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) V& ?" {" v& z9 Q5 s
$ n$ G* F) Y0 B% N5 HJapanese Ships& \! n1 J1 T! ?, q; _% C! l( V
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
* ?6 x# z' b9 H E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
( u% t- h' L# s: W3 C xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) h% d0 ~* `6 H
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ N& N4 B" @- K; J4 k2 o! `1 _ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 S& [0 \; y' D
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships+ f* y* m7 S4 F" |( h# ^% |0 o* A# E
DD Halford
8 Y7 x4 K1 b( g: f DD Halligan
) Z1 X( ~6 s- Q- h: W+ `, s$ y; q DD Hazelwood
# K/ g9 W* u8 `7 _5 F! B DD Healy8 [: g( R: n b: i! r6 [
DD John Henley
. N) z# [2 t& n DD Hickox
1 R& ]9 t; y) [! ~! Z6 A& p DD Twining
6 l- K2 U- M9 B0 i) w* ~( q* } DD Uhlmann
) Q2 W2 A* x1 S7 e. w DD Wadleigh
8 N$ {/ I+ f6 X$ R J DD Wadsworth5 E! ~, d$ T7 ?" J7 q( c9 T
DD Walker
5 r/ y) ?4 g$ J1 [: R DD Waller C6 p6 F. T; {* B
DD Watts$ W4 v# }+ b: e" `3 ?
DD Cushing II; O/ Z& ^# \9 s1 W
DD Benham II- M% N x1 u2 B( g* T8 R+ {
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9 h! l; m% V8 `Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
c1 X2 K3 R$ N! ] TK Kenwa Maru
) ~! H1 o5 {* ^: R/ c. k& t; ~# E6 ] p TK Okigawa Maru$ c! x0 e' e: t* z4 R
TK Anjo Maru
& `. B% Z9 o$ ^* _ ^( P+ s0 _ TK Kotai Maru# o" }9 f6 y6 v Y# p
TK Arita Maru8 |- S! ~/ w& F
TK Amato Maru
9 ]& _/ E( } S! \- q: T0 [ TK Ryoei Maru
0 D& b) U' m- l/ Z TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 589 e& Y7 b+ Z- c
TK Shiyo Maru: H/ G1 U; p6 t2 S; v& w
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DD Halford
8 I0 C) }0 C+ E) H) I2 o8 z8 J DD Halligan0 G0 z) E7 W; l: T7 g" Y: C
DD Hazelwood
5 }; S+ }1 d$ k9 O. y- u4 Z, \ DD Healy' C/ L8 c$ g8 q/ R0 R+ D
DD John Henley' J4 \) v: G+ D5 ]
DD Hickox. X' g; E' Q C
DD Twining
9 Q$ x _& I$ D$ N DD Uhlmann
% S- h$ m+ l# O h+ u, n. x* [ x$ U DD Wadleigh
" N; @, Z2 _9 f: \" v DD Wadsworth9 V# y. g% w4 X) v9 d z0 k
DD Walker& m" E: |! y! a C4 ]+ E8 p
DD Waller4 v: T, v# l5 s- \0 _3 v. M3 O
DD Watts
3 Q$ @( G: g4 h! i/ c. V, l DD Cushing II
, o" l; I1 k2 w h$ J DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...2 ~5 m/ R- n" b H8 f
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, t+ f9 L+ G5 R% A5 U0 V; bJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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3 A- _2 n3 V: k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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& {+ T; [4 x0 b# F! j3 V/ UGround combat at Darwin (76,124)6 P" }! b5 F9 C& l3 g1 @
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Allied Shock attack k. I, B! W$ }, c, ~
$ p, O5 v3 B) Z" T& _6 V1 T5 _Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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4 N* M h; S1 x; d. o1 Q- |4 B& o$ yDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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& G2 t% u ]& k9 Z& F7 [Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 " p5 |9 `- w' h3 V( s
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers% J- o4 U. L% b
Defender: , S& }! ?$ t# o( H: t
Attacker: shock(+)3 T! c/ H# Z2 x4 k4 Y3 D8 W
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Japanese ground losses:
8 j2 ?, B+ K. w' h9 G 49 casualties reported
5 Y/ S# j8 F* p: k" J8 I Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 n, E. S4 U2 s Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ o* R; P/ B! ]7 j. t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 A. r/ y' @' Y; L; H
Units destroyed 1
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2 @: v+ p, l9 DAssaulting units:
! J! ^; x! Z9 h4 f 18th British Division1 ]. s) g2 j: J. K! B, ~1 u
31st Armoured Division! M# J: n$ y7 P7 X) }8 F- M+ C
4th Armoured Brigade
# H8 [4 K7 o' E0 g9 i1 ^. n9 } 254th Armoured Brigade
' q0 a3 E1 W" Y/ S 32nd Army Tank Brigade/ Q6 ^8 @, `+ j2 |+ Z
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
; q6 p1 ] O+ y3 R' Z Gardner's Horse Regiment) J/ ?. U) |8 n& \1 I7 Q) ^# f
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion# d/ v* o; Z6 `8 x3 P6 g/ Y
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion& _" ?/ Q' w2 b. B1 l
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion. g9 w, q7 ~; J6 ^2 z" s
632nd Battalion: |( G( d* z6 u" c, M
51st Highland Division' r0 D- \5 C: [
49th Aviation Base Force
# `9 f, v8 r8 J- x Provisional GMC Grp
/ Q& q7 q" ]0 K O) X: y 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
( c) J/ f3 V$ f3 L 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment' G: _- h& F2 x8 ~5 u9 k
Sixth US Army
- ?5 e) k# C0 M' f 2nd Medium Regiment$ k9 n% W: N5 A& s/ P
XIII US Fighter Cmd
1 P9 N ^+ W) }5 n 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
/ m* a% g0 Y& Z 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
4 j6 v- G4 p: U0 f; E" ?* s& i 428th Coast AA Battalion
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7 c5 @) \/ a( S0 T t0 zDefending units:) M- J# _# g, P- s' ~( P0 W0 Y: k
51st Air Flotilla /8- \1 h7 L* O4 u- O; s
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |