4 October 1943
Massive enemy casualties in China--71st Division nearly wiped out
CENTPAC
The last surviving transport at Guam was heavily shelled overnight and eventually sank. A midget sub approached our forces at Saipan but broke off after it was detected. Judy and Helen bombers from Guam tried to strike our task forces; our own airstrike preempted them, destroying one Judy on the ground, all 5 Judies and 3 Helens that took off were shot down by Hellcats. A light cargo ship and a minelayer were hit by our dive bombers in port at Guam. USS Sculpin, on patrol near Saipan, was hit by an enemy bomber and is returning to base. Our ASW aircraft reported one hit on an enemy sub.
Enemy land attack results:
Tinian: 1683 (J) to 269 (A)
Guam: 78 (J) to 173 (A) (34th aviation base force wiped out)
Saipan: bombardment only, no casualties
DEI
12 P-38s swept Kendari, we lost one and shot down 2 Nicks and a Tojo.
China
At Nanchang, an enemy force 12,323 strong (the 71th Division) made an opposed river crossing to assault our base. We had just under 100k troops there and level 3 forts...it was an absolute massacre. 12,227 enemy casualties reported--the enemy division was nearly wiped out completely.
We attempted a land attack at the enemy units retreating to Vietnam from near Kweilin, casualties 281(J) to 552(A).
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