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。5 l2 ]4 ^6 T7 R6 O$ ]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 454 @8 l7 L6 h. S) }% `; p1 n
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6 m1 a+ T1 ~" b- A( xNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk7 | A6 Y5 z6 Y9 ~; E
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
1 e: o1 ^, ]& t, E! q xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 j# |* L4 @ L8 } xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 X* e& _3 n2 s( c xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- w4 V) L9 u+ } xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships4 L$ K8 |% h1 r
DD Halford
) C. c: ^' I) s, g DD Halligan
4 M* i" o7 Y P4 O DD Hazelwood
/ A1 K. W6 f+ U2 S DD Healy7 M+ g1 H5 Q: u6 T# u& w- h5 _; w
DD John Henley3 P5 s" i, j# r4 l& ]
DD Hickox/ X; b5 M+ L1 l+ t
DD Twining
% J. `! k$ ?1 W B& X s DD Uhlmann
) G. J' F+ V: g# {7 L/ o3 W DD Wadleigh' C q! F; K2 U4 V" F J
DD Wadsworth& z$ J; J, ~$ X/ j5 a: Z
DD Walker
2 e& q- ?) A1 m3 H$ | DD Waller
1 Y& @; T: v' r4 f DD Watts
- ^0 J8 p# Q& q4 t# y DD Cushing II
1 q6 f1 f9 M+ U: y DD Benham II7 j |3 @5 V. Q2 U3 p" B
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* Q) c. k9 Y( v8 @) tNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards( Z8 g* X+ y# {* K6 y' W( x4 h% q
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Japanese Ships
4 B* N: J6 V( D/ y TK Kenwa Maru: R8 p. E' O$ W2 B7 u$ X; i: s0 e( [( X
TK Okigawa Maru5 G4 d3 V5 H! }5 v8 z2 l3 n
TK Anjo Maru
* W/ U3 q( F0 i* f6 Z& |! b) `4 Z TK Kotai Maru7 I9 G: r5 _' N7 m
TK Arita Maru6 E7 P( f& l( J; t+ @$ d
TK Amato Maru
$ v" ]# ` U6 t TK Ryoei Maru
2 ^8 c( [3 Q3 c$ L1 s TK Eiho Maru
- D( v6 N+ w; C3 X0 c# \ SC Ch 43
7 [" J* ]4 D! d; O8 b& U SC Ch 58+ A4 j% r& O9 Q3 x
TK Shiyo Maru2 i" [, Q. P9 n$ z0 }3 f
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Allied Ships* N. r5 W2 u* m: i" U8 i' x' f
DD Halford* O4 w9 B- X. Z
DD Halligan
9 @2 p* D4 K6 I& c9 r DD Hazelwood
5 ]; J% ?0 M x: b, [: @! I DD Healy
# n; o& Y7 @3 i6 G( e DD John Henley; k. B0 H8 k; Y; r) m% ^* V1 |
DD Hickox
, X; M% Z# n( V DD Twining
* ^+ `' n/ b) ?$ |/ O/ k# S DD Uhlmann
! `) P, j5 {, l" N- a5 L; A, b7 o% d DD Wadleigh
- ? i6 y6 j9 I: `/ G DD Wadsworth5 v3 v- `- o- F8 [
DD Walker% K1 x E2 V: o; J
DD Waller7 `$ K+ [9 ^& @* \
DD Watts
8 I4 ~( x" o2 ?2 K6 ] DD Cushing II
6 e$ N$ c8 n% p Z& L5 p- n DD Benham II' V9 g1 C% P x: Y% T% G4 t- b
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
# }5 n$ \3 ~1 q1 r) _0 sJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape! v# _$ R# p4 _
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat/ l: a5 t* H$ a, V) f' t1 y
" ~2 d: K4 L$ o k) v( c) M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。! O/ |$ N9 n0 x
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4 D$ A' N0 W7 i( T/ HGround combat at Darwin (76,124)& L/ a9 u1 r" U( m
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Allied Shock attack
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# P$ S% z' O# N$ _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
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3 Z ]" t0 Y% ?* @: k( P) NAllied adjusted assault: 1957 ! S: e+ o+ X. M( m( C
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 / C, W2 ^/ @. d! E* J5 V/ X$ \
7 I* G: i* C7 j. J/ @Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 1 R N+ H2 A& }* t3 o
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)
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: p& f! S4 m: B' Z) f+ N, ^Japanese ground losses:
+ R7 T7 Y( B) v 49 casualties reported& U) C7 |$ z. R
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* |* g! B( Y8 `* ~ t Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 [. D$ L7 ^+ o7 w9 d: O Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 {4 c* M: k& D# T$ c Units destroyed 10 E) @1 b3 A9 v2 R/ g% Z
* d# [* F! i9 M/ t2 j( _, hAssaulting units:4 p' ?. {* s l' T* o
18th British Division, w0 d0 f- K3 ]0 i
31st Armoured Division
# i: [ b" c/ v% I( W) [ 4th Armoured Brigade& T& {9 G/ T' I$ F D7 `& i) e5 n
254th Armoured Brigade5 G5 b5 E' n$ _" \( l# f
32nd Army Tank Brigade
! b' n9 a8 d3 h 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
6 R/ y! a+ z9 {9 p Gardner's Horse Regiment/ \$ R9 _9 }* @1 X1 V, ?9 x
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
- R+ U* s* J! S! ~ 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 d& ?3 R) N$ z- K8 W: Y3 p# u, m 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion# z# E% }- B& \. c' e! X
632nd Battalion
$ v5 i1 @) a: H W 51st Highland Division. r" h9 V& b9 O8 y* }" N
49th Aviation Base Force# a% R' c0 r/ o" u
Provisional GMC Grp
% g- J y4 w: _# I+ p g0 l 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
* k F& C. L& S% J+ v! | 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
7 |; o9 `; ], g1 z8 M7 c; ] Sixth US Army
8 y2 m3 S K5 o, Z% t 2nd Medium Regiment
- S" X/ i4 E8 K; k8 V XIII US Fighter Cmd
1 u1 |( q+ w7 |9 o% w& l* M! R- u 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
0 l8 m+ ^5 a# k6 o2 S: K+ `4 u2 s 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2 ~# Y2 k4 G8 M9 n; ]% J5 u 428th Coast AA Battalion+ z. q4 |, p8 r0 ^2 D' Z0 V3 k! p- z% x
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Defending units:( m7 U. s, z- K5 |8 o
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |