7 Sep 1943
Southwest Pacific HQ: Operation "Bigfoot" Fall of Soerabaja.
Oil centers destroyed:
- Palembang ( 281 ) still burning ...
- Balikpapan ( 110)
- Djambi ( 155 )
- Samarinda ( 10 )
- Java Oil captured ( 225 )
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total count: 781
Soerabaja fall into allied hand after first attack. But still there is a lot of Japanese units in city.
Madioen captured however situation is similar to Soerabaja hex, enemy units are still in hex.
2 More Japanese subs sunk by US Carriers escort.
South Pacific HQ:
Marine dive bombers surprised 4 enemy destroyers north-west of Rabaul and scored 4 hits on 2 warships.
Southeast Asia HQ:
23rd FG 23 x P-40K and VF-71 36 x F4U-1 swept Magwe. Did not go well, there was only 81 N1K1-J from Yokosuka Ku S-2.
I have lost 11 P-40 and 8 F4U for 9 N1K1-J.
And here we have problem.
It seems to me that Martin has resized Yokosuka Kukotai to size !!! 81 !!! with help Kaga. We are playing without HR, but this is little to much even for me
. No clue what to do. Ask Martin to limit squadrons resize ? or starts resizing all my USN, USMC, RAF squadrons to size 100+ ?
My A/C pools are in very good shape, I can win this "resize challenge". However I am not feel good with game moving in such direction.