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。
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6 g3 N- [0 N& h# z; a7 KNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards f/ Y* o. C2 p" @6 v- [
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Japanese Ships
d$ ]7 Y7 L( w; l7 x! _ E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
9 ?$ }2 j( T- V1 g+ F; A E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk5 Y0 k( p* n2 ~9 Q
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 p+ j1 E: X5 Q' m xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
( O c) c7 p" G xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 p- x; \7 A$ C( l5 S2 b& w
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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" G. E! }9 W. v$ a2 A DD Halford5 ]+ r+ U( T" u4 @( I* {5 w
DD Halligan
9 Z6 I% p8 d2 } DD Hazelwood
' R+ Y) h" ~ z. v DD Healy
. ^6 p3 s6 P5 s7 U- s7 [ DD John Henley" j0 N/ [: a* e/ f$ T* P/ K
DD Hickox
3 b9 r# m& S- @1 J5 u/ K7 T DD Twining
' Q& ^2 V) V* ~0 Q* ^ DD Uhlmann1 ^' T0 ^( N$ V: \. }( j
DD Wadleigh B$ F4 l, o, n1 i% F3 U: I6 K
DD Wadsworth# S& d) o" Y+ S6 R3 j
DD Walker
h8 Z2 s, ]+ _8 U( m. g" n9 [ DD Waller
5 { P( [, W+ q# e3 @ DD Watts T! \3 J9 m) Y* p( K
DD Cushing II
; L7 i; G/ X. W DD Benham II
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1 I8 _! y4 s6 z% [3 p5 F tNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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3 \5 ]0 |0 n$ O) q$ Z" e* fJapanese Ships
! C/ e4 _4 f) d2 l TK Kenwa Maru4 r k" c. T4 i) b" _5 Q2 r
TK Okigawa Maru5 @0 q' O+ Q+ i2 i- U9 A2 J
TK Anjo Maru( D3 X1 n9 q1 ^* y
TK Kotai Maru" H g/ }/ A, u5 D$ H7 A
TK Arita Maru
z, @# Q6 C; z% u3 ~" ^9 p. [5 } TK Amato Maru
- r) p/ Q5 Z; D, N c' w, W TK Ryoei Maru; ]) X# |+ t1 ~/ b& F# W) g
TK Eiho Maru& M2 v$ B9 }) r% N9 g( y' S9 R
SC Ch 43
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1 r5 P6 \- O% a' X: c% l% t* ] T TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships
% ]- `$ d9 `* |! u$ j DD Halford
) [/ H: H& b0 t4 p$ e DD Halligan4 T; j' R+ x$ z6 `
DD Hazelwood
1 Z' I) Y6 b; n( X* T& Y7 J: s9 i DD Healy! F# w! m* s: T' T; m% e! j
DD John Henley/ f h% d k! s# ?5 v
DD Hickox
& ^; \8 i$ [4 f$ Q DD Twining
: r8 c0 {6 p0 z% {; @- H- f DD Uhlmann
- {$ i9 l. v( S5 t1 l DD Wadleigh
. b* X' P( S; Y ]; b% t DD Wadsworth
$ l# t( s( c3 P" J/ F3 y7 Z, O3 J DD Walker( w0 W0 e& ~+ `: h3 j
DD Waller
4 n& `/ [2 R, I: K5 n DD Watts
7 J7 ^' V1 c* H8 j2 v) K/ G DD Cushing II
* C; L* Y# i3 ?3 @ DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
. S& n9 e V8 l" z1 H, t1 lJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 ~, b) o1 t5 G H2 B$ ?
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。 C. G1 ~' U3 L+ x' d. J
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6 p) h" w0 `+ s$ w6 H$ w# e: VGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) z) K* X0 H' e3 i: Z
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Allied Shock attack! T) j% P& s( w) o
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328 b- K) t ]: X. o* h9 s: r
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 y& R$ j/ U' z: h( g
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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1 g4 ?* T/ ?3 Z' T F/ [' ?/ VAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 2 ^: s3 {/ c: p( M$ R! b Q
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Defender: - Q; {6 o# _$ ]5 ~# l5 f
Attacker: shock(+)
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/ J4 Y M8 i# `Japanese ground losses:
) k) q. ?, X) P 49 casualties reported
3 A) G( p1 W) j Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 M/ Q/ b9 U- v( Z1 [4 M1 w8 E3 G Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 {* B: _0 Z. P8 Q" [ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, T2 f( f# s1 g Units destroyed 1# b* g. x9 A, ?, D% Q8 v
$ F# U0 _3 ?; C0 L+ |! iAssaulting units:' E, ?% p5 G7 r# l
18th British Division
, \ }: E% c/ K& V$ { 31st Armoured Division
8 D3 d1 H$ m1 o0 {) H0 w 4th Armoured Brigade, d X+ x4 l0 e \
254th Armoured Brigade5 W) @0 x, E% e& C
32nd Army Tank Brigade
- z) Z3 v) I" P6 P* ]2 h 3rd Carabiniers Regiment9 b, X. Q% F; N, z4 e4 ^
Gardner's Horse Regiment
! e% W5 G4 U9 m$ m) N7 d, y' R 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 m9 e* L* r/ R2 E
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
; {" B( \. z, d7 \& m 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion P- K# s, J, M
632nd Battalion9 ?/ Q& Z7 P& Q# J( P% B
51st Highland Division' R7 `+ j" F# x! B6 e/ n
49th Aviation Base Force
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1 ML-KNIL Aviation 2 N" ^# V' R$ n& h
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment# B: H; U& N/ |% j0 |* R5 o- z
Sixth US Army
7 y2 O6 I; O$ \4 F' s 2nd Medium Regiment
7 i4 V$ o6 Q" X8 M* d6 |: ?4 ?6 B XIII US Fighter Cmd . t( L. @* |5 A; m& @! q# Z- ]
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment% i2 K9 o- n2 Y1 `8 j: `3 |
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
. A5 k: |( H [3 j: V& f! ~9 ~ 428th Coast AA Battalion P& W& s% ^$ U& x' r, ^; i
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51st Air Flotilla /8; n9 c F7 X: E8 L5 x0 T$ M
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( ~0 |" r9 x: h" t% ?Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |