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 Yards( G3 Y( n7 Y# I+ B5 W. S6 V
8 p+ f& e _/ S) y: ]$ EJapanese Ships( R; `$ v& Y' k% D; [; m( |. Q+ N
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
( k3 F1 `9 ]5 i2 e. L! i! M E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
( Z: f4 _: J* \; q: ^# N# {8 i xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: y7 _. @, {0 }1 |
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
( p" ` }; q/ f$ T+ B6 _& j xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# B; N6 f5 ~+ B6 \1 e
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' Q8 |, e8 T% R' G9 N# w$ H
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Allied Ships/ w8 p/ \- f1 a; E2 Q, h
DD Halford* V7 O' L# d0 n* w$ [
DD Halligan
; Z2 B0 L( J4 ? DD Hazelwood
1 x- k' a) F2 _6 [ DD Healy0 }0 p. U4 R- t. m& R+ ~# X% p
DD John Henley
- J' K+ p# X/ |6 U% K; \8 A DD Hickox5 O5 ~9 @8 r8 w, ^5 T
DD Twining/ H2 X5 Q9 o* `9 o$ f" k- u
DD Uhlmann
8 E9 b. W! M& R' u) V( [ DD Wadleigh
6 L" V5 x: c* \. {# K+ b# f4 K) P DD Wadsworth
$ _5 l! F0 L/ T' e) o* Z DD Walker$ U+ j/ }7 T1 }( d9 H h
DD Waller9 K) j B+ l* a% l0 @ ]
DD Watts
: n5 v4 f/ k5 r& V2 Q DD Cushing II
) E' m, b; m2 W7 ^* V' z& k* @ DD Benham II) O' Q" s3 L7 K) d/ B* ~
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
2 Z- T) d3 u1 j5 G* u8 {9 c" l TK Kenwa Maru
0 }' K* Z! }/ @! J9 W1 ^ TK Okigawa Maru
7 ]' G( G+ s# J. n: u! n) ` TK Anjo Maru
* _" C9 x6 {- D7 C1 |, ~ TK Kotai Maru
' t' d& v; A. z7 v TK Arita Maru+ \/ s3 N! p0 l P$ ?1 q% d
TK Amato Maru
# t/ L4 ~' L, P TK Ryoei Maru4 V" q5 \& f" K; p" k/ E
TK Eiho Maru" e' F% K l' J( g2 E+ k4 Q C
SC Ch 43
1 s! t/ j2 x% @( R" T; w% ?: j SC Ch 58! A) |2 R' h& S; b0 U2 L: S
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships \9 r( }" E: ?2 M( b0 Z* |
DD Halford/ c5 m" o# _' T0 U
DD Halligan
+ k1 d- b0 b: P; I2 k DD Hazelwood
! P- n1 ?* q2 w0 l1 v: P DD Healy2 D9 U+ o6 w% ^* X) G' n- |" Z
DD John Henley
9 _0 d/ W4 a$ k6 y {2 z DD Hickox
/ H% O: u& N) d3 A7 {) a DD Twining( z0 T" ^) _( A6 [
DD Uhlmann
1 _& ~* M8 a0 P" {- u DD Wadleigh
5 E$ R' R" O! X: p3 T) W DD Wadsworth* S* ]5 c% o M
DD Walker4 @& V ] V: C" l4 z( W( J0 c1 R
DD Waller
% @" F: ?+ P: b. Y& Z DD Watts4 T# S/ e! D! b: l' N$ |/ s
DD Cushing II
. O8 n+ s4 P# Z/ ?# s DD Benham II
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* ?% v B5 @/ P9 xRange increases to 30,000 yards...2 z7 k+ ^+ F6 e+ ^9 J: y1 t: ?5 T2 I: O
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape' F9 _( I4 w9 U
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat3 ~' g$ v+ L1 S+ h% |
7 \6 U4 H! @$ a/ G' A9 r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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6 ?* ^0 }3 a8 x$ i/ dGround combat at Darwin (76,124)- b; [& x8 _! w/ B0 b
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Allied Shock attack
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, N+ C; R" U, T3 AAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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4 g% o; w2 l& T7 RDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 d _( f& @5 X4 f7 z5 L9 W* j
9 t F9 \! @: L9 t2 [Allied adjusted assault: 1957 5 U, w4 p4 L$ W# h c" o, t3 u
& t7 B5 R5 w; K3 `) iJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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' C% A. M; V* Z6 R) @Combat modifiers7 r4 |7 H( d5 r6 _
Defender: 7 X$ P; ~ I% i. Y$ t) ^9 K6 T
Attacker: shock(+), L; |! _1 k9 A* L' a% s B
+ a% ]9 m5 Y+ M2 P7 v8 o( Y" q0 JJapanese ground losses:* ~ i3 N1 p7 [ h
49 casualties reported3 H5 R7 y- |& b! M$ M# K5 r9 X8 K# Z- ~
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, r6 G! m" X% S c
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled6 Y4 |7 a9 M( K5 I5 E, P& I5 f
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 v9 v9 t ]+ O- [ Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
2 J9 y: s1 l$ Y2 P+ s& J/ H" J 18th British Division
1 C- Y5 N" }! ]" x* X$ g% P4 l 31st Armoured Division3 q& g, a+ B' @" v" l
4th Armoured Brigade
& j) P# h2 q. [, e. b" a3 T 254th Armoured Brigade
: \# ]* i! a. X, y* Q/ w 32nd Army Tank Brigade1 t( Q+ W. V/ F/ i2 {9 A
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
+ I3 v; J' Z, v$ R Gardner's Horse Regiment
( G. S0 n1 E8 ~ S* e- r: [ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
0 {8 z( R# D9 `. d6 |% s 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
b$ ~6 ]2 _* U0 L. m 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. S6 n; _# z- u/ u; }. S, R 632nd Battalion5 ? ?8 ^; x! F2 K/ k3 I }
51st Highland Division
# S4 w; L7 L- |7 m. M 49th Aviation Base Force* H8 E, d9 F$ k, A$ h
Provisional GMC Grp 6 `9 @* h- f* j
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 3 J( E/ \- w& ]1 l* O7 w( l
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment h, y2 m Y# _" p' C8 ?
Sixth US Army1 z6 u. F# a7 M$ \ u5 H" ~
2nd Medium Regiment
1 ~& G2 A W9 y+ s# ~ XIII US Fighter Cmd 7 V* v5 r/ Z- W: u3 o
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
$ n9 h% R' [3 ~8 a 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
3 x6 X, D P8 e* Q+ M1 @ 428th Coast AA Battalion2 H) U# {3 O/ G: B6 t6 ^/ Y
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Defending units:
2 _5 {! I' z/ L 51st Air Flotilla /8. o1 L9 S& M. D2 ~1 u
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |