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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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships7 g2 M6 {" h7 x6 K: Z4 J+ z
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk* Z2 u) X4 C. }" Y8 D* T4 K3 b8 u
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
4 x/ K* ~/ C. I xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" ?: C8 h! C. B7 t2 }$ t! u6 X xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage$ q, g; K a. F! `' v) h
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 s7 W( t. _, Z
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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) Z% o Y. L" JAllied Ships _% P5 V3 a9 ~( V& K! j
DD Halford6 r4 j; h8 M* Y% J- f0 e/ f5 i
DD Halligan
3 n4 r) S7 _% s* q" H2 W2 a. p DD Hazelwood$ e$ i9 [. i4 Y, R8 `
DD Healy8 `# B% d. _3 y9 k
DD John Henley; q" ~& N, X- p& B
DD Hickox* Z& l$ [5 W* U' Y% d j
DD Twining
8 t" i. {0 P3 U! r* s* [" p DD Uhlmann
) p( m. [+ b; Z6 F, O1 V7 b DD Wadleigh, X$ q& Z1 T# q# c$ ]/ j
DD Wadsworth! e; E- W: R& W8 @5 j
DD Walker4 |1 D7 ]8 p2 g. N" P: h) z
DD Waller
! j' v4 r9 n! z6 ^0 G3 O# C DD Watts
2 v4 `6 f3 [- u9 y DD Cushing II
% C9 L" \: o$ R* w+ g% A DD Benham II
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1 G5 r& E; q0 l: ?! QNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards( N( B- |: s8 d- z2 e
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Japanese Ships
8 P+ W4 E$ l$ |: {0 d% p TK Kenwa Maru
. X& a& {' w( e. ?- C$ G- @: [ TK Okigawa Maru
6 ]( t- b- H5 @) m/ F TK Anjo Maru) K* u' J' P4 Q
TK Kotai Maru: X- p* O% {- w* B( z1 O
TK Arita Maru
8 d: p% q" f: j, `# R TK Amato Maru
6 l. h3 Q" I( n) q TK Ryoei Maru+ G9 V {& }0 ^/ l, i8 g* G1 v
TK Eiho Maru! U. j7 a! _, Z* B# o) y
SC Ch 43
9 U% d8 Z9 X( j# U+ Q' x SC Ch 58
$ f* x0 a1 Q" ]9 I5 X8 ` TK Shiyo Maru4 M+ n; k# D; p% U0 X
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Allied Ships
4 A& c5 n) R5 [6 y# k( [) Q- O* l DD Halford
* H6 M0 Z/ _9 v8 U5 J( I9 d DD Halligan
; }0 E6 i2 O, k9 q5 O' X f DD Hazelwood$ a0 _/ n9 _1 ?* r4 p
DD Healy: I2 a% J2 ~* U/ [
DD John Henley
6 q$ ]+ s$ a1 Z; S/ e DD Hickox8 [( A7 C) I/ @5 Y' E5 t X
DD Twining
6 T- Q# _& G" h. ~4 n/ P DD Uhlmann( J2 B3 x, |+ W. h$ V
DD Wadleigh
( Y0 z; C) l# z6 z! T DD Wadsworth. O3 \' t$ h0 ]. S: T1 M: n
DD Walker
. N. n$ N: E, a3 X4 g DD Waller
@; I4 `* M- ?* P9 G; X* R DD Watts
/ {' G p8 K7 t DD Cushing II- M4 l. o9 |) X4 f& ]! r
DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...
% x" Q% k4 O1 W- H" eJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape0 O% Q& ^6 F8 ^
Japanese Tanker TF evades combat# m) y% W% ?) |8 ]" l
9 w7 ^0 r# V. a2 E1 g* q1 U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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9 a' x- m0 g' K1 h7 zGround combat at Darwin (76,124)2 I& O) _ u0 u
% S6 ]" H, H8 \) w9 @7 ?, N( hAllied Shock attack* f/ g6 z) @/ s
# e* ?+ O3 M; y, }5 {9 ?9 CAttacking 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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, {, a/ C3 X6 GAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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: B" Q4 e& K) ]8 l. WJapanese adjusted defense: 1 - `6 o: [+ j6 L% h; F
7 ]8 u# y$ X4 o; K8 \' M. A+ p9 ^Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 4 c: u+ N, c2 N9 i* p5 O
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Combat modifiers S. t1 e! J6 N/ V
Defender:
! U |/ R! N4 t' C: l1 a6 NAttacker: shock(+)
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0 _: o3 G5 J( d; z# q2 s* N 49 casualties reported
! T+ U2 t, r" C8 m3 f Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 o' g% ^ f6 H
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled9 U& B0 W9 W+ [* D/ V7 L9 l
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 V' F1 ~8 E, }5 q1 f
Units destroyed 1* [6 R* F( ^( J* K1 f# ]* v
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Assaulting units:
5 k) ]& e' k) ]! `6 ~' o 18th British Division! I& `' x9 E8 Q6 o2 c" A
31st Armoured Division1 Y$ z4 U' X( j) X: _: d/ j7 Q' `( X
4th Armoured Brigade
x6 m. o9 \6 D" D. ?0 z 254th Armoured Brigade
: t4 d$ C! R2 I- e$ j 32nd Army Tank Brigade
. g, |3 f/ W3 L D 3rd Carabiniers Regiment
5 K2 [5 \ c o9 m0 q Gardner's Horse Regiment, i) T! t/ D# l* k( p+ H' o
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion! H5 Z7 g4 U6 Y4 L# }1 A+ A& u4 Y& ]
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion8 ?! u: ]# q/ i9 r3 E) ]
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
# {- a' Z) Z/ k9 k 632nd Battalion
0 ?0 [. f1 i5 e) \2 }1 s8 m 51st Highland Division! I, X& U% y/ k d2 M
49th Aviation Base Force4 F, Y2 P1 U2 O; L+ z
Provisional GMC Grp $ q( t/ p* I/ l1 Z3 Y1 w9 N
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
6 B7 V6 f; M. e' c 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment a; n$ F6 n1 _+ ~) L/ T
Sixth US Army
: \+ o; l$ C+ j9 ` 2nd Medium Regiment
2 k2 L3 {1 m9 J4 `8 \. z XIII US Fighter Cmd
& @$ r0 L7 } q: J; M3 C 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
% C! F( A8 i, c+ h 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment4 m' A8 _" ^( [3 G P3 D5 ]
428th Coast AA Battalion+ u" l" ?) u7 u7 q/ O( i
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Defending units:7 m5 X$ j/ k2 N6 t9 r8 P) v
51st Air Flotilla /8* s* N7 I) j4 g& ]/ d
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |