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。* j7 T) [3 q/ v& O7 r! w: ?
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 451 r0 H3 L( w7 z. s* g2 F
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards) {% J1 z% f! P$ ^9 \9 ]
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Japanese Ships/ p5 C/ X0 [9 X/ T4 O# F
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk9 V. s% q& ]8 y) K4 I
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk- B: v S$ w: a* g
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; B% g `9 C1 U; k
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 K6 d. Q- F$ l6 v2 G xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 K0 \5 L P2 N/ c8 e0 F7 K3 C8 v" Y xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships3 T% n' A' z4 M* V3 a( c7 L, h
DD Halford$ Q" i& j4 l- w1 ~: b5 T
DD Halligan
6 I4 e; E( x' {$ t0 z. q1 I8 y2 M DD Hazelwood
* ~( H4 R. _ o DD Healy
1 \5 k+ }5 M, {6 W: G0 k DD John Henley
, W: E& Z+ Q9 C! K1 n DD Hickox
4 I: T9 e; J8 l/ o& g. H DD Twining
6 s- ?- {. U7 E3 d! u7 D: X DD Uhlmann
4 l0 e$ Y; D, y* P0 K3 V DD Wadleigh! Y) q/ O3 L4 S# v g
DD Wadsworth( W2 w% E* N( F$ l2 H
DD Walker, k2 b# o; |1 T7 N7 @
DD Waller$ x+ ~3 |) a$ _9 ]! _) ?, U
DD Watts! r# ]% O5 _3 e( n9 r
DD Cushing II- e* Y2 Q1 Y# A) r) t' q3 @
DD Benham II7 y) Q4 O- Q( M* l b, p
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7 m& F$ [% i, a9 M# _' jNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards3 S# E p0 s _8 T2 X9 @% m) b
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Japanese Ships
6 X9 X6 v$ C8 h TK Kenwa Maru
/ S: E& w# W/ c) z, q$ C6 G TK Okigawa Maru
/ |, C$ z2 v2 `% T/ W# b$ V TK Anjo Maru1 a( I: f- O- k$ d
TK Kotai Maru2 \* a( \ G0 X) M3 L$ m4 T
TK Arita Maru5 R& c. x$ I9 ^4 ^) w7 z1 G
TK Amato Maru9 x1 \) l( y: _7 l& s" u/ I- J
TK Ryoei Maru. }+ }* j0 i* C4 C( ~
TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
, U M' {5 b0 e, w7 ` TK Shiyo Maru$ H, L! T' x, v- K
. a8 T& L# f# pAllied Ships
/ K- j. |0 M6 k; g3 y DD Halford
- U* t2 V* N) j/ X1 B DD Halligan/ ]$ m0 E5 {3 `% F) P! R
DD Hazelwood2 ?0 Z3 l3 [. g
DD Healy
4 A q; Q0 ^2 S DD John Henley! |. z+ l4 U3 G9 F0 G
DD Hickox
4 A; J4 {. _, _ D& n& z DD Twining
6 R+ B- f* a7 z D0 ?( Z DD Uhlmann: E' E# ~; v/ Z1 J
DD Wadleigh
' g2 w) U8 R# O' } C3 V DD Wadsworth1 a9 e& n! s s. z# `
DD Walker( L- x) T$ L/ m2 e2 w
DD Waller8 U m5 R& {* O- ?
DD Watts/ g( a( e6 c9 l8 i) Q
DD Cushing II
8 v% k( E2 v( ]: Y, F5 Q DD Benham II. e) C5 k1 z4 @. t
) j8 D, G4 [( H9 V, w- l. bRange increases to 30,000 yards...
7 z7 c% k+ j$ eJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- U- X4 o y- [, X2 w, aJapanese Tanker TF evades combat* ^' d+ U1 @8 G0 O5 x& R F0 S
! r4 H3 k7 G& W- v; H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。2 V `) o/ I; z/ ?* }
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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( ?: J0 [6 H% H' c9 M& EAllied Shock attack
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7 t6 y3 c W6 LAttacking 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$ O5 v% j# A- R& V$ X$ z+ d: a
/ x/ J% Z' |" a' W/ e/ d3 h4 sAllied adjusted assault: 1957 ! T- D6 `* e/ f. V' O& h& Z
! S, v; W' r3 i4 Z" l- JJapanese adjusted defense: 1 2 Q% ~3 X6 N' |9 K7 y) n
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 9 o% p c6 m6 S5 m. t
4 _' e4 Z" B+ |, VCombat modifiers
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% @7 @. o- i% {Attacker: shock(+)+ i- S3 H. y; {" _ X0 J6 v$ M
6 H( S6 j$ m$ lJapanese ground losses:
4 {- C2 a; Q; m- M+ z2 C R( | 49 casualties reported
) \: u, o; K8 M4 U% D" l! P Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. g$ [3 D4 M. Y% D& ^/ w; O Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 n' N5 |* h% {2 i1 Y/ p Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ J/ x# h! q' P) q ~3 y Units destroyed 1
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. h0 c/ w$ U i6 z. {! r9 V1 LAssaulting units:
1 H6 o1 O- W8 J: A2 f 18th British Division% K8 q, d+ ?! e7 f1 a/ G& i
31st Armoured Division
3 D/ @3 P2 f$ ?6 J) m 4th Armoured Brigade
$ A: T+ [5 m* _ 254th Armoured Brigade) ]" ^% ~. V: R' w; F- }! o! o
32nd Army Tank Brigade4 W& P; t& H' k: Q r9 w6 O
3rd Carabiniers Regiment6 P: h2 z: w! R9 G( S! V. Z
Gardner's Horse Regiment' a" A8 t& k2 K' s5 |
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion" S6 i# z0 m! A2 ~. c
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 H% _; A/ d& L5 o. F; ?- Q. j, a
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion4 C& ?1 {6 d" J) C( e
632nd Battalion
0 S) ]6 d( C' g* S d 51st Highland Division, q" f1 M) m+ M5 y3 B- T
49th Aviation Base Force
$ Z) @- T( {+ J# d( \ Provisional GMC Grp
* {) v4 Q/ l$ n& |7 @ \# s 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 8 W' H# x( G) a" M8 K8 w
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
7 J6 D* t' w9 V& ~# `# H! S* n- [ Sixth US Army/ h8 C$ M! B- a+ a c
2nd Medium Regiment
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57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2 u0 R+ C# h' _ 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
3 }$ a5 K# E) j/ G$ ?4 U. ~$ I; {4 L 428th Coast AA Battalion5 B; A$ U- z Q
% U9 z$ ]+ }% |9 c' g& C9 m# UDefending units:- a; z. | t0 j" p+ |& w
51st Air Flotilla /8
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0 }7 }) q% c2 o0 _: S3 t/ ZJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |