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RE: 8 Apr 43 reports - 11/8/2020 4:44:40 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		This is the rest of the action less the land battles around Silchar.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 43
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E W-21
E W-22
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 1
SS Harder is located by E W-21
E W-22 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E W-21
E W-22
SS Harder is located by E W-21
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
SC Ch 3
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish, hits 2
SS Sawfish is sighted by escort
SC Ch 3 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack is located by SC Ch 33
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS RO-107
Allied Ships
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
SS RO-107 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,99
SC Ch 37
SC Ch 39 – great work by this SC Div
Allied Ships
SS Halibut, hits 8, heavy damage
SS Halibut is located by SC Ch 37
SC Ch 39 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Roi-Namur at 131,113
PB Kyo Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Nichi Maru #1
SS Seadragon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kyo Maru #3
PB Nichi Maru #1 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nichi Maru #1 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
E Ishizaki
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 2
SS Tinosa is sighted by escort
E Ishizaki attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
SC CHa-55
SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes
SC CHa-55 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-55 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,45
SS I-176, hits 1
Allied Ships
xAK Yoma
DD Tjerk Hiddes
SS I-176 is sighted by escort
DD Tjerk Hiddes attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 43
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 11
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15 – both units are on LRCAP from Buna. It might be time to introduce George to the allies to see how George with 70+ experience pilots perform against P-38Gs.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged
Port hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 38
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 46
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 8
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 – very hard to hit the last 2x resources units in Darwin. It might be time to stop these attacks before allied fighters arrive.
17 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 9th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 36
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
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Morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22
22 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 08, 43
WO Kakimoto W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Kakimoto W. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!!
CPT Sawada, M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 12
WO Miyabe F. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Azusa S. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
2LT Kikuchi O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Kikuchi O. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
Repairs completed on SS RO-100 at Rabaul, ship returned to service
Sapporo expands airfield to size 7
Rangoon expands airfield to size 9
Utsonomiya expands airfield to size 6
Aircraft D4Y4 Judy advances R&D – to 6/44 at +8/day
Aircraft P1Y1 Frances advances R&D – to 9/43 at +4/day. It will increase to +6/day soon as the last factory is 28(2). That means production should start at some point in June 1943.
Ace pilot Degawa I. of 77th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Hiyo-1 converting to A6M5c Zero
Loss of PB Kyo Maru #3 on Apr 08, 1943 is admitted


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9 Apr 43 reports - 11/8/2020 7:52:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Allied movement arrows pop up in Bengal. They are not going to make it easy to trap I Aus Corps.
Allied navies get frisky in SEAF with multiple CA/CL task forces bombarding SNLF Coys in their OPs on the small islands just north of Guadalcanal and Tulagi. IJNAF night Nell/Betty raids hit nothing but the allied ship crews wouldn’t have got much sleep.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 43
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E W-22
SS Harder is located by E W-22
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Night Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 113,136
I didn’t expect these strikes to fly as they had only just been set to night missions. In the past it seemed like the crews then took orders to change from day to night flying as an excuse to restart the clock on their “crew rest” requirements, but this proves to me that it is possible to fly night strikes within hours of the orders being given. Not that they hit anything, but this would have used up a bit of the CA/CL AA ammunition and should get the allies thinking twice about getting too close to Rabaul.
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
G4M1 Betty x 12
G4M1 Betty: 15 damaged – 125% of aircraft were damaged. Maybe they needed that crew rest after all...
Allied Ships
CL Leander
CA San Francisco
CL Hobart
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Night Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 113,136
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
DD Gridley
DD Conyngham
CL Honolulu
CL Achilles
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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ASW attack near Kirakira at 115,142
SS RO-101, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Bunbury
AM Strahan
AM Katoomba
SS RO-101 is sighted by escort
AM Katoomba attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136
4x large allied surface combat task forces were spotted at Lunga yesterday, so this wasn’t a surprise, other than the base they chose to bombard. RADM Tanaka is itching to fight this sort of task force with his 4xCA 6xDD command, but the allies have a lot of fighters and dive bombers at Lunga now so it would be dangerous to send IJN task forces too far forward. In response, the IJN Combined Fleet has moved multiple surface combat task forces including BB/CA/CL/DD forward to Rabaul from Manus with a CA TF moving from Truk. Those task forces at Rabaul have been spotted by allied patrols, so it might make them pause and think twice about moving further up the island chain towards Shortlands.
CA San Francisco
CL Honolulu
CL Hobart
CL Achilles
CL Leander
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Port hits 17
Port supply hits 4
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA San Francisco
CA San Francisco firing at 4th Indpt SNLF Coy – these are the only defenders, placed to stop these dot bases from auto-flipping to the allies.
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Night Naval bombardment of Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136
Allied Ships
CA Pensacola
CA Northampton
CL Marblehead
CL Trenton
CL Richmond
Port hits 39
Port supply hits 4
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Pensacola
CL Marblehead firing at 6th Indpt SNLF Coy – the only defenders present.
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 34
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS RO-101, hits 12
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
SS RO-101 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nestor is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 51
22 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 – moved forward to provide local CAP, but the pilots are a little green, mostly in the 60s experience with some in the low 70s. I didn’t move George to this area, moving them to Shortlands instead.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft – sweeping at 25k feet with insufficient warning for the Tojos to get the altitude advantage.
P-38G Lightning x 13
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 15 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 – forgot to switch the 5th Air Div bombers on Timor back to ASW patrols.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11 – mix of LRCAP and sweeps, punching thin air
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 40
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 40
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 41
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
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Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 47
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes – not much time for the Tojo to react when the P-38G is coming in at 300 NM/h.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25 – no losses
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
21 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
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ASW attack near Oita at 104,61
SC CHa-15
SC CHa-14
SS Snapper is located by SC CHa-15
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Ground combat at 59,38 (near Silchar)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71356 troops, 859 guns, 1590 vehicles, Assault Value = 2925
Defending force 734 troops, 38 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 524
Allied adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 262 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 19 (17 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (10 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Assaulting units:
2nd Army – fake to pursue. An allied force is spotted already moving into this hex from the NE, so most of this stack will stay in place to try and keep control of this hex.
2nd Tank Division
3rd Tank Division – will try to race SE into Silchar, but movement is already spotted coming the other way so the Indian Armd Bde at Silchar must be trying to link up with the relief force.
1st Division – stay, it has level 2 field forts which could come in handy in the next few days.
6th Division – 100% prepared for Silchar so will try to move to Silchar, but the Indian Armd Bde will probably arrive first making that attempted move pointless.
8th Division - stay
9th Division - stay
56th Division - stay
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment - stay
1st RF Gun Battalion - stay
10th RF Gun Battalion - stay
Defending units:
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
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Ground combat at Silchar (59,39)
Japanese Bombardment attack – only 3-4 artillery units that had supply in the white, to provide the raw AV figures. I am guessing that the entire Aus I Corps will attempt to withdraw now that they are at risk of being cut off, but there is insufficient supply here right now to put another deliberate attack in. If supply does get into the white an attack will be ordered, otherwise Silchar could be occupied without another shot being fired.
Attacking force 2707 troops, 268 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 3923
Defending force 35215 troops, 596 guns, 781 vehicles, Assault Value = 887
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Defending units: at least one of these units is moving NW, maybe all of them.
6th Australian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
7th Indian Division
9th Australian Division
I Australian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 09, 43
Repairs completed on SS RO-103 at Truk, ship returned to service
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
AMc Fukkai Maru observes Allied Float Plane at 101,133 near Milne Bay – my favourite little minesweeper is spotted on a daily basis at Milne Bay.
2LT Inuzuka E. of 246th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Tillamook expands airfield to size 7
Katha expands fortifications to size 4
Aircraft N1K2-J George advances R&D – to 4/44 +16/day
SS I-37 available for service in damaged state at Shortlands – with the allies getting a bit more aggressive in SEAF it is time to move some damaged subs further back, ideally to Truk but some of them are heavily damaged and could sink if they try to move that far.
SS RO-105 available for service in damaged state at Manus
xAK Toko Maru available for service in damaged state at Manus
Loss of SS I-35 on Feb 03, 1943 is admitted





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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 1:25:34 AM   
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Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15 – both units are on LRCAP from Buna. It might be time to introduce George to the allies to see how George with 70+ experience pilots perform against P-38Gs.


The problem with the Oscar is twofold, firepower and air-frame. The firepower at least is centered, and this helps, but she really needs cannon. The air-frame is a constant deficiency... weak.

That being said I still produce a small number in my game, and probably will do so always.

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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 1:27:52 AM   
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might be time to introduce George to the allies


Good plane, but its SR3 level will not keep it in combat too long.

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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 7:19:20 AM   
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Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15 – both units are on LRCAP from Buna. It might be time to introduce George to the allies to see how George with 70+ experience pilots perform against P-38Gs.


The problem with the Oscar is twofold, firepower and air-frame. The firepower at least is centered, and this helps, but she really needs cannon. The air-frame is a constant deficiency... weak.

That being said I still produce a small number in my game, and probably will do so always.


Yep, Oscar’s war is nearly over.
They’ve never been any good vs allied bombers, and are now coming up against armoured and more durable allied fighters.
The Oscar factories are in mothballs until the cannon armed Oscar-IV can be produced. It probably won’t be much use against allied bombers either but I want to try it and see how it goes. The SR1 might allow it to add some clutter to the skies by the time it starts flying.

Here's a summary of the IJAAF Fighter force at the moment.






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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 7:26:02 AM   
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might be time to introduce George to the allies


Good plane, but its SR3 level will not keep it in combat too long.


It’s the best the IJN has right now, but George 2 won’t be far off, maybe 3 months until it starts production.
To try and keep more serviceable I’ve dropped CAP to 30% with 30% rest.
I assume that will allow up to 40% to scramble depending on the size of any incoming raid.
Range is being kept as short as possible, typically 0,1 or 2 depending on whether there is a nearby airbase to mutually support.




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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 2:23:48 PM   
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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 4:38:15 PM   
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Yep, Oscar’s war is nearly over.
They’ve never been any good vs allied bombers, and are now coming up against armoured and more durable allied fighters.
The Oscar factories are in mothballs until the cannon armed Oscar-IV can be produced. It probably won’t be much use against allied bombers either but I want to try it and see how it goes. The SR1 might allow it to add some clutter to the skies by the time it starts flying.


As Ranger Joe said, they are useful in layered CAP in the lowest band....I think they are worth building and using in some numbers in other roles:

1. ESCORT: Later models have armor, and good range. Good enough for Bomber escort
2. LOW LEVEL NAV: 2x250kg bombs is a fair loadout. Also will make a good Kami at some point

I do agree, if you're asking the Oscar to shoot down Allied planes, good luck.....it can only annoy Allied
Bombers

Would also agree in mid-43 it's only a supporting model....your late-model Tojos are a better fighter

I hope those Ic in service are training groups only? At this point pilots should not be going into harms way in that old Oscar model.

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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/9/2020 8:01:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Yep, Oscar’s war is nearly over.
They’ve never been any good vs allied bombers, and are now coming up against armoured and more durable allied fighters.
The Oscar factories are in mothballs until the cannon armed Oscar-IV can be produced. It probably won’t be much use against allied bombers either but I want to try it and see how it goes. The SR1 might allow it to add some clutter to the skies by the time it starts flying.


As Ranger Joe said, they are useful in layered CAP in the lowest band....I think they are worth building and using in some numbers in other roles:

1. ESCORT: Later models have armor, and good range. Good enough for Bomber escort
2. LOW LEVEL NAV: 2x250kg bombs is a fair loadout. Also will make a good Kami at some point

I do agree, if you're asking the Oscar to shoot down Allied planes, good luck.....it can only annoy Allied
Bombers

Would also agree in mid-43 it's only a supporting model....your late-model Tojos are a better fighter

I hope those Ic in service are training groups only? At this point pilots should not be going into harms way in that old Oscar model.


I wouldn't use the Oscar for a LowNav/Kami role in the first instance, I don't think it's really got the speed to be effective. Better to over-produce the Frank and use those instead.

Absolutely agree on the Low CAP and escort functions, however.

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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 1:33:02 AM   
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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 2:45:07 AM   
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I can see Oscar being useful for a little while yet in the escort role. Maybe low CAP / LRCAP just below Tojos until it can change to Frank over Tojo.
I think the Oscar IIb arrives 5/43 with armour, so I’ll make a few of them. Maybe just 30/month.

I’d lost track of the 70+ experience Rufe pilots in NEAF. They will be “harvested” and replaced with 50+ experience rookies.
I don’t mind having some Float Fighters as a disbanded AV or JNAF coy can support them at a dot base rather than needing a runway.
Once the perimeter shrinks I will probably upgrade them to land based fighters.

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10 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 9:42:42 AM   
jdsrae


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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 43
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ASW attack near Nagoya at 109,63
DD Natsugumo
DD Asagumo
SS Herring is located by DD Natsugumo
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Sub attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Ishizaki
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at E Ishizaki
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack is located by SC Ch 34
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Sub attack near Brisbane at 98,163
SS I-28
Allied Ships
APD Colhoun
SS I-28 launches 4 torpedoes
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Night Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
G4M1 Betty x 27
G4M1 Betty: 14 damaged
27 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
Allied Ships
xAK Nancy Lykes
CL Adelaide
DD O'Brien
DD Mustin
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS RO-107, hits 12
Allied Ships
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS RO-107 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Stuart
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nizam is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS RO-104, hits 6
Allied Ships
DD O'Brien
DD Mustin
DMS Hovey
xAK Age
xAK Skagerak
xAK Nancy Lykes
DD Morris
DD Walke
SS RO-104 is sighted by escort
DD Walke attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Brisbane at 99,162
SS I-28, hits 1
Allied Ships
APD Colhoun
SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes
APD Colhoun attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack is located by SC Ch 35
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
23 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
3 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 50
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 29
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
17 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 7th Indian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 39
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
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Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Comilla (56,39)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3087 troops, 261 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221
Defending force 17220 troops, 353 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 657
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
25th Army +++
Defending units:
254th Armoured Brigade
18th British Division
6th Medium Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 10, 43
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking a O21 Class class SS at 106,124 an Allied SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,124 a Gato class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Takao-2 attacking a O19 Class class SS at 76,99 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Kavieng – will the allies keep island hopping north island by island, or will they start skipping ahead and bypassing some islands? Kavieng has an Infantry Group and base forces defending.
PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Manus – Manus still has 3x IJA Divs in reserve and lots of support units.
PO1 Minowa J. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 7
E13A1 Jake from Takao-2 attacking a O21 Class class SS at 76,99 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Guardfish at 110,63 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
Tjilatjap expands fortifications to size 2
Luganville expands airfield to size 8
Ace pilot Shoji, S. of Shokaku-1 is promoted to PO1
Previous report of sinking of CL Perth incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service - I didn't think HMAS Perth was sunk after just one Betty torp. Fingers crossed that Able Seaman R.E. Cooper survived all the excitement.
I.35-1 arrives at Tokyo – this is just the air unit from the sunk I-35. It will join one of the AMC that has capacity for 2x FP but no air unit. 


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Post #: 1452
11 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 9:52:34 AM   
jdsrae


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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		Supply at Tokyo got to 884k before the Sasebo-Rangoon #2 supply convoy started loading. It has 40k supply capacity from 8x Aden xAK.
There are two of these convoys moving supply to Burma and collecting resources from Singapore on the way back to Japan.
When one is at Sasebo the other is close to Rangoon and they’ve been running non-stop since Rangoon was relatively secure.
The #1 on this convoy route has just left Rangoon passing Victoria Point, hugging the coast on the way to Singapore.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 11, 43
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Sub attack near Manus at 102,119
PB Senyo Maru
SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at PB Senyo Maru
PB Senyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Kirakira at 115,142
SS I-20, hits 4
Allied Ships
DMS Hovey
DD Mustin
xAK Age
xAK Skagerak
DD Morris
DD Walke
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Hovey
DD Morris attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Nagoya at 109,63
DD Asashio
DD Asagumo
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at DD Asashio
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Submarine attack near Kirakira at 115,142
SS I-20, hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage – sunk
Allied Ships
DD Mustin
DMS Hovey
xAK Age
xAK Skagerak
DD Morris
DD Walke
SS I-20 is sighted by escort
DD Walke attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-20 forced to surface!
DD Morris firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Walke firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Yurijima
E Niizaki
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 1
SS Harder is sighted by escort
E Niizaki attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 35
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ASW attack near Anatom at 121,161
SS I-180, hits 5
Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Waller
DD Taylor
SS I-180 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Saufley
DD Taylor attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 34
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Morning Air attack on Silchar , at 59,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 29
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 41
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
17 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 268th Motorised Brigade, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 51
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 59
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 19
P-40E Warhawk x 10
P-66 Vanguard x 12
Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 52
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 6
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 46
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 26
P-40K Warhawk x 9
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Army, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 6th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 59,38 (near Silchar)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 83098 troops, 963 guns, 1590 vehicles, Assault Value = 2963
Defending force 6154 troops, 73 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
Japanese adjusted assault: 1711
Allied adjusted defense: 200
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
370 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
511 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 16 (10 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 169 (107 destroyed, 62 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
2nd Army +++
Defending units:
4th Armoured Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 11, 43
2LT Mitsumasa G. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kagawa R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Kamito, S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
1LT Asano, H. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Kimiyama C. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Kamei P. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Mitsumori D. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
2LT Azusa D. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Inoue I. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Koda V. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kado B. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Shirahama G. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 2
2LT Gushi E. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 8
2LT Kobayashi G. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Emura H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Emura H. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Genwa H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
2LT Ishimori L. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 10
2LT Kamito, S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
2LT Kimura E. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Eiichi A. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Ginowa W. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Chuzaburo W. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Fuchida V. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Kimiyama F. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Genwa L. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chojiro L. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Oba D. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Shibayama L. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Shirahama G. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 3
2LT Hiramoto F. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 15
2LT Hyakutake I. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Genwa H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
1LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Eto P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
1LT Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 16
WO Kado B. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Degawa W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Ono, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 59th Sentai crashes, pilot reported killed – not many pilots lost during combat, but quite a few lost on the way home or crashing…
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 1st Sentai
Damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar from 31st Sentai does not return, pilot reported killed
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 59th Sentai crashes, pilot reported killed
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 11th Sentai shot down on way home, pilot reported killed
Pilot killed in landing accident of D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 1st Sentai crashes on return leg, pilot reported killed
Damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar from 31st Sentai does not return, pilot reported killed
E13A1 Jake from Mikuma-2 attacking a Triton class SS at 66,97 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Pilot killed in landing accident of E13A1 Jake from Kimikawa Maru-1
Lunga expands airfield to size 6
Hong Kong expands airfield to size 7
Soryu-3 converting to B6N2 Jill – I think this is the first Jill unit
Previous report of sinking of SS Saury incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of SS I-20 on Apr 11, 1943 is admitted
xAKL Mauban is reported to have been sunk near Broome on May 26, 1942


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RE: 11 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 11:26:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		The IJA stack in this attack didn’t have full supply, but each unit did have about 75% of their requirement.
Interestingly there was no supply (-) for the attackers.
Based on this, the Silchar stack will attack tomorrow to try and damage the I Aus Corps as they are trying to move out.
1st Tank Div has just arrived at Silchar so will attack without field forts but the rest of the stack are behind level 2 forts.
Disruption is <10 and fatigue is generally in the 20s. A leadership (+) from HQ CEA and a supply (-) for the enemy would be handy.





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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 8:59:07 PM   
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ORIGINAL: jdsrae
I’d lost track of the 70+ experience Rufe pilots in NEAF. They will be “harvested” and replaced with 50+ experience rookies.
I don’t mind having some Float Fighters as a disbanded AV or JNAF coy can support them at a dot base rather than needing a runway.
Once the perimeter shrinks I will probably upgrade them to land based fighters.



The other fairly niche use is for bases where the runway is out of action, and being kept out of action by Allied milk runs.

I tend to keep the floatplanes around till the night fighter squadrons roll around (effectively mid '44). It's a role that suits them well. They're a good token deterrent, they free up a more capable airframe for daytime CAP and large losses wont be much concern.

Any plans to switch over to the Rex for the floatplanes? I've taken the plunge, but I suspect it will be wasted supply for only a marginally better airframe...

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RE: 9 Apr 43 reports - 11/10/2020 11:21:25 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		I had planned on making some Rex.
My 1x30 Rufe factory auto upgraded to A6M5 by accident but the pre-war plan was to change the Rufe factory to Rex.
Rex won’t be a game changer so probably a waste of supply now that it can go to A6M8 for free.

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12 Apr 43 reports - 11/11/2020 9:42:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Silchar captured!
It looks like the capture of I Aus Corps and 2x Divs was worth about 1000 VP.

There are a LOT of allied units in NE India now. 18x units at Tezpur and another 18x units in the Jungle Rough hex on the road next to it.
A frontal attack on Tezpur is probably a very bad idea, so the IJA might need to try and unhinge them by manoeuvre.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 43
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Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,66
SC Ch 43
SS Grenadier launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 43
SC Ch 43 attacking submerged sub ....
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Submarine attack near Rangoon at 54,53
DD Uranami
DD Shirayuki
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 9, and is sunk – HMS Trusty came right into Rangoon harbour
SS Trusty is located by DD Uranami
Trusty bottoming out ....
DD Uranami attacking submerged sub ....
SS Trusty forced to surface!
DD Uranami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Shirayuki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isonami firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Hamamatsu at 110,63
SC CHa-9
SC CHa-7
SC CHa-8
SS Guardfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-9
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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84
E Aotaka
E Hatsutaka
TK Chiyoda Maru
E Wakataka
Allied Ships
SS Sawfish, hits 5
SS Sawfish is sighted by escort
E Wakataka attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 54,53
DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze
Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 8 – nearly joined her sister at the bottom of Rangoon harbour.
SS Truant launches 4 torpedoes at DD Nokaze
Truant bottoming out ....
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Namikaze is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Miyake-jima at 111,63
E Sado
SS Whale launches 2 torpedoes at E Sado
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ASW attack near Kirakira at 115,139
SS I-25, hits 2
Allied Ships
DD Nizam
DD Jupiter
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nizam
DD Jupiter attacking submerged sub ....
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
6 mines cleared – the RN T-boats must have dropped these mines.
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 35
Captain of SS Saury elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
12 mines cleared
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th Indian Division, at 59,39 (Silchar)
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 46
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 2
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 46
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 6
Hurricane IId Trop x 6
Beaufighter VIc: 3 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 40
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Japanese aircraft losses – ouch, this didn’t follow the script.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Beaufighter VIc: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 31
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 2
P-38G Lightning x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 2
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Tank Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Sub attack near Kirakira at 115,139
SS I-25
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
DD Jupiter attacking submerged sub ....
DD Jupiter is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Kirakira at 115,139
SS I-25
Allied Ships
DD Stuart
SS I-25 is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at Silchar (59,39)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 125516 troops, 1493 guns, 1154 vehicles, Assault Value = 4520
Defending force 21634 troops, 346 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 449
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 5457
Allied adjusted defense: 329
Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Silchar !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2935 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 279 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (2 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
20652 casualties reported
Squads: 939 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1689 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 188 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 277 (277 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 606 (606 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6
Assaulting units:
China Expeditionary Army ++++
Defending units:
I Australian Corps
6th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
2/13th Field Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 12, 43
E13A1 Jake from Yamato-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,127 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Guardfish at 110,63 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
2LT Miyamoto, G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
2LT Miyajima R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Miyajima R. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Taniguchi S. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Taniguchi S. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Kanamaru, T. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Miyajima C. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Miyajima R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Hyakutake A. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Ishizuka, T. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Ishizuka, T. of 59th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Hasegawa R. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Goto F. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Uchida S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
WO Kaoki S. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Uchida S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
WO Ishizuka, T. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 11th Sentai is missing, pilot reported killed
Damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick from 6th Sentai does not return
Damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar from 31st Sentai shot down on way home
Damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick from 6th Sentai shot down on way home
Damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 59th Sentai is missing, pilot reported killed
Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-44-IIc Tojo from 77th Sentai – I’m guessing that damaged planes crash more on landing… Seeing 11th and 77th Sentai in these messages means two very good pilots lost.
Japanese forces CAPTURE Silchar !!!
Kirin expands airfield to size 5
Merauke expands fortifications to size 2
Kotou expands fortifications to size 6 – stopped
Aircraft B6N2a Jill advances R&D – to 9/44 at +8/day
Ace pilot Nojima O. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to PO1
Ace pilot Ishizawa, K. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 2LT
Junyo-2 converting to D4Y1 Judy
SS Trusty is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Apr 12, 1943


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RE: 12 Apr 43 reports - 11/12/2020 2:07:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Remember with regards to the 12th and 15th IJA Divs:

1)They should be at a large base.

2)With lots of supply.

3)As far away from Allied forces as possible.

4)With as much support as you may get in their location.

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RE: 12 Apr 43 reports - 11/12/2020 2:47:20 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

Remember with regards to the 12th and 15th IJA Divs:

1)They should be at a large base.

2)With lots of supply.

3)As far away from Allied forces as possible.

4)With as much support as you may get in their location.


Let’s just say that their conditions for recuperation will be less than ideal!

1. Once Comilla is clear they will move to a base each on the Arakan Coast, to defend against allied landings while they recover.
That will allow the elite 5th Division to move forward and recombine.

2. This is the IJA so they will never have “lots” of supply!

3. They will be kept out of contested hexes until they recover.

4. No HQ units will stay with them as they are needed on the front line, but some base forces may help with their support squads.

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13 Apr 43 reports - 11/12/2020 7:20:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Comilla captured!
The railway from Chittagong to Ledo is secure.
25th Army with 2x Divs and 3x Tank Regts gets a 9:1 ratio against 18th Indian Div.
The 14th Tank Regt (light tanks) was smashed because I forgot to keep it out of the close combat.

On the Silchar-Tezpur road a US Cav Regt was destroyed and 9th Aus Div took heavy casualties but escaped by forces retreat.
The VP ratio is nearly 3.5:1 again, but that’s still about 9000 points away from auto victory.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 13, 43
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
19 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Torres Islands at 115,147
SS I-180
Allied Ships
DD Hammann
AK Alchiba – one of these days the IJN subs might hit something big like this…
DD Stronghold
SS I-180 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hammann
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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63
DD Asashio
DD Asagumo
Allied Ships
SS Herring, hits 2
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at DD Asashio
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS I-25
Allied Ships
SC-705
SC-707
SC-706
SS I-25 is sighted by escort
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
5 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
E Otori
E Hiyodori
SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at E Otori
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Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 18th British Division, at 56,39 (Comilla)
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Australian Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 47
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 59,38 (near Silchar)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71296 troops, 859 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2944
Defending force 15154 troops, 254 guns, 357 vehicles, Assault Value = 512
Japanese adjusted assault: 599
Allied adjusted defense: 71
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2412 casualties reported – 9th Aus Div did sure caused damage before it was pushed backwards.
Squads: 7 destroyed, 182 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
5098 casualties reported
Squads: 221 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 191 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 76 (37 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 116 (68 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
2nd Army ++
Defending units:
112th Cavalry Regiment – destroyed
9th Australian Division
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Ground combat at Comilla (56,39)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35046 troops, 503 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219
Defending force 14375 troops, 334 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 454
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 1859
Allied adjusted defense: 188
Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Comilla !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 55 (12 destroyed, 43 disabled) – mostly 14th Tank Regt
Allied ground losses:
4342 casualties reported
Squads: 97 destroyed, 177 disabled
Non Combat: 357 destroyed, 76 disabled
Engineers: 63 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 226 (167 destroyed, 59 disabled)
Vehicles lost 198 (169 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
25th Army +++
Defending units:
18th British Division
6th Medium Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 13, 43
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Haddo at 100,60 SS Haddo is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 14th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 74,114 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a Triton class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking a Barracuda class SS at 106,127 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,127 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Guardfish at 110,63 SS Guardfish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking SS Whale at 111,63 SS Whale is reported HIT
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 29th JAAF AF Coy to Silchar – need to get some aviation mechanics forward quickly.
Japanese forces CAPTURE Comilla !!!
Tavoy expands fortifications to size 3
Nauru Island expands fortifications to size 3
Cochin expands port to size 6
Launceston expands airfield to size 4
Wenchow expands airfield to size 5
Manado expands airfield to size 4
Buitenzorg expands fortifications to size 2
Ace pilot Sakai C. of Shokaku-1 is promoted to PO1
Ace pilot Hashiguchi F. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
DD Hatakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Hayate beginning refit while under repair in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka – heavily damaged by collision a few weeks back, finally makes it to safety.
3rd RGC Capital Division arrives at Nanking – will move to garrison Soochow, allowing 2nd RGC/C Div to return to Nanking and the Shanghai SNLF to move back to Shanghai. That’s not quite enough AV to allow the 2nd Indpt Mixed Regt (44th IMB) to move out yet, but it is 100% prepared for Naha, Okinawa.
9th Mongol Cavalry Division arrives at Kalgan – will move to Tangshan to free up the 5th Mongol Cav Div to move to Sining in the central mountains. That will free up the IJA regular 3rd Cav Bde to move to NW Manchukuo. The IJA Cav Group will all move to that part of the map to add about 120 AV between them to the Manchukuo garrison.
60th Field AA Battalion arrives at Hamamatsu – these 3x AA Bns will move to PNG as part of 8th Area Army.
61st Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
63rd Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo


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RE: 13 Apr 43 reports - 11/13/2020 3:44:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Looks to me like you're poised to effect a breakthrough in India. There're are quite a few VP to flip between Dacca and Calcutta and environs. Get those Arm units to hold open the gaps for the ID's, and go to town.

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RE: 13 Apr 43 reports - 11/13/2020 6:12:41 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

Looks to me like you're poised to effect a breakthrough in India. There're are quite a few VP to flip between Dacca and Calcutta and environs. Get those Arm units to hold open the gaps for the ID's, and go to town.


There are some big allied stacks on this image so I’m not confident of a breakthrough.
Hopefully the staff get some time to prepare an enemy situation summary this weekend so I can guide them to develop an attack plan...

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14 Apr 43 reports - 11/13/2020 7:36:51 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Cactus Air Force strikes back, Corsair sweeps score big against A6M5 CAP.
Total pilot losses were 14x KIA and 14x WIA, mostly these would be IJN land based fighter pilots with 70s experience... not good for morale!
Then Dauntless and Avenger escorted by Wildcats heavily damage Munda airfield.
We will see how George and Friends (lots of A6M5c) go on LRCAP tomorrow.

In better news, IJAAF bombers hit targets in the open in Bengal with mostly no flak and no air defenders.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 14, 43
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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
E Ishizaki
SS Harder is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS I-25
Allied Ships
SC-704
SC-705
SC-707
SC-706
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at SC-704
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Sub attack near Hamamatsu at 110,63
SC CHa-8
SC CHa-7
Captain of SS Guardfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Manus at 102,119
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
E Ishizaki
SS Harder is located by E Hirashima
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Sub attack near Makassar at 65,107
xAK Kosei Maru
xAK Zuiko Maru
xAK Amagi Maru
PB Aso Maru #7
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kosei Maru
PB Aso Maru #7 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Weather in hex: Light rain
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 34
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses: Some good intel coming back from the bomb cameras to help put some details to the enemy situation picture. IGHQ is thinking an assault river crossing into this clear hex with 3-4x Infantry Divisions and 4-5x Tank Regts to form an improvised Tank Div.
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking III Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 14
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 84th Indian Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6/9th Jat Battalion, at 61,36 , near Tezpur – this Bn is “guarding” the road one east of Tezpur.
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 27th Infantry Division, at 56,38 (Dacca) – US Army Div spotted at Dacca.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Also attacking 1st Indian Light AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 59,38 , near Silchar – this IJA stack will mostly move NE along the road to Tezpur with a few units to move NW into the rough hex to threaten the flank/rear of Tezpur.
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 2
B-24D1 Liberator x 36
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134 – then the alarm sounded in SEAF with multiple allied raids.
Weather in hex: Clear sky
A6M5 Zero x 49
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6th Ku S-1/A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 14 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 39
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 18 – this number quickly reducing as each raid came.
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 17
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 28
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless x 36
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
Port hits 3
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Ground combat at 60,37 (near Tezpur) – this is a clear hex just SE of Tezpur.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13468 troops, 128 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 457
Defending force 861 troops, 12 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Japanese adjusted assault: 232
Allied adjusted defense: 14
Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (7 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
19th Division
15th Army
Defending units:
45th Recce Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 14, 43
Repairs completed on TK Hoshin Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-162 at Truk, ship returned to service
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Haddo at 100,60 SS Haddo is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
WO Inokuchi P. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
1LT Inuzuka O. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS at 54,55 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
PO2 Masuyama A. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Kasai H. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Oyama R. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Fujimatsu E. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
23 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 84th JAAF AF Bn to Silchar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 29th JAAF AF Coy to Silchar
Wendover Field expands airfield to size 7
Port Blair expands fortifications to size 5
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D – to 7/44. There are 3x30 factories on this engine so it is researching at about 90%/month. It should start production in about 6 months, so roughly Oct 43.
Ace pilot Miyazaki D. of 1st Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Group 'Nisshin-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-6'
Group 'Nisshin-2 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-7'
Group 'Mizuho-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-4'
Group 'Mizuho-2 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-5'
Group 'Kamikawa Maru-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-1'
Group 'Kamikawa Maru-2 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-2'
Group 'Kunikawa Maru-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-3'
Group 'Kimikawa Maru-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-7' – two units called the same thing
Group 'Kiyokawa Maru-1 ' changes name to '958 Ku T-8'
Group 'Kiyokawa Maru-2' changes name to '958 Ku T-9'
6th Ku S-1/A at Munda takes A6M5 Zero replacements – this was a mistake with the airfield trashed, not a good place to try and repair aircraft. They could be destroyed on the ground tomorrow if the big CAP/LRCAP doesn’t protect them.
3rd RGC Capital Division - some devices have been upgraded at Nanking – armoured cars upgraded to tanks.
144th Infantry Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Dimapur
Previous report of sinking of SS Tuna incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
AM Wa 103 arrives at Tokyo – to Marianas
TK Seishin Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
SS Porpoise is reported to have been sunk near Truk on Dec 15, 1942
SC CHa-56 arrives at Kumamoto – to the Ominato Guard District, aka 5th Naval District.
151 Ku T-1 arrives at Rabaul – IJN recon unit. Plenty of Judy-C recon but no trained IJN recon pilots in the pool. They will have to wait until 1 May for a reshuffle of IJN recon pilots to fill this unit.


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15 Apr 43 reports - 11/14/2020 3:01:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		George gets into action, not doing amazingly but it held up better than the A6M5.
The B17E was shot down by a George.
I think the Corsair sweeps came in at 25k’ so I might push the George up to meet them and have the A6M5/5c layered just below them.
The Wildcats didn’t do well, but the Corsairs are a tough opponent.
A few more Zero units are moved forward from Rabaul. Morale in the 6th Kukotai is trashed so they will rotate back to Rabaul to recover.

LRCAP is flying from Shortlands and Torokina, with CAP range 1 flying from Vella Lavella.

Total pilot casualties today were 14x KIA, 6x WIA.
We will keep up this battle of attrition for another few days and see whether the allies stick it out too.




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RE: 14 Apr 43 reports - 11/14/2020 3:21:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ouch,those experinced IJN pilot losses can hurt. What altitude did the corsairs sweep at? If they were flying at high altitude, you might wanna consider setting ur CAP low like 3-5k and forcing his sweeps to fight you where you have a maneuver advantage.

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RE: 14 Apr 43 reports - 11/14/2020 6:31:55 AM   
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Ouch,those experinced IJN pilot losses can hurt. What altitude did the corsairs sweep at? If they were flying at high altitude, you might wanna consider setting ur CAP low like 3-5k and forcing his sweeps to fight you where you have a maneuver advantage.


I’ll have to check but I think the Corsairs came in at 25k.
I might give the low layered CAP thing a try to mix things up.

It’s mostly 60s and 70s exp pilots getting shot down.
Only the CV fighter units have 81+ experience pilots. They’ve been topped up to 133% roster with 70s exp pilots while they are ashore.
The land based units are mostly 70s exp but reinforcement pilots are in their 60s.
When pilots get to 81 exp I transfer them to CV units. 4 qualified yesterday and I expect a few more today.
I’ve got a few hundred 60s exp fighter pilots in Japan based units that will replace these losses.

I could see that the Wildcats are now outclassed, so fingers crossed the Corsairs start to need some maintenance.

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15 Apr 43 reports - 11/14/2020 8:03:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Some details on the Munda air battle provided here, including the various altitude settings.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43
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ASW attack near Manus at 102,119
E Ishizaki
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 4
SS Tinosa is located by E Ishizaki
E Nuwashima attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 15
SS S-32 is located by SC Ch 14
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Submarine attack near Darwin at 76,124
SS I-171
Allied Ships
xAK Beltana, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-171 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Beltana
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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS I-25, hits 2
Allied Ships
SC-706
SC-705
SC-707
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at SC-706
SC-706 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-706 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Manus at 102,119
E Hoko
E Hirashima
E Nuwashima
E Ishizaki
Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 1
SS Harder is located by E Hoko
E Nuwashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Nuwashima is out of ASW ammo
E Ishizaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishizaki is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 35
SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 33
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Sub attack near Tandjoengselor at 70,94
SC Ch 40
Captain of SS Shad elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 35
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 34
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. I just noticed that the 18th JNAFU at Munda is missing its radar. It is back at Shortlands with 2x searchlights and 29x support squads. Munda has a level 2 port now so I will try and fast transport them forward to help with raid detection, but that will take about a week to do.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
A6M5 Zero x 63
A6M5c Zero x 8
N1K1-J George x 12
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. These altitude settings are giving the Corsair the dive. I checked manoeuvre bands and all of these aircraft seem to have the same manoeuvre rating from 0 to 20, so layered CAP <10 probably won’t be much different to layered CAP <20. Just to try something different I have ordered the layers to 5, 7 and 9k tomorrow.
6th Ku S-1/A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 21000. I set the George to 21k on the failed assumption that the allies would come in at 20k.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) – this might make the allies think that IJN CVs are nearby, or they may already know from SigInt that the CVs are back in Japan.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000.
Shokaku-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca – this is a clear hex one NE of Comilla. It would require an assault river crossing to enter except from the NE.
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Also attacking 84th Indian Brigade ... more enemy units identified via bomb camera.
Also attacking III Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 13
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 26
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Also attacking 503rd Parachute Regiment ... another unit spotted. Usually paras don’t stand up well to tanks, so it would be good to get rid of this unit so it doesn’t try any long range airborne shenanigans into Burma.
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Morning Air attack on 84th Indian Brigade, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6/9th Jat Battalion, at 61,36 , near Tezpur – IJA 19th Div and 21st Ind Mixed Bde are moving into this hex across the river. No sign of the allies moving to reinforce this unit from Tezpur, or withdrawing from the Jungle Rough hex on the Tezpur-Ledo road.
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
A6M5 Zero x 51
A6M5c Zero x 6
N1K1-J George x 11
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 72
F4U-1 Corsair x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
1 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000.
6th Ku S-1/A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Shokaku-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
A6M5 Zero x 37
A6M5c Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 11
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
No Allied losses
CAP engaged: The local air commander adjusts to a layered CAP with the scrambling fighters
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 24000.
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000.
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Shokaku-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
A6M5 Zero x 32
A6M5c Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 11
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21190.
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000.
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Shokaku-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
A6M5 Zero x 23
A6M5c Zero x 1
N1K1-J George x 11
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24190.
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Shokaku-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
A6M5 Zero x 5
N1K1-J George x 3
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
11 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet – this suggests that the raid was actually at 20k’, while the estimate (without radar) of 26k’ was wrong.
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
251 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
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Afternoon Air attack on 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment, at 57,38 , near Dacca
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56
E Hiyodori
SS O21 is located by E Hiyodori
E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub ....
E Hiyodori is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at 62,36 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 30481 troops, 333 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 1183
Defending force 17863 troops, 216 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 696
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
23rd Army +++
Defending units: Effectively 2x Divs and a “Corps” HQ. A previous deliberate attack here in Jungle Rough terrain was a failure. The plan here is to cut the road to Tezpur behind this position and force this allied stack to withdraw into the jungle to the NW so 23rd Army can occupy this hex without having to attack again.
3rd (Special Force) Division
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 15, 43
Previous report of sinking of SS S-32 incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 106, 127
Repairs completed on SS I-170 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
SS I-173 terminates patrol and enters Victoria Point for repairs
E13A1 Jake from Mikuma-2 attacking a Salmon class SS at 66,97 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
PO1 Araki J. of 201 Ku S-1 Det is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Ibusuki D. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 4
PO2 Kuramoto, J. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Ibusuki D. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 5
PO1 Ibusuki D. of 201 Ku S-1 attains ace status!!
WO Mori, M. of 201 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Katsuma M. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Tokuda L. of Kaga-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Murakami C. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Bando U. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
Damaged A6M5 Zero from 251 Ku S-1 is missing, pilot reported killed
Damaged A6M5 Zero from Kaga-1 shot down on way home, pilot reported killed
Damaged A6M5 Zero from 251 Ku S-1 crashes, pilot reported killed
Damaged N1K1-J George from 201 Ku S-1 is missing, pilot reported killed
D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking SS S-32 at 106,127 SS S-32 is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Haddo at 100,60 SS Haddo is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 69,96 a Sargo class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Saury at 66,97 SS Saury is reported HIT
Pilot killed in landing accident of A6M5 Zero from Ryujo-1 – at Buna, so no enemy presence around here recently.
17 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 84th JAAF AF Bn to Silchar
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 29th JAAF AF Coy to Silchar
Repairs completed on SS I-18 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-17 at Truk, ship returned to service
Uttaradit expands fortifications to size 3
Wenchow expands fortifications to size 1
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D - to 10/44 +12/day.
Loss of xAK Siraha Maru on Feb 21, 1943 is admitted
SS Growler is reported to have been sunk near Truk on Nov 21, 1942
xAK Beltana is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Apr 15, 1943 – a 5 point Pacific M Cargo. The allies are trying to send supply to Darwin again in single xAK. CL Div 4 (3x Nagara, 4x Mutsuki) is lurking at Merauke in case a larger resupply convoy tries to go via the Torres Strait. Unfortunately the CL Nagara class don’t have FP anymore.





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RE: 8 Apr 43 reports - 11/14/2020 10:21:03 PM   
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On the whole, I think you need to be happy at a nearly 1:1 trade against them.

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RE: 8 Apr 43 reports - 11/15/2020 1:53:03 AM   
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What was your CAP setup vs the Corsairs?

On the whole, I think you need to be happy at a nearly 1:1 trade against them.


In summary, George at 21k', A6M5/5c at 20k'. Mix or LRCAP range 0 and CAP with range set to 1,2 or 3.
Changed that for the next day to George at 9k', A6M5c at 7k', A6M5 at 5k' for no noticeable difference.

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