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。+ d7 b0 _; M o3 Z& S; ~
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45& v g8 \" Z+ X# P8 |/ B) C; f" N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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# o; Y9 f0 C% P+ o. p: {) A: ^ E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk$ ?; z. h" H+ r, x2 @+ k+ s
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
' ]! }7 c1 A# s# L% g xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 J4 V' t: f6 L1 A7 {6 Y2 F4 ~ xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage# b4 S @0 b" B# ]0 v# @/ T L) d
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* i) o5 j- f! t
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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: L' _: \, W% E" p. r# EAllied Ships
" E; C( X9 K8 Y5 d DD Halford
% T: K- `) c, H+ | }, o DD Halligan
; E; i7 ]( B# k% p DD Hazelwood
, K* o! d3 Q" |2 v DD Healy' O7 j5 f' o3 P* A: G4 E; n
DD John Henley( V6 v- m! A' f' n2 t" i
DD Hickox+ D- U6 q4 B4 U5 t |7 T
DD Twining' d* `" e: j( T2 s" V& |9 U! u
DD Uhlmann
! }/ x0 B4 l9 U DD Wadleigh
0 x$ n1 s$ ]. C- o3 d6 `, O4 m: |3 s3 @ DD Wadsworth
9 C0 t3 p9 g1 V+ V) M; H! n" F DD Walker; y5 W" M$ ^6 z7 `# M+ j: n1 h; p
DD Waller' b) F: u1 A- L* p. e4 b
DD Watts
8 ^% ~+ _4 }) j5 Z DD Cushing II
' q/ e3 D: x% {" d7 Y. O6 w DD Benham II# o4 p, e5 [ n6 v5 U7 e2 D& D
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% K' U! c; K' @% `. `1 n xNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
) ^) j" {( m: ]; m TK Kenwa Maru3 b- v9 f+ [2 } k
TK Okigawa Maru2 t) ^' K" F1 U/ j% Y6 M# E P1 T6 r
TK Anjo Maru6 x4 x4 ~, W" [2 m9 U* ]6 l
TK Kotai Maru; m5 P3 J# O/ X5 c
TK Arita Maru
+ @0 Q E* b+ I TK Amato Maru
" e. ^ j8 v, D9 ]" q; Y. i/ N E TK Ryoei Maru
8 S. t3 v: U. n0 H' P2 o$ S Q TK Eiho Maru
6 B( f* i( N% |) m3 G SC Ch 43! k* m, \. F: L% ^
SC Ch 58! F- m' P o- D+ o* Q% F
TK Shiyo Maru3 S! M/ v' v6 J( Y, b0 c
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Allied Ships
% {' T2 ~# c2 m4 M- b; V) R DD Halford$ @* q2 f8 @" x
DD Halligan
% k# k3 G- q! @, \9 B( o DD Hazelwood
1 \' [5 a- c5 }$ N DD Healy5 E& S" h% _. i7 P) h
DD John Henley% F# x2 \/ L6 w+ b# q
DD Hickox
$ C! v8 S0 x2 f3 a, A' M4 I+ w DD Twining
# _( j/ G' L2 v! H; |, E: v DD Uhlmann
) n* H' s* a. z3 X( m DD Wadleigh% W" u, ^8 i' F' g" J: E
DD Wadsworth
) ?: K; Z. [/ g- s) R DD Walker" Q; |' V. N" P6 h- Z
DD Waller
3 s+ p# u. W) D# }/ H DD Watts
9 y4 l7 c E7 H" _& X) r DD Cushing II
+ v, g! i2 H/ e2 |/ x9 [ DD Benham II
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1 V# r! O; Y+ r3 F& j, W) gRange increases to 30,000 yards...
9 p: N* D4 J/ P/ @- v. UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
. u2 w. o; k$ {, B$ k; pJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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( l2 F @, T% f3 c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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)4 h$ c" [1 ?0 s
" k* y4 l! X# j3 M1 c5 \Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328% R7 G9 K/ O0 u) m% @% X
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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0 {- R) ~1 a) u# {% DAllied adjusted assault: 1957 3 U2 K* H0 t R! R4 o3 c. k. ^
% o- o2 s" W: B7 @( e$ ZJapanese adjusted defense: 1 3 Q: M& G8 A5 l, j+ E
8 Y' \' [9 N8 W0 UAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers. T" o' k8 F a
Defender: # T% X7 h1 Y- ~4 p+ g2 [$ y$ ^
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 ~( E# B2 l/ ?" H
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled9 `3 x: O& I6 o3 @( b
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" ^! G4 b2 X! ] y+ r0 w
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
4 C# _, T7 B; h6 o9 b5 C 18th British Division
9 Q" S3 C' y9 _7 l: i1 [. t- ~- u" Q 31st Armoured Division: L7 I* {; | r% ]' z: u" d
4th Armoured Brigade2 I+ J: h8 F/ R b1 g% q
254th Armoured Brigade, T- h; \9 V% k9 l/ s! s( C, I4 d
32nd Army Tank Brigade# N7 J* N, W8 R i9 I
3rd Carabiniers Regiment ? l; z% ?/ r7 ^6 v& ?) W
Gardner's Horse Regiment
9 u4 N4 d) x* x+ S 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion B( P8 A9 V0 s+ s4 ^, N: q9 z
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
* M9 h' ~: C) [ N4 L& q+ D 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 G J8 x) f) G 632nd Battalion+ _' `; Y3 |6 J/ Z4 V' s+ r
51st Highland Division5 A- z0 l& {& V8 ~' D7 H3 o. t
49th Aviation Base Force/ ?7 d( U7 f6 C3 L5 n
Provisional GMC Grp 0 p' w! t, P! d" l, C9 R
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
! ^ O# N( m* h6 @+ e 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
! ?5 @8 K7 n8 X# l) P7 X Sixth US Army
& z6 i6 p+ _4 n' c1 C4 U9 ? 2nd Medium Regiment
( H/ U6 t! M5 T% k XIII US Fighter Cmd
; M* Z7 i8 @3 V/ _ 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment" q- n% u3 L) J9 `
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
8 Y$ _- U3 \, A4 v" f Z: ~1 r 428th Coast AA Battalion: a. e2 Q! ~1 f6 Q9 U0 m
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Defending units:1 _* O2 e, e( |2 T9 h g! o" }
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |