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And then there was a night naval bombardment of Cagayan:

And then I-21 got an AK:

And then a different DD gets an AK:

And then there was a small furball over the skies of Java:

And then my Oscars swept Singers:

And then my Oscars tried to sweep Georgetown:

There were several daytime air attacks on Manila:

And then there were air attacks in Java:

And then some attacks at Batavia:

Reportedly the BB sank but it's been reported wrong before.

Here's how it went on the ground at Manila:

And then the Allies did their daily ground bombardment of Port Moresby:

And of course, here's the combat report:

I'm using an unusual TF to do the bombarding of Darwin. The BB is the heavy guns and the APD's are there just for the ASW. I'm hoping
to be able to eliminate those two or three Kingfisher Float Planes at Darwin. Also, I'm giving some thought to maybe sailing over to Java
and doing something about those deadly PBY's that Jim has somewhere. I'm afraid of hitting a mine around Java however and Darwin
is naked so far. Bombarding Darwin does what for me? I'm not sure I'm doing something constructive by bombarding Darwin. I mean I
can always cause some damage to the port and the airfield but in the long run I'm not sure that's all that helpful for my long range goals.

Here's a list of the ships under repair at Kwajalein. I'm trying to repair the Carriers one at a time in case I need to use the rest of them
really quickly. There's a lot of minor repair going on as well. I'm not sure what the stacking level is for ships but I'm pretty sure the port
is almost full. I've got the three more carriers loitering at Kwaj. waiting for the next big adventure to come along.

You can see the picket line between Midway and Wake in this image. But that's not what I'm writing about here. At Wake is an AO that is
part of a scientific experiment. Japan higher HQ is looking for ways to boost the efficiency of the ships and they think maybe a new blend
of fuel is needed. The new blend will be a mix of crude oil and JP-4. JP-4 is plentiful and cheaper than gasoline and burns really well.
So this AO at Wake is holding 9K gallons of the new blend and we're going to start fueling the ships w/ it tomorrow.

I've got the carrier Taiyo parked at Singkawang right now. There's 17 Kates on board but only 4 of them are flyable. I've stood them
down ever since that ill-fated unescorted strike on Georgetown that cost me a lot of planes. I'm hoping I can get some Zero's on board
and drive the carrier out to Christmas Island IO to protect the shipping there. That way I can continue loading resources out of there and
not have to worry about those deadly PBY's that Jim has been using.

I-25 was battered a bit last night and this morning and needs to head back to the repair barn and evidently one of the ships hunting for
her is a PT boat. That's probably FOW but on the other hand it wouldn't surprise me to find out Jim is using PT boats to chase my subs.
He's done some really tricky things w/ PBY's so I'm thinking he's thinking out of the box.

I'm moving the 8th Indpt dudes to Tulagi and while the AP is there I'm going to see if I can't do some rearranging while it's there. I want to
move the road construction dudes to Lunga so they can get started on a port and I want to move the AF Coy dudes to Lunga so that
when there's an airport it'll have some AF support. Come to thnk of it maybe I ought to leave the AF dudes at Tulagi UNTIL there's an
airfield at Lunga. I can always get an AP to run down to Tulagi and do a move for me.....probably within a week tops.

Ten Emily's are arriving at Marcus Island. They are presently in crates but I'm expecting the AF dudes to put them back together for me.
I'm not sure if Marcus Island is the best place for them but I needed, I thought, at least something that could do naval searching for me.
There's just so much open blue water that Jim could sneak a TF through and get into my backfield and wreak havoc with my shipping.
I don't need that kind of drama unless it's me doing it to him.