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。9 U/ X* u, r: `& S% }, ~5 c [7 w
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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" I' D- N6 o+ J7 RNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards2 q( f! A. k3 @$ }* O
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Japanese Ships( C* _# B R! t3 |$ @# a9 K" y9 }
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( }- O) r- z% K9 W E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
& f% o( z6 g) ?0 f4 V! K xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 k, n0 m% V" L
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage' l% o( n, X6 y* P: Z" @! W
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* {! o- j: f; G9 \: Z xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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9 p4 u1 X$ K I) S7 M1 E& ZAllied Ships% Y0 m5 T1 k) p& O
DD Halford
2 Y9 Z1 j. V& a1 r9 E DD Halligan
, I# p+ J+ l9 O7 U7 H DD Hazelwood" g L; A$ o! ^0 Z. F) s
DD Healy
/ i* M& T$ L$ u+ `2 P4 g- C) U DD John Henley, @& m) z8 o8 P' M. \/ `
DD Hickox! P: [, y& M' I. ] F
DD Twining
! u* z+ G) R* Q" f% _$ H% Y DD Uhlmann
1 M1 n7 L: G% o: |2 E DD Wadleigh# b; H9 K) _! F; ^
DD Wadsworth1 G' U: W( T* h' L2 M! j
DD Walker; g* A0 E; ?9 j$ F
DD Waller+ C! ^" I. [* ^
DD Watts6 v% A# E' J' f5 F! j* I3 v' v9 r
DD Cushing II3 o( w. ~% l1 n" _+ [
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards& i: A r* Y0 g; g$ ]6 Q! t
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Japanese Ships
& \' t2 f0 X/ Y% `! |$ G" P; G TK Kenwa Maru$ ] \3 Z8 H5 D
TK Okigawa Maru, O) {4 Z& J- g. s3 ?/ W; \$ C
TK Anjo Maru, k3 I0 X" w! _( i
TK Kotai Maru
/ S$ ~5 R/ `# Y: @) W' N: ]% F1 f1 L TK Arita Maru
+ I. |: e8 N7 x+ d TK Amato Maru/ G3 R4 G' R' {% q* v5 b3 t; y
TK Ryoei Maru
% \5 ~6 p5 E8 w( r4 D8 O TK Eiho Maru
- u$ [8 Y4 f. p' g; l4 o6 J% t SC Ch 43
8 m4 G. c' L* I& @ SC Ch 58! B9 `7 a+ J! W' M
TK Shiyo Maru9 R9 x L1 W1 c4 g: F/ e# n
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9 ^( b5 c/ m# N' V DD Halford
2 F8 D* J, Q5 o& O) ]* @* N DD Halligan/ U7 c B0 @9 X, [
DD Hazelwood
. M- f- H0 A' T+ H5 h DD Healy, S9 A2 L3 q8 O( }$ w% }. {5 C
DD John Henley
6 H0 \, `9 Q! P' r9 ?1 d% d DD Hickox7 m9 Y Z% f- E& Z
DD Twining" X7 c* X9 m2 Y3 l! E# A$ b: u) m
DD Uhlmann( b: [* P* a+ v& Y! C
DD Wadleigh9 f( S7 S% h* y: s6 f; u% C, Q
DD Wadsworth* k; b' W% N2 w6 Z
DD Walker5 }' R& x% n' _# }( z3 |% c! t7 I
DD Waller+ `* P) X- x8 \- s5 d
DD Watts- m5 j& D5 ?; ]# R/ B% y) T) Y3 `% e1 A
DD Cushing II
. Y; Y, z/ X/ T- O DD Benham II1 F8 T! B S5 U2 E! i% _
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...( @3 J- }# c3 Y* q8 J' A
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 `3 _ C: W* j) ?+ bJapanese Tanker TF evades combat; _0 t# n$ s' ]- S/ z4 B
e9 E0 @8 F5 _9 }4 Q/ P" V9 e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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- p, {0 c6 v" F4 w! B$ @. z/ CGround combat at Darwin (76,124)3 _! b' X9 m1 r* y
" D* J5 ]# B' M5 ^Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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( J" [; g/ D: q9 ?! VDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1* e1 w$ I/ c5 i2 l c" Z9 L( h
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 ; f- P, l$ W3 r# s( |
$ B" P" Q5 p ?' v3 [1 wJapanese adjusted defense: 1 $ l2 n; l: n# h1 j; R: L
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers K) ?/ B* P# f. |5 t+ {% A( L( m
Defender: # ?# ]; N0 A8 m n% Y
Attacker: shock(+)
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8 {# X. P+ Y: ^; @ 49 casualties reported
. h. ^3 f* p) B5 R* M" B& } Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" |$ O5 M; k o+ V6 k. |7 a Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ A4 Q8 j& q+ I0 L- R/ O Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% ~: G6 F9 p8 k1 {+ ^+ \
Units destroyed 1. F; R( I% m0 K; q" Q) ?
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Assaulting units:
* @$ J9 p5 _& \1 S+ k. e! d6 c: y 18th British Division
) u$ G7 G: D7 I F& q; B 31st Armoured Division
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254th Armoured Brigade, \ g& V4 z+ c/ o; p% d! Q) Z
32nd Army Tank Brigade
% e' l- ~ l/ ~# a; D 3rd Carabiniers Regiment* d4 K" h* j9 @2 j2 ^- P
Gardner's Horse Regiment# n3 x v5 T5 V( l7 Y
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
! g( X; Z1 C) V. \1 A4 h j+ t 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. I5 y7 V+ I4 g+ v/ _ 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 i1 K/ q7 x& S 632nd Battalion# G+ F$ [2 e1 X) y
51st Highland Division. e I9 j- S3 [& g) [; k
49th Aviation Base Force6 e% z k/ @( C/ ~+ p4 W
Provisional GMC Grp
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8 ~- E; W0 F7 N, u. _ 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 z- S2 r# O H5 a \. ^
Sixth US Army* g5 _! B" B! D" U4 i% }0 W
2nd Medium Regiment5 H8 O) G, t; C- O7 f2 S) k
XIII US Fighter Cmd
- L0 f, k( g7 ~- @2 `3 x8 y 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment4 E7 y1 J, i# O* H# J. L1 z
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
. E3 I/ l3 s' O3 w% V+ R 428th Coast AA Battalion! h a ^! d0 E: |
1 e' s; x! ?/ O; t1 K0 yDefending units:
7 V0 m) O+ R' | Z9 L& w, d 51st Air Flotilla /8) D( |0 N; C" u9 V
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