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。6 x$ G; F0 x+ N- U2 I# |
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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9 z* X! B/ f; {& s9 i. i2 CNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards: J3 b8 Q- b, T( X
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% u6 s* ~5 O* L, A7 @3 l E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk3 b" T Y8 ~* O) T2 y6 K8 z
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
5 Y" H# _+ H. [" ?( t xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, a& X8 t# {2 o6 F
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage( A% |" O- g" I+ \1 A/ Q
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. F7 H; n* v [* H8 ] c xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& u9 a0 y% Y2 R( O
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5 I2 ]- H# a z+ E1 K8 i" g6 g DD Halford
! O2 O1 V9 c8 s+ E DD Halligan
9 |9 w+ G1 u) x* x/ f( a DD Hazelwood
7 I: D$ l$ S4 m# T DD Healy( Z% t# D+ ?& h
DD John Henley. {/ O" ]/ z: l
DD Hickox
6 ~2 m% \7 P; f% a# ^' i DD Twining
+ s. [( R( Y* N A4 _5 n DD Uhlmann) C/ o% \ P2 J( e% t1 W
DD Wadleigh
2 P2 r/ ~5 W* o2 p9 \ DD Wadsworth
' \" F3 L, j; |6 u/ L5 N! O- w DD Walker9 [6 ^* T( R; \, z( B; L
DD Waller
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DD Cushing II
9 n Q1 J7 Z1 B" Z& v DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards* c/ I- I$ o3 V+ s3 q
3 g, J0 z; [/ j( X( dJapanese Ships# _3 v# G1 f- x8 {
TK Kenwa Maru
' Z' J, {6 @' n( p; B, r0 e TK Okigawa Maru- y- A* q p3 @, v$ @7 `5 b3 s0 T2 w
TK Anjo Maru6 n1 A. n3 A6 m4 j; E
TK Kotai Maru! D* s% Y, v6 l
TK Arita Maru! Y8 c9 ^& `; \8 B2 V) c
TK Amato Maru
) ~* ^8 Y: A+ P2 [) l2 i4 p TK Ryoei Maru
0 f9 }4 M0 n+ I5 B TK Eiho Maru$ ^+ | T0 {) G, ], I
SC Ch 43
7 L! k9 _: {7 a9 K( P& M, ` SC Ch 58
% S' M2 _/ N2 J TK Shiyo Maru1 L3 v, Q5 O8 K: o" h) R
" O5 U6 e" O* pAllied Ships; y2 A V7 y% H$ t4 ^0 A7 a' P3 B8 V
DD Halford
2 w& [8 z. f: K& c) T DD Halligan) q1 b& O0 N$ O
DD Hazelwood1 z) j% t M" t2 B. w% {
DD Healy
3 { x$ D" g4 L1 J' q DD John Henley' g9 R+ R' [) |- I& S! ^8 e
DD Hickox
8 W2 z9 J; {$ @+ z DD Twining
8 W! F A% ^! j# w! ~' |% e# J" p DD Uhlmann7 }2 S- D5 k2 X @8 x/ A. k8 @& h
DD Wadleigh4 w# h2 v# x" c9 x
DD Wadsworth9 I9 [" X0 S8 B v7 H, E
DD Walker
0 L! I1 r0 H. T1 Z& F DD Waller
% C& @9 m( i1 h) ^ DD Watts
' F! {! ^& w ^" y DD Cushing II
h; G& d- v$ O DD Benham II5 M1 C) ?9 l' e+ C% M7 O
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
/ ~" u: e* ~$ b1 y) y+ {/ cJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
6 b- Z" S% W5 ?2 e4 [8 Q9 [Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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+ J9 R8 K" o' d" S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)/ E' w# \. C+ ~( q& M
7 S4 K5 `0 u5 q3 A/ r- H. CAllied Shock attack w$ H$ S9 ?3 W" A+ _8 j
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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 = 19 L8 H+ r1 x& Z
- \2 w0 ^5 M5 {) e- E9 SAllied adjusted assault: 1957 5 s0 P% Z; ^3 Z' H
& g. J. X, Z, _ a8 G, Y' X+ ]" AJapanese adjusted defense: 1 + E# \1 C7 H. G
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers* i( w3 i! L3 \
Defender:
( G/ E3 L, i vAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
7 b x4 L* g _+ x. c4 c* t# \+ z 49 casualties reported ^5 Q/ F8 u, H) l) G; \
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 [# h3 t; n# @- e) k0 G
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
( y% W( y/ F+ K0 _ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ H& l+ Q3 E7 N4 N* B9 V Units destroyed 17 u; Z4 f7 p$ y5 t6 [! x
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Assaulting units:- ]6 x0 _5 n& m7 X+ E) A: }( S N
18th British Division: c: j1 r( Y' h' G. H7 ]) _$ i) D
31st Armoured Division
* ^& G2 O, B; f( ~6 h* ^0 c 4th Armoured Brigade% @: c5 k( e0 ?: V+ Q
254th Armoured Brigade
! @! d4 ?; I- c 32nd Army Tank Brigade
' h! V2 ~) t7 ^* c: w 3rd Carabiniers Regiment/ g' _' U' N {& ]
Gardner's Horse Regiment$ D% F0 y0 ?3 Y
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion$ C* y4 N3 J' e' t) {' v5 z- O4 l
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion6 z! |) f2 I C# t* q( U
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 y0 g/ M* U+ W- N 632nd Battalion2 C, W0 D" }3 o' V# X% R
51st Highland Division0 R' A" K% Y4 H' n& b; L' V
49th Aviation Base Force
, r/ ] J+ \5 Z# Q- w$ m! ? Provisional GMC Grp
: V8 C- h" G+ u 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
& q& E, Y0 i& ?: f8 C% P" {/ b 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment3 P: w% ^; l3 [9 w
Sixth US Army H4 v: y8 m6 J3 W: m4 `0 R' o- X
2nd Medium Regiment
! d' O9 X; X6 B7 S9 ~; } XIII US Fighter Cmd
: `& {2 k; O0 | 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
5 e( s7 x% s. D 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
8 p; d4 y0 |+ o, A# Z" U. o" f" L2 w 428th Coast AA Battalion0 x6 B5 H( q- r. c
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Defending units:
2 L1 g* Z- u! R+ V1 P 51st Air Flotilla /87 x! Q1 Q- R% F
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |