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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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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+ i: q$ \5 i5 M2 ^; wJapanese Ships
: q% [2 X& P0 v. U( ~; w1 P) ? E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
5 q. u: c/ p5 M0 ^/ T E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk! N! ?) Y7 J3 D0 I3 p, s; M
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! {4 ]# h- U; Y* e# |
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage5 a7 E/ V6 A% \
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& N8 c" M7 p- J0 \" a7 o$ N xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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) H1 A, _* Y8 H: J2 C! X+ k. KAllied Ships$ i6 p! i( D% K
DD Halford
+ ^( d5 m9 D+ ^ DD Halligan
! H* j, M6 ?% _, e( Y$ I8 A DD Hazelwood
9 z$ G/ s' U- [% K( f% o9 j$ O5 ? DD Healy# ~4 X* B2 U2 d: U0 G# O
DD John Henley! R) R' N2 |+ N' r* ~
DD Hickox
7 K- c8 K2 Y2 @, Z# T DD Twining; Z. J8 B6 b+ G6 y T' V
DD Uhlmann/ t. c: [' p! ^/ F" r! n' X
DD Wadleigh" E, v& e8 N$ V7 s3 l( H9 I1 {
DD Wadsworth; D' j$ k' k5 F5 O" S P2 \
DD Walker5 A2 O: W& M' X4 ~
DD Waller! B9 T- _. V/ b3 K' D! G
DD Watts
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DD Benham II3 X, \4 `( r S1 y8 w" \* i9 A4 f# w
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) b/ |# z: R: l6 O. p3 p+ iNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ t8 j7 K' z# ]' Y. {; V
TK Kenwa Maru4 X( O% z N; f# e: @
TK Okigawa Maru: A( |& h- ?( Q% h- ]# W) M. v
TK Anjo Maru$ c: B% n: X4 c, c
TK Kotai Maru, ]! n% o, n% @; K
TK Arita Maru
0 t8 G8 E2 g" b/ F TK Amato Maru
& Y1 h' q3 {3 N TK Ryoei Maru
9 `0 y* g+ O; g. I; @0 R TK Eiho Maru
: L# t& e% Q# C; {; w* f SC Ch 43
2 ]4 L! m- q% ?/ W" T. i SC Ch 58
& U$ S) Q% b: r( S& {! N( W( Y* \ TK Shiyo Maru
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% \: l2 B4 A% K3 VAllied Ships
% v: ]4 x3 r7 k# c DD Halford
2 o& w9 J+ \) f$ N7 [ DD Halligan
1 V9 j2 o5 @. b4 U8 g8 u; {+ z DD Hazelwood
0 u( |0 J: S( ~1 r! F" i2 Y$ \ DD Healy
" D# {6 U8 c A+ F' E! B2 ]/ t DD John Henley
) M; G; l4 c, A! K* }+ L DD Hickox
# m3 H0 I: n# v! b DD Twining
+ g+ |4 A/ ^8 ] a5 E, y DD Uhlmann
6 p+ L1 a# r' Q4 |" P& Q0 n% h& P s0 Y DD Wadleigh! `/ G% _6 P3 Z3 ~+ e7 I
DD Wadsworth* F/ S+ z; K% [
DD Walker
( f. e, E* k, T% {9 V DD Waller! t3 L8 ^% ^( C( f, ^9 r; S4 Y9 o* [: m
DD Watts$ v% k& q) K X7 Z+ y
DD Cushing II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
1 d4 a6 U$ j7 G$ Z+ x5 h. L! VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape( U' w y+ r' k# Q* q3 J6 T
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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Allied Shock attack
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9 D/ s% u% Y0 `# N5 t0 ?Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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/ u$ U. j! p" Y f" b! BDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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|( _" a3 A; b& R$ c r3 \: oAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 1 w5 b$ B% o `& _) W' }
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Combat modifiers
/ C0 l( [2 c; |: M" O+ H# qDefender: ; r f- \: k! J
Attacker: shock(+)
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; j' \% c, T* y; F8 BJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! M4 s! S( v( W7 z Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled' J. F2 U O2 \& [
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) V0 e# [0 V" W+ t/ u+ r3 b Units destroyed 1
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4 D2 s6 N1 H1 a% GAssaulting units:
, V) u0 }! `- F. k) y- b" R 18th British Division
& E: n! h9 q- v* G# y i- p. B1 L7 y 31st Armoured Division2 k& x$ _0 z) N
4th Armoured Brigade6 t0 S5 ~& Z( E7 t+ W& t- T+ ^
254th Armoured Brigade9 @0 ?7 @/ r. |8 M5 X9 k: M+ W
32nd Army Tank Brigade! v% K6 d" l5 z9 f; [* W/ y
3rd Carabiniers Regiment2 x/ _/ n7 [) j& n
Gardner's Horse Regiment/ y- o) L, w/ R9 A5 }% B
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
' r- x9 P8 x/ { 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 X( Y' b5 w, s* |' o1 k% _3 d 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion; N7 H9 M& ^( j; w9 {
632nd Battalion
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49th Aviation Base Force
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1 ML-KNIL Aviation ) D3 Z |$ R# h- q1 B
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
: M" [% v( U* y D* e- H Sixth US Army
6 @7 |, h+ B3 M2 p9 x6 m2 s 2nd Medium Regiment
6 S8 ~. q& \2 }: j1 v& J XIII US Fighter Cmd * @! ^+ o( l \2 {' {5 L
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
4 |( p3 u/ a# w8 q4 r 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
( t5 }4 J& j: ~$ g: _ 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:2 S1 D- \8 D! d: t. @9 P" ?9 M
51st Air Flotilla /8: Z! C1 v& W7 w0 p2 j( ?3 E
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