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RE: 2 Jun 43 reports - 1/1/2021 9:25:06 AM

jdsrae

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IJN Escort W-19 only got three hits on USS Grampus, but one of them was a direct hit.
Two days later, on 4 Jun 43, Grampus appeared on the sunk ships list.
If true, that feels like the first time the Allies have lost two subs from one day of action.

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3 Jun 43 reports - 1/1/2021 10:02:15 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 03, 43
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Night Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
G4M1 Betty x 9
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft
P-70 Havoc x 6
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb � SS and an AS were spotted in Tulagi harbour so it was worth a shot.
CAP engaged:
15th FG/6th NFS with P-70 Havoc (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Some CAP have air radar
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ASW attack near Chittagong at 55,42
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
Allied Ships
SS KXIII
SS KXIII is located by DD Nokaze
KXIII bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62
SC Ch 9
SC Ch 8
SS Guardfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 9
SC Ch 8 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 8 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62
E W-19
SS Steelhead is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
22 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet � recon by sweep is successful. The 503rd Paras has two other units with it, for a total of 9100 troops and 39 guns. IJA 12th Army is only a few days away from shock attacking this hex after an assault river crossing. No Allied movement is spotted to reinforce the 503rd Paras so IGHQ are hoping it stays that way.
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Morning Air attack on III Indian Corps, at 56,36 , near Dacca
26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet � more recon by sweep identifies the HQ with no CAP overhead.
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca � another HQ identified and this time it has some area CAP overhead, most likely flying from Calcutta. This hex is the future 2nd Area Army assault river crossing target, but once the 12th Army attack goes in some of this Allied stack might try to move NE to reinforce it.
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes � I�d never thought of using radar outside of base hexes before this game, but it looks like the Allies did so here, and they�ve done it before. It�s a shame that the IJAAF didn�t have more radar sets or I�d get them to do it too. I�ll remember this for next time I play as the Allies though.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft � Dutch, Brit and Kiwi fighters in relatively small numbers. IJAAF Dinahs have spotted 219 allied fighters total between Calcutta, Jessore and Asansol though, so they may just be on low % CAP.
Sea Hurricane Ib x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Kittyhawk III x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
2-VI.G.V with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
No.30 Sqn RAF with Sea Hurricane Ib (1 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.
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (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.
No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk III (1 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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Afternoon Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
4 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Kittyhawk III x 1
CAP engaged:
2-VI.G.V with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.30 Sqn RAF with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
11 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Kittyhawk III x 1
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.30 Sqn RAF with Sea Hurricane Ib (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 03, 43
Repairs completed on DD Asagumo at Nagoya, ship returned to service � saved and fully repaired from the sub torp hit weeks ago
E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-2 attacking SS S-36 at 105,124 SS S-36 is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Barb at 99,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Guardfish at 88,62 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
D4Y1 Judy from Shokaku-2 attacking a Grampus class SS at 103,120 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS KXIII at 54,41 SS KXIII is reported HIT � 3rd Air Army medium bombers are surging the ASW patrols along the Arakan coast, with some Jakes flying night search.
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 112,62 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Barb at 99,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus
2LT Renzo T. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Chuzaburo W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Renzo T. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Bunkichi N. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 16
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
Repairs completed on CVE Chuyo at Truk, ship returned to service � routine �readiness� maintenance as thanks to the daily PB4Y-1P visits the allies can see all IJN ships in port. Luckily Truk is outside maximum range for Allied heavy bombers, for now.
Ndeni expands port to size 4
Dacca expands fortifications to size 1
Moradabad expands airfield to size 4 � had to check where this is, two hexes from Delhi on the emergency reinforcement line.
Tezpur expands fortifications to size 2
Aircraft Ki-84a Frank advances R&D � to 11/43 +16/day. Four factories still repairing, the next one is at 29(1).
6th Ku S-1/C attains carrier trained status on Taiyo
Previous report of sinking of DD Fletcher incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service

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4 Jun 43 reports - 1/1/2021 10:23:31 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 04, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 5
5 x Liberator GR.III laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet
CAP engaged:
32nd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 5000
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 4
4 x Liberator GR.III laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet
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Sub attack near Kochi at 105,62
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-23
SS Seadragon launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-22
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 9
SS Trout is located by SC Ch 8
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,36 , near Jessore � no Allied CAP today
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
23 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
13 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,36 , near Jessore
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
10 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
9 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking: all bombs dropped from 5k� with moderate flak in return
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 111th Chindit Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 10
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
7 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,36 , near Jessore
8 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Sub attack near Victoria at 206,56
SS I-1, hits 18, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CVE Santee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage � not reported sunk and no aircraft ops losses to hint at it either. Critical damage and engine damage reported, but there are no other IJN subs nearby that could finish the job.
DD Aylwin
DD Baldwin
SS I-1 launches 4 torpedoes at CVE Santee
DD Aylwin attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-1 forced to surface!
DD Aylwin firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Baldwin firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77
SC Ch 32
SS Peto is located by SC Ch 32
SC Ch 32 attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13808 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
Defending force 30186 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1166
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Army +

Defending units: still moving east
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 04, 43
E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-2 attacking SS S-36 at 105,124 SS S-36 is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking SS S-36 at 105,124 SS S-36 is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Guardfish at 88,62 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper 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 94th Sentai attacking SS Seadragon at 105,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Barb at 99,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Kavieng
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking SS Haddock at 70,110 SS Haddock is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 98th Sentai attacking a Barracuda class SS at 52,55 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Allied Fighter sighted over Gasmata � currently vacant, so that might need to be changed to avoid losing it to a para drop.
14 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 63rd JAAF AF Bn to Akita
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 73rd JAAF AF Bn to Hirosaki/Aomori
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
Repairs completed on SS I-23 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Babeldaob expands fortifications to size 4
Dacca expands fortifications to size 2
Christmas Island IO expands fortifications to size 2
Balikpapan expands fortifications to size 5
Sorong expands fortifications to size 5
Shwebo expands fortifications to size 2
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D � to 4/44 +12/day
27th Sentai converting to Ki-45 KAIc Nick
51st Division takes replacements from Tezpur � supply is flowing into Tezpur well now, allowing these Divs to recover and upgrade.
Device(s) upgraded in 56th Division supplied from Tezpur � 47mm AT gun upgrade
Loss of SS I-1 on Jun 04, 1943 is admitted

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5 Jun 43 reports - 1/3/2021 12:35:01 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 05, 43
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62
E W-10 � these two Escorts are with 4 xAP carrying the 17th JNAFU to Yap. Good job.
E W-19
Captain of SS Trout elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Lakatoro at 116,152
SS I-31, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Gridley
TK Pinna � it would be good for the points situation to sink a few big Tankers over the next few months. The Allies are moving something in or out of Ndeni.
xAK B. Livingston
DD Maury
SS I-31 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Gridley
DD Maury attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61
SC CHa-28
SC CHa-29
SS Flying Fish is located by SC CHa-28
SC CHa-29 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
SC CHa-9
SC CHa-8
SS Albacore launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-9
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Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Weather in hex: Overcast
24 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darjeeling , at 59,32 � six Allied fighters spotted by Dinah but they aren�t flying CAP.
Weather in hex: Light cloud
26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on III Indian Corps, at 56,36 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
13 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Indian Brigade, at 56,35 , near Rangpur � the other two units with 503rd US Paras are identified. 2x IJA Divs with some Mdm Arty Regts are about to cross the river into this hex.
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Also attacking 50th Indian Para Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 50th Indian Para Brigade, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on III Indian Corps, at 56,36 , near Dacca
7 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
26 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13803 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1084
Defending force 30231 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1173
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Army +19th Div, 51st Div and others
Defending units:
77th Chindit Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division
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Ground combat at 56,35 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 26698 troops, 298 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 875
Defending force 4738 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198
Japanese adjusted assault: 701
Allied adjusted defense: 114
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Not sure why these troops would have a supply(-) but I�ll take it.
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
649 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2910 casualties reported
Squads: 115 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 118 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 29 (25 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 3 � to the East towards Rangpur.
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
4th Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
50th Indian Para Brigade � was already zeroed, maybe this Bde is out of supply and gave the supply(-)
503rd Parachute Regiment � effectively 2x Bns
3rd Indian Brigade � also effectively 2x Bns

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 05, 43
D4Y1 Judy from Shokaku-2 attacking a Triton class SS at 103,120 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 52,55 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
G3M3 Nell from 702 Ku-1 has spotted a Elco 80ft PT class PT at 114,137 a Elco 80ft PT class PT is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Nachi-2 attacking an Allied SS at 56,102 an Allied 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 Albacore at 99,62 SS Albacore 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 14th Sentai attacking SS Pogy at 73,113 SS Pogy 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 Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
14 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 63rd JAAF AF Bn to Akita
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 73rd JAAF AF Bn to Hirosaki/Aomori
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 11th JNAF AF Unit from Vella Lavella
Yokohama/Yokosuka expands fortifications to size 4
Jamshedpur expands airfield to size 8 � looks like the Allies are building another level 9 airbase for Japan!
Patna expands airfield to size 4
Terapo expands fortifications to size 3 - stopped
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D � to 7/43 +16/day. Already at 16% because it was 100% yesterday. In five more days it will be 96%, then I will change all but two factories to George-5. Then when it is 100% I will change one more factory to George-5. There are 2x30 plus 2x60 production factories on George-1, so all George research factories will stay as research, and those production factories will start building George-2.
Ace pilot Hashimoto E. of 59th Sentai is promoted to 2LT

Akagi-1 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 72 from 45 � using CV Zuikaku (air capacity of 72), by trial and error I noticed that the Akagi air units can all resize to up to size 127 aircraft. As pilots can be assigned at 133% of the number of aircraft, that would allow 169 pilots to be posted to each unit. I won�t make them that big, but Akagi-1 can be split into thirds. I will resize all Akagi air units to 81 then split them into 3x 27-plane Hikotais so they don�t overload any IJNAF Bases. The 3x Akagi-1 Hikotai will then be filled out with decent pilots and posted to the CVEs to replace the 6th Ku S-1 dets that are on them now. The 6th Ku S-1 dets will then be available for shore duty and will upgrade to George.
Two of the 6th Ku S-1 dets withdraw on 4 Mar 1944 while the third is now permanent as it was bought back after its CVE was sunk. It would be gamey, but a way to keep the other two dets would be to fill them with Claudes, strip out all the good pilots, load them on an xAKL each and send them on a �scouting mission� towards Hawaii. That would cost the victory points for having them destroyed, then political points to buy them back. I won�t do it, but if they do end up getting themselves sunk on a CV before 4 Mar 1944 they will be bought back. Another way could be for them to be destroyed on land, by the next allied invasion. I might post them to Munda and Vella Lavella, switch off replacements and let them be wittled down by Corsairs and ops losses.

51st/A Division - some devices have been upgraded at Tezpur � Infantry Squad 43. There are two devices called �IJA Infantry Squad�, but one stops being available 1/43. Not all IJA Divs upgrade to that Infantry Squad device, but those that have that version of �IJA Infantry Squad� need to upgrade to �Infantry Squad 43� or they will start to run out of Infantry squads.
Just checked the database:
IJA Infantry Squad (#707) has load cost 17 (13 man rifle squad?) and anti-soft rating of 20. It has no end date or upgrade.
IJA Infantry Squad (#709) has load cost 19 (15 man rifle squad?) and anti-soft rating of 22. It has the 1/43 end date and upgrades to device #710. Device #710 has identical stats to device #707.
The anti-tank rating of 5 for all IJA Infantry is a concern in Bengal at the moment� The IJA Tank Corps will need to step up and deal with the Allied Tanks.

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RE: 5 Jun 43 reports - 1/3/2021 1:41:50 AM

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6th and 8th Divs are moving to reinforce the 12th Army stack, then they will move West to cut another railway line and make the rail journey from Calcutta to Rangpur a multiple day one, via Benares. 9th Div is moving NE to defend the line of communication. LRCAP is set over 12th Army from Tezpur, as the Allies are expected to send bombers, lots of bombers.

15th Army is in the CEA and Korea Army stack which has 6x combat ready Divs plus 5x Tank Regts preparing to attack, with 1x damaged Div in Reserve (no pursuit) mode.

1st (Tank), 11th, 13th and 25th Armies are at Dacca in the 2nd Area Army stack. They are only a few days from their assault river crossing. The aim is for the III Indian Corps to withdraw towards Calcutta, to stop it from being able to reinforce the defenders at Rangpur / Darjeeling.

36th Div is moving to reinforce 34th Div who are digging into Jungle Rough terrain to block the escape of the 3rd Special Force stack, which includes the 5th Chinese Corps.
Once the Allies move into 36th Div's hex, something from the IJA 20th Army stack will move to close the gate and create a POW camp hex. That will also free up 51st Div and some other units from the 20th Army hex to move to Tezpur and their next missions.

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6 Jun 43 reports - 1/3/2021 2:21:56 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 06, 43
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 4
Liberator GR.III: 2 damaged � Nicks got a few hits which was good to see.
Liberator GR.III: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 8000 feet � they have either run out of mines to drop or decided it wasn�t effective, so have switched back to Manpower bombing to start fires.
City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: 32nd Sentai is set at 50% night CAP, no rest. Average experience is 72 with all 70+, average Air skill is 70 with only one at 69, the rest 70+.
32nd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 8000
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 5
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 272
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 9
SC Ch 7
SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 9
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca � preparatory bombardment of the river crossing target hex two days before the assault.
Weather in hex: Clear sky
13 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 85th British AT Gun Regiment, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 16
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Also attacking 1st Indian Light AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Indian Division ... this Div will be one of the main threats to the river crossing
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 85th British AT Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Indian Light AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
7 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Weather in hex: Overcast
Japanese aircraft � not as many fighters on LRCAP as I was expecting, as someone set the radius to 1� That was a mistake as if the LRCAP was set to range 0 there would have been many more aircraft defending. No IJAAF pilots were KIA or MIA out of these battles, but there were 5x WIA so not a bad result. A larger LRCAP is set for tomorrow as they Allies might try this again.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 92 � lots of Hurricanes!
Vengeance I x 32
Wellington Ic x 15
Kittyhawk III x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
Vengeance I: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged � another Vengeance massacre
Wellington Ic: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking: multiple different bombing heights from the Allies, but the fighters are sweeping at 20k� so that is where the IJAAF will stay.
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
11 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
8 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) � veteran pilots did well despite being outnumbered
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
26th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Beaufort VIII x 11
Mitchell II x 12
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 25
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Mitchell II bombing from 8000 feet
11 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 8000 feet
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 8000 feet
Also attacking 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 30
Hurricane IId Trop x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane IId Trop: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IId Trop bombing from 100 feet
15 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 5000 feet
14 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 5000 feet
Also attacking 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 9
Vengeance I x 16
Wellington B.X x 16
Japanese ground losses: the thin LRCAP was worn out�
220 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington B.X bombing from 8000 feet
8 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
9 x Blenheim VD bombing from 8000 feet
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
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Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 8000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 21
B-25D1 Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level � IJA Field AA units are moving forward which should help reduce the damage from Allied strafing attacks.
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 16 � this is the first Sptifre seen in a long time
A-20A Havoc x 16
Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 5000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Division, at 56,35 , near Rangpur
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 13
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13798 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083, minus 1 since yesterday
Defending force 30196 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1169, minus 4 since yesterday. By the time they reach the 34th Div hex they should be fatigued and low on supply, unless they are receiving air drops. 34th Div should get a big defensive bonus because of terrain and field forts. If the Allies attack 34th Div and fail on the first attempt then they should be done for. I don�t expect the Allies to get 2:1 on that first attack, but 36th Div are moving to reinforce just in case the Allies get some lucky die rolls.
Assaulting units:
20th Army +
Defending units:
77th Chindit Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division
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Ground combat at 59,34 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 52468 troops, 633 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 2940
Defending force 25280 troops, 534 guns, 845 vehicles, Assault Value = 940
Japanese ground losses:
577 casualties reported � no field forts and the Allies might have bigger guns thanks to the US Field Arty Bn. The IJA stack is in reasonable supply so a Deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow.
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Assaulting units:
China Expeditionary Army, Korea Army, 15th Army +++
Defending units:
255th Armoured Brigade � close to full strength
29th British Brigade � one Bn
Kowloon Brigade � one Bn
50th Tank Brigade � two Bns
131st Combat Engineer Regiment � two Bns
16th British Brigade � close to full strength
19th Indian Division � close to full strength
16th Light Cavalry Regiment � hopefully their vehicles are as lightly armoured as the IJA�s tanks
23rd British Brigade � two Bns
226th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 06, 43
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Albacore at 99,62 SS Albacore is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 14th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 73,112 a Shark class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS KXIII at 54,41 SS KXIII is reported HIT
Spitfire PR.IV sighted over 12th Army
WO Ayanori G. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ryuzaki R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 12
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Genwa K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Genwa K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Genwa K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Genwa K. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Ryuzaki R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 13
2LT Ryuzaki R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 14
1LT Hashiguchi M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 15
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Renzo T. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Miyabe G. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Gyuba S. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyajima D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Maeda K. of 21st Sentai is credited with kill number 5 � Nick Ace!
WO Maeda K. of 21st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Takenaka A. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
D3A1 Val from 582 Ku K-1 attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 582 Ku K-1 attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Yamato-1 attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 103,120 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT
13 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 63rd JAAF AF Bn to Akita
13 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 73rd JAAF AF Bn to Hirosaki/Aomori
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
Repairs completed on SS I-37 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Sapporo expands airfield to size 8
Fushun expands airfield to size 6
Pendleton expands airfield to size 7
Pegu expands airfield to size 3
Akagi-2 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 81 from 45 � will complete training on the current basic DB course of 60 pilots, but for future intakes it will run courses for 108 trainees.
Shoho-2 converting to B6N2 Jill
51st/B Division - some devices have been upgraded at Tezpur
51st/C Division - some devices have been upgraded at Tezpur
CVE Taiyo available for service in damaged state at Truk
SS I-21 available for service in damaged state at Truk
SS I-158 available for service in damaged state at Truk
1st Tank Division takes replacements from Tezpur � just in time to lose a few more Tanks while crossing the river.

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RE: 6 Jun 43 reports - 1/3/2021 2:44:37 AM

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Nick-A got a critical hit on a Liberator but still didn't shoot it down.
No reports of Liberator ops losses either.

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RE: 6 Jun 43 reports - 1/3/2021 8:43:11 PM

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Nick-A got a critical hit on a Liberator but still didn't shoot it down.

It happens, I've seen it a number of times.

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If you are going to intentionally lose those air units, shrink them to size "1" then lose them. They will be cheap to buy back and you can resize them later.

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If you are going to intentionally lose those air units, shrink them to size "1" then lose them. They will be cheap to buy back and you can resize them later.

Decided I won�t do it. There are oodles of IJN fighter units due to arrive soon anyway, even though most of them withdraw again.

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Two big land battles in Bengal.
2nd Area Army cross the river from Bengal get a 2:1 and push XXXIII Indian Corps towards Calcutta. They will advance to clear III Indian Corps next.
Korea Army get a 1.8:1 near Rangpur with about equal damage on both sides. The IJA have a bigger raw AV advantage now so will attack again tomorrow.
Allied bombers didn�t fly today.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 07, 43
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 52,55
DD Namikaze
Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 2
SS O21 is located by DD Namikaze
O21 bottoming out ....
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 39
SC Ch 35
SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 33
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109
TK Mitu Maru
PB Showa Maru #3
SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at TK Mitu Maru
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
10 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged: Aussies in Spitfires. Tojo seems to have the edge over Spitfire V, but the Spitfire VIII will outperform the Tojo IIc.
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 6th Medium Regiment, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Japanese aircraft � escorts didn�t meet up and the sweeps didn�t clear the CAP�
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6
Japanese aircraft losses � they push through and get bombs away
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
CAP engaged:
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Also attacking 85th British AT Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 1st Indian Light AA Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged
CAP engaged:
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Also attacking 1st Indian Light AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 18th British Division ...
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
5 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
2 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on XXXIII Indian Corps, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
4 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77
SC Ch 32
SS Peto is located by SC Ch 32
SC Ch 32 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Kochi at 105,62
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-22
SS Seadragon is located by SC CHa-21
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Ground combat at 55,37 (near Dacca)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 102776 troops, 1374 guns, 2292 vehicles, Assault Value = 3433
Defending force 28943 troops, 552 guns, 743 vehicles, Assault Value = 816
Japanese adjusted assault: 1974
Allied adjusted defense: 933
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-). Something got caught in Move mode. The supply(-) is still a surprise seeing how close this stack is to Calcutta.
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
3987 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 359 disabled � 18th Div took the most disablements, now 70/98 TOE with 210 assault strength.
18th Div will stay in this hex in Combat mode to recover with a few supporting Arty units while the rest continue the advance to the �NE� along the Ganges River. Two units supporting 18th Div will feint moves to the NW and W to threaten the rear of III Indian Corps to see if it chooses to try and withdraw.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled
Vehicles lost 40 (9 destroyed, 31 disabled) � very few IJA tank losses
Allied ground losses:
6506 casualties reported
Squads: 431 destroyed, 74 disabled
Non Combat: 410 destroyed, 353 disabled
Engineers: 78 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 139 (90 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 362 (164 destroyed, 198 disabled)
Units retreated 12
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
18th Division � the first unit on this list seems to take the most damage, so it looks like 20th Div will be the next Div to lead a big attack.
20th Division
1st Tank Division
1st Division
2nd Guards Division
3rd Tank Division
5th Division
27th Division
2nd Tank Division
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
13th Army
8th RF Gun Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
18th British Division � went from 277 AV to zero
3rd Cavalry Regiment � went from 55 AV to zero
5th Indian Division � relatively new arrivals from the Western Desert campaign, went from 450 AV to 393 so is still fairly fresh.
42nd Cavalry Engineer Regiment � second retreat after Dacca
44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment � second retreat after Dacca
6th Medium Regiment
117th RAF Base Force
85th British AT Gun Regiment � destroyed, overrun by the IJA 27th Div.
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
14th Indian Light AA Regiment
2nd Peshawar Base Force
XXXIII Indian Corps
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
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Ground combat at 59,34 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 80321 troops, 871 guns, 771 vehicles, Assault Value = 2936 � raw AV ratio for the battle tomorrow should be about 2600:600.
Defending force 25283 troops, 534 guns, 842 vehicles, Assault Value = 928
Japanese adjusted assault: 1547
Allied adjusted defense: 851
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4474 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 177 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 53 disabled
Guns lost 36 (4 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 129 (24 destroyed, 105 disabled) � Most of these were to the 23rd Tank Regt or were trucks. 23rd Tank Regt was still oversized with Type 89A Medium Tanks, but it just lost all of its Type 95 Light Tanks and all Type 89A Tanks were disabled in this battle. It will stay in Reserve (no pursuit) for the next attack then withdraw to Tezpur to take its long overdue upgrade to Type 1 Medium Tanks. There is still 198 AV in the four remaining Tank Regts and their Type 1 Medium Tanks seemed to hold up quite well.
Allied ground losses:
3346 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 223 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 198 (97 destroyed, 101 disabled)
Vehicles lost 108 (10 destroyed, 98 disabled)
Assaulting units:
54th Division � top of the list took the most damage here too. TOE is down to 55/94 with (272) 1 in Infantry squads, so it is combat ineffective. It will stay in Reserve (no pursuit) for the next battle then withdraw to Tezpur to recover.
23rd Tank Regiment � as noted above, combat ineffective now and needs to rotate out of the front line to receive new tanks. Only 29x Political Points to buy it out now. That�s a bargain so was done, but where will it move to? 2nd, 7th, 8th or 14th Area Army? It was bought out to Southern Army so GEN Terauchi can decide where to move it to later.
12th Division � 354 AV, so still ready to fight. Disruption and fatigue are the highest of the stack with 44 Disruption 34 Fatigue, but the rest are <20 Disruption and <20 Fatigue. Infantry Divs tomorrow will deliberate attack while the Tank Regts will shock attack.
9th Tank Regiment
14th Division
12th Tank Regiment
53rd Division
13th Division
11th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
15th Division � was in Reserve (no pursuit) for this battle as it only has 242 AV, 74(94) TOE, (167)112 in Infantry squads, but it will join the attack tomorrow. If it takes more losses it will be cheaper again to buy out and will move to somewhere like Soerabaja to refit.
11th Tank Regiment
49th Field AA Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
China Expeditionary Army
21st Mortar Battalion
28th Field AA Machinecannon Company
1st Mortar Battalion
Korea Army
15th Army
27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
29th British Brigade
19th Indian Division
16th British Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
Kowloon Brigade
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
23rd British Brigade
7th Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13817 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087
Defending force 30216 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1171
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Army +
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 07, 43
B5N2 Kate from Ryujo-2 attacking SS Gudgeon at 112,109 SS Gudgeon is reported HIT � Truk is surrounded by Allied subs again due to the presence of half of Combined Fleet there. So far they are not swarming around Manus Island and the other half of the Combined Fleet. Now that the Allies have spotted the IJN main force, I will withdraw the CVs and BBs to the Marianas so that they are outside of PB4Y-1P camera range, but leave the CA and CL task forces in forward areas.
B5N2 Kate from Ryujo-2 attacking an Allied SS at 111,109 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-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS Sawfish at 53,48 SS Sawfish is reported HIT
2LT Azusa S. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
2LT Chojiro N. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Truk
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking SS S-36 at 105,124 SS S-36 is reported HIT
D4Y1 Judy from Hiryu-2 attacking a Grampus class SS at 103,120 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Barb at 105,63 SS Barb is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 72,112 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking SS Haddock at 70,110 SS Haddock is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking an Allied CL at 65,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 65,107 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 61st Sentai attacking SS Sawfish at 53,48 SS Sawfish is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS O20 at 55,41 SS O20 is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS KXIII at 54,41 SS KXIII is reported HIT
13 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 63rd JAAF AF Bn to Akita
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 73rd JAAF AF Bn to Hirosaki/Aomori
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
Kumamoto expands airfield to size 7 � Waifu JAAF Base will go to level 8 to get the aviation support double effect.
Keijo expands fortifications to size 4 � Urban Heavy terrain will also get level 6 forts here, although if they are ever needed things will be looking grim! Keijo already has a size 8 airfield in preparation for late war action in this area.
Pegu expands fortifications to size 1 � the IJA 39th Div is currently the Pegu garrison with some engineers and a JAAF AF Bn. The airfield will build to size 4(7) just to help get the supply draw through this hex a little higher, then forts will build to size 6 as it is clear terrain and I�ve seen from other AARs that an Allied amphibious landing could hit this hex.
Akagi-1 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 81 from 72
Zuiho-1 converting to A6M5c Zero � that is all CV and CVL now with the A6M5c. The 3x 6th Ku S-1 dets still have A6M5 so will upgrade next, and the Chitose/Chiyoda fighter units are still training on A6M2 back at Tokyo. They won�t get A6M5c until their ships complete their change to CVL, which is only 81 days away.
DD Hibiki available for service in damaged state at Adak Island � 4 hexes to Amchitka Island where an AD awaits to try and help speed up the system damage repair. Damage is 49 minor system, 59 major flood, 13 engine with 11 of it major. Mk 16 mines mess up DDs! The nearest AR is at Paramushiro-jima but moving the AR forward won�t be risked to try and save a DD.
SS I-9 available for service in damaged state at Kwajalein Island � SS I-9 has 26 major flood damage, so will move back to Truk initially and join the queue for the ARD. It might need to island hop back to Japan for repairs as the ARD is slow and I find it is best kept for subs with <20ish flood damage so they don�t stay in it for more than a few weeks each.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 4:39:34 AM

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Allied bombers didn�t fly today.

Having problems with these in my game (10/43) against the AI. Lots of B-24's and B-25D1's (you'll see, lots of nose MG is those puppies). My fighters insist on attacking the 25D1's from the front.

Also George-2's and Frank's not doing too well against the 24's.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 5:17:04 AM

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Allied bombers didn�t fly today.

Having problems with these in my game (10/43) against the AI. Lots of B-24's and B-25D1's (you'll see, lots of nose MG is those puppies). My fighters insist on attacking the 25D1's from the front.

Also George-2's and Frank's not doing too well against the 24's.

I don't see the problem here ... oh, wait ....

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 6:22:00 AM

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Allied bombers didn�t fly today.

Having problems with these in my game (10/43) against the AI. Lots of B-24's and B-25D1's (you'll see, lots of nose MG is those puppies). My fighters insist on attacking the 25D1's from the front.

Also George-2's and Frank's not doing too well against the 24's.

It is a shame that the Vengeance won�t be seen much longer!
Do you send your 81+ experience IJA pilots to Trg Comd, or Reserve, or keep them flying Franks?

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 9:02:58 AM

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I found the pause hotkey so can now take more than one screenshot per battle.
Allied numbers were:
1. Start of battle
2. Paused after IJA bombardment phase
3. After 27th Div attack (one of the last Divs to attack) � 85th British AT Regt was destroyed

The IJA numbers are shown at the start then at the 2:1 die roll.
It looks like it was a �near run thing�, but the Brahmaptura river crossing is secure and the near bank of the Ganges River will now be cleared to try and encircle Rangpur-Darjeeling.

Solid red arrows are real IJA moves, dotted white arrows are IJA movement feints to keep the allies guessing.
With the movement feints towards Calcutta, will the III Indian Corps stack withdraw or will it stay to fight and delay the 2nd Area Army advance?

2nd Guards Div will move back to Dacca to join 35th Div to defend it.
If the Allies launch a counter attack from Calcutta things could get interesting, and Dacca will need to be held at all costs.
Supply is starting to build up at Dacca and forts are now building fast, currently level 2 +88% with 223 engineers and 12 engineer vehicles working hard.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 10:19:08 AM

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The other big attack today. Allied numbers were from:
1. Start of battle
2. End of IJA first bombardment phase
3. End of IJA attack phase

This result was 1.81 to 1, so close but no cigar�
The attack force is in decent shape and the fresh 17th Div will arrive in two day, so there will be a follow up attack tomorrow.

Roughly equal losses in Squads and Vehicles, but the Allies lost a lot more Non Combat squads and Guns.
19th Indian Div lost about 100AV and the Bdes all took some damage, but not enough to get it to a 2:1 result.
More British and Indian losses should make it more difficult for the Allies to get all of these troops back to full strength for future offensive ops.

IJA numbers are at the start of the battle and at the start of the next turn.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 10:25:29 AM

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This caught my eye during the replay...

SHIP CREWS PERFORM DAMAGE CONTROL
TK San Clemente Maru sinks....

I just checked the skippers as I thought I'd replaced them all with IJN regular officers with about 60 naval skill but <50 aggression.
Some of them still have muppets with naval skills <20, so they will be replaced when this task force gets to Japan.
Maybe the poor skipper was a factor, but maybe it was just one of those random events that happens.

At least it wasn't a Battleship alongside at Kure, like BB Mutsu in real life!

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 10:35:06 AM

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Inspection of Zuiho-1 upon issue of their shiny new A6M5c.

I don�t know who on the IGHQ Personnel Staff posted WO Fukui to a CV Hikotai, but he does not belong there.
As soon as he arrives at Truk he will be sent back to Japan to join a training unit.
CPO Tanaka will remain the senior ranking pilot in Zuiho-1 for now.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 7:25:17 PM

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Do you send your 81+ experience IJA pilots to Trg Comd, or Reserve, or keep them flying Franks?

I have some in TRACOM, some in my front-line units. I have very experienced units by this stage of the war at the front. At the low end I do place a few 60ish experienced pilot as 'trainees' at the front, as the 'nugs' in the group. They either 'train up', or die off.

TBH, I haven't lost too many, but when a Frank gets knocked off-line, it stays that way a long time. Makes the unit useless for quite some time. Even at bases with considerable excess AV.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 7:40:17 PM

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This caught my eye during the replay...

SHIP CREWS PERFORM DAMAGE CONTROL
TK San Clemente Maru sinks....

Sh.. stuff happens.

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/4/2021 10:25:12 PM

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This caught my eye during the replay...

SHIP CREWS PERFORM DAMAGE CONTROL
TK San Clemente Maru sinks....

Sh.. stuff happens.

Sssshhhhhh . . . it happens!

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RE: 7 Jun 43 reports - 1/5/2021 12:08:44 AM

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I just checked the skippers as I thought I'd replaced them all with IJN regular officers with about 60 naval skill but <50 aggression.
Some of them still have muppets with naval skills <20, so they will be replaced when this task force gets to Japan.
Maybe the poor skipper was a factor, but maybe it was just one of those random events that happens.

I think that it's completely random. Annoying when its something so useful and not any of the semi-worthless stuff.

Good practice to replace the tanker captains regardless. I've had a few with a habit of playing ping-pong with other ships in the convoy. Plus, might even pay off one day if they dodge a torpedo or two.

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Do you send your 81+ experience IJA pilots to Trg Comd, or Reserve, or keep them flying Franks?

I have some in TRACOM, some in my front-line units. I have very experienced units by this stage of the war at the front. At the low end I do place a few 60ish experienced pilot as 'trainees' at the front, as the 'nugs' in the group. They either 'train up', or die off.

TBH, I haven't lost too many, but when a Frank gets knocked off-line, it stays that way a long time. Makes the unit useless for quite some time. Even at bases with considerable excess AV.

I've not had many issues with my Frank squadrons so far, but I'm quite diligent in rotating them in and out of the front to keep the paint fresh.

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8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 12:09:54 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 08, 43
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 6
SS Guardfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 5
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Sub attack near Bataan at 77,77
SC Ch 32
Captain of SS Peto elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC Ch 32 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 32 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107
SC Ch 39
SC Ch 35 � expends all ammunition in multiple attacks
Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 1
Captain of SS Haddock elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 35 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on 19th Indian Division, at 59,34 , near Rangpur
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,34 , near Rangpur
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Light rain
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet � dropped the altitude to try and get more hits, and burn up the supply stack by encouraging them to fire their AA guns!
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Light rain
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca � then the anticipated Allied air attack on the 2nd Area Army stack, with multiple raids coming from Calcutta and Asansol.
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6
A-20A1 Havoc x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 21
B-25D1 Mitchell x 5
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 2 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 3 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
266 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking: examples of each aircraft type just to show bombing heights.
6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 5000 feet
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
2 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
5 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
CAP engaged: all set to 20k�, but over the course of the morning fighters were scrambled to the lower altitudes to meet the later raids.
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 32
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 8510.
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Overcast
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed � like RJ said recently, most Tojos seem to attack from the upper front, diving head into the attack bombers. Defensive fire from the Allied attack bombers got most of these Tojos rather than the escorting fighters.
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
A-20A Havoc x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 7
Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed by flak
6 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
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Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 15
A-20A Havoc: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
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Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance � someone forgot to load the bombs?!
4 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai Det with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
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Morning Air attack on 20th Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 � by this stage, all his mates had malfunctioning aircraft or had run out of ammunition so were returning to base.
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Allied aircraft � no CAP, over to the AA gunners who must have had glowing red barrels by now.
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-38G Lightning x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Guards Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Allied aircraft � it�s guesswork now as to what the Allies will do tomorrow. Send the bombers back at this hex or try to take out the Dacca JAAF Base? The guess is that the bombers will return to this hex tomorrow, but some CAP has been set over Dacca as well.
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 4
SC Ch 6
Captain of SS Trout elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
SC CHa-8
SC CHa-9
SS Albacore is located by SC CHa-8
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Sub attack near Noumea at 115,159
SS I-182
Allied Ships � these AM have either made a very long journey, or from memory, they may have been built in Aussie shipyards.
AM Bombay
AM Bengal
AM Punjab
SS I-182 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Bombay
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Ground combat at 59,34 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Shock attack � only the Tank Regts shock attacked, the rest put in a deliberate attack.
Attacking force 76967 troops, 865 guns, 708 vehicles, Assault Value = 2971
Defending force 22426 troops, 473 guns, 825 vehicles, Assault Value = 722
Japanese adjusted assault: 1048
Allied adjusted defense: 637
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1, 1.65 to 1 now but 17th Div just arrived so that could make the difference tomorrow.
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
3883 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 227 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Vehicles lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1241 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 116 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 70 (28 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 162 (29 destroyed, 133 disabled)
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13827 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087
Defending force 30248 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1175
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 08, 43
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 Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking a Grampus class SS at 75,116 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking SS Sawfish at 53,48 SS Sawfish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-35 at 101,126 SS S-35 is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Truk
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus
F-4 Lightning sighted over 13th Army � main IJA stack near Dacca
2LT Izumida R. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Kagawa F. of 65th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ariyoshi L. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
1LT Kono, K. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 16
2LT Shirahama G. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 4
1LT Nakada, Y. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 2
WO Kawai I. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
2LT Higashiyama A. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Higashiyama A. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Kakimoto W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Dohibara D. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Kawai I. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 4
2LT Shirahama S. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
CPT Kuwabara, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
WO Ohmori, S. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Hida C. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Nishihata P. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Hida C. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Hida C. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Fuchida I. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 4
F-5A Lightning sighted over Gasmata � 11th JNAFU has started to arrive here via a mix of fast transport and air transport to guard against para drops. HQ SEAF will look around to see if they can find a Naval Guard or similar unit to join the JNAFU.
G4M1 Betty from 753 Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Kushimoto Ku T-1 attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
B6N2 Jill from Kaga-3 attacking a O19 Class class SS at 103,120 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Nachi-2 attacking an Allied SS at 56,102 a Triton class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 8th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 75,116 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Haddock at 65,107 SS Haddock is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking SS KXIII at 54,41 SS KXIII is reported HIT
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai
Pilot killed in landing accident of D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 � 7x pilots killed in landing accidents around the Empire today, which is higher than usual. This is just the price of doing business with the sortie rate both Air Forces are flying though.
Pilot killed in landing accident of E13A1 Jake from 958 Ku T-7
Pilot killed in landing accident of E13A1 Jake from Kumano-2
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-45 KAIc Nick from 65th Sentai
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-45 KAIa Nick from 21st Sentai
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 246th Sentai
14 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 63rd JAAF AF Bn to Akita � 1st Air Div, Northern Army reorganisation.
14 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 73rd JAAF AF Bn to Hirosaki/Aomori
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 17th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella � a few of these Naval Const Bns will be moved back to start fortifying the Western Caroline Islands like Babeldoab, Peleliu, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai. The Allies can have Satawal for free. Babeldoab and Woleai are already well developed, but the other three have not been reinforced yet.
The Sorong/Sansapor and Noemfoor/Biak region will also need to be developed soon, but that will probably be an IJAAF sector.
6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 6th Naval Construction Battalion from Vella Lavella
4 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 40th Division from Port Moresby
4 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 40th Division from Port Moresby
4 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 40th Division from Port Moresby
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 40th Division from Port Moresby
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 40th Division from Port Moresby
Wakkanai expands fortifications to size 2
Bien Hoa expands fortifications to size 1 � 1x JAAF AF Bn has arrived here to prepare a rear area training airfield. Once the war comes to this area this airfield will be protected from coastal bombardment.
Pagan expands fortifications to size 4
Chittagong expands airfield to size 4 � stopped. Now with port 4 and airfields 4, if the Allies try their low level attacks here they should now run into barrage balloons as forts are also level 4.
Dacca expands fortifications to size 3
Portland expands airfield to size 9
Ace pilot Uehara, S. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to PO1
Akagi-3 on CV Zuikaku converting to size 81 from 45
Pilot Hasegawa O. is reported as having been found � returns with experience still 75, a 3 kill JAAF fighter pilot. It�s always good when they walk out of the jungle.
42nd Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Chiba � 42nd Div units are all bought out for a total of about 600 PP. They will fill out their TOE at Tokyo then move to recombine the 42nd Div at Shortlands as soon as possible. 21st Div at Shortlands is in the process of being withdrawn and moved to Palembang.
42nd Recon Regiment arrives at Chiba
42nd Engineer Regiment arrives at Chiba
91st Infantry Regiment arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori � 47th Div infantry and artillery were bought out for about 600 AV, but three more days of PP are needed to buy out the Cav and Engrs. They will also fill out their TOE at Tokyo then move to recombine the 47th Div at Milne Bay.
47th Cavalry Regiment arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori
47th Mountain Gun Regiment arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori
47th Engineer Regiment arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori
30th Field Artillery Regiment arrives at Keijo � already attached to 14th Army, these three 30th Div units will move to join the rest of the Div which is in reserve at Bangkok.
The 30th Div and the other 30s Divs will form the core fighting strength of the future 18th Area Army to defend Thailand and Indochina. The initial focus of the 18th Area Army (not yet formed) is to defend the South Burma coast, which if lost would cut the Malaya peninsular off from Thailand/Indochina.
30th Recon Regiment arrives at Keijo
30th Engineer Regiment arrives at Keijo

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 12:48:26 AM

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The 1st image was the start of the next round of the 15th Army battle.
The 2nd allied figures are at the end of the bombardment phase, with 50th Tank Bde taking the most hits.
The 3rd allied figures and the IJA figures to the top left are from when the 1:1 result was announced.
A disappointing 1.65 to 1 adjusted AV ratio.

For the IJA, 12th Div took the most losses and the IJA Tank Regts had 2 tanks destroyed 65 disabled between them, although they did zero the 50th Tank Bde.
The 19th Indian Div and 255th Armd Bde held the line well, but the Allies lost another 104 Infantry squads, 70 guns and 162 vehicles here so are being worn down.

The IJA raw AV was adjusted down to nearly 33%, but there were no fatigue or disruption (-)s.
17th IJA Div just arrived in Reserve (no pursuit) mode with 452 fresh AV, so the next attack should smash this hex open.

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 12:55:39 AM

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A brutal day in the air over the 2nd Area Army stack.
Tojos with veteran pilots shot down quite a few bombers, with AA gunners also doing some good work.
Allied 4E bombers are worth 2 victory points each aren�t they?

The VP ratio is creeping up ever so slightly, now up to 3.44 to 1, so it isn�t going backwards towards 3:1 yet!

If I had a staff I would ask them to figure out what the points loss for IJA devices was from all this bombing compared to the points the Allies lost from the aircraft that didn't return to base. Gut feeling is it was about equal, but a quick count shows only 12x IJA devices destroyed plus 164 disabled across all categories.
So the Allies lost 54 points worth of aircraft, took out 13 points of IJA aircraft and ## points for the above ground losses.
The Allies are now forcing the IJA to consume more supply to repair all those disabled squads, so maybe it is worth them doing it in the long run.

A total of 13 IJA pilots were KIA today with 4x WIA. None of the top aces were lost though so they will be back for more tomorrow. 77th Sentai including its two dets lost a total of 3xKIA, 3xWIA which was the sum of IJAAF losses over this hex. The other pilot casualties must have been from the flak and ops losses to non-fighters. From the combat report, there were 7xKIA just from landing accidents.

LRCAP for this hex was provided by the Dacca based Tojos only, but they will get some reinforcement from a Sentai or two flying from Tezpur tomorrow.

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 1:00:08 AM

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CL Div 5 is escorting ships from the 5th Fleet Service Sqn back to the Kuriles as one of the first moves to shrink the perimeter.
There are two more AKE in this task force and 18k of valuable supply that will be moved back towards air cover.

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 1:09:24 AM

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I noticed recently that the Kongo Maru class xAP have a cruise speed of 20 knots, allowing them to cover an impressive 12 hexes a day in cruise mode, but only if they don�t have an escort to slow them down.

I recall a comment from Alfred once that some Allied merchants are fast enough to run the Cape Town to Perth route without escort, so is 20 knots fast enough to let the Kongo Marus travel without Escorts?

Gato/Balao/Tench class subs have a max speed of 20. Salmon/Sargo/Seadragon are fastest with 21.
The subs would have to be lucky to get into a firing position against a ship moving 20 knots past them in a 46 mile hex, but I've only seen that message in combat reports when an Allied sub made contact with a Japanese MGB near Balikpapan.

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 1:19:42 AM

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Operation "move the Oil south from Urumchi" is still a work in progress.
I still haven't quite nailed this but every drop of Oil will count, so it's worth coming back to this side project on a regular basis.

My most recent thoughts on it are that I think I�ve found a few uses for the 3x Std-E Tankers (very small) that Japan can build.

Construction had been halted, but it was switched back on a week ago with a view to using them to move Oil from Hankow to Shanghai under control of China Area Fleet. Using the river they won�t need an escort. The few Tankers that have been used to date to draw Oil to Hankow are needed back on major Oil/Fuel convoy route where their larger capacity can be used to full advantage.

I�ll need to find a couple of T1TS (1250 capacity) to replace the larger tankers currently drawing Oil to Tientsin and moving it by sea to Port Arthur.
There are no Allied subs spotted in the Yellow Sea so they will also run without escorts once they get there, until an Allied sub is spotted.

Running these small TK without escorts will help free up a few more Ansyu PB to escort troop and supply/resources convoys. There are very few spare Ansyu PBs anywhere at the moment.

To get Oil to flow to Hankow and Tientsin, it is being stockpiled at Port Arthur, Shanghai, Hankow, Tientsin and Fushun.
Tankers are then trying to create excess demand to get Oil moving from Sian to Hankow and Tientsin ports, so that Oil then gets dragged down from Urumchi via Lanchow to Sian. The larger tankers proved the concept, but when set to CS mode they don�t fill up, so it is fuel inefficient.
Smaller tankers should do it more efficiently, but to be most efficient these convoys may need to be run manually, with something like 2x Std-C TK on each route so that there is always a ship demanding Oil at both Tientsin and Hankow. Until I get a few more Std-C TKs to trial, the Std-Es will have a go.

Fuel is also being stockpiled at Port Arthur, in an attempt to get the Heavy Industry in China to demand Fuel from Urumchi and get it to move south too.
I haven�t been watching that regularly enough to see whether it is working or not, but there are no Heavy Industry failure messages yet so the HI is getting fuel from somewhere other than Port Arthur. The refinery has been switched back on at Urumchi and Fuel there is still above capacity, but I think some is now moving.

Urumchi stats as at 9 Jun 43 shown here so I have a reference to check back in a few weeks time to see if anything is moving or not.

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RE: 8 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 1:23:56 AM

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Great news for LGEN Kayashima, he finally receives a Div Commander appointment.
Not so great news, the 46th Div TOE looks like a hybrid B- or C+ grade one with no Combat Engineers, but Artillery and 17x Light Tanks added, so it isn't the sort of high-prestige Div he was hoping for.
46th Div is currently 69% full, so about one more Infantry Regt worth of troops will fill it out costing about 4k supply and taking TBC months to complete.
MGEN Isa will return to the General Staff Reserve. He might be lucky enough to reappear later as an Independent Mixed Bde commander, but with a Land skill of 61 that is probably unlikely.

By freak coincidence, I just looked up 46th Div and LGEN Kayashima was the original commander when the Div formed, keeping the job from 10 Jun 43 - 15 Oct 43. He did not deploy south when the 46th Div was assigned to 19th Area Army and moved south to Sumba (Soemba Island in game, Waingapoe base) and Sumbawa Island (Bima base).

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9 Jun 43 reports - 1/7/2021 12:06:39 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 09, 43
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ASW attack near La Foa at 115,158
SS I-182
Allied Ships
AM Junee
AM Kapunda
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107
AK Tatutaki Maru � about half loaded with supplies for Truk, after dropping some at Guam.
AMC Kiyosumi Maru
AK Onoe Maru
AK Zenyo Maru
AK Yodogawa Maru
AK Yamagiri Maru
AK Tamon Maru
AK Tatukami Maru
AK Kumagawa Maru
E W-3
SS Pompon launches 2 torpedoes at AK Tatutaki Maru � one dud hit!
E W-3 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
SC Ch 35, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 39
Allied Ships
SS Balao, hits 1
SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 35
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-22
SS Flying Fish is sighted by escort
SC CHa-22 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-22 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Tawau at 69,91
TK Ogura Maru #3
PB Shonan Maru #1
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
SS Billfish launches 2 torpedoes at TK Ogura Maru #3
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
12 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,36 , near Jessore
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (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.
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 57,34 , near Rangpur � recon by bombing
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 14th Indian Division, at 57,35 , near Rangpur � more recon by bombing. This is the first time that the 14th Indian Div has been spotted so it will be fresh.
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
No Japanese losses � no IJAAF fighter pilot casualties in any of the raids over the 2nd Area Army stack today, a great result!
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 16
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 5 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
CAP engaged: same as yesterday, but they will start to be rotated back to Rangoon to take replacement aircraft, with a few other fresh fighter Sentai available at Rangoon to rotate forward.
Igarashi M. in a Ki-44-IIc Tojo makes head on attack ... forces B-24D1 Liberator out of formation
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
P-38G Lightning x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 21
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 13 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed � no casualty from this
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
A-20A1 Havoc x 2
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
A-20A1 Havoc: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Guards Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 16
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 27th Division, at 55,37 , near Dacca
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
SC CHa-8
SC CHa-9
SS Sealion is located by SC CHa-8
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ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77
SC Ch 31
SS Peto is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at 59,34 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 86928 troops, 999 guns, 764 vehicles, Assault Value = 2713
Defending force 21108 troops, 442 guns, 790 vehicles, Assault Value = 574
Japanese adjusted assault: 865
Allied adjusted defense: 396
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
734 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 102 (51 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4647 casualties reported
Squads: 201 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 430 destroyed, 163 disabled
Engineers: 51 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 132 (107 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 230 (117 destroyed, 113 disabled)
Units retreated 14
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13822 troops, 165 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1087
Defending force 30270 troops, 350 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1180

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 09, 43
H8K1 Emily from 851 Ku T-1 has spotted a A class class AMc at 31,47 an Allied AMc is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 71,112 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 54,42 an Allied SS is reported HIT
2LT Iizuka L. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Sumi, T. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Chiba I. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 2
2LT Oba W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Azusa E. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Bunkichi N. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 17
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 12
WO Kawai W. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 3
WO Kawai W. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 4
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 13
2LT Eto G. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 2
1LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 14
1LT Dohibara V. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
Pilot killed in landing accident of E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-2
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking SS S-36 at 105,124 SS S-36 is reported HIT
B6N2 Jill from Hiyo-3 attacking an Allied SS at 103,120 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Takao-2 attacking SS Paddle at 76,99 SS Paddle is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 7th Sentai attacking a KXI Class class SS at 52,55 an Allied SS is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Gasmata
Cuttack expands airfield to size 3
Hansa Bay expands port to size 2 � stopped
Kukong expands airfield to size 6
Makassar expands airfield to size 5 � stopped, forts to build now
Nadzab expands airfield to size 5 � stopped, back to fort building
Aircraft Ki-84a Frank advances R&D � to 10/43 +16/day with the last four factories at 29, 28, 25 and 21. Production should start from very early July 1943, so only about 3 weeks away.
Hanamoto P. of Musashi-1 is promoted to CPO � this is the first non-ace pilot that I can remember seeing earn a promotion. He is an 81+ experience pilot, so maybe that is a pre-requisite.
Ace pilot Gushi F. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
30th Recon Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Keijo
xAP Oryoku Maru arrives at Fukuoka
Loss of SC Ch 35 on Jun 09, 1943 is admitted

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RE: 2 Jun 43 reports