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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* X7 f+ D1 a! k @% p+ h- L( fNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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0 b/ {$ P8 o, |5 s8 EJapanese Ships
! g5 u) ]. s9 b) r: h- [' H E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk! W' f3 v" J* }9 y
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
: M: e5 D1 I2 C* m6 O. f xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% @2 V3 X2 O L( ~& q
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage$ H# K% E& i# h- q
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 u# y: m# M9 p4 J9 Z) {
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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/ j* a5 x+ g% z$ |6 n: @Allied Ships
1 o1 X* S6 O( T1 l4 e" ` DD Halford
/ l4 U9 \ q7 e! c: S, | DD Halligan
8 [2 f- j/ H' S) x DD Hazelwood: s6 p) B1 L; t
DD Healy9 J9 ^' w, k# z2 _, ]! M, p
DD John Henley
+ C* m+ C* y2 z9 J DD Hickox0 A! R. A3 P) i( J3 i+ n
DD Twining
) Y& n) A9 f5 X( @0 G4 i DD Uhlmann6 [ @( U* m( W, J$ g, I
DD Wadleigh
% z: t& s4 e4 B/ p6 K DD Wadsworth% k" V, S2 Q( _# s; g
DD Walker5 {! Y# f# p3 f1 D# j: ^$ |, V
DD Waller; A, b6 c# H# [& T; U4 ?$ y
DD Watts0 u2 p: F2 \; a. k/ n$ p) c
DD Cushing II
( F; s4 K1 \6 b; h+ \/ a4 | DD Benham II
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6 \; W D* b' mNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards" r9 e! h4 q: \' C w
( ?+ W# M6 V$ V TJapanese Ships! ^; s8 D6 }. @/ l+ G }2 }
TK Kenwa Maru3 K. k/ U* [' v5 z
TK Okigawa Maru1 k$ \2 |# M$ z7 U6 w: l
TK Anjo Maru; N A" L8 r6 S' P# n$ ]/ p
TK Kotai Maru8 C$ K( D4 {; P$ M
TK Arita Maru3 P: a# s5 l& _
TK Amato Maru
0 E |4 Q( j* @+ p1 Z6 I; l' [0 ] TK Ryoei Maru* O; d4 H& T# `/ x9 ^3 d
TK Eiho Maru
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4 }+ w3 m$ C+ \. K/ \. k SC Ch 583 d- Q2 M, i$ W5 |! U
TK Shiyo Maru4 D' N* k( I- e( [' W6 n5 A
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Allied Ships1 I8 @: ~3 u! w, d
DD Halford% Q" F& {6 \, K" ^* Q4 q
DD Halligan
5 E- m* I( l3 N1 ` DD Hazelwood: H( \) i" {" C% p8 b6 p, o
DD Healy
& }2 q3 A9 D* o8 v# @5 C, x DD John Henley. V& O \: H' y! W) n" z9 {( E, B8 y
DD Hickox
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% }" B: q- [# r* ? DD Uhlmann% A$ N& G \; A; I; M6 h
DD Wadleigh
: u7 G* T9 e+ E$ I3 h4 { b DD Wadsworth
1 \4 G' `* m9 I- K& p. S DD Walker
, I) Y- p6 {, d1 J K8 |6 X DD Waller' e/ M2 {/ \' m: [1 _
DD Watts
0 J8 Q6 G, ?9 R, r4 z$ N6 f DD Cushing II# ?5 g- o! S; U4 J6 D
DD Benham II
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2 u2 K: }3 H f( f% v5 ?$ eRange increases to 30,000 yards..., Z9 Z5 t1 d% q: F
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape) B" u/ l8 H9 e& ^4 k4 J
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat" d: W& ~$ K# B* `/ Y' h
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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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) L9 j3 ]& l" ~+ RGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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. M1 m0 T- @+ w4 w7 u7 QAllied Shock attack9 u( b+ W* {; R" K) |) j
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328; ~5 ~+ d: U6 }# `; x8 O' }0 X* H
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 j' u6 P5 s; s& t o: z
" l" S+ B h- ]) j4 bAllied adjusted assault: 1957 ' N8 d I3 E1 _$ J& q
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 $ n9 J" P/ C' T% H6 r
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 3 j! r% H- U- ]6 [7 u
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Combat modifiers+ O9 P: x* K: r3 X. M4 S9 S) X4 H
Defender: 8 u9 P7 r& r9 z. V+ h
Attacker: shock(+) H) r' h6 L1 @0 d$ C9 Y7 R
% [ H% O- q$ z! }- B/ R6 yJapanese ground losses:9 w3 Q1 K( `8 P# J, ?8 D6 M6 b
49 casualties reported
, R: T. P0 ]: e2 U& c K Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 {! \+ G9 b& }3 v3 d Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
W1 I8 T$ ~0 ]1 f4 j: w Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 M+ [' ^3 D2 @; B9 Z1 e% ~! ~! ^ Units destroyed 1/ z% t B$ t5 U
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Assaulting units:
3 b% k3 h3 x0 i% W. d* ]8 Z 18th British Division8 O' b% b1 U, f9 T5 U" P
31st Armoured Division
3 X/ E. L5 b/ ^; X2 |2 k 4th Armoured Brigade
$ }! H% @1 ` j" E) O2 C9 U 254th Armoured Brigade
5 c9 N) S! ?$ A4 r0 @2 w- @8 V 32nd Army Tank Brigade' {3 I; M. o' m9 l: J
3rd Carabiniers Regiment7 D1 o% V6 A4 o& m
Gardner's Horse Regiment
/ L2 a5 r5 @( ~# s8 \6 I6 V y 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 K# n3 `2 J9 n" A. q0 n
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion! E+ y: |, r/ E) d, }( F
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion# [# }8 _( e! @
632nd Battalion, Y; x& N. L6 s9 H& y" \
51st Highland Division
0 L. ?8 O4 T9 b1 { 49th Aviation Base Force
f! r, `$ x. n" _2 g Provisional GMC Grp , D5 g3 C0 R% ^0 z, x
1 ML-KNIL Aviation / @: a; v9 K% U) _+ ]2 E
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
: ^" L+ r( O: l& _' W Sixth US Army7 l- i G5 J" s0 w
2nd Medium Regiment, {+ U, [3 N [( q g2 O. l
XIII US Fighter Cmd 0 p% t; v* Y# S% [. }1 I
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment9 F9 ?4 h3 {5 U( ?% D1 S" V
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment* _, @* H# Q' Q5 N
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:/ j: z8 e* }% l; B, o! e- M6 e
51st Air Flotilla /8: | v. }7 `( H8 V! |2 v1 v
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& { b* x) _& ]1 rJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |