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。
( X3 G, V( U% h2 I0 yAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45+ W; {$ {7 l1 y# a, }/ @" f/ \( u
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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) u; {4 C2 B' d. v4 z# v7 O E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk: m' i+ G! u9 G& Z; M
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
% h$ R" e1 L, N1 D xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 F( V1 Z" Z! ]( j; A( {( Y
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
( P& t) G0 D2 ]2 Z$ H# v+ F xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 }& V' O1 c% i/ {5 C1 O xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! X1 V! p+ ]$ S4 h5 J6 I0 O S* Y
6 R- w9 D0 W6 l% S" P2 P9 y( I/ WAllied Ships
! N4 F6 B" m$ Z DD Halford/ n' \/ C, t7 N' H. }0 U
DD Halligan
3 k# A8 f8 |' C4 t+ n& F0 s DD Hazelwood) Y) e: k5 d# a3 O, x+ H
DD Healy
% D5 f7 O, x: }; S- @/ l4 U6 d% Y DD John Henley& u4 }' H$ E4 D* f# I
DD Hickox$ ?+ M& J, _$ k E" Q
DD Twining
0 W( E |7 H5 j; D% Z DD Uhlmann
2 d# c1 z: j; M S2 y7 N DD Wadleigh
2 g7 V |' n# v7 Y. x DD Wadsworth
5 }/ h; W* U2 {6 W% T DD Walker( ~! t7 w6 F0 @: g9 Y# }
DD Waller
2 x# t: k1 ]6 K$ ?$ P; f2 X8 l DD Watts' ]5 l2 t9 i1 S! u- n
DD Cushing II
4 R+ N; d6 S8 |( m. ~2 i% U/ M DD Benham II; Z' Z. p- H$ Q8 E# b2 z) h, f
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards5 y9 h w1 Z' \% }
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TK Kenwa Maru
: i( Y" w" h1 i, X! E$ F, X TK Okigawa Maru/ c; j5 u; |, B( i, P) D% r) @; I
TK Anjo Maru9 ~' x$ o. T* R6 i
TK Kotai Maru3 ^! o; g. _/ ?8 z- P! G
TK Arita Maru4 p2 x% ]7 u1 J4 N0 k$ F9 p2 f- X
TK Amato Maru
. T& s( g% g( k& p+ a0 e TK Ryoei Maru5 z- Z" F2 K6 s
TK Eiho Maru
/ y _; R7 H" d6 l8 M% o SC Ch 43
# ] e7 B) D6 m5 O SC Ch 58
0 [3 M7 Z' u% J6 E8 |" D TK Shiyo Maru& p1 G! H6 F( H
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DD Halford
, k% Z% ~) _. D7 a' [+ n3 ]$ \ DD Halligan
6 q V( n6 |, Y( A. [+ I1 L$ g3 M, U DD Hazelwood
' z: U4 F2 [; v DD Healy
/ T7 O P `1 r2 [% _# c: d5 i5 }+ Y DD John Henley0 B2 ]! {* w$ g5 h8 W+ m( s
DD Hickox
7 t, Y& f: i- W/ M4 a% R DD Twining* d1 C- ~# ^+ m
DD Uhlmann
$ f z+ {8 U0 u2 H7 n ?# u DD Wadleigh
& E9 O& m: \$ q DD Wadsworth
7 T/ k( u* n( S DD Walker
! B/ R( Q: N8 ~" D: i' ^ r DD Waller
6 X0 b# u2 X3 W( ~1 K$ o DD Watts
0 b- R6 A; \& v9 [% G# M1 h- v DD Cushing II
; Q; P# A3 w0 G6 r- d$ s# v: K' | DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...; C$ i& O# B% X
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 P4 H$ \- a$ L1 L) P0 b7 n7 uJapanese Tanker TF evades combat* r2 Y; R$ N5 w' R9 t8 A* @ B% V
: m5 _) E. w2 U7 ~7 n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。* s0 i- z9 d& D
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2 p$ u1 P' }( CGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) h2 [0 S( P/ D! A
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Allied Shock attack! M$ g! W* C; {" u
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23287 w! q& S& }+ p w, I4 N$ }2 z& f
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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: L1 @, s! q! Z: J" Q: K) SAllied adjusted assault: 1957 ! @# K! M' M( c# V. `$ E5 Y
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 , x7 S4 {- Y$ ~; v* j
% ^8 J' j8 ]) ~! {. M2 w6 eAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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2 L; B+ X: a7 |# E u- jCombat modifiers
& _4 R* C# C- }0 j- iDefender:
$ h4 W: i5 ?! J' S4 HAttacker: shock(+)" a9 @' }, n) H7 U
, x7 l/ A# \5 B& H# |0 VJapanese ground losses:
$ y- |8 c" y1 F- y 49 casualties reported2 B/ c( t) M" B# [
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' b, k0 q" o/ A Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled6 F0 C" J+ d9 u
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ h6 [# W) Q1 N k* e7 t Units destroyed 1
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8 r% L" X5 [ a/ Y! R$ m7 U9 `Assaulting units:4 ~% I+ U0 k) w2 @+ Q$ T$ R: Z
18th British Division
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4th Armoured Brigade
0 F/ A( u V' Z( v1 N4 C. S 254th Armoured Brigade; r* O$ t( |1 ]( M% |. |
32nd Army Tank Brigade
, b" O2 s3 h" L' [* M 3rd Carabiniers Regiment4 ^) ` n0 _ Y) G( F- S! E& f& S
Gardner's Horse Regiment5 V1 ^/ s# F/ _' ~2 }! a0 m4 `
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 M" ^' ~$ ^! d 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion( L% ?3 J, h' b& r* _
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion4 {' q/ I) K, c/ ~- \
632nd Battalion
( n2 ~1 ]* n1 [' z p 51st Highland Division A* `2 ~& }3 W% K3 l/ A
49th Aviation Base Force
5 b' B+ M, V+ C; S Provisional GMC Grp K0 F( B$ W5 \
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 8 \) @ W/ ?7 f/ p1 f
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
& N6 l) t; Z7 U% F# X Sixth US Army
+ p* n- q: `# j7 p9 d0 q 2nd Medium Regiment$ l8 F, s' L. }3 H; ?# Y2 [8 l- [
XIII US Fighter Cmd
1 P0 ?: d Y( e' A7 ^ 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ o. {2 i, |* b5 Q, \
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
5 h6 v) ^3 Q7 U9 r9 I2 m 428th Coast AA Battalion
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: {* m$ A0 T; G- vDefending units:
) p5 O/ `/ O* Q' F 51st Air Flotilla /8
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' A! D, _/ C0 CJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |