War in the Pacific AAR Thread - ML vs JFranzen

[Molon Labe]

11 December 1943
Supply situation in China improving due to Rangoon reopening for shipments; US subs sink 4 ships in Japanese waters

Japan
Near Iwo Jima, USS Sand Lance attacked an enemy tanker (4670 tons) from the surface, hitting it with 4 torpedoes and gunfire, sending it straight to the bottom.

USS Sailfish torpedoed and sank an artillery-carrying light cargo ship (875 tons), also near Iwo Jima. Sailfish then surfaced to attack another cargo ship (2375 tons), sinking it with 2 torpedoes and gunfire.

A very large convoy (15 cargo ships, 5 escorts) was spotted by USS Crevalle. She scored a single hit one one 2900-ton cargo ship, which is believed to have been sunk.


Philippine Sea
USS Plunger tried to attack on an ASW group near Legaspi, but missed and ended up taking some depth charge damage.


DEI
Battleships New Mexico and Arizona, which had been busy as part of the amphibious task force landing at Ambon, are now back to making bombardment runs of Ambon. I don't expect the enemy to hold out much longer.

Air raids:
Surabaya(sweep): 21 P-38s: no joy
Surabaya (port attack): 30 B-24:
AV Nippo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Wakaba, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Sado Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Kurohime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
1 port hit
Ambon (airbase, ground forces): 2 hits, 0 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 9 hits
Makassa (ground forces): 0 hits

Land combat:
Ambon: Japanese bombardment attack - 6 japanese casualties from counter-battery


Truk
Trying to take advantage of the enemy seemingly running out of supplies--not even firing at our aircraft anymore--I sent an amphibious task force in to land a few support units but mostly to land supplies to keep our troops fighting. The enemy found some ammo for us:
CL Mobile, Shell hits 6
CL Trenton, Shell hits 4
CL Achilles, Shell hits 3
DD Radford, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD O'Brien, Shell hits 4, on fire

Air attack on port and ground forces: 9 hits, 16 casualties
Allied deliberate attack: fortifications reduced to 0, casualties 315(J) to 55(A).


China
Air raids:
Sinyang (ground forces): 14 casualties
Anking (ground forces): 10 casualties


I've noticed that the supplies in the central China area bases have been surging. It's taken awhile, but the recapture of Rangoon is leading to supplies flowing. (I've been sending convoys to Rangoon full of supplies ever since we took control). The situation still isn't great, bases along the front in the north and along the coast near Shanghai have severe shortages, so much that fighters have been grounded for months without being repaired. But maybe in a week or two these will start coming up too.



Burma
Air raids:
Near Rangoon (ground forces): 8 vehicles lost
Port Blair (port attack): Failed intercept attempt by 17 Zeroes, 13 Georges. Bombers scored no hits.
Raheng (sweep): 3 P-40Ks vs 6 Georges then 21 P-40Ks vs 5 Georges--4 Georges and 2 P-40s shot down
Uttaradit (ground forces): Failed intercept attempt by 4 Georges against 2 separate raids. 8 casualties

7 B-25Gs attacked the evacuation task force at Port Blair with 17 Zeroes and 12 Georges intercepting. They bounced the bombers but only just barely before the reached the ships; only 1 was shot down.
xAK Hokko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
155 troop casualties reported


Papua New Guinnea
Deliberate attack at Hollandia: forts reduced to level 1, casualties 81(J) to 14(A)


Reinforcements
CV Intrepid arrives at Balboa
DD Knapp arrives at Balboa
DD Picking arrives at Balboa
LSI(L) Brisbane Star arrives at Aden
PF Ogden arrives at Mare Island
494th BG/864th BS arrives at Wendover Field

[Molon Labe]

12 December 1943
Port Blair convoy gets away


Truk
Enemy artillery continues to ravage the ships dropping off supplies:
xAK Goulburn, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage (sunk)
AKA Arcturus, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Koomilya, Shell hits 3, on fire
--xAK Koomilya, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
APA American Legion, Shell hits 3
APA Fuller, Shell hits 9, on fire

USS Argonaut, our only submarine-transport, hit a mine trying to drop off supplies. The damage is significant but survivable.

Bombing ground forces and port: 22 casualties, 9 port hits


DEI
Air raids:
Ambon (airbase and ground forces): 5 hits
Makassar (ground forces): 0 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 17 hits
Surabaya (sweep): 21 P-38s vs 14 Georges and 13 Tonies--3 P-38s shot down, enemy losses 4 Tonies and 5 Georges.
Surabaya (port attack): 9 Corsairs escorting 28 B-24s vs 3 Georges and 4 Tonies. 1 Tony and 1 George shot down, 1 Corsair shot down.
AV Nippo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Murasame, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Hinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Wa 101, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
2 port hits

Surabaya port attack 2nd wave: 8 B-24s vs 2 Georges and 1 Tony. 1 B-24 was shot down.
AG Hinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 port hit
And Wave 3: 6 B-24s vs 2 Georges. No losses.
ACM Seki Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
2 port hits
Wave 4: 4 B-24s vs 2 Georges; no losses, 4 port hits

Land combat:
Ambon: deliberate attack - forts reduced to Level 1, casualties 300(J) to 57(A). Next attack might do it.


China
Air raids:
Sinyang (ground forces): 19 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 40 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Raheng (ground forces): 0 casualties
Uttaradit (ground forces): 0 casualties
Port Blair (port attack): 1 hit (no ships hit--none present?)
--sweep: 17 P-38s, no joy

Looks like the convoy is gone, just in time to avoid the CVBG. Not worth chasing them south. I know Port Blair doesn't have Betties, but Sumatra might.


Papua New Guinea
We've finally taken Hollandia. Casualties 364(J) to 4(A), enemy units running off into the jungle.


Reinforcements
BB Queen Elizabeth arrives at Aden
DE Bangust arrives at Los Angeles
VMF(N)-531 Det 2 arrives at Eastern USA
417th BG/674th BS arrives at Eastern USA
25th Marine Regiment arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

13 December 1943
Truk captured


Philippine Sea and Philippines
USS Scorpion torpedoed and likely sank a troop-carrying Toho-class cargo ship (3525 tons) west of the Mariannas.

4 B-25s raided the seas outside Iloilo inside the Philippines, targeting a replenishment group. 3 Nicks attempted to defend them but no aircraft were lost. We got no bomb hits and lightly strafed 2 oilers.

6 more B-25s hit Leyte Gulf, finding an ASW group there:
PB Hirota Maru, Bomb hits 1
SC CHa-41
SC CHa-60, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
That's easily the largest ship disabled by strafing so far. Not that it's big, but so far it's only been landing craft, maybe a PT boat.


South China Sea
Just north of Palawan Island, USS Cisco torpedoed a troop-carrying Aden-class cargo ship (4875 tons). Intel thinks it survived.


DEI
Air raids:
Surabaya (port and airbase attack): 7 Corsairs escorting 23 B-24s vs 3 Tonies and 37 Georges. Several straggler B-24s arriving unescorted. We lost 2 Corsairs and 4 B-24s, shooting down 1 George. 27 airbase hits, 1 port hit. Not worth it! Especially not without getting a bunch of Georges on the ground as I'd hoped.
Makassar (ground forces) 27 casualties
Ambon (airbase and ground forces): 9 hits
Surabaya (sweep): 12 P-38s vs 5 Georges, 1 P-38 and 2 Georges shot down


Burma
Air Raids:
Rahaeng (ground forces): 0 casualties
near Rangoon (ground forces) 11 vehicles lost
Port Blair (airbase): 1 George destroyed on the ground, 50 airbase hits (by just 6 B-24s, super accurate!)

Land combat:
near Rangoon: allied shock attack, 32 vehicles lost (J), 6 casualties (A)


Truk
Air raid (ground forces): 29 casualties

Ground combat: Allied deliberate attack: BASE CAPTURED, 752(J) to 138(A) casualties. Enemy troops still present in space but no longer control the base.


China
Air raids:
Kiukiang (ground forces): 15 casualties


Reinforcements:
DD Lewis Hancock arrives at Balboa
DD Johnston arrives at Seattle
DD Stephen Potter arrives at San Francisco
DD Young arrives at Eastern USA
No.19 Sqn RNZAF arrives at Christchurch

[Molon Labe]

14 December 1943
Ambon captured


Philippine Sea
USS Archerfish attacked an escorted 6400-ton cargo ship twice near the Mariannas. The first--one hit--severely damaged it, allowing it to set up a second attack to get two more hits and send it to the bottom. An escorting destroyer caused some minor damage to the Archerfish after the 2nd attack.

East of Leyte, USS Barb put a torpedo into the light cruiser Katori. She'll survive this, yet again. This is now at least the third time the Katori has been damaged in battle, the second time seriously.


DEI
Arizona and New Mexico made another bombardment run at Ambon--108 casualties reported. What a difference bringing down the forts makes!

I meant to cancel my Surabaya bombing attacks, but left at least one squadron with attack orders...
Surabaya (port): 4 B-24s escorted by 3 Corsairs vs 27 Tonies and 15 Georges--2 Corsairs and 3 B-24s shot down for us, 1 Tony and 1 George shot down for them. No damage on the ground.
Ambon (airbase, ground forces): 3 hits
Surabaya (sweep): 13 P-38s vs 20 Tonies and 13 Georges - 1 Tony and 3 Georges down, no losses
Makassar (ground forces): 22 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 2 hits

Land combat:
Ambon (allied deliberate attack): casualties 758(J) to 68(A), BASE CAPTURED. Enemy units remain in hex but do not control the base.

Some fine revenge after these enemy troops were responsible for defeating about a division of Marines months ago. Upon reflection, Ambon was this war's Guadalcanal. Their efforts to hold on here were responsible for losses to the KB that degraded it's potential beneath that of the US carrier fleet and they ended up with thousands of irreplaceable soldiers trapped here.


Marshall Islands
Destroyers Mahan and Cushing found an AKL trying to make a supply run near Eniwetok and sank it with gunfire.


China
Air raids:
Sinyang (ground forces): 51 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 43 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Rahaeng (ground forces): 0 casualties
Uttaradit (ground forces): 7 casualties
near Bassein (retreating further from Rangoon - ground forces): 6 vehicles lost
Port Blair (airbase): 26 hits

I've begun drawing down transport flights from India to Burma/China, as the sea based deliveries are far more efficient and these flights were wearing down airframes. My next step will be to move aviation support into central Burma where the railroad from Rangoon ends and airlift supplies from there as deep into China as I can, as the roads from that point forward won't support all that much supply flow.


Truk
Allied deliberate attack: 858(J) to 139 (A) casualties


West Coast
Two minesweepers collided outside of Los Angeles, damaging one severely. Good thing LA has a shipyard.


Reinforcements
DD Colahan arrives at Balboa
VMF-112 arrives at San Diego
24th CMS arrives at Aden
1st Manchester Battalion arrives at Aden

[Molon Labe]

15 December 1943
Silent Service's reign of terror continues


Japan
USS Tuna torpedoed a Lima-class cargo ship (6475 tons) near Torishima, severely damaging it and likely sinking it. Tuna later re-engaged the same convoy, hitting another cargo ship (Aden class, 4875 tons) and causing serious damage while the first one was still burning.

Close by, USS Tambor hit an AG (957 tons) with two torpedoes and sent it straight to the bottom.


Burma
Air raids:
Rahaeng (ground forces): 8 casualties
Uttaradit (ground forces): 16 casualties
near Basein (ground forces): 7 vehicles lost
Port Blair (airbase): 1 George destroyed on the ground, 41 base hits


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 9 casualties
Sinyang (ground forces): 24 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 37 casualties


Truk
Bombing ground forces: 40 casualties
Land combat (allied deliberate attack): 889(J) to 17(A) casualties

With the conquest of Truk complete, I'm moving in base forces that have been standing by at Wake since forever, and the damaged carriers Yorktown and Princeton are headed to Pearl for long overdue repairs--along with a refit for Yorktown.


DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 17 casualties
Ambon (ground forces): 0 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 8 hits
Makassar (ground forces): 5 vehicles lost

I've begun loading 'phibs up for an attack on Mindanao.


Reinforcements
DD Quiberon arrives at Aden
232nd USN Base Force arrives at San Francisco
21st Marine Regiment arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

16 December 1943

China
Air raids:
Sinyang (ground forces): 15 casualties
Anking (ground forces): 26 casualties
Kuikiang (ground forces): 11 casualties


Burma
Air Raids:
Rahaeng (ground forces) 0 casualties
Uttaradit (ground forces): 0 casualties
Port Blair (airbase) 4 hits


DEI
Air Raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Makassar (ground forces) 23 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airfiield) 16 casualties, 21 airbase hits


Reinforcements
CL Biloxi arrives at Balboa
DD Mullany arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

17 December 1943

Truk
Busy day--two minesweepers cleared 135 enemy mines here at Truk.


Philippine Sea
USS Barb torpedoed a Yusen-N class cargo ship (6400 tons) well east of Legaspi, leaving it severely damaged and burning. The ship was carrying troops. Intel thinks the ship survived, and its big enough that it might have, but I think it's too far away from port to survive.


China
Air raids:
Sinyang (ground forces): 31 casualties
Anking (ground forces): 23 casualties
Kuikiang (ground forces): 6 casualties


Burma
Air Raids:
Uttaradit (ground forces): 0 casualties (near intercept by CAP of 41 George fighters)
Port Blair (airbase) 5 hits, 1 George destroyed on the ground


DEI
Air Raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 19 casualties
Makassar (ground forces) 13 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airfiield) 0 casualties, 3 airbase hits


Reinforcements
DE Brackett arrives at Seattle
SS Bluegill arrives at Balboa
SS Bang arrives at Eastern USA
353rd Construction Regiment arrives at San Francisco
162nd USA Base Force arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

18 December 1943

Truk
Despite the high number of mines swept yesterday, they're still going today.

Land combat: 1235 casualties (J) to 28 (A)

South China Sea
An enemy ammunition ship hit a mine at Jesselton, suffering severe damage.

DEI
New Mexico and Arizona shelled Koepang, causing 272 casualties

Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Makassar (ground forces): 93 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 5 hits

Land combat:
Ambon: 1647 casualties (J) to 7 (A)


Philippine Sea
KX torpedoed and sank a light cargo ship east of Leyte. The ship was carrying artillery.


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 93 casualties
Sinyang (ground forces): 5 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 0 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Port Blair (airbase): 23 hits


Reinforcements
CVE Kalinin Bay arrives at Portland
SS Golet arrives at Balboa
VMB-423 arrives at Eastern USA
No.549 Sqn RAF arrives at Brisbane
7th Marine Regiment arrives at San Francisco
IV Corps Engineer Battalion arrives at Madras

[Molon Labe]

19 December 1943

South China Sea
A Japanese minesweeper is hard at work clearing our sub-laid mine at Jesselton

DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Makassar (ground forces): 11 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 3 hits, 0 casualties

An enemy Betty raid (16) targeted supply ships at Salajar; we opposed it with 13 P-47s and 3 Corsairs. We shot down 6 of the Betties... on the way out. All 16 attacked a pair of cargo ships and a subchaser escort with bombs... no hits.


Burma
Air raids:
Port Blair (airbase): 31 hits
Rahaeng (ground forces): 0 casualties


Truk
We finally cleared out the enemy troops holding out.


Reinforcements
BB Valiant arrives at Aden
DD William Porter arrives at Eastern USA
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment arrives at Karachi

[Molon Labe]

20 December 1943

Sulu Sea
USS Silversides found an unescorted 6600-ton cargo ship off the Philippine coast and put 2 torpedoes into it, sending it to the bottom. The cargo ship was carrying troops.

USS Robalo found a light cargo ship nearby and attacked from the surface, striking with gunfire and one torpedo hit, sinking it. This ship was carrying artillery.


South China Sea
SS Hake hit a PB with a torpedo near Jesselton. The PB looks like it will survive.


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 16 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 31 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Port Blair (ground forces): 0 casualties
Rahaeng (ground forces): 6 casualties


DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 9 hits, 0 casualties

Mindanao (southern Philippines) is the next target. We're loading up at Darwin. The carriers at Truk are moving out to support the operation, plus there will be CVEs and land based air providing cover. The exceptions are the torpedo-damaged Yorktown and Princeton, which are headed to Pearl for repairs.


Reinforcements
DE Sederstrom arrives at Mare Island
VF(N)-75 Det 11 arrives at Eastern USA
47th Aviation Base Force arrives at San Francisco
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment arrives at Karachi

[Molon Labe]

21 December 1943

DEI
New Mexico and Arizona shelled Koepang again, this time for 96 casualties

Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 10 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 0 hits, 0 casualties; 1 B-25 shot down by flak


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 40 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 22 casualties
Sinyang (ground forces): 10 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Port Blair (ground forces and airbase): 12 casualties, 8 base hits
Rahaeng (ground forces): 6 casualties


Philippines
6 B-25Gs attacked an ASW group near Samar island. The missed with all their bombs, but beat up a kaibokan a bit with strafing runs.


Reinforcements
BC Renown arrives at Aden
DD Pathfinder arrives at Aden
DE Lovering arrives at Seattle
PF Van Buren arrives at Mare Island
805/1878th Engineer Aviation Battalion arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

22 December 1943

CENTPAC
USS Dragonet reported a large cargo ship convoy near Marcus. This is mostly out of range of scoutplanes so it's going to be hard to intercept, but I'm sending some destroyers from Wake to poke around and see if we can find them.


DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 4 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 2 hits, 0 casualties


Burma
Air raids:
Port Blair (ground forces and airbase): 4 casualties, 1 base hits


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 10 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces): 13 casualties


Reinforcements
SS Guavina arrives at Eastern USA
No.67 Sqn RAF arrives at Aden
767th Tank Battalion arrives at San Francisco
2nd Indian Field Regiment arrives at Madras

[Molon Labe]

23 December 1943
Heavy bomber raid on Miri, Borneo hammers ASW vessels
Port Blair invasion underway

Japan
USS Blackfish torpedoed and sank a kaibokan near Torishima.

China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 53 casualties

I had 3 corps make an opposed river crossing near Anking, trying to see if we can move the frontlines a bit. Casualties 4961 to 904 favoring the enemy, despite the heavy bombing leading up to this. That essentially leaves me with 2 corps. The enemy is quickly moving reinforcements, so this isn't going to work. But maybe something else opens up.

DEI
I had quietly rebased a bunch of B-25s in Manado for a raid on the ports along the northern coast of Borneo. Recon confirmed no enemy fighter presence, so the B-24s went unescorted.

Wave 1:
SC CHa-32, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AKE Malta Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Syozui Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
E Naryu, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Shirakami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Wave 2:
AS Chogei, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AR Asosan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AR Arizona Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC CHa-15, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
E Shirakami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

other Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 12 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 3 hits, 7 casualties


Burma and Thailand
Air raids:
Port Blair (ground forces and airbase): casualties, base hits
Rahaeng (ground forces): 0 casualties

We had a raid of Beaufighters and B-25s attack a task force pulling into Bangkok, which was a really bad idea. There were 100 enemy fighters on CAP. We ended up losing 4 Beaufighters and 10 B-25s while shooting down 2 Georges. The bombers that got through hit a cargo ship twice for moderate damage.

We are also now invading Port Blair. Resistance is expected to be light due to the prior evacuation.


Reinforcements
DD Quilliam arrives at Aden
PF Albuquerque arrives at Mare Island
20th TRS arrives at Aden
2/13th Field Regiment arrives at Sydney

[Molon Labe]

24 December 1943
Port Blair captured as Marines land on Ponape


Philippine Sea
USS Barb put 2 torpedoes into a troop carrying cargo ship (6400 tons) east of Leyte. That's a kill.


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 90 casualties


DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 18 hits, 0 casualties


Burma
Amphibious landings remain in progress at Port Blair at the beginning of the turn. Supporting airstrikes caused 14 enemy casualties. An enemy airstrike of 4 Helen bombers attacked the landing area, someone one even made it to an LST to make a bombing attempt (it missed). The other 3 were shot down by fighters from the British CVBG. Our troops then captured Port Blair with a deliberate attack, casualties 278 to 11 favoring us. There really wasn't a whole lot left there.


Other air raids:
Pisanuloke (ground forces): 68 casualties


CENTPAC
I moved some troops off Truk to invade nearby Ponape. Once again, this base had substantial shore defenses:
CA Boston, Shell hits 26
CL Achilles, Shell hits 36, on fire
DD Hull, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bell, Shell hits 7, on fire
APD Little, Shell hits 1

The armor on the cruisers was enough to prevent them from taking serious damage. The Hull is headed back to Pearl for repairs though.


Reinforcements
DD Haggard arrives at Seattle
DD The Sullivans arrives at San Francisco (a bit of a weird name since the Juneau hasn't been sunk in this timeline)
AR Vulcan arrives at San Francisco

[Molon Labe]

25 December 1943
Ponape and Tavoy captured - Bangkok and the Philippines up next!


Japan
The cargo ship convoy spotted near Marcus days ago reappeared in Japanese home waters, northeast of Tokyo. USS Tautog took a shot at one of them and missed.


Philippine Sea
USS Snapper hit a 3675-ton cargo ship with 2 torpedoes off Legaspi for a confirmed kill.


China
Air raids:
Anking (ground forces): 37 casualties


Mariannas and CENTPAC
I sent a B-24 raid in from the freshly-repaired airbases at Truk. Today's target was Tinian, we sank 2 mine tenders.

Other B-24s hit Ponape in support of the landings in progress, causing 44 enemy casualties. The marines then captured the base with a shock attack, casualties 266 (J) to 54 (A).


DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 37 casualties
Kendari (ground forces and airbase): 2 hits, 0 casualties

A bit of an error on my part--as the Yankee Butai passed south of the Palaus to rendevous with the amphibious task forces headed for Mindanao, SBD-5s made it far enough north to observe the Palaus and at least 4 of the scoutplanes attacked a minesweeper there. So the enemy probably knows that the YB has moved into the vicinity of the Celebes Sea, hurting my chances at ambushing any enemy forces that try to prevent the landings.



Burma
Air raids:
Pisanuloke (ground forces): 74 casualties
Rahaeng (ground forces) 19 casualties

British ground forces advancing south along the Burmese coast have reached Tavoy and captured it without resistance. In another week or two we should have Bangkok under seige, but within a few days I'll be fighting an air campaign above Bangkok to clear its skies for our heavy bombers.


Reinforcements
DD Ingersoll arrives at Balboa
DD Quickmatch arrives at Aden
DE Eisele arrives at Mare Island
AS Apollo arrives at Balboa
AGC Mount Olympus arrives at Balboa
VII US Amphib Force arrives at Pearl Harbor
23rd Marine Regiment arrives at San Francisco