7 September 1942
No, not Wuchang either...
Burma
The enemy attempted night bombing raids on Pegu--one of the few places I have night fighters stationed. We shot down 2, no damage on the ground.
There were 11 fighters on CAP opposing bombing raids of Rangoon--sadly, enough to do real damage. 4 B-24s were shot down, they lost 1 Tony.
Japan
USS Trout scored single hit on a Type 1 TL tanker (9975 tons) east of Okinawa. Not enough damage on a ship this size to bring it down. No fires, so probably outbound and empty. Trout received some depth charge damage from its escorts.
South China Sea
USS Sargo sank a PB escorting a tanker convoy along the northern coast of Borneo. Really wish these guys would shoot the tankers instead!
DEI
P-38 sweeps of Kendari broke about even--3 P-38s down but we got 3 Zeroes and 1 Tony.
China
P-40 sweeps shot down 5 of the 7 Tonies on CAP over Wuchang.
Japanese forces attacked Kiukiang over-river, causing an automatic shock attack and heavy losses - 2194(J) to 37(A).
I made my shock attack on Wuchang. Forts were level 4 and we did NOT reduce them, despite combat engineer embedded in most of the main infantry corps. Casualties 354(J) to 2403(A). So I'm not going to get this either. I'm just going to focus on eliminating any enemy troops being used offensively for now. Hopefully I'll be able to muster a proper concentrated counterattack after that.
Marshalls
Our destroyers never found that 3-ship task force reported at Roi-Namur, which was probably a good thing. Catalinas spotted and attacked them at Eniwetok (not far east from the recent hotspot of Ponape)--they're led by a light cruiser.
Celebes Sea
S-27 succumbed to the damage it took yesterday.
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