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。
3 J4 r* _, |, E5 T3 ]3 ?AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 454 S) \* o0 P% | N" i' U2 m; q1 o
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
4 s$ L, \9 l$ H7 Q* P6 `- A E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk4 e8 T ]0 S8 R+ b; O [6 I p% m( s/ k
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
9 U% m1 s5 m+ p/ u xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
+ U3 `: v( [8 b e2 G4 D xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 @& X6 S) ^2 Q$ ~2 `- ?
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& B3 Q$ {, B" S" g9 o! C
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 Z+ {+ X$ @6 T
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+ E) @6 p5 ~+ J' P: ` DD Halford1 w& C) b# C& W& c8 U
DD Halligan9 `8 K* P* C7 x# |5 C! C6 n
DD Hazelwood+ S Y4 T: i8 o+ G7 a" f
DD Healy: W1 E6 x9 t) e5 }
DD John Henley& f2 @5 p/ j4 M" U! A% X- O
DD Hickox- g) L* D# C1 c: G! G' s
DD Twining( A+ T, d: M0 @2 W4 _2 `
DD Uhlmann- J* c/ D9 ~$ }( u/ f- ?
DD Wadleigh' d% @; V* C7 g
DD Wadsworth
3 m3 e! V/ @+ ?2 _8 C( e! ` DD Walker
3 l8 b* ]9 q% N' [5 D* n { f) R DD Waller
% m, L: K8 W/ X& q+ s4 a DD Watts
. |: c: z# m; @& q DD Cushing II
7 G7 R9 c1 y/ u DD Benham II# h I" c6 Y9 V D1 H) W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards c- ^2 p/ @' z% l5 a. H
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3 u. u0 M; q5 D7 E% I/ o" J TK Kenwa Maru
" H: e, |& X8 I8 k6 e3 E8 J# Z TK Okigawa Maru
8 {: z/ l2 o- u) {& z% m6 L TK Anjo Maru) X9 n X0 X7 _. u2 t/ D
TK Kotai Maru7 H! i7 d1 p) S: C' k
TK Arita Maru) G3 v( S% _9 x' `2 I: I
TK Amato Maru
) G2 Q( e2 K" p U6 i TK Ryoei Maru* g1 p. B/ K" z5 W2 W. Y9 p3 M
TK Eiho Maru* x7 K" e `4 W& R3 @
SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru; v/ V; J7 f' U: t; \
/ P! J' d$ d, d9 s9 ?Allied Ships
3 M. q8 _; _' Z( F) j DD Halford
5 W7 z4 X9 X6 w+ P1 o4 Q" n& s DD Halligan
4 W* F! ~/ x4 ~ DD Hazelwood
6 B. E3 A2 e4 C# ]8 c9 _ DD Healy
) D7 E1 l% \/ b6 W4 Q; y DD John Henley
% @9 G* C( m! k9 R. K3 G; J8 y& V DD Hickox
. Q( R; e% l7 E DD Twining
8 O$ t" x8 U8 {% E DD Uhlmann* C; G! s+ [/ {* a! P/ H) D2 v
DD Wadleigh* R( ^2 q$ Y2 c" \
DD Wadsworth* ?3 z/ p/ O' Z3 B
DD Walker9 c% F' D v9 |2 C @* d8 U: [
DD Waller/ ]/ I- C7 w! X' W L+ u9 M, j
DD Watts1 A2 q! L) n* ^) G: F$ P+ w
DD Cushing II
- G# F3 o! _( O7 p DD Benham II- j% X& `- g, n7 t3 P; Q1 b9 R# J
2 p. \% M* R5 |Range increases to 30,000 yards...! H, g% K" ], e8 X0 P
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
3 y, h. p+ m! x9 h6 H9 eJapanese Tanker TF evades combat% j2 g- O' d v/ ~, v: w5 s, }8 R% V
& y% U. W V9 I4 @3 X8 P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。/ g9 g, N3 v# g4 y
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)7 j) S4 H0 {4 }! j
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Allied Shock attack5 L8 |1 O3 U+ H& C+ R
: W# N) E& P- E: {6 n4 BAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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( I. h7 X3 u$ Z5 @Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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, I/ L( w/ j8 V* s4 d, aAllied adjusted assault: 1957 - j' Z. `3 e- g
/ m7 k5 R9 X1 J [ \) AJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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/ ?8 s$ F% G6 o/ G4 yAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Defender: 4 [9 u( c7 N9 p, F H
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:1 ]0 ^# @6 J0 u. Q! O: M0 Q( ^
49 casualties reported
6 s" {4 j( R+ F2 E& F. x Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 U: w1 R$ J: o; k) T! R
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
# A3 \1 G, L8 Y+ Q& k Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# B: k8 |8 n; l7 j& O% P/ I
Units destroyed 1$ D+ M1 W# E1 F& W H( ^
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Assaulting units:
4 w$ d. {; X. p$ B1 ?4 t$ ^ 18th British Division
) E1 L0 R# q$ e7 k( U; ` 31st Armoured Division
4 ~% V5 z5 Z& G% i 4th Armoured Brigade
0 [1 N9 {0 U0 q+ n) n* k' \ 254th Armoured Brigade
1 C8 X4 g, d4 t, p3 F# j! q 32nd Army Tank Brigade
8 ~4 s- d, t. M2 e, c1 V( L: ] 3rd Carabiniers Regiment& Q1 Y4 y, ?4 S1 @& }( X: j/ U/ K
Gardner's Horse Regiment
( w9 c7 _( V5 I: B 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
u( H3 S; ?9 e; X* U 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion2 z( [/ B1 [6 V9 ?; P$ o# N. Y
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 {8 \: U4 w* r4 O- p% O: s
632nd Battalion
3 H2 v( l$ Z$ \& K$ k 51st Highland Division
1 W6 N$ [ H4 s* m U 49th Aviation Base Force
0 K$ X7 K' D) R/ n) \9 B. z Provisional GMC Grp - b8 E8 q: D k
1 ML-KNIL Aviation , u# r+ A' `( w* y
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment! n; s+ `- Y% f
Sixth US Army
: l L8 i0 D+ m! Q' k0 u5 x! N7 @ 2nd Medium Regiment* f2 d3 T/ m" b0 a" P' M3 }; ^; @
XIII US Fighter Cmd 7 D0 D! t, ?* {& j+ H0 o1 i
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
! v, S4 q# ^8 ^& x' u( ^ 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
5 v9 F" X0 R+ s' Z$ v# N 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:! [( B) A# Y' J
51st Air Flotilla /8' Q: [+ V2 z q5 E- P4 c
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |