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10 May 43 reports - 12/9/2020 10:56:31 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		The Allies won the air war today setting some LRCAP Hurricanes in Bengal.

I’ve had a few days “operational pause” IRL but the ceasefire will end at 12:00Z tomorrow.
Lucky I kept this AAR so I can remind myself what was going on!

I got most of the way through preparing an image to show the current 4th Fleet defensive plan last weekend, so might finish that and post it on the weekend.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 8
Manpower hits 1
Fires 807
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed – the Nicks don’t seem to be doing much. IJAAF will try to move some larger AA guns forward to Chittagong. There are a few big AA Regts defending airfields in Burma so one will pack up and move to Chittagong by fast transports in coming days.
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-12
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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66 – this is the CVE task force but the CVEs weren’t spotted. CVEs Hosho, Taiyo and Chuyo are moving to SEAF with the CVL and CV task forces nearby and moving the same direction.
CL Yubari – flagship of the task force, RADM Kakuta on board.
DD Asakaze – there a 9x DD Kamikaze in this task force, so USS Gunnel didn’t spot the whole task force.
DD Yunagi
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate
DD Oite
SS Gunnel launches 4 torpedoes at CL Yubari
DD Oite attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-22
SS Flying Fish is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23 – poor performance on escort duty vs Hurricanes. Tojo sweeps will be ordered to support future raids.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
CAP engaged:
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 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 26th Indian Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 37
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 26th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 40th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
CAP engaged:
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
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Afternoon Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1040
Defending force 16598 troops, 213 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 545
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 10, 43
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard SS I-9
B5N2 Kate from 936 Ku T-1 attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Gar at 88,65
SS Gar is reported HIT D3A1 Val reports oil slick at 88, 65 near Iriomote
D4Y1 Judy from Shokaku-2 attacking a Gato class SS at 113,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
D4Y1 Judy from Junyo-2 attacking an Allied SS at 113,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 66,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking a Gar class SS at 88,65 an Allied CL is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking a Porpoise class SS at 73,113 a Porpoise class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Asansol expands airfield to size 7
Port Moresby expands fortifications to size 5
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D to 7/44 +12/day
Aircraft J1N1-S Irving advances R&D to 9/43 +2/day. 50 days until it comes forward to 8/43, then it won’t have time to advance to 7/43. The plan is to leave the factory at size 30 for now, but I haven’t got any experience with the late war to know if that will provide enough NF in the pool once the B-29s start bombing.
Ace pilot Hidaka, Y. of Soryu-1 is promoted to PO1
Pilot Ishihara A. is reported as having been found – a decent IJAAF bomber pilot
TK Ayayuki Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – Type 1 TM will move to Manila or Soerabaja to haul fuel.


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11 May 43 reports - 12/12/2020 2:37:50 AM   
jdsrae


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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16
Manpower hits 9 – even in thunderstorms the RAF score some good hits
Fires 6522
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
Manpower hits 1
Fires 7222
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 7
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 4
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 5
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ASW attack near Chittagong at 55,42
CL Kuma – this is CL Div #2 which has 3x CL Kuma class and 7x DD Minekaze. It is doig Rangoon to Chittagong fast transport supply runs.
BB Div #1 (Fuso, Yamashiro + 6x DD Fubuki I) and CA Div #1 (Aoba, Furutaka, Kako + 9x DD Fubuki II) have been at Akyab for a few days now but have not been spotted. The Allies don’t see to have any naval search out into the Bay of Bengal.
DD Numakaze
DD Hokaze
SS KXIII is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 34
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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 (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Also attacking 37th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 369th Coast AA Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
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ASW attack near Nagoya at 109,63
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-10
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 899
Defending force 16623 troops, 213 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 546
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units: other units have moved west so this stack will stay and wait to see what allied units are trying to break out to the NW.
11th Division
51st Division
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 11, 43
Repairs completed on E Tsuta at Singapore, ship returned to service – TK convoy escorts
Repairs completed on E Kiku at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Yomogi at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Hishu at Singapore, ship returned to service
Fires causing damage to Resources at Chittagong!
B5N2 Kate from 936 Ku T-1 attacking SS Seadragon at 109,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 66,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
2LT Tsuchiya, T. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
B5N2 Kate from 936 Ku T-1 attacking SS Seadragon at 109,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Repairs completed on AO Toei Maru at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-34 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Peiping expands fortifications to size 3
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D to 11/43 +16/day. That’s 6.25 days to advance one month, so George 2 will start production on about 12 Jun 43.
Ace pilot Okamoto B. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 1LT
SS S-45 is reported to have been sunk near Deboyne Islands on Feb 21, 1943
I.7-1 arrives at Tokyo – will upgrade to Jake and join an AMC that doesn’t have a FP det yet.


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12 May 43 reports - 12/12/2020 7:45:07 PM   
jdsrae


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Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		The most exciting news today is that oil has started to flow from Urumchi to Hankow!
The TK task force at Hankow is creating enough demand to get the oil flowing from Urumchi-Lanchow-Sian-Hankow.
This is the first time that Oil at Urumchi has dropped below 50k, so I will try to check each day to see if it moves every day or just once or a few times a week.

Tojo sweeps in Bengal do well, but then some Helens and Sallys lose their escorts and get shredded.

The next deliberate attack on the open ground outside Dacca is ordered for tomorrow.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12
Wellington B.X x 5
Manpower hits 4
Fires 1441
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 5
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
Manpower hits 1
Fires 1696
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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63
SC CHa-13, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-12
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
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ASW attack near Manus at 102,119
E Ishizaki
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
SS Harder is located by E Ishizaki
E Ishizaki attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 55
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 10
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged: The US 51st FG join in as reinforcements from yesterday.
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 1
CAP engaged: then some P38Gs show up to join a turkey shoot
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Brigade, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 34
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 2
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
P-38G Lightning x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 35
Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 1
SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 35
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Kolaka at 67,107
SC Ch 37
SC Ch 39
SS Cisco is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 912
Defending force 16662 troops, 212 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 553
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 12, 43
G4M1 Betty from 753 Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied PT at 114,138 an Allied PT is reported HIT
H8K1 Emily from 801 Ku T-1 has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Barb at 99,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper 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 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
WO Fujimoto E. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Shirai, N. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 10
2LT Shibayama G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Fukudome O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Fukudome O. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Genwa H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Genwa H. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Kagawa R. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Fujimoto E. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Chojiro M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Chojiro M. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Hashiguchi M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 14
WO Tsukamoto B. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 73,113 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 64,103 a Gato class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 64,103 an Allied PT is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Bayombong expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft Ki-84a Frank advances R&D to 2/44 and currently +12/day
Ace pilot Iizuka T. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 1LT
33rd/A Division - some devices have been upgraded at Chittagong
Loss of SC CHa-13 on May 12, 1943 is admitted
43rd Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Nagoya – will be bought out and moved to Torokina to form the 43rd Division. The artillery is expensive to buy out, but replacements will be left off and these three units bought out as PP allow, then replacements will be switched on.
43rd Recon Regiment arrives at Nagoya
43rd Engineer Regiment arrives at Nagoya
46th Div.Tank Unit arrives at Kumamoto – was bought out to 18th Army and will move to Buna asap to form the 46th Div.
6th Guards Inf. Regiment arrives at Tokyo – will be filled out then recombined to form the 1st Guards Div. 1st Guards will be bought out later in 1943, but will stay in Tokyo and be used as a strategic reserve Div. The 61st Division is also still at Tokyo in the same strategic reserve role, but 61st Div is still only 72% equipped and is not taking replacements.
7th Guards Inf. Regiment arrives at Tokyo
1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Tokyo


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13 May 43 reports - 12/12/2020 10:45:08 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		A big IJA win here in the open country, exceeding expectations.
37th Div was zeroed
20th Bde was reduced to about 80
20th Div was reduced to about 100.
All 5 units retreated SW which is where this stack are moving next anyway. This win opens the way for this stack to clear the far bank of the river and allow 25th Army to link up and advance to Dacca.

Once Dacca is captured, the enemy situation will be reassessed, but an operation against Rangpur-Darjeeling (yellow) could cut off the allies at Tezpur.

Lots of allied movement arrows spotted, including some coming back east which could lead to another ambush opportunity, unless it is a fake move.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 13, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
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Sub attack near Long Island at 100,123
E W-26, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E W-25
SS Greenling launches 2 torpedoes at E W-26
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Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107
SC Ch 35
SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 35
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Cisco launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 33
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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63
SC CHa-12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage - allied sub skippers are snipers!
SC CHa-10 – this little SC will need to be reassigned to another Div as it has run out of Div mates…
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-12
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Afternoon Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 34
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
SS Harder is sighted by escort
E Niizaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Niizaki is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at 57,37 (near Dacca)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71315 troops, 928 guns, 1506 vehicles, Assault Value = 2928
Defending force 22865 troops, 507 guns, 488 vehicles, Assault Value = 716
Japanese adjusted assault: 1785
Allied adjusted defense: 214
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1342 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6793 casualties reported
Squads: 141 destroyed, 137 disabled
Non Combat: 282 destroyed, 147 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 41 disabled
Guns lost 242 (123 destroyed, 119 disabled)
Vehicles lost 132 (88 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Assaulting units: see image
Defending units: see image
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 310 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 926 – just the artillery regt keeping its guns warm. The 2x Infantry Divs are in supply so will join the bombardment tomorrow. Allied units are still spotted moving NW. It remains TBC how many allied units are moving. Tempted to try another deliberate attack to see if the allied stack is low on supply yet or not.
Defending force 16676 troops, 212 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 554
Assaulting units:
51st Division
11th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 13, 43
E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-3 has spotted a Higgins 78ft PT class PT at 114,138 a Higgins 78ft PT class PT is reported HIT
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 Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Maebashi expands fortifications to size 3
Mutankiang expands airfield to size 9
Kona expands airfield to size 3
Miri expands fortifications to size 5
Ace pilot Mikami N. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to CPO
Shoho-1 converting to A6M5c Zero
Pilot Ariyoshi L. is reported as to have escaped capture – decent fighter pilot with 3x kills and high 70s experience.
Unit 'Imperial Guards' changes name to '2nd Guards'
Loss of E W-26 on May 13, 1943 is admitted
Loss of SC CHa-12 on May 13, 1943 is admitted


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RE: 13 May 43 reports - 12/13/2020 8:52:28 AM   
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He's now the task force commander, enjoying one more day of leave at Manila while the last TK finishes routine maintenance and they set sail for Soerabaja.
The Makassar Strait is densely packed with allied subs, so it is dangerous work.




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The most exciting news today is that oil has started to flow from Urumchi to Hankow!
The TK task force at Hankow is creating enough demand to get the oil flowing from Urumchi-Lanchow-Sian-Hankow.
This is the first time that Oil at Urumchi has dropped below 50k, so I will try to check each day to see if it moves every day or just once or a few times a week.


It doesn't move every day, but will move often enough to get the oil out of Urumchi. I've got it down to <28k, and I'm about 5 months ahead in my game.

Now, how the he$$ do I get the fuel out?

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A big IJA win here in the open country, exceeding expectations.


He's not had enough time, at this stage of the war to completely 'flesh out' and/or train his units in India.

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The Makassar Strait is densely packed with allied subs, so it is dangerous work.


Well then turn the tables on him. If you know where they are, put in as many search and ASW assets as possible and go after him. Banzai!!!

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RE: 13 May 43 reports - 12/14/2020 10:16:00 AM   
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ORIGINAL: rustysi

quote:

The most exciting news today is that oil has started to flow from Urumchi to Hankow!
The TK task force at Hankow is creating enough demand to get the oil flowing from Urumchi-Lanchow-Sian-Hankow.
This is the first time that Oil at Urumchi has dropped below 50k, so I will try to check each day to see if it moves every day or just once or a few times a week.


It doesn't move every day, but will move often enough to get the oil out of Urumchi. I've got it down to <28k, and I'm about 5 months ahead in my game.

Now, how the he$$ do I get the fuel out?


I didn't remember to write the numbers down, but it looks like oil moves every 2 days.
I probably need to stack another TK task force there to keep demanding oil when the first task force moves.
I might send the oil by ship to Port Arthur which is stockpiling it, to avoid all the allied subs in the East China Sea.

I can't figure out how to draw the fuel either, unless I form task forces with all the spare xAK and xAP and home port them to China or something. I will probably put the fuel down as too much effort to worry about it.

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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 14, 43
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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 185,97
SS I-38, hits 2 – one tickle from a K-gun causes about 30 flood damage, requiring a return to port and then a visit to the ARD at Truk.
Allied Ships
DD Caldwell
DD Gansevoort
DD Frazier
SS I-38 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Caldwell
DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub ....
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Submarine attack near Jarvis Island at 172,146
SS I-39
xAK Exhibitor is sighted by SS I-39
SS I-39 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Exhibitor – one dud hit, frustrating as this looked like a big xAK and it didn’t seem to have an escort.
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Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107
SC Ch 35
Captain of SS Skipjack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 35
SS Perch is located by SC Ch 35
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Sub attack near Kolaka at 67,107
SC Ch 37, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC Ch 39
Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 1
SS Cisco launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 37
SC Ch 39 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
28 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 9 damaged – still enough supply to throw up flak at 5k’
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes – didn’t get much warning due to not having a radar in the hex, but they didn’t need it. All CAP was set at 20k’
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16
Vengeance I: 11 destroyed - brutal
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
66th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Vengeance I x 16
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Wellington B.X x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged – set to dive bomb
Wellington GR.VIII: 5 damaged – set to 15k’
Wellington B.X: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 8 – 15k’
Vengeance I x 16 – dive bombing
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Vengeance I: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Allied aircraft – the RAF raids came from Calcutta
Wellington Ic x 16
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
14 x Wellington Ic bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft – then some USAAF/CAF raids from Rangpur.
P-40E Warhawk x 8
B-17E Fortress x 4 – bombing from 10k’, half the altitude of the CAP
B-24D1 Liberator x 27 – bombing from 10k’
P-38G Lightning x 8
P-40K Warhawk x 17
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged – bombing from 10k’
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 7 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft – bombers set to 10k’
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Division, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator: 8 damaged
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 57,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7 – CAP was starting to thin out but they saw off the last wave of bombers.
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 11
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
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ASW attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Perch is located by SC Ch 34
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25871 troops, 306 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 949
Defending force 16703 troops, 212 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 556
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Defending units: still no change here, whatever is moving is doing it slowly.
75th Indian Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 14, 43
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Seadragon at 105,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking a Barracuda class SS at 109,63 an Allied PG is reported HIT
WO Kagawa I. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Namai, K. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Namai, K. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Namai, K. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Ito, N. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Senda G. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
2LT Senda G. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Ariyoshi K. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Hashimoto R. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Harada M. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Fuchida J. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Fuchida J. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kobayashi G. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Hashiguchi C. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Kagawa H. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Kagawa H. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Sonokawa U. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Kabase H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Inokuchi T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Ohashi M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Miyabe I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Aramaki, Y. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Sonokawa K. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Hida V. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Ohashi D. of 27th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Emura F. of 27th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Inokuchi T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Kabase H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Inokuchi T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Inokuchi T. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Miyabe I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Miyabe I. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Mitsumasa T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Miyabe I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Mitsumasa T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Ryuzaki R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Mitsumasa T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kagawa H. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Ishida L. of 21st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Igarashi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
B6N2 Jill from Hiryu-3 attacking an Allied SS at 111,109 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
WO Miyabe I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Ryuzaki U. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Hanzawa K. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Igarashi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Maeda S. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Iizuka L. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Hyakutake E. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Hayashi U. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ito, N. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Shindo, N. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Taniguchi V. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
1LT Ishikawa, K. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
WO Taniguchi V. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Mitsumasa L. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Iizuka D. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Hashiguchi P. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Ginowa B. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Lahaina expands airfield to size 8
Bayombong expands fortifications to size 1
Tabiteuea expands port to size 1 – stopped at 1 just to help drop off supply a bit quicker, fort building to restart
Shwebo expands airfield to size 4 – expanding the logistics network in central Burma
I.7-1 on AMC Nosiro Maru converting to size 2 from 1 – AMC Nosiro Maru is now ready to join a TK task force as the flagship
46th Div.Tank Unit - some devices have been upgraded at Kumamoto – moving to Tokyo to then ship south to Buna.
E Etoforu arrives at Tokyo – will join others of this class to escort xAP task forces from Tokyo to the South Seas
AMc Wa 15 arrives at Tokyo
AM Wa 101 arrives at Tokyo – will move to the Marianas
TK Kyokuyo Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – a big TK, moves to Sasebo to join the next large TK convoy
Loss of SC Ch 37 on May 14, 1943 is admitted
SC Ch 44 arrives at Kumamoto – to 4th Fleet
SC CHa-58 arrives at Shanghai – to Hakodate to join local ASW patrols
20th I.F.Chutai arrives at Rabaul – a transport Chutai


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RE: 14 May 43 reports - 12/14/2020 10:43:14 AM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 15, 43
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 2
SS Harder is sighted by escort
E Yurijima attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26002 troops, 306 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 963 – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow to try and wear the defenders down and hopefully slow them down before they move out of this hex. If they are out of supply it might be an ok result, but I am not expecting to get 1:1 odds here in the Jungle Rough terrain.
Defending force 16702 troops, 211 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 555
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 15, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-175 at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
G3M3 Nell from 702 Ku-1 has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 101,126 a O19 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
G4M1 Betty from 753 Ku K-1 has spotted a Elco 80ft PT class PT at 114,137 a Elco 80ft PT class PT is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 582 Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 109,63 an Allied SS is reported HIT
D4Y1 Judy from Junyo-2 attacking an Allied SS at 111,109 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 938 Ku T-4 attacking an Allied SS at 67,107 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Seadragon at 105,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Albacore at 99,62 SS Albacore is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Albacore at 99,62 SS Albacore is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Repairs completed on SS RO-101 at Truk, ship returned to service
Tsinan expands airfield to size 4 - stopped
Hansa Bay expands airfield to size 2 - stopped
Ace pilot Nomura A. of Soryu-1 is promoted to CPO
Kaga-3 converting to B6N2 Jill – CV Kaga with all CV/CVL/CVE is at Truk but all will now move to Manus Island. Most CV fighter units are operating from land at the moment, so those airfields will soon be low on fighters when the CV airgroups rejoin their ships.
SS I-37 available for service in damaged state at Guam – will move to Yokosuka for major repairs


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RE: 15 May 43 reports - 12/15/2020 5:21:45 AM   
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I probably need to stack another TK task force there to keep demanding oil when the first task force moves.


Yup.

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I can't figure out how to draw the fuel either, unless I form task forces with all the spare xAK and xAP and home port them to China or something. I will probably put the fuel down as too much effort to worry about it.


TBH, it was a rhetorical question. I figure it'll move toward the 'end game' when everything is falling appart.

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Status: offline 		126x George are set to sweep Auki tomorrow. Auki is an uninhabited allied dot hex one NE of Tulagi.
45x allied fighters are spotted at Tulagi with 175 more at Lunga.
The idea is to try and clear some allied fighters if they are set to CAP with a range setting greater than zero.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 43
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ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,57
E Wakatake
TK Tonan Maru #2
TK Nisshin Maru #2
TK Nisshin Maru
TK Kyokuyo Maru
E Yugao
E Fuyo
Allied Ships
SS Hake, hits 3
SS Hake is sighted by escort – well done to RADM Miwa and his escort skippers. This is the first time that I can remember the Tonan Waler task force being spotted by the allies. CL Kashii, E Kuretake and TK Tonan Maru #3 weren’t spotted. All 5x Tonans are full of Oil and Resources and are only a few days out from Fukuoka.
E Yugao attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
xAK Samarang Maru
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Nichiren Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
SS Pike is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet * - just in case the allies set a LRCAP before the massed IJAAF bombers arrive this turn
29 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
3 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur – all allied units still in the hex
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27947 troops, 306 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019
Defending force 145 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 630
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 630 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Division
4th Tank Regiment
51st Division
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment – all other allied units moved to the NW just after the bombing raids and just before this deliberate attack went in…
The allied 3rd Special Force stack is now in the 15th Tank Regt hex with IJA reinforcements still 4 days march away. It looks like I’ve missed out on trapping this allied stack by that close a margin.
15th Tank Regt is at full strength but that’s only 28 tanks defending a Jungle Rough hex. The allies will most likely attack tomorrow and push them backwards, opening an escape path to move further NW into a Mountain hex. The IJA 55th Div is in the hex to the west so if this allied stack does clear the 15th Tank Regt and moves there the 55th Div could destroy them.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 16, 43
H6K5 Mavis from Yokosuka Ku T-1 attacking SS Tunny at 111,69 SS Tunny is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 66,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking a O16 Class class SS at 113,66 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 934 Ku T-1 attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 88,65 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 101,126 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Repairs completed on SC Ch 7 at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 8 at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 3 at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 2 at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Tsu expands airfield to size 7 – future IJNAF Air Flotilla HQ air base
Tientsin expands airfield to size 4
Ponape expands fortifications to size 5
Akyab expands fortifications to size 5
Comilla expands fortifications to size 1
Aircraft D4Y4 Judy advances R&D – to 3/44 +8/day
Aircraft P1Y1 Frances advances R&D – to 7/43 +6/day. Only 16 days until it advances to 6/43 and will then start construction as that should be about the 2nd of June. These three research factories will all advance to research P1Y2. There are 161x G3M3 Nells in the pool with only 2x G3M3 units flying long range naval search patrols from Rangoon and Rabaul, so the size 30 G3M3 production factory will change to build P1Y1 on 1 Jun 43.
xAK Michael Goulandris is reported to have been sunk near Perth on Jun 06, 1942
12th Air Fleet arrives at Hakodate – VADM Totsuka is replaced as his air skill is less than 50. Web search for him shows that he had been in command of IJNAF air groups since 1936, so an air skill of only 33 seems a bit harsh. As for VADM Teraoka, with a naval skill less than 50 he won’t be entrusted to command a CV task force so he will see out this war in command of the 12th Air Fleet which will stay at Hakodate for now.





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RE: 15 May 43 reports - 12/15/2020 4:30:37 PM   
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I probably need to stack another TK task force there to keep demanding oil when the first task force moves.


Yup.

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I can't figure out how to draw the fuel either, unless I form task forces with all the spare xAK and xAP and home port them to China or something. I will probably put the fuel down as too much effort to worry about it.


TBH, it was a rhetorical question. I figure it'll move toward the 'end game' when everything is falling appart.


It should move now but slowly. As long as the fuel does not get wasted by going over the base capacity. If nothing else, turn off the refinery if you have the oil moving.

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Aircraft P1Y1 Frances advances R&D – to 7/43 +6/day. Only 16 days until it advances to 6/43 and will then start construction as that should be about the 2nd of June.


I've chosen not to produce this A/C, as it is an SR4. I'll have the next in the line by years' end. For myself, that'll do.

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As long as the fuel does not get wasted by going over the base capacity. If nothing else, turn off the refinery if you have the oil moving.


Good suggestion.

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RE: 15 May 43 reports - 12/16/2020 5:54:15 AM   
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Aircraft P1Y1 Frances advances R&D – to 7/43 +6/day. Only 16 days until it advances to 6/43 and will then start construction as that should be about the 2nd of June.


I've chosen not to produce this A/C, as it is an SR4. I'll have the next in the line by years' end. For myself, that'll do.


The pre-war plan was to not build it, and skip research ahead to P1Y2.
Mainly because it uses the Ha-45 engine.
Air Research Div staff didn’t prompt IGHQ to confirm the order so now the plane is so close to arrival I’ll build some.
From memory they lose some range from Nell and Betty but are a good bit faster.

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RE: 15 May 43 reports - 12/16/2020 6:18:14 AM   
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As long as the fuel does not get wasted by going over the base capacity. If nothing else, turn off the refinery if you have the oil moving.


Good suggestion.


Yep I locked this in a few months back when both fuel and oil were spilling onto the ground.
Fuel is still above capacity so is probably only reducing due to wastage rather than moving south.


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17 May 43 reports - 12/16/2020 10:58:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		The big George sweep didn't fly, most likely due to thunderstorms.
Other than "the great escape" of the allied 3rd Special Force stack, it was a quiet day.
Deliberate attack is ordered in the hex next to Dacca tomorrow.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 17, 43
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
E Aotaka
E Hatsutaka
TK Ayazono Maru
E Wakataka
Allied Ships
SS Pike, hits 2
SS Pike is sighted by escort
E Wakataka attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124
E W-25
SS Greenling launches 2 torpedoes at E W-25
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Ground combat at 61,35 (near Tezpur)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16104 troops, 189 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 554
Defending force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Allied adjusted assault: 369
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 92 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 36 (11 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
15th Tank Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 17, 43
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 114,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Manus – allied recon is active again in SEAF, but so is the Combined Fleet.
Allied Aircraft sighted over Kavieng
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Rabaul
Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Shortlands
Allied Recon sighted over Munda
Allied Aircraft sighted over Rekata Bay
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a Salmon class SS at 66,107 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a Triton class SS at 66,107 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS at 64,107 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking a O21 Class class SS at 101,126 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Shikuka expands fortifications to size 3
Guam expands port to size 5 – that’s max
Howrah expands airfield to size 9 – allied airfield near Calcutta.
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D – to 10/43 +16/day, so about 25 days until production can start, or about June the 10th.
Ace pilot Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai is promoted to CPT
Pilot Genwa S. is reported as to have escaped capture – a 74 exp IJAAF Fighter pilot with 1 kill.





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RE: 17 May 43 reports - 12/16/2020 11:48:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		Remember, you can dump a small load of oil at Fusan, set to stockpile oil, then move it by CS convoy to Japan. If you load two small tankers at the same time, maybe in different TFs if you have to do so, you will get oil moving to Fusan. Not a lot but every little bit helps. You can also move fuel from Fusan as well. If Port Arthur is set to stockpile both oil and fuel, then those have to come from some place else where there is an abundance. You can temporarily stockpile oil and fuel at other areas in China and Manchuria as well so the fuel is more likely to come from places farther away.

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18 May 43 reports - 12/17/2020 11:10:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		The allies abandon the hex one east of Dacca just before the deliberate attack punches thin air.
25th Army will now move as quickly as possible across the river and then advance on Dacca.

The George sweeps also punch thin air, but the allies sweep at the same time for about even losses.
Things just got interesting in SEAF!
Georges will sweep Tassafaronga tomorrow with more LRCAP Zeros and Georges set over Munda.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 18, 43
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ASW attack near Muntok at 52,90
PB Tama Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Hoe, hits 4
Captain of SS Hoe elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Tama Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tama Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124
E W-20
E W-22
SS Greenling is located by E W-20
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 9
SS Steelhead is located by SC Ch 7
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Morning Air attack on Auki , at 115,136
Weather in hex: Clear sky – no allied area CAP over Auki, for reasons to become clear shortly
31 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
30 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
40 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
28 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
A6M5 Zero x 13
A6M5c Zero x 19
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat: 9 destroyed – this explains why there was no CAP over Auki. Seeing this, the IJNAF braced for multiple allied sweeps and bombing raids.
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1/C with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – supporting from Vella Lavella
Shoho-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 9 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 8
A6M5c Zero x 17
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 4
A6M5c Zero x 14
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18 – fresh Corsairs put some hurt on the IJNAF CAP
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 1
A6M5c Zero x 5
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18 – then even fresh Wildcats do well against the tiring defenders.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
18 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Auki , at 115,136
3 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
8 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Also attacking 369th Coast AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 37th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 369th Coast AA Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
8 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 369th Coast AA Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 18, 43
Repairs completed on E Ishigaki at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Kunashiri at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Hachijo at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Shimushu at Singapore, ship returned to service
D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied DD at 107,120 a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
TF 24 detected by Catalina I at 52,50 near Ramree Island – I expect these Catalinas are based at Diamond Harbour, but their search arc must start at 180 degrees (south) as they aren’t spotting any IJN task forces east of 180 degrees.
PO2 Hirano U. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Matsuki P. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Hirano U. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Matsuki K. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 2
CPO Yoshino, S. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 4
PO1 Takagi M. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 2
CPO Shiga, M. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Minami A. of Shoho-1 is credited with kill number 2
Ki-15-II Babs from 2nd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 64,107 a Balao class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 64,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D – to 6/44 +3/day, so advancing at 90% per month.
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D – to 6/44 +12/day
Ace pilot Minowa J. of Kaga-1 is promoted to CPO
45th Sentai converting to Ki-45 KAIc Nick
TK Takekun Maru arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka





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Remember, you can dump a small load of oil at Fusan, set to stockpile oil, then move it by CS convoy to Japan. If you load two small tankers at the same time, maybe in different TFs if you have to do so, you will get oil moving to Fusan. Not a lot but every little bit helps. You can also move fuel from Fusan as well. If Port Arthur is set to stockpile both oil and fuel, then those have to come from some place else where there is an abundance. You can temporarily stockpile oil and fuel at other areas in China and Manchuria as well so the fuel is more likely to come from places farther away.


There are a few points of oil at Fusan already, but I don’t want to export fuel and oil from CMK yet as the CMK refineries and heavy industry need it.
If there is still some excess when the allies start to threaten the Tsushima Strait I’ll move the rest to Japan then.

So as not to crash the CMK Heavy Industry, if I stockpile fuel at all ports in the region that might create demand for fuel from Urumchi.
If some Heavy Industry starts to run short of fuel I’ll release the Port Arthur stockpile.

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ASW attack near Long Island at 100,123
DD Hatsukaze – escorts for RADM Tanaka’s CA task force returning to Manus Island. The 4x CA were not spotted.
DD Hamakaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Arashi
SS Greenling launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hatsukaze
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
9 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 5000 feet – a Nick det is set on night CAP at 5k’ tomorrow
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 4
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
4 x Wellington B.X bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 3
Runway hits 1
3 x Blenheim VD bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Lihir at 108,123
CL Oyodo – these ships are escorts for the CVE task force, moving to Nauru to stage for a raid on Ndeni or Fiji. The air groups for the CV, CVL and CVE have rejoined their ships today. Only CV Zuikaku remains at Kure, the fighter group is in SEAF while the DB and TB are training at Osaka.
DD Nenohi
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla, hits 6
SS Cabrilla is sighted by escort
DD Ariake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugure attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Bassein at 52,51
CL Kiso – this is CL Div 2, with 3x Kuma class and 4x DD Minekaze. These ships are running supply to Chittagong under fast transport orders.
CL Kuma
DD Numakaze
DD Hokaze
SS Sawfish launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kiso – torpedoes miss
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Morning Air attack on 85th British AT Gun Regiment, at 56,38 (Dacca)
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 6th Medium Regiment, at 56,38 (Dacca)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Also attacking 18th British Division ... I think the 18th Brit Div have been reversed before, so if they do stay to defend Dacca they shouldn’t last long.
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Morning Air attack on 1st Indian Light AA Regiment, at 56,38 (Dacca)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24
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Morning Air attack on 1st Indian Light AA Regiment, at 56,38 (Dacca)
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
19 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
7 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137
N1K1-J George x 25 – more were ordered to fly but only this unit flew
23 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft – some area CAP from Lunga
F4U-1 Corsair x 3
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed – the Int screen reported this as 2x A2A losses and 1x ops loss. 2x George crashed on landing for 2x ops losses, but no George pilot casualties.
CAP engaged:
VMF-112 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 19, 43
Repairs completed on DD Natsugumo at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Toan Maru at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-29 at Manus, ship returned to service
Previous report of sinking of SS Sawfish incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 52, 51
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Thresher at 89,64 SS Thresher is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Seadragon at 105,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking a KV Class class SS at 75,117 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 75,117 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 74,114 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 67,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Guardfish at 108,63 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
N1K1-J George from 253 Ku S-1 crashes on landing
N1K1-J George from 253 Ku S-1 crashes on landing
Meiktila expands fortifications to size 3
Ace pilot Ibusuki J. of Junyo-1 is promoted to CPO
Ace pilot Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is promoted to CPT
Ace pilot Kono, K. of 77th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Loss of xAK Sinsei Maru on Feb 21, 1943 is admitted
xAK Fuso Maru arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – converted to Std-C TK





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RE: 1 May 43 reports - 12/18/2020 8:47:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

What is your defense plan for the Marshalls? Just curious, I know there are different schools of thought to how much to defend them with


This is the current situation in the Marshalls / Gilberts in 4th Fleet’s area of operations.
It's been a useful exercise to think through a few more details on how to try and delay the allies in this area.

HQ 4th Fleet is currently at Truk.

About 15 June (26 days away) the IJNAF AFUs get a TOE upgrade that gives them 12x 25mm AA guns and +15 support squads.
HQ 4th Fleet will conduct an inspection of all AFUs using a CL fast transport task force. VADM Inouye is still in command of 4th Fleet, but he is far too good an Air Admiral to leave in command of a numbered fleet. With 65 air skill and 55 naval skill he’d make a good CV task force commander.
HQ 6th Fleet is commanded by VADM Shimizu. He has 76 naval skill and leadership, inspiration and aggression in the 60s. He’s also wasted as a numbered fleet commander and would make a good surface combat task force commander. I might spend a few days of PP to change out those VADMs for landlubbers.

The South Seas Garrison (SSG) battalions will move to the locations shown by the arrows to help boost the assault value of each island.
They won’t be enough to defend against an allied Division assault, but they should still cause some damage and would protect against allied paras or rough up a Regt sized assault.

Stacking limits would allow an IJA Division to be added to the garrison of islands like Tabiteuea, Tarawa, Makin or Mili, but I’m reluctant to commit a Division so far forward. Due to the atoll terrain, an IJA Div in those locations would make a mess of an allied Division assault though.

Upcoming combat reinforcements for the 4th Fleet area will be limited to the following:
3rd and 4th SSG battalions arrive in 37 days.
1st to 6th South Seas dets arrive in Nov and Dec 43 with different AVs of 37, 67 or 94. I expect the allies to move on the Marshalls before then, so they might be used to bolster the defence of the Marianas.
1st Amphib Bde Tank Bn arrives in Nov and the plan is to move it to Saipan to reform the 1st Amphib Bde there. The 3rd Garrison Unit is already there waiting for it after being bought out of Manchukuo.

The 1st Air Fleet HQ arrives in 42 days. I will buy it out and move it to the Marianas, or forward to Truk, to place another torpedo depot in the region.

If I had some more ground forces I’d have built a level 2 airfield and put a garrison at Abemama as well, but I’ll leave the construction of that airfield to the allies.

The IJNAF will concentrate in the Marshalls from SEAF once invasion task forces are spotted.

Behind this “screen”, the IJA 40s Divisions will defend the SEAF area and the 70s Divisions will defend the Marianas, with Ind. Mixed Bdes in support. The Ind Mixed Bdes that eventually form the 100s Divisions will start filling in further back in the Philippines.

Current IJA "reserve" Divisions in SEAF include the 7th (Truk) 16th, 21st and 52nd (Manus Island).






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RE: 10 May 43 reports - 12/18/2020 9:18:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Divisional assets are overkill that far forward in my experience. My personal preference is for the lighter IJA brigades, simply because they're much easier to move around (even by air, if required) to respond to Allied moves.

I think you have the balance right, however. Enough of a garrison that you make a mutli-regimental size assault required, not too much that it's overkill.

I'd not worry about Abemama, as that's too much like giving the Allies a level 2 airbase. If you can, I'd dig up Aillinglaplap. Can be a level 5 airbase, right in the heart of the Marshalls, an excellent backstop to Mili and good for mutual support from Roi & Kwaj.

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RE: 10 May 43 reports - 12/18/2020 9:53:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks MM. I’d overlooked Ailinglaplap.
With a bit of a reshuffle I could get it to size 2-3 airfield pretty quickly.
If the allies go straight for the Marshalls and bypass the Gilberts the troops in those southern bases could get a seat on a Marshall Airlines Mavis flight back to there.

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20 May 43 reports - 12/19/2020 11:47:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		The CV and CVL task forces are spotted on their way to Nauru, but the CVE, BB and CA task forces weren’t spotted. Looks like I’ve lost the element of surprise for a raid on Ndeni, but we will see if they can hide in thunderstorms for a few days in the Gilberts to lose the shadowing allied patrol aircraft.
Unescorted Sally and Helen are dealt with roughly in Bengal, but the details indicate that the allied fighters are all on area CAP based out of Rangpur, so they are on at least range 4 CAP which should be increasing their fatigue levels. IJAAF 3rd Air Army will stand down all bombers and focus on fighter ops with sweeps and LRCAP over the Army approaching Dacca for a few days.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 20, 43
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ASW attack near Nagoya at 109,63
SC CHa-6
SC CHa-5
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-6
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms – night CAP didn’t fly so setting some more on LRCAP as well tomorrow.
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 9
Runway hits 4
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 9
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Runway hits 3
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62
SC Ch 9
SC Ch 8
SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 9
SC Ch 9 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Kolaka at 67,107
SC Ch 39
Captain of SS Cisco elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 21
P-40K Warhawk x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged: some of these same allied Sqns are later spotted near Dacca.
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,37 , near Dacca – 3x allied Divisions spotted in this raid.
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
P-38G Lightning x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 7
CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 56,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
P-38G Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 7
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
CAP engaged:
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.34 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-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.615 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, 2 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (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 20th Indian Division, at 61,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 56,37 , near Dacca
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
P-38G Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 5
CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 20, 43
Repairs completed on DD Asashio at Nagoya, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-28 at Manus, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Uji at Manus, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E Hashidate at Manus, ship returned to service
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
2LT Saito P. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Futagami E. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Namai, K. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Kagawa R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Azusa D. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Shirahama N. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chiba T. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
G3M3 Nell from 702 Ku-1 attacking SS Greenling at 106,124 SS Greenling is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 3rd CCF Det T-1 attacking a Gato class SS at 88,62 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 71,113 an Allied CL is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
TF 73 sights Allied Aircraft at 123,127 near Nauru Island – RADM Uwano’s CVL task force. 4x CVL (only CVL Ryujo has an air search radar), 2x BB Kongo class, 1x CL Oyodo, 1x DD Akitsuki (air search radar), 6x DD Hatsuharu class.
Cuttack expands airfield to size 2 – allied airfield.
Lanchow expands airfield to size 4 – now size 4(5) with every airfield point here worth 100 VPs for Japan.
Terapo expands fortifications to size 1 – 3rd Ind Engr Regt arrived a few days ago to build some fortifications.
Device NE turbojet advances R&D – to 3/45 +2/day
Aircraft Ki-84a Frank advances R&D – to 1/44 +14/day.
Ace pilot Gushi E. of 77th Sentai Det B is promoted to 1LT


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Status: offline 		Combined Fleet is unspotted at Nauru so will move SE.
Big George sweeps over Tulagi attract area CAP from Lunga, mostly Corsairs.
George and Corsair look about evenly matched with losses in the 20s for both sides.
I’ll wait a few days then sweep Tassafaronga next.

A Tojo sweep of Portland Roads from Port Moresby trades a few planes with 76 Sqn RAAF who are flying Kittyhawk IIIs.

Sweeps over Dacca find nothing so the Tojos will sweep Tezpur tomorrow.
IJA forces are moving to Dacca and Tezpur now.
The Chinese Corps has moved out of Tezpur to the NE into the 55th Div hex, I assume to try and let the 3rd Special Force stack march through.
With only 8k allied defenders at Tezpur this has prompted me to order an attack from three sides with 5x Divs, with 4x Divs moving forward to reinforce and consolidate if Tezpur can be captured. I’d like to trap that big Chinese Corps and remove it from the board.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 21, 43
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ASW attack near Aogashima at 113,66
SC CHa-18
SC CHa-19
SS Gunnel is located by SC CHa-18
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
SC Ch 22
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 3
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 22 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
SC CHa-53
SC CHa-52
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 4 – detection level must be high after the previous attack, so the little SC gets some hits in too
SS Skipjack is located by SC CHa-53
Skipjack bottoming out ....
SC CHa-52 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-52 is out of ASW ammo
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 – I’m trying to watch the combat replays closely here to see if I can spot any difference between the Nick A compared to the Nick C.
Generally, the bombers fire first and keep firing, then usually drive the Nicks away with defensive fire before the Nicks get an opportunity to fire. Every now and then a Nick does fire, but not very often. Even less often they get the “bomber damaged” message, but there will be a few Wellingtons returning to base with holes in them.
AA isn’t firing as supply is a bit low at Comilla, but a resupply convoy is moving forward to rectify that. It will be covered by the surface combat task forces that have been undetected at Akyab now for weeks, and I’ll set LRCAP over the convoy once it is making its final approach. Hopefully the supply gets unloaded before allied bombers spot them and attack, but it will create an opportunity to shoot some more allied bombers down.
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 6
6 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – 44th Sentai are flying LRCAP, range 0 from Cox’s Bazar.
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling) – 89th IFC are flying local CAP range 0. All Nick-As were damaged at the end of this action so they will rail to Ledo to repair before coming back.
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 5
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged – I didn’t take notes as I went, but from memory this was a Nick-A scoring some hits.
5 x Wellington B.X bombing from 5000 feet – Comilla airfield is size 3(7) so it would need to be size 7(7) for balloons to appear here.
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
Runway hits 2
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 7
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 4
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 6
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39

Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged – this was the Nick-C firing from range 2 which I assume is 200 yards, so it was probably the MGs that got the hit and not the cannon.
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 5
CAP engaged:
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
SC Ch 22
SC Ch 21
SS Skipjack is located by SC Ch 22
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
E Natsushima
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 2 – more hits on USS Skipjack, but couldn’t land the decisive blow.
SS Skipjack is located by E Natsushima
E Natsushima attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62
PB Seki Maru #2
SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at PB Seki Maru #2
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Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89
PB Takunan Maru #10
PB Takunan Maru #5
SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at PB Takunan Maru #10
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ASW attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 35
Allied Ships
SS Salmon, hits 1
SS Salmon is located by SC Ch 35
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 35 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137 – the much anticipated Geroge vs Corsair clash. The look to be about evenly matched.
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
N1K1-J George x 21
N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed
4 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
F4U-1 Corsair x 40 – this number climbed as the area CAP from Lunga joined the fight.
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (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.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
VMF-221 with F4U-1 Corsair (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.
VMF-212 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 26000.
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
N1K1-J George x 21
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
6 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4U-1 Corsair x 26
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-212 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-221 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
N1K1-J George x 28
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
25 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-221 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-212 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Weather in hex: Light rain
18 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
21 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 – this sweep was ordered due to solid recon over Portland Roads indicating that the Tojos would have the numbers advantage. The defenders do well though, so these Tojos will go back to local CAP duties tomorrow.
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 16
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk III (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 27000.
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
N1K1-J George x 32
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
1 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged: I can’t remember how many aircraft are in a full USMC Sqn, is it 18, 24 or something different?
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-212 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
VMF-221 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
N1K1-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1
CAP engaged:
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
N1K1-J George x 3
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1
CAP engaged: USN radar operators give this Corsair a 2k’ advantage.
VMF-123 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
6 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
15 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 21, 43
SS I-157 terminates patrol and enters Kwajalein Island for repairs
SS I-6 terminates patrol and enters Hakodate for repairs
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS Greenling at 103,124 SS Greenling is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
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 CL at 109,63 an Allied SS is reported HIT
PO2 Kondo R. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Kondo R. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Nagahama R. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Komachi O. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Bando G. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
WO Mori H. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
N1K1-J George from 252 Ku S-1 is written off – on top of the combat losses, these are the George ops losses.
Damaged N1K1-J George from 252 Ku S-1 crashes, pilot reported killed
N1K1-J George from 252 Ku S-1 is written off
Damaged N1K1-J George from 252 Ku S-1 shot down on way home
N1K1-J George from 253 Ku S-1 is written off
Damaged N1K1-J George from 253 Ku S-1 does not return
Damaged N1K1-J George from 253 Ku S-1 crashes, pilot reported killed
E13A1 Jake from Kushimoto Ku T-1 attacking an Allied CL at 109,63 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Kumano-2 attacking SS Tautog at 85,68 SS Tautog is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 11th Sentai – I hate seeing these messages for the 11th Sentai, as they are the top IJAAF Sentai with mostly 81+ experience pilots.
Invercargill expands airfield to size 6
Prince Rupert expands port to size 7
Lahat expands airfield to size 4
Madioen expands fortifications to size 3
Ace pilot Inokuchi P. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Pilot Iwaya I. is reported as to have escaped capture – this is great news. 1LT Iwaya is a 424 mission veteran with 15 kills, from the top class 77th Sentai. The only problem is that his time in captivity seems to have reduced his experience level massively, as he now has 52 experience points. He will be moved to a 2nd line fighter unit in Burma to be given time to rebuild his experience level flying local CAP.
12 N1K1-J George replacements arrive at Kendari – HQ 22nd Air Flotilla is based here.
10 N1K1-J George replacements arrive at Kendari
I.10-1 arrives at Tokyo – bought back after SS-I10 was sunk. It upgrades to Jake and will join a vacant AMC for TK convoy escort duty then resize to 2.


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22 May 43 reports - 12/19/2020 10:01:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		It only took 1hr 19mins for the turn to come back, but I won’t be able to run the turn for a few hours.
My bet is that it will be a fairly quiet one.

Tojo sweeps do well over Tezpur, shooting down 24 allied fighters (+3 ops losses) for 2 Tojos (+1 ops loss).
The sum included 20x P40K, 3x P38G, 2xP66 and 2xP40E.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 43
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TF 2 encounters mine field at Dutch Harbor (171,50) – mines were expected here, so at least it was a DD and not one of the CAs.
DD Hibiki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage = damage of 52/78/13. 0 fires at least!
Fubuki IIIs are becoming a collector’s item as if this one sinks there will only be 2 left.
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 17
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
CAP engaged:
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
89th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 5
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 6
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged – these were Nick-C hits
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 9
SS Steelhead is sighted by escort
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Night Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor at 171,50 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
CA Chikuma – this was just a nuisance raid to keep the allies guessing what else the IJN are doing up here, which is not much.
CA Tone

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chikuma
CA Chikuma firing at 2/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
2/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CA Chikuma
CA Tone firing at 2/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
2/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion firing at CA Tone
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ASW attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124
APD Aoi – this is a fast transport resupply task force moving steak and Asahi to the island garrisons in the region.
APD Shimakaze
E Yaeyama
APD Tade
SS Greenling launches 2 torpedoes at APD Aoi
APD Tade attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,63
TK Tsurushima Maru
TK Jinju Maru
PB Syozui Maru
SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at TK Tsurushima Maru
PB Syozui Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25
19 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-66 Vanguard x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 8
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged: these defenders are no match for Tojos with 70+ experience pilots.
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
5th FG/17th FS CAF with P-66 Vanguard (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.
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 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 29
28 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 3
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Kowloon Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur – one hex closer to the big allied airfield at Rangpur.
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
12 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-66 Vanguard x 2
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged: From memory, I think there are 12 aircraft in each CAF Sqn and 25 in each USAAF Sqn, so at full strength this force would show as 100 fighters. It won’t be long until direct sweeps of Rangpur will be ordered if this is all that is defending the sky over it.
5th FG/17th FS CAF with P-66 Vanguard (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3rd FG/32nd FS CAF with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Tezpur , at 60,36
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Kowloon Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur

Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
7 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
15 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 22, 43
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Thresher at 89,64 SS Thresher is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a Triton class SS at 67,107 a Triton class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 116,62 an Allied SS is reported HIT
2LT Ryuzaki T. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ryuzaki T. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Okajima K. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 88,62 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Kumano-2 attacking SS Tautog at 85,68 SS Tautog is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Barb at 99,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-47 at 97,130 SS S-47 is reported HIT
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 a KXIV Class class SS at 113,63 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT
WO Hashiguchi W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Dohibara D. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Hida C. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Saito N. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Kamei E. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
2LT Tsukamoto B. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 2
2LT Tsukamoto B. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Hashiguchi W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
Repairs completed on SS RO-100 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-157 at Kwajalein Island, ship returned to service
Iwaki expands airfield to size 6
Genzan expands fortifications to size 4
Tsiaotso expands airfield to size 1 – lots of bases captured by the IJA in China have airfields that are worth 20 VP per airfield point, so I will build some more of them to size 3 or 4 as that doesn’t cost much in supply but will add 60-80 VP per base which could help keep the score above 3:1 ratio come 1 Jan 1944.
Chiba expands fortifications to size 3
Ace pilot Sonokawa L. of 64th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
108th Sentai converting to Ki-49-II KAI Helen – currently a training Sentai, but once the pilots are 50+ experience it will start transport operations in the “Northern Army” area of operations.
xAK Lowana is reported to have been sunk near Truscott on May 28, 1942


The allied PBY mentioned here was destroyed over KB but it only spotted the CA task force before being shot down.




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