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。2 k9 x" E m5 _/ |% x' F
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards: |( _+ a. p$ ^) \
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Japanese Ships1 I6 P$ h) j/ }% v7 `; C0 f
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk) Y3 B2 Y! G `$ z4 O. j. z
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk( ~, {2 a$ H1 O6 z
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 H) `/ p9 ?/ | xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 q8 M5 U. L D; [2 L
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. ~4 C9 m, ^& W$ ~# A; j9 N5 b xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 |7 h5 u# U+ m; W8 O, r
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Allied Ships- i0 [4 E- W7 z! A& a% D
DD Halford$ o& A! j! _: C3 l! T: ]1 m- p4 }! l
DD Halligan" C; |8 X6 m+ F% [3 } N
DD Hazelwood) O. ]' D, d" N3 X# \
DD Healy
0 y, t- T2 H, {: |8 e DD John Henley, g, V/ }+ {, ]. \
DD Hickox+ _ b, d! X2 ^8 E! }
DD Twining
1 o/ m5 m1 C5 I8 F2 D" D1 G0 ~, } DD Uhlmann
- C) d2 ]' F% c! p Q& q DD Wadleigh# y4 z$ K% \' _" W3 [
DD Wadsworth9 y& ?. a/ p9 u6 F* N- P( p( ^
DD Walker! C% Q7 o' e# M0 f$ A
DD Waller" d" B# D' P# i$ s: E
DD Watts+ X5 P. m J2 _/ I# ~7 q4 T4 w8 o
DD Cushing II
4 z- J' Q: B& p, f: T9 s8 u( @ DD Benham II: u% T. G n3 p% n1 b9 `4 P
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- q$ H- k" e/ F) `3 B+ ]9 kNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards7 `/ P* I$ o2 K3 J: e5 y
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Japanese Ships$ ?) K) y; ]: v3 G3 w0 S- k9 {9 N
TK Kenwa Maru+ R/ u) ^+ p1 r% E* R. Z
TK Okigawa Maru
: ]; Z+ F# v, F/ f) \# g TK Anjo Maru
* s& Y2 f# L* Z: Q TK Kotai Maru
3 U; }. |3 i+ X2 Y5 M! t TK Arita Maru
6 |+ D1 K; z' n' Q% B G/ ^# K% Q TK Amato Maru* {6 Q4 a7 w7 p* P
TK Ryoei Maru
4 w0 e. q g. z; H# _: E! ^ TK Eiho Maru
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TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford- s, U' X3 R' Q% T
DD Halligan" l: X5 f' ~6 G" G
DD Hazelwood- J, n( Q* w; ~% c8 _
DD Healy
- T* t. s7 C k0 Z1 A DD John Henley! |# ?/ J! a& s+ W$ ~
DD Hickox
% [0 D/ f0 j4 |- m1 T2 X DD Twining$ _- r1 s: k5 b0 i
DD Uhlmann+ \8 l! w; r2 B, B" \
DD Wadleigh
7 ^2 {# f% V, `, P# a# ^ DD Wadsworth1 |9 A& C: t6 U. O" }' e
DD Walker) u; ^6 h' P! ~
DD Waller: m/ u9 c& Z6 ~1 _
DD Watts5 M4 N, l1 V( V5 K; P( x" T
DD Cushing II* j& Y8 L* ]- V _9 y# z+ k0 n* d
DD Benham II) _0 P- u% t3 p" `$ }5 i. ~
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
7 }" S, j* F1 a" Z0 V9 l" SJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- l+ n& o7 s u. u& |0 `Japanese Tanker TF evades combat
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& W9 R ]0 A+ i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)' e$ V' [. D8 }- Y% @
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Allied Shock attack1 {! l* X. P3 S* M3 a; }1 F
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23286 B8 Z% k9 Y; j
# y. b7 A3 B. j _" }% qDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 {: E; u; |( V U6 x( A9 g
! r) Y) b+ _5 F% r$ g$ c3 X2 KAllied adjusted assault: 1957 8 S- U! u: d- c' [/ h
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ! c- F2 i' j; g( o, x
% s4 v' ?' X3 t: J, d7 [Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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# w2 M# j2 u% T! k4 ^: ]" SJapanese ground losses:
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0 [, q' O4 O+ u( O2 q! L; M" z4 K Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Z+ t- C J1 V' X! j, D
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled. \: u$ l3 f& n7 N$ H+ z \ c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& Y+ Y3 x4 k2 x4 J/ D# K
Units destroyed 1' V8 K/ u+ i, a* g. B; j* x
9 O$ j2 x7 a( ^' KAssaulting units:
1 n% \- ]+ c* U% R/ ^ e& M8 h 18th British Division
; g0 i8 @5 C" i8 u8 i5 s. g. t \ 31st Armoured Division* T0 Q8 [% y+ N
4th Armoured Brigade: E: I/ T% m* t- l' e7 A. V0 {0 z
254th Armoured Brigade ^. v6 |+ u, g3 Y6 A9 C. q. Q4 C
32nd Army Tank Brigade
9 W) e" L3 l, w: ` 3rd Carabiniers Regiment7 n5 t1 T5 y- n4 \( l
Gardner's Horse Regiment
9 _ T" [: ^6 ~4 a: @5 a, r& r4 u 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ E. e4 v, X3 z3 u, B
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 M7 S, y) Z' f1 j7 i, t; C 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
' b) u7 i- V" R) M9 m5 M9 D: h 632nd Battalion& s( J6 G# ^* g+ I) f2 V Q& u$ W; j
51st Highland Division! Q6 z& X- Z5 H' p; W9 ?" j
49th Aviation Base Force! t& M0 A3 L( o3 T0 q
Provisional GMC Grp
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+ G, R& y9 T) U, Q; p 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
) ?- m; ~- A! d3 Z Sixth US Army! B, [ e9 Y. n
2nd Medium Regiment( ~+ f: l/ T$ b# K/ D" O; U- w
XIII US Fighter Cmd
w1 q L8 ^+ U/ g 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ c3 s/ v4 |! Q; z: G
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment# P/ M9 f4 w0 i& I2 ^- ~. t
428th Coast AA Battalion" _7 s' n* u8 Z9 z( y* Q
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Defending units:
9 T4 t, R# ~0 j 51st Air Flotilla /8' ^ I) {0 D5 a3 B9 `/ M
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |