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。
7 O, T! G# y- ~; KAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 451 K: U" a5 j. G
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0 I$ x' a7 Z) m( ANight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 w6 s+ t! _6 G* |$ Y; M0 O8 X3 V5 [) L
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
4 L; q, f' K3 x/ Y4 ~ E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk6 G7 q1 C6 ], a6 v$ Z: c4 ]
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ \' ^' x7 n2 ]% S; i; M8 n
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage' s# X6 k9 L+ H
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" B- k' C; D- l8 m1 C
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* H" R# {( ]. v# i
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Allied Ships& }1 @) \+ k2 A. f v4 I
DD Halford
& X5 Z x( m2 g DD Halligan
! s* C5 T; O$ K- p DD Hazelwood( T, d: X6 n4 l$ r; C1 i
DD Healy+ m* @8 r+ x; ?
DD John Henley
7 Q9 L% \/ M1 G DD Hickox
3 n8 c6 h, ?% A# R- |$ |$ L4 I DD Twining
9 Y7 B* Q+ \, L: A G4 ~9 W DD Uhlmann, c: \/ B7 W1 G
DD Wadleigh
+ Z* J: q, o% j2 N5 e% a DD Wadsworth
9 ^$ r, Q" p. P2 W' F* F) x1 { DD Walker4 n; a7 _6 { d/ |9 W
DD Waller V) E9 p' o2 F8 c( V# L5 h
DD Watts( H: [; L- u: @1 U
DD Cushing II; S4 M5 K2 P3 |/ z* G$ k
DD Benham II- C! |8 T: f) {8 e7 X, ]# A
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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& u% |4 y6 d- B4 f3 `) C7 IJapanese Ships
6 E: k9 @" X# i3 Q TK Kenwa Maru+ J8 R4 R s7 z" t9 ]4 o
TK Okigawa Maru
+ Q: `, X2 ^1 m6 d TK Anjo Maru
0 t, q" a0 F! {, V, t TK Kotai Maru
3 `' T2 d" T* V$ }+ x: {/ f5 \ TK Arita Maru9 }" `5 r& A- Y' A; L- P$ V ~( o
TK Amato Maru/ a4 x6 T* @* i/ k
TK Ryoei Maru
@- \/ C# \% z- Z TK Eiho Maru
* m8 j+ w' J! L, k! q0 | SC Ch 43
& o: l% j+ ^" `$ P SC Ch 58
/ \; |% E/ G% b# A TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships6 B/ L3 I, k) q R5 b% |
DD Halford* j1 p. [4 d; B$ l+ f9 V3 i
DD Halligan
/ h% U7 z: f$ O$ p7 W; C8 y8 Y. W DD Hazelwood9 h; q9 z( o: P c) V+ x
DD Healy
8 ^! X" M+ x$ x& F5 E1 B+ ^( p# R DD John Henley
5 J5 Y- V8 n1 i# p DD Hickox
& Y+ i: t2 x2 a" V. e$ \/ P$ O DD Twining
|4 P" n6 X" Y- _5 `1 f: z DD Uhlmann
& E# R+ i$ }( g j DD Wadleigh. ^+ o% h" j i! ~5 `
DD Wadsworth% H6 h0 s. ]& W( }5 {
DD Walker
! S$ Z% t. {2 Y- P# e DD Waller
) g% m& H+ Q$ o! ~0 F4 _ DD Watts- ~+ r0 I _! {6 I
DD Cushing II8 |( T/ g+ r3 k6 p
DD Benham II
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# a3 s) N2 ]* c+ w2 WRange increases to 30,000 yards...7 @# _. n) ~ F5 w7 N; y$ x
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; E+ Z+ t0 g, Q" @" _Japanese Tanker TF evades combat- I* A8 U2 g4 {( {+ X* j' _1 W9 Y( S
. ]! w! ?3 M' j5 A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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)1 O, {1 S4 `5 m, F* q
0 x* g- {( ~6 IAllied Shock attack
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7 I9 d& g' B5 N+ k, |. ?Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328$ C. D/ E7 N- S0 p- { S
, A9 K0 d9 {* X( J' \1 E. BDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1$ L2 y0 @/ D B+ n9 E4 I% B, K
: F, V0 L) B7 b; o* h1 c1 XAllied adjusted assault: 1957 : [6 W8 L* @& X9 P! ?: W) n
) N- d! o. K- |; @$ ?+ OJapanese adjusted defense: 1 1 }7 ^& f& z) F
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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7 M* a, U# m- J% \) |# K4 S% X- zCombat modifiers
& M. o5 P4 L i Q% JDefender: 8 F% ^8 x( M' r+ K
Attacker: shock(+)! k: X0 G% @# a7 L j# n, g) |' B
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Japanese ground losses:, L# `7 M1 r; P$ t+ @
49 casualties reported
% w2 m+ ]* j& E; W" } Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" O0 {- U" v9 u7 u/ e" h
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
. Z8 K) S; B5 m/ O Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" t2 D4 c+ G& K. [" k1 y9 P
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
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31st Armoured Division
+ }7 Y4 h7 T+ e( g4 ^ 4th Armoured Brigade
' E( S: M8 _) [$ Y2 e 254th Armoured Brigade( v$ [# r8 F0 V/ u" ]% Q+ }/ G# Y7 W
32nd Army Tank Brigade; W( s- {1 ~. y+ A
3rd Carabiniers Regiment G$ C/ G0 N/ v# G8 u) P
Gardner's Horse Regiment: ~ _2 P- P0 w, w8 ?
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 D" V& v3 I$ }+ z: J- K8 d 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 w7 K- ?$ x& a
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion5 d# x# j6 D3 D% v( Y$ f$ c' u6 z
632nd Battalion
1 C3 f4 ~" [; H2 _8 D 51st Highland Division4 H0 u5 y) x5 ~3 M
49th Aviation Base Force
2 j9 A" D0 Z% K3 n0 u Provisional GMC Grp w: Y7 q' N% Q
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 2 ~( M5 r: h& c% o* M7 R& O
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ Q: E6 w( B1 ~0 \$ P* }, l5 B# D( P
Sixth US Army
5 f4 A2 g; v3 }. l4 R 2nd Medium Regiment9 ?8 r4 b0 w5 z; l/ O! ?
XIII US Fighter Cmd ) ^$ G7 @) W" O2 Q( }8 A7 [' y
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment# V. `+ j$ ^3 c n" L9 r
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment3 V) T2 ~6 t) r" k4 u+ J
428th Coast AA Battalion. c* k5 |; ~# L1 T" e) i
1 W2 R; Y m T% QDefending units:6 S, C6 H" K5 T) K6 M! C' P
51st Air Flotilla /8
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& g% ^7 o: [5 |; aJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |