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。8 R4 V* T2 W5 L) q
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45# S- }, |5 F- Y. A
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% @$ Q/ I8 E' r+ P
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk& n2 Q6 |/ l3 M! g5 ~! N
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk3 D& R8 y0 D4 ^* o7 p' A7 S- k
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% F' {) j% t! q
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
\: l* q' n% {# }; {" | xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 b: J# ?, `. a: T! _' K xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. P- ~/ }' ^, F ?5 l- }
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Allied Ships$ w9 e& r6 l3 N+ z/ F
DD Halford S) h' }: C e/ s: _% g
DD Halligan
7 U& ^) d( D: @" w+ `! J- A DD Hazelwood
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DD John Henley
4 e4 w9 i6 ~# ? DD Hickox
, k% h( V5 P' W5 C( T% u# j6 F DD Twining2 W& w; e1 t' [3 r* J. S2 Q8 ]$ D
DD Uhlmann ]" j$ d9 f; x( L/ a- @& P: c" A! [
DD Wadleigh
9 A) z1 P) \5 p8 b3 E+ A DD Wadsworth
8 p |# h# E# u8 o, o) Z% b+ u$ H DD Walker% q+ n3 S% q; @7 j- \
DD Waller/ O5 o# |- C0 j( P+ @
DD Watts
8 N9 C& ?: H( W. r* B8 S DD Cushing II
6 B$ D/ _$ u8 W% p8 }6 `" n DD Benham II, o5 U7 }8 d! {9 P
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards2 D/ ?1 E0 ?1 F% Q" D$ E
0 t, j, u& U( k. l( Y7 rJapanese Ships
5 [ M l/ ]# z! i% R7 u TK Kenwa Maru
! a8 M" v5 v0 ]) M TK Okigawa Maru5 w9 M Y2 ^# I7 t) d! U3 q2 Y! ]
TK Anjo Maru
& q# h- V" ] t/ A- ]! h TK Kotai Maru
6 ~$ x' f2 |7 C8 u! Y! t7 [, _. N TK Arita Maru. a/ B9 F b6 h3 }5 r
TK Amato Maru; I% }7 N% l) W. b; h' }
TK Ryoei Maru
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SC Ch 58
3 e+ ~! D# Z/ I TK Shiyo Maru% h# v7 g3 p0 E4 \9 w" f
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DD Halford
4 P! L& v& d" ]; Z3 g' w DD Halligan1 A! O, @. f+ v7 T6 Y4 o3 h; T# A
DD Hazelwood
0 J+ W* W5 n/ H( P3 `1 ^ DD Healy' |' d0 ?; N, e+ X* `
DD John Henley, a9 |9 @- U7 Q. [- u; }/ P
DD Hickox- D- a' p, S( _+ v% R
DD Twining
! D/ S! W4 ?' [/ g" S( H DD Uhlmann
# T ?; l* r3 m1 Z DD Wadleigh
0 w, o7 Z V. M }; Q# s DD Wadsworth# |! N: z+ _4 X
DD Walker
# q( I _5 \8 z* P8 a, c DD Waller
1 U7 U/ X9 a* U1 V! E DD Watts
, i' ]( a3 j6 A: I4 n! y DD Cushing II
, z. c& g- F: M8 Y3 e8 m DD Benham II/ A- ?7 _$ C9 S) f5 k( i8 U9 l
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...) j! F: b- v6 m8 ^5 [" {4 N9 O( ?
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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. G# n/ U3 i, X e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。" Y& ]. y$ C% f' Q2 J7 |3 N
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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2 P0 R! n8 t Y; tAllied Shock attack( S; y0 t1 K8 z: H" x+ z, D
0 ?2 r, S, L' K0 N* K" \Attacking 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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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ! {3 S- d$ L& i f3 y
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 - x* `8 ~4 s- V0 C
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Defender:
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49 casualties reported- |5 D( x, @7 J: M
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Units destroyed 1
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# R& l4 e0 D/ \: mAssaulting units:$ A7 H4 z4 w4 f2 O! W: x4 c
18th British Division
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4th Armoured Brigade
, q/ }( q3 y2 m ^: u9 y 254th Armoured Brigade; x5 p7 p8 k) v+ }; |0 ]
32nd Army Tank Brigade3 Y# d, ~2 |7 O& _% c
3rd Carabiniers Regiment" f& Y @. v) L" i9 f. x
Gardner's Horse Regiment. S* ~. w, ~' e. t) a$ I
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 ^) s+ I8 H4 ~% |- f 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 u: {3 p2 V0 V) R a 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion' X5 H) \( y0 W0 {4 {+ O
632nd Battalion6 B; K2 J& ^1 _6 U6 x# @
51st Highland Division
4 {: ?) x- d8 n. m; q 49th Aviation Base Force+ C/ q$ O9 @) l% I: l+ V4 Y* j
Provisional GMC Grp
7 Z) d/ l3 _1 l4 {% p2 A3 Z 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
6 y3 A- U5 a& @7 n, ~ 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
: f* y* v9 i- A) h; o k% H. D Sixth US Army! f, L p4 ?" N% P, |6 x2 a
2nd Medium Regiment! w+ B9 k' \: E6 B
XIII US Fighter Cmd R. ?/ @, x7 S1 [. M% |" r
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
4 u; M- L2 N6 ~3 z0 V3 n, r ` S 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
" D$ a4 r( q" k' x$ J0 w' }" f1 l 428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:
8 b) J: r# V3 M0 D: |0 R( b$ O 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |