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。 O- G" {; K8 F1 ^# ]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 456 I: i, c. ^3 H
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards: f" ? c% g4 j- D
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Japanese Ships
, `5 @1 \3 X1 `# D8 ]: e E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
. e* m0 @/ b: y E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk; M" Y/ ]( Z* m$ \1 J' [) r
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& E. }% i- ^2 O* g xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage/ ]. {1 l' k$ R. I3 r
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 ]5 P- y1 G8 m! D# P6 @1 E- O xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. q% [: h h; d* M7 V. B! _; J$ c
: I: Y, v$ J- i% oAllied Ships+ a5 Q1 J, h" O3 u
DD Halford) Z' p$ O; _1 @
DD Halligan
* R7 U; g2 g3 c: @7 Q/ { DD Hazelwood
" | L: b0 r( \, U* G1 j DD Healy
8 U6 y3 f) m7 ?, p, F1 {- X) x DD John Henley
- O$ _" x+ \" N; k DD Hickox
& o4 v1 t8 j1 L1 k9 Q& Z+ [( o DD Twining: q u* O5 r" A, x. a
DD Uhlmann8 v3 d8 b- Z2 g# m6 ~
DD Wadleigh
+ ^) o, g& h1 @" M: G# n DD Wadsworth
a- ], N3 c: Z% J DD Walker+ K1 I& W; C3 v* H9 R: u5 T
DD Waller9 t5 ]5 K5 v/ ~2 I4 }7 Y1 g2 ]; t
DD Watts5 @2 t# B% G: p- T
DD Cushing II
- |- c+ E# f7 M m" [ DD Benham II b Y' B" w9 l7 F
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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, L! V' p- {% A2 k& {% e* ]/ }7 P TK Kenwa Maru6 z" ~* v6 r' z K
TK Okigawa Maru
7 H- v+ A: [$ u! c2 t9 A TK Anjo Maru
& ^) V% ^8 g+ R: Q, Q! m/ ~ TK Kotai Maru4 z m% _2 C0 N/ @5 i J/ z
TK Arita Maru
) ^) L) \, D4 r3 c9 Q S8 ? TK Amato Maru% o) _1 H$ ]# Y- h3 Q
TK Ryoei Maru; K5 s; M1 T4 p) ]2 S
TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58& r5 R. v' F$ Q
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships( C' P/ ^! g4 G. [1 Z: d% b+ u
DD Halford
, {. g$ h* [( m DD Halligan: | z* E0 K- ]# g# n- e* X
DD Hazelwood$ A# y" j& K3 d% K, z" O- _ ]. G: @
DD Healy1 T8 E1 a. R* g3 u9 ^
DD John Henley
. L* x' M) W: O5 y DD Hickox
0 _1 i( m, R6 p6 ^, z! n8 S& B DD Twining# m0 Y- G9 i, s
DD Uhlmann* S: f! X! S# {- j- n
DD Wadleigh9 V9 `7 L( K( j' J
DD Wadsworth0 d# ]6 j/ @( @8 D3 D4 W4 E' X
DD Walker
. j- K8 X, m: h f4 `4 R DD Waller
* g4 G3 P& S1 c4 q DD Watts, C* ]; }* a$ w6 r
DD Cushing II
+ q' C- }% i% o! w( t DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
, G9 q) Q3 Y# w1 a/ m" WJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 V3 v3 ^* Y# Z9 A! TJapanese Tanker TF evades combat5 b8 P# o. E8 R( A5 w. 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。; ?* j$ n$ ~6 O4 v7 T! K7 R5 D
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack, q" e* D- i' }4 N8 U5 a
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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4 D5 ]# n: f1 q5 C- pDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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, J6 E9 R' X( JAllied adjusted assault: 1957 : m B9 A: \7 L# P- ~! P9 f
. f$ w( t) b. J- mJapanese adjusted defense: 1 + \, O4 Y- v3 B6 A' D; m
) X$ y) d: o) D+ o' M2 Z3 H$ T4 K- DAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 ( V+ }1 f8 X5 D3 F. ^8 _! a% N* V4 J
( L" r0 Q* }7 M3 h% eCombat modifiers
, s* D$ v7 a* L, D+ _5 O8 E2 x) mDefender: " Q$ m' `+ U5 H, @
Attacker: shock(+)) v; p+ D/ [7 W- ]
& S- Z8 B n: k' ~4 ~Japanese ground losses:
# |' m4 v8 Z9 Q 49 casualties reported
. z( E* H; y0 [' |5 J Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 D1 ~: B' _+ G, L3 m2 ?
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 M7 ^8 v/ P- \1 _' e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 u t% f; s9 Q9 b
Units destroyed 1
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" A; ~- L4 ~. l: nAssaulting units:
+ W( t5 ]) Q1 l7 |2 I" R* r6 m0 s 18th British Division
7 E$ j/ Y1 _' y. F# X2 R 31st Armoured Division3 w8 I# O. m6 w- i/ b7 d" a* D5 E
4th Armoured Brigade! Q+ o# i, t) l1 y& Y
254th Armoured Brigade* L; }" T4 m' L, o# ^8 C" F
32nd Army Tank Brigade3 }6 v6 P z+ E* L% J6 M0 X) t
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
! m9 \- A- ]2 r3 J Gardner's Horse Regiment L8 L& f3 W! P
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion' R# U; d4 | Q5 Z! X( v+ J
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 D" U( Y. n: F! p- [; h e 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion; f5 B( ^. O0 }: ]) O, r" U
632nd Battalion0 E3 t: N: a9 q6 Q( T- q; n
51st Highland Division3 o2 C4 k: V2 }! B( U( j+ x
49th Aviation Base Force* R) V- `) U. q. P# \; N, t
Provisional GMC Grp
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4th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 p1 h! a4 k* O8 t+ a
Sixth US Army
. d3 F6 N/ k8 g6 L4 Z% V 2nd Medium Regiment
! E h% D4 s# N3 w u XIII US Fighter Cmd . y4 \7 O% l. M3 b5 ]
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment2 S0 ~3 q& O; u k3 m" @( f
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment: }' H. l, g, X% L8 g4 Y
428th Coast AA Battalion4 K$ z$ w3 m# q7 u7 a
5 ^, t) v7 N# V7 BDefending units:
7 ]- g: H% t6 K% E 51st Air Flotilla /8
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! D. A0 p# {' G) B) |% S; MJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |