Peace continues to prevail on the ocean and our fuel stocks continue to rise because of it. On land most of the action was limited to India, but there is still a slow crawl forward in other theaters. CA Portland drops off the sunk list as I expected it would. Several bases captured in India and plenty of LCU points combined to push the VP ratio up to 3.895:1. Air losses were EXACTLY 1 to 1 for the month.
In India the big news was the official capture of Calcutta, Howrah and Jameshedpur. Those bases form the 'core' of our Indian conquest. Our forces have already begun to spread out and capture other bases to form a loose perimeter and await the Allied counterattack. Lots of resources are flowing out of India and our forces there are able to rely solely on local supply production. The 2nd British Division should be destroyed soon which will hopefully further delay the inevitable counterattack.
In China little movement occurred other than the capture of Ichang and the investment of Chengteh. However, a surge force of four divisions will arrive in Tuyun shortly and should be enough to get the front moving again and allow us to capture Tuyun, Kwieyang and then close up the southern hexsides of Chungking. From there the mountain bases can be captured to connect China to Burma while we begin to possibly attack Chungking.
Very little action in the Pacific outside of some submarine activities around Pearl Harbor.
In Australia, Darwin is captured and our troops have begun to surround Daly Waters. The enemy looks to be retreating, so we may not be able to capture them, but at least we will have a two base buffer between Darwin and the rest of Australia.
Some numbers for October -
Bases captured: 20
VP Ratio October 1: 3.635:1 (Japan)
VP Ratio November 1: 3.895:1 (Japan)
Air losses: 140 Japan, 140 Allies
Ships lost - Allies: 9 Ships, 19 points
Ships lost - Japan: 4 Ships, 25 Points
Capital Ships lost (entire war):
Allies
CV Enterprise
CV Indomitable
CV Lexington
CV Saratoga
CV Yorktown
BB Prince of Wales
BB Ramillies
BB Resolution
BB Revenge
BC Repulse
CA Australia
CA Canberra
CA Chester
CA Chicago
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire
CA Indianapolis
CA Pensacola
CA San Francisco
CL Achilles
CL Adelaide
CL Caledon
CL Ceres
CL Danae
CL De Ruyter
CL Dragon
CL Enterprise
CL Hobart
CL Java
CL Leander
CL Marblehead
CL Mauritius
CL Perth
CL Tromp
Japan
CV Shokaku
CVL Zuiho
CA Mogami
CL Kashii
CL Kashima
CL Sendai
Here is the current submarine scoreboard. The large sub I-3 was lost, but that was the only one. A couple enemy destroyers were hit, but have not been confirmed sunk yet, although I believe they were sunk.
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Home Island stockpiles (less Hokkaido) are shown below. Supplies continue to climb and fuel takes a solid jump. Oil drops, but I do have an 80,000 ton atypical shipment about to hit port which should help level off the oil number for next month's report.
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