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。
# A$ V, z. E) D4 z3 r/ H5 TAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45% v, g8 }+ J8 e. T$ \6 p! ~& w
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& v1 e( O/ E. Z3 }5 v+ XNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
6 Z7 p7 I: U+ e i1 B& d E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
. }% ~7 [* F' y& i E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk& T3 s, C1 R$ \. R+ \3 V
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- w) t @$ z- A+ w" S xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 O: F" a2 ^. v E( g3 T" B
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 ?) O& j( ~3 f xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 U( _, s. `% j
$ [6 T. k( p# M( ^! M! t1 d& X% GAllied Ships. e. q4 X6 O, U; v j
DD Halford- z' I, {9 G6 p
DD Halligan
6 E6 ~3 X2 F p: g# ^( R DD Hazelwood+ y6 B; [5 n; C$ p. u; L
DD Healy
: m3 f0 F" y2 `+ @9 n1 p DD John Henley
: s5 H' ^* u; z! o DD Hickox
3 C/ o3 |2 q2 `, e, a3 N0 ~ DD Twining7 L2 D* S$ l' T4 l8 P( i( F8 W
DD Uhlmann
5 I* c. _8 P+ o5 F- V$ r& F: ` DD Wadleigh o* f: n+ e+ o6 N7 K9 D
DD Wadsworth
2 |9 |5 L6 }! E DD Walker
4 w) N D6 D) v6 I* o3 p DD Waller
& M* y, F6 V: F5 g DD Watts
# ^0 G9 M1 p2 V% g# a DD Cushing II4 L& m+ o. U: K, C
DD Benham II% N5 D! @" n- V* U
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' E6 u8 u D3 CNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards4 l* d1 ]9 k+ Y! H1 m. A6 n
/ x- F5 z/ L7 z7 T* AJapanese Ships
B* J0 P. S; W4 o' t TK Kenwa Maru) |* Z2 Z6 Q* j$ l
TK Okigawa Maru
' `+ e& A) k) B+ y TK Anjo Maru
7 V4 i0 _& m1 l7 v, x+ \. I TK Kotai Maru
$ x- @# k4 t7 v4 ?6 e& C TK Arita Maru: I" H1 ], c- v( ~9 M8 }# o
TK Amato Maru8 B0 b& ?4 }2 ^0 t& y* V
TK Ryoei Maru
1 N) e/ O- W' m, {8 c TK Eiho Maru
# W) K2 u8 X5 }9 q- F; c* W! z# x3 D SC Ch 43' O. z9 C, X+ Q( V
SC Ch 58, {* m, d e3 t" |
TK Shiyo Maru9 v ^: t5 q% r( R9 t" _
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Allied Ships) B/ ^& s! n" [1 J p% F
DD Halford! e8 L7 w- l% T7 |
DD Halligan$ P& i, d. A2 k. e2 M
DD Hazelwood/ ^% R/ F9 o9 x- ]
DD Healy i# h) N1 R, b5 d- h
DD John Henley
( c* {2 A3 r1 Q* R. L DD Hickox
: A$ p+ F, t6 L% q: b DD Twining/ o ?& t& x# P: f. W& z+ Z
DD Uhlmann8 n0 t/ a2 @+ B2 p7 v
DD Wadleigh
, N4 i$ u5 p" ^& R DD Wadsworth
5 [3 T Z- R% ~1 J$ ] DD Walker' t; a J, C& l- J
DD Waller. J2 T* Y3 u. q" C4 b
DD Watts# D$ m" }, @9 x" R2 Z9 X* S- J& F4 ~
DD Cushing II7 r [% }1 Z5 ^; i) c4 k0 x0 `) b
DD Benham II7 g0 @+ z( v1 h' d
" V3 {% C2 x9 ^/ u$ nRange increases to 30,000 yards...
1 \! _) V$ I/ c4 m2 @4 RJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape) {+ e" V: z O! ]* E9 j
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat& j+ P# ?3 ~0 T* |) j" ~9 ~
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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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_% e4 t8 R2 oGround combat at Darwin (76,124)2 j- b3 X- {# d9 O- i2 W( h
2 Z1 A. Y8 q1 D! T. G# NAllied Shock attack6 O- T9 G! z* y& U" V& Y' a1 n0 G
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23287 `, L& \" E, j8 r% C
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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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: P# h$ u4 b- ^, HJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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4 B! y, R" s. Y7 V7 {- I5 a5 _Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers+ T# V) z" l* `4 o
Defender:
& P, a" G ]# ]! [0 XAttacker: shock(+)% [$ F0 w! l3 f g7 ^ O& Y
# x# o4 w# D4 C* y$ @Japanese ground losses:
) X+ D" L1 V2 h: Z 49 casualties reported
0 I, w: f& \4 z8 i& g2 O k Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ X6 ^$ v/ N1 i5 ]2 g
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled- x+ [& F) A% s' K9 a/ r
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 S7 U5 U# P/ y4 E5 I+ o, k; n Units destroyed 1 A. g* X( W7 p) W6 l; I, X% b
1 D h# i: q7 b" U, d9 F3 {Assaulting units:
* q5 r! G( r6 K: ~2 z/ f/ B 18th British Division
. B+ W8 D+ E: }0 G/ o0 _ 31st Armoured Division5 @3 c2 q; F: k% ]/ C+ ~
4th Armoured Brigade" T4 |$ u4 }7 g! F( ^
254th Armoured Brigade
. O3 P( n0 U3 f! k8 w/ J8 e 32nd Army Tank Brigade" V. }6 s0 o* `- l( ?% P
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
2 ^. t! {( L8 P0 r# ?% I9 M& { Gardner's Horse Regiment
- @4 S- a0 n+ ~ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. X ~$ V8 K/ R# M2 R 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
# j/ Q; A& ?8 M3 ^$ i 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion( q6 [# ^4 K: ?$ ~3 \0 m* R
632nd Battalion
1 W6 r$ q- s1 {% k D5 P 51st Highland Division
6 I: \: @6 |' n/ {" e. O 49th Aviation Base Force- M C( C" z4 N$ @$ n/ R
Provisional GMC Grp
$ k& ^& p! U: T 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
+ {1 `/ d$ X0 M9 o I 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ N; Y; M1 H: T* J7 d1 g
Sixth US Army/ X3 |1 Z p, G1 V+ _
2nd Medium Regiment! F w( C# d8 s* k
XIII US Fighter Cmd
7 [' ?! s8 O3 [! {% h o 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment5 F) K V7 `5 {) t
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
+ E* z' }( e) o/ U: w+ Z, d! | 428th Coast AA Battalion9 v& e* m( U4 W
3 ?7 _4 e/ M' f- P5 l/ L9 |2 @! yDefending units:+ C m" x- K% m& ]& q
51st Air Flotilla /8
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* d# u+ I# U0 H7 XJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |