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 Yards
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Japanese Ships! f5 K M) g; i! g5 x1 u8 ]* c* `
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk' o) {' R( ^% ^8 X. h1 U
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk2 U" [. x+ I$ V3 W
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
A$ V. V/ y& V9 Y7 B8 s xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 e8 @7 d+ S' a+ S8 n" F! p xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 f& ~1 s" c+ a6 G1 q$ B9 g xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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+ x& G% F& O q+ AAllied Ships- V& E- `6 C: t! Q L4 ]1 t4 m
DD Halford
& ]9 T2 g( J/ A' d n* H1 p DD Halligan* y: l' b9 \( [1 B7 c- s
DD Hazelwood
! a/ Y7 E$ i/ ?4 {0 U DD Healy2 v% v0 v' s2 w
DD John Henley: H# J' e+ T( t! T+ \
DD Hickox/ F7 R3 P; J+ r
DD Twining0 W6 ]: H( E7 B5 t$ ^# X7 V6 h
DD Uhlmann
2 l. [1 F* e4 H2 _3 r, G DD Wadleigh
& Y) Z. Q2 c4 @8 C DD Wadsworth
6 n" ?8 D# A" E. [! u3 [ DD Walker2 `2 G( e s' }5 Z y2 W' e
DD Waller
* V% r- Q3 S3 a DD Watts
# V" U) q! n: m6 o DD Cushing II9 K0 Y: v) v* H4 c
DD Benham II
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4 V3 ]0 e9 @# r1 a$ B/ H, lNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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TK Kenwa Maru$ K( P3 Y$ w! r! d8 i( I( b
TK Okigawa Maru8 [; n$ c. s4 Z. t* F
TK Anjo Maru
% C$ p( i1 |$ Z( t( k' t TK Kotai Maru
# H$ V: t, u5 q7 E7 W TK Arita Maru
+ ?& V# B9 L h/ \4 {2 W TK Amato Maru
[1 X0 K; U/ c- P6 Y3 O5 [) I& y TK Ryoei Maru; T) g9 `7 g6 H4 {" t w! C9 J, E
TK Eiho Maru! g: H' t( M* R: Z& B, X, h6 y: j
SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru* a8 V- y- R Z2 R3 y) S/ P
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Allied Ships2 Z6 o: ^5 `6 a! R6 p) M6 q
DD Halford; K! ~$ r e2 w- A I* i7 S: J2 ]
DD Halligan4 {2 D9 @1 e P# {
DD Hazelwood- L" p% a2 G6 C" M) F% I& W( p
DD Healy% b, S& A$ `! q; t5 l% l i0 g# w
DD John Henley# t" f/ p0 f, z& k: a$ T4 H, N
DD Hickox
+ T" z! u6 M3 j2 I7 |0 R) b DD Twining
. n1 _0 P$ y! }- V( | DD Uhlmann! \- d+ i+ s) N
DD Wadleigh, }* z, p4 l' r1 G" q+ K
DD Wadsworth+ p% q( U! ~, W/ p! G
DD Walker, m' a' Z; ?6 j5 P4 z% u
DD Waller
% Q% E% V. R( v' I2 k$ q0 g DD Watts4 U0 }9 N4 h4 H3 I! v# R
DD Cushing II" A7 J: s! R l' N, g# n4 h7 G. K
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...+ e" }/ V, d3 e
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: T/ l" U, z( C0 \' E( ~: \
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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4 _& X7 H! p1 G* l1 l* _# `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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)+ v: ~; E, X) o
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Allied Shock attack1 b' ]7 N/ b3 @# ~& a6 a: q) X
1 t+ w. u* _1 w. WAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23289 J7 s8 r. M) q
/ ]6 p. I% d9 @+ n. PDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1) i+ M* L( Z" {) U9 \, |% N
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 8 C% _3 T* S7 M" f& A# b- \
7 W( f" b3 P; P) }0 nAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)
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. g, p6 w4 N: j3 uJapanese ground losses:7 J5 E( c. @4 o3 G3 U+ h
49 casualties reported
4 J7 m8 A) l: a) I( y Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 J2 ~1 i; _4 C, j1 o' \& `
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Units destroyed 1
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8 l/ o: F& s8 s0 P9 ~2 A$ x1 {2 hAssaulting units:8 W0 T3 [/ M; n9 {3 {, F" I' ^
18th British Division
& l9 }" ^" s) U$ p& X 31st Armoured Division; I7 f( z6 H7 e" D" ^
4th Armoured Brigade( _2 A. ?. o- t( v% @& o% m- g, u" m
254th Armoured Brigade1 M9 a2 Q1 V7 ]
32nd Army Tank Brigade, g2 M; W* d' h5 D a& d
3rd Carabiniers Regiment/ Y2 ^. }5 ] t! Y
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1 ^* ]. U) j: U/ U 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion% ~& ^& K3 L/ B9 S
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1 W7 {3 K0 a. z* u. m& T( a 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 i% c' B8 o! Q7 ]% D4 `% d# [ 632nd Battalion/ ^( o( g: X3 ^& z
51st Highland Division! i9 o5 z. ~4 D
49th Aviation Base Force
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& U- j3 L( A. C8 E4 [ 1 ML-KNIL Aviation / S- B- v4 W2 z# S* u' E+ K" c
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment) c( p5 r; [' a
Sixth US Army: M7 ?. z0 u0 ]' {% |
2nd Medium Regiment
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# R) n. V4 G6 e7 S8 S# F2 X; [ 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment4 W' s n9 E3 z7 D4 V, m9 S: V
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
- G$ D# C; N, V3 `3 T7 S" a 428th Coast AA Battalion
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51st Air Flotilla /8( i" \1 t4 i) D3 Q7 P
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