30 June 1942
West US Coast
My first successful midget sub attack since Pearl Harbor--an SSX was delivered to San Fransisco by the I-18, which penetrated the port and torpedoed a fuel-laden cargo ship. The SSX failed to find its way back out and was abandoned by the crew. A minesweeper found the I-18 waiting for the SSX, but the I-18 was able to elude it.
Burma
We splashed 3 Blenheims over Magwe. Lashio continues to endure strikes without fighter coverage.
We've captured Prome.
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31 May 1942
Colorado finished off en route to Alameda?
EASTPAC
The I-10 intercepted an escort convoy of battleships including the Colorado, Oklahoma, and Nevada, about 2/3 of the way from Hawaii to the West Coast. Its attack hit the Colorado twice, leaving the ship crippled. The I-10 took significant depth charge damage afterwards. I'll be trying to intercept this convoy again before it arrives. I think it's likely the Colorado is doomed, though, because it had pre-existing damage and its got a long way to go.
The I-18 was being prosecuted by a corvette, but that didn't stop it from running into the same task force, where it made a failed attack on the Oklahoma. The only destroyer in the task force that we saw was out of depth charges from the prosecution of the I-10.
East Australian Coast
The KB is arriving near Sydney to try to sink subs being repaired there. We opened with a long range sweep, which shot down 9 P-39s with no Zero losses. I've noticed a rather large number of subs on patrol in the area, though, so this is a major concern. We clearly see that his priority use of subs is defending coastlines rather than interdicting my tankers, so that's something I'm going to have to consider when using carriers offensively like this.
Vals from the KB sank an AKL near the coast, probably being used as a picket.
Coral Sea
We got 3 B-26s attempting to bomb a supply convoy unloading at Port Morseby with Zeros, a fourth was shot down by AA in the port.
Burma
Took awhile, but Magwe has fallen to us. There's a blocking force on the only rail line that runs here from Rangoon, so the pre-positioned aviation support unit still can't rail into here. But I have a few companies I can fly in. So I'll be establishing a local CAP here right away, possibly with the option to fly something long-range over Lashio. As for Lashio, they held out against another Allied attack today, but I'm clearly not going to hold it. So taking Magwe when I did was a big deal; basically the enemy was never able to rail anything out through Lashio and can only use the roads, which means I can at least chase them and cause attrition as they try to reach China.
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