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。; W. j/ k2 s% i* H& G
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45( Y$ }/ Y2 P: Z. [) k, {- H: @ ]
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; ]- y9 m# P# i7 l8 YNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships9 m+ w, |: t3 s: O
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
3 Y- E p5 p% A7 z E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk2 X2 n) w M$ D2 R W: `
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, ~4 y3 a$ @' m, l! q7 E" K1 k0 x
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage- E4 n* j* c* T N' Q7 y) B! T
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk U6 B. `) ?9 g1 r5 R$ m
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& h3 V9 U2 V8 R/ h2 O
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Allied Ships! ]5 P s) e" v# N
DD Halford
q5 v' C- f5 |/ |1 U DD Halligan7 X! ^6 L" j4 W% n
DD Hazelwood- E& C b" B l$ o! Y5 Y8 Q
DD Healy
; k+ e2 }# u# o' d+ M; | DD John Henley
& O+ {% e" N* v) y! I/ |: `" d5 j! a DD Hickox
) R$ ~! \$ h- B7 } Y DD Twining$ A" v' _& l" @. O4 M0 F; o) O
DD Uhlmann7 q, p. {! M% @8 m5 A0 W
DD Wadleigh
- u3 E5 r6 f0 p5 W! Z$ p1 G DD Wadsworth
3 j/ _# \' q) p' x$ l5 ] DD Walker/ k7 o8 k- p: o# a9 a. V" G# n0 @ N
DD Waller
/ G, N, J4 U$ L% y) j q T DD Watts% C! P+ S, `1 n' @/ z; ^5 q [! S3 }7 n: \; D
DD Cushing II
; [7 D: X* e: N+ U# f DD Benham II; a z9 Q' c0 C6 ? c# @0 H( W9 a
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% R' l `4 E0 s' M* u l8 d9 \Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships5 D* y. n5 N1 a0 M2 D! r+ J8 l
TK Kenwa Maru# K W+ [; A* _ H
TK Okigawa Maru. C. t8 r9 A% J: o) a# K
TK Anjo Maru2 B# z4 q8 M8 d+ O, J
TK Kotai Maru
. x" c0 g) t: r" Q! w TK Arita Maru
) l9 a/ @8 x: {( O TK Amato Maru! X8 Y: @; H- E% Z
TK Ryoei Maru* `8 s3 i* s8 E$ y; D8 n4 l. I* R
TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
. V- Y5 w( w. g3 ~1 D% b' y TK Shiyo Maru; B- h, B2 ?8 E V8 H
4 J" G, G4 P% t6 Z8 D' YAllied Ships
) L5 W9 A0 P, { DD Halford
: x* V M5 G* y- h" l* `' G DD Halligan
P. [ x' A% t$ n: k1 @' e8 ] DD Hazelwood
9 n } x2 d) c v DD Healy
! A! E A8 V; M$ {9 F0 \4 M DD John Henley' s, i3 u; K" X9 v0 v4 J
DD Hickox8 q9 j+ C, R( y2 g8 T
DD Twining9 G6 t2 V# V, K- ?7 F7 {: P
DD Uhlmann
+ P0 x$ p0 G. O8 p8 H DD Wadleigh
9 t5 T I! ]5 K) |6 M { DD Wadsworth/ B! r. F" B6 j+ A+ v
DD Walker
7 C4 k* P, a0 n n- j' [6 g DD Waller
/ q( }% Z: d1 w DD Watts
. B" q; I/ {1 O4 c2 R DD Cushing II
9 r. U7 U) k) R, R/ R! ]) Y* ` DD Benham II: u" ~; ^' \+ k" a% r
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...: g9 |) c0 ] X) i/ v2 z* k
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 ?6 D& X( o; EJapanese 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。3 n3 H. q- J$ W
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) G- E7 }0 ~" G& x1 F/ B
8 X0 \- D& H- y7 |' [Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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2 K1 }9 V. g1 n5 K1 y+ h" O% g; [: UDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 [2 S5 M' e. a. ~: O6 L- _1 R
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 4 W7 b! G! N+ ^9 @: B
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Combat modifiers
6 x+ |. F, ~" B( j9 y' z- @5 SDefender: 9 {7 \3 F1 i: g2 H' D( ]8 N7 s4 n# D
Attacker: shock(+)
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0 C2 a( `, b* G4 J0 H4 JJapanese ground losses:! `8 ^6 Z0 v/ P8 p- w3 G
49 casualties reported* F$ x5 ~ y7 W' b: o# d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; N0 z6 ?1 h; A
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled, q: _8 w- W" p6 r3 w d$ `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& S/ l! [0 t: _/ h! x: j Units destroyed 1& m* ~; o, v4 m0 Y. k$ [
* y9 a. s& _' B H& |) B) CAssaulting units:
, `% N! N0 }0 j4 z6 J& w2 Z 18th British Division
0 e+ W7 V; V# o2 g; `& u 31st Armoured Division; ~( \4 A& g. V- E, t3 _
4th Armoured Brigade- ]7 d s8 y7 d- S
254th Armoured Brigade4 Z. Z* }4 E/ G& n. k5 Z. m3 R! |
32nd Army Tank Brigade
6 n3 k3 O f" U) p9 D7 o 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3 ~ C) ^2 n2 @) T w$ q" y/ W2 V Gardner's Horse Regiment/ I5 Z$ y) S! [1 P6 _
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion! i/ Q E( U" G! R8 {8 _
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion' t3 l6 [+ h% [. _! g4 U4 K0 A
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
& p' x: a6 B9 z& l+ X 632nd Battalion1 I' y: H7 f* Q0 H( y1 w$ ?
51st Highland Division
* {2 S% K; O( H' [5 w8 ~ 49th Aviation Base Force# ]' b5 v! {* S' T [
Provisional GMC Grp * d* h& o S/ C: X
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 8 x6 |- F0 a7 Z+ n: Z7 S/ a0 n
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
- ^5 f- F, f7 f, v$ X A' s Sixth US Army
' E8 z$ O6 W+ |) Y8 r. x) a; h1 h* c6 Z 2nd Medium Regiment
5 m B; V0 j; R- i XIII US Fighter Cmd
# m" L, ?, k# @% \8 f3 A 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment- h0 I7 H" c3 f7 C. i9 R
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment8 [% }+ n& d; f
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:
* s4 R% T% K& A4 b! s 51st Air Flotilla /8" z+ T- B; w- \% r3 L
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2 y7 c* I3 f7 N3 @; \5 s1 GJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |