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。+ S! W8 r5 S2 A3 G6 R1 ~( e' d+ s
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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9 @1 x6 e2 B# R+ ?6 X. Q5 y5 QNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships0 E; q9 ~7 m' l, R4 H8 e
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
" Y/ ]7 ?% b* e, [1 c# q+ M0 { E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
! W& F8 J( n+ c' s/ Q xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# C T; }8 o% ^3 x$ X, R xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
% H8 N) ?. R7 ?, a, Z0 r1 ~4 H xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 m i% Q7 D6 |+ ~, Y8 R- _ xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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2 B3 B% [( b/ `0 u* v# ~Allied Ships
, b& w$ z7 u. d+ K& t1 P6 Y+ a" j DD Halford
# m5 E6 V' M1 o DD Halligan
$ P* w4 Y- h, p; ]& ^ DD Hazelwood$ K2 n! a7 A* J2 M% v2 r
DD Healy5 W/ `& ?2 L% f
DD John Henley P! M/ ~4 C8 c" S: y* y3 l
DD Hickox
6 ?0 {( F) ]( r9 `; R DD Twining
0 t/ s l. Q* Q1 B+ x- H DD Uhlmann
4 S; ]$ k! j: H" F% L% W- I; O. f) N DD Wadleigh$ w5 r* a: r& p, ?1 F; B6 T
DD Wadsworth
1 F% l. z, I7 Y DD Walker
* ^" h3 `" e; N& ^3 y2 v5 u DD Waller
, O9 w5 i& }" x7 o) V/ i5 J# ]8 f DD Watts1 p: O; D. E- [/ N) G. E( m
DD Cushing II
" Q0 p. ~0 @5 H- n* O DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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0 T- U# S' A& t/ ~( z5 w- LJapanese Ships
& C) C6 w2 y1 H% E6 l8 P TK Kenwa Maru
5 ]. W9 l5 m; T TK Okigawa Maru
( y$ J! l$ y1 J TK Anjo Maru/ I5 F6 J2 z" }1 M
TK Kotai Maru) X0 H- t+ A+ u/ z4 p9 R
TK Arita Maru
; Z* Q, N2 q+ N; t TK Amato Maru& E( U: D& J2 @. B1 c E
TK Ryoei Maru
: s! b1 r1 Z R. q) k+ k TK Eiho Maru
6 s$ b. C4 s) l SC Ch 43
+ ]4 u/ I \9 n z8 [3 v8 H SC Ch 58+ W# @, C3 ~, W2 Z
TK Shiyo Maru% n! X/ E/ `6 T1 A3 w$ V3 u$ s, d; g
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Allied Ships
1 D% H/ `# R$ g1 C! w. o* { DD Halford3 \- x5 [* W& ^4 o& p0 k, c
DD Halligan
- A" i9 {' O1 @3 O: [9 B. ~ DD Hazelwood
% R& O8 E1 w$ b! N DD Healy
2 e) Q; O: h0 a9 S% U DD John Henley/ U& z8 @ n8 h% \' T- `7 i# u0 ]
DD Hickox
* j* _( a) k% ] DD Twining, l$ `0 J c7 J1 G; _
DD Uhlmann
/ y b5 J) A6 j2 B* l DD Wadleigh
( T1 N3 D) O2 u DD Wadsworth
% }4 Q. [, a5 R* T DD Walker5 Q" ]. z8 K6 |0 v6 {
DD Waller9 c2 T& V6 |& T+ Y8 X: R( [; a
DD Watts
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DD Benham II: W r% c+ q. ~+ t1 ] A' d" c: L1 M
9 S y2 k, c5 \4 C, X( XRange increases to 30,000 yards.../ a: i2 p: L$ Y! w: {6 J6 C
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# F( l; P- O% }' X( mJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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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。 @* ~4 c8 ^0 m" k& @) F, ]
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( c( o- ?; U0 [( t6 h2 `Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)- o* u0 I3 m9 Q5 Z" l7 R& g
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328 V' V/ q, C7 n8 F4 e
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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' y. H( m* g( `/ k) {3 x$ q" b; Z; e* rAllied adjusted assault: 1957 - m+ W. K% F3 |% k6 g& p# e
2 Q5 y q8 ~! u; v/ j! p: IJapanese adjusted defense: 1 ! L# B% ^7 O n& {
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 & F8 h3 p! G7 Y9 i/ U7 f# v) B% v
; g/ u" M/ L; a, WCombat modifiers; {' C1 r1 |5 Z! t B6 I
Defender:
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/ L/ A( I8 w3 \6 W0 L. uJapanese ground losses:4 z5 l5 e1 ~2 o! v. L# u
49 casualties reported7 G4 I# I1 e2 U' P2 \5 z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) p. r) P4 K1 c: l. u
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled. I. F+ }3 T4 U5 }; ^8 `" y! R1 r
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- w9 B" q5 i6 y* Z/ |0 @
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
; G2 J' e B0 r4 c7 J6 h# k2 @ 18th British Division
3 }; x8 C) o( P8 q 31st Armoured Division
# J; ?; ~3 ~ l. O% q6 r 4th Armoured Brigade/ r- g9 s9 j! c2 O3 g" ~6 Y3 w' i
254th Armoured Brigade! Q* ~2 w9 F, h. i. n
32nd Army Tank Brigade
- A! Z( R4 g: y$ f0 R/ t' g 3rd Carabiniers Regiment5 l/ P! N. ^) P# t# ?2 y
Gardner's Horse Regiment p8 g5 H! z! G7 o' H( R3 o8 B
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 ?& J* \/ k7 V0 s 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
0 i' _6 s9 o/ a) a2 R 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion, s; p' O- m' E" ^0 ~( p& ]0 F: |
632nd Battalion
& n! H, X; r$ v9 I4 k$ O 51st Highland Division
2 O6 H( D! @ l/ ~! W# I F 49th Aviation Base Force
$ C1 G$ m) `8 T3 H$ w' ? Provisional GMC Grp
* w% Q1 ]' D! V 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 6 u1 N7 X) d/ K
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5 V" n) k) a2 A, T" W Sixth US Army
8 v" B: ^3 o( N: Z) M5 s1 d" g 2nd Medium Regiment
& |; @% p( p' C: k# V/ _3 ` XIII US Fighter Cmd * y9 D4 u% }/ I' T6 E* i
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
, O4 }( t, n1 s5 ^# \+ Z 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
. r- `0 a) o" u* l3 X# s 428th Coast AA Battalion" i+ K0 i; t0 q
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Defending units:
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |