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。. { D. x9 J8 Q, T. j! [
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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6 |, D" y& Y5 d. x, wNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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I- h! m( X6 E2 n" n E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
: x8 c" i( }& o/ Y0 o; Q" y# v E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
2 ]; r' e, w9 n! i- z xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; { a, p% n% ~- m; b4 ]6 r
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage* o* U! [; |5 K) V+ F
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* v/ |1 V. g8 T( c2 {
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ d$ ?* N- v) U DD Halford% p/ l# J- u* w' z# k$ _
DD Halligan
8 b- y7 X) V8 n! X7 |0 v DD Hazelwood
: P V/ J* h4 l! p6 T4 i DD Healy
+ V- _, G0 c4 Z DD John Henley
5 J- d0 @6 r* M$ U0 D DD Hickox
2 j1 u, P3 t; e" M u DD Twining
4 Y9 }0 ~4 e: b$ D DD Uhlmann# ^+ f* ]1 G+ A
DD Wadleigh
/ F! h c! e: D! d' A: Y DD Wadsworth
; U) D) R7 L7 N4 |4 W DD Walker
5 p" @/ p9 Y! i! Z, U DD Waller1 j& u5 C8 H. c" y( N4 O8 r
DD Watts- D9 Y0 |- v, T
DD Cushing II, u# _) o! n9 Z
DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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TK Kenwa Maru
/ b+ L# J4 R B TK Okigawa Maru0 Z8 Z( s6 v$ N! c
TK Anjo Maru" S! \* L' ]( m A9 s
TK Kotai Maru
' @) _ m: N/ c( @# T5 ]* W5 T. D4 i% g; a TK Arita Maru
( d; {; r, M$ I: A0 `7 ` TK Amato Maru
' ~+ W' S3 h2 G9 |( M TK Ryoei Maru" L) I$ P$ h7 C) B& G, T
TK Eiho Maru/ ?& ?& }( ~, w
SC Ch 43
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: Y" A! \, K9 t. U+ U3 ? TK Shiyo Maru/ a0 F4 s& y* `6 z' R- `( j3 k* v9 }) |
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9 y4 D* d- l9 o1 | DD Halford
8 A* D! A9 f* J& T DD Halligan
; K+ S! N: E, O& @7 {) Q3 y DD Hazelwood
p+ V1 z& V+ X* j0 s& H5 Z6 O DD Healy y% }/ P- Y; V$ ^( ~$ x
DD John Henley
* T0 @+ X8 h& M9 ]" u DD Hickox
$ @. t& N t/ k) c DD Twining
- ^, r! v& F+ d8 O DD Uhlmann
* a! |9 k+ h/ P6 t7 o' n; d" I DD Wadleigh) N7 B# `: h+ D0 M- x$ |
DD Wadsworth9 P/ J; N) x; T, }, H& G
DD Walker
2 I5 T# e! w. Y, `+ { DD Waller
4 A% y* ] j5 ~6 g# y5 y* g3 Z DD Watts$ n& F/ m( d$ x
DD Cushing II! l" a4 o& v7 {3 \# O
DD Benham II, }/ U9 n2 N, r" T+ p
* X/ y: X, J! ~/ P) S o. s; m$ A( URange increases to 30,000 yards...
0 c# w, l: o3 pJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, V/ n. D9 R) u! \0 AJapanese Tanker TF evades combat) v7 x' N1 Y& T& W
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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。& H& u" Y. [" U6 W7 P0 ?/ g. I
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: @( F9 J/ D# @, AGround combat at Darwin (76,124)' W: I' a, X% |/ @8 F: p$ {
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Allied Shock attack
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; }- |3 C" H' {9 j- Q' LAttacking 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! F# U5 | x) K( n4 C) g& [
0 g" K. i: P. I& [Allied adjusted assault: 1957 - G: x' F6 `4 \( P, R
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 0 S5 Q/ s( `- J
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 * C8 ^3 O- x' q: ?
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Combat modifiers
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49 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled0 _( q3 H2 g* s$ H
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( m0 i Y3 @, X, N( T
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:9 O4 L* e1 q, \/ v. W
18th British Division
- O+ Y& ]+ K d" T* p* t/ C 31st Armoured Division, t3 B# J) @! q6 [
4th Armoured Brigade# k: A2 v$ Y# |9 u: L/ \8 ?" |3 F
254th Armoured Brigade8 k$ D6 |7 f6 Q. x o
32nd Army Tank Brigade5 l, D* Z3 p% W
3rd Carabiniers Regiment$ O' N) `4 T/ y, T) W3 [' w# T/ N4 F
Gardner's Horse Regiment
% A6 x2 i( @3 q; p7 P" ~$ B! C: T% \- _ 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
' u0 c! B+ {, y2 n& Z% |4 K% |: O 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
, L; `& D3 b% B4 B5 g 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion5 H! Y: ~7 L# S3 a6 r! P: E
632nd Battalion, t/ F: y2 x! \+ ~5 W& }3 U
51st Highland Division8 c* B5 P3 g1 _& i
49th Aviation Base Force7 a K/ ~+ e5 W1 {0 l' m/ O% ]
Provisional GMC Grp $ |. `4 H1 N0 E0 @, r0 P) k
1 ML-KNIL Aviation 3 z5 |" ?) ~, ^0 q; W
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
+ L- G5 L+ O+ D; U1 C Sixth US Army
" ^* b" \. J9 {( s8 V 2nd Medium Regiment
, B. e+ W b: f) P2 k" t XIII US Fighter Cmd
! O1 J9 [: B. a 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
6 }" [: o \" O/ X5 f 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
- @2 t3 a. T% j3 T; p 428th Coast AA Battalion6 m6 J" \4 P' t: A4 v$ v$ ^, G
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Defending units:
0 h1 p4 m& J6 x 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |