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FROM: VADM. NOBUTAKE KONDO, 2ND FLEET C-IN-C. SAMAH. TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO. COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE. SUBJECT: WESTERN D.E.I. COMBINED OPERATIONS. DATE: JAN 20TH, 1942. (1) SOUTHERN FLEET CARDIV 3 with BB HARUNA TG will rendezvous with Timor Expeditionary Force, Zuiho TG and CRUDIV 8 in transit to Timor Island. 21st Infantry Division and 6th Shipping engineer Regiment aboard transports. Minesweeper Division will be reinforced at Ternate by 3 DMS. (2) WESTERN O.O.B. 1st Air Fleet will arrive tomorrow at Honk Kong. There will be ready to support our landings at Toboali, Oosthaven and Merak. 38th infantry division with XVI Army support elements are being shipped at Hong Kong, Miri, Kuching and Babeldaob. All will be gathering at North Borneo in one week - 10 days about. When ready, we will launch our parachute IJN special force over Sumatra targets like first wave. IJA Parachute regiments will be second echelon in para assaults. Bat Mobile Force at Hong Kong ready under RADM Renzo Tanaka. CRUDIV 7 will join with main body at CamRanh Bay. Minesweeper Division at Kuching awaiting orders and submarine D.E.I. blockade Force at their war patrol areas to report any surface movement by the enemy. Air Supperiority will be the main target in the first stage. 22nd Air Flotilla will launch massive sweeps attack over enemy airfields followed by heavy air strikes over airfields. Singapore Airfield will be supressed in the following days, 3rd AirDiv C-in-C reports. VADM Chuichi Nagumo will lead the Western DEI (NORTHERN) Expeditionary Fleet. RADM Takeo Takagi will lead the WESTERN-SOUTHERN D.E.I Expeditionary Fleet. HIJMS URANAMI, HIJMS SHINONOME, HIJMS SHIRAKUMO, HIJMS MURAKUMO will join COMBINED FLEET MAIN BODY tomorrow after beeing finished upgrade works at Pescadores. In the same way, HIJMS FUBUKI, HIJMS SHIRAYUKI and HIJMS HATSUHYUKI will join with 2nd FLEET MAIN BODY at Saigon tomorrow after finished upgrade works and will be available for service. HIJMS SHIKINAMI will be available in two days and will join with 2nd FLEET MAIN BODY. (3) SOUTH BORNEO HIJMS ATAGO was torpedoed by enemy submarine off Tarakan (1 torpedo hit). CPT. Ijuin Matsuji reporting 32 flood (19 major), 32 engines (28 major) and 9 system damages. She will head to Davao under heavy ASW escort to urgent repairs before be transfered to Kure Naval Yard. Tawau and Sambas was captured today. 915 enemy casualties reported in our shock assault against enemy positions at Sambas. Sandakan falls without any resistance by enemy. (4) CELEBES 21st Air Flotilla have strike Manado reporting 38 enemy casualties in two succesive air attacks with 22 G3M2 and 25 G4M1. Tomorrow we will follow with air attacks over ground enemy targets. 15th and 16th N.G.Us have shock attack enemy positions unsuccesfully. 300 IJN casualties were reported vs 357 dutch lost. Fortifications have been reduced to level 0. When captured, I have ordered to my field commanders to shot all prisioners at once. They are disturbing to our timeline objetives. 23rd air Flotilla HQ will be transfered to Ambon when ASW asset will be available at Takao. (5) ENEMY ACTIVITIES TB Manazuru was torpedoed and sunk by enemy submainre off Vigan. In our retaliation attack 1 hit was reported by our xPBs. DD Isonami was torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine off Kuching. After 3 torpedo hits she sunk with all hands. 3 B-17 were intercepted over Kuching by 12 A6M2. Enemy turned back. No losses reported. 4 SOC-1 floatplanes were intercepted over Batangas by 4 Ki-27b. 1 enemy FP was downed. Long Live to the Emperor !! END //
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