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。
9 R F! O% r! J8 p/ pAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45; Z, D& |3 Y$ M0 k$ w- x( i/ K
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 F' v' S- p+ ~. \8 g# [* n
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk3 ?5 x- t, A* r9 A6 t
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
9 Z( Z% l" j: c+ K4 v( T2 J+ l xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" Z$ f% T( x& T% ^% x6 o
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage* I$ R o+ z3 |' y8 s: c4 Y: w
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- ~# g% R% k' Z ?; F xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% t6 i" q' Z# O7 a" V
" Q6 a2 M+ K! u7 V }Allied Ships
+ v8 G/ U5 w8 ?# I9 \; d {3 M" t DD Halford
$ `/ K# n& a# A2 U( g* G) \ DD Halligan( a9 F6 ~+ i6 R" B
DD Hazelwood
0 n" K9 k( r5 G0 B' \; ` L DD Healy
6 j8 y# j% r( ?0 X: m DD John Henley( d1 K% S0 g/ R6 d- M! x' l
DD Hickox
+ Q, u" D0 U3 g DD Twining: e/ x6 G3 m4 w
DD Uhlmann
; X) A# _3 S% [8 [0 p& G DD Wadleigh/ P3 a8 Y% \3 s
DD Wadsworth+ C5 p& _" H9 T4 z- \( F
DD Walker
* u! w. C* B& A DD Waller
; i/ B# F3 F) H9 L3 U DD Watts% ~8 L$ E& X+ T4 Y5 |8 O
DD Cushing II. p o$ _- G* x* ?7 @) i8 T
DD Benham II
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! V. T- F. w, @/ FNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards! J. x& X+ g& I! g" _
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Japanese Ships
" ~' z. X. C% G7 A5 y1 U0 \* R TK Kenwa Maru
1 p3 Y- h- f. R# W1 H6 l TK Okigawa Maru. r3 H7 I* c( @3 p" |- I
TK Anjo Maru1 Z E5 c& ]( ?. g5 c: R! |
TK Kotai Maru
7 Y w0 J3 C- ]* a" j4 Y TK Arita Maru
v0 I: W; J( Y% \0 i( o9 o% i' q- b- L TK Amato Maru/ O/ i7 t9 ^& R" \4 y# |3 m
TK Ryoei Maru9 r+ { ^( h/ w$ _ |' F- I2 B
TK Eiho Maru
3 b6 H) d' @- t/ e+ ? SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru0 H& g4 @; _3 r( z( y/ U3 D
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Allied Ships8 v8 m+ k+ Z) Z6 r- w+ G
DD Halford6 p; k5 E3 r. }- C( R; o, g
DD Halligan
- G; T) K! G. P$ w7 U DD Hazelwood' b' ?% A. [+ d* N( j9 \7 Y
DD Healy
# e, W! v, r4 F# a2 K" a3 t3 U6 C DD John Henley
. @" U0 o8 x" j8 X8 v4 v- ~' Y DD Hickox% ?# }& I' i' R$ i: U% x* u# V/ u
DD Twining8 N+ t4 P" x# X |5 i
DD Uhlmann* B! p6 M9 c4 [( ? v
DD Wadleigh" w) |6 ]: ~/ V. p$ b( \0 T
DD Wadsworth
- C9 V6 b' }: @ DD Walker1 J$ S1 s- o9 I' Q
DD Waller# V7 M7 H5 h* W' J) |: X
DD Watts
9 g9 D5 h! G! F3 p8 f% j DD Cushing II! d! l9 ~; V2 S& W% b8 Z, d2 F
DD Benham II1 b$ \+ B" R; E% k" v/ D4 D( e/ p
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...( P8 c8 X" D7 u( i; s- _1 L
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
' j8 A: @$ ~0 ?- M# [5 OJapanese 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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+ x( a& M8 i" D- \9 wGround combat at Darwin (76,124)5 ?" L( ^/ |7 L% a0 X. d
) _ ^* H! O) O, x- l) [. Y! h* rAllied Shock attack3 }4 W4 j) p; ]4 v# s
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 23282 u. r1 F4 K/ p4 ]7 M
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1, G- l5 j' [: d) t. A+ h
% ]5 s! I! @/ [3 yAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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" p1 ^% `! x, { ZAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 3 x) E/ J8 a! t# n$ W0 `
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Combat modifiers
5 U! K, h$ B3 n1 g& N3 VDefender: 4 r' f: M5 h7 Z1 b7 l5 P- b R
Attacker: shock(+)$ j Y2 N5 i+ D& d# J5 s. H
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Japanese ground losses:5 C. l9 P* N+ y4 _
49 casualties reported
1 J% d; {5 A- t Q1 M) o' v/ m6 f- y Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) G+ G& Q! x8 U Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 ~2 p! {: I: y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' K# @2 P0 F5 d Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
' `+ Z% g, k& \9 J! |8 E 18th British Division
2 h1 }% V2 Y8 U: z! M 31st Armoured Division& O8 g. w% x( l; _6 Q9 N; I
4th Armoured Brigade
' ~ g; Q" ~+ v5 l# v 254th Armoured Brigade
$ \4 u( U5 l$ V 32nd Army Tank Brigade
6 Z: H0 v- C0 p8 R5 V1 ~! O 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
- \9 ^+ f+ Q2 s4 m7 i6 e8 b4 m2 w Gardner's Horse Regiment
2 ~1 e" ^) B3 H 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion) q A9 j2 @! g$ {$ r$ U, B& L
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion# Y) C$ Z: v7 H1 X. q
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion* H" y6 X0 w- Q5 p) `3 I
632nd Battalion
% v `, ~: x2 y* i3 v2 L2 U2 l 51st Highland Division
0 s% @3 `6 l; n1 I 49th Aviation Base Force, j" [' ?3 A) `2 w, |, R' m
Provisional GMC Grp
, V+ @9 R3 s7 h. n% ^5 h- W4 d 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
" R3 `& c$ m4 K# P# k 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
! I3 y1 z- {7 v8 M" v: D0 o Sixth US Army
, B. j- h2 t Y' \% \; [5 | 2nd Medium Regiment
6 s8 _, S2 G5 l- G- P8 g XIII US Fighter Cmd + c; @2 a6 M' I( Q8 B
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment7 h$ Q& p9 t; o V9 T* F4 h
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
' c8 n; x: V2 u 428th Coast AA Battalion) S8 E1 J' T% c. ^/ Z
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Defending units:
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |