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。
9 G" \9 C8 i# LAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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) F. R1 L! B d. INight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards j! o- N7 R( n* M) A8 A
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( F6 u' W! [. M6 a1 W E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
! u8 |; p: k- X; y E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
' C+ O4 u, W4 x, c9 V0 I$ t xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' ?$ t- \* Y) J* {4 ?3 @
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage0 N5 f/ {( X- R4 S: b% z
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 D- E- c$ Q' r4 w3 K5 T, \7 Y2 w
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 ~5 g2 H; |! F
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Allied Ships
: b& M0 U) k6 X9 I DD Halford4 [- R% w) r1 N! z/ `' H$ P2 D U
DD Halligan5 A. I! {3 t) J* H3 |0 |/ F+ L
DD Hazelwood$ e& `; Q1 H3 c! y8 {! O9 T
DD Healy6 S. \$ M8 y4 Q8 b+ g% `1 T
DD John Henley
* Q" x9 g$ X6 |, R A" Z DD Hickox
: |0 s/ a( j+ R+ O DD Twining
3 g5 o7 b, A$ J9 V R I DD Uhlmann
8 B1 l" a# Y2 g# R8 A: Z+ E6 ^ DD Wadleigh
6 r- I: ~, \( H% O8 v- w* H: v DD Wadsworth
7 r5 C; U1 |5 `; w DD Walker
, y6 j c" K3 ~4 L2 C; q DD Waller8 o& {, d9 x8 c& s- A
DD Watts5 O- L0 X3 }3 }$ f
DD Cushing II
; M) J2 Q; @9 P) Z, n2 L5 I DD Benham II; f' Y) T3 ^+ d3 m/ j7 ~! l
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& g4 l1 }3 Z$ ^/ F# ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships0 s* [; a q% o$ l4 \3 B
TK Kenwa Maru' h. U9 ?! q3 d7 e* |# M
TK Okigawa Maru
& w+ R/ n9 @# x2 i6 |' d TK Anjo Maru' M. w& G8 X4 a: T7 S9 H
TK Kotai Maru3 B7 y5 Y: h1 e7 e' r9 X
TK Arita Maru0 `$ R, k# `3 }% o$ y+ ~
TK Amato Maru4 h F2 V; E4 D5 @3 X; o
TK Ryoei Maru
" k. N1 f4 [# Y7 K: ^* i TK Eiho Maru; K7 [) G& l6 i2 b* ]" j
SC Ch 43
: C# m5 j4 t1 i SC Ch 58
U. k! @! z# t TK Shiyo Maru
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2 T+ o; m5 j Y6 L) Q) X DD Halford3 F7 u" m4 I- `& o/ f
DD Halligan
+ ]$ N5 c+ j, {+ ~# [ DD Hazelwood. }; K! U/ d5 c1 F d2 Q1 ~9 I
DD Healy, s, n( r, E0 q& d( C' B
DD John Henley! L8 R2 }9 x4 s- i
DD Hickox
4 o! y) n+ B, x1 p: x4 \ H DD Twining
$ a" d* B* q* [( Q6 F- y' [ DD Uhlmann
; [& l! y8 y0 o+ F% ]. ~& o& P* z DD Wadleigh8 j6 d7 ?6 u/ ]! M3 D0 K2 p% c
DD Wadsworth' r, r, X/ I8 \6 h: k
DD Walker3 D9 h+ w0 C& x. I# X) |
DD Waller
: a' z, [" }# a4 } DD Watts
2 A' E, g5 t' w" ?$ `" A0 e DD Cushing II
2 P6 [% E; Z( k3 H DD Benham II/ \) I0 i8 D5 b8 k, W
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
8 F9 W. W* H* w" r0 {* w) [# gJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
( _; c' G$ u+ v4 ]* P+ O0 b# iJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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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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, }2 J; X( W d+ hGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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9 N+ I: G8 a. m" z. T+ wAllied Shock attack2 q+ W0 x0 d& v6 e. F" ~# \
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23288 N3 A1 B( j7 O: X
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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E7 p: O; ~8 xAllied adjusted assault: 1957 # i9 C; |) e' t! d! ~4 r
9 U8 f: q; t0 v) L+ T- L* r. }3 n: u SJapanese adjusted defense: 1 ) ^, I' z$ E( G O! t% Q R
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 + R% }$ c+ H- E' ?/ B
" E* z7 p& J( @- ICombat modifiers
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7 o% E) U- n2 p% FAttacker: shock(+)+ v) w, w9 m" r6 G
( N& u. O3 t" D; x' s' FJapanese ground losses:2 R2 p _/ g' N9 E: Q/ n8 ~- d
49 casualties reported
+ O7 g- F v& O0 x Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( E4 h- F5 ^: n1 W$ C Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled% h# A. b1 u" }. e9 q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 c2 M$ L2 J7 V, \3 w Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
4 j0 e) x/ c& y4 q7 z1 B7 q 18th British Division$ w/ d: l$ K# R1 {
31st Armoured Division; e O6 h2 b7 Z( C9 H* f
4th Armoured Brigade
! G6 X/ L) A* m 254th Armoured Brigade
( S, g. s6 L0 {- @% t0 m 32nd Army Tank Brigade6 R) A7 s, E4 X2 o, X
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
0 w5 a P' c! A$ D6 { Gardner's Horse Regiment
! m( L* h* m: k* X" L- ^ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion6 K- W) w' z& Q
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion% ~0 c$ t; U5 o* @$ ^! J
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion- o2 S+ m4 V* S6 p! F
632nd Battalion$ n( m% \1 \! ?' g" A( D7 }2 c7 |
51st Highland Division+ P0 f& e% U% U7 L# N I$ o+ F
49th Aviation Base Force; M5 N& @2 r, P
Provisional GMC Grp 1 {9 Y+ x5 V f) s2 m* _
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
. T* ]9 e( a" C: k3 Y& C; b5 q 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
3 N! d0 w' X! K' g5 {7 h Sixth US Army6 i* s# f2 U9 y) S
2nd Medium Regiment
\( g/ W% r, }4 z" H XIII US Fighter Cmd
) z8 n. u: W( P8 E( N 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment; R6 ]. m: v; _9 c
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment# k7 ^/ \ y f* Z; B
428th Coast AA Battalion3 l5 z+ [1 a( U; l& h g- c, z
. |" h3 |2 W6 }6 b( `. g, fDefending units:
. \+ H" K! k: Y3 O& E 51st Air Flotilla /84 B- `9 A% [1 S. \' F/ |) H
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6 X) D: y* r( mJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |