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。
, P: g- S* U2 m3 qAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45& }8 A# I; [9 E7 f" ^" ]' g/ w
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* g0 p6 r, S _Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards! N2 \. G: b# O5 R
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Japanese Ships
: ?1 G) K3 w) x E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( A; `- @7 q4 M) A E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk/ K# Y; S) a/ P- A7 }
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- u2 |7 \ }2 F, C6 I5 a" `$ Y
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
- w# M0 k! n" G* B xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% _3 |: b" q. v7 w* b
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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0 s8 T1 H* }) J3 \$ \, qAllied Ships
! V: o& P; r w3 ~& B DD Halford
% l/ W. N3 M" v$ S DD Halligan
4 f' Q% [1 `2 E2 s+ V8 d: V( m DD Hazelwood) H1 i4 l9 \% Z! N" i
DD Healy
7 t1 {$ [. e0 ?9 h8 Z) s4 A/ ^ DD John Henley
$ ^6 H1 P% |! t. H DD Hickox2 z. P% e) l5 ?9 V7 m$ G, Z G
DD Twining& Z9 y2 I7 t, O. k( v
DD Uhlmann2 {2 r8 N1 {; B0 e( v& \& x
DD Wadleigh# ?' Y1 T1 A' R1 c1 f
DD Wadsworth, `+ s) n6 r8 N: N* _
DD Walker5 O6 e& \- X# N
DD Waller
# p4 m5 {. y* U0 X. z* G% ~( ~ DD Watts
' l4 E* x, e% Y4 F6 u7 ^! r DD Cushing II
, H2 d6 @" {+ L. R DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards* t3 Y% N) [, r' d4 w# b
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7 a8 U4 \# s7 y3 T$ x TK Kenwa Maru% e8 h! k: L/ @+ S$ @" P- `, k4 ^2 a
TK Okigawa Maru6 U& L/ R) \3 [0 d
TK Anjo Maru: |1 y& w9 W: a# B3 M) r0 [ \
TK Kotai Maru( Q! q9 z4 M) t3 O+ G5 z& l
TK Arita Maru6 z% _* j4 x/ I% i1 n% L
TK Amato Maru
3 M. v/ o; m) X TK Ryoei Maru9 q8 _! i& _7 p' P! G6 `3 @
TK Eiho Maru4 d( A7 {( f* v9 @
SC Ch 431 G" H- _# D% }* \8 O! h3 ]/ X( E
SC Ch 58, l- G! k# |2 y) n5 l: i
TK Shiyo Maru: c' R" N. [0 O, s
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0 z6 c. c$ i' \% z DD Halford) P% i- L' C' T) b
DD Halligan
4 J6 l5 \2 d% G8 A& C DD Hazelwood
! X! ]" \- l- H3 q# w DD Healy; G; R& [+ ^2 I& W! v' Q
DD John Henley
1 a3 n$ f' B m, T; ^" c( J, i( S6 t DD Hickox& g( x3 ]& k5 G9 O$ S; C$ R
DD Twining8 D& `( O9 Z3 D
DD Uhlmann: L! U$ T% }& X1 K9 T& a4 `
DD Wadleigh. t7 w. E: X7 F: |
DD Wadsworth
* |( E( ]1 J# ^; j0 `5 w! D DD Walker7 R; d1 D( R! O9 z* N% T8 t1 b w+ Y5 i
DD Waller8 E0 F1 `$ Y0 k; a& {
DD Watts
% F5 G, d2 e, e" @6 u1 P DD Cushing II
+ }" z: l3 Z. r( ^' h. j2 o DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
: V; w3 I/ ^) {- }8 ]Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; O7 c) z5 i- e8 v/ }1 @Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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/ i d* G; b' x1 K E. V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。7 Y: `, C$ a1 j; v2 m% F" @: q: f
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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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 = 13 t1 b( F4 l% p; M! y- E
/ \/ r- g) m6 O4 ~- b2 d- aAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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! F8 a0 ?8 N4 B3 d2 Y2 B& W* M+ ECombat modifiers. y) h8 ?7 W2 E( A; J7 E
Defender:
) {( T' S5 X# [6 _7 V8 wAttacker: shock(+)% l. ~( K7 v0 o, ?& |
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Japanese ground losses:5 \. g' ?- Q! d$ W4 M
49 casualties reported! \7 r: `5 I/ P+ C, \1 v
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 |. g# z8 P/ ?" n( j
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 I T# Q8 W4 A8 |# `0 w! @ L% y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; w5 c" z4 b+ Z v$ w& Y
Units destroyed 1; ?3 y6 i( p3 ?3 ?: g2 ?2 f
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Assaulting units:
6 M3 m2 |; n6 T 18th British Division
% W! V8 E0 \- z' N 31st Armoured Division; {9 B9 L( l6 K& {3 v7 [
4th Armoured Brigade
D( Z5 X: f. _# D$ G 254th Armoured Brigade& |9 {/ T6 R( o# q( O- ^% s
32nd Army Tank Brigade3 k: U! j+ k6 s* o- v+ v6 ?; E
3rd Carabiniers Regiment1 f! I1 h( V' z' U( V y
Gardner's Horse Regiment" k! R( X0 t8 }' ?" `9 _, _
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
/ v2 j8 T& Q$ e L 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
! b) E3 i2 l+ i w. V 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 n& [' G [$ e- p% e/ n
632nd Battalion
- _- P3 P( _7 H8 p 51st Highland Division$ B" n1 [ a7 ]% p) D3 Q% f3 O$ A
49th Aviation Base Force% y1 g6 h+ M& v. A( m0 h
Provisional GMC Grp
8 I! T0 x" {0 W! b8 t9 w 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
" ?3 N$ M& y! h6 Z3 w 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
) z8 x0 X6 O% B8 J) W Sixth US Army( B$ G& c7 r8 L) @: u
2nd Medium Regiment2 Q" {4 [/ G+ r! e
XIII US Fighter Cmd * {* B% S* F, B7 z5 g2 v% F
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment5 s0 O( g4 \+ N
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
' w( b/ Q# c. F0 b 428th Coast AA Battalion8 `& F' ]9 D) C- r! Y
% G/ r2 f" A# [, d( m/ M+ k% IDefending units:- I' ?4 B7 f" H0 r* f; i. X' {, D
51st Air Flotilla /83 |7 R+ d% X$ Z
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1 z6 a3 b" L v- FJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |