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I'm pressed for time today so our characters have time off again. March 7, 1944 Kai Island Intel 31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori. Peng Hu Fortress is located at Pescadores. 3520 men are based at Seoul. Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka. Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori. 8th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking. 30628 men are based at Sendai. 5th AF Construction Battalion is located at Singapore. Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver. Recon F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Moulmein 1 LCU 1360/0/0 Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bandou vacant F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Koepang 1 X SS, 14 LCUs 58920/419/14 PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 3 aux, 12 LCUs 30400/111/0 PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Woleai vacant F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 71 fighters, 18 bombers, 65 aux, 20 LCUs Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 5 bombers, 16 aux, 6 LCUs 27940/130/0 Combat The SS Scamp, 27 miles E of Kagoshima, lined up on a juicy TK and hit it with a torpedo. The escorts tried and failed to locate the sub, which made good her escape. The SS Rasher, 15 miles N of Taipei, hit a PC with a fish. 2 PGs and 3 PCs had been hunting her through the night and just before dawn the sub turned the tables on them. The SS Tarpon, 17 S of Buka, was attacked by 3 PGs, no damage was done. The SS Dragonet, 83 miles E of the Amami Group, hit a TK with 2 torpedoes and then underwent a prolonged and accurate counter by the escorts. Her damage is moderate in both systems and flooding and she will now make for Guam to be repaired for the long voyage back to a yard. Rangoon was bombed by 118 X Liberator VI. 13 of the planes were damaged by the AA. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were very heavy. A scant 12 minutes later 31 X B-24J appeared and the flak downed 1 and damaged 13 others. The airfield had additional light damage, a few secondary explosions were claimed and the personnel had heavy casualties. Palau was targeted by 13 B-24Js, of which the flak damaged 13. They dished out light damage to the airfield, caused some secondary explosions, destroyed a Betty and inflicted very light casualties. The 53rd Construction Battalion, 27 miles NE of Myitkyina, was attacked by 41 Thunderbolt IIs and 63 P-38Js. 1 of each plane type was damaged and the unit had heavy losses. The IJA 30th Division, 71 miles N of Rangoon, was hit by 48 X B-25J (4 damaged), 20 X P-38J (2 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy casualties. An Allied artillery bombardment caused light Japanese losses. The 109th IJNAF Base Force, on Pagan, was struck by 21 X P-39D (1 damaged) and 3 X F4U-1D. All of the ordinance fell off target. Next up were 84 B-25Js (2 damaged) and 13 P-47Ds who inflicted light losses on the unit. 23 SBDs (2 damaged) and 10 F4u-1Ds made their run at the island, but did no damage. The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 9 Helens and had light losses. 56 Helldivers, 34 TBMs (2 damaged) and 33 Hellcats attacked the Japanese CVL Zuiho in the Eastern Pacific. She was hit by 6 bombs and 2 torpedoes, spelling her doom. The IJN APD near Lautem was attacked by 7 P-38Js and 2 Kittyhawk IIIs. The ship was repeatedly strafed. The TF near Kai Island was attacked by 57 X B-25J, 20 X Kittyhawk III, 63 X P-38J and 7 X P-47D. No planes were damaged and the ships sustained the following: AP Yamakuni Maru, 16 shell hits, bomb hits, on fire AP Amagi Maru, 32 shell hits, 11 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage AP Kiyama Maru, 16 shell hits, 11 bomb hits, sinks AP Kenzan Maru, 8 shell hit, 3 bomb hits, on fire, heavy damage AP Kitano Maru, 4 shell hits MSW W.33, 1 bomb hit, on fire, heavy damage Planning forges ahead to retake the Philippines and to take Okinawa. The Allied troops in Burma continue to press the Japanese and the goal of taking Bangkok and pushing onto the Malay Peninsula are looking better and better. After Arab protests the US says that the idea of a Jewish state has no official sanction. Victory Points Japanese 30817 Allied 25667
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