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。
3 ]; r$ Q+ @( } H' q5 ~ {$ eAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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2 I$ P4 T3 H% H1 t( [6 u- [8 ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards. G/ e ~$ T7 ` l' ]5 K
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9 q5 {! e& M+ J$ }! S# ? E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk* A+ ]5 Y, `6 Y& |8 E: R A
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
, X$ x8 t# k0 M- u+ p- D xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# Z1 F1 t5 Z6 a4 y xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage3 y: P( e# V4 R7 b4 Q a' u
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 _" C2 M0 f$ Z, r. v; O5 b xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 j! O6 M+ M3 P6 W" ]- o% h# V! }# e
- A# g, w/ i7 _6 mAllied Ships+ u, z: r% i* Q+ _) V( R
DD Halford: b7 Y* V. y4 E0 i( y
DD Halligan: I& d( Q0 B7 U% b6 A; O, Y
DD Hazelwood9 V' c( `/ H2 W" q$ J4 L0 v
DD Healy: N3 W+ x3 l4 E9 P0 v! M N
DD John Henley& j: g' Q1 r; L. G" W) }) U
DD Hickox
' X! E' E# W" L1 z6 U! W DD Twining8 `8 M0 c& T6 ~8 |' _
DD Uhlmann
1 ]- l& R# I' J, q0 t, l1 r DD Wadleigh
5 O% G d, H# l y. _$ I/ Z4 Y DD Wadsworth
) S+ N1 ^$ P9 o! [ DD Walker
( A @$ ], C' \0 O5 d w+ @ x0 b DD Waller0 q$ ], b8 g% R% a
DD Watts( \1 ~2 s/ ]) D- @8 q1 p
DD Cushing II0 i1 E K0 m3 Q O0 Z+ B" z
DD Benham II
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3 r8 g8 ^/ Y/ `% C2 INight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards+ q# Z+ @3 b8 s# i2 s [
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Japanese Ships
; _9 X$ q& w% p$ _1 e TK Kenwa Maru* K' N% t: w1 K
TK Okigawa Maru0 S& ?% J8 f, m1 ^+ P7 j6 K
TK Anjo Maru
% n. r2 b# s2 X: o: Y# j TK Kotai Maru
7 `8 U7 X" T/ t5 g `( T* e1 P TK Arita Maru
) U4 J, [, l. b# ]/ h TK Amato Maru
5 |% n& W: M/ i! c2 ~, {+ v' W TK Ryoei Maru
: \ `9 G5 [0 p8 o0 Q7 U TK Eiho Maru7 K p \1 e8 \
SC Ch 43, S9 v1 K& a" k/ r8 L
SC Ch 58
/ {$ J3 q, e5 V* M TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships* U4 m! r9 V- v# Z" O' @! {( p; l
DD Halford, N' b% j; m5 h, X: {
DD Halligan' K/ @$ Y( O1 J x+ \. t. X" v' ?2 Y
DD Hazelwood
1 ~) c5 n6 \8 Z3 i9 H DD Healy
/ a# O) ]9 R# R# E4 T% O DD John Henley
: O4 Z4 g% x8 e; p1 l DD Hickox
% e1 @( x9 G. o( [5 _' T7 U DD Twining) {- x/ V' D# o- V# Q6 {
DD Uhlmann" H- i: f+ Y' Q. G
DD Wadleigh
; g) R6 J7 q5 g; e2 ~1 x DD Wadsworth* H, }* \* }' h
DD Walker `, E5 m) P) L: h( E
DD Waller
3 M4 \: a5 j( T# x$ w DD Watts
6 T! u9 N, F% G2 d H DD Cushing II
|/ H+ F; A" P) P9 S DD Benham II2 r" a5 O. r7 a
4 L1 N0 m( w+ s' d' |9 g& TRange increases to 30,000 yards...
, m5 Q; L( d* t/ t- i3 K, v$ wJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape' V! _' `6 Z6 z
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat$ R6 u0 s& T! b* h
+ R, R- L$ M; g' F, ]$ v3 X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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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+ z3 g; V g9 M, g2 W uAllied Shock attack
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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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% B' A7 U2 Y5 j3 `Allied adjusted assault: 1957 1 w F. O. @9 s2 o, M
& O- }* X2 ]7 s' }Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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+ X6 r1 j6 J6 K: r* QAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 + E0 }# h5 _' L
! B9 Y2 j& X+ b% SCombat modifiers
" ~3 u, o" L M% YDefender: 4 e, l" z2 b7 n9 m: b$ ]
Attacker: shock(+): S& d4 m2 }- g1 R' D
5 ?8 H; o$ I/ O e# sJapanese ground losses:+ a+ k; V! t! O! m! U
49 casualties reported( Z/ d4 g& z# M0 J1 H
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ h; a2 y3 H7 x6 I
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled4 i$ |% X: A7 W# r
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 u% v/ J9 k, o3 T
Units destroyed 12 ~0 k- l3 U, ?9 b3 `" f& A
: O$ |8 l$ x: }" R9 E" PAssaulting units:$ z% f# Q6 ^" d0 P7 L% J
18th British Division
" |% @* x! d3 j$ b 31st Armoured Division3 _* T) E' W# x
4th Armoured Brigade1 a1 N8 o3 ~1 |( R O
254th Armoured Brigade
- M% b/ Q7 v9 ]2 C$ X8 Z1 A 32nd Army Tank Brigade
8 K2 }5 I( T' [/ ^- _; e 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
. H: }; P7 `7 N+ B7 N, z5 L Gardner's Horse Regiment
4 A( B& p; l9 s3 u 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion- B$ v8 N3 L. H4 v# l
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion3 V+ P3 X% d8 X5 p
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion) m% S/ s$ O- e8 g( Y% a
632nd Battalion* l1 e% H8 x/ h' d
51st Highland Division: X; R" B* P Q$ O# V
49th Aviation Base Force
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1 ML-KNIL Aviation % \! K! W# X* r' q0 P7 {- D! \8 q! ~5 _
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment$ j& g3 ^2 \) { f' H
Sixth US Army8 ?" z4 ]6 U+ l& w8 X8 @ X: o
2nd Medium Regiment
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57th Australian Lt AA Regiment" P: I: l6 s% l5 Q: V; S
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment0 `9 Z# i: @! H' G" I0 f1 C; N
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:3 I3 S6 x" l1 }: }$ e
51st Air Flotilla /8; l) w( j. E: v6 ?. t% r& L4 H: G
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0 Y9 m3 R6 o/ ?5 _; q1 BJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |