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。
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6 T) ~' W% R5 w) p! _Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards4 X/ O! `2 ]- R# @: H4 D
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Japanese Ships
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E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk, E j8 H! E6 Q2 g
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' T6 I" I! H5 t xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage/ t- F/ u" f* k8 K+ U( P3 n) c
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 Q7 y _) [6 C" F" v; l7 j- z xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) Y( V+ D2 k. C. a
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Allied Ships6 l4 z# y7 z% ?
DD Halford. l7 }5 F! H+ b7 e3 Z
DD Halligan
" u( J( Z$ R" |. p. C+ S DD Hazelwood# g& D9 F) L+ R" y
DD Healy
6 c# q/ j- {5 n+ y+ _6 G% J9 `/ E DD John Henley
/ i9 Y/ y' x6 L. z6 m) S DD Hickox. `3 }! y( g* C
DD Twining3 Y8 \, M0 E4 h9 |" f. b) o
DD Uhlmann
9 W# _" W& g' w; U DD Wadleigh/ h+ g. o! |5 H" x7 {, }/ {# ?
DD Wadsworth8 A7 d6 ?9 s3 c8 t: d$ {
DD Walker
5 O. `, m0 T) r% Y5 u k# S# X DD Waller
) b* o c# D0 \5 T' H3 |+ b DD Watts
7 B2 \& x& k& U8 V0 K. F/ R% r DD Cushing II
; I0 g' u7 d0 x7 s: d* R DD Benham II
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TK Kenwa Maru! d1 c' X. Y7 {) v9 S" y
TK Okigawa Maru
- Y! `0 E d! l5 I TK Anjo Maru
$ o0 y* l+ X1 y0 Y& | TK Kotai Maru
0 ^! F( O$ d [5 p- R* w' H3 {3 D* ~ TK Arita Maru
4 q: T( v. w" F6 V1 E. W# n \ TK Amato Maru4 m2 m. b1 I( D1 U
TK Ryoei Maru4 [' f u3 R* K! _% O: P
TK Eiho Maru
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TK Shiyo Maru% u4 [1 Q+ M) m/ [* O7 V/ F; B
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Allied Ships1 _3 q w) |; d/ q9 w
DD Halford) L9 n& F6 |) W) y' o& D! Y6 b; N
DD Halligan' |4 }/ V# {/ ], w: {+ e
DD Hazelwood
( m" y( ` V: [8 Z DD Healy
5 S9 s, n- L! B3 L- U DD John Henley' D3 F; i \, c/ b
DD Hickox
9 }8 Z& O. O1 V$ v! x5 J DD Twining1 ?3 R, c4 u' p4 |8 L
DD Uhlmann! I. B4 S' S9 U4 m
DD Wadleigh
1 U! J! Q( G3 E$ g, p DD Wadsworth p2 C8 O! m( [( \ J
DD Walker: [: |& Y8 W5 @0 ?$ N. O' n
DD Waller
2 D) m/ |4 j( \1 s1 O DD Watts
' q. _- t4 d; b6 d0 r+ h( v DD Cushing II: k& T8 L, o2 p
DD Benham II
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6 ?3 n8 o9 m: c; N0 [Range increases to 30,000 yards...4 @% q% F; @" F) p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 _4 Y& E4 h( ^4 JJapanese 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。
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack9 |" f: |: f# R2 z+ v
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23285 L- t, S8 I7 [* ^) p. [
& R! _* s2 E5 o) oDefending 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 5 J+ e+ w! L) H
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 * w0 _0 |% M- d$ t. E+ I0 F
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Defender: 7 k5 w2 C& u- E) F, B" ~
Attacker: shock(+)
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7 o0 F" {6 k( j+ c+ hJapanese ground losses:/ e. U" Q; F2 T7 e( ` [; V1 b
49 casualties reported5 L: X& @* n7 ?) v5 l
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 p( V0 A4 T( Q4 i
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled3 k8 S. ?' V) c/ t. x. M
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled C3 A# y1 ~" M' g
Units destroyed 17 g8 Y; z6 a* g! z
4 k( w4 b5 ?# j" V4 v. E) P( pAssaulting units:
5 M, q1 `+ k% s( U- ]6 C# l 18th British Division2 r" u( Y& m' H
31st Armoured Division
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254th Armoured Brigade- K. m* K( m" X1 B- p
32nd Army Tank Brigade
' q% f) z8 T9 F 3rd Carabiniers Regiment! @0 z( J5 G* P7 O! g) a- N6 y& d& K1 K
Gardner's Horse Regiment
7 _- e' i$ m) _) M3 A, \* y/ ] 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
' Y g1 _) {6 _+ N 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion- C6 [$ M0 i$ V" C
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
C( ~5 e- I/ _# e( e! O+ Y 632nd Battalion( v* s% _ ]: T' m3 B. J H$ i
51st Highland Division9 \! i w5 t# |
49th Aviation Base Force
3 g( R9 d% ?5 M$ v Provisional GMC Grp 4 c9 H3 f* d3 S0 D$ g5 }- S
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 0 V1 H% j: j* _3 L
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
c6 L; {9 I9 j Sixth US Army
! D3 _* I3 r0 }& ` 2nd Medium Regiment- q5 Q- J9 B% O
XIII US Fighter Cmd # t8 `% A: H; p! K) @1 Z |! y* I
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
_. U3 E2 a3 E& O 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
) R4 \) B0 E; N; i 428th Coast AA Battalion
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1 M9 o a- R2 |; L7 I* D# g2 ^Defending units:3 l3 Q6 S5 Y* R& Z
51st Air Flotilla /8
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5 _1 i- t# N6 W. V# M; e8 _Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |