Chapter 035: Japan Attacks Australia

Wang Hanzhang summoned a group of linguists and scientists, of course, Wang Hanzhang did not ask them to start now, because this is a rather time-consuming work, although Wang Hanzhang has money to support, but there is no talent to support, Wang Hanzhang summoned them so that they can think about this kind of problem now,

Wang Hanzhang told these scholars his thoughts one by one, and at the same time analyzed the importance of software, and even said things like computers.

These scholars were surprised by Wang Hanzhang's idea, and of course Wang Hanzhang only asked them to consider these issues when they had time, and then study them when they had time.

On April 1, 1944, after a year of preparation, Japan finally attacked Australia.

During this year, the Japanese army and the American army fought in the Pacific Ocean, but with the help of the troops withdrawn from China, the Japanese army was not beaten badly, but the American army was beaten to the head and bleed.

At the beginning of March, the Japanese army had taken control of the nearby islands north of the island of New Guinea, and the American army retreated to Australia.

The United States and Britain knew that if they lost Australia, they would have to retreat to New Zealand, and they would not even be able to hold New Zealand, and then they would lose the Western Pacific, and it would be difficult to return to the Western Pacific at that time.

The Japanese seemed to have their ambitions for Australia, and they attacked in two directions, one landing in western Australia from East Timor and the other landing on the Cape York Peninsula.

And the U.S. military knows that Australia is very large, and their forces are limited, so it is impossible to defend everywhere, otherwise it will not work without two million troops, but the war in New Guinea has been fought for more than a year, and the U.S. military has suffered more than 300,000 casualties, and finally it ended in failure.

New Guinea and other islands were controlled, and Australia was exposed to the Japanese aircraft.

This operation was directly participated in by Yamamoto 56 and others, but because of the close proximity of the two places, it was not suitable for aircraft carrier operations, otherwise they would be killed by land-based aircraft.

The Japanese Navy is once again looking for a decisive battle with the US Navy in the western Pacific, hoping to destroy the US Navy, and at the same time it can attract the attention of the US Navy and distract the US Navy.

After many previous intelligence wars, the Japanese learned that a lot of troops were stationed in Darwin Port in northern Australia, and they originally wanted to directly capture this place and then expand the occupied area, but finally abandoned this plan.

The Japanese army chose the western landing sites in Pendbey and Kunmuniya.

On April 1, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese sent elite secret seizures of the main island of the Shambani Islands, and they wanted to use it as an air base to cooperate with the attack on Pendbay and Kunmuniya.

Although the Japanese army attacked quickly, the news was still sent to the Australian headquarters by the defenders on the island, which will undoubtedly make the Japanese attack more difficult.

After the Australian side learned of the situation, he didn't know whether the Japanese were feint or real, he could only order the air force to be on alert, ready to support at any time, and at the same time transfer two more army divisions to reinforce the two places.

At 6:10, the radar in Pendbay detected a large number of planes flying in the direction of Pendbey, and the Allied air forces stationed there immediately took off to meet the enemy.

After the Japanese planes discovered the Allied planes, they knew that they had been discovered, so they no longer dodged, and most of the fighters pounced on the Allied planes, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in the air.

The Japanese army has continued to produce Zero aircraft since the retreat, but it has been greatly improved, at least the armor thickness of the aircraft is much thicker, but the power of the engine has also been greatly improved, but the Allied aircraft have been checked a lot compared to it, fortunately, the number of aircraft has an advantage,

Roosevelt received a telegram 15 minutes after the start of the war, and although Roosevelt was re-elected president of the United States, he was not in good health, so he had been recuperating in a nursing home and working at the same time.

The attendant thought he was still resting, and planned to put the telegram on his desk and wait for him to wake up and read it for himself, but Roosevelt couldn't sleep because of his health, so he had already gotten up.

Roosevelt said, "What a telegram." He knew that it must be a very important telegram to get it early.

The attendant said, "Mr. President, it's from Australia." ”

Roosevelt opened it and saw that it was a telegram from the Japanese attacking Australia, Roosevelt pressed his temple with his hand, Britain and the United States had decided to counterattack France in May, and now that the Japanese are attacking Australia, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble, I hope it will not affect the plan of counterattacking Europe,

As early as September 1941, Stalin proposed to Churchill to open a second battlefield in Europe to carry out a strategic flanking attack on Germany, but at that time the United States had not yet entered the war, and Britain was simply unable to organize such a large-scale strategic landing operation.

In June 1942, the Soviet Union and the United States and the Soviet Union and Britain issued a joint communiqué, reaching a full understanding and consensus on opening a second battlefield in Europe, but Britain made some reservations about the obligations undertaken in the memorandum.

Later, Wang Hanzhang unexpectedly rose in Burma, the situation of the allies in Asia changed rapidly, Burma was not occupied by the Japanese army, and finally fell into the hands of Wang Hanzhang, and later even a part of Thailand, as well as the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, and the area east of the Gosi River all fell into the hands of Wang Hanzhang.

Although the Japanese did not attack India from Burma, they were defeated in Burma and went to India by ship, and the antique Indians broke away from British rule, and a series of changes dazzled everyone and overwhelmed them.

However, after the United States entered the war, Stalin naturally did not give up the demand for Britain and the United States to counterattack Europe and open up a second battlefield.

However, Britain refused on the grounds that India was fighting against the Japanese army, of course, he would not prevent the Americans from acting alone, after all, the United States has more industry and manpower, and the British did not want Britain to have nothing after defeating Germany, and Britain would really be reduced to a second-rate country at that time.

And later, China withdrew from the allies, Churchill died, and Britain felt that the plan to counterattack Europe must be postponed, and Britain could not defend against Australia and India, but also attack the European continent.

A series of accidents, coupled with the possibility that China may become an ally of the Axis powers, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union had to compromise on the elder brother's side, and it is better to lose a little bit than to lose the country.

It was not easy to persuade the Soviet Union to return the territory of China, and the British also withdrew from India, and also created a great plague with special bacteriological weapons, believing that they could hold back the Japanese on land for at least half a year, so that they would have enough time to open a second battlefield,

Although they have been preparing, the time is still relatively hurried, and it is not so sufficient, but in order to avoid long nights and dreams, they can only attack early.

If they attack in the later stages of the plague, then the Japanese are likely to attack the Soviet Union from India to the Middle East or even from Persia to Central Asia, and at the same time they are also worried that China will take advantage of the fire at this time, and any country will have territorial ambitions, and China will naturally be no exception,

If the Soviet Union is about to perish, China will definitely attack Siberia whether it has territorial needs or to avoid being surrounded by the Axis powers, and this is what the allies are most worried about, if it really comes to that time, the Soviet Union will be doomed, without the containment of the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States dare not imagine whether they have a chance to counterattack the European continent, or how much it will cost,

Therefore, Britain and the United States can only counterattack France when they are not fully prepared, so that the losses may be much greater, and the probability of success will be much smaller, but at least it can deter China.

Now that the Japanese are attacking Europe, although Roosevelt also thought about giving up Australia when necessary, the British sternly refused.

Roosevelt's idea was that if the Western Pacific was ceded to Japan, although the allies suffered heavy losses and it would be very difficult to return to this region in the future, Roosevelt felt that giving up this place for the time being would not cause fatal harm to the United States, and the United States would not be destroyed because of this, and at most it would be very passive in the Pacific region.

In addition, if the Allied powers withdraw from the western Pacific and divide the Pacific with Japan equally, then Japan will feel that the danger in the Pacific has been lifted, but they will not be able to annihilate the United States in one fell swoop, but the threat from China is close at hand, and Roosevelt believed that at this time, China will change from the No. 2 threat to the No. 1 danger and become a thorn in the side of the Japanese.

Roosevelt knew that there would be a war between China and Japan, and that Asia did not need two powerful countries, let alone two neighboring countries, just like the United States could not allow a country in the Americas to appear on an equal footing with the United States.

Roosevelt carefully studied why Japan withdrew its troops from China, and after research, he found that although the results of the bloody battle of millions of Japanese people were lost, it avoided Japan's strategic passivity and avoided the disaster of national destruction to the greatest extent, otherwise Japan's national demise was inevitable.

Before Japan in China can be said to have the advantage, the Chinese government is crumbling, if it is not for the mountains in southwest China to block the Japanese attack, China may be finished, but this is how Japan actually withdrew its troops from China, at first Roosevelt and other allies, including all the countries of the Axis were shocked, when they learned that the Japanese not only withdrew their troops, but also gave the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia, including the strategically important Malay Peninsula, to China, everyone thought that the Japanese were crazy,

But today Roosevelt understood that although the Japanese were not tall, there were also high-ranking people, after Japan withdrew from China, then there would be no conflict between Japan and China, at least not for the time being, and if there were, China could not do anything with Japan, then at this time, the Soviet Union, which occupied millions of square kilometers of territory in China, became China's number one enemy, and if China had the ability, then the spearhead would inevitably be pointed at the Soviet Union, and if not, it would not matter to Japan, Japan retained Korea, and reserved a springboard for the next attack on China,

Roosevelt also saw the sinister intentions of the Japanese from Korea, that the Japanese wanted to solve the United States first, to drive the American forces out of the western Pacific at least, and then to concentrate on dealing with China, and to withdraw troops from China was also to concentrate on dealing with the war in the Pacific, and the Japanese wanted to solve them one by one.

Obviously, Japan lost repeatedly in the Pacific War, and it was impossible to turn the tide of the war, although in China we could see victory at our fingertips, but it was out of reach, and every time it was a fiasco, but Japan understood that China could not threaten Japan in the 20 years of development, and could not fight Japan, and the real threat to Japan was the United States, so Japan withdrew, and Roosevelt also wanted to follow Japan's example and transfer the contradiction to China, and the United States would take advantage of the fisherman.