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。
. H, ?) W5 @- T, z. C9 SAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards- }3 h6 ?3 ]3 y3 y* X0 s4 h
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3 w8 ~( g5 r: z9 {; Z+ ] E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( s) M$ z. @6 }; D6 m7 t# g E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk; `" `) B+ b( `4 |) A, @7 k
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( y' ?$ x4 k$ | xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
. j/ l t; z$ k* d, S xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ K2 u) G# l/ [# ^" \3 V
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
! u/ k. U+ y4 V, X DD Halford
- ~/ n h3 m! O1 I DD Halligan) p1 c4 d: }( B, F+ E. ]
DD Hazelwood! t! V1 {" x1 c
DD Healy
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DD Hickox
- {' x5 ?# I: H0 q" P1 x DD Twining- B+ k/ [( g$ Y- M3 j& {7 {9 U. `/ `
DD Uhlmann# O! ?" b. g X
DD Wadleigh; _& G. N& }/ L1 T
DD Wadsworth Q+ S! h e# P/ o$ H: N
DD Walker
, a% W. _+ }+ A6 _ DD Waller8 D7 i. N& ]/ S8 o1 |7 n8 o
DD Watts. A! G% y3 ^& c0 v# j$ a* ^
DD Cushing II+ r* X4 F% s) i7 \
DD Benham II; p0 ^3 K" V9 B! f3 \$ F
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* \1 o2 N: M" k( gNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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; m6 a4 e3 Z, e- s* u TK Kenwa Maru. h6 i" c5 F4 X
TK Okigawa Maru
+ H: ?6 w# {1 ] N) o5 I R/ R TK Anjo Maru" s5 Y$ {( n% `: N. x8 N5 I
TK Kotai Maru
4 b# Z$ f* Q) ^3 g9 {, ? TK Arita Maru$ |. ~2 h5 a# c# @% R
TK Amato Maru- {% l& M* i( {
TK Ryoei Maru
4 K, D3 K5 Z3 U) F9 W TK Eiho Maru
7 y# I; e4 s% _( x3 p. X( [ SC Ch 43
0 a2 `9 S% {# } SC Ch 584 K1 p, v4 k, e
TK Shiyo Maru! A X1 z/ p/ U# G; M
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Allied Ships
& {* f0 a: {* T8 F/ h1 s' `; C) K5 ] DD Halford0 X1 i+ p7 H' X& u; O6 D
DD Halligan
! h9 M% N5 A" E6 |9 c, c DD Hazelwood' ?1 I- { z* d. K" I; M9 ~ e
DD Healy
+ d: Z3 z$ s6 P$ D5 Z DD John Henley
. x+ y9 q% T+ U DD Hickox
! d" g S# I: n2 P DD Twining
+ k% b9 c& C& ?, x3 [ DD Uhlmann
. c% F5 E+ r7 I DD Wadleigh
; Z1 k: o; } }% q) r DD Wadsworth! }9 x; i4 d1 G/ _
DD Walker
/ l& {2 I, q6 p$ E% k, K DD Waller
4 |) f# C4 C6 N1 i6 W3 I& D DD Watts! `& Q, m: m6 @
DD Cushing II/ O7 t0 o5 }! K
DD Benham II
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7 L2 }% `# l6 d7 x( I3 \Range increases to 30,000 yards...% W5 a6 L% `% w6 ~6 Z
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 j x7 Y. B! Z0 V) Z/ b2 g
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat8 R9 J8 x+ N: \" Q% |% x6 q
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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。2 y# j6 V- O: O C# O. l# m- s
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack
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7 A4 x7 m8 @# A+ qAttacking 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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' P+ e* v% H& aAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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S7 j6 x% ]: mJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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# O% [' Q' U7 Y, U$ VCombat modifiers3 m8 u- c, T L
Defender:
: D6 S# k1 @/ E! s5 }5 n1 iAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:( L/ v2 c0 o/ ~* k1 S1 S' E
49 casualties reported
1 J" R9 S( x' c% | Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ O% P5 u2 y$ l8 T Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled& p" L( |! y. J! ^1 T2 f) p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) m3 R, r5 F6 e* c
Units destroyed 11 z/ M, D' C* g& h) v7 z
( I9 o1 |+ `$ t, j& lAssaulting units:
! C2 U9 h1 P4 P6 A0 x& B" q, ~# o 18th British Division
' I" Z! ? _. o! C$ g( r$ ^5 o 31st Armoured Division6 l0 j0 A6 d/ a" M
4th Armoured Brigade
- { F$ I7 J2 U+ ^1 W) W 254th Armoured Brigade$ o3 I: k' {" Y4 J' P
32nd Army Tank Brigade- \) N! E: u0 }/ C7 x
3rd Carabiniers Regiment3 q0 b' I. _; k' B+ ?3 c. {
Gardner's Horse Regiment
$ v( o Z3 B; e7 w# I. a) { 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
g% h5 b, V2 X% Y 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion. \3 Q# B/ G8 M9 u
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
) X+ N/ a9 c) o 632nd Battalion
% ?0 w* q! _( S# E" w 51st Highland Division
2 I/ E* V% E; |0 V p 49th Aviation Base Force# |. Z1 ]: Q5 A4 _/ F
Provisional GMC Grp
! N8 ^+ p4 L: P1 \4 H4 K 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 7 a' W" z) n: q
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment' L) Q# }: S: N5 ] q& a) _
Sixth US Army
: J2 F3 j6 |& A6 k$ f/ D$ E 2nd Medium Regiment! R5 e2 r% \! U* Z! v: a+ _
XIII US Fighter Cmd ( U8 u! a+ T2 X: t
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
5 ~ d) i- D1 r% n 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
7 h# g' l0 }# f2 ?' H 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:
# X* p0 j' X4 \) u 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |