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。 O% S$ L) M& W" \
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 45
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards
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. {0 @/ M# K1 n! IJapanese Ships' v) t) I0 Q1 ~5 \0 ]; { A2 U
E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk5 S$ ], @5 V* d4 N
E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk6 {) y6 o8 K: t& }' v/ v. E, G
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 w& X( ?' Z- f9 _ xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ `6 y# c( P, W, b2 @5 d! r; j2 _( q' \ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 _0 O7 B( T" g. t- f" t3 i xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships9 E% U6 [4 h# I* Q) B: v
DD Halford {! K6 m0 Q* z
DD Halligan
3 J: c# x) S v. \- R$ l* C6 ? DD Hazelwood/ L$ X" F/ w) j' d% z, V% X, I
DD Healy
7 F2 u; b$ Y2 c( D+ f p DD John Henley* H8 ]7 c- |5 h& h* P$ q
DD Hickox5 H% C; v9 y( t i/ O B, ?
DD Twining$ F; U3 t7 C/ a
DD Uhlmann3 _+ m5 p, m* } v. g
DD Wadleigh9 l3 R* Z% [9 d; U# {1 C1 C$ N
DD Wadsworth
0 a3 [7 E- Y4 p8 K4 Y% E5 M* V DD Walker
. B1 c t* U% H* `5 N DD Waller
6 k `* N6 z2 Z% o5 _; P DD Watts( I" w4 R" Q0 @( ^/ i" _2 J
DD Cushing II8 f v2 o1 T0 U- D: W
DD Benham II
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/ f/ e, X3 |5 U" @Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards6 E! ~5 b- d; i/ K% p; G
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Japanese Ships
- w9 t+ u6 w0 b7 M% u' H' |2 ? TK Kenwa Maru2 h- a9 {0 t: A* V9 W0 a- L
TK Okigawa Maru
4 r1 o+ ~# l0 I3 @ TK Anjo Maru: A0 u8 ]* A) @6 ^8 s/ T
TK Kotai Maru! g' u# z) ]5 U4 ^: j
TK Arita Maru1 z* p, X7 E5 }/ p
TK Amato Maru. x8 @% I$ m% F$ o7 u
TK Ryoei Maru
7 P8 g& K5 w x1 C s4 L TK Eiho Maru
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SC Ch 58
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Allied Ships
* d I5 S |( Z. j- ?) x' P6 [ DD Halford
1 Q2 D4 q; L. r( S( \" ` DD Halligan2 b& P! \' W! V6 s( }! S$ }
DD Hazelwood
" q' l- l4 T; w6 M+ \* d DD Healy" ?4 k! i; O" L* R. z' R
DD John Henley
/ I7 U; N8 |" h DD Hickox6 Y# v/ O! L6 L% A: o& I
DD Twining2 V2 q: y" n- r' T P+ ^1 ]4 Q
DD Uhlmann
/ k# b: v# G$ |/ i: v1 I DD Wadleigh
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DD Walker
3 z g. X/ K2 U I O5 C DD Waller
: q$ R/ ]$ a5 U$ v, E DD Watts
9 Y0 M6 x. {) G2 q& E1 k DD Cushing II( @2 ?. A0 O- _2 t4 z( J ~
DD Benham II
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7 O' P5 F4 `" @" c9 j) h6 BJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 w: R" u1 d4 s7 L- H
Japanese 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。6 ^( W* H' x& X% o* q) F
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, U6 `0 Y0 R, v' c% \4 {Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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Allied Shock attack0 q5 X: w8 ]; ?7 [) D
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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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Allied adjusted assault: 1957 8 {5 [' l# u3 }
; l2 X3 U2 S" V2 b2 g2 @& H1 XJapanese adjusted defense: 1 ( M3 V6 i9 `4 X" \- W2 r- M* x
8 y! J6 k) q: ^# x2 G. h- ]( i" MAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 # w7 B" E) ~5 |/ G
( y' _4 R3 l$ H- @8 J" eCombat modifiers, d) w, b9 h! M% J5 F7 f( W/ F2 H
Defender:
2 v' C6 @3 p# l8 e# t7 {Attacker: shock(+)2 r6 I1 p5 o8 ^! p$ X p/ [- O
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Japanese ground losses:
1 P! \8 ^* i: u. v 49 casualties reported" ~* m: W: l; \$ ]% |' X/ H
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 M: @' X" P# g7 n D; p1 J
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled* Y' P/ O& b0 F2 ~* w2 B" I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 I. R( }# Y5 m* H
Units destroyed 10 D6 \, K* s0 r+ G
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18th British Division
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4th Armoured Brigade! `. |' G! `! W8 m. i1 p; w2 n
254th Armoured Brigade) Q2 b" `7 J% j i
32nd Army Tank Brigade; Y* t, w4 ~/ l. i8 v Y
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
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637th Tank Destroyer Battalion- C( K1 S' \: v$ D
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
^2 f8 K ~8 D+ v0 T: o& e! i 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 J! A. d! m2 z r9 n: g8 z 632nd Battalion
, c. s2 k% X/ i 51st Highland Division
8 y# O( w# b5 L! Q 49th Aviation Base Force+ J' `- r/ L, C& t, H; \
Provisional GMC Grp " m i% n0 n- _$ {/ S& Y
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
7 B$ d5 o: H9 ^6 C5 G9 F 4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
/ v- B: i9 o. |7 E! j+ T5 q Sixth US Army
( P* f7 e( F2 T- H 2nd Medium Regiment
: _' h; I( H3 x) m( P, T( n1 Q XIII US Fighter Cmd
% y, U8 W2 I: d$ C5 M" d 57th Australian Lt AA Regiment4 R/ v* \' C' _6 ^- _- V$ C
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
9 F) J: m0 W6 ? 428th Coast AA Battalion
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; n' D0 K! @- ?- K: r+ ^ 51st Air Flotilla /8
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Milne Bay by attrition!!! |