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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, x- }- \+ d5 x9 d1 TNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards! b( E! @2 r: k9 b: e) B D
( o* @6 Y i+ }( V: gJapanese Ships' b: Y8 {, ]6 j. _
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk1 x8 }0 O* Q+ Y" Y' `& W1 l
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk8 \- h, @+ A7 E* y4 d3 W
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 J* a0 L0 {; ?# p xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage% I* x' o" ^7 t# I0 w0 W
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& V- ^0 f. K% _# J7 F4 z& ^
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# G S& ~. e; V7 Y: P
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Allied Ships& E$ J7 E1 j9 v* R [, L( Q9 j0 w
DD Halford$ U, `7 \+ ~1 H: R
DD Halligan
4 O* X, d* W* v/ I DD Hazelwood4 h: ?! v# s! F2 L3 `
DD Healy
3 q* `8 o% [* H( I4 N DD John Henley& L3 p8 d8 D! X& e
DD Hickox
7 \; e4 r. t4 e: @3 P' g DD Twining
8 o; M5 Z4 x& s( o C$ P9 u* m DD Uhlmann5 x7 b1 M3 t+ b# W8 a, k
DD Wadleigh) ~- n9 }& O$ w+ k6 v
DD Wadsworth6 r( ]: U. Y7 ?5 ^7 c5 N
DD Walker
5 m: m$ S( D9 A* s DD Waller
; l+ d1 q. C y/ z( V6 ] DD Watts
: i! }9 o% X& x' B% w) l DD Cushing II
/ C5 k8 l6 n+ U# `& U9 u! q4 r3 n DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards+ u# ]" \. M7 D6 |8 o+ l6 Y3 F
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TK Kenwa Maru( e. a% O% v5 c: ~# `$ I! H7 X
TK Okigawa Maru
' l, x& m: G% }, x5 @' ` TK Anjo Maru
4 p5 A3 J2 w X. e. f' ~& r* j TK Kotai Maru
F/ x- t$ u) B$ L1 e TK Arita Maru7 u( K5 ]# g _; V- e! ]( e- V- k% k
TK Amato Maru
* Y* q' I: o5 i; h0 T- u TK Ryoei Maru+ s& f& P( c# X' W( ~/ P
TK Eiho Maru) z% v- s* j! ?& Y3 @$ V! T- d9 d
SC Ch 43" D5 \" D! L/ G6 p9 t
SC Ch 58
; |! Z! J$ E0 O6 H# p7 l TK Shiyo Maru. f. K3 J6 g+ M0 c0 `2 G
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Allied Ships
: G' j6 d5 ?1 x8 u: D+ I DD Halford
3 i- w+ }- R8 e8 G DD Halligan
- F" w% a4 ~, _' y: \" |0 {# ] DD Hazelwood
: i5 P# o4 m2 x5 |5 `1 q; x$ \, W DD Healy
- j" X& T; c% x4 C( c9 T DD John Henley: x5 e0 |# Q5 \0 K% `: t
DD Hickox
" a9 O: ~& @: P; [9 j2 y; U# n DD Twining* r' W* T1 C# b/ Z
DD Uhlmann$ H4 e" {& x( @) l% W
DD Wadleigh
, x# I" p6 Z o' K$ d6 F DD Wadsworth) |9 B' ]( r# V% J8 J5 g
DD Walker' N: b) x* {+ ^) U% t$ O1 p3 Z1 O
DD Waller
& {, s8 G* F/ s/ |& B, B DD Watts2 }0 G+ K- f! K4 F: R# p+ d
DD Cushing II
2 |; b! w! j5 o Z u" G DD Benham II$ d8 E. \- m4 k9 I2 S
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
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Japanese Tanker TF evades combat/ J" o! {# H, \
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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。( S+ a2 I1 H; I v3 Z
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack8 D4 D; a" r# \" I4 W
, K2 j. ?" Y3 o( J/ k8 s: g' QAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 }$ [7 e/ S( ]* q
6 @* _' F i. o& e {Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ( x. T9 _9 n! u0 }4 Y# f& M
- A2 @7 \; q7 p) k" e& K& iAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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( f; r/ Q/ n; ]2 e* j; T, G! HCombat modifiers' H4 `7 A& ^& f( ^# f* x, T
Defender:
+ z3 s3 c+ e: F* R$ LAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
8 l# Y7 X# |- D: g9 V 49 casualties reported
9 f7 A9 Y$ r- a Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ W) T" L' B& A8 B2 t1 f
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
# q& m3 T5 b. c& D( @* |" P Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' @; h, \) q# w3 z7 ` Units destroyed 17 Y/ t! o5 R5 L% A0 n7 s
9 I. _# b' ^5 `2 x" KAssaulting units:
' _' z& Y, Y+ v1 ]1 q' i& H 18th British Division
% P- ^, W* B+ B8 X 31st Armoured Division
% M |) t U i( |+ [/ b$ U 4th Armoured Brigade) m6 h0 N+ x/ ^( V$ t
254th Armoured Brigade* v y- u+ R6 @! F' \
32nd Army Tank Brigade
1 M5 v; p* z g$ l9 y5 V) e 3rd Carabiniers Regiment) G2 X/ ~9 ~/ T
Gardner's Horse Regiment% D- C$ f) I* O5 J' F$ Y
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
N+ A- x( B/ {8 F$ v1 e 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion5 `; X! X# _4 L9 X8 y; G" b
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion8 S& X4 ~3 T- d+ @# q& Z
632nd Battalion; @7 r+ d$ |8 O$ x7 x; k s) k3 y/ w
51st Highland Division8 ~" V/ }, n1 i! P' l: G
49th Aviation Base Force
# c1 C; v+ N" u) o, M Provisional GMC Grp . M2 F% Q' w# x, J* r$ }" e
1 ML-KNIL Aviation m T1 S+ m2 v3 N
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment2 v# i/ `" ~3 T9 a N
Sixth US Army$ e3 G' J: V: T3 S/ v( l$ m
2nd Medium Regiment
" Y$ M$ |7 z" s4 K8 @% r# S XIII US Fighter Cmd , Y3 M3 |2 B( u: v$ `
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
) N5 q7 |- p9 L: j 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
, Y; c# o F- t/ c 428th Coast AA Battalion
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# p, a" s0 i4 v* UDefending units:1 M/ Y) D$ N7 ^. r9 a0 \
51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |