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。
: e' _+ ?; E UAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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# o% L7 G0 a4 r0 l7 G5 ~* ?- xJapanese Ships; C7 `- U9 V |' j: K
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk& H6 N0 F0 c9 f9 b# U
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
. s; ^2 i/ [: u xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( e: n5 R* e- P3 ]3 K xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage4 P/ n/ G' u( ]6 ?. m" g
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: x) }9 [) J) L# q) i
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- K/ u' c* P M# d# }: T
/ m o# ]' z. |( z2 |" ~* jAllied Ships+ n- P+ F1 e8 y3 @. u
DD Halford
# f( n5 u k1 H H: P" { DD Halligan4 Q9 V+ J. d! L; _! }1 \6 ~
DD Hazelwood& p# H4 q3 n! \$ x2 `( X
DD Healy
. t9 \; L8 N4 Z0 h DD John Henley: ^: |' z! X, J: B5 [5 Y
DD Hickox
" ^. ?3 X [9 F* r DD Twining3 f8 O1 T) _; A' E y8 V9 G
DD Uhlmann
0 i, J K9 t( l8 Z( x% O8 j DD Wadleigh2 t9 [7 J7 b5 G( f0 K5 p
DD Wadsworth; O$ F3 \. }$ `$ e q- k* K
DD Walker3 r W) L; r" j% X; }
DD Waller
. |: f/ X/ x# q# j* i7 P DD Watts
& O, C d D' h% h% ?# p DD Cushing II7 P' _ o' @+ O0 ]: b# }3 f
DD Benham II
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9 d# [$ I: ~& v4 V6 ?& iNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards; [8 T3 V4 U4 B: [- O- ^; h
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Japanese Ships7 t% H+ S ]+ P) \: O
TK Kenwa Maru
8 G5 s) k/ p" ?! n- H/ G TK Okigawa Maru
5 N) B7 W8 ^2 p6 O7 s8 j TK Anjo Maru+ M! X7 c: X+ B* G; {
TK Kotai Maru2 i6 C- g% k5 f+ f% C" ^9 ?7 z
TK Arita Maru, s' z& Q- z3 B/ Q
TK Amato Maru N" `9 N% S2 }/ E% M( T; n
TK Ryoei Maru
5 ?$ {+ ]/ B% ^5 o& u2 ? TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
: z& B. p. }6 K: j2 i7 l5 c TK Shiyo Maru7 J0 t. ~# j9 G2 v! C, Y
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Allied Ships
0 ^, `$ I. U/ v' I( a DD Halford
6 X2 c0 \8 a. a/ a2 y- G DD Halligan$ U; x' \' N L* p' R' u
DD Hazelwood
) c: v) p/ d9 O8 |4 D DD Healy
. }/ S- Q% [3 p8 w DD John Henley( `& z( }' T; M" O5 _/ t$ n
DD Hickox
' ^, h$ i( o- ]9 e! w2 K: ?; R DD Twining( D& g f$ _) ^
DD Uhlmann# A, w, L n- v1 t: f# E2 j
DD Wadleigh: y* g4 ~7 r. ?9 m- u' }3 N" E% l1 M
DD Wadsworth
0 i; r. b% @1 g% M8 ~! Z+ u DD Walker- X0 j2 u! X# @2 ^: {
DD Waller+ z: ^% z' M% ]+ c/ q7 M
DD Watts
9 F S$ ^' p+ F/ ^: I5 L DD Cushing II
" _& C! O4 ]' w: L7 [ DD Benham II; V" A1 J9 y2 |( K1 e. e2 Y
' w l& i. W3 f1 sRange increases to 30,000 yards...
, L7 x* F0 C7 ZJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
: g1 \* ^3 Y( Y, S: g2 f3 qJapanese Tanker TF evades combat2 j$ v3 X5 \7 T! j
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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。0 ~, t. \- t: S4 b. r
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2 C, ~ J# R9 [7 ^9 h6 Y8 oGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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% O( D( F, t: ]6 p% HAllied Shock attack
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/ h6 T% Z0 H0 q% s9 S3 O {, ?- Z! aAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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% E* l: N/ U F8 H xDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 $ M) x5 D5 q8 u9 i# g
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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: B/ g" r1 \+ m* t( p0 `1 r$ o! GAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 & D, S* k" i$ {. d+ e: U: z! P$ e2 W
. Z) ~! o3 D* E. JCombat modifiers
+ [) C- g9 h3 O" A* S* F: HDefender:
" B) e2 c; D5 b# [$ r8 ^7 }1 _Attacker: shock(+)
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 W, r9 H5 W0 F7 C" [: u( }. P# q9 U
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled2 ^3 r+ E2 B8 ^! F6 Q; G6 b
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:: E4 P' K# X# s5 A8 O$ J
18th British Division
# Q3 U+ c% J) K 31st Armoured Division2 a" w e( f w
4th Armoured Brigade
# V1 l1 t) I& z- n' I 254th Armoured Brigade4 J0 v4 Y7 E6 B$ f: ?" B& ~- q
32nd Army Tank Brigade* t2 ~1 V0 e6 v! Z6 b3 x1 W
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
* W* v1 f9 R9 y% O7 x2 b3 J Gardner's Horse Regiment r2 C2 h; `; s7 z6 ?( g# h: ~! l
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
! u* x/ O2 `7 F# C$ B7 s 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion& L/ v6 K$ j7 T+ D- D! a; V
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion+ q* `, y& X/ t0 O& z
632nd Battalion
* f9 r4 q! b3 S( M 51st Highland Division! F' [- b% }6 N% t6 U+ T
49th Aviation Base Force" F0 l+ C+ e8 Z) z
Provisional GMC Grp : K- k" s4 ]6 B' _
1 ML-KNIL Aviation : l R1 F. w- I" x9 K1 W
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 ^# b+ s# ]3 m! c% p
Sixth US Army8 P0 o* v* E: }$ U4 m+ G7 e: n
2nd Medium Regiment
0 i9 E ?/ ^8 a0 z XIII US Fighter Cmd 8 ~/ i8 d! ]* R8 \% _( j
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
7 \4 P4 j, U ~ T; N1 I% h& ? 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
1 M2 r9 v6 A4 c- f) u 428th Coast AA Battalion" y# p: w$ w& M. M3 h7 w6 N- d
& F/ w: u; m4 ` ^" Y- JDefending units:
2 s' i3 S7 f4 l# K# }: l 51st Air Flotilla /8
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6 s: p: G4 C5 k$ [( oJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |