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。
3 Q, |9 y7 e% K) G4 RAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45. H( O- w9 {0 z. t
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards' u; F* Z1 p, Z: I
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- ]& w/ h7 K* V E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk7 L6 b& G* k* \0 e
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk) U' e. t% a- {3 U) r: X
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 L3 k3 T2 B; s, Y F5 c
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage- I5 T; u' Y; g$ J" b, Y5 C
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* |, a1 N' q# `) r6 r xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships3 i' j5 y! Q8 |9 r& R/ }
DD Halford
; i8 i! d9 _' Y8 ] DD Halligan
6 F1 M7 h: J3 d m( Z DD Hazelwood1 N3 D- ]& G& g2 R% s# _% W9 _
DD Healy
, l+ y4 n; S5 w6 o DD John Henley
4 R8 k9 @9 X4 q+ u, J DD Hickox4 Q4 y8 I! x4 R1 U, o
DD Twining3 z& j" t2 R9 |
DD Uhlmann M* d. x* P/ c+ Q8 h
DD Wadleigh
% w0 K% `2 D& W DD Wadsworth5 N1 `4 M2 p, ?. p5 M2 F$ |
DD Walker$ ]' t6 {( E; s/ \% F. c4 ~# d' x
DD Waller4 [7 q: ? |) G9 t4 Q& H
DD Watts
% {7 d# I5 K1 [3 ^ DD Cushing II" }3 P L, w- \% v) y3 ]
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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, d% a3 S2 j# Y5 M& u T; d, E* PJapanese Ships
" }$ k+ q3 X9 x4 R TK Kenwa Maru
* [. i0 h3 Q7 Y( O TK Okigawa Maru
" |2 v& H3 T1 e$ Q" m TK Anjo Maru
0 ^6 n1 F8 }! ?7 r TK Kotai Maru
5 p0 `# C! K& j TK Arita Maru
7 D- d3 h6 q' i W6 r TK Amato Maru1 y4 h+ g* |& Z7 ]6 a$ D4 e
TK Ryoei Maru
2 s% |5 F& A( B. U8 L7 A& p3 _ TK Eiho Maru
+ w1 H- [- g$ ~" K1 o- w1 p, } SC Ch 439 v; j$ U0 O0 b& k2 G) a
SC Ch 58
) d5 J+ N2 z2 v! O) {7 i+ o TK Shiyo Maru K1 u% ~* H1 J# K
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Allied Ships
}$ o5 `) A- N5 Y: E; f DD Halford; T5 h4 R+ B" n1 m/ z6 F& e
DD Halligan
$ v% H5 Y" m) j1 t DD Hazelwood
. N$ \7 [$ x0 C# S DD Healy3 }5 T. o- n, c) Y7 S
DD John Henley
/ ?, [, E: `9 h; s" A DD Hickox- D) K$ [5 X1 c* m$ q& i
DD Twining
0 O, {3 K0 l. z9 m DD Uhlmann
% k X5 \& v5 G0 o+ x; W5 G DD Wadleigh
* |' {/ ?7 v; }7 N: l$ M DD Wadsworth. w6 f: F; M& |" Y$ a. V
DD Walker$ i6 p8 k7 ^* [* X/ t6 \
DD Waller+ g0 a( {% Q$ x# E2 i7 l
DD Watts! x' y% r/ }# |: d) n" }
DD Cushing II+ d1 ~) G% w7 r- P2 s1 R! w' g$ ]) T/ ]
DD Benham II+ y1 s/ H* D" ~
* _+ n6 |, W* o& p/ hRange increases to 30,000 yards...
4 l& r; e$ T- m1 ]6 W: @" \Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, ^6 v: ?* L1 A& S( uJapanese Tanker TF evades combat+ {1 o+ \5 } @: j
, `! l' E2 N: p: ?9 O7 z5 P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。' p2 q& c/ V# e& h' r- F( S$ A
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+ Q+ p F3 f* l/ t. {Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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8 n* @- d/ \7 v/ {Allied Shock attack: x2 J2 k* ^& f9 b2 K+ C
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23288 p: G+ t$ Z, l: a& x# J% P
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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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( Z; V5 Y5 Q8 o S5 ~! ^Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 ' M c2 e9 O' g. ] N
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Combat modifiers/ b$ J" t6 ~' ]6 ]( B
Defender: ; k- r9 x( n2 C2 q% Q# P3 A; e# }
Attacker: shock(+)4 ~# M5 L& u- Z4 V T) w H$ I* F1 B; k
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Japanese ground losses:
: g& f9 z. V' F. S4 B2 Q/ C9 W0 [ 49 casualties reported
* b$ E* @1 A; j* w Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 v% r, h$ G' f! \1 y" m Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
: m" l! I, ]7 y! a/ }- I9 p' l Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. N9 r; E# K/ ?7 N( S% J% A Units destroyed 12 B- c6 U& p) p
+ f8 N# W# O! G. X" z$ E9 sAssaulting units:
% B- T# q2 o6 \, U4 O% b" g 18th British Division
; u+ V* p% X' S0 f3 V 31st Armoured Division
* m% o5 S# {5 Q' w, t4 ^# @( z! Q4 P 4th Armoured Brigade
. R5 H4 o4 m) C3 S% k; [; d 254th Armoured Brigade. J+ M- I0 r h) G1 v6 S
32nd Army Tank Brigade4 w: q9 J& j- A, G. _( Q
3rd Carabiniers Regiment5 Q; B0 N" r! O( q; z
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1 F0 ~5 D9 ?4 f0 J: q 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion, x+ c8 V# }0 @! A( D
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 A+ J" g3 i3 e9 J 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 x. {2 @9 ^ R( s1 M. S
632nd Battalion
3 U# x! F. ` d8 B 51st Highland Division
: T4 o' y" m$ e' r# Q) b 49th Aviation Base Force
1 W# f5 t& J3 l3 a% Z Provisional GMC Grp & f# _ J# [# Y d6 b1 L
1 ML-KNIL Aviation + V; n$ M! C5 G+ D4 b
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment) Y8 q4 O, p3 q& g
Sixth US Army' r# O: d; \# f& t6 f I
2nd Medium Regiment
! z9 t, f0 d+ J& Z5 F; G0 f) } XIII US Fighter Cmd
2 O( _3 n. o. T! u9 n- H 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
" m9 u: C6 L% C1 c# V 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
% S# O: q# k$ n1 w 428th Coast AA Battalion
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, a7 e3 ]4 |8 a7 l W7 |Defending units:7 t. t5 T3 e% _# w& p" f! v
51st Air Flotilla /88 x/ I) Z% e# ~ \' Z& s7 Z$ O
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- ]# r- H: \: M" T2 eJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |