Chapter 1581: Australia Surrenders
Australia, the largest country in Oceania, like Canada, is the lowest population density among the countries with more than one million square kilometers in the world, and the reason why such a country was lucky to survive in World War I is that it is located in Oceania, far away from Europe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, in this war, China entered the war after taking the whole of Southeast Asia, and the closest Allied powers outside of Europe, one was Russia, which had been beaten to Europe by China, and the other was Australia, across the Timor Sea, and the actual distance between China and Australia was only a few hundred kilometers wide in the Timor Sea.
At this point, the sluggish Australia did not realize that they were still in the backward situation of Southeast Asia, but they did not know that under China's changes, Southeast Asia has undergone earth-shaking changes, and finally when China hit Australia, disaster will come.
The absolute gap in strength, the imbalance of response measures, so that Australia has been a huge blow, more than half of the land, is already under the actual control of China, from last year to Australia, to now, there has been more than a year, China has immigrated to Australia 25 million, of which, more than half live in the northern region, where 100,000 square kilometers of land, is maturely developed, a piece of urban agglomeration, in such a territory, China has been built in all aspects very well, After integrating a large number of people, China's roots in Australia are more solid.
In the western and central regions, began to develop with the help of the northern region, with some factories in the northern region, the development of these places, no longer need to use ships to transport materials over, which is a fast pace for this era, and now the central part has been developed to a certain extent, China began to go deeper into the west and northeast, the west has a world-renowned iron ore, the northeast is a series of ports, although there is a coral sea separated, but at that time to Southeast Asia is the most convenient passage.
In Australia, China has completely occupied the central, northern and northeastern areas, the whole of Australia, three-quarters of which is in the hands of China, plus a lot of construction, a series of agricultural industry construction, Australia in 1916 has a certain output, and the rest of China, far from the rest of China, but it can be regarded as supporting Australia.
Western Australia, which seems to be a barren land in Australia, has found a huge reserve of railway ore, in more than 300 million tons is already considered a super-large deposit, Australia is constantly refreshing this record, from the very beginning, tens of millions of tons, 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 billion, 5 billion, one by one reserves are refreshed, one by one new iron ore deposits are discovered. It seems that in the western desert of Australia, there is iron ore everywhere, and the amount of iron ore is staggering.
China is not unseen in the world, but such a huge iron ore, it is really shocking, this is not one or two large steel complexes can digest, I am afraid can not eat such a huge steel ore, according to the current Chinese plan, in Australia to leave a 15 million tons of iron ore enterprises, for Australia to use, after all, the future Australia, must be the least dense Chinese population, coupled with his unique environment, grasslands and deserts, can not be as dense as Central South Province, Although 15 million tons is a little less, but it is enough, compared to the iron ore concentrate powder that is easy to transport, the real rolling out of steel, it is not easy to transport, after all, the largest steel is prefabricated parts, or threads and steel pipes and the like, these things occupy a considerable amount of space, but it is not as casual as fine powder, and there is no worry about bumping into it.
At present, in the west, the most important thing is the construction of railways and ports, which is even above the construction of the central part, of course, a direct railway from the north to the center, plus a series of offensive routes above the completion of the road, China has completely taken Australia The conditions are ripe.
In fact, from the autumn of 1916 in the southern hemisphere, China has been able to take the whole of Australia, with high-level ghosts, China knows everything about Australia, Australia has been somewhat out of ammunition, in this case, only to take Australia more smoothly, they were given a winter time.
For the Chinese occupation forces, this winter is a winter to continue to emigrate, continue to build, and gradually increase Australia's strength, Australia's steel mills have begun to put into operation, some necessary weapons and equipment can even be self-produced, shells and bullets can also be reloaded, that is, without rear support, they can fight for a certain time.
In this case, some of the conditions are ripe, Australia has been fighting for more than 1 year, and there is no point in staying, leaving no trouble, occupying the panoramic view of Australia, and becoming the final choice.
At present, because of China's minelaying, several ports in Australia have been mothballed by geodetic, and submarines can enter, but the mines are also divided into different depths, and some mines with higher depths still have a certain impact on submarines, although this is not much, but in frequent operations, at least 5 submarines are silent because of this, coupled with China's encirclement and suppression, Australia's work to transfer wealth abroad, the progress is not large, and it is almost in a state of stagnation.
In the autumn of last year, Australia's last efforts also went bankrupt, they also wanted to attack outward, especially to challenge the central region, 4 group armies, more than 300,000 people, concentrated a batch of heavy weapons, attacked a bridgehead of China in central Australia, only 30,000 defenders of the bridgehead, let them see, what is the defensive strength of the Chinese army, relying on a fixed line of defense, using part of the bunker and permanent defense line, 30,000 men withstood a week's attack by the Australian army, and after killing more than 70,000 Australians, there were fewer than 1,000 casualties, most of which were artillery.
The flanks were outflanked in place, directly interspersed, cutting off the Australian army, 150,000 troops were surrounded, the remaining 100,000 were routed, after a heavy lesson, Australia will never consider attacking again, they can no longer attack, they can only wait for the final fate.
From the first time the Australian army attacked, it was clear from this side, what they were here for, this was the last effort of the Australian army, their food, not enough to feed so many people for a winter, if they could open up the line of communication to the center, from the capture, get enough supplies, Australia can still fight, but unfortunately it backfired, not only did not win, but left more than 200,000 people.
Since then, the Australian government has completely herded sheep, and even encouraged people to flee out, at least 1 million people ran away at once, and the possibility of Australian resistance has been completely destroyed. At present, there are about 310,000 troops in Australia, and the personnel are almost gone, and they occupy one-third of the three major cities in Australia, and there are only more than 600,000 people at present, and a huge part of them are strong, family members and reserves, and the rest are either consumed or run away.
Even the 210,000 people did not have 210,000 guns, most of the bullets were reduced to the lowest level, there were more than 1,000 artillery pieces, and even some large-caliber coastal defense guns, but in addition to the shore defense artillery, most of the artillery did not have shells with more than one base, and it can be said that the ammunition was exhausted to the extreme.
The morale of the entire army is very low, and even the basic defense line is not formed, they may really be like dying prisoners, waiting for the final verdict, in the spring of the southern hemisphere, when the weather conditions permit, the general offensive began, even if Australia only has 310,000 people left who lack supplies, the total number is only more than 600,000, Zhang Xiaohuai still mobilized 1.2 million people, divided into 3 heavy clusters, respectively for three cities, each cluster has at least 400,000 people, Even if Australia is all on the line, it will be enough to deal with it.
Zhang Xiaohuai's carefulness, this time, is a little redundant, Australia at this moment, there is no mentality to resist, even the southeast of Australia has not been damaged, the core area of the three cities, belongs to all aspects of the construction is better, but also the most elite area of Australia, this convenient traffic environment, in the battle, the first thing to destroy, at least to destroy the front and junction, in order to delay the offensive of the Chinese side.
But this, Australia is too lazy to do, along the way, the better cities, all are undefended, itself is worried that the street fighting in the final decisive battle, did not happen at all, all the troops and personnel, are cowered in the three most important cities, the Australian side of the advantageous place, but has become the basis of China's overall offensive, 1.2 million people, scattered into three parts, respectively attack Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, the three places with the highest concentration of population and industry in Australia, due to convenient transportation, Whether the other side has a strong determination to resist, from September 15 to September 21, a little more than 6 days, let this war essentially end, 310,000 Australian troops were divided and surrounded, surrendered 290,000, the rest, was defeated, the final line of defense, completely occupied, Australia finally announced its surrender. (To be continued.) )