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/ b' W+ k! G! m; ]
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( G9 l B! J; Y1 f1 _" t6 T E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
O, A. q9 Y4 ]3 Y5 U xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' O; _5 Z" @" D xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 r/ o* {4 q1 E. P/ _ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. |5 n5 z$ u! u, E8 U4 w, s xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 N* f$ U7 d# k" ^2 v" X
1 T8 B, P: R- b( MAllied Ships
% ~& d* ^; n$ s: r1 ^ DD Halford& @' A- F1 T& ]
DD Halligan. g4 ]0 L8 g1 c- } |, i
DD Hazelwood% r; H3 o1 `' {0 X2 a( P
DD Healy4 n- d' O/ ]& [
DD John Henley
8 z" J- r( W! Q4 i5 |& I DD Hickox9 C) z3 E, ]% P1 A
DD Twining, J+ I& b" M, A8 j, b
DD Uhlmann E4 f! c3 P8 n7 k1 Q# r: ~5 V
DD Wadleigh2 J/ \5 s; j# w8 Z
DD Wadsworth
- y: w1 A9 ]3 \, x- n DD Walker, o2 @9 z* F' l- W/ U
DD Waller
b3 h* z! a* e1 H# t8 S- F& b DD Watts
4 K- w3 N& v o DD Cushing II: O. q, n( B# P V
DD Benham II/ `3 M" Q0 V$ X
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* k4 X+ z6 b; J0 N/ \/ aNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards( Z q+ h0 ?: C( c" D3 @
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$ u; ~' S/ v2 y1 K$ K- u TK Kenwa Maru3 W. s# j( j( O3 f
TK Okigawa Maru
6 F W# ?+ j: Z1 h TK Anjo Maru4 @+ K; p! a/ ?' R; Q8 t$ c
TK Kotai Maru
9 ]- \+ e3 ^( n* H2 H0 q TK Arita Maru# o2 C4 g3 w/ y3 @6 G
TK Amato Maru
/ O% l1 E. E5 M/ l TK Ryoei Maru' Z' s* V. j( v+ O0 A2 q/ ]- k" X- I
TK Eiho Maru4 R3 F. z9 e& y* j, B/ n9 K. z
SC Ch 437 p% T% n& z: j; ]4 Z
SC Ch 58: ^! D' v: Z5 c: i/ @0 A2 R
TK Shiyo Maru
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) k. E+ I& v {3 d% mAllied Ships
) B" a, l* s8 A" `1 t& S. s DD Halford+ `: V9 t0 l4 `" U& T2 R
DD Halligan8 P& M/ v/ i% K( L( ^; p
DD Hazelwood+ e0 m; V" X$ Z" S1 `. t
DD Healy' v8 h2 D N7 s+ j
DD John Henley4 y4 ~8 L' Y. d1 s2 M7 O
DD Hickox
4 V, b N5 N% ^; H7 @2 \) r7 v, { DD Twining- X' e) z0 [) Q5 _" J7 Y4 I
DD Uhlmann: U3 |8 I7 L3 j0 {2 K( V
DD Wadleigh( F/ v0 K; X% a4 @* P: w+ ?
DD Wadsworth
8 J2 v1 L0 z+ V DD Walker
. E) B8 N/ @0 _! ~4 [" _ DD Waller9 v: Z/ Q; }0 @ v! {
DD Watts. V# S; Y- G5 k# c4 |
DD Cushing II
9 D% e2 M% T9 D# Q) ] DD Benham II
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* L5 N! o) x: @7 E _( _9 o, ^Range increases to 30,000 yards...
/ C/ ^" H% ]! d- B( P2 }Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 T) M/ a& @/ n, 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。
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)! `2 ^+ J/ X/ x. i# r: a$ |) O
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Allied Shock attack
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7 C# \" x9 T/ V2 vAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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: \5 O0 L1 m+ j/ a K/ ODefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1: O A% m1 Y$ w5 w: D6 z
' P, b: O+ j0 j' ^( N& sAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 + ~ Z2 ~) D% _
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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7 Z: M- Z2 g# B9 y& v/ j# w( m$ o/ NCombat modifiers% } ~2 ]& M$ M2 v$ i9 Z# ]6 k+ @; j
Defender: & j$ w- S: Q6 I$ o" G( h( \% P
Attacker: shock(+)! l' B/ s! x7 e, ~
$ T) A; x( m: ] A! C* W/ z* pJapanese ground losses:
( D) x" O" J# u- I" v, P( a 49 casualties reported. x. V6 Z$ y5 s# ~# ?3 d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& V8 k. X& ?1 ?- N, u' z% { m7 K
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled! v1 {0 n; F) v: m8 c2 }
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 S: Q, S" t' {- p9 H8 x
Units destroyed 1- ?) j) X5 }; O" w9 D" q/ }
- h/ n% \" B5 j4 _6 }4 a: m$ O' M! CAssaulting units:
# m: J P1 O) U. C 18th British Division
4 C$ `8 \2 P. T! | 31st Armoured Division
. r/ C2 z7 @, R0 J6 O 4th Armoured Brigade% p* W6 K; R. f# B0 u, K
254th Armoured Brigade
5 P0 F0 L6 i8 X& w! v 32nd Army Tank Brigade0 C) V, n# T( Q+ Y0 e! B
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7 K( V6 q4 B- B/ k8 F- @0 U# s3 H' F! H Gardner's Horse Regiment
# g: k2 @, S/ P4 V 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 b" F H# \8 L 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
; h! G& ]" S5 d$ j# W 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
, L4 q+ D) _1 C6 e+ B 632nd Battalion4 W; s! z4 j6 L/ H, z% O
51st Highland Division
; g; s1 g2 P, d- n; `; N 49th Aviation Base Force
% r( ?, H$ l0 J6 d+ @ Provisional GMC Grp * L9 O: R; u0 ~ c% ~
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 5 F v- V( s& \7 f
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
1 }! Z3 [+ `& ^! P w* P' Q: | Sixth US Army7 D" Q! @+ X4 L$ C+ `
2nd Medium Regiment
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57th Australian Lt AA Regiment, K- a% b: p8 |
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
, X; j. w6 K2 [ 428th Coast AA Battalion6 x5 Z5 l6 B V* J& X4 f9 T
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Defending units:8 w. A M# D, V7 V* _# f
51st Air Flotilla /85 c' o8 L, B( I% p
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9 y" U8 d x9 B4 \2 m0 XJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |