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。% g5 b! Q+ R+ l6 \0 z1 R, M
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 456 ^1 S8 [# Z& H$ n# y5 c6 k
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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. N; r# ^4 B, R' j; l6 s E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk. `7 `1 F! L# [/ _$ ?; n; V) f
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk s# h# c8 C8 q0 |
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* ]1 x- j' `0 p+ z" j xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
! T; {( Q- x y- |- Y xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ }: O3 P0 d& X xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships% n: {2 X7 d% b9 |/ s3 v
DD Halford
) [# O) l- D7 I! b, g# Q# o DD Halligan
6 ~' T2 m: |+ F0 W3 X, s0 m DD Hazelwood3 ?' F: k3 U. h# _- X6 p7 _
DD Healy
8 A1 @+ k& X4 c* y4 x DD John Henley
d( _$ ^2 _/ I DD Hickox2 W @; y! u1 ^& t" E8 X% @& F
DD Twining
4 R* N" K6 e- N8 k/ Q$ I( y DD Uhlmann' D; u9 @9 f; n s7 l4 x( z* T
DD Wadleigh, s0 E2 C$ B5 }& c
DD Wadsworth" N6 Z% Z9 a# X7 W# Q
DD Walker9 n! _6 J5 Z5 L. _3 L0 I6 `
DD Waller
! @7 C- ^+ e5 c% Z) M1 s! w DD Watts
7 j1 z6 p* H% { B; C DD Cushing II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards, G* }& v! u+ J5 s2 s
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TK Kenwa Maru; A" J2 f; Q' q- Q3 l# z- A
TK Okigawa Maru
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TK Kotai Maru
# O8 ~- Y, y$ {3 T3 A% B: D- @' R4 | TK Arita Maru
# _) s- [7 h) F2 @8 H f6 Z TK Amato Maru
# a! Q Z8 V, A6 N) \1 I: L TK Ryoei Maru
3 q- N; I# g9 j) l' y+ v TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
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2 j0 e t8 y1 C7 I6 S: u3 GAllied Ships
& E3 D7 |5 F# F7 F DD Halford
: l$ M% M" |+ b& V7 w @8 m DD Halligan
7 K$ }) \( o$ h- ?, O' p1 w$ `" Z0 w DD Hazelwood
: s: m. I" h6 e: _# `$ e DD Healy% @+ A+ d, m& j! D& w! x+ u
DD John Henley. L( j; i3 X0 d7 z; g
DD Hickox# l1 s5 i4 A+ d, O' D+ z, m- p) d
DD Twining
/ M! K3 Z7 h ], b9 ` DD Uhlmann) J4 `3 ]4 S! a. j% g
DD Wadleigh
4 D# m1 ]$ P6 v# X DD Wadsworth
Q1 _& N& [, w DD Walker4 n+ T+ H) U+ k5 p- E l0 [9 ^' P8 \
DD Waller o/ L" O+ T& R
DD Watts
' E7 ^4 N# F" T: p& s& i DD Cushing II& G6 Y1 @/ `! l
DD Benham II
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0 \- K& c2 q* u! J2 hRange increases to 30,000 yards...
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Japanese Tanker TF evades combat( R6 I6 {8 @ \4 G1 z0 |* E: |
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& ~# `! k5 e/ j, V$ I BGround combat at Darwin (76,124)7 G8 P4 B% w1 I
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Allied Shock attack
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- s9 ~' Q, i: \ PAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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, B7 w3 F% C) n7 Y0 MDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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# Q6 G. F2 I' {- \Allied adjusted assault: 1957 0 i7 V" F* y4 K" N8 T' r
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 0 s- _) y; w' p- S& z
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)8 M5 y* f* L V. v; L
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Japanese ground losses:4 ?# ]$ |* @" I' B0 Q
49 casualties reported
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# v) T) Z# q9 x5 A2 o) w/ g Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 K2 x" W. v2 x8 K' i4 U' Z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 D0 m* Y5 m3 q& ?7 O9 }. v0 g Units destroyed 1- ^$ v- b l( ~8 y- C! _& @4 e, h: ?/ t
9 a, ?9 k2 E+ r1 _2 `- s* AAssaulting units:
! Z; T) @+ j. F' j 18th British Division& O# i; w# }( u0 N) Z* K8 Z: }% t9 U
31st Armoured Division
- ~) I2 q1 S p- }: G 4th Armoured Brigade9 l5 F" o$ B, L9 i* D6 ^6 q) |
254th Armoured Brigade% F3 K4 d9 x5 ]; v
32nd Army Tank Brigade
- W3 U) q( f @ 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
$ I4 v& R- S- a: q$ C! S Gardner's Horse Regiment
$ u0 @5 f( A, W 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
$ k9 n9 B7 r: w 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion' p" \2 X5 Z" Q! U9 P" S, X
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
( g- G1 x. d4 K4 f W; I( E+ ~ 632nd Battalion3 t, M5 X' N7 y( y8 {5 \
51st Highland Division7 W2 L6 ?: H L9 K4 h9 r: V( j
49th Aviation Base Force
& |2 d+ e& q* S8 h Provisional GMC Grp * R& Y" R- S! O6 L& R
1 ML-KNIL Aviation " M/ B. G( j' n. G. }
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
+ N3 q7 h5 B: C2 x4 t, K: q, V Sixth US Army u0 R4 l5 G3 E' ^. B6 I) u9 _
2nd Medium Regiment S+ S. b; ?- i' P/ } E4 l5 p+ W
XIII US Fighter Cmd
5 ? z) N7 b J" y. S/ k5 I" W 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
0 u0 X8 d& d4 [0 V4 }6 {8 q6 ^% y 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment( b- u' y; \2 {. q" U3 g/ N9 m+ R
428th Coast AA Battalion/ [0 d7 R9 n* r* t/ ~/ \
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Defending units:
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |