England - The Conquest of Formosa - 20 Sep to 08 Oct 1942

20 Sep 1942: The Reseve force arrives first next to and attacks the port Gaoxiong.
27 Sep 1942: The main force is also attacking now via an amphibious assault. This shouldn't take long.
29 Sep 1942: The port should fall tomorrow.
30 Sep 1942: The port has fallen and we are now heading to Taipei.
01 Oct 1942: The lone Japanese defender has been overwhelmed.
05 Oct 1942: Taipei is about to fall and thankyou Italy.
06 Oct 1942: Formosa has been conquered. The Japanese troops are stretched very thin and they appear to have few divisions to cover all territories.
The Malaysian 21st Infantry Brigade has been deployed and is placed in training.
The trained 75th, 97th and 98th Infantry Divisions are assigned to Home Army....
....while the 19th Malaysian Infantry Brigade is returned to 2nd Army.
I upgrade the production of Tanks and Light Naval ships.
Cammell Laird receives the Trait Primary Battery Layout.
I transfer 3 Air Wings from North Borneo to Taiwan.
My Logistics table with a few deficits and the nearyby islands are a possible next target.
An excert of my Army production. The shortages are being addressed.
My Construction queue with 3 items on Taiwan which were damaged during the fighting.
Back to England I order that the remainder of Army North and all of Army Centre be shipped to East Anglia.
07 Oct 1942: Research has been completed on Sterling Mk. I....
....and I select Bren Mk. III & ML 4.2 inch Mortar from RSAF Enfield next.
Hawker Aircraft receives the Trait HEAT Bombs....
....and RSAF Enfield receives the Trait Advanced Barrel Forging.
It appears that Taiwan is not considered to be part of Japan.
08 Oct 1942: Finally the War Summary and Japan is no longer listed in the top 14 nations.
The Japanese Home Islands should be a walkover. 

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