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。
9 l9 p% n+ Y8 bAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards# q. V& R3 j3 n
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Japanese Ships9 h% q+ ?/ W( b2 [9 ~ W0 e0 q7 v! n
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
3 `" A- g& H9 j3 r K$ c E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk- D l# E" E- Z; }: e
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) A0 \- f6 h3 m6 p; N5 x" i
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage. c8 i' K3 v" Z7 L2 u( h3 |
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 x% ?" @! N, O1 z$ l9 ` ^6 f xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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' q: S. q/ g1 \8 j, i* jAllied Ships
$ ~* v5 C, M( | DD Halford
3 j4 S. t' D5 Q; X/ W9 Z DD Halligan- X: R4 F6 v% C$ }1 f
DD Hazelwood) S" {0 a" p) u U; f( Z
DD Healy4 C, G" n) l0 t3 P& C/ S) v/ t1 h
DD John Henley
2 |1 N+ W+ J, ^& Z( J DD Hickox
4 c! l3 Y6 s* P T0 s DD Twining
& A5 B; w5 y J( T DD Uhlmann
/ q8 v9 K! `! [& i7 e6 I! r DD Wadleigh
, w% ~( v* ]- S! `& s/ P7 _. P DD Wadsworth. P' m2 s' S3 u
DD Walker" j( j$ a& Y; D! t
DD Waller
/ W0 Y; V: f6 B; T# o9 Q DD Watts
9 j7 r$ c8 [5 T6 S T' Y DD Cushing II
& o: T* }2 U6 q' K5 I DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards" i+ v6 h5 [5 V- A7 L6 C! M+ P& d
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Japanese Ships c9 R" d; x. J
TK Kenwa Maru
0 i6 I# [" D3 \' I TK Okigawa Maru1 v7 e9 l5 `/ P0 [
TK Anjo Maru2 k v+ y9 h& T& H- D0 y
TK Kotai Maru
$ y2 z; N; u1 ` TK Arita Maru
8 W. z7 K$ b' O; S9 d/ D TK Amato Maru
( r6 K% {/ m; c- @5 W& z$ d TK Ryoei Maru
8 B0 v. g' O- E5 j; c: F2 Y TK Eiho Maru" ]% h5 }& \' w
SC Ch 43* y8 n' l4 a* B5 k" y- |: p$ T
SC Ch 58; b, g$ |2 @" Z+ ^
TK Shiyo Maru, | j: ^( o5 ?
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Allied Ships
9 Z2 z# s) m- ?4 A$ j5 B DD Halford
. ?6 E$ H' `- @) h0 \/ q DD Halligan7 {1 {' ?" d7 N0 U- P2 @4 H5 T
DD Hazelwood
5 E8 e' b' {$ x5 u U1 y1 S6 M, ~ DD Healy0 N# z4 _2 N1 X/ u* J! O
DD John Henley
4 \5 n% U2 P$ u: W" u9 i DD Hickox
% G+ m% k* m i) {- c5 w8 c DD Twining% C& [5 H+ U6 o9 r2 P
DD Uhlmann$ h# c$ C4 d0 E# _. O9 }' ]
DD Wadleigh) e3 {2 ~9 d) t" o
DD Wadsworth& y6 t; U8 t9 `5 v: b& ?$ g
DD Walker
, ^' l9 f& _: Y8 Z2 Q. j3 L- O" h DD Waller! B8 S, ?; O& L- [" J k+ C
DD Watts
7 B9 m" P; B$ Q7 j2 I DD Cushing II- | g2 A4 D+ A$ E
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
2 }" K% Q7 \9 AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape5 v6 V/ X* y! B+ s! i
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat4 u( u+ S5 h5 F5 W4 p8 v) I
. J4 |" w) i: }* Q. Z3 V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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/ B0 ?! V4 Q. S- E9 B7 MGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) \" T8 ~" E; ]9 G& o
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Allied Shock attack0 ?* W* e! C5 Y- Y' E! g! a% K
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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% B6 R/ e! f& fDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1, O z, ?! |( E: t
0 B' T* Y* t$ j8 }Allied adjusted assault: 1957 0 y/ F$ @0 L/ \- e" b W2 R
# H8 I/ E" d* j- i/ |2 A. m( e- nJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 4 W& ?6 c& I) ^( T' c, ?
3 Y5 [* M x1 n2 }% h5 cCombat modifiers
2 P/ g* J" }: U" n- E: wDefender:
% C+ F6 y+ K* W/ NAttacker: shock(+)
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9 T7 A: X$ z' J/ [6 {) k9 pJapanese ground losses:
6 J; k- d7 _* a7 o 49 casualties reported+ H: I: M/ f( Y! ~: W% |3 V
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
W B1 p% j1 G Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
& i/ d) O1 x# P Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% O" o5 r O) m8 L# o, |7 {. E Units destroyed 1
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; H1 v- a6 l4 C7 e& LAssaulting units:
! V3 V6 f# [: X9 R" |$ \% X3 \" i 18th British Division
3 R0 k, V/ F3 G b: @/ B. A+ K- a# P 31st Armoured Division5 U3 ~. i+ ]% H- \7 |
4th Armoured Brigade$ z/ G2 v* S+ d) {0 M
254th Armoured Brigade/ X% ?# T0 x( D8 H
32nd Army Tank Brigade
| d5 [2 k7 v& Z; }( U* N; p 3rd Carabiniers Regiment' f- q" U0 B, o" @: t
Gardner's Horse Regiment
3 S+ _- V6 F8 o n 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 X5 B+ @% k, y" E$ E 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 U1 ~, {# e+ ^& p- j3 G 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 Z0 Z6 \6 F0 R1 [! H
632nd Battalion
% A% s4 P6 p% b x7 a( Z. V) I( ] 51st Highland Division
# C/ R* \- V* A9 H$ p- N 49th Aviation Base Force
: ?6 x+ A1 A) M3 Q1 \9 X Provisional GMC Grp 8 U& u' [- G' Y( D( l: c3 c
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
7 P& M4 f" C+ K7 ?9 b* n* X+ D9 v 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment, w, g- W! E X, ^" F* y
Sixth US Army0 z) R" z* c9 o8 Z, j0 s1 ?
2nd Medium Regiment
* G1 J, B% j1 G7 W8 i H( R# f XIII US Fighter Cmd
0 B7 I" ~7 ~6 H4 T6 d, v 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment! {. Q9 H4 E6 m$ y7 z* Z
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment& j/ c- _) \2 a+ l) o" C
428th Coast AA Battalion
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51st Air Flotilla /8# A4 y: s5 l" d2 B! ^6 A( P3 o( U
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |