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。7 V4 ~1 b& L8 J4 }* }+ W
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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9 f5 e$ i1 h8 l* x; @! JNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ z" C8 F0 }( d7 H* u
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
4 d( B* ^- M _, \2 a E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk2 f1 Q a- Y5 j0 D% w8 X7 X1 X. K: w
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 M0 r4 ~" }. m% z& ^+ z xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ y8 T1 T9 \# N* I" i5 u. e xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& @8 U! `' k8 u0 |1 y
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
9 ?4 W1 r$ k# H5 @, |" V; ] DD Halford4 O3 j2 {$ `! i& P/ C/ b9 y
DD Halligan* M5 y5 I2 g% O! [1 g0 S- K
DD Hazelwood8 c: _! r; Y$ c
DD Healy# a, N, Z, k6 q7 B3 g* Y4 }
DD John Henley- s+ F, r% q$ N# q& x( Q! z
DD Hickox
+ L* w4 I( ]$ k4 q DD Twining% Z+ O' X( T2 U. I
DD Uhlmann
9 w7 @' s6 h7 s) o& N# k; Q DD Wadleigh
6 k' I/ R( ]' z) b y' W DD Wadsworth1 b- z8 B7 }( p+ g1 u3 B2 |: w7 L8 c% n
DD Walker8 Z9 [7 v) ]! h2 S0 }' ]7 e* \
DD Waller Z& b J4 B9 C& C/ B
DD Watts
' G& p3 V; E C- o$ Z/ U6 E DD Cushing II, { b2 u H$ g- E, h
DD Benham II2 {; [0 X7 x; [' _1 x, v4 R7 m7 N
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2 A3 f; _; Z% W. c; DNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% x) L6 a# B9 C
TK Kenwa Maru
) c) }' S3 C4 e6 q5 B z TK Okigawa Maru
, H) i1 ?& f8 D H TK Anjo Maru3 O8 u) N) ]7 {- r; \/ B
TK Kotai Maru
/ ^' B" e# p) |( g9 j( n/ h- S* v TK Arita Maru
- _% S9 z0 k7 {, X0 } TK Amato Maru1 w# M. E: B3 z: \1 s
TK Ryoei Maru* @( a+ F$ X6 C& e1 E" s8 r1 d9 a
TK Eiho Maru
6 w3 D0 j& P% [! t& [ SC Ch 43
! {* ]2 O5 j' |+ P) B# y SC Ch 58% s8 R+ |5 M" a! }% J7 x
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships( R) @& l! p# b1 |+ m+ Z, e
DD Halford, h* F4 b! s: j0 R0 x& e( c* h6 `
DD Halligan
9 L ]% P+ A5 B4 s) T DD Hazelwood
( z, y' L# b; q2 x4 z DD Healy
' g! s; p" ~9 ~8 q0 W DD John Henley
+ X3 r& v6 q6 L. [ { DD Hickox' Z- V4 p4 P, p
DD Twining$ D2 `. i: i1 l$ q" W* x8 q y
DD Uhlmann
+ P+ Q z5 [" V" \ DD Wadleigh* d5 X/ L5 v2 c- N' _
DD Wadsworth
8 O8 H. h* Q7 l. H" }2 p DD Walker1 b; I3 O2 R* `' k; G3 n% n
DD Waller: \% q6 l7 u( X& k* {
DD Watts
( J4 D) t1 v- ?! C3 U! c0 J DD Cushing II4 k, I2 H2 N u. u$ t) v
DD Benham II
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0 |( c( m: [) W/ aRange increases to 30,000 yards...1 G$ e7 s% c4 y& h
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ ^) t! p% G9 z( zJapanese 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。2 r3 G4 b' X$ y1 z0 k! _; X" w
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! v% e0 n+ g/ u- Z/ _% K6 s9 TGround combat at Darwin (76,124)7 O' ?9 P4 z0 b& ^/ h
. I7 M2 V. x& j; h9 K% k9 m/ ~- ?Allied Shock attack: h. K5 | e: \% \4 I4 A) _
u8 c; q( k* t9 W6 oAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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/ g" p% s5 ~' HDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 " s* z C: N! g) ?
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 + D+ [+ C8 f8 e
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)1 ~) @- W$ T. m T7 n/ [) ]
# k, \0 l$ t# p) U5 o0 y3 sJapanese ground losses:. p1 P/ E! j9 b. M+ E* E g0 y- t' \
49 casualties reported
# u4 G- i/ ?; H6 q Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 Y8 P. u( s J @& ~4 i* \3 T* B Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled' ~4 ^, ]# h) p! D, Z4 s! m, @
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 x4 U3 }% Y3 E U. b0 g Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
2 \: e) u* Q: l* n; X" b 18th British Division8 a6 }* H$ S) o4 X0 M5 y! n
31st Armoured Division$ d9 A8 m6 Q. A3 p
4th Armoured Brigade0 j; L- d2 Z) J D6 o% t1 D
254th Armoured Brigade
# d; W6 y2 J! w3 ^" _ 32nd Army Tank Brigade3 Y K2 l7 A4 f
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
- Y4 M; o8 ]9 ~$ z6 l% V Gardner's Horse Regiment
+ }5 G1 h5 O0 F0 ?9 t 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion+ G7 L; N& @) E8 l
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
, [( d" O+ P5 I# w" b1 W 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ h4 P/ x5 L" O5 J e 632nd Battalion
8 f" a) f/ D& u; v 51st Highland Division
6 Z8 @7 }# f5 t X( ]3 J; w 49th Aviation Base Force
& a6 Q9 B' y, | o2 r* [. s Provisional GMC Grp
n) |8 a2 v# m8 o% O7 y 1 ML-KNIL Aviation * ` ?' `$ I: o* p* Y
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
, Y8 S/ u0 c* c Sixth US Army; N3 `1 t) y2 \' F, F4 i# t( p( `
2nd Medium Regiment& ^5 }6 d4 E k7 C
XIII US Fighter Cmd
+ N7 h( A9 p" K 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment0 }( O9 O6 G( | P2 N G! W
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
4 O" [% N) u; f 428th Coast AA Battalion" C- D9 m* c) D" V$ n2 y4 L$ v8 d
. V, n7 N5 P$ y1 S, ^. P" m3 zDefending units:
' q! P8 U1 b- m 51st Air Flotilla /83 I# j3 Y1 z* g
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |