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26 Apr 43 reports - 11/24/2020 11:04:45 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 43
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Sub attack near Bandjermasin at 62,101
PB Shinko Maru #2
Captain of SS Jack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Shanghai at 93,55
SC Ch 22
SS Hake launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 22
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
SC CHa-3
Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
E Kasasagi
E Hiyodori
Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 2
SS O21 is located by E Kasasagi
E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 35
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 59,37 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 59,37 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
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Afternoon Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 59,37 , near Tezpur
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,54
SC Ch 25
SC Ch 26
SS Seawolf is located by SC Ch 25
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Ground combat at 59,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3015 troops, 275 guns, 150 vehicles, Assault Value = 5240
Defending force 24694 troops, 427 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 797
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 26, 43
2LT Egashira B. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Aino U. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Aino U. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking a Gato class SS at 104,124 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Tullibee at 105,61 SS Tullibee is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 102,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
2LT Iwaya N. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Iwaya N. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Koga O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
CPT Sawada, M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 13
WO Okajima C. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
CPT Sawada, M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 14
Repairs completed on SS I-18 at Kwajalein Island, ship returned to service
Lihue expands airfield to size 2
Djokjakarta expands fortifications to size 2
Ace pilot Ohshoya, M. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to CPO

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27 Apr 43 reports - 11/24/2020 11:15:57 AM

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Very few contact reports today, but there were two big ones.
The International Pilots Union seem to have organised a no fly day.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 43
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS I-23, hits 4
Allied Ships � heading south away from Guadalcanal with about 4 other task forces spotted.
CA San Francisco
CA Pensacola
CL Honolulu
CL Achilles
DD Jarvis
DD Waller
DMS Boggs
DD Smith
DD Perkins
DD Cushing
DD Shaw
SS I-23 is sighted by escort
DD Smith attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-3
Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS I-180
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
SS I-180 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
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Ground combat at 59,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 143148 troops, 1783 guns, 2379 vehicles, Assault Value = 5144
Defending force 24744 troops, 429 guns, 225 vehicles, Assault Value = 799
Japanese adjusted assault: 2607
Allied adjusted defense: 1162
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
5108 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 278 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 32 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3358 casualties reported
Squads: 277 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 161 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 139 (66 destroyed, 73 disabled)
Vehicles lost 149 (130 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Units retreated 12 � one unit remains in the hex with guns and vehicles only, either artillery or an AA unit that will be attacked again tomorrow. The rest of the stack moved across the river into Tezpur.
Units destroyed 1

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 27, 43
Repairs completed on AR Shinryu Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service � these 7x AR are finally complete after long conversions and will move to Area Fleet HQ locations across the map.
Repairs completed on AR Kamikaze Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AR Matsukawa Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AR Sanko Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AR Kinsyo Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AR Fushimi Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AR Tenryu Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Kusaie Island expands fortifications to size 3
Lahaina expands airfield to size 7
Bangalore expands airfield to size 8
Prince George expands airfield to size 5
Ace pilot Kabase W. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
I.35-1 on AMC Kongo Maru converting to size 2 from 1 � a few more FP dets from sunk submarines will return to join other AMC that don�t have their own FP det.
xAK Toan Maru arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka � converted to Std-B TK

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RE: 27 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 7:25:15 AM

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A rare event with no turn to run this evening.
We�ve been spinning a turn a day with very few exceptions, so no complaints.
It will give me a chance to do some planning for future ops in Bengal and possibly SEAF.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 9:41:28 AM

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You should have most of your A/C and Engine expenditures done by now, but supply consumption increases with larger IJA and more Allied bombing. I don't think your experience is unusual.

Lots of supply still needed for aircraft research then expansions to ramp up some production. Without checking my forecast spreadsheet for details, but there is still at least a few 100k more worth of supply to go into the later war aircraft production expansion. That will be on top of the 543k of supply still to be spent repairing all research factories, but that 543k of supply spend will be spread out over the next year or so.

There is also still a reasonable amount of engine expansion planned on the Ha-43 and NE Turbojet when they start production. At least a few 100k of supply worth from memory, without checking the details.

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball
What is your fuel and resources stockpile look like in the Home Islands? The burn rate is roughly 12K fuel a day, and something like 80K Resources, and at some point your ability to ship more in could be limited.....

This image summarises the trend for stockpiles at Tokyo with a few notes. All are tracking fairly close to pre-war estimates so no concerns on this front.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 10:23:17 AM

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Only about 90 days worth of fuel at Tokyo and about 90 days worth of resources at Shimonoseki.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 11:53:24 AM

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If you take oil from Port Arthur, that Urumchi oil should move.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 5:59:54 PM

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If you take oil from Port Arthur, that Urumchi oil should move.

The Great Urumchi Oil Dilemma has been on my list to look into for months...
I assume I need to create demand for Oil closer than Port Arthur, but might need to export Oil from there too, to create a suction effect higher up the pipeline.
I would need to divert TK from other tasks as I don�t have any spare.

Sian Refineries were zeroed when captured so that wouldn�t be helping, as there is zero demand for Oil at Sian at the moment.
I�ve been meaning to check the status of all Oil and Refineries in CMK.
If I stockpile Oil at Pt Arthur and then repair Sian Refineries that might create an excess of Refineries to change the demand situation.
If not, I can see that export would be the way to increase demand for Oil throughout this economic region.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 7:29:56 PM

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Seems like your Resource stockpile is pretty good. Your fuel seems low in the Home Islands/Manila for this stage; you should have enough tankers to move it all unless you've suffered significant losses.]

IMO, expanding HI in Singapore and Java makes alot of sense, because then you get some local supply production....but probably a bit late for that

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/25/2020 8:02:49 PM

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I would not repair refineries unless you have a shortage of refineries. Just move the oil to Japan from Port Arthur, that should get the oil moving to Port Arthur. You could even prime the pump at Fusan by dumping some oil there, stockpiling it, then moving it by CS convoys to Japan.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 2:03:07 AM

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I would not repair refineries unless you have a shortage of refineries. Just move the oil to Japan from Port Arthur, that should get the oil moving to Port Arthur. You could even prime the pump at Fusan by dumping some oil there, stockpiling it, then moving it by CS convoys to Japan.

Still trying to find time to check some details on this, but I�m thinking of stockpiling Oil at Port Arthur and creating more demand for Oil somewhere a bit closer like at Tientsin. That way the Oil won�t be drawn away from Port Arthur but might start to be sucked down through Sian.
The idea of repairing a few Refinery points at Sian is to create at least some demand for Oil there which might get it started on the journey from Urumchi.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 3:06:10 AM

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Yeah, I've tried to draw oil to Port Arthur through Tientsin, and it was a no-go. I've been able to get Port Arthur to draw some oil when its supply is low, but that resulted in its failure to produce fuel at times, as its oil supply became too low.

If you get some small tankers up the river you can get oil to be drawn to Hankow. I've got Urumchi at about 30k oil and dropping. It does take time.

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RE: 22 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 9:16:38 AM

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Yeah, I've tried to draw oil to Port Arthur through Tientsin, and it was a no-go. I've been able to get Port Arthur to draw some oil when its supply is low, but that resulted in its failure to produce fuel at times, as its oil supply became too low.

If you get some small tankers up the river you can get oil to be drawn to Hankow. I've got Urumchi at about 30k oil and dropping. It does take time.

That looks like the way to go.
Here is a picture of the current status. Things you do on a lazy Friday night in!

I pressed hotkey 5 and instead of %s showing it just shows yellow dots.
I assume this means that I need to have some Oil demand along this pipeline to get the black stuff flowing.

If I set Port Arthur Oil to stockpile, exporting Oil from Hankow might be enough to get the Oil pipeline shown here as the dashed line to flow.
The excess Oil being produced at Lanchow and Sian might be a problem, that's why I'm thinking of repairing these Refineries.
28k of supply isn't much in the big scheme of things, seeing as it will just get bombed out come 1944 anyway!

How to get the fuel to move without crashing Heavy Industry... maybe I just turn the Urumchi refineries off and get the Oil moving south.

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28 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 9:41:25 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 43
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
SC CHa-3
SS Tullibee launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-3
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
xAK Tarushima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Hakkaisan Maru
SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Tarushima Maru
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Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 52,86
SC Ch 6
Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 10
SS Grunion launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 6
SC Ch 6 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56
SC CHa-18
SC CHa-19
SS Silversides is located by SC CHa-18
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Submarine attack near Perth at 36,147
SS RO-35
Allied Ships
TK Merula, Torpedo hits 1
TK Merula is sighted by SS RO-35
SS RO-35 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Merula
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
29 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 57
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 39th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ... the 2nd British Div is fresh
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,36 (Tezpur)
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 61,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft � the allies throw the kitchen sink at 19th Div which is in open terrain next to Tezpur.
P-43A-1 Lancer x 2
P-66 Vanguard x 10
Hurricane IIc Trop x 19
B-24D1 Liberator x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 5
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 23
Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x P-66 Vanguard sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x P-66 Vanguard sweeping at 20000 feet
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x P-43A-1 Lancer sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 15000 feet
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 15000 feet
11 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 61,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 23
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 61,36 , near Tezpur
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at 59,37 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 51733 troops, 804 guns, 1061 vehicles, Assault Value = 4809
Defending force 417 troops, 20 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 548 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (39 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units: just the Tank Divs
Defending units:
78th Light AA Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 28, 43
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 109,63 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 111,64 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Takao-2 attacking an Allied SS at 76,99 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Seawolf at 108,65 SS Seawolf is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Molokai expands airfield to size 3
Manus expands fortifications to size 6
Wenchow expands fortifications to size 2
Silchar expands fortifications to size 2
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D � to 1/44 +16/day
Ace pilot Morioka P. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to CPO
Ace pilot Yakamoto, S. of Ryujo-1 is promoted to CPO
Ace pilot Daigo T. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 1LT
Loss of xAK Tarushima Maru on Apr 28, 1943 is admitted
APD Pillsbury is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Nov 13, 1942

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29 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 9:41:40 AM

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1x allied BB was spotted just south of Diamond Harbour. It looked like it could be lining up a bombardment run on Chittagong, but with only one ship spotted it might just be probing.
IGHQ decided not to evacuate the aircraft from Chittagong airfield but the defenders were placed on high alert.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 � Nicks do well at disrupting the
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
73rd I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 3
3 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied aircraft
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 8
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 7
7 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 25 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships � 1x BB turns out to be the whole RN Eastern Fleet! Lesson learnt for next time�
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Revenge
CA Frobisher
CA Hawkins
CA Sussex
CA Dorsetshire
CA Shropshire
CL Durban
Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Manpower hits 4
Fires 2705
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1
CA Div 1 with 3x CA and 9x DD Fubuki II are at Akyab and will move W then NW to try and intercept the RN task force now that it is low on ammunition. Risky move if an allied CV is lurking in the background or if allied bombers spot CA Div 1.
BB Div 1 with 2x BB and 6x DD will move forward from Moulmein to Akyab.
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-3
Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56
SC CHa-19
Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1
SS Silversides is sighted by escort
SC CHa-19 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-19 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
SS Harder is located by E Yurijima
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 41
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 45
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Takashima
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
SS Harder is located by E Takashima

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 29, 43
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 109,63 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 5th/B Division to Comilla
1 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 5th/B Division to Comilla
Kona expands airfield to size 2
Wake Island expands fortifications to size 4
Alliford Bay expands airfield to size 4
Chengtu expands fortifications to size 4
Aircraft P1Y1 Frances advances R&D � to 8/43 +6/day from 3x30 factories.
Ace pilot Murakami H. of Soryu-1 is promoted to CPO
Ace pilot Koda D. of 77th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Previous report of sinking of CA Canberra incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
DD Shimakaze arrives at Maizuru � will join the Yamato task force as the DesDiv leader.
SS RO-109 arrives at Kobe � to SEAF
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Shanghai � will stay there
70th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai � forms 64th Div and will stay as part of the Shanghai garrison
72nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai � to Hangchow to form 65th Div and stay there as the garrison
63rd Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping � to Jehol to form 62nd Div and stay there to help boost the Manchukuo garrison numbers.
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment arrives at Peiping � will stay to help build up the airfield and forts
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment arrives at Nanking � as above, will help build up the airfield and forts
64th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo � will move to Pagan to help build up the airfield and forts

MGEN Nanbu will remain in command of 64th Div for now.

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30 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 9:42:52 AM

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A miracle occurred, the 15(15) Frank factory at Tokyo is now 16(14)!

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RE: 30 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 12:28:16 PM

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I think that if you use CS convoys, the program also figures that in for the demand as well. I don't know for sure but it seemed to work that way when I put a little oil at Fusan then shipped it to Japan in a CS convoy. Some oil always showed up in Fusan.

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RE: 30 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 3:13:27 PM

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What's your ETA on the Frank-a? How many factories do you have researching it?

I feel like you should be pretty far along with the Frank-a by now, curious how close you are to getting it

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RE: 30 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 7:27:35 PM

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I think that if you use CS convoys, the program also figures that in for the demand as well. I don't know for sure but it seemed to work that way when I put a little oil at Fusan then shipped it to Japan in a CS convoy. Some oil always showed up in Fusan.

Even without any CS Oil convoys from China yet there are a few spots of Oil being drawn to some Ports in CMK.
Hankow, Shanghai, Fusan all have some Oil with no obvious demand other than the Port itself.
CS Oil convoy from any of them would then pull Oil in from further up the catchment.
Export of oil from Fusan would draw it from the Manchukuo oil fields and Port Arthur so might not draw from China.

I will try to export from Hankow first as it looks closest to the Urumchi-Lanchow-Sian oil pipeline and looks like it would be pulling oil down the map with the wind behind it.

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RE: 30 Apr 43 reports - 11/27/2020 7:31:59 PM

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What's your ETA on the Frank-a? How many factories do you have researching it?

I feel like you should be pretty far along with the Frank-a by now, curious how close you are to getting it

12x size 30 factories on Frank A since day 1.
Two are fully repaired with research at 88% to 4/44, more will boost research in May.

With engine bonus to research, production should start in Jul/Aug 43 depending on when the rest of the research factories come on line.

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RE: 29 Apr 43 reports - 11/28/2020 1:58:50 AM

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The 60s Divs are all C-Type TOE best suited for counter-insurgency operations.
Garrison locations are shown here:

60 Div Shanghai
61 Div Tokyo
62 Div Jehol
63 Div Peiping
64 Div Shanghai
65 Div Hangchow
66 Div Taichu, Formosa Army 7/44
68 Div Canton
69 Div Tientsin

Now that 64 Div is at Shanghai, the 2nd Ind Mixed Regt can move out. It is planning for Naha as it will form the 44th Ind Mixed Bde which will concentrate there in 381 days. It will move to Fusan to add to the Manchukuo garrison temporarily before being bought out to Southern Army.

Shanghai SNLF could also be bought out for overseas service somewhere. TBC where, maybe one of the islands in the East China Sea. Alternatives include sending it to Southern Fleet with orders to raid the NW Australia coast again. Or it could move to NEAF to help garrison Sakhalin or the Kuriles.