Thoughts on where to go after Dutch East Indies...
To be able to wage war as long as possible, we need to make the Amis invade from the sea, without land support. Should they have bases left in New Guinea or nearby islands, that is not good, because those can provide land-based air support and act as preparations bases as well support their operations rearming, maintaining and refitting naval and land units.
Any island sort of Australia left for the Allies will enable them to launch an "island hopping" campaign. This is why it is important to advance as far as possible as quick as possible. If they cannot simply walk to their objectives nor have the operational basis for their future offensives, they will have to spend 3-4 months preparing, risk losing at the beaches as well as use their carriers. Allies WILL be ready for an offensive January 43 or 3 months before that. That means I have 5 months to secure all of New Guinea at least, and try to push as far the Solomons, maybe as far as Fiji. I doubt I'll make as far as Fiji, but its possible.
The Dutch East Indies on the other hand needs to be turned into a fortress of defensive perimeters, air and naval base network with vast amounts of supply in reserve. The southern Sumatra I already have is already in the process of being built up and prepared...
Immediate targets for the next 3 weeks:
Southern Front:
a) Kendari
b) Ternate
c) Java
Western front:
c) Moulmein -> Pegu -> Rangoon in Burma
d) Sian in China
Eastern front:
d) Wake Island
The failure to secure Wake is so far the worst setback. Aerial reconnaissance reports the Enemy to have around a dozen ships, destroyers, a cruiser and transports, there. It needs to be re-invaded before its too heavily fortified.
edit: also just realised that the 10 subs I have off the West Coast US and Canada have so far seen just ONE patrol aircraft, and even that was a float plane one probably from a cruiser. if this trend continues a West Coast raid would indeed be tempting after all...