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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0 Y( { n4 O# ]. j; d5 M L3 INight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards5 N7 t" Z! @* s# H. C3 g0 C
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Japanese Ships5 h' e! y% ?2 A3 V$ y0 s0 o5 Q6 v
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
4 v0 I, A1 H- ~" @ E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ \6 e/ C w8 d' H
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 u! r. O) K7 u8 r& D$ n xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
& V; a; n+ M! u7 |$ Z5 A0 _ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' I" q5 w6 s$ b3 n; E xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
/ D) v5 S; h$ U3 e DD Halford/ U3 S+ c1 ]& r* `2 X# ?, Y5 y$ _. s
DD Halligan
, [: I, s5 _. ^- |9 q DD Hazelwood( N. b, Z# z1 L) F4 v1 ?
DD Healy
& a4 L) F$ R1 c1 ^1 u( E3 P DD John Henley% |: v# t) C, o
DD Hickox
0 @$ d6 ]8 I) W, ~/ i2 W, u DD Twining
@/ U$ N' Z" d DD Uhlmann
: C( @* Z; k7 R& b, P+ j6 X) J DD Wadleigh! P7 v4 O. Y0 ^ h- ~
DD Wadsworth: m6 W/ `( \6 n
DD Walker; Z- ^$ T% Z3 F2 S$ Z
DD Waller
% ]) b0 C/ B( n DD Watts
1 H' H1 d( ?: {4 j DD Cushing II9 g2 L4 [# X$ z
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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# x# X% Y$ O. l+ e. ]2 | TK Kenwa Maru4 @( L' x3 c- V' u4 V
TK Okigawa Maru/ `2 l7 s/ C/ Z) [
TK Anjo Maru; F) O1 Y: L0 ]! b
TK Kotai Maru. f9 ]0 ]3 D% g7 U5 }, ~1 d
TK Arita Maru6 o/ f# O; H, c3 y8 ^$ ]0 J; u
TK Amato Maru
' P0 r! N- X. |/ o) {0 @ TK Ryoei Maru
" U2 Z8 v1 f2 V; [& I. D* S# d; }( ` TK Eiho Maru0 n8 s% B1 x- P% C! T
SC Ch 43% ?/ m+ k$ _' q' m
SC Ch 58
5 H0 m+ t5 Q& N& W TK Shiyo Maru7 G8 _+ H2 U J2 a) t+ F; q
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Allied Ships
% J. ~, m$ T2 ]1 W0 t DD Halford/ L( v' J# ?/ T9 ]# Y1 S% L8 Z# F& h
DD Halligan
# M, [8 A% Q3 K4 \1 U" F4 J DD Hazelwood
- F7 E# z1 N) Y! E DD Healy
: T2 C3 R2 g" d+ q DD John Henley
" @3 F) P3 o% [; q' ~8 {# o DD Hickox
! o) g- [; Y+ B/ H DD Twining& I* p3 p" o# N- b% H6 z1 Z2 R
DD Uhlmann# C& l2 F& F. `* v' `& Y
DD Wadleigh
; n3 @6 k; Z& c4 O, t$ ~% d; ] DD Wadsworth
: V% \: e K) G) @' s DD Walker
# I% n1 q& e2 x" ~9 Y DD Waller1 Z$ O4 p6 |' R3 B
DD Watts% Z' e' q6 X6 k6 S) W4 e2 [4 W
DD Cushing II
& v/ Z7 g6 P4 y5 d DD Benham II {6 ^6 {; w0 v- e) K
' F O/ S7 |8 `' {5 SRange increases to 30,000 yards...
5 n8 M9 Q7 o. B Y/ E i5 ], UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape& W9 {9 Y" o( e6 l& y3 F
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat( \2 H/ l: V' v5 t2 N# p
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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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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328/ k0 j' }* a9 D- w
1 z' ]* q5 P6 D ]+ w9 DDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 b8 \) N! |: v; N, s; k# E
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 3 p E& d3 d+ t, \8 Y0 A
- c" o! @6 P) c: o1 v! mJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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4 D, X9 n: `5 a6 s- l8 p7 K' P2 [Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 " N: @0 u' W) K$ g5 [
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Combat modifiers- u( m7 [. h1 i' Y# @6 \
Defender: c3 b: u. e5 } O5 m! L
Attacker: shock(+)) _ ^) W" [) D' n# B+ o9 B
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Japanese ground losses:
9 j! w. v: B: N* {9 B8 M% d- Z 49 casualties reported9 z8 A( g+ }; ~+ L$ N6 y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ v' n8 \1 n, b1 X
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled5 q. s. g% E& i8 `0 w" n4 s
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ h! d D- {) W Units destroyed 19 W$ _- Z0 l$ T
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Assaulting units:
# I) ^; X: r( n7 ] 18th British Division: E& D( Q5 Z# f
31st Armoured Division
+ Z! w& D: a0 i# K 4th Armoured Brigade: R# s4 `' ~; t- Q+ D/ O' _9 ?
254th Armoured Brigade
1 p8 x+ \6 f. k) C4 b, e; R 32nd Army Tank Brigade
9 ]* U( u3 t8 k4 U, x1 r+ _6 }3 U6 W 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
$ y: b a* c. e0 h- @1 ]- D Gardner's Horse Regiment7 l a. u3 D8 I' \1 H6 u; @
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 X4 E4 U( d% j+ q2 J9 ~$ G! S
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion! I+ z7 D9 p, a5 G+ e
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
% }) Y, L6 M* U 632nd Battalion4 o2 f4 ?3 S2 z5 P9 f
51st Highland Division7 c+ N; c: L, Y$ Y. y
49th Aviation Base Force
7 s' L. R6 f; _5 Z% s Provisional GMC Grp
{5 e/ O! K2 v" a5 x, F 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
2 [7 L* i0 G' |' L( O% Z6 X" o7 n* } 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment! z3 n7 ^- P b" x% G6 m
Sixth US Army
" @& j. c# E. v3 ~ 2nd Medium Regiment* M2 z0 n7 F/ E' y& j8 T
XIII US Fighter Cmd * R4 S7 B5 i" {8 T1 h4 w
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment- [" Q) y6 k% @9 Y
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment! |- ?! E, B+ p) z3 @5 b2 p
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:
4 T4 x+ ~) D) [& ^0 Q; I+ _$ b) [ 51st Air Flotilla /8
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