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。
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6 @8 Z1 Q! N7 v6 ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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( q) R% r3 o- U0 L( e1 w E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk9 k/ l1 w! s+ j- I7 }8 q
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
& N( C7 S1 R. A xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 d3 A4 c! [2 e- E xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 p8 ~& u/ l2 W% D1 k& e
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 z5 t! S8 O5 P" }' L% p xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships e* D' o( e: ~+ e t, b: s0 @0 G
DD Halford
- d8 J) F6 {& F; { DD Halligan- `0 P2 |# [/ h2 X
DD Hazelwood- O- n! F! O9 a' N& w6 B" c! \
DD Healy7 j" R2 S8 B* X1 H. G
DD John Henley% i3 a8 u7 q7 p- Q0 G8 \' [
DD Hickox1 y9 y* n% d+ G
DD Twining
( q: R3 L) q+ z! l N# G DD Uhlmann
7 {. o& I" |8 h DD Wadleigh0 Q" A+ p Q0 D" z7 @
DD Wadsworth
% O2 l; D1 |. H- ]) t2 ` DD Walker0 Z& K/ d/ d% U6 B7 K2 N1 x) {
DD Waller
! w2 g1 w0 C# ^: X, i3 L. y0 d: @) s DD Watts- K: }( [ m$ Z' o0 s' V3 C
DD Cushing II
/ Y' h8 k: q! ?+ @6 f I DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards* `+ s" G( V5 r% Y
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Japanese Ships
8 ]) M# |- \. C# ]9 G( T TK Kenwa Maru
* p) q8 n N! o/ b. Z1 ^: K. Q- W TK Okigawa Maru7 k u" V o! G# k& h4 M) w
TK Anjo Maru
$ O* `$ w ]) H5 o* X3 q) }' y- b TK Kotai Maru) D2 ]. Y$ p& p6 H
TK Arita Maru
- |3 w( p9 y2 S TK Amato Maru! x. Y% P L. K, {+ W
TK Ryoei Maru
2 V0 w- E3 ?# E6 f. {) P. P) w: L" R TK Eiho Maru' E/ p2 O4 Z/ Y' A# X" \
SC Ch 43
1 I) x# M4 T$ ]! P SC Ch 58
2 |5 W) ^) X t K. S TK Shiyo Maru, J9 j J7 ]2 E3 F1 u/ V4 }
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Allied Ships* F; k7 H h8 v% b
DD Halford6 R5 |& n2 F4 H* @. m$ y/ z
DD Halligan
1 ]7 R- D+ W: } DD Hazelwood
7 Z: t9 N, B! o- _+ g DD Healy; b" {6 ~0 e' `
DD John Henley
3 J. C. R/ U- C9 N9 w5 G) V% L DD Hickox
3 {% X* s7 s m9 a DD Twining5 |/ q0 l% h+ D$ Z* V* q% R
DD Uhlmann
6 H* o; Q2 t) k, S% ?) F7 e DD Wadleigh9 z) X) ?* X0 i- K( O
DD Wadsworth) e) [; a6 Z8 b) S' T
DD Walker
+ S3 d6 w9 q5 C% [$ t$ q# A) Y3 i DD Waller
4 g) I/ J& C' I; Y6 M& Q( e4 _ DD Watts
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DD Benham II" w9 J& [$ J( M) _8 N& i: `7 ?
/ L) A! @) _" {: S( M* FRange increases to 30,000 yards...
3 i' k# z8 f& ]; w: F8 m8 aJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 e# ]3 W' W9 g: j/ mJapanese Tanker TF evades combat7 _2 x5 j! w/ _2 C
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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。
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; S9 U* q7 Y8 dGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) }' F7 Q7 ]4 T) N$ W& m- p
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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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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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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9 J$ u* c' W$ Z9 r7 U aAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:7 C3 k: }. K7 \4 J
49 casualties reported
' k2 ]- Z$ k! l. X Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" |7 l, U4 `4 Y% Z" w' T
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled7 g F, b, s3 l* U. {% b4 e
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ g f& O3 I4 y, P0 p
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
. w- U# e# ?! W6 C" C4 X4 t4 f1 r3 ] 18th British Division' I$ Z, [" \" D! s( L5 \+ x
31st Armoured Division5 ^% X [1 G4 |5 x: e' a. Y
4th Armoured Brigade
5 E0 Y' U6 i! e% F5 R3 ~+ R/ y3 I1 l 254th Armoured Brigade2 M3 g- [) F2 h/ X
32nd Army Tank Brigade
6 b* m/ K( l5 `4 @ 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
, a0 v6 u$ X! L/ b/ E Gardner's Horse Regiment; D' E" h' J+ B; ]9 o, P0 G
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. }3 G* R! u' l0 y( J( b3 K 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
: `8 B7 y5 y; s* j 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 p9 x" E) x3 _ 632nd Battalion
" o, F8 [6 Y. O) N9 g 51st Highland Division4 [4 i) `, z2 }% `% I
49th Aviation Base Force! [) K8 l" C7 U; }: v
Provisional GMC Grp 9 }( p- x+ @& c
1 ML-KNIL Aviation , U$ n g" e) H! C( L4 Y# ?
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
$ Y& Q3 s# l, b* M/ K Sixth US Army
) o! E) i. b, C2 N# y3 _" K 2nd Medium Regiment" I& R$ U, r) V. Z
XIII US Fighter Cmd
& `3 @" C" V a/ e# y 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment- `0 i' s9 S# Q5 B
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
( b& ]2 j8 Z: |: Y$ C 428th Coast AA Battalion; W# |7 G8 s k( E1 R
H* @/ F' H2 k7 I0 u; ODefending units:
$ d& `5 c6 j& Y E A# D 51st Air Flotilla /8
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