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。" y4 A7 D3 ]9 g6 Q) d
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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" K/ v! O0 {" q# T, ENight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards$ g7 ~# y. a- k: f
# Y7 @: m, O7 O: lJapanese Ships
! c3 _6 k& K. m E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk; K+ V/ S b' R( c
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk0 p. }' o: Y3 _# |* ^4 S5 G
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* k5 c6 ]/ v& B( w xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage. l* Y0 E' y+ p$ _
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ X$ Q @3 V, Q6 o5 T R# `. `4 S
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
' E5 X3 S0 O2 r DD Halford
& G! ?& r, O2 D2 J) v9 ]2 X DD Halligan" _. Y6 t, i0 d, `' [
DD Hazelwood. e% L! G; V) j% F+ G% p3 v1 x5 I) k0 W5 }
DD Healy
1 ^3 K1 {) V" }3 F* ~ DD John Henley
( C2 R7 k* ^3 Z DD Hickox9 b. h& s* o9 e& A7 {% k4 @
DD Twining
^4 ~% V& y( b. E& K1 z: | DD Uhlmann
- S, B5 t/ G& k6 |7 L+ A DD Wadleigh
9 F: A3 ?, H, K0 Z1 X. l% k9 _9 t DD Wadsworth' w, L& u- B& Q5 q `0 k
DD Walker& n6 p W- d' K# O$ y
DD Waller$ y7 S# |8 l" l' B/ ~8 K: Z3 y, Z
DD Watts
6 J3 W# ` \/ A2 J5 C" P DD Cushing II
! n. J/ |, }3 X! D DD Benham II* l9 M9 u5 z# R
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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2 L6 z! Z. |! }/ M TK Kenwa Maru) V. A0 p7 P5 a' s
TK Okigawa Maru$ R) o2 R4 {- ]# H. i
TK Anjo Maru# z( W# P Y8 [' m+ I+ R: ^1 y
TK Kotai Maru: A% e' I% A* f m$ [8 x
TK Arita Maru' A! x: _! d- t
TK Amato Maru+ Y5 a. ~$ i9 k) X! S
TK Ryoei Maru4 z$ m$ s- e( T5 w$ h& N2 \( I/ G
TK Eiho Maru) I* R& @1 |4 f( f) d, T5 m+ r: j5 e
SC Ch 43
* U1 ^/ p; \, a7 j+ a SC Ch 58
% _; i/ n6 t) k% @ TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships
( I( U" x% |8 x+ x! ^8 w$ N1 S DD Halford
8 z/ H" \* e# m* I( n* K* P9 {+ p DD Halligan
5 j4 J. ^& Z4 p* U7 x/ ?7 T4 q7 G DD Hazelwood
2 P! s7 [# W O3 T- u# f' n8 c$ j7 x DD Healy" S- S3 x0 _3 I1 T
DD John Henley/ v7 G1 P; e$ f. g& W$ s6 K
DD Hickox. O. g/ A5 J p) d, A/ `- E
DD Twining- | J# J! S/ ^6 x! E* E3 H2 E3 R. Q
DD Uhlmann8 C1 K2 N% j9 n' G
DD Wadleigh
2 e3 g4 H" Q4 a DD Wadsworth2 G: @) A* D. X9 y# ?
DD Walker
# b. l, H" q1 a" L+ R1 ?; ? DD Waller
0 o% T; u) q0 L3 h DD Watts5 W# E% ` Z) n. n- v! t
DD Cushing II' r& n, U: ^1 B6 i! T
DD Benham II
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Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape- r0 e: `. N; w8 ^& W
Japanese 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。" F2 \8 P9 ]% f8 Y7 N, m
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: v5 h7 |+ o2 Y) gGround combat at Darwin (76,124); t$ p& A2 `: ]7 p: v! X
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328) a( S% z" k' y8 P/ R
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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( U4 X, L) S2 a; m8 z, J/ G$ @9 LAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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$ ~% y& X$ A. {* uJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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( Z* R- D0 F1 q+ E2 C! gAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers) Z$ T( ?* v: r& [" G
Defender: 5 D5 {$ h5 \+ j& I; k' N5 k
Attacker: shock(+)3 |$ L( B" `: X: j. a# G
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! U1 Q% s! \$ r5 [8 R, m& } T7 K
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled' h% m+ F' O/ p/ U+ y: R7 R
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. G0 p( }2 b4 h+ K7 W
Units destroyed 1. p" D8 \1 A5 g4 w' k8 ^
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Assaulting units:: C ^, ?% A [
18th British Division4 Q E, `, ~# V6 p
31st Armoured Division6 J/ c* W. P/ C7 e' |; h
4th Armoured Brigade
$ u l* i) B5 `9 G5 j 254th Armoured Brigade
, ~1 ~4 j- M) S- I 32nd Army Tank Brigade+ a7 G7 i6 {, ?8 P
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
: l* V9 S y/ L+ I$ i c: D Gardner's Horse Regiment
# j% K( X1 S$ ]+ X3 z 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ k2 Y, e& r$ w5 Q$ i, ~ 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion+ Q: @% z2 W; V1 N% Y" t
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion3 n/ V% v( p: l# Q4 H R6 d1 G
632nd Battalion
/ Y! v d( e/ }2 M" ]' y* c- n 51st Highland Division
$ K) \' C! g! Q0 J* q" H7 s 49th Aviation Base Force& n3 V9 k+ {" z9 ^" R7 z. [
Provisional GMC Grp 1 m# F9 H4 N" b* i5 a a4 x. c" F
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
. L5 y: H! T& J7 D5 W 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 e. A; q$ ]$ k2 T
Sixth US Army* e | X9 }( ^9 D3 Z: b. f
2nd Medium Regiment' N, `8 g; V7 e2 ?1 \
XIII US Fighter Cmd 4 _ K i6 ?# z8 Y8 F1 {2 E3 ?
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
' q% i3 E8 i% H) A1 ` 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment' ?" F2 V! i4 }9 }2 G X
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:8 i' [+ i0 _. R
51st Air Flotilla /8& P# X8 @2 I; I# X
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |