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。7 A8 o* H: @4 n
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards7 y$ a& j% S' `4 Q
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk5 G5 V: j# {7 U' O( f* L3 \2 ]0 D
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
4 C0 I4 C2 S2 a- i( I2 o- p xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 W. G( d) |+ E5 Y0 B xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
. u. C6 ` p( i! e2 C xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
+ \" z6 [: c( j3 K$ t, { xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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7 m. ?, a* {+ a" o, B DD Halford$ r/ q0 @/ j0 L3 P) a2 h6 i
DD Halligan/ M$ `% k+ v j( ?5 F
DD Hazelwood
- k( S9 r, \* ~9 d6 @* b* V DD Healy
; Y3 m( S6 d6 D; l$ w& R: z DD John Henley. S1 F" s: q4 ~# n8 _2 l
DD Hickox
& j! g9 v8 z/ {4 Z ] DD Twining
. s; z! K3 S- t DD Uhlmann
" E+ U2 c* t) K" f7 G/ v DD Wadleigh
! U& r3 }( z! Z1 T7 l DD Wadsworth
0 o0 X" E6 V f, k1 O( A# w8 G3 Q; ` DD Walker I/ C- Q" O# \, G" h! _" C
DD Waller
+ i7 H; f |1 o- i/ e! p DD Watts
9 I7 F% l* |; d; o! \/ ~! f: R- m DD Cushing II2 a' X9 [$ r& U8 Y9 |
DD Benham II- P: L7 p0 V2 T7 m% ~$ |
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. H+ }+ k( y) `) \) c7 N% q) ENight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards: P" N4 u* M7 ^/ l+ G W. n
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9 H8 Y& a0 o& {0 P2 w% g TK Kenwa Maru$ X0 D/ @+ K. ~! M* u5 r5 D* m
TK Okigawa Maru
+ O, D) Y, G3 i+ `2 c3 K TK Anjo Maru; s2 j* r( p3 ^4 ^5 j% W. H" e k1 o
TK Kotai Maru
; J& `( g( K$ a9 M* y: B/ j8 \ TK Arita Maru+ g( [+ |$ K( q9 v. ^
TK Amato Maru
9 V3 d2 g5 ]8 v% ~* n3 l TK Ryoei Maru
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SC Ch 43
# i3 J! _" Q+ L* v) r SC Ch 58
' }7 F, X7 H2 ? TK Shiyo Maru" X, f6 D$ _& O2 k% x5 N
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DD Halford
8 |; O+ R$ \4 n" a7 C" Y DD Halligan5 j G* U( V/ S8 j6 g
DD Hazelwood' E3 m& J; w7 ?4 L/ C
DD Healy1 A2 F1 t* P7 {5 A$ J0 s$ }. q
DD John Henley
! W1 T" \! z) H4 n2 u9 E DD Hickox, l/ g8 c# m- f
DD Twining
3 B5 M- B5 `' Q% l- l DD Uhlmann& f1 F! E, |5 C4 s! ~# b& W
DD Wadleigh/ ~% _- ~% r7 O9 \ j
DD Wadsworth
- h! P, z/ v9 ~( z DD Walker$ u9 R1 x: G0 N+ X
DD Waller/ r: m2 x8 @" K5 F% H1 H3 ]
DD Watts
x% `3 p' [% H6 h4 q$ y7 P0 q DD Cushing II
: C" a+ T8 g& z) Y! j4 U DD Benham II( D" l2 a; E# j+ E: Z |) Q( E9 `/ G
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
( A! }$ @: ~- ~' v! J" MJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" A2 \8 _4 ?4 XJapanese 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。9 p, _/ }. u: \* \3 L' u9 q
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6 n8 N8 V" _- R' p; u+ W2 S/ CGround combat at Darwin (76,124)! z8 }9 d( U! K" M: @5 M. K2 z
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Allied Shock attack h0 M8 `2 b3 Z! l
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328( L5 X) ]+ c& f+ @5 H: v
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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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2 {1 ^2 @# Q. N* x8 O3 u3 tJapanese adjusted defense: 1 : u% n, v# ?( K [3 W Q
5 K) C7 T2 G/ J; p$ l5 S- NAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 3 Z- J0 w1 z! v6 \
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Combat modifiers4 n2 L) U* x- ~3 [6 `( n) \
Defender: 2 B- z# E" z; U; Q" }1 ~1 d3 ]
Attacker: shock(+)9 z) Z; R( y/ M: [' b$ n a2 v. J; U
! X5 ]* }* e9 Q/ SJapanese ground losses:
+ w, E& j$ \2 {- Z& B 49 casualties reported G( S6 N- G' M6 v: [
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( Q, y) p1 Q2 D$ _ Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
e5 w* |. W. J- h, c Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, k: Z6 u+ J1 y Units destroyed 1
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9 F5 R) ~. L: l. s% r9 M4 N9 z& u4 NAssaulting units:6 }2 u2 N- d; D# s$ }4 `
18th British Division
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4th Armoured Brigade
" n- i6 G4 H7 ]# V% N: W) T 254th Armoured Brigade
. E4 k' E% c( ?: l( t; n B 32nd Army Tank Brigade+ p [2 v+ f0 Q" W. A& T, T/ x; k, B5 P
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
J6 t0 `0 a9 {2 S Gardner's Horse Regiment# m7 j8 P. d4 ]6 v3 m, o
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
/ r3 v. l8 X/ P: G# i" ~# t 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion& x* f, D) k" o: @
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion, n; k5 t6 ?* V! r
632nd Battalion
- |0 @+ n! Y2 Q2 g$ z" p/ N 51st Highland Division
0 d5 U, u8 m/ t& m; ]/ A& H 49th Aviation Base Force
& K+ o Q) G- j9 r$ x" _9 B& E Provisional GMC Grp
: N8 ?$ o4 e. R. I 1 ML-KNIL Aviation , E5 u2 I6 M9 j' Z
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment) f& B& O, h( P; y$ t7 S' g
Sixth US Army
' l! f( W/ ~) Q$ k 2nd Medium Regiment
5 a) l9 \! m9 F. v0 ] XIII US Fighter Cmd
3 a( C' \( ?" D) { 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ y! h# y* T: R8 K6 @
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
# a& A8 |/ [# G* j6 s g* r# | 428th Coast AA Battalion0 O9 @" v4 x* _# n
6 f4 Y! |9 {. i( k/ A {+ ]Defending units:
% n" m& T' U, D/ b) P% {% {( J 51st Air Flotilla /8' P; _- o( q4 r2 C, G. M7 w) t/ ~
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4 {# F' _- s- m4 o/ VJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |