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。% q$ o$ d' a3 g- a* P
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45, g- m% \6 S4 Z7 n- t
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0 f! f. s# p' q8 \3 L( YNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards: Y, l& _% a3 q' W
# t4 Z' G7 y3 H* yJapanese Ships6 ]' x) A6 U! H1 c6 [" J: }
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
; P- X2 ?- O3 i E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
. x# E9 Z6 m c/ ] xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: t3 v+ r( @9 N0 p$ ~7 A/ Y
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 y ^# Y: x4 h. S xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; D/ p$ ]+ [; P4 L& x xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. M. v1 a3 @5 b3 S% m
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Allied Ships$ }, q$ @5 \( |3 R8 V
DD Halford
) X( I U$ M" }# I DD Halligan
: R, ^$ p- M( \0 c. ? DD Hazelwood G8 R( u. B' U6 i2 s7 L* {# @
DD Healy, S; q3 q/ Y2 x; j7 n2 }; {
DD John Henley, i D" X! M, _* C+ h+ ?
DD Hickox
x) c- F* }6 `: W: D5 r DD Twining& \! G' a2 O+ X6 _
DD Uhlmann+ t# A0 b6 a, V Z& J a; H
DD Wadleigh9 {& t' C, z* {/ k+ a. M
DD Wadsworth/ |+ o6 ^) U& Q4 {3 T1 j+ N
DD Walker
1 y4 c. d4 ^ K1 ?! _) W a( D' \ DD Waller& I; s H: f' {8 x
DD Watts
0 S4 K7 j# `5 V6 g; H1 V) S1 C; a+ u& W DD Cushing II
2 w4 @# a7 j$ C- w: m' ?' l+ y DD Benham II
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: _. i% B, R6 Z( F! \4 ?1 a9 RNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
( N; O/ U/ r% E3 A4 z: S5 t0 c TK Kenwa Maru
2 R& I5 W1 Q3 J; T6 @7 ]9 F. U TK Okigawa Maru
2 ]8 t. r4 D: h. U- H M% ]3 R1 F TK Anjo Maru
& \* d3 t; k4 i, H TK Kotai Maru
0 q* Z. l1 t3 b# j3 ? k TK Arita Maru
7 {$ ^3 T* v% \" G TK Amato Maru
2 Z( `! P5 }$ H$ R9 I7 O) E TK Ryoei Maru
$ h% ]5 o E2 g TK Eiho Maru' z3 F `6 s, W% P
SC Ch 43
/ Z& A0 E! D9 D) f T9 r4 K0 Z' ` SC Ch 587 g2 D! l- u" o$ `/ {1 M0 l/ q
TK Shiyo Maru$ C- H3 p5 I& L; _
% N3 x' [9 n {' dAllied Ships
) M! p0 g4 r( j: P3 E DD Halford
8 s5 K" n% d' \ DD Halligan: G! [0 P; o2 s! O
DD Hazelwood
6 p& l9 I& e) S3 M& \- S# Y DD Healy
# L: Q+ ]. f/ _0 W( z- D) { DD John Henley; [9 u: N2 C4 }; B C% Q& d) p9 H. G
DD Hickox9 N5 l1 g! {# E g8 h' j% g" x
DD Twining; i, J" y2 j W9 z1 L1 j
DD Uhlmann1 P3 k: s- w6 q( P( r' }
DD Wadleigh
. \3 p! x; O) H% J" c6 D DD Wadsworth K& \' F1 c- B; G6 H
DD Walker
1 L7 ^; S* d1 [: h) H DD Waller. B# h0 {5 q$ ~2 m# Z5 g
DD Watts
1 p: y; ^, h7 f' f6 [8 s DD Cushing II
" c6 q* z0 l, H DD Benham II$ h2 V, n/ W. v" v- y8 I
3 t+ [) O% I ?; m9 yRange increases to 30,000 yards...
$ R8 C( o' c4 A& D4 IJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- A }4 S: z, s. cJapanese 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)1 [, V3 ~1 ]' R
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Allied Shock attack
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% i4 s$ `3 `4 [, w vAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328( T4 \0 O5 f! }7 n+ A1 a
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 E: A) `) u, `/ |& C: I2 k/ C, h
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 * m z6 I4 B; m |6 A; D
* _# _% A+ I% |$ TJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 . L; w6 M$ [6 E1 m
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Combat modifiers
6 ~! {( n5 K: E5 Q$ YDefender:
- S; j3 e8 R- E. h" XAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
6 z; j/ I/ Q) ?( U( ~# _ 49 casualties reported
, Y; W# ?! i, a" } k- f Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: ^7 i% d1 a1 c1 S$ n! @# l
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 U+ Z3 j5 ]0 _+ K+ Q Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 ^3 U3 [+ u. P6 c( E7 }
Units destroyed 1: @7 z- O, ^" S; o8 B
; i! V4 y% y5 x0 Q- I$ I/ I4 @: @7 @Assaulting units:4 E4 b, p2 o M& v2 w
18th British Division/ w2 t3 C& l& N# i) v d9 S
31st Armoured Division4 A5 t- n) G+ Q5 O7 k1 h( S
4th Armoured Brigade
! `* T2 U( x# V# F, t5 M 254th Armoured Brigade% Q1 D" D, x5 r: ]( o- z
32nd Army Tank Brigade
3 n! ?) q3 ^7 C0 p 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
* d8 g9 S& \7 M% C+ z3 n; O1 R Gardner's Horse Regiment
/ e% c, n" {' s+ B6 `& T6 l+ { 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 w6 [) ?9 b1 |5 X2 v4 S
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ X5 t5 i: y1 e8 @* z& V4 ? 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
; y$ I8 O5 r) G/ `: p$ R 632nd Battalion
5 H" m. w2 T5 c) Y7 B; @ l 51st Highland Division/ d/ n4 p. }6 C: V
49th Aviation Base Force; n* d4 J# J1 b/ s! w! }3 I- h
Provisional GMC Grp
$ _1 s9 w, Y8 y& T5 j 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
& o, E8 X' d% h; u! P# q 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
: K" m8 }7 y' Y* j+ G; m3 x: S2 M Sixth US Army
% K8 _* ? Q8 X( I8 @ 2nd Medium Regiment4 C7 I( S+ Z; t* X
XIII US Fighter Cmd 6 q3 r4 }& T3 } ?% k# s
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment l; u' L6 \3 m
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
/ _8 V+ l2 J+ N V; T 428th Coast AA Battalion
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8 i3 ]# d$ L4 e# E0 k( v2 g5 SDefending units:
# Z* S$ {9 G& i2 w0 k 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |