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。. P+ M2 ~' K3 [' A- t
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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N5 X5 P# e1 b6 L1 x5 i E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk. w: B" ~/ \) {- b: N% e
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk2 ?' o) K+ c9 F0 O
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) c5 _7 o9 t" M! A xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage9 N; A8 ?' j3 D, L& x m$ G
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 |4 v% Y* f" u, n5 R8 j6 @/ G
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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4 ]8 b0 g) W5 f' JAllied Ships
* [6 A5 ~8 J/ o4 U* }; E; \! M' v DD Halford2 u$ D3 d4 c9 `. w- B1 N/ F: }
DD Halligan
3 B3 j7 f7 G q+ U: Z" }7 P DD Hazelwood, ^. J% D# R1 e* l- P7 p" s
DD Healy+ r/ m1 h6 v* @5 H. S4 d
DD John Henley
+ f5 \: W3 I7 ]- W9 r+ n. s$ q DD Hickox
9 ]9 z1 q4 I* L4 T' r/ P I6 @& \( O6 q DD Twining7 C x8 T) F7 i
DD Uhlmann
& v+ ?0 C4 U6 m' t1 W4 Y; F DD Wadleigh- n8 [: u2 y F" S: x& y* k7 R
DD Wadsworth
3 ]! d' D& Y, Y3 T DD Walker3 a+ _; c" K( G0 L# T v0 k
DD Waller
. S4 c: B/ Y( B( |/ p. p DD Watts; J' | o9 ?0 W' M# H
DD Cushing II8 v+ w2 o/ d5 t6 ^* H
DD Benham II
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& b& t. d$ {: l. K. @Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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& I$ F9 O9 r+ f' oJapanese Ships
' F0 r/ @0 Z# K) a1 U TK Kenwa Maru
- N( b) B% U/ @" b- p8 O TK Okigawa Maru
g& u7 f1 T5 |9 _; H TK Anjo Maru
0 g0 G' l3 e. d% c TK Kotai Maru, H* m8 M. y7 q" O3 E
TK Arita Maru: k. k- K0 x4 i# d2 v
TK Amato Maru8 T: v$ n" o! ^
TK Ryoei Maru: C3 a1 J( w! j$ O1 k+ x
TK Eiho Maru' T% }1 I, s+ B+ f2 J, g
SC Ch 43
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Allied Ships# ?8 \6 C) s" T- p
DD Halford2 i- \% q$ J# S) [8 v
DD Halligan( p) B) P$ \; P, Y3 L# ~
DD Hazelwood7 o ~9 p) H& _
DD Healy6 N% y# t% j) T& g( n, J, D
DD John Henley
( Z$ R8 r! K S5 J1 X2 G' [ DD Hickox% Z9 E# Z' G' W. z1 m* G {6 S
DD Twining
% C5 ^6 V" X h1 A3 F8 W9 x DD Uhlmann
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DD Wadsworth
9 C: x- P' U9 U9 Y) R/ Z, a DD Walker
/ Z. @* P2 Z0 {8 V DD Waller
* `3 U' r$ g3 P8 y- t1 H DD Watts
2 P' X7 M/ x4 G; `/ H6 B DD Cushing II
! l3 V3 p7 C& ~4 E DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...: B) w. {* v8 P7 b* U- Z
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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0 l- i. t- Z [ u$ u. g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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; p9 j5 y) K/ E) \5 {4 d" H pGround combat at Darwin (76,124)# u; x1 s; C& M/ o3 u: S7 @8 y9 n
8 ~: C* d, B1 ?/ tAllied Shock attack( j0 R5 g @ h- Y: n1 ^4 p
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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 = 11 g" }7 z) x4 ~5 E: ^3 ?9 N
' _. Q2 _4 ^( @- Z: ?4 g6 Q& v$ aAllied adjusted assault: 1957 0 X1 @" S0 k1 s/ _
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 2 b5 ~) U* y1 b# ]$ Y0 b/ t
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Combat modifiers: e) ~0 V" L% _2 ?2 x( V
Defender:
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' u4 \. Z5 e8 N' F9 s5 {* J1 ZJapanese ground losses:1 L: D3 N3 V5 q4 _
49 casualties reported0 j- C7 P) V$ q+ D
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 l+ Y$ G- O- C" j9 q5 L* p
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled" p4 Y$ n3 }! J* P a
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 Y: C: T) C5 @( |2 P Units destroyed 1 \& b; ], ]$ s0 O0 \
G; x; r3 M% p1 _4 }* DAssaulting units:3 {% T& O6 x3 m
18th British Division
/ V, c9 a3 }! e z. W4 V7 m 31st Armoured Division
% O' B* G4 A5 C$ Z( f5 B! j 4th Armoured Brigade
5 {5 `' w8 W, z' P( F2 B1 j7 s 254th Armoured Brigade
* z/ R' i0 _) Z( L8 k+ q 32nd Army Tank Brigade
+ m" N/ q7 S" ^5 i 3rd Carabiniers Regiment9 |* Z# K `: H: y0 ?2 W) n% f- C- |
Gardner's Horse Regiment3 o) r1 x; y6 ~: Y
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 _! [5 W4 l0 u5 `4 _
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 c; O: P) s5 s- R E0 u9 z 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion! w' \& Z/ W# w3 f- m" X( ] m
632nd Battalion5 l6 O0 H; w6 J9 |7 H5 n7 t
51st Highland Division- M; T" T- x t2 W- _
49th Aviation Base Force
# ~! \- Q z" P; t1 T# K Provisional GMC Grp
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4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
6 U/ [3 S" h& t Sixth US Army5 }1 }$ ?- d2 D) [& U h
2nd Medium Regiment5 b1 Z. n/ A$ h9 K5 d. `8 \
XIII US Fighter Cmd
; l8 C* M8 c, l1 A1 Y, p( B7 } 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment$ N" e1 E# A+ o2 Y8 J
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment: X. x+ E. {! s# H5 o
428th Coast AA Battalion" `5 j2 S& ]+ f( T' S: T" o
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Defending units:7 {- O, _' ]6 C m* F* o+ s
51st Air Flotilla /8& H2 |3 W0 ]1 c
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