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! W. T/ D, j! _1 q7 a5 }2 X+ S5 {
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Japanese Ships& [- R! D' n, G$ ^# {
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
' `0 N. F* E! S% ?0 \- C E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
+ X5 E6 Y4 W3 R- V' R xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 z P7 T7 W* T6 N m
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage- L7 W8 Q( W G
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 [* L9 d I! [ xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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$ c, X- u$ V/ H; G. yAllied Ships
% r' |% d6 J8 X1 z; V+ ^, U DD Halford( Z# i$ t: Q. E* U; U
DD Halligan
3 X2 K) g. k) }0 i. T DD Hazelwood4 R4 B5 ~& W4 f* C3 Q8 F
DD Healy' k( ~: {$ e8 d1 T% J
DD John Henley! b4 E; e( \/ R5 j
DD Hickox
! J/ Q4 W/ e( L; j DD Twining
- X8 L( O+ Z& m) Y. I6 v& q3 r) }5 W5 z DD Uhlmann
3 r1 O5 m# W) e$ S2 y DD Wadleigh' @& s' C# |" q. l5 J
DD Wadsworth( d1 H! |. l" V2 Z7 I- M G
DD Walker
4 T9 H( y/ d, y! v2 }% v! }: v1 u0 r DD Waller% D( y# @; c' l/ e. R9 j
DD Watts
7 u- {# }3 ?# l5 m$ R, S DD Cushing II
$ D; M! n- M7 ^; {; w8 K- O DD Benham II6 t7 Q }" E6 U% i" |1 c+ d
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( b+ G" s0 M- T6 B! B$ v
TK Kenwa Maru) V* z$ @1 g% V: s' R( A8 N6 E
TK Okigawa Maru. N( |! J J0 V+ s- S0 n3 T( _, k
TK Anjo Maru
0 i! ^3 E6 Z. n) o5 A E4 r0 [# N TK Kotai Maru
, m3 w0 k0 C: k3 h0 ~ TK Arita Maru% v% B, _) o" K( r5 \) W% u: J
TK Amato Maru
w5 b h, u2 M2 v* b TK Ryoei Maru( S9 {5 _$ q! H9 v( H
TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58* ?4 O( k- ]' g4 o! C3 w" W1 b' A! ]: K4 y
TK Shiyo Maru; g4 Q" W0 E1 z, o7 l2 R, ?
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Allied Ships3 I$ f$ W/ p) t" i v) K, r
DD Halford
- g5 p) s, N1 k9 L$ Y DD Halligan
3 e! P l6 `) |) |* q0 X) w DD Hazelwood
& }6 C. d( }* l+ o1 H6 g; L$ |2 a! H DD Healy
2 f1 A8 c5 u% L- ^( {, X DD John Henley
& n$ _! L. L! x. h1 b, z DD Hickox1 c. X( t5 c; K7 c$ p, O# b7 A4 n% g
DD Twining6 K1 z& y; `; t% B1 ^, V6 M
DD Uhlmann
0 F( ?0 ]1 X8 c. H8 X4 `% S- { DD Wadleigh4 ?7 g% o: F% f
DD Wadsworth
1 I1 O9 n) k; y8 {1 C+ D) ]/ W DD Walker
a( m' C i7 y& ?4 Z$ v DD Waller
: \# Q+ [& A3 F" g% p. W1 j3 }9 w DD Watts
! X3 D! E- j2 g4 }# z6 s: C- r) S1 ? DD Cushing II% b" I" e9 T/ }' e
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
; F. [; B! |3 d8 UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 i2 q" ~& @" Y1 f2 {
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat( n( @2 I2 ~; n4 `" d
7 v7 y% b* W b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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3 |$ k, k8 `, t, x3 n% B# }Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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: {7 _& f. T( j$ HAllied Shock attack" l# b# t2 E1 a1 z, h* N% U; S) t
6 f* V: t' F) l+ i4 E& e, WAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23282 ~# E. G# B/ A& _7 N3 \
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 I% t5 i0 {. \. p
1 w9 H; F% P1 h1 p0 SAllied adjusted assault: 1957 # p/ l! ?( m1 `9 \" m+ C
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 9 k4 _* j2 w/ E! I3 I
i1 b2 T$ y O* eAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Defender: & ?* p$ a" v9 c# x8 ]3 o2 x1 ?
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# _5 T r1 }8 E$ e Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled: c% r. M# }; x9 W y# Y
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 Z. r! E% W( @( S6 V7 R x. F! S Units destroyed 1
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1 E" X" C2 x6 cAssaulting units:
" Y- J4 x0 h2 E4 B 18th British Division
. G" A" i2 M1 p3 Q" K 31st Armoured Division2 I5 j# v5 S* k3 _
4th Armoured Brigade
6 U, R) m% Y- O; F# w 254th Armoured Brigade
4 r& N$ f% V, Z6 f O/ G5 c 32nd Army Tank Brigade; d2 K6 Z. f3 A3 g) K# v
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
1 M: X: G: ? @; p Gardner's Horse Regiment
4 {$ G- \: h7 h0 V/ | 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
( Q) i% |2 T# ? 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion3 u" |; C4 o3 q2 ?1 K9 v
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
! Z4 ?9 G2 W1 f# k 632nd Battalion- U5 f" B3 g; q5 l8 f
51st Highland Division
0 [! a6 x$ o. U7 f! \ 49th Aviation Base Force, y* S- ]* b% X! P d0 E
Provisional GMC Grp : x# W1 F( j& r% J5 R6 C
1 ML-KNIL Aviation & x1 ~6 X/ C/ {
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
2 H9 R8 F4 Z4 ]1 ?" V Sixth US Army% K. j) C. M1 A: {! `' b
2nd Medium Regiment6 ?' ~7 W) q; R$ x4 p
XIII US Fighter Cmd , m D8 B/ H; H( ?% {' [
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment% V6 l8 O+ t4 d5 j
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
! D9 `. u% `/ t" w9 L 428th Coast AA Battalion# q7 a9 F1 R; Z1 D
4 L& b& h7 v9 ^Defending units:3 g$ V$ K; U$ }, Y( G; S
51st Air Flotilla /8
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