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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0 a5 V( d6 c% j/ @1 D- L( k E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk) @1 \" t* O8 H8 B8 }) e+ }% B
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk7 R. }- v7 N( g K+ B
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- K% w% P5 m* Y; g xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
* t( P6 w4 G# l8 j* s% Y: C xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 _9 I9 K8 K. d' a+ R' K% G8 {/ d
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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1 b# ?2 ?* E7 U1 y% J3 `Allied Ships/ j. k* ]" r/ H: P
DD Halford
$ a' B( h: }4 t- G9 m DD Halligan
4 z$ G, S/ F8 _ P5 W- J8 d, F DD Hazelwood! a9 _0 `) o% t# _# C
DD Healy
2 a# m9 N" l+ r E DD John Henley* w5 s) I# V( ]3 G' O: O! Z4 \
DD Hickox
( R8 Z- Q' W7 y/ ?3 u DD Twining* l. b o! |( }. O+ k
DD Uhlmann* V, K2 ]* X; h; {! N6 d" `: h
DD Wadleigh7 p, n! X. t0 I' J, s4 X7 Z$ y4 G
DD Wadsworth+ Q- a# H7 t S- [+ J( M7 q
DD Walker, ~- s3 x- \' O- W" ^( a4 h
DD Waller+ S. m3 V2 h" O7 | M; E: Z
DD Watts
/ g4 M5 w1 r, G- N1 \ DD Cushing II
% Z6 j! D6 Z( N# Y0 A% s* ~ DD Benham II6 d$ x+ i7 d! v+ J3 }* T! U
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' A9 O+ H3 H1 C+ o9 Q! dNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards y, y; d: K4 t) M- e$ W) f8 j, u
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; c j- m9 D% Y TK Kenwa Maru
" W% `8 v0 R& y' T' u3 s( z D( Y TK Okigawa Maru& h3 k( Q$ _3 U* S4 U* m: l
TK Anjo Maru* v0 p4 E! n6 `2 t. S* Q
TK Kotai Maru% ^! }/ F# p9 \1 x! `0 W
TK Arita Maru: _! ^7 j6 n5 g
TK Amato Maru
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TK Eiho Maru7 F [. L) C& |) N
SC Ch 43
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Allied Ships
; ]' l0 k! w8 Z$ U& c7 | DD Halford
2 k* Q3 [% g) s% a8 A+ o2 s6 w DD Halligan
$ e6 ^' ^% W) {% M% L DD Hazelwood
8 z m3 K* s# \, ?. [2 ^ DD Healy9 C" w; A0 M; q2 T
DD John Henley
* U$ q* p L( t) F/ r* o `7 R DD Hickox& e$ t2 k: Y8 z0 Q4 }+ N% N
DD Twining/ K5 V* ~& d7 J1 b: Z8 m
DD Uhlmann
' V+ _8 j& }' v0 o# G) I DD Wadleigh
1 j- S7 v6 g r# ]* m DD Wadsworth
! A0 n n. c! p2 A& o/ i DD Walker
. e+ ~% R. k0 O! T. V( K/ `/ j DD Waller
& _" K- l* j& {( _+ \ DD Watts5 \3 U' j6 Z: r8 U) h; f# C
DD Cushing II1 S! ~7 C# V) f! F2 P* ?) ?
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
8 M% P" u9 Q+ f1 x3 J c! HJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, q' C0 s3 Y( N4 i* ~5 T- NJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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: w3 m& q" x; I; k8 H7 }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)3 e! |$ U) x0 A' F, }
- u) @" j) W( A/ ?" bAllied Shock attack3 J9 G4 y/ @; s0 g- I
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23285 g! H* d$ k" }6 ?) P
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1" _: ^& V4 S+ `. j% g! v
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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8 ]/ j1 w. X+ R8 I9 t$ ICombat modifiers
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0 ~: `( `" w5 \- B+ jAttacker: shock(+)
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# a' B; ]. j2 yJapanese ground losses:, a1 f" o* Y. a) Q8 C+ o
49 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled/ l2 m7 ]7 s3 l/ s7 y1 ~6 w
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 q% I8 v/ Z+ [# P. T$ X/ q
Units destroyed 1
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1 c5 b4 s& X( [8 ]0 a- U 18th British Division8 z5 X' }& t! |' H( l: t* e
31st Armoured Division
/ U' e1 Z( s! b& i 4th Armoured Brigade D( S9 N" s+ s/ h% O) ^1 Q8 A
254th Armoured Brigade$ g& h' K* Q) q2 a- q% ^1 A
32nd Army Tank Brigade5 q2 E- {. x, e. X+ a# g7 m V
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
% _+ u" K9 t' h; U4 v Gardner's Horse Regiment
6 Y6 B: {: b3 H8 k3 d- K, S) b& ` 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
" ~; U' }1 z% d 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion8 ?1 @1 Z1 Q P) B x6 \
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5 ^3 [( [5 f# o2 v4 G, C 632nd Battalion* e$ D6 J* s# o8 r( O9 S
51st Highland Division# u- r7 q& t* P
49th Aviation Base Force# { S3 B+ o9 `
Provisional GMC Grp % _% r9 \. F7 ^/ [- P% a; R
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
0 V9 T$ r8 Q$ |7 Y& ?6 e. f 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5 j; q7 s# H/ m3 M$ K: n( {. c: q3 ~ Sixth US Army: x" m* q8 t8 k
2nd Medium Regiment
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8 \. j% {6 F B4 E1 V% S/ {( ^ 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
- X; P0 j; K4 y. D% S0 q+ J: ` 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment% N7 b4 k( D, q
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:$ P- k; q- v! e) j" p1 @- S
51st Air Flotilla /8
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