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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 12:51:51 PM   
Fletcher


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Status: offline 		FROM: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA. GENERAL STAFF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
TO: SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: ARMOURED UNITS TO BE TRANSFERED TO CHINA FRONT.
DATE: APR.05TH, 1942

AFTER SUPREME WAR COUNCIL HAVE TAKE DECISIONS ABOUT CHINA INCIDENT AFTER THE FIRST STAGE OF THE WAR IN THE SOUTHERN AREA, I WILL ACCOMPLISHED THE TASK SENDING THE REQUESTED FORCES TO REINFORCE CHINA FRONT WITH THE MAIN TARGET IN MIND: CAPTURED OF SIAN AND DESTROY OF CHINESE ARMIES TO COMPLETE THE COLLAPSE OF CHINA GOVERNMENT.

FOLLOWING ARMOURED UNITS WILL BE ALERTED WHEN AVAILABLE TO BE TRANSFERED TO CHINA FRONT:

- 4TH TANK REGIMENT, GARRISONING TIMOR, UNDER XIV ARMY, WILL BE REALLOCATE TO BE SHIPPED TO HONG-KONG AT ONCE.
- 8TH TANK REGIMENT, AT BATAVIA, UNDER XVI ARMY, WILL SUPPORT SOERABAJA CAPTURED AND THEN WILL BE TRANSFERED BY SEALIFT TO HONG KONG.
- 2ND TANK REGIMENT, AT SOERABAJA, UNDER XVI ARMY, WILL STORM SOERABAJA AFTER REINFORCED BY BATAVIA FORCES, AFTER THAT, WILL BE SHIPPED TO HONG KONG.
- 10TH TANK REGIMENT, AT JEHOL, UNDER KWANTUNG AREA ARMY, WILL BE TRANSFERED TO NORTH CHINA AREA ARMY AT ONCE AND WILL BE STRATEGIC MOVED BY R&R TO SIAN FRONT.

ORDERS TO TRANSFER AIR UNITS FROM HOME TO CHINA WILL BE DISPATCHED SOON.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 1:09:27 PM   
Fletcher


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Status: offline 		FROM: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, I.J.A. GENERAL STAFF. TOKYO.
TO: SUPREME WAR COUNCIL.
SUBJECT: XVI ARMY ORDERS
DATE: APR.05TH, 1942

THE FOLLOWING ORDERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO LTGEN. HITOSHI IMAMURA, XVI ARMY CINC, AT JAVA:

"AFTER CAPTURE OF BATAVIA AND SOERABAJA YOUR MAIN TASK WILL BE GATHERED YOUR ARMY AT SOERABAJA PORT TO BE SHIPPED TO HONG KONG. THERE YOU WILL BE UNDER GEN.SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC. YOU WILL BE SHIPPED WITH 38TH AND 2ND INFANTRY DIVISIONS, 146th INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND AND 8TH TANK REGIMENTS, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT AND 1ST IND ENGINEER REGIMENT".

NAVAL ASSETS WILL BE PROVIDED BY 2ND FLEET CINC AT SINGAPORE.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 1:28:16 PM   
Fletcher


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Status: offline 		FROM: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
TO: LTGEN. KUMAICHI TERAMOTO, 2ND AIR DIVISION CINC, GUNZAN, KOREA.
SUBJECT: 33RD SENTAI
DATE: APR.05TH, 1942

AT MAY WE WILL PRODUCE KI-45 KAI TWIN ENGINE FIGHTERS. THESE AIRCRAFTS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE NIGHT AIR DEFENSE AND IT´S PRIORITARY TO SENT THEM IN THE THREATENED AREAS BY AMERICAN AND BRITISH.
05TH SENTAI AT CHINA IS ONE OF THE UNITS SELECTED TO BE UPGRADED TO KI-45 KAI AND THIS UNIT WILL BE TRANSFERED WHEN AVAILABLE PILOTS AND MACHINES WILL BE READY. TO RELEAVE THIS UNIT AT CHINA TO SUPPORT OUR MAIN EFFORTS TO CAPTURE SIAN THE NEXT SUMMER, YOU WILL ORDER TO 33RD SENTAI AT KIAMUSZE TO BE UPGRADED TO KI-43-IC HAYABUSA FIGHTERS AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR TRAINING PROGRAMS UNTIL JUNE 01ST, 1942. AT THIS DATE, YOU MUST ORDER TO TRANSFER THIS UNIT TO BE UNDER CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. ANY DELAY IN YOUR TASK WILL BE STRONGLY PUNISHED.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 2:10:58 PM   
Fletcher


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Status: offline 		FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC. NEAR SIAN.
TO: GEN HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO.
SUBJECT: WAR SUPPLIES NEEDED
DATE: APR 05TH, 1942

TOTAL SUPPLIES STOCKED AT CHINA, MARCH 05TH, 1942: 188.429 tons.
TOTAL SUPPLIES STOCKED AT CHINA, APRIL 05TH, 1942: 145.858 tons.

GROUND FORCES IN THE SIAN FRONT -WAR SUPPLIES NEEDED- :

HQs: CHINA EXPEDITIONARY, NORTH CHINA AREA, Ist and XII ARMIES.
DIVISIONS: 35th, 110th, 37th, 41st, 36th and 32nd (-)
BRIGADES: 1st Mixed, 7th Mixed, 8th Mixed, 9th Mixed, 60th, 61st, and 54th.
TANKS: 12nd Tank Regiment.
ARTY: 6th Medium F.A.Regiment

Supplies needed monthly to these units: 10.775 tons/monthly (without fightings).

These forces will be increased with several Heavy Arty and Armoured units in few weeks and these figures must be corrected then.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 9:52:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		FROM: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO. CARDIV1, ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. ANDAMAN ISLAND WATERS.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: NAVAL BATTLE AT NICOBAR ISLAND.
DATE: APR. 05TH, 1942

COMBAT REPORT

AT 0315Z HIJMS ASAGIRI BLINKER CRUDIV9 CINC: "TORPEDOES LAUNCHED BY ENEMY SUBMARINE SPOTTED BEARING 120, ZIGZAG MANEUVERING AT HIGH SPEED TO AVOID HITS". CRUDIV9 ORDERED ASW MEASSURES TO THEIR ESCORT DESTROYERS.

HIJMS HIBIKI BEGIN PINGING ENEMY CONTACT AT 0338z BEEING SUPPORTED BY HIJMS ASAGIRI AND HIJMS YUGIRI. SEVERAL DEPTH CHARGE WERE LAUNCHED BUT NOT HITS WERE REPORTED.

NEAR TRUNKAT, OUR ASW "FUBUKI-II" DESRON SPOTTED AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. DESDIV 1 CINC ORDERED GENERAL QUARTERS AND DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK OVER AN ENEMY SUBMARINE WITHOUT REPORTS OF HITS OR NEAR MISSES. AFTER THIS CONTACT, DESDIV 1 COMMANDER ORDERED THE DESTROYERS UNDER HIS COMMAND TO STAND BY THE VARIOUS CARRIERS ASSIGNED TO THEM AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM ENEMY SUBMARINES.

OUR LANDING FORCE (III/124TH INFANTRY REGIMENT) TAKE LAND WITHOUT ENEMY RESISTANCE AT 0510Z.

AT MORNING, FLOAT PLANES WERE DEPLOYED FROM OUR HEAVY CRUISERS AND BATTLESHIPS. 16 FLOAP PLANES FLYING IN THEIR PRE-PLANNED SEARCH ARCS, FOLLOWING "COMBINED FLEET SECRET DISPATCH #298" AND COMBAT FLEET DESOPORD #158 ABOUT ENGAGEMENT RULE IN OUR CRUISE ON BAY OF BENGAL.

0845z: HIJMS MAYA BLINKER TO AKAGI: "This ship #2 plane reports that at about 0819z he sighted 1 enemy carrier escorted by several cruisers and destroyers proceeding eastward in a position about 120 miles of our position".

0910z: KIDO BUTAI CINC ORDER TO RADM TAMON YAMAGUCHI, 5TH CARDIV CINC TO LAUNCH AIR STRIKE WITH ALL AVAILABLE AIRCRAFTS ABOARD THEIR CARRIERS. CARDIV 1 LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST AIRCRAFTS AT 0925z, and CARDIV 5 LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST AIRCRAFT AT 0935Z.

AIR ATTACK UNIT: 77 A6M2, 152 B5N2, 143 D3A1.

weather: cloudy, amount of clouds, 8. ceiling, 500 to 1.000 meters; visibility 40 kilometers.
mission: sunk british carrier.
commander: LT Tomonaga, Air Officer of the HIRYU.

Air combat: Engaged by enemy Martlet for 10 minutes over enemy task force. 18 enemy fighters were engaged and 7 of them downed by our fighters. 1 A6M2 is donwed by enemy.

Results obtained: HMS FORMIDABLE sunk under our own pilotes eyes after 7 bomb hits and 6 torpedoes hits.
HMS GLASGOW sunk after 12 bombs and 1 torpedo hit.
HMS DAUNTLESS sunk after 7 bombs and 2 torpedo hits.
HMS MAURITIUS sunk after 4 bomb and 3 torpedo hits.
DD PANTHER sunk after 1 torpedo and 1 bomb hit.
DD ISAAC SWEERS sunk after 4 bomb hits.
DD TJER HIDDES sunk after 3 bomb hits.

1 Carrier, 3 cruiser and 3 destroyer were sunk at the battle with the lost of 1 A6M2 in dogfight with the enemy and 2 B5N2 operational losses.

AT 0945z HIJMS CHOKAI BLINKER: "ENEMY AIRCRAFTS IN SIGHT!". 06 COURAGEOUS ALBACORE TORPEDO BOMBERS WERE DOWNED BY OUR COMBAT AIR PATROL FEW MINUTES AFTER BEEN SPOTTED.

AT 0955Z A NEW WAVE OF 6 ALBACORE TORPEDO-BOMBERS WERE DOWNED BY OUR TYPE-0 FIGHTERS.

TOMORROW OUR FORCES WILL TRY TO PURSUE ENEMY FLEEING SHIPS TOWARDS COLOMBO NAVAL BASE.

I AM PROUD TO ANNOUCE THIS GREAT SUCCESS OF THE COMBINED FLEET !

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!!
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 9:52:59 PM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 9:54:12 PM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 9:54:57 PM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 10:12:19 PM   
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BANZAIIII !!!

BANZAIII !!!

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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 10:34:46 PM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 10:37:08 PM   
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Thx very much... A british carrier surprised in the andaman island ! It was a nice surprise in my steaming transit to Ceylan.
Best of wishes, and thank your very much for posting.
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 11:30:22 PM   
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TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: ASW WARFARE
DATE: APR.06TH, 1942

SUBCHASSER SC-33 REPORTED 08 HITS ON ENEMY "S" CLASS BOAT NEAR LONG ISLAND. SHE WAS AT ASW PATROL WITH HASUSHIMA HUNTER KILLER GROUP IN THE CAPE GLOUCESTER AREA.

A "T" CLASS SUBMARINE WAS HIT BY BOMB AT MARSHALLS ISLAND BY FLOAT PLANE.
A SECOND ENEMY SUBMARINE WAS HIT BY ONE H6K4 ASW FLIGHT NEAR MARSHALLS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 11:36:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		FROM: VADM. TSUKAHARA, 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. RABAUL.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE.
SUBJECT: NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AIR STRIKES.
DATE: APR.06TH, 1942

IJN AIR STRIKE OVER BROOME: 24 A6M2 ESCORTING 45 G4M1 REPORTED 2 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 64 RUNWAY HITS.

IJA AIR STRIKE OVER DARWIN: 30 KI-21-IIA (IJAAF) STRIKE EMERY POINT FORTRESS REPORTING 38 ENEMY CASUALTIES.

ONE OF OUR G4M1 DAITAIS HAVE BEEN AUTORIZHED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT TO 45. NEW PILOTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO GENERAL RESERVE TO FULLFIL NEEDEDS.

RECON FLIGHT OVER BROOME REPORTED 70% DAMAGE ON AIRFIELD AND 3% PORT DAMAGE.
RECON FLIGHT OVER DERBY REPORTED 27% AIRFIELD DAMAGE AND 7% PORT DAMAGE.
RECON FLIGHT OVER DARWIN REPORTED 61% AIRFIELD DAMAGE AND 83% PORT DAMAGE.
RECON FLIGHT OVER KATHERINE REPORTED 20% AIRFIELD DAMAGE.

A CONVOY WITH WAR SUPPLIES HAVE ARRIVED TO KOEPANG WITH 5.000 TONS OF BOMBS TO BE DROPPED OVER ENEMY TARGETS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 11:41:44 PM   
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TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA, IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. TOKYO
SUBJECT: AIR STRIKE OVER CHANGCHA.
DATE: APR 06TH, 1942

50 ki-27 escorted 36 Ki-51 to strike Changcha airfield reporting 2 airbase and 10 runway hits in a first wave that taken off from Ichang.

In Sian front, several waves attacked enemy forces like following:

- 27 IJA level bombers strike 93rd chinese corps.
- 6 Ki-48 strike 36th Chinese corps.
- 26 IJA level bombers escorted by 12 Hayabusa fighters strike 80th Chinese corps.

Tomorrow our forces will launch a massive air strike against Changsha AF.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 11:46:45 PM   
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TO: GEN SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC, SHWEBO.
SUBJECT: AIR WAR OVER BURMA
DATE: APR 06TH, 1942

IN THE SHWEBO FRONT OUR AIR ASSETS FLYING FROM MAGWE (26 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 10 HAYABUSA FIGHTERS) HAVE LAUNCHED AN AIR STRIKE AGAINST 46TH INDIAN BRIGADE.

4 ENEMY 4E BOMBERS STRIKE RANGOON. LIGHT DAMAGES WERE REPORTED ON AIRFIELD. 1ST SENTAI HAVE BEEN ALERTED FOR FUTURE CAP MISSIONS OVER RANGOON TO AVOID ENEMY AIR RAIDS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/3/2010 11:50:57 PM   
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TO: GEN. SADOMU SHIMOMURA, SOUTHERN AREA ARMY CINC. SHWEBO.
SUBJECT: BATAVIA DELIBERATE ATTACK
DATE: APR 06TH, 1942

XVI ARMY HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST WEAK ENEMY POSITIONS AT BATAVIA. ENEMY FIGHT HOUSE TO HOUSE... FORTIFICATION LEVEL WAS DOWNED TO SIZE 0. OUR LOSSES 1.840 IJA MEN VS 1.264 ENEMY CASUALTIES. TOMORROW I HOPE ENEMY POSITIONS WILL COLLAPSES UNDER OUR SECOND DAY DELIBERATED ATTACK SUPPORTED BY CLOSE AIR SUPPORT.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:00:21 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:06:14 AM   
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Due great number of aircraft in the pool, several models production have been stopped to save H.I.s




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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:08:35 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:14:15 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:17:05 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:21:24 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 12:24:44 AM   
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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 11:30:41 AM   
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PART 1.
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND TRENDS

Because the development during the First Phase Operations, the enemy´s outpost which he had relied on to be first line of defense, collapsed one after another until he begar to feel direct threats even to such areas as Northern Australia and India. The enemy was exerting every pressure to stem this tide by stepping up his submarine strenght in the waters controlled by us and by increasing his air strenght in the Australia area. He employed these to carry on guerrilla type tactics.

These seemed to indicate that the enemy was planning on more positive actions than theretofore.

2. Situations in the Ceylan Area

After the sunk of 1 of RN carriers and several cruisers, the enemy would have on Bay of Bengal two carriers (HMS HERMES - HMS INDOMITABLE), a number of battleships (HMS WARSPITE and several "R" Class), and several cruisers (many of them have been sunk at DEI or at Nicobar Battle).
One enemy submarine was reported sunk several days ago near Palembang (HMS TRUANT).

Our Indian Ocean SubRon reported 2 cruisers (HMS EMERALD, HMS ENTERPRISE) have sortie from Colombo Naval Base. Four "N" Class Destroyers were sighted in ASW duties in the Colombo nearby waters.

a. Air Strenght:

Enemy estimated strength would be several Hurricane fighter Sqdrns, Blenheim and Vildebeest/Swordfish landbased units and Catalina flying boats. We have not idea if the estimated strenght could be double in an emergency, due enemy is heavily engaged in the Burma-Indian border.

b. Some surface vessels patrolled the area like the Hunter Killer reported before.

c. Enemy surface units in the Ceylan area were estimated to be in abouth strenght noted below. It was likely that these units would sortie in the event of an attack on CEYLAN.

Aircraft Carriers 1
Escort Carrier 1
Battleships 4-5
Type A Cruisers 3-4
Light Cruisers 6-7
Destroyers about 10
Submarines 2-3

d. Shore defense installations on Ceylan

Large number of various types of level and high angle large caliber guns as AA guns has been installed at Colombo and Trincomalee. Colombo itself must ver very strongly defended by Indian ground forces.

3. 1st Air Fleet Commander´s Estimate of the situation

a. Althought the enemy lacks the will to fight, it is likely that he will counter attack if our attack progress satisfactorily from several consecutive days.

b. The enemy´s patrol radius is about 500 miles.

c. The enemy is aware of our plans after the Nicobar engagement. WE have been discovered by HMS FORMIDABLE TG at early in the morning of the 6th.

d. It is not believed that the enemy has any powerful unit, with carriers as its nucleus in the vecinity of Colombo/Trincomalee.

e. After attacking Colombo and Trincomalee facilities by air and destroying the enemy´s shore baed air strenght to facilitate our operations, we would still be able to destroy any enemy task force which may choose to counter attack.

f. The enemy´s attempt to counterattack with use of shore based aircraft could be neutralized by our cover fighters and AA fire.





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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 6:52:36 PM   
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PART 2
PLANS

1.Fleet Organization and Composition Inmediately Prior to Motivation of the Operation.

a.Organization:

1ST CEYLAN STRIKING FORCE (CarDiv 2) under RADM Tamon Yamaguchi

CV HIRYU, CV SORYU, CV AKAGI (Flag)
BB HIEI
CA CHIKUMA, CA MIKUMA, CA MOGAMI
CL ABUKUMA, 7 DDs

2ND CEYLAN STRIKING FORCE (CarDiv 5) under VADM Chuichi Nagumo

CV SHOKAKU, CV ZUIKAKU, CV KAGA (Flag)
BB KIRISHIMA
CA TONE, CA SUZUYA, CA KUMANO
6 DDs

CARDIV 4 (-)

CVL ZUIHO
CL SENDAI, 5 DDs

REPLENISHMENT TF

4 AO, 3 DDs

b. Organización of Attack Units:

1. Attack on Ceylan.

CARDIV 2 will strike with 2/3 aircrafts enemy air facilities and shipyards at Colombo. 1/3 will be at reserve to face any enemy surface/carrier threat.

CARDIV 5 will strike with 2/3 aircrafts enemy air faciities at Trincomalee and Madras. 1/3 will be at reserve to face any enemy surface/carrier threat.

c. Organización of Reconnaissance Units

CA TONE and CA CHIKUMA Floatplane units will fly recon missions over Colombo, Triconmalee and Madras one day before strikes.

Any other Floatplane from Cruisers and Battleships will works at naval search duties looking for west-southwest like prioritary search arcs.

2. HIGH COMMAND´S OPERATION ORDERS.

a. Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #2 -COMBINED FLEET´S SECOND PHASE OPERATION ORDER
b. Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #3 -Communications plans of Combined Fleet for Second Phase Operations.
c. Secret Combined Fleet OpOrd #4 -Co-ordination of Movements of Various Forces involved in the CO (CEYLAN) and BB (BAY OF BENGAL) Operations.

3. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPERATION.

Upon their return to home ports on ending March, the ships inmediately underwent repair and maintenance operations at Singapore dock and shipyard. 04 days would be needed to repairs on HIJMS KAGA. Another 4 would be needed for CA CHIKUMA.

From the latter part of March-beginning April, the carrier planes engaged in training at Singapore and Georgetown (torpedoes and bomb training). Several pilos and aircrafts were taken from reemplacements.

Float plane training was conducted at Georgetown from March 31st, 1942.

Although the flight training program was conducted without any major incident, since there hd been a considerable turn-over in personnel, practically no one got beyong the point of basic training. Inexperienced fliers beraly got to the point where they could make daytime landings on carriers. it was found that even some of the more seasoned fliers had lost some of their skill. No opportunity was availabel to carry out joint training, which, of course made impossible any coordinated action between contact units, illumination units, and attack units. The likelihood of obtaining any satisfactory results from night attacks, therefore, was practically nil.

4. Outline of Movements of Commander and Men during the Period of Preparation for the Operation

Since the KAGA was undergoing repairs the Flag was transfered to SHOKAKU during the first days of April. The Flag was moved back to the KAGA Apr 03rd, 1942 at Georgetown.

During the early part of April, CRUDIV 9, BATDIV 2 assembled with CARDIV 1, 2 and 5 at Georgetown, and then in ordeer DESRON1, and DESDIV1 (ASW) arrived at same anchorage. It was not until only a few days before the force was scheduled to sortie during the first part of April, that all units were assembled.

At 0600z Apr 04th the force departed for its operation area to coordinate the movements with landing expeditionary forces to Andaman Islands.







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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/4/2010 7:37:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		FROM: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6th Fleet CINC, Kwajalein.
TO: VADM. CHUICHI NAGUMO, CEYLAN STRIKING FORCE CINC, ABOARD HIJMS KAGA. BAY OF BENGAL WATERS
SUBJECT: CEYLAN SUBRON DEPLOYMENT
DATE: APR.06th, 1942

Colombo Picket Line: I-21, I-162, I-30, I-29
Madras Recon Unit. I-165

I-21, I-30 and I-29 with G4Y1 available. These will fly a recon mission over Colombo and Trincolamee tomorrow.

Order to intercept any RN sortie from Colombo have been dispatched to all boats.

Every man in the Empire hopes that your High Task will be accomplished and serpents of sin will be pull out from his roots. The Glory of the Combined Fleet and this Empire is in your hands !.

Long live to the Emperor!




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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/5/2010 11:31:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		great AAR, have been following it for quite some time now
I am learning a lot from your actions and moves - thanks for posting so frequently

- all the best for the upcoming attack!

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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/5/2010 11:44:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SoliInvictus202

great AAR, have been following it for quite some time now
I am learning a lot from your actions and moves - thanks for posting so frequently

- all the best for the upcoming attack!

SolInvictus


SoliInvictus202

Thank you very much for your kind word...I am pleased and honored if you are learning from my humble AAR.
I hope the upcomming attack will be another success...many Commonwealth aircrafts are engaged at Burma-India front, and I will coordinate my raid over Ceylan with massive air strikes over their airfields at India from my 3rd AirDivision assets to stress as much as possible Jonathan´s air assets.

Best of wishes,
Ramón


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RE: AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fl... - 9/5/2010 3:04:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		FR0M: VADM. SHIMIZU, 6TH FLEET CINC, KWAJALEIN.
TO: ADM. ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, COMBINED FLEET CINC. KURE
SUBJECT: SUBMARINE WAR REPORT, BAY OF BENGAL.
DATE: APRIL 07TH, 1942

HEAVY ENEMY ACTIVITIES AT CEYLAN WATERS.
ENEMY FREIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED BY OUR SUBDIVISION AT WAR PATROL IN THIS WATERS:

-AK LULWORTH HILL WAS ENGAGED AND SUNK AT SURFACE BY I-30 NEAR TRIVANDRUM. ENEMY SHIP WAS STRUCK BY 5 SHELL HITS AND 2 TORPEDOES.
-AK MICHAEL LIVANOS WAS TORPEDOES AND SUNK BY I-21 NEAR TRIVANDRUM.

I-29 WAS DEPTH CHARGE ATTACKED BY TWO ENEMY KORVETTES NEAR COLOMBO AFTER SHE TRIED TO TORPEDO THEM.

AT NORHT, I-26 SENT TO BOTTOM XAK MARY LIVANOS NEAR DIAMOND HARBOR AFTER TWO TORPEDO HITS.

IT IS CLEAR THAT ENEMY IS FLEEING FROM NORTH INDIAN AND CEYLAN PORTS.

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !
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