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。" M9 A7 P1 |8 L6 m% F1 u' g
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 457 a8 S. d( l0 e+ Q: v8 m0 z
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2 j& ?) Q; h* }8 l N, ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
$ {" X$ r9 v, a2 \8 s E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk7 ~" o; P% @( C( v
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk0 U& u1 J1 X8 \/ e
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 i" w. z# ?3 n( ]! {
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage- f! H- L) c, P1 E8 a6 k4 ^0 `
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, {) Y" ]* a/ {! w* i' U5 Z- C% C xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ Z- b& W+ i0 J f/ d
. _2 N2 Z+ W4 {2 {- B- CAllied Ships
# w+ X/ r6 p7 J5 V5 @& l DD Halford
( X/ B6 o: I7 V' V DD Halligan0 T% h- \* d6 e2 d. X. r
DD Hazelwood
6 y/ n5 Y' u1 H Y+ W. ` DD Healy% e$ |" Y% V( o/ C# D' F2 f' P
DD John Henley3 H2 J m( S3 x9 F4 D& w, u. b1 c3 T
DD Hickox
8 ?9 s- L' d( U7 v! ]0 W DD Twining
; X7 t0 T$ T0 q* a2 J DD Uhlmann
`1 ]3 W( {' n" Y$ k DD Wadleigh
; v6 D# Q0 U# R DD Wadsworth& h. g: @3 {; j9 m; S7 L
DD Walker
) z2 B0 Q! O1 S9 B+ \0 F DD Waller8 l( x9 ~2 [4 Z$ @; t
DD Watts! I% K0 f5 K: T5 a4 I2 m
DD Cushing II, C* ~1 x1 O& `! M3 L9 w( O
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
6 L) C1 K$ U1 c. O TK Kenwa Maru. U# V6 ~) p7 ~5 B+ C5 Y" T
TK Okigawa Maru5 q7 O, z' K1 J; n% T3 C! F/ I
TK Anjo Maru
: z" ?# I" U6 q4 S9 K TK Kotai Maru
9 I* C# s" I6 ~- H% W! q TK Arita Maru" i# y" C J/ q5 ~
TK Amato Maru h- a: ]4 S0 O+ z6 D. t
TK Ryoei Maru- Y' J1 ~! \3 B
TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 587 o: F. Q- O6 v( I, {
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships/ A8 R. u" ?# _; V
DD Halford% K" Q; N- ^. W3 z( j$ C! E6 V& {
DD Halligan' r0 r6 S7 h, ^& a4 r2 U8 k. a
DD Hazelwood* P6 r: n# b$ ^: ?% s
DD Healy) \1 R5 @2 |# v4 Z3 ?- {4 g
DD John Henley8 w" ~( G3 T, a" ^
DD Hickox
& f# S: j$ o. T DD Twining
0 H! f5 X9 ]8 W' ^) } DD Uhlmann
( E- v2 l$ W& X; l DD Wadleigh
; D* ^# C/ g L0 p+ r& m DD Wadsworth" R h1 }# p- E$ x9 Q2 F
DD Walker% o) H) d4 T' `
DD Waller# {# s t3 X% n1 N: p) D( J
DD Watts
8 d0 Y; \+ d, D; n' n" O1 ? DD Cushing II
/ J$ T6 E" Q( p( x) d DD Benham II: ~' B3 E) |6 y$ N E1 W: ?
c- S# ?9 a* W- r) z7 {( r! WRange increases to 30,000 yards...* K$ ~- {' c! s/ A( D# x
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 R T1 V8 v; Z$ U0 uJapanese 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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+ m/ l4 B1 z$ f2 AGround combat at Darwin (76,124)5 G3 {# t A* { E2 A$ Z. r
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Allied Shock attack a$ r0 |0 U% I9 C# g
- L# }9 \; }- o$ O5 FAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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7 p. `* ] ]7 TDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 R" h; b5 d- T) e2 S+ M
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
5 L# n: |$ Q+ x: KDefender: " B+ f! n5 F w) O
Attacker: shock(+)( h. ?9 C: Q6 {6 ]
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49 casualties reported! `: l) n+ |; h+ O3 J( g. _( M
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 P) r3 G8 u) t
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled6 O- c, @1 Q: Z. q& }
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 k" X4 x- t( b4 ?9 O& T; {' I Units destroyed 1; E2 |8 t6 I! K V/ o
2 c8 B/ G; ?5 k; IAssaulting units:
* J- ]: m) X4 Y& D 18th British Division
5 n" g" r( M& }" D 31st Armoured Division
. f1 O+ N; N9 m8 R2 w6 B6 | 4th Armoured Brigade
! _" C9 b. X C4 p* i/ Z7 K 254th Armoured Brigade2 V ^& y: F y' }0 k7 v* k
32nd Army Tank Brigade
; {, l1 H) X. `4 q$ @. L 3rd Carabiniers Regiment) y" @9 Q" k) Z& i: Z9 n" l" D
Gardner's Horse Regiment
& c V. h. P' a2 V( W5 R 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion" \7 I( {2 Q6 d% ?. Q
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion" T9 x ?4 ^2 |/ _- ^. H
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
# Q5 W5 ~0 ]* X- ~1 S 632nd Battalion
1 O0 e7 Y! W2 ^( p6 {+ k 51st Highland Division9 R; W$ v9 V0 j! s5 W2 V/ A* M
49th Aviation Base Force
% T* ^' \4 N, ~/ j0 u" B Provisional GMC Grp
# ~7 T; {/ M/ E( {2 s 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
/ G( r5 H. O( Q y( [9 q 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 i# _- {6 L/ n- N* I( ]% d
Sixth US Army
* ]3 @' H, `6 e2 e0 k& V 2nd Medium Regiment9 z& p `) y- S, A# [& B9 B
XIII US Fighter Cmd
; z a& w: U2 Q; O 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment3 s! O: G" \5 q# r" b$ G0 J: D8 N( P
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment' m; z/ G6 O1 X; r! j) e
428th Coast AA Battalion
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) ~* M* r4 `* T/ F; I: QDefending units:2 A; A+ B) Q# y) T
51st Air Flotilla /8
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