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。9 m6 B, f( N0 e, C9 G
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45. ?# i: q% b8 W( q, P
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. Z) A8 t% Y3 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards; p9 m3 t! O0 c
9 l5 Z/ @8 h o/ H0 y* ZJapanese Ships
& R% J P- U' l$ v( A E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
! F) x' {4 d6 |; g6 E6 z E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ m8 @: K6 C" m/ o2 ^! h
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 M1 \' n& g8 V xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage: t9 W& i8 ?2 E8 U
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: E1 D' |; M5 @$ }8 D4 ?; R* s xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 ~# J) }9 v, p
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Allied Ships
4 K( }0 C5 k0 n: J, Y( A" z C DD Halford& t- x1 n ^) i) F' `" I/ Q
DD Halligan
. C1 ?' d6 Y3 J; W( [ DD Hazelwood
/ U% f9 b8 }# X& g DD Healy' i: w7 C) R# Z3 [! `
DD John Henley L% U* F8 a/ {' L! e/ V
DD Hickox
/ F& k6 ?2 s! ?# ~" }( B DD Twining
$ m0 x# T5 g! E) { DD Uhlmann
& U1 r9 ^( _& _# X DD Wadleigh1 ~4 r. U) d( ]5 y% P& ~- e- T. S8 W
DD Wadsworth
" o% L0 t7 `) n6 v. @4 c DD Walker
5 M) q& R( J* b c I DD Waller7 S, @/ x9 j, y* E
DD Watts( }4 M5 D# \8 e1 Z
DD Cushing II3 ]$ \: k# L( B) s, G* O
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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( V) M- {- |3 p* V, U! v TK Kenwa Maru( r( w2 i" Z% M }" k* J
TK Okigawa Maru
! m! O3 B" [3 W# X TK Anjo Maru/ ]' N5 R$ }% E% h7 B
TK Kotai Maru
+ S8 }5 ?: L* g% A$ B3 P; F9 L. c% X TK Arita Maru
5 \9 z* c( J: C# Q TK Amato Maru/ o6 s1 @, C, D! W& {) ]( V% l# o
TK Ryoei Maru8 A$ @& Z0 G! D9 S; }- k f) j
TK Eiho Maru
# _! P9 ]& Q4 g' p& m1 k SC Ch 43
W1 ]% U* S% z' W2 v SC Ch 58: Z) r* D! F) A
TK Shiyo Maru
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8 ~* D4 B/ X3 ^7 V9 M, UAllied Ships
8 |! ^4 J* o! G8 l6 i DD Halford
2 u5 R9 W+ S' E3 C2 g J DD Halligan) l$ [+ A* `( L3 V+ t4 `+ g+ V6 A
DD Hazelwood( ?5 i4 }5 k7 r
DD Healy: H, d/ X# U8 N0 q" c9 l7 X( }
DD John Henley+ a/ _( S( F2 _, O9 Y2 k( s
DD Hickox
" r* J8 ^4 a# {; c DD Twining
/ f, J: o) p/ X4 W( K8 } DD Uhlmann7 C+ X- r, |# @3 O* d6 b+ q4 q
DD Wadleigh( H8 ^$ k' X" ~- ?8 _/ b J
DD Wadsworth: X" X3 Q# q% r
DD Walker& }% Y3 ]/ z4 m9 k
DD Waller
2 i( m' b T0 V2 w& Q4 V DD Watts
! ^- ]' v5 ^$ X: ] D2 c( ~5 y" G DD Cushing II2 N, E7 \+ ~* V8 {5 t
DD Benham II" @# b$ ]8 {' H
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
2 ~+ D+ `; @% \, Z5 f% ?' xJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
( d( F6 \: n( Y& I# @7 k( j# aJapanese Tanker TF evades combat8 {- m, u1 o$ i+ H `' d5 |9 |8 U
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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。8 b7 I% H ~$ P5 t; W
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)4 N; D+ C0 [6 k, U4 w/ z- j
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking 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) {# ~2 C$ S6 l0 U. L0 b" \
X" h% p6 E& Q# \5 yAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ( m/ H1 \& i2 u5 [" e+ ~% L% z' }
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers1 `( V' s2 D: }4 T. F k* b3 }
Defender:
3 I7 N X& _& TAttacker: shock(+)
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5 k \$ D2 P' w) j' e7 b7 hJapanese ground losses:# e7 T0 D" f7 `) P
49 casualties reported
0 j0 ?3 O3 b1 J/ ?& V! x$ H6 ? Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( J2 v9 e. Q. _1 o. |
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ c8 i: f! O7 H! U Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% V. V" p& X- G+ N; z
Units destroyed 1" z3 F3 ^: g) |6 K5 Z5 L! n
+ V1 q& I$ q6 n8 XAssaulting units:
: P% J5 i2 C& _4 i; w g$ z 18th British Division0 ^* j2 v% `- C; u7 |, K
31st Armoured Division
& [6 v2 [/ Z4 E- z2 Y/ d; U 4th Armoured Brigade
' F* H* ~! m: w9 }4 i1 |. l7 |' e 254th Armoured Brigade
5 N7 O g# G" Y+ f 32nd Army Tank Brigade
( s J9 G, |9 _) ] 3rd Carabiniers Regiment& H! R9 D% s9 x: g# a
Gardner's Horse Regiment$ c' h! R/ ?7 Q% {+ ~
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 e/ ]3 i; a" v! h 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion# D/ |( d; A/ K# z- ~
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
, U' c9 _/ _' l+ v8 |) h 632nd Battalion
6 b. `- _ s) L$ Y9 b, a' V( D1 j 51st Highland Division4 Z# U9 b& ~* u0 a
49th Aviation Base Force; {. x, O2 m$ X
Provisional GMC Grp , z! D$ R0 ]! d# L# Q
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
& b" C- v1 E. t6 V/ v9 T9 y6 ~ 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment* l0 d: k3 {( X$ d n( b$ w: W
Sixth US Army
" \* b9 U# L% K/ |; f: L" A' f 2nd Medium Regiment' `9 a. J5 _% d8 o) a
XIII US Fighter Cmd
7 \% a7 A3 g; r* T; f 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
) `) a0 `+ w& {! P 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
( ?8 ~" N( x3 E% K4 x3 e3 f 428th Coast AA Battalion
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7 [% w' [' k; n1 TDefending units:
, D7 S2 K2 t5 i0 ]& l: [ 51st Air Flotilla /80 X$ t: d- N8 n, C: i% y
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6 B/ S( ^8 f# `! P- S, F, a- RJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |