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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! C b2 |, x- u' w0 UJapanese Ships
. g/ [0 A8 Q+ o Z! k3 `* y E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( Q) z2 A/ R u! e O E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
) U; G1 X: U4 i) O4 i8 P xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
X$ A3 @( G5 n8 v xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage" e' l+ `! u+ X
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- B7 G$ j6 |# v$ v xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 n d! T% ]% `2 n/ n4 [, z
/ l; v( H- o& X( f( \Allied Ships
9 o* y2 S7 |/ R+ P: v- w DD Halford, p$ q! D7 ^4 \) \- L3 N
DD Halligan
- W5 B Z0 u3 G0 N- u, ^ DD Hazelwood
* q) n- S' x4 U/ h0 Q. m DD Healy
' z8 O: u1 n4 I8 _5 z( K DD John Henley7 `7 y: F" I% Y
DD Hickox' ^# M2 r, Z3 e% @( j
DD Twining
9 A% Y. J- e; U- V4 q% l* C DD Uhlmann
0 c5 O/ I7 m+ Z( a DD Wadleigh
% @" X$ O! b. } DD Wadsworth
: `- V4 C- P. n: h% W9 L DD Walker! A1 ?$ z& Y$ D) i1 e
DD Waller
H& T) o, J$ x2 |- q5 g& R DD Watts
, L6 v- v: O. }- c5 f- c" p, ?! F0 L DD Cushing II# b1 [. A) c* ]8 S/ h2 d3 h% R
DD Benham II
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- p: B1 O8 w2 V$ V' Z" L: ANight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards/ U" J7 X. e0 ` M
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Japanese Ships; @/ G: A5 l4 W! I- @9 _! H" M4 j
TK Kenwa Maru: W* p* N: j* M$ s* M* V% l7 {5 f" a
TK Okigawa Maru+ Y( ~8 t2 d5 b, L2 `
TK Anjo Maru' O$ ~# x, I# a0 Q9 i
TK Kotai Maru
+ v" z# y; Q2 X' W4 h6 c TK Arita Maru
' x* D1 b% d" _/ y5 S: X7 H* C7 q* v TK Amato Maru
" S$ X7 u- B. n! ^; W& \ ~ TK Ryoei Maru* C' c" s' h: x$ ~2 @
TK Eiho Maru
/ s0 Z/ l: J) s$ `+ A/ e5 l SC Ch 43
6 h# N& W6 [) S+ c8 N& e0 ` SC Ch 58
- P6 B7 A w7 }5 R TK Shiyo Maru
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* v/ j9 v# q/ V# m" I DD Halford
6 m. S) `9 Q. ~' |8 c1 S: m DD Halligan
* J8 v- v: }) t6 S DD Hazelwood
/ w! `: g! q) [" M DD Healy
! l% U4 I" b5 G; Y. i4 ~0 o DD John Henley) o. f3 _* O3 d
DD Hickox
. T- s4 O; k6 L# t, ^7 k2 O, |. k DD Twining, B3 q2 |( K- w8 V, A. t
DD Uhlmann
. i6 I, q+ E7 h0 c' l/ P. e& K! W- H" y DD Wadleigh
! R" V) w6 o$ h! ^' F* v DD Wadsworth; D5 F; K, g! P1 ]* I2 S
DD Walker! p- N+ S! P7 q2 O4 _
DD Waller E6 ]+ N% j* Y- d: V! y* \
DD Watts
1 P" `- ~5 k; a& x; S5 M# G" S DD Cushing II- M( a/ Z0 Q- z, d, N) U& i2 g' y
DD Benham II ?1 C" E0 Y% s1 }$ R2 b0 U; Q/ Q
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
0 r' t# d' C ] i' gJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 i( V l2 K. y; E# q# w* P
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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1 [7 `0 i6 L' J, P( fAllied Shock attack7 { ^0 g8 W+ @
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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6 V' q2 X! w4 S; B0 G% w0 {( IAllied adjusted assault: 1957 6 U) X. c/ ^0 u$ f G: |5 t
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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`( T$ X; _# t5 y: K) ?, ?! K6 H, X+ RCombat modifiers
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3 O% }( P9 f" h W$ d' Q* }* D" gAttacker: shock(+)# ^- g1 f p/ k
6 }3 Y: \5 ^+ k! d' ]7 ZJapanese ground losses:
9 U& Q8 I: D, P- t' x& P 49 casualties reported) o0 }+ W' y6 \2 z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 X! B) ~. O, v* K
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
" D$ m: u6 r7 p# y1 Q, e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 s. s: ` E# H' c f# \1 N
Units destroyed 1
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& Z) J+ R: q, MAssaulting units:4 \2 d7 g i) D" I5 @& @
18th British Division* {* T* T w: ?+ \; @8 r% g3 p
31st Armoured Division
8 @* T9 o \) Y. C 4th Armoured Brigade
- V" k# e2 U1 ~2 e 254th Armoured Brigade) T2 S. K4 T" }# f0 t$ T4 K( l
32nd Army Tank Brigade& ?3 Y( G( r3 y* l
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
% i7 _, ^+ H; P. S w1 T2 } Gardner's Horse Regiment
1 p6 ^$ e) V; \1 {1 x 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
" N1 p6 f2 X3 }; I 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. o- \. L) T1 { 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
K& N. P- Z7 O2 ]/ |8 C0 K 632nd Battalion6 }" B8 n, v/ ~: p9 f4 V$ A# L. C
51st Highland Division
4 ~8 t* }6 n6 m 49th Aviation Base Force" } B: B7 W& L- q
Provisional GMC Grp 2 {1 |6 W9 k2 m
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
1 F" \9 Z4 u2 Q; { 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment. k. f# ~2 L2 o
Sixth US Army
6 j2 @5 `9 R' ]& i& z* J( } 2nd Medium Regiment! e c( s% R5 z/ H
XIII US Fighter Cmd * ?2 W9 S) g2 J: ?# @. U! h( G4 A1 P
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment* g( f6 f4 W. |/ t" n
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment# J$ [, M, D, v$ R1 J5 G
428th Coast AA Battalion. z7 X$ \1 D1 a
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Defending units:+ z( Q; x" x7 k. l: U4 X
51st Air Flotilla /8! C% a% s8 ~' E8 Q
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