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 A: ^- j% Z% \% hAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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2 `; b# S4 T8 v( S. ONight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards' b& I0 {# S+ l0 z3 D$ A% {
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( k+ y- j: J$ ?: Q E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk9 j$ o/ K% e, v- R0 W! V
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk* H- G9 D: q0 I
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, r; W/ G% {2 Z6 A& t) e4 S* W xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 O7 y3 u3 ~9 R1 X& y
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% y4 X# c$ _# \4 }/ Z4 i
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
, b5 @( ]' V0 D( L DD Halford
) T. s, _/ r' K, ~ h- g DD Halligan
5 a$ C/ e: H1 b9 T1 S+ M4 l DD Hazelwood C* N; r/ c1 m0 N, @; L, B ^# N
DD Healy
+ [' K7 O" K. y, r: q5 ~ DD John Henley$ I+ m# I" v# p1 o
DD Hickox
# f- e: t0 ?3 p5 I. l3 a DD Twining$ L8 @& W6 ^8 D+ r
DD Uhlmann
: Z P( H8 \+ f; J7 c B8 Z DD Wadleigh2 c7 j2 b& z6 W% i- q
DD Wadsworth
3 u! s' w7 K6 ^; ` q DD Walker
+ Q* Z& T/ [ L3 q: m8 k+ P& r+ b1 n; r DD Waller/ \8 C' H) R7 T7 b6 F) r# L, b$ `
DD Watts
4 A: _6 @# t' p% r) ] DD Cushing II
4 x* x. q5 w' e( ^( ^ F% m4 ~ DD Benham II) m( \' ~, R% F6 E
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+ ~* m/ q. \1 f" h6 m# M6 k2 @# oNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards0 g9 h5 c# g! _- B
+ h! \3 H" h! q& J: BJapanese Ships
" r' z) }8 |5 P' A8 S* ~ TK Kenwa Maru$ _6 S9 @5 m, p- A( d
TK Okigawa Maru) h4 X, K6 v$ ]2 U; Z: u0 K
TK Anjo Maru
; r) z7 P( O, T" }$ r# S! ^1 ] TK Kotai Maru' x3 U; r* k( q3 R2 t0 \+ a H- {
TK Arita Maru
( O$ ?1 E/ J" G0 z2 A6 t5 C( I: S TK Amato Maru4 x/ f% E2 \: Z3 R. Z
TK Ryoei Maru$ m) s7 j9 w" ]& a( D& h; t
TK Eiho Maru8 i: g: J ]( J$ z1 q y# `
SC Ch 43' Q8 N$ O3 `. s5 Y
SC Ch 586 a% ]- K- M e& v: [
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships
8 k; V% F3 [+ @, b# r) Z( j) I3 }' i DD Halford
) J* n' @2 b% u5 f2 E) r DD Halligan% ~$ A8 e5 n( V: V
DD Hazelwood
' _3 r: D( t6 O; D DD Healy
1 g8 y& d- l, Y1 v. V: q DD John Henley7 {$ l6 n: ?3 k, S7 O6 l5 }! l7 }
DD Hickox
7 U1 _/ V. P+ n DD Twining
9 a; v Y# h/ K) l9 Z DD Uhlmann
) y% y! X. m, d- U$ w DD Wadleigh
2 }$ O& x* S! T( f% S4 O DD Wadsworth' u0 S) p6 J9 z3 c. f }7 c
DD Walker, d* O( k4 J, x* h
DD Waller. G( Z% y1 V7 ~5 B8 e
DD Watts
; j9 l' @1 f) F9 K+ x DD Cushing II& C4 x( j! T9 _) @) u0 Y: m1 _
DD Benham II$ h$ F1 f' J: o, S
) P+ u, P) _: @1 hRange increases to 30,000 yards...2 y' d; n. R A# F* B k I8 _- j
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- k. K8 p$ \+ ~$ {# I, C& r' TJapanese Tanker TF evades combat
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)2 l& ?. e% Y Z7 E
) ?" \3 f4 S0 ^. U* _' u; Z2 mAllied Shock attack
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23288 ^1 B7 F5 |, l0 Z4 Q
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 E+ F' ]5 d' _
" E* G8 w! o1 B7 EAllied adjusted assault: 1957 : J7 C' u+ D3 ]" q' {! U
* X; Z% l6 Z2 r2 DJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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3 r8 B6 E( c3 z! Z7 f4 vCombat modifiers2 t) ~% j8 ?4 S
Defender: 4 ?2 T) X9 ]) V" A$ e8 d! T5 n
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
( ?, @2 w4 W1 _9 j: l. ` 49 casualties reported
; o+ N- R# J: k Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 f. y, J9 Z. f% Q0 n# z/ {0 C
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
; |! B3 r2 C3 t; y; k+ R Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& k5 d% S' z% t6 l- ?. m% x0 l+ d5 s Units destroyed 1
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; [0 ]; v; v- v. N, c4 Y2 MAssaulting units:
: j: K, ^ W- w, Z# Q" s 18th British Division
/ E# I% H4 y# y. ^) A 31st Armoured Division
& _ V( S# D) F0 r6 h 4th Armoured Brigade" E$ F( X# f( d7 M0 G9 g
254th Armoured Brigade6 t$ x, E' o, r c/ [, f
32nd Army Tank Brigade2 U9 ~/ c' l! T/ A' I
3rd Carabiniers Regiment |' |! Z" G- }, A1 l
Gardner's Horse Regiment
, J( \/ g* M; R# T$ e0 m 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 A$ w: f( n- ?4 K `( h
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. g6 a" \8 }( h# ]) h3 f 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 @0 p) s4 {, Y& b, V; |: y
632nd Battalion
$ N" e% A5 l- T& |- z' ]) V 51st Highland Division9 K* c. u* Y0 s& D8 F
49th Aviation Base Force* y) @! L% @, }6 T$ L7 j/ T
Provisional GMC Grp - ?* U" a7 G+ {7 R8 f# K
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 5 Q9 P6 C+ L5 y! F8 X- N! S
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
3 N. Q7 |( ]( H Sixth US Army
+ L; z* n. ]# Z1 W+ ^ 2nd Medium Regiment9 O! D, C9 w3 n
XIII US Fighter Cmd 8 E+ a$ I; ?; K, o3 X" P2 p) u
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
+ X% E# \. c* e. A$ P/ d( ?# g: M: N 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment/ g( t# z! A! t
428th Coast AA Battalion+ T& V& b' Q$ _/ o- z: O' J
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Defending units:2 o S& X- U* y- C4 W
51st Air Flotilla /8& }; ^! Z) c1 `* H2 n
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |