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。
7 A. j9 o3 T2 UAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 456 @7 s7 t+ F. ~0 z1 I; J
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards* z2 E/ c! F& `3 L
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Japanese Ships
' }- q) G% M+ `. ?" A; _6 m: R; q E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
2 \4 J" U* j: L, @, D E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk; \3 l5 ?7 l" {8 D: B
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# C) Y" z$ H4 U; h/ D W
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage6 S4 v" S* z1 p7 F1 U
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, S5 K+ d* _/ _, r4 K
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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5 H' q7 K! T9 B8 P1 l; ?# \! d kAllied Ships
. M j6 \9 U/ K Y DD Halford ]& H# Q- D9 {3 x5 I
DD Halligan
( M. [+ {: [6 l0 a1 o DD Hazelwood( l/ P" Y( i2 U) A, ~$ o
DD Healy
& {+ I7 M# z2 E5 }6 x# |# z% t DD John Henley5 {" V1 @# J1 j4 u* G# R t
DD Hickox
+ G. B z# m# H( K; ` DD Twining. l; m P; O: j' z/ D1 H. `0 Q' M
DD Uhlmann' i8 X4 N' o" d" S4 q
DD Wadleigh
9 l% h9 y* t" Z3 m DD Wadsworth" T& k i- r3 v0 f) S7 J, a$ L
DD Walker
; x& _1 `& e! h3 Y0 l5 r/ s DD Waller1 V# S+ O8 p5 Z% g. k
DD Watts$ ?% x/ n6 A0 g# o
DD Cushing II/ |- I4 r5 C2 K. f [
DD Benham II
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/ A" O: C' j- NNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
) M3 T$ i; r; _. Q2 k9 [. _) F: ~ TK Kenwa Maru
; D; B) `( b ?0 e2 ~! E TK Okigawa Maru
1 C3 C- ~ P) O0 t+ W2 k TK Anjo Maru I4 @) s- s6 R
TK Kotai Maru5 v" B7 g# w; F+ F; K
TK Arita Maru
5 S6 B0 ` U5 I+ o! I TK Amato Maru3 Y+ Z6 n8 z; C
TK Ryoei Maru
$ \7 i3 G8 v5 q$ ^) W TK Eiho Maru' t" G0 L/ ^ N: U, ~8 W3 O8 Y
SC Ch 436 N. h7 R9 F! ^* T* v* i6 x7 O& A: ^" d
SC Ch 58( T" `0 \; ^4 o* y
TK Shiyo Maru$ g }0 ^" P: A& d1 h) |
! A+ ?& {+ b# M% tAllied Ships
+ l6 `, i/ g" G$ l0 w DD Halford$ n* Z9 Z, R% H$ L
DD Halligan7 K+ l: ] A7 q) K. s- }* d
DD Hazelwood% s' e# B, B% J: o% F1 o, X
DD Healy
+ m! L* _( O* p; F5 h DD John Henley! o$ t9 p9 r! C% s/ V- a
DD Hickox
$ d6 _& Y6 Y, J6 B5 \( Y7 y( L: v DD Twining
; v* ?) z9 V; p' O0 q DD Uhlmann. E+ _; _& T% U
DD Wadleigh
& N0 B8 [5 d% g DD Wadsworth+ e2 u& I# r: y. K
DD Walker- p# S# K8 Y8 m+ ~: X6 F) r4 `
DD Waller
7 }3 y; t/ _: O2 X T/ E! @" | DD Watts% s/ r6 ?0 G0 [: c
DD Cushing II; [8 E: w3 w+ `4 p' K2 S# X
DD Benham II* F3 | _3 ^. ?! g. W
: H8 z3 O% {0 }" b& e. T( W' dRange increases to 30,000 yards...% l2 L8 O3 O3 L1 f% s
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape( b. l: e; P/ i+ T q# ]
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat" y9 j9 G/ e% ]* }2 ~ 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。6 c3 ~" X* b6 s1 B! D
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)8 b- W6 V( Q6 S9 j" T
6 i) {, A) q9 F. Q+ wAllied Shock attack0 \' g0 l% q" Z) _
4 l; G2 q/ S7 i" G3 \1 f$ TAttacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 . ^8 f) E- c1 Q7 y* k
* X4 j% {' @' k7 j! EJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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7 r3 m& m" F4 YAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Defender:
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) x0 }/ y6 V5 r% `7 GJapanese ground losses:' |# q& V5 ]4 [3 z" y5 r
49 casualties reported9 m4 }# l, Q" D$ \6 ]7 }
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ U- A# I; V1 x
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 I/ {* l! v( g8 U% j Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 c' Z: ]6 P5 M0 e" U3 ^ Units destroyed 1. x" K8 x% q! |+ C" E7 @/ I1 W H
. S7 T0 N' k2 ^) }' PAssaulting units:
( v( w+ I" @7 u* ]6 } 18th British Division
/ F# V0 {4 ?4 y& ~, S+ I$ \ 31st Armoured Division
0 h. P7 M' s9 Y& A4 h1 T* d# z, L9 O 4th Armoured Brigade# }' T9 Q9 [1 g; B0 O
254th Armoured Brigade
. E; a& ]& O$ J 32nd Army Tank Brigade
4 }% _3 V) [4 S" N$ N; n 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
: t+ \& ~7 n8 r% {* Y, p# e Gardner's Horse Regiment
! J. b6 H7 L( v; |& B" B3 W 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion3 T ^) ?* w6 x6 @8 G; T
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 s( G5 D- H% ^! b, Y- U0 b 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
. A2 Y. i! y/ L: I0 T# Z 632nd Battalion
* a8 W+ R, h. A( Y/ y; r1 {. ^ 51st Highland Division. S) {1 z# T$ L9 P6 Q& @+ g
49th Aviation Base Force
- _! `* D+ G i- z: C4 ^5 r3 i1 ^ Provisional GMC Grp
6 W2 L% U) a7 m' l 1 ML-KNIL Aviation
" I* r. f& ^( q! l$ `' H4 m. A 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 b: O) r; [7 z1 I/ j# P
Sixth US Army
" ]8 Z" t H6 Z/ b+ c 2nd Medium Regiment+ w0 I. o9 @5 I* ]0 f: s* G1 h
XIII US Fighter Cmd
9 B! ^8 I( E4 d+ ~+ z1 t 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment* K ?' E# O$ t! |& X5 d
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment/ `( E( h* T, V( r/ S+ ?7 u7 O- i
428th Coast AA Battalion
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Defending units:
. X% k6 q$ |" T$ S$ m 51st Air Flotilla /8
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