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. E) a: e, B6 ?% }2 y) z R
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Japanese Ships6 j; l, s+ J% H9 b1 ^
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
1 k6 R y6 T7 U* C4 X E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk4 @, @' o( |9 @, Q [
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ e0 M; t9 |$ s$ `4 ^8 ~2 a xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage z8 n/ w$ o* P8 [7 Q! y* S
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# m! X& U3 M2 S c, I6 b
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships; g* `: C- Z2 h$ ~! V
DD Halford
8 v; @6 Z m/ h' i7 g DD Halligan
7 C" }) A5 C5 R DD Hazelwood2 W* e" N; D$ F% H& Z
DD Healy6 H: A+ K+ v7 s f
DD John Henley8 \" s8 j6 Z/ o7 M
DD Hickox# F& u9 {9 |1 u
DD Twining! Q1 V% P6 h: |8 a O& l% Q7 p
DD Uhlmann
$ X" s; P' |* C- C. d: T3 N t DD Wadleigh' v! {- l: s+ L. {. X* d7 Q
DD Wadsworth
3 p4 v0 P2 f* h! d" B4 b DD Walker
) Z7 ]5 p$ g4 G DD Waller
. } k$ O$ I' T DD Watts1 [5 \7 f$ p: ~4 U6 W
DD Cushing II/ ~1 v8 W7 T: a' X k9 o. w/ N
DD Benham II- b, |# @, t s9 Z
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards$ t* A% h) k0 _6 a
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Japanese Ships1 X1 Y+ s+ _, P9 c+ ~ q& d$ i
TK Kenwa Maru7 k# j1 {7 e0 F5 W0 z1 O
TK Okigawa Maru
7 l6 v0 i) {6 A8 g* H/ ] TK Anjo Maru( U: x6 l, |/ Z' j1 o4 D+ i! f
TK Kotai Maru
9 r# F; S* u& @) { k0 X TK Arita Maru
4 x$ U+ K. Q" G* y1 C q TK Amato Maru# h1 l% o: w% _) K# }- ~
TK Ryoei Maru# F6 Y1 {5 e, m
TK Eiho Maru
$ D& d3 ^7 a/ a! |& p SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships' C3 m! G) v3 Y) b6 b8 [1 @
DD Halford
6 y% J/ [" G$ b i) n6 Y, I DD Halligan
( q. C* y# { Y0 [& o) C9 c! @ DD Hazelwood
' L3 |0 |* K1 {: n9 g7 F/ y6 e DD Healy( \! z0 ^6 B' ~# K2 d; G
DD John Henley, h3 `& ~* `' j, E! w' K$ m
DD Hickox* { P- u$ j0 q* u
DD Twining8 d2 E% z4 r* G* H$ i1 I
DD Uhlmann( b$ {+ {" `* ?5 d5 }% A3 b* q1 G
DD Wadleigh, x7 v& ?& A- ~6 O& F5 Q$ g# n: a" X
DD Wadsworth
/ J; p, x" B4 p' @: ^; d# G# e) p DD Walker
6 [* [ N, }, h2 v3 ]8 L9 J DD Waller( g7 w- d- ?- v0 r% E& r& k
DD Watts
* ?$ G0 I# X& I& Q( E4 R5 ]$ X' C DD Cushing II5 L$ _2 D) @3 j* m
DD Benham II1 e8 Z' a% ]& H
9 H# }( a$ F+ Q' f) rRange increases to 30,000 yards...3 N6 w; r' ~' o0 j: l+ ~
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 G( O, {' @# R
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat. a/ i/ R, |; o4 x
; U. h7 T: h- T) |) z) E% f3 j1 C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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f6 P5 Y, v- N! L; mGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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& D z( g. L" M! \- UAllied Shock attack
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( N/ M1 x; D+ p( ]& y! zAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328$ j; Q$ q: S7 P3 m2 n1 \$ X' ]6 x
9 G9 i( Q8 i( U# x# \9 S; ~Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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% L: M' h! B) x8 HJapanese adjusted defense: 1 4 A t* U9 u. R8 }8 w; Q
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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0 F+ v7 }$ k2 Y- Q" n9 |6 Q( vCombat modifiers3 G! C4 ^" r2 N+ R( o# A& @$ @
Defender:
% i" ?" p( g/ A6 n+ I" H/ XAttacker: shock(+)
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& w/ E5 A# T- M) ~3 E G% E8 BJapanese ground losses:
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% {; E9 j# D2 E G Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" `+ p: _% }% p; s9 ]+ W Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled& g2 T0 U# c1 H" K! @
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# H) O U' z9 x l4 X; ] Units destroyed 1
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/ i. A$ J) O: R$ M7 cAssaulting units:/ A# m8 O# W r! E5 Z& `9 f" g
18th British Division) ~& k3 u: Q7 j
31st Armoured Division
! C- G- P" P1 c' j" M/ l4 n 4th Armoured Brigade
0 M& O! A2 G0 L, L0 a( [/ N" w 254th Armoured Brigade
# Y* x8 L& W9 m) O( i" n3 p 32nd Army Tank Brigade
; ^0 r' T' [9 h1 U7 n 3rd Carabiniers Regiment! j; W& c& K4 c+ G
Gardner's Horse Regiment
! r/ z) g5 |8 `8 L0 b 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion8 S' I, |( D, g+ m0 ?
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion& u& n5 a& s( e; A
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion; X8 B! a( s h8 h$ O9 h3 z$ a" w
632nd Battalion
4 u% }+ n, l. x0 G( r" T( D 51st Highland Division
0 y8 o4 A1 w5 B6 U* p7 n 49th Aviation Base Force
* e$ I. } G6 j Provisional GMC Grp
1 t4 V8 Y" \% k9 E9 D8 Z, _1 \ 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
8 x# o9 c+ d0 L7 p 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
: N8 v: V% j# w/ `3 G Sixth US Army1 n: r' s5 k. }+ R
2nd Medium Regiment/ X) r7 }2 _/ U) b, `! X1 E
XIII US Fighter Cmd
' j* F ]1 u5 r- v; J' u) } 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment3 f: P7 N; @/ ~# z" b: u+ o
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment, N' B" [; c }! P1 S
428th Coast AA Battalion! E7 _8 w U& s' S8 ^' n! @
1 h- }3 m' M9 }, A& }5 GDefending units:
+ k& M* e1 o, Z/ ^ 51st Air Flotilla /8
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# v, j# U* I1 E/ o# `; bJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |