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。1 w' h6 `1 [! V) j2 T
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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9 H1 |- @. o7 t; tNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards( j' u k9 y: S
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E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
$ l: o) P" {( y2 u( O E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
' ]& I6 @- ]$ d# P xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ T6 q; \7 a4 [( Z xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage5 ?0 b# n4 X5 i S
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& d$ i; C5 I: V6 h5 O. r xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships7 r% s' d' f7 G. l; l1 i& a+ C
DD Halford
. ^! R' }# L/ Z C; o5 U DD Halligan
9 H$ |8 x' g6 \' p# u' L DD Hazelwood4 w6 d6 Z* Y k9 H1 G
DD Healy; {. S) n: s- \% \# f$ n3 L; z7 W
DD John Henley9 Q4 Z5 e( W5 M: n
DD Hickox+ T' X& z) K1 p) f
DD Twining- P- T u) T; s: ]; I o7 a1 D, G
DD Uhlmann" Q1 G6 }4 K6 G2 C
DD Wadleigh
! w% T6 R: O! ^/ t3 b: s DD Wadsworth# A# P/ s5 R7 G# d7 k* s
DD Walker2 h" h3 s" I! C; Q
DD Waller
# E' q; ?% z! v9 b h% ?2 { DD Watts* v# M" Z% k0 K* @" r: u# x
DD Cushing II
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5 e9 C0 [- {% Y2 F5 lNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships2 h4 j4 a) l! T2 v- ?
TK Kenwa Maru$ ?) S& k4 Y E" [) |; B" v
TK Okigawa Maru' d) g0 e4 r. Z1 Z& N' l# G1 V8 e
TK Anjo Maru
" S; K3 K Z* b, I% }" Y6 [, Q7 @ TK Kotai Maru
* ]) X. k$ Z! t& I TK Arita Maru* e, ` f1 J( k5 H
TK Amato Maru
( S- z" w, k7 D. ? TK Ryoei Maru
7 a% Y8 d1 N+ I( D! j& M TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
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- C0 R8 U6 \8 Z/ \Allied Ships
/ S; k6 ]. j! D* s' |5 m& [ DD Halford
% M+ s; v5 q# ^4 ^) k7 g DD Halligan
8 ~# a7 x& l- o" Q. S+ G DD Hazelwood0 v2 J; Q L! L4 m8 B: ~6 B' ]
DD Healy& w: m# P9 j2 k3 V5 e0 U
DD John Henley; z# B4 B( z) @6 M
DD Hickox" U5 a% V5 c G( I' L3 `
DD Twining k8 C K9 S; d3 v
DD Uhlmann
5 o' v% y3 r" b* f DD Wadleigh
2 X2 V$ c, j+ k4 @, ~- J- u* z+ f DD Wadsworth# N. o9 U2 o, v9 @- h- I4 s
DD Walker
/ H" ~2 N, q! r( m4 e. E DD Waller
8 y/ j0 f' h P# |+ F DD Watts
. l1 @# G1 Q1 K" A DD Cushing II6 o6 m7 K" p+ k! V
DD Benham II
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9 z7 d4 p% ?$ B/ f0 n" @Range increases to 30,000 yards...
, f( y7 y" a- J# D3 T' XJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 t1 W/ k9 R8 I8 k: Q9 O. m! uJapanese Tanker TF evades combat- N1 D. U ^1 E! T; W, X5 O/ z
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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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^/ p/ b3 s5 c2 d* ^/ j" rGround combat at Darwin (76,124)
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, k0 C1 A0 b8 n7 }Allied Shock attack
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# A) [0 J9 H9 }Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328( ~3 ?3 \8 s+ e9 A6 c+ |
8 q! e- a, h) D. sDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 H/ n7 g Q% N9 N) x, T- L+ @9 W1 h
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 |( L$ p% l: J* I' X' u# z0 w! w0 ?
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 # B; t4 m3 z# @8 {3 o- |7 e' g( I
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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2 P I( t7 M* K9 `8 }Attacker: shock(+)1 R2 x1 f$ f4 I8 w3 k) S
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Japanese ground losses:6 N2 c, p7 F/ D/ C
49 casualties reported
# R' {1 O. L# P/ N Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, H1 i& Q [$ @$ @6 O Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
% Q d4 a& h5 D- C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. p8 E: K9 V7 M& \3 N% y! g& R% D Units destroyed 19 y" H. Q, p; ~* @+ y9 P2 f Z$ I
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Assaulting units:1 k5 e( Z6 L& H& o+ B
18th British Division, _1 s0 J. W& u/ H2 e" [" O
31st Armoured Division- u3 `3 z$ S% B
4th Armoured Brigade
% S; b) `, m) o2 z. r! _' J 254th Armoured Brigade
' R, F4 A2 u' B 32nd Army Tank Brigade4 |7 w6 k2 H% S4 Z" g$ e& B' u
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
' L9 B* l; S( B n Gardner's Horse Regiment
) O+ V3 z0 u1 @6 m1 j6 v% F/ A 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion S8 D- H( ]4 D
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 _; B* L* c+ s, t/ ~0 s
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
) n; M& q O/ y1 r; H 632nd Battalion9 A; L1 k& M& x" p8 W
51st Highland Division
% p' A. { g7 ^) s' H5 e 49th Aviation Base Force
1 a) M: K# m' }$ K4 s! r Provisional GMC Grp $ x: o1 _9 F/ M- N: G4 p4 A- e
1 ML-KNIL Aviation ! D o7 n/ ?7 C! N+ _
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment' B6 T( e& }' a+ c t3 W1 R; ]
Sixth US Army) N/ n$ p; A/ o* `" _
2nd Medium Regiment E6 S* a) b. ?; ?$ h4 y
XIII US Fighter Cmd
5 s7 t& U; f% U' L 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment: P$ |) |' Q! Z
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
. Y, G' X4 |- o9 t, T5 ` 428th Coast AA Battalion
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7 E0 [) h+ `2 k2 c 51st Air Flotilla /8
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. O2 @' f; o& [4 n4 mJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |