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。0 c/ E+ j$ h2 O6 ~* V
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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3 T* ?, M! W. |" U2 YNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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m0 F0 ]. F" g2 K/ C9 @3 ]1 kJapanese Ships
0 R' o2 {" y: F! i' x E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
_7 J0 i0 b5 I3 Q* f9 T! P E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk( s ^# c- Z$ t- W I) h
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ E r. i4 U7 N
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 x4 h$ W0 Y( i/ [- U xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' }" s& q+ C. Y xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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2 P- w9 W9 z$ I9 g6 O/ O2 F% vAllied Ships6 A" O0 R% @0 J3 r Q' t
DD Halford% u0 l. O" X) V. B
DD Halligan8 e3 B U6 p h6 d: [
DD Hazelwood, f# d7 f: E* q) n/ h6 }+ m& O$ y3 F* a
DD Healy3 i, j+ g% ~8 j5 ]% @ B
DD John Henley5 r2 m- n$ d. d
DD Hickox
+ U, e u- a. e4 I% z$ g DD Twining
0 n1 A. O. d& B: j" K# W DD Uhlmann
( P2 h2 e2 o' T1 j. z& B! C) r DD Wadleigh
6 j7 H/ b: S$ K9 H4 `3 P- b5 b DD Wadsworth* _- E+ p) {3 T, ^4 R; N" r z, S" V
DD Walker$ C$ [# c4 X# K' u; J
DD Waller$ O1 `' W7 g+ n! ?7 d
DD Watts$ w) u0 ^+ K$ b9 w
DD Cushing II
* O/ y# g$ E/ a, j DD Benham II
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/ p8 N0 H7 g! I$ a1 KNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards& L0 C6 l, w1 A4 N* |/ R5 I
V; m3 J- P+ p* F* ^* dJapanese Ships
& ]8 K4 Q9 B3 S% J TK Kenwa Maru
& O* X) V' P. t; f: N( _. p TK Okigawa Maru
9 Z# O9 D( {6 m$ J$ k; i! u" x TK Anjo Maru
/ B* M7 t# ~- k: k" ^ TK Kotai Maru' A' m# Q/ {# U3 [
TK Arita Maru" z, E/ T7 h# ^
TK Amato Maru- N9 Q0 {8 i6 z Q
TK Ryoei Maru1 l% a3 @0 l" V
TK Eiho Maru+ p% w ?2 `4 K4 u! C
SC Ch 439 G" y+ x. ~2 e4 ~. J
SC Ch 58
& C; J5 J$ w+ h7 G( \8 l; A TK Shiyo Maru
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2 K3 _6 h7 C. E0 ^5 I. b0 NAllied Ships
- i4 K7 o$ t9 y* Z4 V; Q- U DD Halford# |0 r6 C$ X1 X. u2 x4 m. G
DD Halligan
* ^# i( U+ q w3 O2 A* X DD Hazelwood
/ n/ ~1 s- W6 k. w DD Healy
8 k( T7 }0 A9 ?9 T" I: h' H- [2 ^ DD John Henley b- r( c8 Y0 [: ?+ q3 q
DD Hickox
0 Z$ P/ x( l! I4 u/ B8 ^ DD Twining
& j E! g% ?- U' j. |* g/ k. w DD Uhlmann0 |4 }/ P0 P, O3 q9 u. R
DD Wadleigh
( I7 M+ K/ f5 f1 J. }3 d0 @" ? DD Wadsworth( Z6 b4 m* r. u2 E8 m
DD Walker$ ~# Z6 B: z% f! F
DD Waller
`# t' W6 K* E j DD Watts, I0 M) w: ?* R, V9 K$ I
DD Cushing II9 S1 L, L% T4 v0 z* @, B: q
DD Benham II& J& V5 m& e& ^/ U* I* P
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Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape" |- S4 I3 h% K% ?& u6 t
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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: W( e1 z: @2 o$ c: E$ T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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/ n4 x/ Z, x: O2 M2 s7 oGround combat at Darwin (76,124)8 C9 ]' X- [7 |4 v* [
0 h5 s1 O9 P3 D% PAllied Shock attack0 o5 a, z7 f" o$ y
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Attacking 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( u6 o1 F/ X' f! G
2 F3 S7 a% P, C6 \1 GAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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& P2 ~; m9 q6 s8 v; M2 gJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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- c* Y( {/ O5 X1 x- tAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 7 J9 I' m/ ~5 @1 J# H/ Y% [( o
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)% S1 B( |$ }4 r
/ h: {! N" \, S3 w, x8 VJapanese ground losses:
$ q, H4 E& [4 |5 \* d) X 49 casualties reported+ d+ c [8 z8 E+ p
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 t: b( C/ G& I$ u* w) c& s# [/ n
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled O; m" `' m$ M& i+ q+ J
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled T) ]4 ^ V8 I) v% K
Units destroyed 1, f8 w( l# i0 M
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Assaulting units:
0 J7 D; T( ?9 N4 B8 _. S9 o 18th British Division) F: S% }7 y7 C: T
31st Armoured Division
4 p" B: y9 ?1 H! l4 C+ | 4th Armoured Brigade( X0 U* S1 t- {1 ?
254th Armoured Brigade
" U3 v1 W; `3 \; N+ g! Z1 [ 32nd Army Tank Brigade% [, w& K) c/ h1 t- r
3rd Carabiniers Regiment; B$ D0 t' ^0 q9 X' r& n+ d8 ]! Y8 K
Gardner's Horse Regiment8 l9 ~! m8 C0 t( ^3 a; P4 N# v, K
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
* C7 X9 \$ H* i! M 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion( O9 Y' V3 L1 }/ l
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
- b/ O% T1 j. i( l 632nd Battalion7 h6 w/ P, j- f% A9 _& y3 l, p
51st Highland Division
& r- }, p/ z! x: r 49th Aviation Base Force5 X% ]) a0 q6 c6 F
Provisional GMC Grp # h$ i+ \# r( U: K# V, n
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
; F4 K: J0 ?; P/ j9 _9 b 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
2 u" V @6 [# G$ }1 j' w: X2 r Sixth US Army
9 Z$ {2 R% \0 z4 f 2nd Medium Regiment) F6 I: A0 X& k
XIII US Fighter Cmd 2 ]& |, O0 ]: x3 T2 b
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment. d" U @: G( H: i s+ {
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2 ^2 ]) y* K+ f 428th Coast AA Battalion
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1 T7 P8 k: a% H) M4 [Defending units:
3 |+ \8 a5 r' `, |5 n6 Y( u4 x; [ 51st Air Flotilla /8, z5 y$ F5 V( Z
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! k3 J! X2 ]& ]+ ^ ~Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |