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Ok two turns worth of updates coming your way:
CENTPAC:
The KB is already gone ... one small attack of very little damage on the 7th followed by a retreat westward. Lost contact right away and no submarines have been able to spot the enemy. The large force outside Midway turns out to be destroyers escorting a replenishment group. The normal bombardment attack and a withdrawal the next day. Wake has been invaded after an initial air attack of 21 Nellies but the Wildcats had already been flown off to the Lady Lex. As the Japanese invasion force made its way ashore the coastal defense guns get to work damaging three ships including the CL Yubari and setting the AMC Kinryu Maru on fire. The Marines hold on to the landing shock attack as they inflicted around two hundred casualties to the loss of less than a hundred.
Around Pearl Harbor the submarines of the IJN try and make their presence felt but aside from I121 taking a chance at the AVD MacFarland most of the success comes from the ASW patrols of the Vindicators landed from the Lexington to make room for the Marines on Wake. Three separate reported hits on submarine contacts are noted in just two days of duty. Another possible hit came from a patrol Catalina. Three ASW TF have been ordered to patrol to the northeast, southwest, and northwest of the islands with a pair of DD in each TF.
Malaysia
Kota Bharu falls to the Japanese late on the 9th but not after nine bombing raids and a pair of deliberate assaults. The FMSV Brigade surrendered but the remaining two units retreated SW towards Singapore. Along the rest of the peninsula 13 raids attack either Alor Star or Georgetown resulting in the destruction of a single HDML. However the Allies will get a little revenge as 8 naval air raids strike at the IJN TFs between Mersing and Kota Bharu. The CA Mogami is hit 4 times with bombs and the CA Mikuma another time.
Burma
Several air raids attack Rangoon which is well defended by a squadron of Buffalos of the RAF and 1st Squadron of the AVG. 4 Zeros, 5 Sally, 2 Oscars, and 3 Betties were shot down to the loss of 2 Buffalo and 5 H81A3.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been devestated through air attacks. In the once exception to our no city attack in China HR, the bombers of the IJA have set the city ablaze with numerous attacks. Why is unknown ... especially since most things of military value have been withdrawn. (Well except the troops but they were screwed any which way).
Philippines
The lack of amphibious capabilities of the IJN is telling as approximately 150 casualties happen landing at the undefended beaches of the Philippines. (Tarawa is just as bad as nearly 70 casualties invade the unoccupied atoll). Submarines of the Asiatic fleet do make themselves known as the S37 and S38 team up to hit the xAK Kotoku Maru with three fish and three shells to put it to the bottom carrying what is assumed to be a base force or engineer unit (engineer casualties) The Allies do lose a TK, AKL, and CMc fleeing the DEI and PI in response.
Overall the combat turns were about even with the Allies losing an ever valuable TK and land but damaging at least two cruisers, an engineer or base unit, possibly 1-3 submarines and buying that ever scarce resource time.
As far as planning and moving around for the 10th.
The combined surface fleet of the DEI and PI having rendevouzed at Sorebaja are steaming north to attack the IJN TF off Mersing and Kota Bharu. 15 ships lead by the Prince of Wales and Repulse will sortie north, engage targets of opportunity before refueling in Singapore and than moving back south to Sorebaja. Heavy air reconnaisance and LRCAP should provide some coverage for this force.
Our first reinforcement convoy is loading in San Diego with a Port Detachment, Base Force, and USMC Defense battalion heading to Pago Pago, followed by a supply convoy. A second convoy is readying for Palmyra while in Austrailia forces are being evacuated from Nauru and Ocean Island to move south to Noumea.
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