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。2 Q7 V7 r( m4 ^9 N
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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6 [' b: I* `0 H, n! C7 INight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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& U8 p; e/ c- p" k& o( VJapanese Ships, k. r3 [, M' Z. |* o$ y% A6 j# y* C
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
1 j# |' K3 E1 E& j; D" }; h7 q+ H E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk# a8 c0 y2 I. q. D5 ]: k) w; g
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 P+ F! g0 ~1 t7 D9 y xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 O& G* V) A- I1 U xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 G; T1 L6 [$ _) p5 t2 `3 T
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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# m. Q# x& B& L' ^6 ^Allied Ships& A; E) ^6 I4 A' n. I9 m/ G, \; ^" B
DD Halford
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DD Hazelwood
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DD John Henley
2 ~+ l; i# u4 o& k% o: G DD Hickox: e h* i' J; n1 O, `8 d
DD Twining
+ l- W8 ^% ~3 F; o) z% K DD Uhlmann( u7 Z9 |6 R3 a. S( M# G& o
DD Wadleigh; G7 D$ a' g: h( [/ w) d7 D- R
DD Wadsworth
* D* t! l: w: h+ i" o0 y DD Walker
$ ^* t8 k9 L4 l' g DD Waller. s( W/ _2 X3 Q7 D/ t9 {
DD Watts
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% D( f; ^7 L' b: F. K1 ]4 ?# I) U* w DD Benham II# B% g8 I/ }1 `" K1 [" N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards3 d s/ r2 ?% D K) m, ?: [, M& {) P
. I4 o2 d( U* S2 jJapanese Ships% f7 | p4 s; R% b! L& Q. E
TK Kenwa Maru/ [( S Z* V& p4 u- M+ i
TK Okigawa Maru
. M( t7 D/ N7 p0 o TK Anjo Maru( O: h$ ]- W; a/ ~- q/ E/ d
TK Kotai Maru; ]" t9 Q. l2 c4 {1 b% _
TK Arita Maru, `# W% r1 Q: j0 y. D; u
TK Amato Maru. |1 X" t; g/ _! K
TK Ryoei Maru5 ^0 n5 T* R+ ?, `8 W
TK Eiho Maru
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TK Shiyo Maru' o5 C$ @. q0 d8 @6 F9 A ]7 ~
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Allied Ships0 U* R9 V) U1 Q3 Y2 F1 ]! v; C
DD Halford5 c# ^7 ]! e9 e# R7 V4 e" R
DD Halligan+ w: y8 S7 L' z: K
DD Hazelwood
2 I$ ]$ [% i3 v9 f9 E' O! F/ W9 J DD Healy5 f) R+ o0 y6 @- c: A2 `9 ~
DD John Henley
6 P1 e9 ?% l1 N1 r) E+ s DD Hickox8 C7 |3 z. x+ O) I! s+ c
DD Twining! [' u" g+ y. s* C& R
DD Uhlmann/ Z) E+ u9 b3 ]
DD Wadleigh/ y% l. S t) i" v+ Z( i2 E
DD Wadsworth
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DD Watts0 w; m8 b: x [& X3 K( i
DD Cushing II
3 U5 N; v0 L8 Z6 P7 n; v S( N DD Benham II
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) d; [" R; q" {( R% uRange increases to 30,000 yards...1 ~2 d6 Z/ O) t; @9 q. C
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 \5 A9 v# y9 `1 h
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。# F+ g. j. `+ N. q8 U
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)( P1 z9 I Z3 `$ R
* h, g$ ^1 }. P' T, w# hAllied Shock attack
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0 k2 G; f3 C! [5 }, mAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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5 b6 L% u( d9 y( ^Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 r8 K) m" P5 z) ^
3 ?3 G. t9 o' jAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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/ H3 A- K, t' l; I3 U( n0 g4 NAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 % `* _. N4 a8 [+ Y1 Y& ?$ l' t; |; h4 S
: |+ @9 G) S0 f6 b, L) J8 x. {9 RCombat modifiers
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# O- l+ C/ R1 l" PAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- |6 ^. r8 R8 p/ S
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
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* y* a& `1 H) G+ t7 } Units destroyed 1
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1 N; w& c% g. Z2 `" p6 m# h3 S+ ]Assaulting units:9 w0 s! D# U N- l/ A
18th British Division) e. g% P" [+ ?6 ?& J- K
31st Armoured Division
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254th Armoured Brigade
" B) [% R( U. G$ q3 B 32nd Army Tank Brigade# q- M3 @% J& j& @) ~6 F
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
" Q0 _! K! w5 u! B h Gardner's Horse Regiment/ o* }( m. p* f
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
( c9 X# t& I6 i3 \8 T: e 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 m- f) i/ ~1 ^ F( E9 r 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 `% b3 {* e: S L 632nd Battalion
4 d9 J/ q$ X9 e 51st Highland Division
) L d: |8 L5 N: {& L9 g 49th Aviation Base Force
8 I/ F! S) g3 z& R5 ~- V Provisional GMC Grp 7 `# Q$ O# s: c; _
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
% | C F) w, d' I! ?6 R. y 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
; e' B+ B+ R1 X% C1 E Sixth US Army
2 o# B: a/ @4 i# `! |1 G/ ` 2nd Medium Regiment
$ q! x' ]$ B/ r$ j XIII US Fighter Cmd 4 R' k% C. ]1 m, M: u. M& y# F
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
: h+ A# b; H+ n$ J2 Y 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment' m+ [& X1 \* v
428th Coast AA Battalion0 M3 G- H& B# b% r
( h+ z& a5 b. f" oDefending units:
( V7 c/ i% T# B% T" T- k% Y 51st Air Flotilla /83 w4 p3 a! Z7 X$ S3 }9 @7 @1 L
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |