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。- Z0 `% @7 a7 }3 P; y m. h
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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Japanese Ships
" z6 A) q% H b8 s: |6 G E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk. ?/ U4 `1 _; Y" X
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk4 d# Q7 }7 ~9 T& x/ H& H
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% D3 B3 ~7 s2 Z) x
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 O6 }& b( _; E& y
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk m0 i$ v, t, H- H2 a( Y
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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- T8 X7 \- o. aAllied Ships) X. ^. m- ~& ^
DD Halford6 {8 D( g' Z0 M# E
DD Halligan
/ m7 c' S' n3 k DD Hazelwood
% i: Q( e( Z" u' n' m- l& V y DD Healy- O! R# H! `: m$ ~+ ~ y7 h$ t( P
DD John Henley. V6 l4 N: @0 n7 ~8 h' |8 {: |+ h) ~
DD Hickox
% }* Y7 e$ R# j# f& r, ` M$ y DD Twining
( ~1 x- F' x: a8 ]9 A, G9 ]# N: b DD Uhlmann
8 V2 F( @, b7 A0 X" L DD Wadleigh
- i/ ^7 @0 ^3 N" t% Z4 i DD Wadsworth
& H* l, R5 r9 {+ O+ i4 g3 @/ K DD Walker
4 ?- g& O- u: Q6 f5 |5 }$ \: b DD Waller1 _8 v3 m& @+ G" i, @
DD Watts" {+ V# r: ^" E' ]; U/ \& T
DD Cushing II+ \4 M) w" u6 d* I+ s* B# g# A# j
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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. I/ z. A' m0 [ o6 D% rJapanese Ships( O! N; u* P, J' _" i9 d
TK Kenwa Maru
1 K# j( h9 E6 n+ L3 l TK Okigawa Maru, b3 Z/ T$ m) E: A! U0 ?% J$ J
TK Anjo Maru5 P, h4 R2 W5 a- V) B
TK Kotai Maru/ f A4 {1 ?* r
TK Arita Maru$ g0 [' ?5 R7 f1 M6 ^& x
TK Amato Maru
. `/ T2 }5 Q" h TK Ryoei Maru
: N: @0 k! D! S; R/ K TK Eiho Maru# w" A. X( f" @0 |
SC Ch 43
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- ?. i: B- Q1 v) J& t" h TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships
4 b8 i0 V/ t3 U, i DD Halford
& O5 L) H4 |# d7 r. w$ _+ F DD Halligan( {) p/ ?7 b3 g* D; X: Z% Q
DD Hazelwood& }* Z. K) v7 U1 y
DD Healy
/ s+ g0 p+ ?! M DD John Henley
# i* Z: |+ U$ S5 T2 e$ } DD Hickox O$ n- w5 r1 d$ d( O
DD Twining
& ]6 z2 ^% W) Z* ^9 e* v0 R6 Z DD Uhlmann! b: G7 p8 l6 _& c9 F E& }/ t
DD Wadleigh
, g4 H6 g8 f/ x) C. r( j: j5 @& ^ DD Wadsworth9 A8 p5 ^+ `$ s' S( U" A6 w
DD Walker
- B3 p8 b3 t: a6 s9 W DD Waller
: j! A7 y( d) J% [1 J7 H3 r DD Watts
1 p* I, I. ~# T& m3 c: K* n DD Cushing II$ c- K( n/ O! Q7 F
DD Benham II( D Z* x! ^% Y& h( L3 T
2 O+ Z" h: r8 m* j6 m% xRange increases to 30,000 yards...! D4 f4 v$ I M5 Z7 m. i$ I2 w: `9 L
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 q4 Z, `. a; P' [& L9 R$ C
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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8 c5 o; n k& EAllied 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, c! p [+ I& l- v! ]" |8 @
3 {, c* |2 T% }1 B2 g* sAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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: u+ \5 }) t) w* j& kAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 ) X6 L- F: B0 t$ h
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Defender:
+ [" u3 J. ?% A( zAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ c% c; V' C% _+ K" v Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled4 @% V4 W( d& o8 @* @, w4 v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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2 t* B- f8 @. T% l1 z( W# H& AAssaulting units:
. Y. u3 T3 m: r: h$ p, m/ ^/ i/ W 18th British Division
% {9 w, D6 J5 K% M- `8 l. S 31st Armoured Division) K* Z; T3 O; }. g: H
4th Armoured Brigade
$ x2 _% O* L* k: A 254th Armoured Brigade
$ M; u4 e& G4 \1 P 32nd Army Tank Brigade: L1 C z% C4 Y" `7 Q
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
p4 F0 G. J# p5 z | Gardner's Horse Regiment
" }( W T5 e9 L. n9 W8 E' _ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
X/ U( P! s. @* u* N! W ~ 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
( d) W- c8 m$ x! h0 b2 Y7 z! ~ 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1 [8 U2 o2 k( ^' B' B. `7 }0 A e 632nd Battalion- K/ L Y# q H; D
51st Highland Division
1 ^- p, k7 u1 Q. o( | 49th Aviation Base Force/ z: Q% d" H. { @' A
Provisional GMC Grp % W6 P1 s2 l, c/ c7 A+ c$ _
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
) c- |" M* c [. [5 l+ F- H, b. \8 \ 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ g2 g( ~& f. b2 ]6 V2 e5 R
Sixth US Army
7 u4 e! r. {4 }4 S# f9 }& S" K 2nd Medium Regiment; s4 j( Z# J! `$ t, |
XIII US Fighter Cmd 0 [9 k% e- [ }( r3 j
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
0 u- A3 T* j' D5 q0 q 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
3 u' c! d. }3 B9 e# O/ P 428th Coast AA Battalion) G+ m8 A }7 o! e, \' J- T% k
2 S! E1 O) }( H7 \! V- IDefending units:
. o( A8 l6 M! n: A- i" p. X: P 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |