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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; w( L$ ~0 `6 U7 P9 `/ t3 sNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards0 `# X% W) y% X+ Y- w4 s
& N. Y/ f, h, ]' _* h$ p3 |Japanese Ships& L: e" s k8 ^, G" H: Z$ M' [* w! @
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
4 j2 a% S7 l# b) S: W* ~$ D/ h, Z E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ ~: t# M4 U& \* [
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! p% i) f g4 m; {! m3 w xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 Z/ n+ T& q% s7 z( j; r xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 Z& E- b2 D$ ^+ R l5 s xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 M v/ q+ u! c: P9 }
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Allied Ships
# ~3 V8 J* {& m7 Y DD Halford
$ C/ R1 f+ d' I. n, B DD Halligan
& s: e% Q T& M& Z1 @ DD Hazelwood# T1 J. _& C- `
DD Healy
1 F2 `. }- n% ?6 P, k DD John Henley
9 C! Q0 E _, ~4 F) k) r DD Hickox3 }7 P+ A, [" x0 |" Q
DD Twining
, _! m! D$ b9 A! a DD Uhlmann
% D7 \& r1 Q) W9 R0 ^ DD Wadleigh
( t8 ?5 l2 ~9 T. S) z DD Wadsworth
; n2 `4 _( d2 t$ Y) P2 _ e! k DD Walker
. ?& B! ^! j3 \1 U DD Waller8 \) [% G2 S' O5 g& @5 P
DD Watts
) V) Z( A( {+ y+ `$ n# C, X DD Cushing II
1 Q5 q4 `9 y4 ?# b& ^" ` DD Benham II
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3 p/ @0 t/ v( }5 N6 W( FNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships, N- H. ?4 x; C' B* }2 _
TK Kenwa Maru
$ _+ G+ w5 p2 B TK Okigawa Maru2 K. B i) j( N" Z. c: l
TK Anjo Maru
+ H( U, M( h8 p8 I$ } TK Kotai Maru1 p" d8 X+ k* |" z- }# f
TK Arita Maru; Z C$ z! K4 L7 `6 U# w
TK Amato Maru
6 c2 E0 {$ m. V6 E TK Ryoei Maru
- c# ~9 c' G. S7 B+ u# z TK Eiho Maru3 @6 e- L6 | N; N3 ?; K2 f
SC Ch 43! X8 J* S7 B ?) A& l" {9 R
SC Ch 58/ z* Z5 ~2 e* P/ `" K" a
TK Shiyo Maru; h& W6 O, `# V1 W. j; V8 D
; V2 b0 C2 B0 g( IAllied Ships
# ^$ M! g# {$ I# y/ Z DD Halford+ {) F \1 Y* p* ~8 Q' f
DD Halligan
& x) u9 v; N( d4 g DD Hazelwood
& f7 e9 y, o9 i8 I" P DD Healy# v- C" k2 p2 L& N6 h2 x" U
DD John Henley6 y) ^/ q9 A r4 e2 H
DD Hickox) D) m% e9 _" i& l' p
DD Twining
1 ^- }3 G* n0 z: Q- g8 ~/ X DD Uhlmann
2 c: d9 p1 P4 D( k9 [9 p DD Wadleigh3 F f' A1 N: A8 X1 A8 [0 T
DD Wadsworth- H3 O8 z, w4 T' Z4 T# G9 A
DD Walker5 B6 v, {) ]. ], N/ z5 |8 K
DD Waller
# l! w; y2 w! J7 x DD Watts. R. E' _0 n/ [7 _9 O3 Q6 e
DD Cushing II! M+ B$ [1 {; X" L. j
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
( L1 q! X5 o$ z! {% o+ M/ @# nJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape& N+ l! h) h8 d+ p8 L0 }0 I( T, ~
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat; W! b; H! `! ^% e& M' J4 p
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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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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)0 {# H# d @0 x4 x7 y9 q
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Allied Shock attack( m( g; x* F, d* f
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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" Q5 ?4 `1 L7 x2 yDefending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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0 S# ?8 _0 P, }Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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) O x" H& ] m5 d2 F" Q9 v! K( `7 \, K/ ^Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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. T. M0 u* I/ \; `( `, mCombat modifiers
, c& `5 O+ I& Y1 EDefender:
9 r8 X2 G2 |, u' ]Attacker: shock(+)
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& x: @7 b4 Q0 w$ u0 WJapanese ground losses:; l2 S/ T. K% T6 B) {3 p
49 casualties reported p% L6 X6 `1 V) L5 W$ ]
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) ~2 O* i6 n* e- M0 i
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 e. v: ~4 f9 ~# s& w9 P Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 a* J0 K# e5 c6 [4 j* v
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:; u9 e- d* I h! y
18th British Division( f( G5 M+ k1 a- Q8 D- i! B
31st Armoured Division- s8 _( g# Z% F. ?% U
4th Armoured Brigade- Q7 `) ]; @0 X7 ^5 ?
254th Armoured Brigade
- u" h* F, z& Q3 S. `6 `$ \1 o 32nd Army Tank Brigade1 D( V- Q* F8 E! J, A
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
* o7 ^# I _0 } Gardner's Horse Regiment Z$ K, \7 B/ ~3 v1 U
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ I( d3 ?- Y0 J& \! P& s. O$ d2 i
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion0 [& p" @' r! \8 `- t
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion7 U' M. B# V6 D7 ] J% E. j
632nd Battalion
$ t9 J# X4 R) d" }% q1 A5 b# D 51st Highland Division
/ a* t8 n! w, B; D |. K 49th Aviation Base Force+ ]6 ]$ ?- u4 p1 R9 ~
Provisional GMC Grp 7 ]; g; |* w' F0 k- `8 _5 y' C2 q
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
9 S! V: J8 e' u% c/ C 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
# Y% V/ K8 K+ R7 ~# N) L. Z$ s! H Sixth US Army
: H( A' j0 e! z @2 U0 K2 n 2nd Medium Regiment$ ?% f b' g2 [% y2 p
XIII US Fighter Cmd , @( p$ x: K7 R( `- a4 v6 `, B
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
* C5 `/ m: h2 v+ J, q, t 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment1 j8 D1 `( r" E7 f7 b
428th Coast AA Battalion$ V8 x; V! b; z+ w
7 L' m8 `4 Y& u$ M9 CDefending units:. S4 D7 [# E$ H3 n$ Y: M
51st Air Flotilla /8
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3 f6 c& x, S0 LJapanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |