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% ]3 \1 g% _& ?4 H' q1 |8 f3 E
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
% @6 S; B1 g9 \7 J' o" A0 N E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
2 G) Y& x4 f/ U* i xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 \, N5 b Y0 C, C) o$ `4 L+ b xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage J7 r m6 J1 s+ y; F) b B2 o) i. ^! x# y
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 i+ }6 K, Q/ H) q* ^) d
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( c) z0 a2 z O+ \+ z
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Allied Ships
: s9 l/ D& n* G1 n DD Halford
/ b, F7 N, U, b. ^ W. K DD Halligan @' j: y9 W8 t; V! O# C. U
DD Hazelwood; P. m- ~3 }( b' n- B
DD Healy i5 _9 W1 c: a% i R6 f1 B3 i5 F
DD John Henley
3 I ~; J# l- H, K- l/ J1 x! C7 f DD Hickox
( r* n9 B) ]) n4 D6 O( I1 } DD Twining
f0 M" q Q/ H; x DD Uhlmann
% I: Q6 ~3 v# `8 U* y DD Wadleigh
% u# k0 Z& [& R+ E; d DD Wadsworth5 I6 S+ L4 k4 |( [7 S+ `) J Q1 }
DD Walker
( T7 r; v- Z* p! @$ ^6 k DD Waller- `6 u! \9 S" H% }1 I
DD Watts
" _# ?" C( R4 d' J* M DD Cushing II
3 Z/ J# D" E8 L: d, D, K. M) s DD Benham II
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- @$ I3 U: g6 r0 S9 C; PNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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/ g% c |. x- c, {7 E { TK Kenwa Maru
% i, D/ U/ @; F" v TK Okigawa Maru
4 t5 _& G5 ^9 a4 |- c4 l TK Anjo Maru: I! N& a' |# ]- R3 z$ z. p
TK Kotai Maru
/ o( S/ {# @% Q5 Z. s+ O TK Arita Maru
1 J* s3 V6 g8 p5 }# c TK Amato Maru
6 m3 m7 l% U3 u1 M- D TK Ryoei Maru' }( }+ u' H: y) J& Y5 B7 k) H
TK Eiho Maru
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: e4 p/ g- [8 W SC Ch 58: z* U# S$ @) f; Y$ D" }2 ~
TK Shiyo Maru8 M9 Q% V+ N( j8 {: B- V: T
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Allied Ships6 g8 [5 \. _( ]$ J3 f
DD Halford
, c! D/ e# ~, j/ r" l4 ? DD Halligan
% n0 {6 ^ c+ O3 f( Y, D! e3 M DD Hazelwood7 |' S0 R3 I* X8 z3 \3 B
DD Healy
: l7 C" F/ e3 H7 p# k9 N DD John Henley2 F+ U7 S2 L- K4 r, x2 Q$ ]9 e
DD Hickox
* D8 n) ?5 W, c" H' t5 Z- Z DD Twining
) I: b+ C6 R& S1 R' x G# ^ DD Uhlmann
3 s" u' Q* _. p& d DD Wadleigh+ I- T! m1 Z) ~( ?
DD Wadsworth" Q f7 F# v% C _4 n
DD Walker' c3 t! s w! N( H& r' O" \. D7 T
DD Waller3 }1 ]) l8 S2 |# j
DD Watts
4 r, K. X V' X+ x0 O DD Cushing II* M8 A( i8 ^; H1 {
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...- M3 f4 X. F$ n& i o) S/ j# j, ?
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 c9 {: E* \8 ?1 o' Y2 fJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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8 q: X+ J# D# |, ]7 Y- e: x1 ?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。0 ^/ }7 M0 }1 c6 L
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124), ?6 k6 t9 B3 }- b6 D
8 N6 L0 {/ H9 I. b. vAllied Shock attack
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. n$ F) @9 h, I6 KAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328" f* q& u4 X b; k
A+ p; y' D8 Q0 n' s5 b4 ODefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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1 |7 j% i; \! G7 p( E% A# eAllied adjusted assault: 1957 6 y$ K- R9 I" ?8 \1 o
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 * r- V/ e" G9 }$ Q) G
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Combat modifiers
9 V; [5 B$ [; e) h) B$ v, C, {# ~" iDefender: ( c. H- ?% l/ |
Attacker: shock(+)
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6 j. D" \3 p2 u! g9 Y2 ?Japanese ground losses:
* i7 ^ d' }! F: b; m 49 casualties reported
8 e# _% C2 X5 J/ M' g. w. W Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 _/ R( S2 Y% x3 i
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled, B% j0 U" U ^* P: O- ^. R
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 Y) k y* W! @5 n5 X% J Units destroyed 1, B8 S2 c7 w" ?
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Assaulting units:7 z4 N: J- F: J; _6 ^* I/ B
18th British Division# d. S5 _2 V k1 \
31st Armoured Division: I8 G+ G$ ]! m5 Y# W$ S- M
4th Armoured Brigade
z0 `& v- D- q. C" B0 g 254th Armoured Brigade4 T# z/ u- G. b# ?# ?7 M2 @
32nd Army Tank Brigade, v; ~1 u( w3 H4 [6 l7 d
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
; h$ C$ ?1 C. m3 M! z Gardner's Horse Regiment
5 V* ?/ V. l! o# p 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 U- T* q, s' W. \4 z
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion. @$ s: R8 h" o. {2 m$ L* `
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. [/ z Q& {& R6 } 632nd Battalion
6 q2 o& Q" ^! h, ?4 n2 ^) b 51st Highland Division( ^/ K- [ J; o! e' D
49th Aviation Base Force
3 u0 L% S6 ~1 O. L9 g1 A9 u3 ~ Provisional GMC Grp " K# M( K5 z- p( u3 H& @
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
) [1 o" `+ _ \/ Q% R a b% t 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 |: M, @, ?. ~% I! x
Sixth US Army
* w% [ x' y+ Y& O8 R4 V 2nd Medium Regiment
/ S- k/ o" j; A5 }: ?0 b XIII US Fighter Cmd 0 i1 R# s+ {- f" s7 `! {
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
8 J7 o% f* G. ~0 O- ]7 D 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment: Q( E' J) i1 P" Q! u% ]% n
428th Coast AA Battalion/ N& A* T1 }4 ~1 b1 Q
7 I$ b% |+ h7 e3 z+ ~3 EDefending units:& n% f$ {- C# k4 |8 O# D
51st Air Flotilla /8: ?1 c. ]% ~4 i( V( v
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: A; i( J, Z: eJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |