28 May 1942
West Australia
The I-172 torpedoed and likely sank a cargo ship off Albany, and ended up sustaining substantial depth charge damage for its trouble. But we have found the new shipping lanes being used to avoid Perth.
Reinforcements
I-31 (a floatplane carrier) joined the fleet; I ordered it to the Marshalls.
29 May 1942
Bay of Bengal
The Hyuga and Ise approached Chitagong to bombard the airbase there; the destroyers spotted a sub--a Dutch sub, oddly enough for the Indian coast--and drove it off before it could take a shot at the battleships. The bombardment did moderate airbase damage with some casualties, but it appears few aircraft were actually there.
Coral Sea
The KIX scored a pair of torpedo hits on a cargo ship about to unload at Port Moresby--which somehow survived. There are enough subs causing enough of a problem for me that in addition to the floatplanes I've already moved here, I'm bringing in some Betties as well. This is going to be a problem if I can't run the occasional supply convoy into here.
Burma
A deliberate attack at Magwe failed to overrun the enemy, but caused significant enemy casualties. Soon.
__________________
|