The Enterprise strikes in the Marshalls!

ACTION SUMMARY: The battles at Chansha and Wuchow gathered steam today. As 5 Chinese corps finished their evacuation of Changsha, Gen. Kai-Shek declared it an open city. Japanese forces were reported advancing through the streets tonight. Meanwhile, nearly ten corps, almost 120,000 men are concentrating west of Changsha at the important crossroads leading to Chungking. NW of Changsha, Japanese and Chinese forces clashed in attack and counter-attack with severe losses falling upon the Nationalist army as it fought to hold the door open for forces evacuating from Changsha.

Southwards, fighting continued around Wuchow as the Japanese forces of 19,000 began to probe Chinese entrenchments where nearly 70,000 men are dug in. Nationalist Chinese aircraft struck the infantry columns NW of Changsha, and Japanese Army Sonia bombers attacked the 16th Chinese Corps near Henen.



In Malaya, the Japanese renewed their attack against the 15th Indian Brigade at Alor Star with the intention of capturing Georgetown where currently Fullback convoys are working to evacuate HQ staff and base personnel. RAF air attacks from Singapore managed to score hits on two Jap transports.

In the Phillipines, the enemy has transferred Kate bombers directly onto Luzon where they are no more than 90 miles from my troop concentrations around Bataan and Clark. I have transferred more repaired fighters to Bataan and Mindanao, but today these Kate bombers got through to torpedo two transports off Bataan. Meanwhile, the 51st Phillipino division is attempting to slip up from Southern Luzon where it is almost cut off from the Redoubt concentration points by a Japanese landing.

The biggest event of the day was the Operation Congo raid against the Marshall Islands by the U.S.S. Enteprise. Though her 35+ Dauntless divebombers and dozen+ escorts scored plenty of hits on the airfield at Maloelap, it was thought that the immense concentration of Jap bombers at Kwajeilin would launch a dangerous attack against the Enteprise. After one airstrike, she began to return to report.

Though the materiel effect of the Congo raid was little, my opponent was indeed surprised in his communications. His only message in the game email was "American Carriers?" From this alone am I satisfied by today's air raids. I have the let the enemy know that the U.S. Pacific Fleet will not stand idly by. This could force an invite of the KB's return to the Central Pacific... or at least two or three Jap carriers if not the whole KB.



Elsewhere, a Dutch sub operating off the Phillipines managed to torpedo two AK (transports) off Luzon! This is in addition to one she had shelled yesterday with her deckgun.

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