17 October 1942
An unfavorable situation in Burma
Burma
Rangoon got shelled again overnight. That's really bad news; I appears he can just keep doing this and stop me from ever repairing my airbase, and sucking my supply in the process.
It's Port Blair that's giving him the sea control to do this, so to change the status quo I'm going to have to do something about Port Blair. My best option for now is probably to build up Raheng. It's inland so it can't get shelled and it's already at a size 4; size 5 should be enough for the B-24s.
I also managed to sneak an AKL from Calcutta to Rangoon, so he may not be searching the seas all that robustly. I'm going to try to get more engineers in by sea and then start sending small supply runs.
Sumatra
The O19--a minelaying specialist sub--set up a minefield just outside Palembang in the narrow channels that connect the harbor to the Java sea. I don't report here every time a sub drops some mines, but this is a big one. And also... spoilers...I already watched the turn after this.
Reinforcements
SS Sawfish arrives at Balboa
SS Tunny arrives at Mare Island
7th BG/492nd BS arrives at Calcutta (2/12 B-24)
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Port Hueneme (unrestricted)
48th Light AA Regiment arrives at Aden (empty command, will take time to equip)
6th Armoured Division arrives at San Luis Obispo (restricted)
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