This turn was bloodier for our Imperial forces than we would have liked, but our troops have continued their winning ways. Fierce artillery bombardments of the Commonwealth and Chinese positions culminated in attacks on Hankow and the Dead Marshes, just north of Rangoon. Hankow saw the destruction of one of our combat engineers and numerous Nipponese infantry, but in the end, we were victorious in destroying all defenders and capturing the city. In the dead marshes, our artillery shelled everything down to 1 hp and then we send elite Nipponese soldiers to try to train up a great generalto no avail. The first Nip unit was destroyed and the second only succeeded in killing a unit. We then moved our tank army in for the kill and destroyed all remaining Commonwealth resistance. The tank army captured one artillery which was then used to bombard the lone (I assume) flak guarding Mandalay. Remaining mainland forces were used to tear apart Chinese infrastructure.
Out at sea, our bombers disconnected American beavers, since we happened to feel sorry for these poor, endangered animals.

Our glorious marines captured Batavia and Tenate, sweeping away all resistance. We bombed Singapore, destroying an interceptor in the air and a bomber on the ground.
VPs Before/After turn
Japan: 20880/23740
Allies: 4325/4580
My Destroyer invasion fleet is now 7 squares from Hilo and 5 from Honolulu. I have many combat ships around Midway
so I hope that the ruse will work.
I have transferred all my bombers (except for 2) from the carrier fleet to Japan (on their way to China). The fleet is heading west as fast as possible with hopes that the claims of the USA are just bluster
I have 16,260 victory points to go. I have medium tanks coming in and have transferred my great leader (via airlift) to mainland China. I will finish the military academy next turn, so that will improve the strike capability of my armies (and one of those armies will be medium tanks). I have most of a rail network hooked up from north to south on the mainland due to the capture of Hankow. With the addition of the extra bombers, things are looking up for the potential capture of China.
I have cut my research to 10%, since I dont really care about heavy bombers and would rather use the cash to rush things. My cities are going for high food out put for a few turns and I just began war mobilization.
The Commonwealth dropped a machinegunner on the island next to Rabaul. I dont really know what that means. Meanwhile, I have airstrips all over the place and will be getting more soon, now I just need to make guys who can use them.