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RE: 3 Mar 43 reports - 10/9/2020 5:07:06 AM   
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ORIGINAL: rustysi

In case you're unaware the only difference between the B6N2 and B6N2a is a radar. So it's not worth researching the 2a, unless you just want a few in the 'bank' for when the radar becomes active.


Yep planning to bank some 2a.
Hoping that the radar helps with ASW and night torpedo strikes once it is available.
I figure as the supply has been invested in the research factories already, best to accelerate the last model too.
To avoid spending more supply I’m not planning to change these 4x research factories once the 2a starts production.
As there will be 1x30 in production, I won’t build 150x 2a for more than a few months, then will mothball 4 factories at some point.
Probably once the pools have at least a few hundred spares for replacing late war losses.

I will check when the Grace is due, as I won’t need both Jill and Grace building...
It might be better to pay 120k more supply to move these 4x research factories to boost the late war fighter research, to try and have a bit of fun with them while the empire crumbles!

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RE: 3 Mar 43 reports - 10/9/2020 5:39:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Late war fighters would be my choice. But the Grace only carries 250 kg bombs, I think that the Judy would be better if it can get through the CAP.

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4 Mar 43 reports - 10/9/2020 8:15:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		The big battle in Bengal gets a 2:1 with 40th US Div zeroed and retreated.
It looks like the Indian Div stayed in the hex while all other defenders were retreated.
They will be on the receiving end of a deliberate attack tomorrow. (The original shock attack orders were over-ruled by IGHQ, with a late change to deliberate attack).
The pocket is closing around Silchar. Will this trigger a withdrawal of I Aus Corps?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 04, 43
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ASW attack near Ndeni at 120,144
SS I-27, hits 1
Allied Ships
APD Dent
SS I-27 is located by APD Dent
APD Dent attacking submerged sub ....
APD Dent is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Vanua Lava at 122,148
SS I-17
Allied Ships
DD Grayson
DD Monssen
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Grayson
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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru
PB Kozan Maru
SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Fuyukawa Maru
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Sub attack near Ndeni at 120,144
SS I-27
Allied Ships – no escort for this 6650 capacity TK. The allies must have so much fuel they don’t feel the need to escort small TK.
TK Sunadmiral, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Sunadmiral is sighted by SS I-27
SS I-27 attacking on the surface
Murakami, Y. decides to submerge SS I-27 due to damage
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-10
SS Thresher is located by SC CHa-13
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Torres Islands at 121,147
SS I-31
Allied Ships
DD Grayson
DD Monssen
SS I-31 is located by DD Grayson
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Sub attack near Torres Islands at 121,147
SS I-17, hits 6
Allied Ships
DD Monssen
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Monssen
DD Monssen attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed – a bad day in the office for 77th Sentai. The CO privately blames IGHQ for interfering with altitude settings against his advice, dropping them below 15-20k … The 4:1 numbers of sweeping Hurricanes win the day. More Tojos and higher altitudes are the orders for tomorrow.
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Blenheim VD x 12
Hurricane IIc Trop x 47
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim VD bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim IV bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 15000 feet
10 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000.
Also attacking 18th Division ...
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 18th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 10
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 12
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
xAK Teiryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage – this ship was the regular convoy, moving resources back to Japan from Amami Oshima, but more USN subs seems to be arriving in the East China Sea by the day, and their torpedoes are starting to work more often than not.
PB Tama Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Hake
SS Hake launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62
xAK Teiryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Tama Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Scamp
SS Scamp launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
PB Tama Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 60,38 (near Silchar)
Japanese Deliberate attack – This was the Main Event today.
Attacking force 114540 troops, 1143 guns, 1082 vehicles, Assault Value = 4620
Defending force 21324 troops, 443 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 686
Japanese adjusted assault: 2293
Allied adjusted defense: 1137
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3671 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 379 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
5683 casualties reported
Squads: 118 destroyed, 108 disabled
Non Combat: 193 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 180 (66 destroyed, 114 disabled)
Vehicles lost 85 (41 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
9th Division
17th Division
8th Division
10th Division
14th Division
6th Division
12th Division
56th Division
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
1st Division
2nd Tank Division
Korea Army
2nd Army
Defending units:
40th Infantry Division – zeroed during the battle
16th British Brigade – seemed to take heavy losses
23rd Indian Division – I think this unit stayed in the hex while the others retreated.
23rd British Brigade – also seemed to take heavy losses.
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Japanese Shock attack – this was the sideshow, but opening the hexside provides options to reinforce the northern route to Tezpur. It will also allow 55th Div units to move directly to Dimapur from across the river. All 55th Div units haven’t been in the same hex since the 55th Cavalry Regt was destroyed a year ago. I still don’t have the spare PP to change the HQ of 144th Infantry Regt, but the 55th Div will all move to Dimapur to perform a rear guard / reserve role.
Attacking force 16678 troops, 229 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 641 – this raw AV needs to be increased significantly before another deliberate attack is tried here. Two infantry Divisions and more Tank Regts are available to move here from Dimapur. That still doesn’t feel like enough though. As the priority is to capture Silchar and Comilla, this end of the front might need to stay on the defensive for a while longer. This move might cause the allies to reinforce this area though, so one more Infantry Div might move slowly to cross the river as backup for the 51st Div.
Defending force 16376 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 623
Japanese adjusted assault: 16
Allied adjusted defense: 2221
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 138
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) – GEN Slim must be nearby, possibly at Tezpur.
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses: losses are better than expected, mostly light tanks and trucks. The Type 2 Medium tank held up well.
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (6 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment – ordered to move across the river to Dimapur
15th Tank Regiment – small TOE, not a good unit for attacking big stacks
4th Tank Regiment – only light tanks, so also not a good unit for attacking big stacks
51st Division – will stay here, slowly recovering from the failed attack about a month ago
11th Tank Regiment – will stay here and try to conduct field repairs on the disabled tanks
21st Mortar Battalion - stay
23rd Army - stay
55th Mountain Gun Regiment – back to Dimapur
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
Kowloon Brigade
14th British Brigade

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 04, 43
TF 55 can not completely unload troops at Ponape – 20cm guns… one ship TF is now docked but still no joy. They will wait until the port facilities are expanded around them to size 2 and see if that helps.
TF 410 can not completely unload troops at Ponape – unable to dock but will also wait. Once the last guns are ashore, 3rd Special Base Force will combine by adding the 6th Yokosuka SNLF to the 3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn.
SS S-35 is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
1LT Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
1LT Iwaya I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 15 – but was then shot down and is reported MIA… Fingers are crossed that he finds his way out of the jungle over coming weeks.
G3M3 Nell from 701 Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied SC at 114,137 an Allied SC is reported HIT – probably PT boats in the Tulagi hex.
SS S-35 is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
PO1 Saito, S. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 5 – probably an allied patrol plane
PO1 Saito, S. of Zuikaku-1 attains ace status!!
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 38th Road Const Co to Merauke
2 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 38th Road Const Co to Merauke
Nagoya expands airfield to size 7 – home of the 51st Air Division and currently 5x training units
Oak Harbor expands airfield to size 6
Krasnoyarsk expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D – to 3/45 and closing at 12% per day.
SC CHa-7 taken out of commission to begin refit at Tsu – a 4 day upgrade to swap a 13.2mm MG for a 25mm AA gun. These CHa SCs don’t get any more upgrades, so keep the T95 depth charges for the rest of the war. Low capability boats, but they will keep patrolling shallow waters in 3-4 boat Divisions and try to make a nuisance of themselves.
SC CHa-8 taken out of commission to begin refit at Tsu
SC CHa-9 taken out of commission to begin refit at Tsu
12th Base Force takes replacements from Kendari – transfer from Guam is complete.
SS RO-105 arrives at Kobe – to 8th Fleet, SEAF
Loss of xAK Teiryu Maru on Mar 04, 1943 is admitted
xAK Mutsuyo Maru arrives at Fukuoka – to Sasebo to upgrade to TK-C
TK Gyoshin Maru arrives at Nagoya – 8150 capacity Type 1 TM, awaiting escorts before moving to the DEI. There is a bit of excess fuel building up at Soerabaja that I could do with some more TKs to move back to Manila initially. All the big TKs are still fully employed on the Singapore-Fukuoka route, so draining Soerabaja will probably be a job for a Std A TK task force one a few more of them arrive.
TK British Aviator is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Sep 18, 1942


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RE: 4 Mar 43 reports - 10/9/2020 9:01:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		A few details from the major battle today.





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RE: 4 Mar 43 reports - 10/9/2020 9:17:41 PM   
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RE: 4 Mar 43 reports - 10/10/2020 5:13:37 AM   
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The allies must have so much fuel they don’t feel the need to escort small TK.


The Allies have so much of everything.

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5 Mar 43 reports - 10/10/2020 9:31:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 05, 43
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-13
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-10
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 65,126, Range 2,000 Yards
DD Shirakumo – this DD Division is on the way from SEAF to join BB Division 1 in SWAF. IJN subs and aircraft have been spotting single xAKL along the NW Australia coast but not attacking very often, so the presence of this DD Div is just to mix things up a bit.
DD Isonami
DD Shirayuki
DD Uranami
Allied Ships
xAKL Coolana, Shell hits 26, and is sunk
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
xAKL Coolana sunk by DD Uranami at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Lahaina at 186,107
SS I-8, hits 3 – about 10 float damage so will return to port. Need to stay at least 10 hexes away from Hawaii from now on.
Allied Ships
SC PC-581
SC PC-578
SC PC-582

SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at SC PC-581
SC PC-582 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-581 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-581 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-582 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 98,132
DD Shiranui
CA Kumano
CA Mogami
DD Yukikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Amatsukaze
Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 2
SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shiranui
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb – going after the resources to try and get a few strategic VP
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Morning Air attack on 7th Indian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar) – it’s time to start softening up the Silchar defenders as the IJA encirclement moves begin.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 47
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 6th Australian Division ...
Also attacking 7th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35
Allied aircraft – normal service resumes with
Blenheim VD x 33
Hurricane IIc Trop x 51
Blenheim VD: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim VD bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x Blenheim VD bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x Blenheim VD bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: To date I’ve been avoiding ranges >0 for CAP to try and keep fatigue down, either setting CAP at range 0 or LRCAP over Comilla at range 0. Today these settings were CAP range 2 from Chittagong and they did well, but I will keep an eye on fatigue to see how the diversions add to it.
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – 11th Sentai do great work again here today. 16x pilots gained experience today, most in the bottom half of the roster, which indicates that not many of the 11th Sentai veterans were involved
Total losses for the IJA in this hex were 1 KIA, 1 WIA, 1 MIA.
(20 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 22
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 4
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 36
B-24D1 Liberator x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 6
P-38F Lightning x 7
P-38G Lightning x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 13
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking: the allies throw the kitchen sink at the main IJA stack, with this ground attack at 10k’.
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
66th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 17
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft – when I see Tojos go up against B17s I’m happy just to see them all survive. Frank can’t come soon enough for this theatre, but it is still months away.
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
No Japanese losses
Resources hits 1 – this caused on resource damage and +2 strategic VP.
There is no CAP over Darwin but that could change any day. 5th Air Divs fighters are currently near Lae, but with Port Moresby recaptured they will shortly move back to Timor and leave defence of PNG to 6th and 7th Air Divs.
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th Indian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-30
SS O21 is located by SC CHa-33
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Ground combat at 60,38 (near Silchar)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 111811 troops, 1146 guns, 1125 vehicles, Assault Value = 4337
Defending force 7734 troops, 104 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 254
Japanese adjusted assault: 919
Allied adjusted defense: 105
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker: supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1141 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 135 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Units pursuing 1 – 9th Division was in reserve mode, but this pursuit is cancelled .
Allied ground losses:
2319 casualties reported – roughly one Infantry Bde destroyed and another one disabled. Hopefully this is doing some damage to the British-Indian Army device pools.
Squads: 81 destroyed, 141 disabled
Non Combat: 87 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 75 (21 destroyed, 54 disabled)
Vehicles lost 46 (12 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units: orders for these units are to either stay in hex, move W into the clear terrain to block the main road withdrawal route or move SW into Silchar.
Korea Army – stay, but will show movement NW as a deception plan, to threaten the road from Tezpur where more than 20 allied units are spotted. Some of the could move forward to reinforce the rough terrain, or they might just all stay at Tezpur and continue digging in.
10th Division - stay
12th Division - stay
14th Division - stay
17th Division – most SW to join the upcoming Battle of Silchar.
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment – move SW, this is the future Silchar “garrison” unit
2nd Army – move W
2nd Tank Division – move W
1st Division – move W
6th Division – move W
9th Division - move W
8th Division – move W
56th Division – move W. This Div is still attached to 25th Army so it will eventually rejoin it at Comilla.
There are 4x Divisions already at Silchar and HQ CEA is moving with another 3x Division into Silchar from the SE. There will be about 12x Division in the Battle for Silchar, if the allies stay there to fight.
Defending units:
23rd Indian Division

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 05, 43
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard AK Zenyo Maru – moderate damage, about 3 days away from Manila repair yard.
Repairs completed on TK Gen'yo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
SS Tautog is reported HIT
SS Haddo is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 100,59 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Previous report of sinking of SS Finback incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 76, 124
WO Ariyoshi G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Inuzuka L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Gushi E. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 6
WO Eiichi W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Eto P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Gyuba U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Egashira R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
CPT Jobo, R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
CPT Jobo, R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Egashira R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Inuzuka L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Ariyoshi G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Ohashi B. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Senda E. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chiba R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Ohashi I. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Taniguchi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Senda E. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Mitsumasa B. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 3
WO Eiichi W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Nishihata G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Senda E. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Nishihata G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Chuzaburo J. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Eiichi W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
1LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Kimura M. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 2
WO Ochi A. of 66th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Sasaki, I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Sasaki, I. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Sasaki, I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
1LT Nango, S. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Ishihara P. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 2
D4Y1 Judy from Shokaku-2 attacking SS S-46 at 98,132 SS S-46 is reported HIT – if this was a real hit then a 500kg bomb should have done some damage!
SS Tunny is reported HIT
SS Tunny is reported HIT
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 1st JNAF AF Unit to Port Moresby
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 38th Road Const Co to Merauke
2 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 38th Road Const Co to Merauke
Kirin expands airfield to size 3
Wotje expands fortifications to size 5
Ndeni expands port to size 2
Cape Town expands airfield to size 8
Soerakarta expands fortifications to size 2
Device(s) upgraded in 48th Division supplied from Rabaul
Loss of xAK Azumasan Maru on Feb 06, 1942 is admitted
xAKL Coolana is reported to have been sunk near Derby on Mar 05, 1943
TK Vivi is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Dec 04, 1942





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In case you're unaware the only difference between the B6N2 and B6N2a is a radar. So it's not worth researching the 2a, unless you just want a few in the 'bank' for when the radar becomes active.


I will check when the Grace is due, as I won’t need both Jill and Grace building...



Current estimates for IJN carrier bombers and their research factories:

- B6N2 Jill, will start building on about the 10th of March, so in 4-5 days tops. The 1x30 B5N2 production factory will change to B6N2 and upsize to 60, so that will take 2 months to repair before Jills start rolling off the production line in a meaningful way.
- B6N2a Jill should then be available by early Aug 1943. As the Grace won't be far away by then, the plan now is to change the 4x B6N2a research factories to late war IJAAF fighters. Two each to add to Ki-94 and Ki-201 research. These factories will move to Army fighters as previously the Tojo research factories moved on to Navy fighters (two each to A7M3-J and J7W1).
- B7A1 Grace should be available by early Jan 1944. Historically the plan was to replace all carrier based DB and TB with the multi-role Grace, but I will probably keep a few D4Y4 Judy with the 800kg bomb on the carriers. Those that are still afloat by then!

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Status: offline 		The inevitable occurs one hex off Port Moresby.
Lucky it was an S-boat as the damage is relatively light. Minimal damage really as some of the system and engine damage was already there.
Also "lucky" it was Zuikaku rather than a CVL. Zuikaku needs an upgrade soon anyway, so this provides another reason to return to Japan.
A few more days are needed to extract the three IJA Divisions from Port Moresby. They are loading over the beach in amphib mode then they will have to run the sub gauntlet, but will hug the coast to try and avoid most of them.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 06, 43
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
E W-13
E W-15
SS Runner is located by E W-13
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 1
BB Kirishima
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Yudachi
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
Allied Ships
SS S-46, hits 2
SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku
S-46 diving deep ....
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-13
SS Thresher launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-12
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 7th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 27
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 60,38 , near Silchar
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Christmas Island at 176,138
SS I-11
Allied Ships
SC-642
SC-641
SC PC-579
SS I-11 is located by SC-642

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 06, 43
Repairs completed on TK Shichiyo Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Namba Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Goyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
SS I-160 cannot fully replenish at Truk and terminates patrol
SS I-178 terminates patrol and enters Victoria Point for repairs
D3A1 Val from Hiyo-2 attacking a Barracuda class SS at 99,133 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
2LT Chojiro M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Tsukamoto F. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Fujimoto E. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Chojiro M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Fuchida O. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Ginowa I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
G3M3 Nell from 703 Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied LCVP at 114,138 an Allied LCVP is reported HIT
SS S-46 is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 1st JNAF AF Unit to Port Moresby
Hamamatsu expands airfield to size 7
Maebashi expands airfield to size 5
Hirosaki/Aomori expands airfield to size 3
Ace pilot Takatsuka, T. of Hiyo-1 is promoted to PO1
SC CHa-51 taken out of commission to begin refit at Victoria Point
xAK Tsushima Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo – converted to Std-A TK
TK British Venture is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Dec 04, 1942


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...decent ASW TFs...



You know I’m playing as Japan right?!


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...decent ASW TFs...



You know I’m playing as Japan right?!



I know that!

By now you should have ASW platforms with decent crew experience, put on some decent Captains, make sure that they have Type 95-2 DCs if not type 2s, give them decent Naval and ASW searches. Going coastal might help but the enemy might also put minefields in as ell.

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Status: offline 		The IJN DDs should have all taken their first upgrade by now, so most do have Type 2 or 95-2 depth charges.
They should also all have aggressive skippers with 65+ naval skill. I might have missed a few but not many.

I think the key missing ingredient is still the lack of surface search radars on the IJN DDs.
Some have air search radars but they need radars that can spot periscopes at night for ASW duty.

Another factor is the relative shortage of DDs.
There aren’t many “spare” DDs to form dedicated ASW task forces, unless I reduce the number embedded within air and surface combat task forces.
That USN sub dodged 9x Shiratsuyu class DDs that were in the Zuikaku TF, but that is only a 1:1 ratio of DD : capital ships.
There was one separate ASW task force in the hex plus there is one more in the Port Moresby hex.

Lots of the smaller CM just upgraded to E which should help with numbers, but I’m not expecting them to be of much use unless they also get radar at some point.


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Status: offline 		I just got side-tracked looking at aircraft research with the last B6N2 Jill factory now at 98%, and checked how long I need to wait until Frank arrives.
All research factories were setup in the first few days of the war, including 12x30 on Frank-A.
The formula says that the average start date for Frank-A research should be 23 May 43.

The Tsu factory just went to 28(2) today, so it could start research 2 months ahead of that estimate, with others likely to start well before 23 May 43 as well.
I’ve seen others comment that this further accelerates research which makes sense, as when the production start date comes forward the repairs finish quicker.
It wouldn’t surprise me if all factories are fully repaired by late May 1943, but there might still be a few stragglers by then.
Without engine bonus, the pre-war estimate was for Frank-A to start production after only 2 months of research in late July 1943. With full engine bonus it would halve that to start production in late June 1943.

I will probably let 3x30 Frank-A go into production to produce 90/month, leaving 9x30 to research the Frank-R.
That should see the Frank-R start production in October 1943, at which point they will all enter production at 360/month.
That will quickly upgrade all front line Sentai and start building up a large stockpile to keep the Frank-R in action until the late war toys are available.

With Frank-A arriving in mid-1943, it should play a big role in knocking down allied aircraft in order to help maintain the current 3:1 VP ratio until 1 Jan 1944.





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I can't see a way to get that many points quickly so won't try to.
The ratio sits at 3.45:1 which is about as high as it has been, the trick now is to try and maintain it until 1 Jan 44.

The RAF suffered today with the veteran 11th and 77th Sentai Tojos shredding Blenheim / Hurricane raids on IJA troops in the open for no aircraft losses. Pilot casualties for Japan today were only 1x WIA and 1x KIA.
The gap in Allied : Japan aircraft loss points is slowly getting wider.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 07, 43
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Sub attack near Takao at 82,65
SC CHa-53
SS Amberjack launches 2 torpedoes
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Manus at 101,119
AMc Wa 13
SS S-35 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Oita at 104,61
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-14
Captain of SS Snapper elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 56,103
PB Uruboko Maru
SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes at PB Uruboko Maru
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Morning Air attack on 7th Armoured Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
27 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 5 damaged
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 1st Gloucestershire Battalion, at 57,39 , near Comilla
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Gloucestershire Battalion, at 57,39 , near Comilla
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Raiding Regiment, at 57,39 , near Comilla
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim VD bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
4 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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.
2 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Raiding Regiment, at 57,39 , near Comilla
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 7
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Sub attack near Manus at 101,119
AO Shiretoko
AO Tsurumi
E Sagi
SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes at AO Shiretoko

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 07, 43
SS I-33 terminates patrol and enters Soerabaja for repairs
Previous report of sinking of SS S-35 incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 101, 119
Repairs completed on SS I-174 at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
SS Tunny is reported HIT
2LT Okamoto B. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 9
2LT Chuzaburo B. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 2
2LT Egashira I. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 3
2LT Kado V. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 8
2LT Uchida S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Chiba W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Futagami H. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Futagami H. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Daigo U. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 5
WO Daigo U. of 77th Sentai Det B attains ace status!!
WO Daigo U. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 6
WO Ariyoshi G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Taniguchi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Taniguchi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
1LT Igarashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 14
2LT Bunkichi N. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
WO Degawa I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Taniguchi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
CPT Jobo, R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
an Allied PT is reported HIT
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 1st JNAF AF Unit to Port Moresby
Keijo expands fortifications to size 3
Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 5
Ace pilot Komachi C. of Zuikaku-1 is promoted to PO1
Ace pilot Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
SC CHa-40 taken out of commission to begin refit at Puerto Princesa
SC CHa-41 taken out of commission to begin refit at Puerto Princesa
Previous report of sinking of SS Peto incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
15th Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJN Base Force at Manado
Loss of APD Fuji on Oct 25, 1942 is admitted


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2 torpedo hits, fuel cargo burning and on the sunk ships list. A juicy 28 pointer!





AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 08, 43
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62
xAK England Maru
PB Okuyo Maru #2
SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at xAK England Maru
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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 56,103 – traded a 3 point PB for an 8 point SS, which isn’t even a draw when you’re going for 3+:1 ratio. Still an ok result as that's one USN SS that won’t be able to sink anything else now.
PB Uruboko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 41
Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 7, heavy damage
SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes at PB Uruboko Maru
Plunger bottoming out ....
SC Ch 41 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 41 is out of ASW ammo
SS Plunger forced to surface!
SC Ch 41 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
DD Shirakumo
DD Uranami
DD Shirayuki
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shirakumo
DD Shirayuki attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Utupua at 120,145
SS I-180, hits 1
Allied Ships
TK Aristophanes, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Jarvis
SS I-180 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Aristophanes
DD Jarvis attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 1st Gloucestershire Battalion, at 57,39 , near Comilla – in the clear terrain on the road next to Comilla.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Gloucestershire Battalion, at 57,39 , near Comilla
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 10
Beaufighter VIc: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged: ranged CAP from Buna
50th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 7
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 7
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAK Asahisan Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 18
A6M5 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 4
B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 4
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at 57,39 (near Comilla)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1747 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77
Defending force 735 troops, 8 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Japanese adjusted assault: 51
Allied adjusted defense: 9
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Regiment
3rd Raiding Regiment
Defending units:
1st Gloucestershire Battalion

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 08, 43
SS Growler determined to have been sunk on or about Nov, 21, 1942
Previous report of sinking of DD Jarvis incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 120, 145
Previous report of sinking of DD Bagley incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 120, 145
B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 attacking a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS at 99,132 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 98,130 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
WO Ayanori K. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Kobayashi T. of 50th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Mori H. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Oba C. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Miyabe L. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kimiyama W. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Chuzaburo W. of 50th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Iizuka G. of 50th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Shibata F. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 4
WO Oba C. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
SS S-37 is reported HIT
a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking a Triton class SS at 99,132 an Allied SS is reported HIT
SS Albacore is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
Maebashi expands fortifications to size 1
Changteh expands fortifications to size 3
Kukong expands airfield to size 4
SC CHa-20 begins refit while under repair at Hakodate
SC CHa-22 begins refit while under repair at Hakodate
SC CHa-30 taken out of commission to begin refit at Rangoon
SC CHa-31 taken out of commission to begin refit at Rangoon
SC CHa-32 taken out of commission to begin refit at Rangoon
SC CHa-33 taken out of commission to begin refit at Rangoon
Loss of PB Uruboko Maru on Mar 08, 1943 is admitted
SS Plunger is reported to have been sunk near Soerabaja on Mar 08, 1943
TK Aristophanes is reported to have been sunk near Utupua on Mar 08, 1943


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9 Mar 43 reports - 10/14/2020 9:22:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is the heart stopper moment from today. Lucky the sub didn't spot and target her sister.

The allies must have stood down most aircraft today, so Japan lost the air war today with 7 ops losses to 1!




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 09, 43
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,125
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 5 – getting some hits on in shallow water
SS S-37 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Minegumo
S-37 bottoming out ....
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,93
PB Koei Maru
Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 1
SS Searaven is sighted by escort
Searaven bottoming out ....
PB Koei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Koei Maru is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,135
CV Shokaku
BB Kirishima
CLAA Tatsuta
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Samidare
Allied Ships
SS S-47, hits 1
SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Shokaku
S-47 diving deep ....
DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kawakaze is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134
APD Tade
SS Sturgeon is located by APD Tade
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ASW attack near Toboali at 51,93
SC Ch 8
SC Ch 9
SS KXVII is located by SC Ch 8
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Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137
A6M5 Zero x 4
4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31
No Japanese losses

Also attacking 9th Australian Division ... interesting, the 9th Aus Div has already withdrawn from Silchar.
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 7th Indian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137
A6M5 Zero x 40
40 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 6/9th Jat Battalion, at 62,36 , near Tezpur
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
28 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 09, 43
SS S-47 is reported HIT
SS S-47 is reported HIT
SS Thresher is reported HIT
a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT
SS S-37 is reported HIT
SS S-47 is reported HIT
SS Tunny is reported HIT
SS Tunny is reported HIT
an Allied SS is reported HIT
SS Tunny is reported HIT
Repairs completed on SS I-160 at Truk, ship returned to service
Taiden expands airfield to size 4
Aircraft B6N2 Jill advances R&D – now available for production
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D – to 9/44 and closing at 16% per day
SS I-37 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo – assigned to 4th Fleet patrol areas


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RE: 9 Mar 43 reports - 10/14/2020 9:34:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good news on the B6N2 Jill research/production front.
The 4th B6N2 research factory brings production forward to start now but can still be changed to B6N2a research.
The B5N2 production factory here will convert to build B6N2s.

No sooner than saying that, I changed the B5N2 factory to B6N2 and the B6N2 research factory was immediately "locked in" as a production factory!
Luckily I saved the game first so can go back and change the factories in the other order.




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RE: 9 Mar 43 reports - 10/15/2020 1:23:39 AM   
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Luckily I saved the game first so can go back


Yes. Something you should always do when mucking about in the 'industry' screen.

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Status: offline 		About 40 naval support squads from HQ 6th Fleet helped unload the 20cm guns over the level 1 port at Ponape.
This allows the 3rd Special Base Force to form by combining the subordinate Coastal Gun Bn with the SNLF.
Well worth it to bring another few Bns worth of naval support, support and engineer squads onto the map.

Such a unit deserves a RADM to command it, but it's not worth the 7 PP that would take!




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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/15/2020 12:01:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		One option for relatively cheap points is to invest some supply into airbase construction in China.
Especially Chungking which is worth 400 points/airfield point and Chengtu at 200 points / AF point.
When maxed to size 9 that is 5400 victory points between them.

I haven't checked all bases, but I've just noticed that Sining and Lanchow can provide 100 points / AF point.
Now that Changsha has just reached AF size 9 the 51st and 52nd Road Const Cos will march to one base each to slowly build up those airfields.
When maxed they will add another 700 victory points. Those VP could be crucial come 1 Jan 44, or it could just be a waste of supply!

Most other airfields in China are worth 20 points / AF point, so nowhere near as good a return on supply investment.
Engineers are building other airfields just at key points, usually on railways and in rough or urban terrain.




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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/15/2020 6:37:22 PM   
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I've been away from the forums for a bit over the summer, but am getting back into the swing of things. Forgive me for not keeping up with your game, but I find your situation to be roughly equivalent of my own, with some interesting exceptions.

Can you point me to the series of pages wherein you besieged and captured Chungking and / or Chengtu? I'd like to see how and when you handled that.

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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/15/2020 7:41:58 PM   
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Can you point me to the series of pages wherein you besieged and captured Chungking and / or Chengtu? I'd like to see how and when you handled that.




Starting around 25, captured at page 30. in between there is an exciting carrier battle near Santa Cruz as well

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ORIGINAL: tolsdorff

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


Can you point me to the series of pages wherein you besieged and captured Chungking and / or Chengtu? I'd like to see how and when you handled that.




Starting around 25, captured at page 30. in between there is an exciting carrier battle near Santa Cruz as well


If that was the 1st Battle of Santa Cruz just skip over that one...
The 2nd Battle of Santa Cruz was much more exciting.

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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/15/2020 9:54:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Hiya Jdsrae,

I've been away from the forums for a bit over the summer, but am getting back into the swing of things. Forgive me for not keeping up with your game, but I find your situation to be roughly equivalent of my own, with some interesting exceptions.

Can you point me to the series of pages wherein you besieged and captured Chungking and / or Chengtu? I'd like to see how and when you handled that.

Cheers.


G’day CB
My approach to China was to establish a front and keep pressure on everywhere. A bit slower than other AARs I’ve read.
I tried to capture some places like Wenchow early but if a quick attack failed I flipped all hexsides and left a “hex guard”.
I captured Kunming early with paras and then tried to block Chinese units moving to India.
I then captured Chengtu before working on Chungking which took about 6-7 big deliberate attacks about 10-14 days apart.
Cheers

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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/16/2020 8:07:26 AM   
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.......

If that was the 1st Battle of Santa Cruz just skip over that one...
The 2nd Battle of Santa Cruz was much more exciting.



Ah yes, I caught up with that part of the AAR. That was quite a beating you dealt to the allies. It is all fun and games, until the CV's start dropping like flies.

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RE: 10 Mar 43 reports - 10/16/2020 12:05:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 10, 43
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
SC Ch 38, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 39
Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 11
SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 38
SC Ch 39 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,125
DD Asagumo
Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 16
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
S-37 bottoming out ....
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asagumo is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Ambrym at 121,151
SS I-31
Allied Ships
DD Bagley
DD Jarvis
SS I-31 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Bagley
I-31 diving deep ....
DD Jarvis attacking submerged sub ....
DD Jarvis is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 33
33 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31
31 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Port hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 41
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Also attacking 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 268th Motorised Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 10, 43
SS S-37 is reported HIT
SS S-47 is reported HIT
a Gato class SS is reported HIT
a Elco 77ft PT class PT is reported HIT
Repairs completed on SS I-21 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-33 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Taiden expands fortifications to size 1
Manus expands fortifications to size 4
Changsha expands airfield to size 9
Palembang expands airfield to size 6
Borzya expands airfield to size 5
Choybalsan expands airfield to size 5
TK Palembang Maru arrives at Maizuru, a Type-1 TM 8150 capacity. It will join a fuel hauling convoy from Singapore to Manila. To help try and drain Singapore of fuel quicker I have started running Singapore-Manila fuel convoys. Manila now has 500k+ of fuel and is being used as the hub to get fuel to the major bases in SEAF (Manus and Rabaul) and 4th Fleet (Guam and Truk).
Loss of SC Ch 38 on Mar 10, 1943 is admitted


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ASW attack near Ambrym at 121,151
SS I-31, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Jarvis
DD Bagley
SS I-31 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Jarvis
I-31 diving deep ....
DD Bagley attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bagley is out of ASW ammo
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Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
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Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
Runway hits 1
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Sub attack near Takao at 82,65
SC Ch 35
SS Amberjack launches 2 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Bataan at 77,77
SC Ch 30
SC Ch 32
SS Gunnel launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 30
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 34, 1st Sentai takes on 3x allied fighter groups and comes out in front.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft - ranged CAP most likely from Tezpur and Dacca. The Tojo sweeps do very well.
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
P-38F Lightning x 4
P-38G Lightning x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 15
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31 – then the less experienced 87th Sentai sweeps and also does well
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.615 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 – failed attempt at trying to hit the resources. This costs X amount of supplies to get zero victory points! Allied fighters will pop up at Darwin at some point…
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 268th Motorised Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar – first time that the 267th Armd Bde has been spotted. That is almost the entire Indian Armd Division in the clear hex just NW of Silchar. The IJA 2nd Tank Division, 5x Infantry Divisions and HQ 2nd Army are between 8 and 16 miles away from entering this hex and making close contact with the 8x enemy units spotted in the clear terrain hex.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56
E W-20
E W-22

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 11, 43
Repairs completed on CL Kuma at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Nokaze at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Tachikaze at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
a Huckins 78ft PT class PT is reported HIT
a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
WO Ohashi R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Ryuzaki U. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Aino R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 11
CPT Sawada, M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Futagami L. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Saito W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Fukudome T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Fukudome T. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Fukudome T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Chojiro D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyajima D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Higashiyama C. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Gyuba T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyabe F. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Shibayama G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyabe F. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kimiyama D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chuzaburo W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Chuzaburo W. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
CPT Sawada, M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Taniguchi R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Gushi V. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Fuchida O. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Taniguchi S. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Taniguchi E. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Aino U. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Iwaya N. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
Sapporo expands airfield to size 6
Madang expands fortifications to size 4
Changsha expands fortifications to size 1
Ace pilot Iizuka C. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Previous report of sinking of DD Craven incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
TK Kotai Maru arrives at Fukuoka – another Type-1 TM
61st Division Engineer Battalion arrives at Utsonomiya – these ginger beers were just given train tickets to move to Tokyo to form the 61st Division, but many of them were found in the gutters outside the seedy bar district of downtown Utsonomia that evening. As a 60s Division it “should” be in China with all of its 60s mates, but it will stay at Tokyo as the Home Islands reserve division. It is behind many other units on the priority list for PP to be spent on them.
The 70th, 71st and 104th Divs are waiting at Fusan to be bought out, along with 90th Infantry Regt (107th Div) and 9th Garrison Unit (108th Div).
The Guards Mixed Bde is also still at Tokyo in a reserve role, putting on a good show three times a day outside the palace in their ceremonial uniforms. The 1st Guards Div will form in 63 days but as it is assigned to Eastern Army it does need to be bought out so it can be used as a ready reaction force.


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