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 N9 |" ]! ^
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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C0 k ^+ q4 i4 h# S5 d" {Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
7 h( ?! M6 U n& `$ M5 M6 c E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
! [5 e$ Q* g. I | E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk3 I V7 o3 `' @+ w* K' U2 Y
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* m/ ^& o% |' W9 o
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage6 ?' t% h9 z) o" L
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ B/ z, C/ P; F+ i: D1 T( X xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships$ y0 y3 T# R7 y# u. t7 f* r
DD Halford
9 n6 \, ^0 H. F2 q( e. O6 F0 ]% M DD Halligan# `+ [6 I2 ?! K, K4 a
DD Hazelwood9 ^! A! O0 d/ D
DD Healy. {. w7 r+ |+ {& W+ k2 w% s+ m
DD John Henley4 _6 G" C1 T, b+ h
DD Hickox, X) U- [+ @1 `, Y# T
DD Twining
9 q( E8 `1 }$ Q6 w% c0 f DD Uhlmann
: E/ p# V/ W5 `! D' l) Y DD Wadleigh
8 l8 `# U4 ]3 M9 t1 ^ DD Wadsworth/ k# @8 p5 ?- V* r
DD Walker
' E0 G7 y( ]0 o- L DD Waller9 e" Q( N$ @- O7 Q9 Z. T
DD Watts
0 i" _* d. Y9 n( s DD Cushing II
( v2 n: d+ C& j- [5 z @ DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards/ X. S1 O" \2 \$ W. Y# q
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Japanese Ships5 ]4 p! Y# p ~4 Y3 P/ l' z
TK Kenwa Maru% j& o- Y A( g! A( J
TK Okigawa Maru
& R- m/ D5 S$ B) l TK Anjo Maru
% J$ H( C( }/ b TK Kotai Maru" C, w% b' a5 n
TK Arita Maru7 u8 m( }/ W" r Z$ @, Y- @
TK Amato Maru
1 J6 K# @1 h# B/ ] TK Ryoei Maru8 c% ?) k8 w3 j- n1 K2 M2 p! I1 Q+ T
TK Eiho Maru5 T: |# ^3 u/ K
SC Ch 431 p8 h1 y; q) ]& Q
SC Ch 58
9 T- B. B5 Q6 j TK Shiyo Maru n& o2 W+ f# _
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Allied Ships
% \+ ~& n, W1 } DD Halford5 D2 S- Z: p) b, Z8 h
DD Halligan4 M& u$ C5 R7 c0 ?1 }
DD Hazelwood
, L. W D, X3 \0 R9 T DD Healy3 F1 _- i1 Q6 y% C' M
DD John Henley T1 v& s! o% I1 j: _2 h, ^4 _
DD Hickox
) f9 B7 j5 j; j# N) u DD Twining
; z+ Z9 {' G9 s X1 m DD Uhlmann4 W# g# O" y6 f5 A" a
DD Wadleigh h. l& |# i2 G1 r' ^# _0 B1 g' B# u
DD Wadsworth
4 T& W6 G+ R6 ^( _1 H% w DD Walker
: }# }- q9 S4 l& E4 b' f e DD Waller
/ W9 F( X8 H4 L7 Z( o' P* L DD Watts o/ [8 P" u f
DD Cushing II
3 \: o- D" d# _% Z0 `0 v DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
0 d9 e9 |& W# g2 \8 \' \9 ?Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape0 Y) k! j6 d/ a8 m
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat8 W, q- G' z* a; s6 v% n3 H
% N& d3 b' L4 `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。7 s! t- L' H9 l- ~+ [' c/ e: e
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$ q4 q! P/ L$ z: z9 g/ @Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)1 y# b2 b2 |, N* A B% A* i* D
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Allied Shock attack
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$ |# x' ?/ S9 J h( jAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 h% A- w# {- A( V; U b+ }
1 c2 x& d9 S% R) P7 A6 WAllied adjusted assault: 1957 . r- S7 |. U0 f& Q* f0 C5 b
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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3 _3 D* o# U) i- [% eAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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! s* j+ r- Z4 ~1 ~1 E7 mAttacker: shock(+)
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, V+ g7 m% m" k- p/ g) k5 Y) f8 sJapanese ground losses:+ q! g# R0 V6 P" g. c
49 casualties reported
7 G# \+ l9 L" j1 W0 ` Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. R, ]9 R) d' k
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled# h. c' L9 b, H0 H9 J9 O
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:
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+ r/ N1 y% _$ R+ h. ?! y1 [ 31st Armoured Division
0 x! ^! `. i" A: X8 H 4th Armoured Brigade
6 G) ?8 a4 M% o6 K# e 254th Armoured Brigade
G1 \( V0 a2 j7 x, p& F0 g 32nd Army Tank Brigade
0 n9 N; R! i7 A; B& r% Y" H, E 3rd Carabiniers Regiment' H8 K, n3 U# X( e
Gardner's Horse Regiment2 `, g$ m3 _' t! F
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion {% X8 E3 E7 K2 I6 s
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion+ b% P7 @4 ?& m9 R; w$ z1 y( p
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
/ K1 C% q3 [6 P2 d$ i1 b 632nd Battalion
2 Z' Q/ o' ^* F 51st Highland Division
1 p( A! ^7 }; A7 u: o, q3 d: E5 I8 t 49th Aviation Base Force
0 n, }: L3 ]. ]5 C3 @, H Provisional GMC Grp ; |( [! x# M$ q6 o D1 W
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
# |, B# x; w. e' K. H 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment$ I0 t) G4 F0 W) n& M) g2 }/ a0 g; D
Sixth US Army- s; e. K5 p7 y" f
2nd Medium Regiment
7 i! V+ q/ F5 K# R7 B XIII US Fighter Cmd / \* b/ Y* T) v8 S
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment$ h9 r6 j3 v* ]4 O+ p
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
9 t7 M+ _6 N2 F& U! M0 d 428th Coast AA Battalion
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& s6 X/ ^5 w( s; E7 Y" N7 cDefending units:! {7 S( J% Y4 i2 ?) [. n
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |