2月5日夜,攻占了达尔文的盟军舰队不甘心没有收获,组织了一支高速DD编队偷袭了位于东帝汶的劳腾港,拦截到一队运兵船和一队油船,由于攻击运兵船给油船队起到了报警作用,盟军舰队仅仅击沉4艘XAP,宝贵的油船队趁机脚底抹油,及时脱离了危险范围,不过盟军的这一行动也给日军提了醒,此地离达尔文仅仅9格距离,处于盟军舰队夜间炮击的范围之内,需要部署防御舰队保护机场和港口。
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards2 L; f7 W, f7 o3 {7 {# C
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Japanese Ships
6 E, g c; n0 r: O E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
3 t3 I( W6 q0 c E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
6 F& ?+ g4 ~ c* x xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' [; L8 e0 Z1 Z5 @" f$ L
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage( R- O2 P: i3 l% f- j+ N& A. f
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& ~1 O9 n, n7 E: I( H xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 _* J5 {- L* m% w' D- \6 a
8 O2 y$ \3 l3 J2 G+ bAllied Ships2 M" I# Z$ h) C- b6 l9 n
DD Halford
) g1 d, w8 {- `2 ]2 } DD Halligan. J+ v) P6 \' G8 y5 z
DD Hazelwood; v9 @+ o w: D1 W( c
DD Healy
+ Z6 }/ e* B9 f3 i) K DD John Henley# [: `6 h: A6 [7 ]! `( T
DD Hickox
+ P' @; |$ S5 L- B( J DD Twining: a0 E* K" j# F! i" k ?- S
DD Uhlmann
L! m" p4 A9 r ]- C DD Wadleigh
: ?4 g8 M( i [) n* ^ DD Wadsworth' ^$ U: c d2 q2 _
DD Walker
+ U% Z0 K6 }8 N DD Waller
5 t! s: s- L9 H$ {! i DD Watts
2 M4 u. b8 S- q, G& R) a DD Cushing II
9 ? S# o* S5 o% L4 W DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" t' K f; q6 T, H o N) u( w TK Kenwa Maru
C6 ?; P, g8 W0 Z- G5 u) ~! h( U& T( i TK Okigawa Maru7 N# _4 Q/ {, ^2 q# @
TK Anjo Maru# u, q" d! q9 Y* c
TK Kotai Maru
! k; W: [# c6 a! \! P" ~; \ TK Arita Maru4 D5 \$ G. [5 ?7 {- B
TK Amato Maru
% I$ I3 |! G, K/ ?/ k- J. d T, Z TK Ryoei Maru
2 {3 w' r; o$ J$ z TK Eiho Maru: A: A# t- U" B$ K1 p- k, ?' i
SC Ch 43
, q9 m6 b) d' U$ q! u. w SC Ch 58
; Z/ r! S5 N5 y* W7 }; `8 O TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford& V2 Z, a- T2 ^- l' B& d, Z: D( \( w
DD Halligan
5 @4 j, |0 e5 a/ m DD Hazelwood7 e" V# Q3 R$ {& }) X/ P3 q
DD Healy
+ y0 y4 c8 [2 C+ X% q5 d) I DD John Henley/ ?% n% O& k* Z, j. J
DD Hickox
9 i4 T( J- N F6 { DD Twining
6 `. D- t d7 u1 b) n DD Uhlmann
* Z" I3 @$ z* J; l DD Wadleigh. Z' B+ L6 ?# L( J; n
DD Wadsworth% b7 ?2 @7 V2 ^) a/ {! V* ^7 [
DD Walker
9 i! c4 c, Z2 R! X DD Waller2 D- P2 @" z5 z0 f5 `' a" Q+ X
DD Watts7 [# c: R7 ]; A9 J
DD Cushing II$ ~! T2 x. b* `) {4 s" R& c
DD Benham II3 ?+ Q7 Z6 p' F7 N/ X* X0 n
! {+ Y; a, |" ^3 T* J# h; y" {, @Range increases to 30,000 yards...
9 z3 W$ O- b/ JJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 g+ E: V6 O) zJapanese Tanker TF evades combat8 d3 t/ d# Q: k/ t- Y* U; f0 F
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当天盟军肃清最后一支日军城内残军,宣告正式占领了达尔文。
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7 _7 V/ Y. e2 J, H3 fGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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: }& q2 r: i+ l; |* z1 g, k8 a4 Z+ nAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328; { Y+ f/ j4 ?5 p
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1& w) e# Y9 c4 ^2 }6 `! i& o
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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% `' p. \4 F& Z2 a* xAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 0 b( H6 b! T0 y+ X- o: p8 k2 g9 W
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Combat modifiers
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: L5 V; q6 W/ m2 M7 qAttacker: shock(+)2 S* g* g2 Z! N6 b
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49 casualties reported: ^ w9 g4 |! t2 |$ p; ~" _
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. O; H; V# ^/ O" z Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled9 _4 F$ ?0 o$ _8 H) p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- H- E; Q4 S* g8 @$ A1 M Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:3 `; V; E& [+ w' w- ?" [
18th British Division
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4th Armoured Brigade2 x' r; r( a4 s5 d4 N7 U: d) S
254th Armoured Brigade- _0 @! T) O( V7 U7 p3 Z
32nd Army Tank Brigade
0 w: @; g& p7 n2 s6 @/ v 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
; m& N, I& y5 I) r Gardner's Horse Regiment
% q% }/ ]/ M8 x 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
4 q A' g' r+ Q, A- K 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5 _ `" ~9 ?. t; b0 M 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
j0 B; N) T- V4 \ 632nd Battalion" [5 [ V* C- o9 S3 A$ b
51st Highland Division
8 ^4 m( u7 [8 k R4 n( |: [( C 49th Aviation Base Force2 ?( Y% s$ ]/ {! I
Provisional GMC Grp
. o4 j* ] `; a' l a. t 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
! p; a. `& T$ X5 \/ _, v 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment# r" ^, t* ]! r. i
Sixth US Army. c. w/ K( \% ], z& e0 x
2nd Medium Regiment; Z9 I. `/ {) A
XIII US Fighter Cmd
7 G! }% G6 I8 X1 u1 {( J 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment# m o! q3 ^% Y/ A5 [
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment4 R! W# w, S5 Y, r2 Z
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:! S7 b( g; {. l1 P- s
51st Air Flotilla /8/ I; ]- d( g, }9 x& x9 y
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |