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。1 U) d3 ?1 N2 l. O
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5 H0 j. ~! F+ f0 w* n8 V+ fNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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3 E$ f9 [1 }3 n: tJapanese Ships
6 k! p2 }4 y+ t- T9 F | E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
) _% X0 D: g" r E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk) O& L0 C4 Q$ w4 ~5 d) Z! K- g
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! }# c* L& m5 I) B, J( I+ A* v xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ {6 {" |5 `) w/ { xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; I- H5 {& L* t7 n xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* ]# A0 A' U( C0 ^# h: b
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Allied Ships
, j: A+ E7 Q K/ K# A8 J# ]/ K DD Halford9 K& o0 j# Y* q8 \, X- e8 N
DD Halligan+ _7 o, J( L) V5 O& n
DD Hazelwood
. c0 g+ r @( Q0 k) f DD Healy
$ @- V) i% O& j DD John Henley/ b+ U2 D8 N1 v; f
DD Hickox) w7 q+ L5 | D, K- e
DD Twining0 E9 ~6 }4 B6 G5 H) e
DD Uhlmann4 B3 n0 j* ^( p/ H
DD Wadleigh
& V5 y1 `6 d$ S0 \ DD Wadsworth1 }1 B$ D' ^1 |- D- K: K z
DD Walker* v, j* ~% C- @
DD Waller
7 e' y) B, `9 \6 a" ` DD Watts
N+ d( v( `/ V# _3 Z8 L2 q DD Cushing II
1 `1 X0 a- \9 x; Z- ~& t+ d& J DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards. Z- ]) Z/ w; e! A8 _# g8 t7 u
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Japanese Ships
5 I8 f& a5 C3 |2 ?) y/ B TK Kenwa Maru6 Q1 r0 g9 T+ n6 `; F2 }
TK Okigawa Maru
5 j; B; D% z: G9 X" K TK Anjo Maru; K4 ?( D v3 n4 {3 P
TK Kotai Maru/ V; ^* K5 f- |2 f1 r/ q' g
TK Arita Maru
$ I9 Z# s5 H8 z. E4 ?4 m TK Amato Maru
* T C( j% I: m" {! k# l TK Ryoei Maru
5 P8 a. j$ `6 ` TK Eiho Maru# E8 U4 f0 d1 K) c
SC Ch 43
$ B& p# Q) T7 Z, a: F SC Ch 58
5 a9 L* p; {. ]( r TK Shiyo Maru4 P' p1 e5 t! |/ D L p
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Allied Ships9 b4 _! ]7 X2 N
DD Halford
" n. B# I) F$ O/ V" N/ S! x DD Halligan0 a8 L ^; r7 {+ L0 R& v5 ?3 ?/ x, A
DD Hazelwood
, y4 I3 d0 f- E0 Q# ] `& e+ [+ @ DD Healy
6 i1 C& K u$ V DD John Henley# _! n# H) R9 p. G. c5 Z; z! Y
DD Hickox$ V/ O' w: G7 N$ W- \: o
DD Twining
?5 \' W1 |$ a+ B, ]- [ DD Uhlmann
4 w9 b* C2 _# _% q- r* l DD Wadleigh; f. {: X/ Q% c3 _
DD Wadsworth: {% r' ?. |% k2 R" R3 Y
DD Walker
* s7 Q7 R# r- z5 ^6 C* p* V DD Waller
( p, c7 x& H" [( f( \/ V DD Watts2 |6 S4 Q2 O; I0 G4 x
DD Cushing II4 }; j7 J0 P( `6 U
DD Benham II( a* L3 b6 q8 y6 U
! d3 X7 B7 W* K# hRange increases to 30,000 yards..., y; R2 {1 O4 C* G! B) ?
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
+ P9 o. ^- W4 R" g( b# zJapanese 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)# W% `$ r+ W9 x4 [
Q1 q+ ^% V; B+ z/ M4 gAllied Shock attack! S0 L' `! V: z) }8 q- M
1 f8 [+ s9 ^/ X9 P' p7 uAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23289 r8 K6 m! c+ G5 R
/ _3 y& J4 y H1 |3 C+ tDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 . O+ e* W( a) C" M9 b
& D, T4 ?8 T! ?, q/ T- j/ f# SAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 + r2 r: m: _, _" Z
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Combat modifiers4 [3 Z" ~" C* u: j$ Y. \+ {
Defender: 1 I# u# Y' M, f. Q- D
Attacker: shock(+)
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% I7 y8 h- ^; s0 q! j5 E# UJapanese ground losses:
* D- S0 u; u& _2 e, d% q. a 49 casualties reported
; b$ y8 i$ f6 X: X) E# b1 \3 o Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' L( {/ i2 r l2 z7 r" D5 ] Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
" Q+ r' z4 K+ |9 j% f5 v! ] Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& s: d) s7 p3 T' j" V5 |3 |
Units destroyed 1
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0 a6 Q$ J( t/ ^9 s# q8 V5 mAssaulting units:1 f/ C# W: E6 T5 W9 q
18th British Division0 @" |9 j2 } a* O: `
31st Armoured Division6 T* b0 U( }% f3 J7 c% A1 S" K% }
4th Armoured Brigade
; h* Z; y5 l' T. Z! ^7 }) Z) @ 254th Armoured Brigade
% D' B# D, e# P" V/ @/ f6 K- l. [ 32nd Army Tank Brigade7 g3 a5 @& |0 p& A# w A0 M
3rd Carabiniers Regiment- Y) w' \4 {8 M) V0 A
Gardner's Horse Regiment
+ z% a' T( c5 E8 d, U5 y4 r/ b 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
" y+ Q' v5 t% \ 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion n/ `& U+ |. ]" X
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion Z5 ^3 y: R4 C5 _+ z% Y
632nd Battalion% y/ F0 O; y. j. i( s) |
51st Highland Division+ O9 t% Q; P0 Q W
49th Aviation Base Force. O' `/ d7 w$ o; F O. g$ R
Provisional GMC Grp
1 y' Z: i, a- P% ~0 l! P4 o 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
- z% R- v; z& t* N# u' u 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
8 H/ ^; v, D" @' g. b4 a4 c Sixth US Army i |! F2 O# W' S0 S% x9 n
2nd Medium Regiment
* V5 z; \: U8 d XIII US Fighter Cmd , c, X. Z, n/ Y% f
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment9 f; L9 |4 K! \; B$ N$ q1 Q6 b" t1 D
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ W! t: z; p) K7 q6 ?0 W& o- Q
428th Coast AA Battalion# O7 H" M! J* K4 M/ V, R3 J; Y1 A
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Defending units:
5 L9 H# E& A& l h, y! ]# i9 H 51st Air Flotilla /8
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+ `$ l9 P7 J; q1 X* q1 Q' A+ EJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |
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