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 r9 C$ ?+ V6 ], d9 U( P
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45( [. X$ q g m4 m2 M5 W* u* O
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+ H" X7 j7 Q9 [ e* k0 T! G) l) F) cNight Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
. M5 h \, X- D' R4 i6 h9 W E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk4 Q1 b* L+ X# q! n, Q( j9 Q5 K8 E& T
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk9 ?; f9 C! b% m5 G7 d
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. E4 p% ?1 j! ?* C8 z
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage8 u2 a& t% e/ u4 L3 p7 u
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 O- G* g" S2 ?# P xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 O+ m3 _% T0 k8 `0 p4 f
5 J1 @, \- Z* W! a7 a6 u6 qAllied Ships
3 [/ }5 Y0 l* |/ X" i" T DD Halford; K; c L" t/ b9 f1 P8 c* B1 k
DD Halligan
! O5 p/ i% P- T. z2 e* d3 M) B DD Hazelwood
0 E: `$ D+ y5 \' H& r DD Healy. C& Z( a. `# e/ _8 k9 A
DD John Henley/ [; w- C% B. {5 ?2 @0 Z# m
DD Hickox" f$ K8 v! P, N+ Z$ i4 F8 u+ _7 \
DD Twining; h4 i0 M; C3 k u7 l- d- {
DD Uhlmann
1 ]7 M3 s+ O: [& V$ ?- r. \ DD Wadleigh
+ s7 ~( t# J* N9 }) h DD Wadsworth3 r- z) m) a% }7 p: y8 s6 g) w
DD Walker
/ e+ x+ Z) L- x* z8 R: N DD Waller* }& z \; h& m5 F9 h, k& R
DD Watts
, U6 u a0 E4 G' J$ l) ]1 j' t. H DD Cushing II7 U( y- X3 {% V
DD Benham II# h' M) o% q8 F$ u2 Q1 L/ |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards" ?# q7 p& j. P9 F& v( H! q
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Japanese Ships4 j+ f4 X2 W2 S
TK Kenwa Maru
1 A# w* I. Z) k B1 B# p+ o& Z8 `- U TK Okigawa Maru- ], W0 Y- h/ ^( y
TK Anjo Maru
- K% I: m, g2 y& j9 p& C# _ TK Kotai Maru+ o d1 ~/ J1 {3 f- ?! n, S8 H. E
TK Arita Maru
: ?$ N' u6 Q9 t% H0 }9 O TK Amato Maru
# {* F( V. v9 ]: B. Q9 j TK Ryoei Maru
& [' n$ c9 C# U TK Eiho Maru
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2 k- |/ W! W8 r SC Ch 58
3 G" u! r0 I3 b9 d TK Shiyo Maru" q7 M0 B* }5 r( |6 D) c1 y
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# w8 G5 G( Y$ n* R* r0 X DD Halford
* A7 g* [0 f1 l9 G& Y$ G0 b2 W# ^9 H DD Halligan& ]8 S. i0 V! K
DD Hazelwood
) o J: ?6 f7 Q* P E DD Healy
( J2 q8 x8 x' Y2 n: K, {" J' g$ v DD John Henley0 m. Q2 I' O2 o3 n. r; q
DD Hickox
6 ~1 |5 W& r6 W9 A" a# l5 q# F DD Twining
4 E: R8 m& d7 J& Y1 [, b DD Uhlmann9 J% |3 h, L }0 _4 ^
DD Wadleigh9 U9 u3 }5 D- V2 c* m) O$ y
DD Wadsworth
& \2 }' j! u) b& ]: t9 p- ^ DD Walker) U( O1 Y4 P9 S6 F, C/ N! n
DD Waller
, q4 w8 [2 c1 }/ g! i DD Watts
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DD Benham II
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...( s7 i4 K9 O0 I+ J" @2 H
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 I. B0 ? o# q$ P- T$ XJapanese Tanker TF evades combat" n1 \9 G H& P- J% _: t
/ E; U: C; R t- A2 V! J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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% i" C! Y& f* [% V: Q% y2 f0 XGround combat at Darwin (76,124)8 s5 y# i& `0 {6 P6 O% o6 D
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Allied Shock attack6 O( C8 W% ]5 x
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Attacking force 37207 troops, 699 guns, 1588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2328% B0 I) D. p: W: ^/ S, U: F* X4 }
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Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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2 M. Y3 [ ]4 @# H2 JAllied adjusted assault: 1957 8 l; n8 U# [8 H/ J
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 1957 to 1 $ h! `- ]# r" C3 J
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Combat modifiers0 B& |. _1 y$ ?6 J' X3 {. y( w
Defender:
2 M: V) C, K# m& r) I+ K0 HAttacker: shock(+)6 o( G( p7 [- e( `( o: H
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Japanese ground losses:
: v8 ?# ^& M" g6 H$ U2 e 49 casualties reported" \8 g/ a3 V0 e
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
q$ J, n* U7 }. A1 Y' E( V$ o Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled: j' q5 N' k/ i& \( P' h! g
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% y( E) k3 ^- \
Units destroyed 1
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) L* J. C4 K/ @/ v, EAssaulting units:
6 w) x; \& Z) l: A8 y4 }$ y 18th British Division
$ X- f8 W' D4 J2 ? 31st Armoured Division* X5 Q2 n, o' _) K4 X
4th Armoured Brigade
6 W' ~* U; Q6 c& F3 U 254th Armoured Brigade4 c C/ `0 B* m% y- j) m
32nd Army Tank Brigade
0 S$ ^& V4 V. u" g 3rd Carabiniers Regiment/ u! q) n0 B* U. l) y
Gardner's Horse Regiment; n- A- e- t! T& ^; a& a
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion/ @" U9 u. E* k0 N
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 O8 l& u; V0 P& v 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
& a# [% P8 y$ Q b7 t. d% a 632nd Battalion
$ Z! L- d- g' J2 I: |7 J 51st Highland Division
0 |! ^4 j# | R+ i0 d; a 49th Aviation Base Force( C2 W- x% |% B7 R
Provisional GMC Grp
" x! I8 @1 W! p) b( j 1 ML-KNIL Aviation 1 [3 |1 S3 G5 x. u$ o D) _: h
4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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8 r: g' _) ]7 r6 x 2nd Medium Regiment! V& H5 G9 L$ F# r' P- J6 }
XIII US Fighter Cmd ; d, `2 r" V. |. J3 C. O9 y
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment f# H- m& Q4 m2 `% M
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
- ?3 H8 T" s. w. J" z) a 428th Coast AA Battalion! X# @5 M& c1 a4 h6 y) ^
3 B9 S$ F3 e9 H( e9 H$ oDefending units:8 {3 k. P: G* n: C0 f. D' H7 E( Q
51st Air Flotilla /81 y% S, D5 Y: d# |1 w; |
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |