GPS to Sully
NEWS FLASH!
Japanese overruns Chinese defenses at Chungking!
Incoming reports indicate that forward elements Yamash|ta's newly minted army has breached the city walls of the Chinese makeshift capital of Chunking. After repeated Banzai charges against their relentless machine gunners, the Japanese 4th army broke the back of the weary defenders. Japanese losses were 2 regular divisions of Nipponese Infantry while the Chinese loses 2 MGB, 1 inf, 1 flak, 1 rifleman, and an estimated 3 fighter squadrons on the ground. Japanese intelligence sources have tracked down the fleeing Chinese leadership to the city of Sian where at this very moment is under siege by IJA overwhelming forces.
This just in... the Chinese city of Sian is about to fall. After weeks of preparation, the Japanese siege engine began its work in dismantling the hardened defenses at Sian. After repeated bombardment from artillery and planes, the Japanese army has reduced its defenders to an division of obsolete rifleman. Many Japanese green colonial troops are battle-hardened to become regulars as the Chinese defenders proved to be easy targets. It is believed that the Chinese have lost an estimated 2 MGB, 4 inf, 1 guerilla and 1 flak unit. The IJA reports that there were minimal casualties and only 2 green divisions from the China colonial forces were eliminated in this melee.
On the southern front, the IJN is making short work of the Dutch garrison at Palembang. With assistance from artillery based in the nearby islands of Singapore and the powerful IJN battleships, the garrison lost its morale and fell prey to the Japanese Expeditionary Force. The IJN reports that all but one nearly destroyed infantry unit remains guard at the once formidable Dutch outpost of Palembang. The Japanese reports no losses.
We also report the following events:
China:
Killed 1 guerilla near Hanoi.
Captured 2 workers near Chengdu
Pacific:
Lost 1 DD to sub near Wake, but it was subsequently destroyed by another DD
Dutch East Indies:
Sunk 2 subs side by side near Menado. Lost BB Hyuga to the sub >_<
Lost 1 Betty over Batavia to flak.
I hope you guys enjoy my writing this turn... it took awhile to figure this out.