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 |3 t% Y2 M! S* n& {
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45' h& E& W# ?5 |- z, M l
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards! l) @2 \: q' e+ j
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1 F+ c# M, q: N. q) @ E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
3 U! B: @+ P* A' K6 { E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
% o# H. u/ ` b" M& k' v xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 i, ]6 Q0 D; x) Z
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage1 Q- s+ S. L( s
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* ~9 U; x- X$ \% B J: O: q/ [ xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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2 `6 _* M: S* b5 `$ YAllied Ships4 C; i7 w2 N3 }
DD Halford
4 F) A$ X# P, }4 v; h" [ DD Halligan0 b9 L# h/ r- \
DD Hazelwood8 `/ p. K9 ^6 j' o
DD Healy1 M/ D" f% m) E
DD John Henley1 k9 a5 L G- H. M4 p- G* T9 A7 |
DD Hickox
+ c6 J/ v p' K7 D* {1 E DD Twining" V5 ^& |4 r8 \. _. _0 n
DD Uhlmann
0 [7 J# ^0 \9 I+ e- H3 F3 b( \: m DD Wadleigh, s" n7 C, x1 i; Q+ i4 l7 \
DD Wadsworth
# F Y7 B {& \ DD Walker
2 v3 @& i/ K s# W DD Waller
2 w7 w* {9 l O# I; \ DD Watts6 H( B" j4 Q+ [
DD Cushing II) t7 o! Z' V3 J6 ^8 V
DD Benham II6 H' w+ w' m( Q. s- p3 k' _
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards5 K K- Q- Z! U5 L! E
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; O. [$ t/ E( B2 q5 x3 f TK Kenwa Maru. b7 L( Y/ `' F6 I$ p" i' u: t
TK Okigawa Maru. w( C) C9 @) O4 t
TK Anjo Maru' x D" f5 O* l, s0 k: {
TK Kotai Maru
3 n0 K1 H/ F Z1 {: Q+ G TK Arita Maru
/ Z! Y% e' a8 @: o# P3 R: X TK Amato Maru
$ Z% [9 |8 C5 R# H/ ^7 A TK Ryoei Maru
# N8 B. ~0 a2 d' @# F TK Eiho Maru
3 l" S8 T4 a$ e: A2 D0 y$ } SC Ch 43
y, s8 ?+ p$ N! v: O$ U( S9 Z/ d SC Ch 58
$ }5 n: Q+ H% p TK Shiyo Maru
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DD Halford I6 p! ~7 n l9 x
DD Halligan
e% S* ?1 n4 l- ?4 s DD Hazelwood- w' v, f+ H1 P- o; F
DD Healy
9 a1 {5 P# I+ k+ \) j DD John Henley% P9 ]/ u$ l- O% ~1 v
DD Hickox$ e! `1 l+ O9 K( W* U
DD Twining
7 L. p: U" K6 L7 m. @; ?" b& ]( M DD Uhlmann3 c$ ~ V( l- h8 \4 b
DD Wadleigh
' {+ J4 T+ I6 a5 Q DD Wadsworth
5 n# ~" M- c; H DD Walker- |+ E9 M$ Q( b# ~( A, t
DD Waller# u- S. a- B1 n" ] K1 r
DD Watts
1 D8 L- ] k" F+ g DD Cushing II
$ U. V$ |2 @ H DD Benham II
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1 c3 T0 S' c! N% ~5 ^$ eRange increases to 30,000 yards...
3 Q% V5 P, d- _: r* G. wJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, |, S) U) C8 J6 vJapanese 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。9 o: }6 D A" G( J2 I: ]0 ?4 g
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)$ M5 ^/ H* w$ r( _" u
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Allied Shock attack
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1 q$ n9 h. a6 H3 M/ ?2 V, rAttacking 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
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 $ J1 ]0 }0 S) G5 ]/ [
' V9 o' g. |! W8 K. G, {" y7 \" iAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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" w; s: w3 Z! Q' y! p, iCombat modifiers
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# e9 B/ U. d# B% M- c" y$ ^Attacker: shock(+)7 x, C/ ^: _$ R
5 P' U8 `. z& g, jJapanese ground losses:& l! }1 o3 {+ v' c j
49 casualties reported0 h- d4 [0 ^% ]+ s9 r
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 e" `1 ^( x Z I
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 @$ y+ o* W0 o5 g- v Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, K/ y4 `: |/ N/ p. {- M# D8 w6 [: ?1 T
Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:4 g/ x2 I2 ^. w& u# Z2 v6 G6 @
18th British Division
2 b% |1 \+ I' c) e* C 31st Armoured Division
& u* D8 v6 ~6 \$ N9 N9 h 4th Armoured Brigade
* N5 q4 `4 }$ e9 X2 N 254th Armoured Brigade
8 L$ Y# k |" x6 C% [0 d2 C 32nd Army Tank Brigade
) E0 j+ W; {, ^: ]9 t& |2 X3 p 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7 x6 e4 d) a1 e' M6 Z" a Gardner's Horse Regiment
" I4 o$ {3 z0 s" v. P0 g& K: a 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ F$ z- b/ N: V8 t
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 o3 g1 H6 X: z# ^- M% q" O3 x( G- b 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion# |# M9 u0 M8 H' g
632nd Battalion0 G- o; q7 L1 |$ @
51st Highland Division# g: ^. ?: V! o s: r$ v# y( S
49th Aviation Base Force
* O' s* G3 m7 S2 b Provisional GMC Grp
^7 h. U, Q; h& @0 [. u 1 ML-KNIL Aviation : V1 l1 M! G; R9 T# F6 g
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment: w- Y0 m. I5 s( y0 n. }6 t
Sixth US Army s+ Q2 `. ^. }
2nd Medium Regiment
+ ^0 b F5 g5 \3 h3 S0 g E XIII US Fighter Cmd
: _' ?; p+ e8 h" R 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ x: O4 _! ?2 x# \: h! V
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment+ `" C, p- X1 t) f/ l9 Y
428th Coast AA Battalion
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3 H0 X) y% [2 [0 {( S( Z 51st Air Flotilla /89 T* n# q( m1 `7 j( v- b" @
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |