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。, `* `* D9 ~ ?% l
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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! ^2 u" X) G5 G2 S& J" vNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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7 k+ l. j; f( O$ G5 q+ eJapanese Ships
8 O7 x$ m9 s% { E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk }* _1 \3 h$ P
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk2 T* T# j: u* k& t
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ t2 x6 I6 a- y0 B- ~ xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage9 V$ ~* C" \) _' ^
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) |0 G& {; v# b& M0 `" l" G
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: r3 n2 H3 w: O" |: K3 d. F
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Allied Ships# m- s7 o) ]' U" ?
DD Halford
- L& Y, d* w" s0 V1 D DD Halligan
O& z, Z5 @# t' v! ?5 r0 {7 x6 \- L: M) p DD Hazelwood
9 C6 c% z8 Z( H! H! b2 g DD Healy+ Y2 ^+ P% w2 U, C0 u* w
DD John Henley/ A* Q! O! T+ k* I
DD Hickox
. @' B: U: h. V, i( k2 Q& Q DD Twining: X6 } m6 @. x) t( d6 H2 h( D
DD Uhlmann
+ f& t8 ^2 J1 @4 I7 ~ DD Wadleigh; v6 v$ T* F+ a# q$ O6 M5 i# n
DD Wadsworth5 q+ |- C5 l( E) H+ w
DD Walker4 S3 c4 s6 _8 U9 s4 T. B, ^
DD Waller
; ~0 \) Q0 D T _+ T- ^ DD Watts
6 t m6 [. p( M8 j' s0 T DD Cushing II/ l% k( _! c" w* y& X
DD Benham II
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z2 }0 B" n1 P$ ONight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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0 p: C( }, _1 k2 ^* B; WJapanese Ships; l8 |$ c4 C2 C& o4 O; G
TK Kenwa Maru
" B4 J$ s' {, [ ^ y TK Okigawa Maru
5 J2 ]6 z! S: j TK Anjo Maru; F" |1 l2 N* t/ i! @- @! ]
TK Kotai Maru! e$ J- P) o6 O& Q
TK Arita Maru
2 a8 t7 P5 P+ y TK Amato Maru
9 e0 O) _7 {6 G3 G; s TK Ryoei Maru( ?/ p; c3 }% x5 l6 I# F9 \+ h
TK Eiho Maru3 w- e a) B; n) l
SC Ch 436 `; ?- @- J$ l) H( Z& j C; i
SC Ch 58
0 M% T, E; T. Q+ i# x4 @" g TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships% D7 H% s% X' ~, |0 H
DD Halford! |" B: R& Y4 F; ?
DD Halligan
+ J: I: _+ A* {( Z DD Hazelwood2 b; H- C5 R; ~
DD Healy
: A/ V5 [0 q# k l& D DD John Henley8 q+ e& h$ h' R* b, I
DD Hickox
/ E `$ l& p0 C* T5 c6 { DD Twining3 a( P& H N1 i
DD Uhlmann! ]9 T6 g+ u P3 e% e6 ^2 ]1 ~+ v
DD Wadleigh
4 I! P5 B6 q! h8 A v DD Wadsworth
( `( A! y, }$ t2 d% `# L DD Walker0 S: O" z$ [% A( \7 y
DD Waller
# V q! K2 }# D& ^; } DD Watts
( ^- w& t+ f; }1 K% w( b DD Cushing II
% V9 D( C- p) m$ A& L) @8 Z DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...& f" }& _+ C1 w, o
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 i7 y8 W1 J, n9 b3 o" s3 NJapanese Tanker TF evades combat; ]; t& e# X: x, I. `5 p3 c
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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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* p5 I0 y/ j* ?Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)6 \1 t0 {% K! k3 [0 J" d
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Allied Shock attack. {0 l6 t: k. M
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328" m! o& F* x4 V
( t3 N) y; m" |0 k+ i/ v8 e4 V' GDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 % G. e9 U& Y) K
' y4 x4 Z- t9 v! O) ~; l( Q" zJapanese adjusted defense: 1 ! Z ?+ n, `8 w' B z
6 g0 A5 H! {' `. F5 sAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 " @* I( X9 g$ U b* Y; |( X
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Combat modifiers& f5 N; G. |6 d1 J
Defender:
/ C/ X. \# {- L3 _9 V5 s+ O& ZAttacker: shock(+)
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# [1 y9 v) {3 H; U7 fJapanese ground losses:' Z: n/ k5 ~2 F4 z0 m( ?" [
49 casualties reported( N" S" U% @/ L4 c3 Y; n/ D3 [, f
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled c- o. T8 X" a! H
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled7 D2 H+ ~9 q' h b7 L
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
N6 h" q! ^* C+ T4 l$ b. P Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:6 r- v3 F" F. A( }; O: D
18th British Division X0 C0 _( K+ z- Q* y! I/ U" h y
31st Armoured Division
: U) x/ E; r5 W) X 4th Armoured Brigade4 A/ N% t: i+ P! |
254th Armoured Brigade c# e o; D4 H0 N: z
32nd Army Tank Brigade
1 D6 f5 ?/ `2 G X( l- _, P 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
3 m+ I8 U8 Y) B8 f, L6 T Gardner's Horse Regiment
7 G- x" y6 I5 P5 X0 p5 @3 D+ l 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ n, @7 t0 T; N: |) f) W* T% k
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion$ t/ h0 i1 o* |) K3 o- i5 x
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
: y: e3 P8 h1 d8 r" y/ j4 o/ c 632nd Battalion
; \; e7 F- N' z: v1 F 51st Highland Division
1 F d' A* W) z1 f 49th Aviation Base Force
* l' \# }# R. J+ g. s5 q! f Provisional GMC Grp 3 x2 z! ~/ e& K
1 ML-KNIL Aviation - I) z' z' z9 r% Q9 p* W2 |
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment/ S# v6 p2 @9 w1 l
Sixth US Army: o) @, c9 Z+ i7 T
2nd Medium Regiment: v/ ^' H9 y" G) N2 C5 H$ j; B
XIII US Fighter Cmd
5 M6 E9 U+ o5 R 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ X9 j. z I8 C) U
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment) Q9 O3 g4 _' g
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:; `, Y: C5 X4 h: F; V
51st Air Flotilla /8
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