28 February 1944
Burma and Thailand
The Haruna and Kongo provided covering fire for enemy reinforcements landing at Prachuap Khiri Khan. I'd love to send another wave of dive bombers at these guys, but we haven't replenished our losses yet. A few more days.
13 P-47s swept Bangkok, opposed by 7 Georges and 5 Franks. With no losses, we bagged 5 Georges and 3 Franks. Not bad at all! 15 P-51s followed that up, but there were no enemy fighters left to play with.
B-24 raids caused 226 casualties outside Bangkok.
We've eliminated the remaining paratroopers at Mergui, 25 enemy casualties.
South China Sea
HMS Storm got caught transiting past Singapore towards Hong Kong and took moderate depth charge damage.
Japanese Home Waters
USS Sealion took light depth charge damaged after it got caught approaching an escorted cargo ship near Iwo Jima. Nearby, USS Sand Lance torpedoed a 3280-ton troop transport, very likely sinking it.
China
Air raids:
near Hwainan (ground forces): 70 casualties
Land combat:
near Kiukang, Allied deliberate attack, 77k vs. 29k troops, casualties 3742(J) to 2950(A). Lots more destroyed vs disabled units on our side though, so I'd call that a loss.
DEI
Air raids:
Surabaya (port and airbase): 1 port hit, 14 airbase hits, 5 casualties
Kendari (ground forces): 4 casualties
Philippines
Air raids:
Manila (port and airbase): 1 port hit, 1 hit on CL Yura, 17 airbase hits
Land combat:
We finally captured Iloilo. Casualties 485 to 50 favoring us. The enemy is still present but they no longer control the base.
Mariannas
I send the Yankee Butai to the seas northwest of the Mariannas, trying to time it to catch the convoys leaving and headed back towards Japan. As a plan B, I ordered a few squadrons to hit the ports in the Mariannas, hoping to catch a few stragglers or auxiliaries. We missed the convoys--they're gone. The port raids on Saipan and Tinian cost one SBD each and hit nothing of consequence. Avengers hit Guam, with a loss of one Avenger and slight damage to the port.
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