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。2 s% }; @4 c8 n7 F/ E# C4 P5 Q
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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, |# e( `/ a* r% ]% g* L( g) i8 pNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards; u# R+ [" ?) Q2 A0 q/ A& B# P; v
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Japanese Ships7 G6 q# I/ y- j* }' M& r
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk' e" o# B s0 Z: D
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk$ m/ k. S+ j' i
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 ?2 _9 q) `) Q- N+ C xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 l9 ] O. H1 |7 f$ S! ?9 I) u xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, E) Z3 F# A, N xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' ^5 K3 T) A# ?3 k7 M
7 ]' I4 i( v/ F z% R& W! |- g3 aAllied Ships3 A5 @2 J0 I* F* S' S- `
DD Halford$ x6 A }; B p/ R# L8 Q
DD Halligan5 J# T( J$ @$ O- X# Q! X, c
DD Hazelwood
$ d& m5 Y4 C0 k, ^4 j DD Healy
5 u* _! n1 z7 [' S DD John Henley
+ R4 |& w8 G0 ^9 j+ I, { DD Hickox$ N& I. M1 v; U& Y: `! O
DD Twining. H! Z" T5 p. ?: M
DD Uhlmann
9 a; g6 f- r# ?( ]* A, \5 E/ d DD Wadleigh
+ ]5 E" ^0 R$ A DD Wadsworth
E6 B; V. }5 }# `9 j4 ? DD Walker0 {6 M* D% E( y6 v2 q- E' O/ e5 O
DD Waller# |! o# S3 E5 o
DD Watts
* x0 u# W5 k, P7 y DD Cushing II* Y0 f2 U) A; ?2 l3 l6 T5 i/ G
DD Benham II
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3 T/ z) X. e& F6 _& i" [6 V- f7 GNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
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TK Okigawa Maru
1 v7 r3 I4 n9 A( n7 S* v TK Anjo Maru" u0 e& x6 I( B! m
TK Kotai Maru; f! j1 ]. v8 z- J" J
TK Arita Maru, }* k$ H1 G$ l
TK Amato Maru
6 c$ N, j$ Q9 a' c# P% s- @$ B TK Ryoei Maru4 m* G7 R) C0 d- D' F7 L( [; d
TK Eiho Maru0 r# J2 \) q$ V1 m; p% t- b
SC Ch 43
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# w5 D3 z/ K7 d* a+ G TK Shiyo Maru+ y2 o, ^5 P) R/ C, g/ g* o" h
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Allied Ships
7 k5 S9 O7 ?$ C' a DD Halford
5 t5 _- z. ?+ b( c DD Halligan
9 x5 ^# K% @7 ?8 [ DD Hazelwood. \$ b% ?0 i5 N b
DD Healy* Y3 M4 l$ X) _6 ~$ ]
DD John Henley( L3 V' w c7 C3 L9 e7 D
DD Hickox
0 w5 I1 ?0 l9 A: g% r+ U DD Twining
+ R9 @ K, i7 }6 n DD Uhlmann
; e0 i$ t, s- }3 U6 e9 i( A DD Wadleigh# _/ p8 Q& P9 f
DD Wadsworth
% ?7 R+ O3 M. j4 R DD Walker
# X8 Q: c, X/ v! \# g6 c+ V" @ DD Waller
9 i' I2 g1 I$ D DD Watts
9 N' |1 k& Z- n* F5 D DD Cushing II
$ e1 K0 o( V; f) w& J& n2 y4 G5 J' t( P DD Benham II
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4 d! d, @' W7 U0 D4 KJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape( D% S+ ^2 ]2 m9 t9 i9 D; c% h
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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4 f( J: Q0 Z6 A$ N+ s Q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。* v# ]+ ^4 O1 {& D/ n
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1 A1 k: U& C) W9 I* r$ ZGround combat at Darwin (76,124)- I: h2 Q1 t) K6 t9 \# \
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Allied Shock attack4 x* S( K% H9 {! f+ J4 T
0 Q8 n2 ?* N* b, |) ]3 |5 m L wAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 t% P0 v7 S" G0 L8 e, m5 G! }
1 ~/ F5 o u2 r6 |8 f: d; N/ EAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 8 P5 K3 Z- Q0 c+ \9 }3 h
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Combat modifiers
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* d7 {/ E" A$ bAttacker: shock(+)/ o- }2 W+ c. w, N+ J6 ^
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. x0 f& ?: D! z7 i7 Y( t; G; [ 49 casualties reported
7 y# A3 x4 ?: G4 Q d6 }# X0 P9 _' K Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* G- Q$ s7 ^ I) V2 l8 ?1 d5 R Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled& u4 F& O8 h( P& x, G j& |% o$ v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 U: w2 h% h, c Units destroyed 1
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f+ x- S& h) x/ u) k' Y0 @2 h- i# OAssaulting units:
7 E# I/ `! Z+ Z+ p8 c 18th British Division
4 \7 u4 U# ~. @ 31st Armoured Division6 C$ Q0 N, ^' L6 S+ n( H
4th Armoured Brigade# s1 e$ e' k+ y9 j
254th Armoured Brigade
7 o3 _* N$ g2 e" T9 g3 h* G; H 32nd Army Tank Brigade
J$ P+ \3 l, e 3rd Carabiniers Regiment. ]. R6 M% f" X4 K3 i; H' M
Gardner's Horse Regiment
4 N* O( A$ y0 }/ a. t/ \ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 L8 G4 l; w/ P' n 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
c& i x6 y+ d7 ^, y3 J# J: [ 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 v- u- r. l1 ? 632nd Battalion( H3 [: g. {; q$ A8 H
51st Highland Division
" H8 ^1 s0 t4 \1 G9 o% `3 u0 Y$ r2 Q 49th Aviation Base Force
% X2 R1 I2 H: G+ ]! ^ Provisional GMC Grp
9 g, N6 O; @% l5 K+ J5 f 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 6 Y6 M1 x* B( \8 E8 v& o; J
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment; I* o( V( q: R
Sixth US Army
7 l* p7 u* s% b. m) V" r 2nd Medium Regiment
5 a0 R. B' S! L! D" l# @ XIII US Fighter Cmd 9 a/ U+ i! ^/ g* Z3 {! N u* E! {
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment5 i6 P* G' D3 [" z0 }0 L
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
+ j0 L; x5 h: l4 Q$ S 428th Coast AA Battalion9 X6 v4 g$ @) x/ E' e
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Defending units:
6 F `( b$ n: M8 O1 S6 M4 O 51st Air Flotilla /8
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9 |' C& n5 }3 b& s$ |3 UJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |