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。- s, z& C6 K% P& C
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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9 {; w5 h! l( o& t8 ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships0 W& q: j: m" Z6 B' Z$ r6 |
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk0 \8 S! ]* L( } ]
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
1 p& y6 [+ E+ n! ? xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: r& y- H$ s, L0 K3 O/ ^: ]7 ^
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
: `1 W5 V& i2 s6 Q xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* B C1 Z8 _, f( y7 [ xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- A# _* X5 V H4 K5 c2 _
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Allied Ships
& v; |2 I q, H DD Halford
7 `; z% X; `) B/ x( J; H0 `& t* a DD Halligan
" ~( ?: ~8 W) w W, G& z4 N DD Hazelwood$ b5 `6 Q- z$ ]1 _4 ?' I
DD Healy: z* G7 R) c6 o# E8 P0 v
DD John Henley
1 v' ]3 W/ F) `9 z: U, Q, v DD Hickox
3 q$ v( m5 b; V/ U% n8 Z DD Twining# d. i& G; U- i1 D9 p- J6 U4 q/ t# d
DD Uhlmann( p+ v0 O1 x7 h# G1 b% z* I
DD Wadleigh6 p9 \- [, r+ E
DD Wadsworth6 f4 H4 I! g& C$ E4 w/ d
DD Walker- k% F$ q; @8 \: }
DD Waller3 y' ?, B6 F9 P. S! ]% q
DD Watts
; B4 o R7 W" o& n DD Cushing II3 `3 u- m, b2 X W6 ?" |
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards; a% z ?/ o: j
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Japanese Ships# o( M1 ^2 O3 D* {* C
TK Kenwa Maru
) Y9 I4 W) n. _& t- t' i TK Okigawa Maru1 W, u% B Y+ s# e
TK Anjo Maru
4 ]: i g: h+ r5 W; ? TK Kotai Maru4 }2 Z7 @0 Z, M
TK Arita Maru
: W# v( S7 b# b! U( v1 ^6 Z TK Amato Maru
6 B$ n- `* W; e9 U. Q9 P: i TK Ryoei Maru# R( N0 O* O8 R/ j3 y+ D4 r
TK Eiho Maru
3 ?% h6 c& z3 `* |, o5 { SC Ch 430 u% ]' z V2 ]$ V7 Z& w$ P
SC Ch 583 G0 f4 M; z8 c1 l3 N
TK Shiyo Maru
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Allied Ships. R0 h9 F6 X3 Q1 a( x
DD Halford
! h. u4 x* N; k# M DD Halligan
: `! }" x& U' O+ N* Z DD Hazelwood
. L7 I1 x0 S$ \# ?$ J" t( p& G DD Healy2 ?. b2 q: ^5 h7 D
DD John Henley
# y, W8 l+ h! o" k% x& a DD Hickox5 r6 w) {+ F( z9 o$ N {: |6 Q! g
DD Twining
+ c! f! y+ K N# ]+ O DD Uhlmann2 G5 b0 v+ j7 c
DD Wadleigh( @) I- M1 \4 Z' p$ W
DD Wadsworth
6 ^' ?0 u3 e* \, F8 h DD Walker" M- n: {. T; Y$ |% u* m
DD Waller$ I8 d3 H* o$ [: ?9 a
DD Watts, {2 l/ s- J% D. D
DD Cushing II. y$ X8 i6 K, |3 S7 I- L
DD Benham II
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' j3 j9 n2 e: y" x) b! SRange increases to 30,000 yards...1 {0 E2 n5 J( y$ j# g' g, L
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
* {2 D5 b0 n- {! f9 J" GJapanese 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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, Z3 `8 E) ~7 ^1 f1 M+ y5 s6 |) PGround combat at Darwin (76,124)) l7 \+ L3 @; \# P0 ~- L
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Allied Shock attack6 C& i0 t- B& C% l1 M
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328/ G+ v0 [2 Z8 N. \8 B8 T X
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1+ c5 Z3 _4 _' G7 n( ]) E! d
+ ]0 t3 |& u$ o- X9 i% S+ U3 w: S/ hAllied adjusted assault: 1957 ; U& K. G. D' ~ a( V$ T) {+ q
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 # o/ a- L: k4 p& k5 C' U+ I9 Y
. J. E5 Y+ J, ^# ~ l: C KAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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9 {' Z4 o) E) |7 ?/ V3 PCombat modifiers
# N7 Z: x4 }, r* I* s: SDefender: ! ]' h5 W( }$ q& u+ ~' Y3 o! U
Attacker: shock(+)! d& F! b6 S- _! r
8 x9 Z4 C8 d$ z. h! l4 c: tJapanese ground losses:
) Q1 M) y0 |6 l- k) J& f 49 casualties reported
9 F* ]4 S4 ~. p( H8 N* J$ U Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled D) N/ T% f% J4 O" R
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:9 D$ i) ]; v* J2 m7 `
18th British Division
1 u9 t2 u5 i- B- ]3 y- c 31st Armoured Division) ^5 S3 T2 @4 Y1 E. J z
4th Armoured Brigade
& N E$ k7 D6 c8 Z [ 254th Armoured Brigade
* X+ Z; K7 \0 y$ C 32nd Army Tank Brigade' B, Z/ n6 e R* K5 C5 M
3rd Carabiniers Regiment! y8 U# G* T& r4 h5 O! K
Gardner's Horse Regiment
* G* g: n( _1 I+ S3 w* a+ a) _/ R8 _ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
& }) r+ |# v! W 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion4 M! l1 Y+ w) S6 H. F
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 m4 G3 s5 I" O w; N4 L 632nd Battalion
# c2 s1 T0 K7 f& H 51st Highland Division/ p7 b& Y* D/ `5 B
49th Aviation Base Force
5 S# y' a6 M6 b, V Provisional GMC Grp ! P; l7 ]; U u$ O2 n* a) o
1 ML-KNIL Aviation % m' Y, p4 X1 v2 V; C5 a: Z' n
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5 J! _6 n: d& m9 q( ?$ A0 F$ c- f Sixth US Army! S* v7 z# q+ ?+ O B2 M
2nd Medium Regiment' `1 X* s M$ m- x) n: h7 O
XIII US Fighter Cmd ; u; T( Z" w) N" X; o7 S4 E
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment" ~$ q1 k9 n" n$ X
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment% w' e4 d R5 u0 H& V# z# }( e
428th Coast AA Battalion" n( J9 G& O @# W
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Defending units:
6 @! g( C; O3 B9 g0 x 51st Air Flotilla /8' U3 H" s# f! X N6 P
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