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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, v' n2 d4 v( _0 k/ F J8 \Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards7 J; F. h+ v( ]* _& I+ `; q
/ Q, W4 ~8 g2 J8 W3 ?Japanese Ships
+ e) H4 ]) N5 `8 `9 N) b E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk2 k/ C7 `$ c( {' `" l2 R/ m' V
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk8 j; L+ D3 I- S4 J' g" V) C" }
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& H2 l0 r1 G$ V5 U+ O2 Q xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage( p3 ~6 |3 H# k. j
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# [$ }4 W/ D7 p: Q xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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9 P" J4 _9 d$ ZAllied Ships @4 U( _. H9 {4 H" D5 \* {
DD Halford
$ c& f' e; _& H5 Q3 K3 W DD Halligan
8 ^0 o$ x, E8 x' `9 y, h DD Hazelwood% q- r5 s1 u/ I
DD Healy
, Q7 x! A6 r# ^3 x/ {! P6 e4 d DD John Henley
0 D5 m% x0 Q: b6 h/ Z/ E9 R9 W DD Hickox
5 g5 }% [2 Z, I4 N% P DD Twining* L" ?0 X$ R" v9 v4 A
DD Uhlmann
. A, R2 U' g1 k DD Wadleigh
! T5 B1 ]2 A1 h5 s5 ] DD Wadsworth
2 R0 a5 |8 f; `( E DD Walker8 W! Q( E. L1 j! K7 ?
DD Waller; v7 X% \5 M! y0 @9 b( J: W9 C. C
DD Watts/ ?$ Z3 W8 S9 {2 p8 R
DD Cushing II$ X0 O9 I5 X/ ]
DD Benham II* Q5 b: Q( y# ]+ f) D- G' u
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
9 K0 [* x8 c$ A8 q0 r- ?" O TK Kenwa Maru
% F9 Q0 O$ ]& u y TK Okigawa Maru/ O. b" K9 o) {; ?4 P" |
TK Anjo Maru
7 K9 c: m, H/ w) J. z; k" S- R TK Kotai Maru
2 j* V7 r' K# T+ h( r- P* H4 ]0 ~6 R TK Arita Maru+ t3 U3 z# A, D6 ?( ^* T+ T
TK Amato Maru
1 x1 M' ^& c1 ?2 ~3 i6 F TK Ryoei Maru
+ D$ t! K4 G$ r9 I% ? TK Eiho Maru
5 M; k5 t( ?2 z8 Y: {/ Z, Q SC Ch 43
* L" r- @4 D/ g5 V P* T SC Ch 58
9 N+ h+ }: R! c6 z5 [0 b9 D/ \ TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford
* c6 D6 x- K4 X2 `( Z$ j/ Y DD Halligan9 s4 \! {1 h$ V% V P) R6 D
DD Hazelwood
% W) N: D+ x6 U1 @+ O6 I DD Healy/ |: a# }( `" b, g" q% K" I. C
DD John Henley0 i5 T# K2 b: U& t5 s2 e O5 t. a+ r
DD Hickox
! _ ~' V6 y4 T DD Twining
% [* @% r( p% g& p! t3 a/ j) _ DD Uhlmann
1 D3 M0 C& i! h DD Wadleigh
0 S, d( ~6 e6 H5 N/ M DD Wadsworth
" q+ U* p, ?" Q0 J9 W4 L DD Walker
6 U0 Y, P$ M+ Z) H, C$ e DD Waller
0 K* [" z. i' d0 ?+ E, }. g- s5 K" B% Q DD Watts
+ v( ^6 K1 ~( i3 \+ _- c' `" I) I DD Cushing II$ T1 ]. Q4 Q6 l! C/ v( ]
DD Benham II
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0 [# W5 Z$ q0 i n( D9 hRange increases to 30,000 yards...9 i- c6 |' k6 f$ p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape y6 [8 ^: t3 J5 b8 e1 s/ m9 A/ r3 f
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat# V/ O- _' W) k1 f% e" B) [& x
* x' B1 F- M% D6 |8 Y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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- f+ o$ }8 q( w& ZGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) F4 F; t. q0 ]( g0 C
' T/ c1 y# o; p4 k9 e! e8 oAllied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23286 T6 f3 }; O8 G- c: T' w- ^
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 @/ z+ a* B. V0 z5 }$ D
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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8 U% O6 h; Z p) ]Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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4 f9 r3 r& G; Y$ [* d4 I! GCombat modifiers! ]5 z' q( }0 e/ S
Defender:
* U1 m) J/ `0 W3 b! @+ |7 A- z- r3 `Attacker: shock(+)# O2 a1 C& b) Z; M* Z
- }" H& p0 B" n* M) Y3 b& TJapanese ground losses:, ?- w; q* k1 L7 ? t
49 casualties reported! H* X/ p+ M) g; O# h8 s7 ]
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 q& i& F! s7 @+ \8 T
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
" E6 }/ w; Q K& h; ?! J' V0 y+ W Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* ~9 B! P6 i! Y0 r }
Units destroyed 1: p; }0 k7 Z& j) |, [5 E; b
2 |6 j/ V8 }, t4 pAssaulting units:) z3 X( D# ]2 x. B- w/ w( d/ A
18th British Division4 ^) w8 _0 H- I0 m3 Z, M' t" {
31st Armoured Division
! `1 Y5 E% Z! L9 B1 D4 Z) ] 4th Armoured Brigade; Z0 L+ ^7 |6 ]
254th Armoured Brigade* H: J: d+ x) ~* x& e+ G `6 i
32nd Army Tank Brigade
, b' K) ~6 ~* [ 3rd Carabiniers Regiment+ D4 P8 k9 l0 S
Gardner's Horse Regiment
, [# ~4 Y- X5 k% @% Z2 r 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion) A& q* h) g% q# T6 y: k
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
/ m- C" y% P& V) S 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion# ]5 G# J+ ^" l# p9 y
632nd Battalion
' p( {, h8 F8 N2 T) u 51st Highland Division
! h9 A2 u! R3 I1 M) i( N 49th Aviation Base Force3 M) E1 ]5 o# Q, n5 a1 k8 l( P
Provisional GMC Grp
- j, g. X/ b; `& C 1 ML-KNIL Aviation ; e# ~! {0 ~# o! q$ B# H
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 e& H$ {' R+ r; m# t- Z* ?) r
Sixth US Army
0 c% A2 G: m1 R* ? 2nd Medium Regiment
+ L3 [0 S& z7 I; I XIII US Fighter Cmd
- ~+ X: B5 x# }+ {6 S | 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment9 I2 l! a2 U1 _- Z( `! Q
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
: q% M* M) j/ g0 N% } 428th Coast AA Battalion% b7 h: C2 V1 }4 L7 Q
2 M$ m, k% [: u/ YDefending units:: s3 `& H8 r' E/ U0 o& l
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |