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 Yards2 R2 }1 X: b* _1 d# E
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Japanese Ships, ~* n8 D( ]" c8 J* F
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
, H1 U9 v H# H! K% [) u E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk1 v w3 G8 b1 |: F9 V8 M
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, q7 Z* h; C# f7 Z9 X9 V$ l& g xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 n( W7 I! b% ]5 l& [+ j; ? xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ J3 M. a4 g1 t2 a& Y. E
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
% p. ~4 h% h/ n8 Y: p5 Z DD Halford' a- @7 @( g0 x% F# W
DD Halligan
0 K8 A8 y5 x& ~& @( k2 Q* l DD Hazelwood
% z4 s6 n$ @; Z6 r DD Healy
% L( z. A. B4 X# M DD John Henley
: f6 s, G$ k& C3 [- k DD Hickox9 ^% n: n3 o' b/ J
DD Twining' M9 a% J9 C) c
DD Uhlmann
7 |" y" ^% L8 J( E& _9 b DD Wadleigh0 O7 o& L5 i6 T3 O
DD Wadsworth, b7 o$ p9 R/ | Z% B1 B4 P" N
DD Walker; m M% G6 V9 z$ {$ N
DD Waller
3 d5 h' T. J \2 n. a/ Z DD Watts
$ t& R1 U& p4 a+ M! D DD Cushing II" t* a0 @3 w, s; G2 H' G! z
DD Benham II \$ ~, S* Y8 H0 ^0 P& l
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
, n: y: o7 q8 g+ a9 s" g TK Kenwa Maru- h1 f# F4 {- [
TK Okigawa Maru
( f6 I- H: `6 C2 u TK Anjo Maru
* k% h! g. e. {7 Y TK Kotai Maru
+ f9 h4 ~+ D" Z TK Arita Maru
9 {$ _& H4 r. Z% \& M' C TK Amato Maru z8 _% |" @' o. \: R
TK Ryoei Maru- ?5 M! [2 C' x8 t
TK Eiho Maru9 u/ H7 L7 t* T
SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru: E p. n" G- O$ I' N
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DD Halford) K. O$ m. p+ h- H* i
DD Halligan
7 E3 M5 I% }6 Y8 Z6 ` O) q( N0 X DD Hazelwood
/ E ~1 D5 {0 X. j2 f1 w# W DD Healy
5 |7 @7 S! h2 Z# x DD John Henley- w t* `) S2 h/ e
DD Hickox
# p) I4 r" x$ t( f7 [ DD Twining
4 c; @ ]1 U6 Q# l* O: u DD Uhlmann
! x& `& z$ T( ]+ x! z0 q DD Wadleigh
# i# N9 G7 J5 W DD Wadsworth; f0 C- h6 z& w; m0 y) x
DD Walker7 a$ }0 O( Z- ^8 i1 ?8 a
DD Waller0 {% n( F; W5 j! p$ U4 p% v
DD Watts0 p+ v M% Z6 U5 C8 j
DD Cushing II0 {$ o# b' [0 o9 m8 V# ]; }6 V
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...4 k4 M- w+ e. P6 n& f3 E* K5 |
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, F+ a! g/ t* l/ U/ S$ MJapanese 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。$ O; m7 w, f' H' v& m/ E+ Z! W
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)7 J5 ~+ I' M# S4 K
. ]8 C' {4 s- R# Z4 XAllied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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! Q4 J1 A, A+ a6 H* j) X7 JDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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$ o; Y; T' t! d9 |Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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7 T% z! p4 n6 L' c- k- H9 s( bJapanese adjusted defense: 1 4 ]1 \( t' r% a* q; t2 |& W
. { x; t6 t7 K8 n( d: p* ^Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers, G. e5 K3 C# a1 x* X4 O1 p0 M
Defender:
F$ a! u7 ~! Y& |& Y6 hAttacker: shock(+). j) }: u7 b/ B: r9 q* F
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Japanese ground losses:/ V* R! W2 \7 C! v7 Z
49 casualties reported! B' k+ z% _6 {8 b0 { G
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 N6 G- w* s2 \) E% R Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
; ?, q" W; Q' y0 P7 x# I' K8 R Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 b7 q* j0 B3 |2 {! t( I Units destroyed 1, I3 N; L# a/ {' R6 O( G
, X1 ~! X b+ i0 g# PAssaulting units:
/ u9 }8 g1 G/ G( D# W! r 18th British Division
]0 A+ c1 [% U 31st Armoured Division
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254th Armoured Brigade
7 k+ G) D8 f1 O5 G9 E% W 32nd Army Tank Brigade
$ u7 z/ P) H1 U3 a' U u9 [1 i0 A 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
' |$ e1 b ^- y Gardner's Horse Regiment
" ~. x @+ _% }9 [7 S6 u 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
# `% J+ e( F+ d5 ?7 V/ Y# _; `* h M 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 z/ e/ t: H M) S
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion3 b% f. N0 b6 ^3 v
632nd Battalion
7 n$ z, H/ p. c; N 51st Highland Division2 s2 b! o5 Y8 e9 C" u" T
49th Aviation Base Force
( b/ ~2 D. p( ~/ j, G. C8 q Provisional GMC Grp
9 a$ \7 l C! o, V2 Q# E; d 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 4 f+ D/ F6 N( g8 |! e1 S7 e
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment: ~% G; _0 y' F% A# o# X' A
Sixth US Army
2 V; @9 e1 B) f+ o0 Y 2nd Medium Regiment, u* a4 C7 h$ A0 ^, r' u
XIII US Fighter Cmd
0 k, E7 v1 ]+ T* o. Y0 S: D 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
8 ^' Z2 v+ m% D: h; k0 T( p 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
/ j8 j* E& O- l; J: ]9 x; A9 ~ 428th Coast AA Battalion" K- y; ~2 t- O. N4 A) D; `9 \1 \* F. {
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51st Air Flotilla /8
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# _1 Q1 K" X9 K9 I- v% p" Z6 xJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |