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。4 D5 i1 ?$ K: K: ?2 k2 r
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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4 F7 a- h7 Z! X/ @Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk/ P, _% [! A; d U2 M, D
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk- t: ^1 Q1 H( o, `( R) i+ ~) I2 n/ c1 T
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& D7 y( {! s: }9 n3 w4 v
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage7 m6 j% ]' E5 D8 D3 k# J
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- E- `6 ]" q4 J9 S0 P1 I& K) A
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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DD Halford
1 C0 M6 U2 u+ n) {* l9 |# [ DD Halligan
2 r1 [. C5 ~* d3 y" x! u DD Hazelwood
! k3 ]+ K* E( [+ c) D/ |# e DD Healy
) t5 V* t& @' T DD John Henley
- R: B: i4 ~! X4 ?0 p DD Hickox
( ?1 h$ a' }' m DD Twining m6 s& p" Y/ y" ~
DD Uhlmann8 Q$ r* U' f; X
DD Wadleigh
2 S6 V. a) D( v2 ^. P8 [ DD Wadsworth
! [ m: {. O7 S: C% Y3 { DD Walker4 u: M: F/ ]! P
DD Waller
p+ N' Y+ ], |$ f- X0 D0 K DD Watts8 L8 B' m5 l" r, W+ g
DD Cushing II+ i8 U& u4 @1 @( r ~, p" \5 B
DD Benham II
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. `& J1 Q: h1 r! MNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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J% k3 `; B8 b( mJapanese Ships
9 k3 L5 k" V3 h6 ? TK Kenwa Maru O% |1 D0 U) U! [+ P
TK Okigawa Maru
5 M' G: @/ a9 H0 |6 ` r TK Anjo Maru
& `& x& V6 {8 n' Y; M TK Kotai Maru, W5 }0 k; _: A5 `8 \$ \$ \9 g* P
TK Arita Maru
9 r- o8 {: Y7 E( P6 o TK Amato Maru% `4 k' B4 J% H2 y Y; D1 e% C
TK Ryoei Maru
& M3 t3 \7 q5 d$ D; _4 i TK Eiho Maru
2 ~6 c- y; s: ? SC Ch 43) G$ Y9 J9 u% z" R2 G9 s
SC Ch 580 n: W# N* [8 E- e
TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford4 W2 X( J# q" a
DD Halligan
* S! ], L$ r; k& r0 r* Y( E DD Hazelwood
5 y" O+ f. @/ I y* b DD Healy
& \6 A: d) E/ {! @7 [ DD John Henley: z* v2 a; R8 B" [) |
DD Hickox
2 I7 m5 N( P" O* w/ W7 e5 p DD Twining
/ M: E. K7 g1 j! b/ h8 W$ | DD Uhlmann
* C3 i M% l. I5 i! C* l DD Wadleigh# J. K7 o5 m# S" ?
DD Wadsworth, ?9 J, I9 v& v) z- [
DD Walker
0 e3 U; Z% c! f1 I; e DD Waller9 Z! k# M" u' ]' \; n) R
DD Watts( e S, F0 u! F6 d1 T( u
DD Cushing II" h! Z: ~% k4 t! ?7 v
DD Benham II* x$ v1 t2 ], b3 }9 m# Z
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...4 C' `- n6 c) U3 \
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)1 `5 i' R0 U6 f
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Allied Shock attack A9 H; m9 X( G+ l
/ `6 K i/ f$ x0 C) P" vAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328: i6 e+ X5 j# n8 b
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 V( f) G* @3 p
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 4 h) X5 {. W6 O5 \1 b
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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+ j; w& M( j4 w0 }Defender: : A+ A9 B5 p, V
Attacker: shock(+)
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( w& o1 ^9 `1 [% ~. s5 W5 @+ N$ tJapanese ground losses:
- ~* j ?; _1 h) h* e 49 casualties reported. g5 V7 L/ `& O
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
p. G* A" n& H& |/ | Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ I, h5 ]5 O' u/ ^& z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 t4 n2 k5 D( d9 f Units destroyed 19 P! x% d( I3 Z
+ u9 Z# i* F; \4 S5 WAssaulting units:
2 L$ Z& W4 X/ n0 A 18th British Division
9 M3 E8 v! P7 u+ J 31st Armoured Division
8 z5 s6 w% n" ?) [/ z 4th Armoured Brigade7 L5 b" y$ X, Y3 D0 h1 Z5 R
254th Armoured Brigade1 B& l) K3 S0 ]" f+ Z
32nd Army Tank Brigade
( { h) _* G9 g _+ O 3rd Carabiniers Regiment; ~4 ~& r7 @+ X2 \, V1 G T7 x* O
Gardner's Horse Regiment/ y# @6 L1 b$ d( D. H/ p
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
% b% V8 ]6 W+ J1 i z. z2 w# `+ l 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 \, G7 B6 B5 J8 H% o 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
) k& N9 U) v3 T+ P8 A7 R 632nd Battalion
& Y& }2 ?0 t4 o) d 51st Highland Division7 V7 `- ?2 }4 Z* ?; r2 B( ^+ o, i
49th Aviation Base Force9 M8 k: X% o& r; `% _1 K
Provisional GMC Grp
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4th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 I3 Z6 H& U" o7 N
Sixth US Army8 m9 a( {4 T" T
2nd Medium Regiment4 }: L2 l- y, O8 V
XIII US Fighter Cmd
/ n Y+ D2 P' h& b/ I 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment5 p# [2 I. o* z+ j X
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
; S* Q' W! E# | 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:% y' j+ e) q P, Y, R. ?; a% H
51st Air Flotilla /8$ C+ N7 g! ?; i
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |