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。4 _. H, C6 b7 Z p- b! a8 v+ u
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
9 y" r/ u% P8 ^- y. V8 l E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
% R C5 W# Z' R) s7 T. e8 f E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
4 E) s9 S8 g& N* E& F. k+ e xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' y% J) H1 m: L1 A6 k xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage# `8 x* q5 J; B" p
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 ~( n: s) u+ \) s xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 S9 G' _9 K1 a# {' q' u
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Allied Ships
) a7 q3 B9 l/ g& W" x( G4 a4 U DD Halford7 i& `7 _3 s t' n6 H
DD Halligan
- r2 i l5 N% k- @1 E# R DD Hazelwood
- A1 M9 g8 e" T, B6 J DD Healy( X3 G1 H, ~' a G& T
DD John Henley9 l; C1 m8 {4 v( _
DD Hickox- y) l0 G- ~, C0 v0 ^2 d' K
DD Twining
8 a/ _2 e O" E/ z) z3 ~6 q DD Uhlmann
' i3 e9 @3 I" a$ Q! L( S DD Wadleigh* T$ t" L9 [7 }; G
DD Wadsworth
% [7 j( g) U8 E+ @% K! m* A0 k) Q; m' n DD Walker4 Z: T3 w x2 |4 A6 Y) @# O
DD Waller
" B0 l$ v0 Q5 w2 T: m3 u DD Watts
* d* H8 {: ~/ R6 | DD Cushing II5 C; ^* B2 [0 J3 m% S; b( h
DD Benham II
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/ x: ^& m0 X! t7 h# V+ ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards0 [) I8 M8 B9 I* z
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Japanese Ships4 p/ P3 s" s$ m0 {
TK Kenwa Maru+ d! b0 G* t0 B& `- Y' ]" k: `
TK Okigawa Maru
4 H. B+ y) ~6 A- K u TK Anjo Maru
/ t6 M( e' m9 P/ ~! I: @ TK Kotai Maru
1 i/ j y2 X9 H' A* Q% \' c TK Arita Maru
- v" @9 k5 Q5 r6 f8 e TK Amato Maru8 K& H8 x' {$ R4 x
TK Ryoei Maru: Z/ B: ~8 ~+ q& G
TK Eiho Maru1 c+ f5 A; L7 I! i) B1 }" r
SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru" q2 O, R6 p" {' u. m/ z
- r( ^8 g. |+ a5 JAllied Ships9 m7 d2 T1 i. A, ~1 L8 ~. w# u
DD Halford- N8 t* _4 q+ c* V0 |
DD Halligan+ n2 D4 Q6 v0 g% {. ~3 o$ b* B0 C
DD Hazelwood1 P6 Q6 b' X8 y s6 y2 c
DD Healy
# h" O! S' W8 ~. u. k DD John Henley7 Y4 p( \; Q) Y: @4 [
DD Hickox2 @7 U( T) |/ @
DD Twining
3 I/ v' e( w# W, |4 B0 } DD Uhlmann1 c) [5 v. d8 O" U! j
DD Wadleigh
3 [0 Q3 L+ ?9 P# \ DD Wadsworth
5 }! s0 r+ j3 A! i" ^2 k7 e) B$ g DD Walker+ U9 e( j$ i! ?2 V
DD Waller
5 x1 d& ^9 c. y, A: C DD Watts
; u: `* Q) P9 i+ K! j. a DD Cushing II
8 M) U4 _; j+ i x$ u DD Benham II2 |8 u ]4 ^8 |$ E4 O
! _5 D" X7 m: E3 K3 X6 VRange increases to 30,000 yards...
' |7 f5 b% f; {* S' DJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 X# E' _; |7 R, F9 E$ J6 Q# n; o9 VJapanese 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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8 v, G5 W: H* R8 l5 v. TGround combat at Darwin (76,124)' W/ a6 l& {- E: q4 V2 P* o
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Allied Shock attack) R5 `( h9 j$ d9 ~# _
3 r" F8 s/ F/ C- ZAttacking 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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/ k+ E6 s M0 m# ?Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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0 X3 Y/ f; r* G6 q8 v3 N3 r! xJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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: T# f4 C) {- J4 ?Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
$ T2 H/ F7 {) K5 y6 mDefender: / @& A" F `+ H4 ~ b& Z) v
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:/ s( G0 ?* k2 S0 ~4 u# k* O
49 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled s, x- m5 f& l0 @
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( i$ j7 \' V1 l) f1 E+ |) Y# ] Units destroyed 19 j* s/ p3 ]8 }% M
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Assaulting units:5 F9 U% g5 I4 p
18th British Division6 Y# A6 _* X' S+ m! o0 a
31st Armoured Division( m: D# | }1 B/ D* Z
4th Armoured Brigade
+ h3 ?, v; k4 u 254th Armoured Brigade
7 @. Y1 q4 _. u; s8 o1 F 32nd Army Tank Brigade1 H3 _' B* j) K p. }* \
3rd Carabiniers Regiment- l6 O# E" ? Z! Y* c' l) X
Gardner's Horse Regiment
, ~ {" ~6 W0 C; F2 s 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion$ I& m( J6 o+ Y9 p
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion4 @ Q @ B. S/ k# ^
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion4 r; o% {5 m- k
632nd Battalion. L; n U6 f- b& t8 j1 i# s
51st Highland Division
; V `, L2 v7 y! R( t6 |; A 49th Aviation Base Force
" o1 X8 ]8 p1 ?# h. B' @ Provisional GMC Grp 6 R& e: Q3 k4 w1 [$ J; U: u
1 ML-KNIL Aviation k% Z) [/ w; m- u1 `9 R
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
% q* G& l# A: D; o Sixth US Army, a8 b! d3 e& z) G& [5 v' b. v
2nd Medium Regiment
( l! A& c" v1 l& x0 ^, T# }, P XIII US Fighter Cmd
/ e; e; i+ @" x% l) w! K 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment3 a/ q4 ~: @0 E8 I5 ~0 J4 C
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
# V7 z; n: w) n8 r( l+ S 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:9 w9 h; h/ {! o! S! H
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |