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。
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards5 \9 G5 ^4 U' K7 s
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Japanese Ships
% t) O3 u7 N% G/ z' E0 r6 R3 }& q E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
, B8 T7 Y: v, n9 _9 [6 S E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
- K; Y& R# A# V" H! U0 k xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 _* b* ^ k) y' a' C' Y0 _, ? xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
. M( G9 j3 o% I# v2 I$ x+ @ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, v" D. S2 V- ]- j7 s d
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: p! e0 M! J4 c6 C& Z0 d4 y" X$ N4 Y
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Allied Ships+ ^) n0 k2 ]3 F5 \$ C
DD Halford F) O6 g6 z* ?
DD Halligan' {; ~. k1 |3 v) t6 M- j; L6 l
DD Hazelwood) J" G# B7 s2 W1 e5 n; [6 K
DD Healy
/ {, D5 z+ O" Y- O( Z6 u0 W: Y8 J5 H DD John Henley- x8 h9 n! r! l& ?
DD Hickox
) F8 m K( ~- t/ P DD Twining
. |( ~( h* r$ C7 S DD Uhlmann
. ~5 y3 G7 F9 d- d' k# G% M& J* H1 y DD Wadleigh. J9 P7 k" ]+ G# C! r# y
DD Wadsworth
7 b( q% ^, X& {. _ DD Walker, ^: C, H" W! |2 I8 e/ V } ~
DD Waller
1 i6 g; F, v% H$ r DD Watts! V* o" }' S* [5 ` m5 b- c, F
DD Cushing II
! G0 W) s V# x7 d4 K" n DD Benham II6 Y- c t" r3 h* ^" e. E! u
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9 i, Q7 j$ z- P- |% rNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards* n- ?# x( n6 a8 V8 _
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Japanese Ships% Z k9 @5 @0 V; l5 Y) x
TK Kenwa Maru
E5 ?5 z& ]2 S5 g. Y* L5 X( }$ u TK Okigawa Maru
" B5 [8 u$ m" Q* V/ w6 z3 L4 I. F TK Anjo Maru
& g7 Y9 _! }! A0 L4 \7 X1 Q TK Kotai Maru0 X& C* N* J9 F U. j( c
TK Arita Maru# u$ ~- ~( Y' S& w/ R8 F
TK Amato Maru
7 u9 L+ x1 s5 A$ m4 R TK Ryoei Maru
. q/ N* V6 e1 g0 m TK Eiho Maru" b# M$ I( m7 [
SC Ch 43
2 w4 v/ v2 Z3 \. V/ O" J SC Ch 58
0 L0 J- a* G' E" h% I& ] TK Shiyo Maru/ q: @' h% @2 \ y
+ @0 q5 ~: {# D5 ]# p2 rAllied Ships
) t0 {' b" z+ T DD Halford
, z2 j. O: o- |+ d DD Halligan1 C8 G6 b* v+ d# q; r5 }
DD Hazelwood
& g9 k/ i$ U# H4 x, o4 k DD Healy: N" S! t' G2 |9 t% e) X
DD John Henley; u6 b( X( }1 E% j( s1 e }2 M
DD Hickox" d* G" ]: X* e0 R- u1 A3 @+ t
DD Twining
8 k4 T; P0 h' q6 I7 c DD Uhlmann
' \) R" ^, W9 M$ `* K+ B9 f DD Wadleigh
3 E# x! L: }& i( O- e; Q% |3 C DD Wadsworth
& a" L0 H0 Y/ ] DD Walker: q- j5 w: A; _/ B
DD Waller- M; z9 H; R) S8 b
DD Watts8 T% E4 d7 l3 C0 {4 G% q" ^
DD Cushing II& W; P+ c9 L) i* D7 `! D
DD Benham II, E% f* w ]. t
! e$ ]; H2 b) ]/ t: CRange increases to 30,000 yards...7 A0 u, x, B% D
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 a/ p# M' B, P4 B' S
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat7 S9 C# E' u |; s- n) _
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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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9 b* d9 Z2 P8 M9 K5 eGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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5 W. g% F" ^; W" wAllied Shock attack5 n- ?. e5 R) d( d5 m" P
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328. ~6 q' b8 g1 b+ c2 A
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Defending 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
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers% i( k8 ]: x$ I5 V; @
Defender:
0 ]8 x! k5 S0 r1 \4 wAttacker: shock(+)7 L" Z1 H, J' V4 ]/ X
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Japanese ground losses:# }& t+ a( U) w3 V
49 casualties reported
2 h7 x2 G3 M% h6 [ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; h5 Q8 s9 |2 h }" p3 J Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ U* b$ ~* x' @2 b- j. o# }1 @ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( ?1 O' R4 x. j/ [* O
Units destroyed 16 N6 E: K3 u, y/ h N8 ?* p
. g- l. n: z w; J3 DAssaulting units:
! E6 }" G; J% @ 18th British Division
! F1 y2 x2 v+ v9 v) Y. {8 A9 H 31st Armoured Division! \3 c/ E/ L2 h
4th Armoured Brigade
P C- Z4 n* C9 U 254th Armoured Brigade6 A% k, T3 Y5 V# w/ D
32nd Army Tank Brigade
Y9 x. o3 l& q# K7 o 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
{. c ~8 B6 b$ c$ x/ k3 @ Gardner's Horse Regiment
% S! R; K5 V# |7 W! M* t 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 y$ @# ^ _7 Q 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
- k; f3 F9 V- y2 l. v* d 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion$ m& v2 ?0 x" t3 o- T
632nd Battalion; g8 U# ^; h' k* p4 O$ _
51st Highland Division
: {) E7 J/ i& F, l" j! |# d! j) { 49th Aviation Base Force: P' c! G/ p* t. Y
Provisional GMC Grp
* \$ {7 W: u; c 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
/ Q- @9 b, z8 s( ^4 b( } M 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
0 l6 u- k4 |- X( \% O Z Sixth US Army
! r Y2 D0 m3 }/ d' m0 J 2nd Medium Regiment
& d! | w4 u* s3 E5 K0 G: ]% j' E XIII US Fighter Cmd 6 B- G. Z' ~6 z
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
/ \/ |2 _; O) {, h& h 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
2 N/ e4 B) u" H6 H. w- f4 x 428th Coast AA Battalion! m- T. ?, F4 }" o3 _) Q' N
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5 {% ^9 }$ h1 f0 O/ q: T) Y 51st Air Flotilla /8
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