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 f6 O' V$ [6 o* x5 w7 o: w4 @% _/ O
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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! \# l, v. a4 ]6 J2 B9 xNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards4 r: S: _' B/ q- q! y! \
: F9 K; F$ a2 K, j4 JJapanese Ships
L/ C! {! W% T5 q E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
. b# j( c+ K- c1 q% m9 t2 o E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ x' _. d- Q# J/ v4 V% @
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) @0 E5 R4 Q, t5 p$ F' w xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
# {7 c* f% u% u" ? xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 |+ E6 e8 D, K( P; ~ S xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ y% J& f, Y4 [
. D+ Z. A: D8 j, j0 Y/ _) m- YAllied Ships
- _0 ?& h: ]' P. K DD Halford, t/ X# j0 ^) p, N' N
DD Halligan: @ z" d/ R" I
DD Hazelwood
5 X" L' }9 q. A1 {; m: y6 ] DD Healy9 y$ i" | X4 X. [; y( K( c% h
DD John Henley1 w9 ~' x N% E$ {
DD Hickox
/ z2 u- |4 z; V9 M$ S DD Twining/ k- q$ l! c$ @) W1 J
DD Uhlmann
, ~2 R/ u* P2 @5 |* Y/ t- g. b DD Wadleigh
2 d0 i! k- X& D4 H DD Wadsworth
! U6 M9 t; ?% L: C2 T% f/ m DD Walker
7 W8 P# D, p5 m7 s DD Waller% U+ E9 q8 v4 x
DD Watts
5 d3 w6 H. R% {5 l0 W7 L! e DD Cushing II7 ]6 z- A2 M8 K5 t* h' t5 d8 [
DD Benham II5 Q3 A" `0 J+ }0 A
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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5 j8 N( E' ]2 }% v2 N3 E2 S. OJapanese Ships
3 u6 H: n8 q7 Y5 L& N TK Kenwa Maru. I, @1 G# [6 n0 r1 e O) E {
TK Okigawa Maru, G, \7 E9 J @8 X. a) E2 t
TK Anjo Maru
- b7 m& X0 ^& J0 A- }& g TK Kotai Maru
2 O. v. Z# v* S TK Arita Maru
7 x L6 {# \0 A0 D ?' M TK Amato Maru
- J1 J- n( N# L TK Ryoei Maru
1 Q* G& N- v" H" m) k TK Eiho Maru0 J+ A3 W: t1 C a; v
SC Ch 43# W7 H. L6 ] U+ z: L" ^
SC Ch 58. T. e" v2 A' Q% W
TK Shiyo Maru1 O" M8 R: o5 Q$ p g2 b
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DD Halford# d8 u) v" L% @1 B* o
DD Halligan
3 K) _, p" N& R: S, X: n DD Hazelwood. Z6 n6 n, }$ d7 N$ J
DD Healy+ ?3 v7 c" j5 K3 T
DD John Henley
* G! ^9 w- D9 A! U" o" n DD Hickox
& o, g1 R/ q8 `% j1 f3 _+ | DD Twining
" Q. ? W9 ?& y: R9 g8 }3 ? DD Uhlmann
4 o8 y8 Q9 F5 Z; p m" U3 d& L" o DD Wadleigh! |! _1 k2 q/ f6 {! X5 V8 M
DD Wadsworth
) T! k$ M2 K( O DD Walker+ w" Y% h* N& T4 j, {6 q
DD Waller0 W" }7 ^0 u- d9 l) F
DD Watts) W' V0 Q# X7 b2 x& y
DD Cushing II
( o2 B' [5 F1 Y DD Benham II; n+ z3 }. H! p8 l# j4 a7 N5 p0 {2 r
L# C, a7 z) h2 x3 H( kRange increases to 30,000 yards...
5 F& S: H7 @- ~9 }& xJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape D. M K9 w; ?8 I3 c# }' g
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat E- F& }2 y6 x6 F ]
$ o* N' g& p# [; h. ?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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$ B. N. ]0 B7 kGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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, @3 k' w- r* Z. JAllied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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) E |' U, N" G/ y* y) ?6 H4 E7 y( YJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 ' y- f; o3 U c5 [$ l
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Combat modifiers. [, B, m$ v. [+ @+ X' w6 Q: b3 Q& B
Defender:
6 e$ y! E: H4 J1 o. f; ~3 {+ }Attacker: shock(+)( J7 p6 m/ y' z2 B2 @6 } B- [
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Japanese ground losses:) `! Y2 g% @( T& Z S
49 casualties reported k& G0 |# p4 X. ]
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 W* R/ ^' b& o& F
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 k! w& |( l- U, Y' `* U+ H Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( F/ u/ q+ b/ f, j
Units destroyed 1
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1 }- O& H6 _' t# W; D# u+ G- L( D' h/ NAssaulting units:
: n6 l9 n/ Y& T+ ^$ K2 v/ Y 18th British Division+ Z- W% M* W* `8 F7 s9 }! C
31st Armoured Division$ T7 O, p: b+ }& p7 }9 s
4th Armoured Brigade
* _: I& S B- }! `& {5 Y; e- t 254th Armoured Brigade% K0 a. c- s5 ~
32nd Army Tank Brigade
2 [' k' e9 k5 r$ c" K# Q: { 3rd Carabiniers Regiment# Q$ w4 B r- r, Y4 }$ G& H
Gardner's Horse Regiment
( ]6 c n9 {" u+ p7 G3 q 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
! [, {* @. e1 t; A6 p 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion2 b$ S5 y8 S1 Y- h c& J
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
- b2 l0 H& g* e9 b 632nd Battalion
) O- b) s2 m0 M# T 51st Highland Division; _- A3 ]% a- \/ S( a
49th Aviation Base Force
" A) I, J5 a( ]$ b- U: E Provisional GMC Grp
8 N. t2 M8 P$ w; `' ? 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 6 @* P! Q8 K( a5 A
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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* Z' S$ i; @3 d1 E: a h' M% P 2nd Medium Regiment, u- O, }# I, S) e
XIII US Fighter Cmd & n, [; y) s) k
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment1 L4 b) q& O' y
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
) L8 y' h( J% ` b 428th Coast AA Battalion% y7 h8 b' l8 J9 W
$ }6 Q# F' Q( t/ e% R& {5 kDefending units:
% Z" S# M5 x# I 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |