(revised) Plan of the navy:
Adm. Yamamoto: pending approval
Adm. Baltasar: approved
Pacific:
Operation Yalu River - The conquest of the Aleutians. The forces currently present around Paramushiro will embark and take every port the US posess in the Aleutian chain. Once this is achieved, all involved forces will return to Hawaii and commence reorganisation. The ports will not be secured by Garrison forces since we assume our fleets will be too far away to intervene if the US should strike this far north.
Operation Yellow Sea - The reforming of our forces around Hawaii. While Yalu River is underway, two of the SNLF divisions on Taiwan will be transferred to Hawaii and strengthen our forces there. Once the forces involved in Yalu river arrive at Hawaii, the following fleets are to be formed and assembled at Hawaii. This does include 4th fleet which is currently supporting the army in China.
1st Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
2nd Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
3rd Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
4th Fleet: 1x CV, 2x CVL, 2x CA, 2x CL, 3x DD (currently supporting the army in China)
5th Fleet: 1x CV, 1x CVL, 3x CL, 2x DD
6th Fleet: 1x CV, 1x CVL, 3x CL, 2x DD
Ships in reserve do number 3x CA, 3x CL and 13x DD. This should be sufficient as a pool for a number of ASW groups as well as troops escorts. Submarines will act as eyes and ears for the fleets instead of wasting their time by trying to hunt down merchant vessels. The battlecruisers will be spread among the battleships instead of forming a division of their own, because we have seen that such a squadron can easily be defeated by the USN, as we have seen early in the war. The carrier divisions recieve light cruisers and destroyers as escorts instead of heavy cruisers, as the latter would only slow them down and their bigger calibres wouldn't meet enemies anyway. The CAGs on the carriers should be in top shape and the administration should exchange damaged units for fresh ones before - Mukden - commences.
Operation Mukden - Finding the enemy. Others may call it "looking for trouble". We'll use our fleets and aggressively sail up and down within sight of the US west coast. Our fleets will attack each and every ship flying a US flag. The fleets are to stick near each other so they can lend mutual support. If no enemy shows itself, the carriers may launch port strikes and see if they can lure the enemy out.
In case our fleets should meet superior forces or be engaged by land based air forces in great force, the fleets will abort their mission and return to Hawaii.
The goal of this operation is obvious; to destroy US vessels and as many of them as we can. The reason is that we can not just sit down and wait for the enemy to roll over us like a tidal wave, we need to take the fight to them as much as we can. We enjoy a temporary superiority in the Pacific, thanks to our successes particularily at Saipan. However, we need to capitalize on this.
Clause to change plans: Should the US attempt further landings at any stage, the fleets are to converge on their positions. If the admirals in charge think that they'll be too late to intervene in the landings, they are to sail to intercept positions and attack the US fleet on it's way home.
China:
Army should persue offensives where feasible and retain a defensive stance where supply is insufficient. Infrastructure needs to be expanded accordingly. Airfields should be created near the front lines so the heavy fighters can lend their weight to the battle more often. Techs handling supplies need to be prioritized as well as doctrines reducing supply consumption. We'll need to withdraw 4th fleet support soon, though, since we need to take the fight to the enemy.
Research:
Research priorities according to Adm Yamamaotos addendum.
Production:
The navy requests that at least one, preferably two, new battleships will be layed down. Since the army has been asked repeatedly whether they wished to use the resources earmarked for the battleships and didn't come back with any answer, we assume that the current resources are sufficient for their needs.
Other than that, we do not request changes. Just a reminder for the administration to order more light cruisers once the current builds are finished.
@Administration:
How are upgrades on Hawaii progressing?
Adm. Yamamoto: pending approval
Adm. Baltasar: approved
Pacific:
Operation Yalu River - The conquest of the Aleutians. The forces currently present around Paramushiro will embark and take every port the US posess in the Aleutian chain. Once this is achieved, all involved forces will return to Hawaii and commence reorganisation. The ports will not be secured by Garrison forces since we assume our fleets will be too far away to intervene if the US should strike this far north.
Operation Yellow Sea - The reforming of our forces around Hawaii. While Yalu River is underway, two of the SNLF divisions on Taiwan will be transferred to Hawaii and strengthen our forces there. Once the forces involved in Yalu river arrive at Hawaii, the following fleets are to be formed and assembled at Hawaii. This does include 4th fleet which is currently supporting the army in China.
1st Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
- IJN Fuso (flagship)
- IJN Hyuga
- IJN Haruna
- IJN Mogami
- IJN Suzuya
- IJN Kiso
- IJN Kitikama
- 26. Kuchikusentai
- 27. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Hyuga
- IJN Haruna
- IJN Mogami
- IJN Suzuya
- IJN Kiso
- IJN Kitikama
- 26. Kuchikusentai
- 27. Kuchikusentai
2nd Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
- IJN Ise (flagship)
- IJN Yamashiro
- IJN Ibuki
- IJN Maya
- IJN Takao
- IJN Tatsuta
- IJN Tenryu
- 24. Kuchikusentai
- 25. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Yamashiro
- IJN Ibuki
- IJN Maya
- IJN Takao
- IJN Tatsuta
- IJN Tenryu
- 24. Kuchikusentai
- 25. Kuchikusentai
3rd Fleet: 2x BB, 1x BC, 2x CA, 2x CL, 2x DD
- IJN Mutsu (flagship)
- IJN Nagato
- IJN Kurama
- IJN Asama
- IJN Ashigara
- IJN Kashii
- IJN Kashiwara
- 22. Kuchikusentai
- 23. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Nagato
- IJN Kurama
- IJN Asama
- IJN Ashigara
- IJN Kashii
- IJN Kashiwara
- 22. Kuchikusentai
- 23. Kuchikusentai
4th Fleet: 1x CV, 2x CVL, 2x CA, 2x CL, 3x DD (currently supporting the army in China)
- IJN Soryu (flagship)
- IJN Hosho
- IJN Ryujo
- IJN Aoba
- IJN Mikuma
- IJN Abukuma
- IJN Isuzu
- 16. Kuchikusentai
- 18. Kuchikusentai
- 19. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Hosho
- IJN Ryujo
- IJN Aoba
- IJN Mikuma
- IJN Abukuma
- IJN Isuzu
- 16. Kuchikusentai
- 18. Kuchikusentai
- 19. Kuchikusentai
5th Fleet: 1x CV, 1x CVL, 3x CL, 2x DD
- IJN Akagi (flagship)
- IJN Shoho
- IJN Katori
- IJN Kuma
- IJN Kumano
- 20. Kuchikusentai
- 21. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Shoho
- IJN Katori
- IJN Kuma
- IJN Kumano
- 20. Kuchikusentai
- 21. Kuchikusentai
6th Fleet: 1x CV, 1x CVL, 3x CL, 2x DD
- IJN Kaga (flagship)
- IJN Zuiho
- IJN Yahagi
- IJN Yubari
- IJN Yura
- 15. Kuchikusentai
- 17. Kuchikusentai
- IJN Zuiho
- IJN Yahagi
- IJN Yubari
- IJN Yura
- 15. Kuchikusentai
- 17. Kuchikusentai
Ships in reserve do number 3x CA, 3x CL and 13x DD. This should be sufficient as a pool for a number of ASW groups as well as troops escorts. Submarines will act as eyes and ears for the fleets instead of wasting their time by trying to hunt down merchant vessels. The battlecruisers will be spread among the battleships instead of forming a division of their own, because we have seen that such a squadron can easily be defeated by the USN, as we have seen early in the war. The carrier divisions recieve light cruisers and destroyers as escorts instead of heavy cruisers, as the latter would only slow them down and their bigger calibres wouldn't meet enemies anyway. The CAGs on the carriers should be in top shape and the administration should exchange damaged units for fresh ones before - Mukden - commences.
Operation Mukden - Finding the enemy. Others may call it "looking for trouble". We'll use our fleets and aggressively sail up and down within sight of the US west coast. Our fleets will attack each and every ship flying a US flag. The fleets are to stick near each other so they can lend mutual support. If no enemy shows itself, the carriers may launch port strikes and see if they can lure the enemy out.
In case our fleets should meet superior forces or be engaged by land based air forces in great force, the fleets will abort their mission and return to Hawaii.
The goal of this operation is obvious; to destroy US vessels and as many of them as we can. The reason is that we can not just sit down and wait for the enemy to roll over us like a tidal wave, we need to take the fight to them as much as we can. We enjoy a temporary superiority in the Pacific, thanks to our successes particularily at Saipan. However, we need to capitalize on this.
Clause to change plans: Should the US attempt further landings at any stage, the fleets are to converge on their positions. If the admirals in charge think that they'll be too late to intervene in the landings, they are to sail to intercept positions and attack the US fleet on it's way home.
China:
Army should persue offensives where feasible and retain a defensive stance where supply is insufficient. Infrastructure needs to be expanded accordingly. Airfields should be created near the front lines so the heavy fighters can lend their weight to the battle more often. Techs handling supplies need to be prioritized as well as doctrines reducing supply consumption. We'll need to withdraw 4th fleet support soon, though, since we need to take the fight to the enemy.
Research:
Research priorities according to Adm Yamamaotos addendum.
Admiral Yamamoto said:I am going to suggest that in the general stream of research, after supplies production we invest in 'Base Operations' research, as we haven't looked into improving our supply throughput via the ports in a while, and if we can push more supplies via our ports, then more is available to spread across the entire supply grid.
Air Research:
-Top Priority CAG Ground Attack Roll <--This is top priority and this training should have been done ages ago!
-Central Air Command Structure '38
-Small Air Search Radar '40
- In research Naval Air Control Doctrine '38--->modern
- In research Naval Air Command Structure '38--->modern
- In research Cruiser AA Armament '42
- In research Small Warship Radar '42
- In research Carrier Taskforce Doctrine '41
- In research Fire Control System Training '41
- In research Radar Training '41
- Night Fighting Training '42 (Navy ships)
- ASW Tactics 39'
- Base Operations 39'
- Commander Decision Making '41
Production:
The navy requests that at least one, preferably two, new battleships will be layed down. Since the army has been asked repeatedly whether they wished to use the resources earmarked for the battleships and didn't come back with any answer, we assume that the current resources are sufficient for their needs.
Other than that, we do not request changes. Just a reminder for the administration to order more light cruisers once the current builds are finished.
@Administration:
How are upgrades on Hawaii progressing?
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