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。
0 h" W& B/ |4 m# }% g& d' Z, eAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 452 Z% \. X8 v: U5 Y9 _
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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8 I. q- v: Y$ A" |# oJapanese Ships2 f; k: n& o3 w
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk: |0 W/ x' n5 y! @0 p! K( G
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
, A; M5 A: r5 }7 s: }' y, C xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 Y* L- ~4 b' P( U* A
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
' h% A' C9 f4 c6 H( z, t xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: L& Z# `$ ~7 t. ] xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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6 |% ^+ K9 a8 ]. q# nAllied Ships# \4 u% }% S+ Y! e7 e5 k8 R
DD Halford" u! R1 f0 \4 K
DD Halligan
/ a# m3 [2 f" ]7 C. x DD Hazelwood% O$ g& r' @1 y G2 e6 H7 z
DD Healy
! w' ^3 Y* Q1 c DD John Henley
7 V y* A7 j9 x0 v DD Hickox+ W0 i$ p2 a. i* g* n
DD Twining( ?. a/ K& R1 n
DD Uhlmann
8 M m: x6 E5 [ DD Wadleigh
5 h, K# g- K) v5 t: z8 F8 ` DD Wadsworth5 }# W8 q# u4 t9 x5 ~
DD Walker: x; p6 n+ l. d# ]
DD Waller
9 Q5 A, C3 W- H' V; U DD Watts
! F5 _8 |/ ~$ {7 Q DD Cushing II
3 m, X7 O1 }' I DD Benham II
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2 s. u7 f+ g' Z+ J+ wNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards7 Y2 c$ w1 I y8 \6 e( j+ b* O
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Japanese Ships
$ ?* p0 i! P. X4 o0 ?& |; D TK Kenwa Maru
' x% y! R( \6 ^/ K) S! C" P. q TK Okigawa Maru1 D* ]! X) Z2 A- t4 |
TK Anjo Maru
$ }& r: I. i0 c0 e/ s TK Kotai Maru
@+ ^8 C4 z4 G' F! B TK Arita Maru8 d; m0 [* |/ \/ y: c' I+ p
TK Amato Maru
" S! y: ^; L/ R+ ?7 k2 e* s' o TK Ryoei Maru
- k# S+ J! f& V T# y" ^ TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
$ F h) J/ x: Z9 T6 }5 U; z1 ~8 ~ TK Shiyo Maru" b- q7 o3 I: [. q
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Allied Ships
' E- ~5 x9 z8 H DD Halford
0 ] `, H# I G/ P) Q) a3 O. h6 T DD Halligan; k- A7 @' }9 E1 }$ _
DD Hazelwood
- d1 h/ o C+ Q DD Healy
, I$ G) p0 } A+ @0 Y( T1 s" n% i DD John Henley
3 Y. H* U: h; s: ^% h+ G; ] DD Hickox
+ @8 a! J/ Z+ i @ DD Twining
* }; ]2 S, [* h4 U DD Uhlmann9 K" G; v0 Z& H/ y
DD Wadleigh8 w) Y( T# j* e% H% P3 F. v; f
DD Wadsworth
1 [/ `9 _0 G$ q. e% Y4 m DD Walker
0 p! ^) g7 r X. K8 h! p DD Waller
! p* g" J3 w( D" i2 Y DD Watts
1 t( V5 ~' A1 X. @7 t2 G DD Cushing II
6 P' L1 W8 l6 |6 B! }" x DD Benham II) v" f* S( Z7 i# o$ C- r }
0 Z# |. w W# T7 [- d( URange increases to 30,000 yards...
- C0 r+ \* V t+ g* P& vJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 }( a) I ]% z& q, ]Japanese Tanker TF evades combat8 d E! p% t& ~
& ?1 J- ~, \# K* l9 W" v0 j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。3 D% ] I' k# G* h X8 c. T/ x4 Y4 \
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! t0 y( [ ]0 x7 V/ n( y0 sGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack) G5 q+ s) q `' v
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23287 p/ R, C& M( i0 V0 U2 B& O
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1% F! x# d. E! x* b8 Z3 e* {7 z4 a
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 ) c( Y% Z# C& F
# j* \7 r6 Z0 y2 F& B" dJapanese adjusted defense: 1 / X/ R) x4 ~, R* B3 U( C# X! x
3 T3 c( H- }" f* o" _+ iAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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5 O+ Q' W4 c5 g' g8 SCombat modifiers
, s' v& x/ x* Y, FDefender: ; l5 }5 X2 O& P' v& V# Z r6 p
Attacker: shock(+)) H% T3 d. Z2 H4 ^
( C7 T/ i+ j- |- g" bJapanese ground losses:! a: a! R7 A0 r8 C; b) T" G
49 casualties reported4 H7 A5 |! p% R& l. R* d5 g& L1 z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: D; r* @4 P, Z% d2 T. g$ x Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 s& [. o) h6 z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" q% ]. G I* ^" ~" N Units destroyed 1
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/ q" ~3 G* m% I. y' bAssaulting units:
" m# ?" `/ j6 `% q6 R c" ]. Q 18th British Division5 D. O M2 d2 P% Y9 [. C7 Y' a
31st Armoured Division0 d" P1 T1 i0 o* W) k! J( j
4th Armoured Brigade5 L# F6 C( R8 J/ y, @/ h
254th Armoured Brigade- O0 P0 R4 q9 W
32nd Army Tank Brigade
4 u5 {3 p2 h5 u5 G1 Q8 s6 f 3rd Carabiniers Regiment6 G* `( J% O2 M
Gardner's Horse Regiment
7 Y0 q3 y; p5 F! C 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 R9 e% [/ [, z: p8 M* ?& s 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 ~# Y6 L1 O$ B
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
' c" ^7 i1 m) r! K' e+ N 632nd Battalion
6 n# G+ d% r( H! E 51st Highland Division- v- m, E: c" D* ?3 [: E6 s
49th Aviation Base Force
/ r- m, ^# ~* ]/ V/ ~! S; R _) M" L Provisional GMC Grp
9 |8 m9 b% h% [6 {* d( F& I 1 ML-KNIL Aviation - h: m {8 F- t5 o% X J% n
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment% _* z% g* z, P' z) I% r* ^
Sixth US Army
. ]$ T1 G- a2 L$ u3 m 2nd Medium Regiment
4 U* ^2 s0 F9 O7 N% ~ XIII US Fighter Cmd
/ B- A. T7 W! h+ Q1 K a. ? 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
# d. @) B' I8 R; H5 _8 e4 { 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment Q& A! }4 d6 X0 \5 T8 `7 M) m
428th Coast AA Battalion
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51st Air Flotilla /8& e0 P) a7 }" a4 d! t
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; x4 v3 E: T, q0 v0 |6 RJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |