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。2 H# R( m1 B6 L; t: x& f
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk1 w. `) l+ j3 S; r- B0 X
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
b2 z* }) l6 X8 |3 M' Q! R: v6 j xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 O- [1 [* m) i
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 g) w' L9 s0 L0 V7 U/ G. D j xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ p0 [- e( u# S( p; @) g* v xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ o: d% b6 q; [2 z DD Halford
# P: b8 }, g" K0 @3 Y DD Halligan
2 {. G5 g: _0 w4 E ` DD Hazelwood$ J4 {" W$ f, c9 q' M* _
DD Healy
4 O! k, \: N) z: A& g9 Y9 o/ t DD John Henley$ z4 O8 d( f+ r6 m; Y6 i
DD Hickox: B% }1 \5 b8 Y$ w1 w; W8 Y' P
DD Twining4 U3 ^0 H& L& Q- }4 Q9 w! S
DD Uhlmann8 n1 g F0 b: S1 _ J
DD Wadleigh
7 _2 z. w* m9 j DD Wadsworth
) o0 Z( c4 a; [ DD Walker
3 ]7 Z- `/ r X+ G1 r. ~7 P, F& @ DD Waller0 H! g3 I/ S, ?- F+ s
DD Watts4 j" S! N& v" I: L9 r
DD Cushing II. _1 w8 u+ F& O
DD Benham II
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x+ x* x: d6 b1 d0 rNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards1 t2 T2 f$ @' e% E
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Japanese Ships
# H k j! x0 L TK Kenwa Maru
1 i' c# m. H1 ^' r4 P7 ~( e TK Okigawa Maru
( i& A2 [* |; Q0 z) F TK Anjo Maru1 X7 r; ?8 K' W
TK Kotai Maru
, R% V5 J2 V: c6 A7 X; F+ { TK Arita Maru/ x3 x1 v/ ?. P, {" l
TK Amato Maru% s" M: o3 O6 X3 q
TK Ryoei Maru9 H4 _% S% n" R3 _; a9 {
TK Eiho Maru
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TK Shiyo Maru
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3 ]# ~& E- x+ U! E( vAllied Ships
3 q3 `, S7 @- |8 p DD Halford
& y/ {3 ~7 L9 e7 X4 Z, h3 K$ r DD Halligan- s* j% I2 o w( A
DD Hazelwood- W! x" w0 c/ V J& z
DD Healy
- p: p1 \5 `6 ~$ p DD John Henley) O" i1 W, i- l( [# m, ]
DD Hickox/ {! F: y! d, v
DD Twining
7 f% b* u5 m$ b# A DD Uhlmann1 k% i4 j) u+ p& x
DD Wadleigh+ t: J) E/ N3 v. X7 ~
DD Wadsworth! f+ Q# I: T. ]: j/ e; S
DD Walker/ _8 q+ o. Q+ [) ~' k
DD Waller3 k& w, j7 s9 V$ L2 ^$ V
DD Watts6 L7 o: x& |' _, l( d4 S- X( G( k
DD Cushing II
; g5 w9 y) \9 n# Z2 r DD Benham II$ p: H0 u7 H+ x3 m( A2 o
' i2 @' ?) F+ W& _9 z/ J8 @: eRange increases to 30,000 yards...
2 J# s' ]; v( s. s, p' |8 Y3 ZJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape/ }& L4 c$ D5 N' A/ z
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat7 ?8 Y" Y ]. h& S; O
1 v9 q, M0 j$ H6 j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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& m6 z% z/ d- _$ |1 P u* EGround combat at Darwin (76,124)! P* A) P3 w4 _" E
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328! g& u5 B t" y! u
0 s4 {7 R0 o, m; Q" Z- D/ `5 MDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1* x1 V3 V5 B, d; I5 |
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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1 z0 j. i8 @3 C3 P0 O* ^Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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% o/ D' j2 h! J# l0 uCombat modifiers
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0 X, ~/ x( x# ~4 W2 m/ OAttacker: shock(+)
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5 P4 s2 b9 _4 V, n2 f* r7 H. aJapanese ground losses:
$ o$ P- {5 H2 L3 H- L- j 49 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 R- n# ~6 d i" d) G+ b9 ] Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# ~9 A$ l7 X0 |! R1 I4 M Units destroyed 1
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2 c( y E& k" B* _5 S5 z* \, eAssaulting units:
" n; Z4 [! K$ o/ T' Y5 K% B' S 18th British Division
& K$ M& Q5 y4 ^# @ 31st Armoured Division
: l. h$ ?6 f5 k& V/ ` 4th Armoured Brigade
1 p. B5 c: O- B8 _- u- D) m 254th Armoured Brigade
0 ~1 [, x0 Z* I" c 32nd Army Tank Brigade
4 W! T. Y4 q! X9 v 3rd Carabiniers Regiment( V. Q/ W7 F# @: Y3 q& p1 c* C
Gardner's Horse Regiment
; H: u$ f+ v4 @ d/ B& {* y7 N; R; x 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
) p. R1 Q4 a7 p 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5 g2 n5 Y5 Q) v$ l) {- v 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
: Z: b3 Y$ n( i+ D7 v 632nd Battalion
) d) o ?) `. p: F' r& N- B! G& | 51st Highland Division
. X0 i1 n, b9 ]7 H7 f( I6 B 49th Aviation Base Force9 B, c! z( H* C4 o" _4 x7 g3 @! M) z
Provisional GMC Grp
2 ` ]7 a5 _$ Y6 V8 [ 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
2 A4 B# x2 I( m. l6 B Y$ C, s 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment) C9 g9 j3 L+ P0 x# ?
Sixth US Army2 k1 g4 Y. z& E: [; K" P/ D& H7 ~
2nd Medium Regiment! W" S# @- p* ], k% [. Y" h/ z& ^- @
XIII US Fighter Cmd
6 w& Z# ]8 b# f8 u: g 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
( f. ^: S8 q- }2 C! ~# U( U 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
1 T" {' @8 K$ Y* t/ k 428th Coast AA Battalion
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51st Air Flotilla /8& s5 N, m# y: H
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |