7 February 1942
Dutch East Indies
I have a pair of DMSs working on the minefield at Tarakan. Will still need to find some base engineers to get this one online though. And supply to repair the damaged oil facilities.
5 Hudson bombers attacked Babar's port, evading 3 Oscars on patrol but scoring no hits.
SouthPAC
The O24 torpedoed and sank a pair of AKs bringing a relief garrison to Port Moresby. Fortunately, it was one ship from each of two units, so we didn't have a unit wiped out.
Zeroes swept Noumea from Luganville, shooting down 9 P-40s with no losses. This was an 8 on 12 engagement in his favor, so this outcome is quite shocking. The Zero is only slightly superior to the P-40. We may have another pilot training problem like we did in my first campaign.
B-17s attacked a cargo ship offloading supply/support at Luganville; they scored no hits and one was shot down by Zeroes.
China
The Sian-Nanyang meat grinder continues; a deliberate attack outside Sian caused 142 destroyed devices for the enemy but just 1 for me. Outside Nanyang the result was 219 destroyed for him and 27 for me. I've got a small force advancing towards the "twin cities" of Loyang and Chenchow as well.
On the coast, I did a probing bombardment attack on Wenchow, which shows I have a little less than twice his strength there. Probably not enough since he'll get a defensive bonus. I have another regiment on the way so I can wait.
Philippines
Deliberate attack on the last US bastion on Luzon. Enemy forts reportedly "reduced" to 3, so he actually had Level 4? That's impressive. But kind of wasted by holding onto Clark for so long. Anyway, we took the worst of this one with 439 devices destroyed/disabled and just 285 for him. But fret not, for his supplies will dwindle and he will not be able to reactivate disabled units, while I am swimming in captured supply from Manila, and these results will skew towards me the more the engineers bring down the forts.
Sumatra
We've captured Tandjoengbalai with an amphibious assault, and paratroopers dropped behind Palembang have marched to and taken Benkoelen. Oosthaven is really the only thing left in the south; I expect nothing more than token resistance in the north. This invasion was over before it started.
Burma
I have about a division's worth of troops staging outside Moulmein. I have no intention of making a move on Rangoon yet, but Moulmein I'd like to take just so the enemy has to make a river crossing if he decides to try to invade Thailand. The enemy showed his displeasure at my advance by sending 10 Blenheim bombers escorted with Buffalos and Hurricanes. 4 Oscars intercepted; 2 Buffalos didn't make it back and the bombing was ineffective.
Reinforcements
40th Ku T-2 arrives at Chiba (6 Kates, should be able to resize for training)
58th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai - perfect, even more troops for Wenchow if I need them.
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