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。4 Q5 z& `5 u6 _7 U
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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! y1 \7 M+ J6 ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk- F( h# b0 y/ i6 w( k* p
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk; v% d/ G2 [& r* x
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. Q4 F8 _3 W, T" i, ^2 n9 r xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage+ X/ `) G( X' [2 s
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- m# i" x4 A& h: t: y' d
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships; ~: D. c! D S8 D1 e2 n. s
DD Halford
6 w0 P6 B' B0 Q7 R! Z+ o$ [; a DD Halligan7 \7 B& w" S2 y& ^; }
DD Hazelwood3 a @: k! e% H3 l$ Q2 Y
DD Healy4 Y* N, ~% _1 z N6 U
DD John Henley
7 K8 L R( Q2 f DD Hickox' h4 |3 e% l% v. e+ |* G
DD Twining4 x) i! W8 Q" g" x6 l0 n; Y A
DD Uhlmann
) z* d# c' f8 `: l! @ DD Wadleigh
) h* s; b4 T; C DD Wadsworth
$ D s5 h% |% i# W DD Walker
* O* s! X3 Z6 e, |, w; O0 n+ [ DD Waller7 A/ h0 }* C* g9 l1 ?" Y
DD Watts
) E5 }/ |9 A" t* }$ H DD Cushing II
3 t5 b! Q, l* k6 T6 C: u DD Benham II
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( I. S( a3 R( X9 YNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ X# B" D6 ~( X4 U* z5 I4 @) \ TK Kenwa Maru
* J) b4 U# B: m- D TK Okigawa Maru; Q- [% W0 H: G9 I) K1 _
TK Anjo Maru
# Q( m4 c' @/ h: c1 _' D* J" k4 |! u/ W TK Kotai Maru& P- P; \' D1 x' w6 h0 M6 l2 R
TK Arita Maru
6 p0 k6 G% S+ |; Y TK Amato Maru3 W) G& {8 h0 n7 e; |- |( m. f; }
TK Ryoei Maru1 S0 n x6 P9 ?* a( D
TK Eiho Maru' y0 g; D4 n, X6 q0 M4 w& i
SC Ch 43
1 O' A6 b6 b" u# J0 b1 B8 V0 r SC Ch 58" b- \- [+ ^/ b, w" x' c
TK Shiyo Maru
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1 K0 V2 `* o+ U# D/ ]; J DD Halford3 K, J: j/ u" N; t# U; ]# t, Y
DD Halligan% ~& O$ e5 \, Q0 A m
DD Hazelwood
, B. Y9 S5 [9 l$ m; y$ H DD Healy! q1 M, R5 g/ e' R* d1 P0 }
DD John Henley
" D& I* W- [, i; o- ] M, R2 i. V DD Hickox
( g2 V. y6 l1 g; b! U( u: a DD Twining c7 N/ v9 e1 W6 ~, d z+ }" |& o
DD Uhlmann$ c) E$ Z2 A# u2 p
DD Wadleigh
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DD Walker$ k0 _* A* O4 b: Q9 J( Q
DD Waller4 n: N& S& B" |" t" U% i
DD Watts- z: Y/ v8 a6 ]; z' m, e
DD Cushing II) Q) L0 o( k3 A" [; W
DD Benham II8 v9 Z/ D0 a" t! j' z4 E
3 T- r. l! n5 Y* WRange increases to 30,000 yards...
: n0 y% J" |) D9 V( z% b" G/ KJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# ^: D7 {" A& h. [+ Z7 B3 j. k8 {Japanese 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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6 S- w' @/ a4 tGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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# x. y0 R8 \) }Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 ~. g/ p* V( Y4 i4 k8 D) ?
2 @" r& ]# I0 Z0 r7 d$ ?Allied adjusted assault: 1957 . `% P& P# A0 V3 e- s5 B
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ( X+ Z: U* X" j" v6 Z' W4 X# u
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:% T1 v) E6 {& j6 B
49 casualties reported
6 o# a- s' C- K/ E Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- m2 J: r0 R9 ?
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled0 X9 L0 Z, i! X' I! |
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 _/ w- l3 |& N* N( x5 j* w. M Units destroyed 1 b, l# u: @. v3 D. L+ c, C
7 `/ e- a! h. ?8 Y% [# R3 PAssaulting units: ] g% {' Z8 p& F
18th British Division
; Z/ l8 |" _$ d( q; X 31st Armoured Division( B; ? p3 r; V' Z: @+ w4 {
4th Armoured Brigade1 a" C& H7 M0 h2 B
254th Armoured Brigade0 q: [8 Z6 N5 S7 o( x
32nd Army Tank Brigade) ^$ W; \. Q o7 P
3rd Carabiniers Regiment! J( r% {, b5 ], t
Gardner's Horse Regiment/ d1 y% Y! x' p ]6 }
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion2 \4 @ M/ f) _0 {
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion5 j5 J/ X8 Y& w! ^" A4 B+ m1 R
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 r' a0 A5 U( q 632nd Battalion0 V6 g- L: z4 H% q
51st Highland Division& T. ?$ E5 g B" m- G* F% n
49th Aviation Base Force; c% g0 y7 g: Y7 g
Provisional GMC Grp
2 W; G9 m% f: Q- i6 F& X% o 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 1 a9 s2 J" ?& i# n0 E6 P
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
6 c. G! M1 G3 J( S6 p Sixth US Army2 | T- B" _, f
2nd Medium Regiment
$ a# R; J3 s- B! x4 |( |0 n XIII US Fighter Cmd & y' \# F! R% v
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
: C8 K7 E2 d _! \6 @# `$ a 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment8 h, ^. X, u+ ^& d* H
428th Coast AA Battalion
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2 l1 t: N8 f) T" y& D& U8 ODefending units:
2 v( _) a# O9 R) c4 _3 f 51st Air Flotilla /80 s. F& v( r8 K4 o$ a; ?0 o
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |