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
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Japanese Ships
, W! y& r; q0 K6 G E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk/ z J7 D- J; v( F& a7 o" `
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
2 ]' B3 \9 [% k xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 w8 E3 n9 K* B+ @3 u) h: k! u% Y4 K/ b xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
, h* U( z/ z7 N( J1 M xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 \ E4 h4 u( U$ I9 J& [' R
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, C u; ]/ v( N T" z/ F
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Allied Ships
9 M% X! J/ ~% H3 ^ DD Halford
2 d; h5 M9 o. P DD Halligan
# o" N+ O: V1 M ? DD Hazelwood5 k7 y3 m* `# J, H
DD Healy8 Y$ h; W% j7 j! U4 q5 w
DD John Henley
7 ^, ~6 ~* T: l3 i: v DD Hickox+ Z# Y( f3 s: O, f% }9 s$ [8 y+ J
DD Twining
' k' |0 r& u5 Y DD Uhlmann
$ j6 g$ f4 a: a9 Z0 M DD Wadleigh3 I9 q1 _$ ~& s4 ~ o. _- q
DD Wadsworth: {/ p4 P" \( h0 @, D: \
DD Walker! Z9 ^8 N5 r7 |8 G& e8 c% q
DD Waller
0 s+ H2 W4 Q1 V# ?! o/ r DD Watts
9 t. I+ c8 b1 i' E4 O; _5 ? DD Cushing II1 W" \- T2 ~0 B2 P
DD Benham II
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6 c8 }* _2 v: zNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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/ [$ q ~" m5 i8 W( d, |7 y0 OJapanese Ships
9 u: ^5 N7 b7 q TK Kenwa Maru" \5 p: c0 w ?+ X& O
TK Okigawa Maru
7 M6 o! X% Y- J( U+ n! y TK Anjo Maru" ?2 Z% u; S/ n; l6 p
TK Kotai Maru! V, y) m9 ]( c
TK Arita Maru2 G% h1 V Z) f: S& r& e" R5 J6 C
TK Amato Maru
/ b$ X- W# V; Q- k TK Ryoei Maru. ?$ \% ~9 ^8 M2 a* R2 |6 T) ^7 _8 p
TK Eiho Maru, c' U6 D9 G. {
SC Ch 43
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% k7 f# u& \2 [9 f8 p) G# C) R TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford2 j) O) j' o* @0 ]; \$ @
DD Halligan
6 \8 K$ v8 ~! f) K! w* Q* k DD Hazelwood3 O% F# n+ _1 {, ^8 f! H; o
DD Healy5 S$ b, D2 P% I) l' S9 ?, V
DD John Henley
9 z. P8 O7 }$ u% R DD Hickox& \4 P. V& k) i: ^ W, W; d
DD Twining6 r+ j) \/ C/ [" i- a0 U
DD Uhlmann$ J2 b* ^) |# X5 Y7 I2 G2 }% K+ H4 U* c
DD Wadleigh# H' F6 u& T7 k, l
DD Wadsworth7 d. L/ d1 `; r6 \
DD Walker* _4 E) c6 N) L3 B, z# Y
DD Waller4 \5 n' F3 Z' n* B
DD Watts2 e9 q- A" C! U
DD Cushing II5 X" q5 {' J& \7 H' y( ]
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...& W* ]7 Y' V) u6 x8 J0 z
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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9 U, Q9 W* ?* _8 l6 _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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- B2 [. ^4 Y0 `Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack! v2 j/ C# n# v* r' }+ f
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23282 d p* L: B' o A& v4 G9 i
. c8 m( A Y/ F# k# FDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 W6 ?9 x |8 P# {5 P8 L1 E( e
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 ) y* V; ]: p* z& ]6 X. ]* e) O
8 u f0 Q9 J9 wJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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5 v* q0 c5 V+ P# |4 }* i0 `' {2 N1 aAttacker: shock(+)7 V* m: G/ x" Z# i8 n. a% S8 G
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Japanese ground losses:- V* n4 O! T, v2 k
49 casualties reported
# `6 g$ @/ r' ~2 Y, _ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 C# j& [) |& z! A- H$ B! k. x Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
! |: W* [% I' \+ s5 M7 H Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* G: f' p8 X: o5 r# e& F8 J8 i
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
' O8 ?; B6 L4 E+ m- W 18th British Division7 `2 ]" t% A$ t% @' y
31st Armoured Division
3 P: ~1 t" @ q7 V 4th Armoured Brigade
) x- B# D7 I6 P, [; B& ^8 ~ 254th Armoured Brigade
, _2 j' r; N' Z5 z1 L3 } 32nd Army Tank Brigade& D, z( @' _" ?: Q- p v' b- k) Y
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
- B% g6 v6 |. i- m6 ]& G/ r Gardner's Horse Regiment2 d O) S1 [+ J" E* q2 F# b
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ H% x/ N$ m1 S J/ q5 ~ 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
: D2 Z7 I6 _7 F: D5 R @2 F 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion* h2 c+ ^8 }6 d! `
632nd Battalion0 Q) U( W" j0 D# d) _. O9 C
51st Highland Division
& Y. Q7 |4 @% |- S 49th Aviation Base Force6 ^' J( S- o' T1 o
Provisional GMC Grp ; ]4 |1 k4 k A0 H# L5 P2 f
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
( W8 Q. e n- U' E" N: @ 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5 b+ z* h* {% w. i Sixth US Army# ?: [/ e4 F! c/ T
2nd Medium Regiment
' Q _2 p" s& Y$ Q+ t XIII US Fighter Cmd
+ {$ k. ^2 u& x, h, r8 Y# e 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2 w3 o5 o- U2 X0 D) F! ] 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment, y: |, S6 D& t: u
428th Coast AA Battalion5 G8 L, i# P7 h5 B) P
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0 G5 U. K6 [+ S, d6 F J4 M 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |