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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( L' u! f3 |3 C* p9 \* @# p4 @Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 10,000 Yards3 W, i1 u2 r5 t+ Q! ]/ c* }
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Japanese Ships
% S) x# J* Y( E# {! p3 n E No.7, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
# z- H1 `( A5 d! |/ D3 X% {5 X- a E No.19, Shell hits 12, and is sunk% p' j! q3 q! {- p
xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( b( [4 ?# D- [6 D0 r( i
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
: e& f& H0 r5 _9 ~. z9 ^ xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) i1 `: O/ _% i$ r7 C xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 e; }7 c; v" y1 c i# _# z
1 p! V! \6 T8 X5 e$ gAllied Ships2 S: X3 Y. [2 O- d( s+ b, f
DD Halford9 q- m2 \+ k1 x
DD Halligan2 f2 P6 g* N4 s9 T
DD Hazelwood2 U* _( V3 j# k! C2 `
DD Healy
* C4 B& C- U) i1 i! r# ^, D DD John Henley" M8 d$ `2 n5 V7 i
DD Hickox: m# f% p- y. K' z2 y* ]$ l
DD Twining
4 `% f: C+ i& r3 h DD Uhlmann6 B. [# l% W4 J
DD Wadleigh
/ ^8 d$ r; j6 ~ DD Wadsworth* w$ M; R, l1 Z: e
DD Walker4 f. r) h# Q3 C7 P. g
DD Waller9 f8 ]; v; S9 m4 s+ ?7 H
DD Watts
' Y( ~# g6 p. R# O DD Cushing II
" Z, @2 m, W% r$ A7 J DD Benham II
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 72,115, Range 30,000 Yards& Q7 l9 O; o8 C. a3 P1 Z
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TK Kenwa Maru
% a& ?' ^( Y2 r' u8 o TK Okigawa Maru
3 M" @# ^+ U* \7 c1 d; j TK Anjo Maru
. k1 T7 J) A0 } TK Kotai Maru% t/ o$ \* F1 K5 N7 b& x. E( f
TK Arita Maru
7 J$ K! u6 U4 p2 ~% S* d TK Amato Maru3 J: J; \4 U* T) i3 K9 H6 n$ [! a
TK Ryoei Maru
' @, k& b& k' W/ p1 R& m8 A2 v TK Eiho Maru, e. m9 t8 y% w0 V4 {
SC Ch 43
$ n' [" U7 h. w6 r6 p$ ?6 \ SC Ch 58
: B% |: \' z/ A9 M9 ^ TK Shiyo Maru# \" O) N4 [- U+ V
' D5 _/ E7 J3 s* @Allied Ships8 p; W8 J, F9 X; t4 U
DD Halford3 E: J* y5 b9 c! b/ `
DD Halligan
8 ?8 a) f+ u% A4 c DD Hazelwood/ T" S& I" u, b4 h$ @9 o
DD Healy; Z& d) b. X0 V; ~
DD John Henley
: g) f) R! U4 ^; L DD Hickox
0 m, t# o. ?* b1 v7 ]; k: ]- V DD Twining
( u' p* y9 ?+ }) A+ I DD Uhlmann
. V: f9 `! o4 M. H% {1 B6 ~- ~ DD Wadleigh
2 m O6 X) }2 w, b! I/ D8 Y" e! w DD Wadsworth0 B6 w! q" O% ~. Z, b7 v5 S
DD Walker
% x! ?7 @% C" b0 U- B1 S+ F$ K5 K7 {) v9 S DD Waller+ y1 ^$ B5 ?4 q* _
DD Watts
7 {0 A/ X- {; b4 m* d; N DD Cushing II4 O/ W0 y ~1 q C M
DD Benham II0 D( ~& c. k! R( y$ a% L
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Range increases to 30,000 yards...) R8 M9 R. s9 w6 k& A/ t4 j
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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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。$ h' I. T7 b; ~+ C" Z3 e: A
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
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3 c, ]( o4 n1 ]5 c3 \/ eAllied Shock attack
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3 S1 {# i7 d3 M, m! b+ A: e) H5 w" iAttacking 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' S2 T, J0 c- v+ w; o( `; i
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Allied adjusted assault: 1957
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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# g: v2 z. {2 t# G% [: kAllied assault odds: 1957 to 1 L3 F1 i# _ p7 f, Q7 u
: V2 L( _9 I9 [. ZCombat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+)
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49 casualties reported
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0 c% g6 ?; J- y9 _9 }' H) h& @% C Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled" x6 Q1 A# I/ D: ^$ x! I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 c2 f5 Y* ?9 ^7 N4 [
Units destroyed 1' S) L/ E2 ]) z* M
5 V3 M$ O# F$ h0 q: m0 M* ~' ?. L3 lAssaulting units:
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31st Armoured Division
; h9 y( H9 v* q$ ^* K, D 4th Armoured Brigade" [6 ]$ r1 g9 K2 c$ p8 S
254th Armoured Brigade
+ P Z, B* p( c% [- x0 f 32nd Army Tank Brigade8 ^, [" e' |) @$ X* K: ~
3rd Carabiniers Regiment" A) n7 b# e8 K9 A; }
Gardner's Horse Regiment$ h: G# C! i% q6 X$ f# J
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion) A' P5 u# O$ N9 k6 Z3 q
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
G# J' _$ e8 }$ j) c 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion1 x R, F+ E! i/ W9 A# H
632nd Battalion* r6 V: u% E) W2 g. }0 R% ?2 l
51st Highland Division
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Provisional GMC Grp
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4th USN Naval Construction Regiment
- j( o+ z( Q! l! Y Sixth US Army5 y7 h9 M! n( v V7 B8 o9 x
2nd Medium Regiment
8 A5 k' L: q& {, X8 a7 d XIII US Fighter Cmd 6 | V& p, [& _( O
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
7 p* s$ G7 k( p* d3 P 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
9 n' m4 c% N1 \; I8 b 428th Coast AA Battalion; o; D# V5 f3 ?" A Y
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51st Air Flotilla /8
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