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。% a7 A1 [2 i; N" {
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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: ^- Y2 j. L7 C3 j; A7 U6 ~& h! gNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships6 \, a" J$ g! u" ]! K; R6 v7 |8 x1 k! C
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk2 l# m9 I: W0 p* i$ `
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk9 D# s! y8 O I' R) m" x; W; b7 C1 J# E
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" Q7 p' J. q1 }8 ` xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage9 W6 V; q# @' i/ f" C' I
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 D& D" Z/ P, V4 D xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 ?8 U' J0 E9 _
/ C1 C; V9 X/ h. l) {) @Allied Ships
' P/ |8 r! e; t6 V2 U" @& ]- Y. Y DD Halford7 d0 V/ E2 z- Z
DD Halligan/ n8 U# S1 F% a5 G# C, {& k- L
DD Hazelwood
5 B% I' [1 X/ |1 D DD Healy
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DD Hickox' J& f+ P0 f0 _) L. w
DD Twining0 k( @' L% ^4 L: S& A$ ~
DD Uhlmann+ K- L0 n& `4 R2 h0 j' C3 v& Z
DD Wadleigh
" ?3 p5 F4 C2 H1 H" l( K3 H: S DD Wadsworth
2 {) a- y: R& ` F DD Walker+ C) t1 ~1 J3 p. a( V
DD Waller! L( f: ]$ I `6 w
DD Watts
: M; ?' B8 Q! L; `3 C& { DD Cushing II
( P' h0 K" X( L+ y 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/ j5 m9 I8 M* x, _
TK Kenwa Maru
! I1 E5 n K+ M+ @6 [ TK Okigawa Maru
# {& h; K+ c% n( j' I TK Anjo Maru! g: s+ z$ ~. ^ p: M
TK Kotai Maru
% L3 t3 b; C5 o& Q TK Arita Maru+ Y8 R* Z, e- k, ^, R; i
TK Amato Maru
2 }$ X6 ]- A" \ x+ |1 C6 D TK Ryoei Maru
% M* l3 p% l3 `# Z' ^9 k4 F t, i TK Eiho Maru
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DD Halford
3 K2 e2 w2 P2 R9 i; I DD Halligan# t: I: g. ^* j1 x
DD Hazelwood2 W3 C8 |5 ]1 W- a9 d. p, }& w! U
DD Healy
, E$ }# {+ s" q' D j$ M; n9 c DD John Henley
# |. k2 X- P! n; n6 ` DD Hickox
, I% n' x* `8 Y& V DD Twining
2 c6 C* k$ U7 e0 a1 y g DD Uhlmann
# ^# g, {6 |* s/ Q0 I2 e DD Wadleigh$ U. R6 {* |, V+ a4 E
DD Wadsworth# x; b2 L$ `$ U5 b. S" O
DD Walker
( n2 S$ l5 C6 F' e DD Waller
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DD Cushing II
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: v9 H, d# _+ F% ]2 Q* |Range increases to 30,000 yards...
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Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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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。# }/ F3 a$ M8 i/ g
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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6 s6 Q3 k" g; N eAllied Shock attack
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3 S; A$ f; r4 UAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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4 e" z! p0 w, `( C1 GJapanese adjusted defense: 1 / v/ J, [" p7 u2 W1 T
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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, J- X" ?; u! B, f3 J8 `7 n1 P6 M2 FAttacker: shock(+)
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: W8 A4 B3 \. {# ZJapanese ground losses:
+ Q& a( d8 I9 T3 P; Q 49 casualties reported o3 B4 j6 L" j0 ]+ s8 I$ U
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ i. [& ?# E, Z. H
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
: G, b3 I, A. W* ]6 @ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# u0 h' Z1 {0 E( Z+ v4 v* n Units destroyed 1
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) X6 x' Y0 P; G! y5 ?0 k* d# YAssaulting units:
! d) \& l% J$ d1 u1 w3 ~ 18th British Division
( D, q. U( U) D! U 31st Armoured Division/ b; T1 a8 i; b) t0 M1 ]0 I& S7 e
4th Armoured Brigade/ a( n: t/ K% R7 b; p
254th Armoured Brigade
" a" w6 ~$ J1 O) y( C$ o) z 32nd Army Tank Brigade3 u1 B+ [2 x# S3 p7 A( _0 }+ E6 r
3rd Carabiniers Regiment1 ?( X" q( e' H" V
Gardner's Horse Regiment1 _+ X4 l7 N+ h4 G0 r+ h( }
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
0 ^6 i, j ]' @2 X" E 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 P' j: Z9 G3 ]$ E. X 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ j; L& d6 v$ \2 f3 g& @
632nd Battalion
" j- Z" X/ f2 V/ O5 s, } 51st Highland Division
1 G# T! A5 z: j9 w5 k" S1 \ 49th Aviation Base Force+ U6 i6 m4 ^8 Q# n% e) ?% o9 q
Provisional GMC Grp 6 P% ?9 W" P, j7 S
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
1 ` M5 t5 s6 q 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
& g. a$ f1 Q- U' u: h+ G x0 L Sixth US Army
- |" g, c& q% @; A6 C 2nd Medium Regiment- n) z8 |2 z) r) B, N9 o
XIII US Fighter Cmd % }. @% l7 V$ k" V
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
+ W S+ r4 w, Y 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
& \4 s6 M9 T1 y' |4 w 428th Coast AA Battalion% R; j E' A8 @6 R; P @7 W* T
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51st Air Flotilla /8
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