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。4 V. a& |/ ^& A$ J
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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; V, n9 i6 }7 N! y+ C9 d2 dNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships a9 k& X- W v0 }) e' R
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk& G4 C1 E# a. G; Y' L
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk9 K/ [) @8 n3 _& A$ z% k8 Y; G
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- K. |8 j7 g5 P) k7 O& n xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage# \# C5 n0 O8 _- W
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
@- }9 l- K$ s5 }; p& ^4 {8 a# k xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; t7 S3 o! D# [" N8 c
& g& C C% |) o6 A4 G' oAllied Ships' s2 i- d! @ E
DD Halford
& | d8 R& u1 l; h9 g3 J; p0 c DD Halligan, x, r0 I- I+ X n5 Z: `0 M) d! D
DD Hazelwood. p$ U( }- G4 i
DD Healy1 @' G0 R$ W, s6 `
DD John Henley$ P6 z Y9 [" o6 x
DD Hickox7 A5 q. r) e# Q, I ^, p
DD Twining$ a: ^1 W! t9 R) Y. @
DD Uhlmann" m8 B2 p9 J a5 [9 d) d6 g
DD Wadleigh' |9 M& H7 o7 @
DD Wadsworth
; S& U1 z% j2 q& k0 Q J) | DD Walker
# @) W* B$ ] t1 Z& f/ t( L' k DD Waller3 o" F9 o' L+ c2 ]1 |
DD Watts
& N# x2 ~8 E% ~. k DD Cushing II u5 @" D {2 Q8 k: |- x
DD Benham II, |) p1 j5 w4 M C+ W
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3 Y, X7 x: c% A `* _7 MNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards
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3 M9 W) a% S, j4 QJapanese Ships+ \* v0 {* T, Z1 O: f( n7 M1 ~- ^' J3 C
TK Kenwa Maru @0 H) y9 P' ?; t
TK Okigawa Maru& w- F! E+ v6 b
TK Anjo Maru/ [. u i5 r% z- q
TK Kotai Maru
6 g4 A Y7 |8 `: n* g TK Arita Maru6 K$ a C' I, Y9 I$ L
TK Amato Maru
/ H Q' a8 S( r, Y TK Ryoei Maru' x+ _- {5 ?! n) g0 S* c' @
TK Eiho Maru P% P3 y7 H% C4 [% W
SC Ch 43
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TK Shiyo Maru
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1 W5 F% E0 z$ t2 R sAllied Ships7 r, O5 w, v. Z7 L: @! Q
DD Halford
/ W" h4 ~9 x3 ^1 t, c9 E( p$ l DD Halligan
! p- T; I4 E0 t& [9 Q8 e DD Hazelwood$ d6 f! j. ?3 ~' w7 l: v' e7 ^( H
DD Healy7 p( O/ S2 V2 R4 b; o: x' O
DD John Henley c$ d3 I# X3 Y# v L
DD Hickox, s( E, k4 d% U% w5 \
DD Twining6 a, x! |3 F6 A" _1 F$ i+ B
DD Uhlmann/ ?. k; z" g/ P( L! R1 }
DD Wadleigh ^& b8 s. n$ t
DD Wadsworth1 m% ~5 e9 p; h9 `" ^2 O' A" S
DD Walker
( l3 B% ~# Q# Q! O) t DD Waller- a! D, ~4 g4 E! w
DD Watts4 f. r& }; N$ q
DD Cushing II- R$ u* B8 A# I
DD Benham II
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+ C% r; t; z6 C+ c. @Range increases to 30,000 yards...
' y+ }2 C1 a8 [! lJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
+ E: {; [; r& _/ v$ HJapanese Tanker TF evades combat; F' f8 V, M! J i
! S8 r+ k+ e% j5 y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)
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: J$ l: c; b2 u8 U2 _Allied Shock attack& r$ u' H3 q6 d9 R0 C* ^
/ x; ^' p& p$ P% c5 N* ?Attacking 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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9 R- [! ^- i) v9 C9 e. B1 bAllied adjusted assault: 1957
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
2 Z0 }$ G: ]6 A! E# o7 o$ W 49 casualties reported
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" h7 }3 t+ x) A4 H; O/ S7 x Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled; z& x3 f5 L8 N5 @2 P
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& G C" R' t9 P H% m Units destroyed 1
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& k' Y2 |# C% k! \' NAssaulting units:
% W* ?* [! i! R2 A _+ |9 y R 18th British Division
7 \0 y4 s( H B0 r9 Z 31st Armoured Division i+ w! m# s3 G; e T
4th Armoured Brigade
' k$ E( i6 v& b 254th Armoured Brigade5 W* a7 k5 ]0 y' x" ]
32nd Army Tank Brigade2 x2 T8 n: E" I0 s8 o$ d- ?7 @$ D$ Q
3rd Carabiniers Regiment" O: W0 D2 H# g
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1 g( z v/ k1 T& ^1 J 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
0 n! }7 S) r* L; U* v4 ]* O E! j 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ w) o+ S1 z6 \5 A# Z3 U& a& p5 h 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion2 t W9 m! |9 i8 B+ C1 E; P% x
632nd Battalion6 `4 ^" O) d; h' s" s+ z
51st Highland Division
+ B {6 C. z, A9 y7 A 49th Aviation Base Force# @3 c& B1 ~" v" V& h( ]" M( z& @
Provisional GMC Grp ! \; @# j( G0 I. n q
1 ML-KNIL Aviation - H( w( T- I5 \- e) ^5 r
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment# J* o" f9 P+ M% r! g/ a) r
Sixth US Army
5 Y. g7 O! u3 ?- ^) r9 u 2nd Medium Regiment, h% |4 @7 w$ z+ b1 N3 } S9 g
XIII US Fighter Cmd
( ^& w$ G5 W, Q) E0 } 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment J1 K, x, |' `
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment2 l/ K: e' S$ d+ ~
428th Coast AA Battalion
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$ ~2 c' {- {/ A [Defending units:
. u/ B/ n3 @6 C* Y 51st Air Flotilla /8 H j. i' d1 }# @1 n' O
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |