Chapter 2044 Picturesque

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The capital of Australia at the beginning of this century, formerly known as Melbourne, is an important industrial town on the Australian continent, and its rise is mainly due to the migration of people caused by the huge gold mines discovered in the fifties of the last century, which made this town of only 177 people develop into more than 300,000 people in the early forties of this century.

Now, of course, most of the whites have been expelled from the cities, some have gone into sweatshops, where they work twelve to fourteen hours under the whip of the Goryeo overseers, while others, along with the natives who migrated from India, Lanyin, and the Philippines, have become the main labor force in building railways and highways to connect the east and west of the continent.

Many residents who migrated from Japan bid farewell to their low-slung wooden houses and moved into wealthy houses and apartment buildings in European and American styles, working in machinery, textiles, chemicals, and video processing, becoming the new masters of the city.

More than 40 kilometers north of Mozigang City, there is a hilly area two or three hundred meters higher than the surrounding area, there are several large military horse farms scattered around the hills, and in the dense forest on the hills, there are a piece of villas built by the British, most of these villas have a history of more than ten years, surrounded by green trees, surrounded by vines, and the surrounding scenery is perfectly integrated, if you do not observe carefully in the air, you can not find these buildings at all.

After Ishikawa Hiroi set up the headquarters of the Australian Army in Mozi City, he was not very satisfied with the urban areas on the north and south banks of the port area, and finally carefully selected and finally set the command center in this small town named Togo.

The sun rises slowly in the east. Cast the scorching glow across the coastal plains.

Half-meter-tall rice, joined together in patches, golden fruits and yellowing stems form a wonderful picture, after the breeze. Hundreds of kilometers of rice paddies undulating and swaying, covering the earth tightly, is a scene of a good harvest.

The Molei River Basin in southeast Australia is located at the intersection of subtropical and temperate zones, with no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, warm and rainy, but extremely dry air humidity. Two crops can be grown in one year. Due to its location in the southern hemisphere, the four seasons are diametrically opposed to those in the northern hemisphere, with rice planted in the summer from October to March and wheat grown in the winter from May to October.

Reclamation around Mozi City. It is only the first step in Japan's large-scale transformation of Australian agriculture, and after nearly two years of development, it has successfully expanded the original 630 million mu of land to 940 million mu, of which nearly 300 million mu of dry land is planted with drought-tolerant crops such as potatoes and corn, and at the same time, it also has nearly 7 billion mu of natural grassland to develop animal husbandry. For Japan, which is severely short of land resources. Everything is now like a happy dream, and everyone from the emperor to the ordinary farmers below are engaged in development with great enthusiasm.

A three-storey villa where the headquarters of the Australian Army Command is located, where officers of all ranks gather, telephone and telegraph personnel of the telecommunications department. Constant sending and receiving telegrams and recording telephone messages, officers came and went. Keep reporting and sending the latest commands.

Marshal Rihonnomiya Morimasa, Koichi Ishikawa, Lieutenant General Yasushi Murakami, and Lieutenant General Okada stayed in the war room while studying the map and the sand table. While waiting for the latest information from the various troops.

Since the Japanese Australian Army began its attack on Tasmania, where the US forces are entrenched, on November 4 last year, although they have successfully captured Gold Island, Flinders Island, Verno Island, and Cape Barron Island in the early operations, the attack on Tasmania has been extremely unfavorable.

The US military spent more than two years building a solid defensive barrier, and more than 400 large-caliber fortress guns were deployed alone, plus several thousand antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns; not only did the Japanese warships have the upper hand in the confrontation with the fortress guns, but the air force also did not achieve much success in air raids, and the navy and army launched four joint landing operations, all of which were repelled by the US troops.

In addition, this was the fifth attack, although four divisions were dispatched at once, and twelve divisions were on standby at all times, so as to extend the gains in the open gap, take Tasmania with the greatest vigour, and completely eliminate the Allied threat. However, each of the officers involved was not too excited, and all of them had a solemn look on their faces, and it was obvious that after the previous four defeats, they did not have much confidence in this attack.

Seeing the dreary atmosphere in the war room, King Morimasa of Rimoto Palace turned his head and suggested to Koichi Ishikawa, who was also a member of the imperial family, "Ishikawa-kun, let's go out for a walk." ”

Although Koichi Ishikawa is nominally the superior of King Morimasa of Rihonnomiya, he knows that he can't mobilize the guard cluster under the command of King Morimasa of Rihongu at all, and as a surviving imperial uncle and, as a marshal who was appointed in 32 years, the influence of King Morimasa Ishimoto in the military and political worlds is far from being comparable to him, so he nodded respectfully, explained a few words to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yasumashi Murakami, and walked out of the war room with King Morimasa of Rihongu.

The generals he met along the way all stood respectfully and solemnly, bowing his head, and King Shouzheng of the Rihongu Palace looked at him as if he hadn't seen it, and said to Ishikawa Hiroshi with his own care: "Ishikawa-kun, what do you think of the current battle situation?" ”

"Incredible, shocking!"

Hiroshi Ishikawa shook his head and sighed: "It's unbelievable that the invincible Germans would be so vulnerable in front of the An Jiajun...... The army they lost in this defeat was greater than the losses we have in five or six years combined! Originally, the empire had high hopes for the Germans, hoping that the empire would return to the mainland after the Germans defeated the An Jiajun, and Tojo-kun's several adventures were made under this kind of thinking...... But the result? Nothing but the burial of our precious warships and planes in vain!

"What is shocking is that the Germans lost all the elite of a hundred battles in West Asia, and this defeat exposed all the contradictions that had been hidden before, and the vast land occupied by Germany was instantly full of holes, not only the battle of Moscow turned into defeat, but the situation in Africa is estimated to change dramatically!

"According to information obtained by our intelligence officers, more than 100,000 members of the Communist Army of China have been trained in Equatorial Africa and organized into the Eighteenth Army of the China Expeditionary Force. Equipped with part of the tanks and armored vehicles, the Anglo-French forces, as well as the expeditionary force, will soon launch a wave of offensives in North Africa, and the Germans are in trouble! ”

The two walked out of the villa gate, and their eyes suddenly opened up. The nearby valley is deep and secluded, the forest is verdant, the plain in the distance is golden like a mirror, and the river bends like a belt, which is beautiful.

Rihongu Morimasa and Koichi Ishikawa walked along the concrete pavement to a secluded grove behind them and continued their walk. King Morimasa of Rimoto Palace asked, "Ishikawa-kun, you are Ishihara's favored general." Strategies and vision are rarely matched in the military...... Where do you think the An Jiajun will attack next? Will our homeland be in danger? ”

Ishikawa Koichi pondered for a while, and said slowly: "After a tragic battle, it is estimated that the strategic reserves of the An Jiajun are almost exhausted. Although the Germans suffered extremely heavy losses, they were equipped with the German army. Even if the An family army wins, it will be a miserable victory, and its ammunition consumption must be very amazing! From this point of view, at least in the next six months or even a year, they will not have the strength to launch such a powerful wave of offensives!

"Moreover, after taking the Far East and the Korean Peninsula. There are not many benefits that the Anjia Army on the Eastern Front can obtain, and if they want to attack the islands, how many lives are they prepared to take? Landing operations are a worldwide problem, just look at how difficult it is for us to attack Tasmania now! Even if they landed on the islands. The guerrilla warfare and street fighting that followed will definitely make every step of their progress extremely difficult!

"Although in recent years we have purposefully migrated. The local population has shrunk by more than 30 million, but this is still not something that can be shaken by the Anjia army, which needs to cross the strait. Therefore, for a long time to come, they can only consolidate their dominance and be strategically on the defensive side of the Eastern Front.

"What we need to worry about now is those islands in the Indian Ocean, they are too far away from us, and it is extremely difficult to supply and mobilize troops, and the Anjia army, navy and army only need to fight with us island by island, and the army and combat materials used are not much, with the current national strength of South China, it is completely easy to bear, and by the way, we can also hoard the materials needed for the next large-scale battle."

King Ishimotonomiya was quite pleased: "The hero saw the same thing, Tada-kun continued Ishihara-kun's strategy, continued to reduce the garrison on the Indian Ocean islands, and after hearing about the disastrous defeat of the German army, he once again issued the order for a large-scale withdrawal, and now there are not many troops on these islands far from the mainland. The General Staff Headquarters and the Military Command Department jointly issued an order for the remaining garrison to make clever camouflage, make cannons and chariots out of wood, and confuse the people after painting them, and it would be good to be able to delay for one more day! ”

"What about Hainan Island? It's too close to the capital of South China, and I guess the next target of the An Jiajun will be there! Koichi Ishikawa reminded.

King Imotonomiya Shomasa looked around, and the nearest guard was also fifty meters away, and lowered his voice: "The empire is ready to return Hainan Island to the Nationalist Government, win over the Chiang Kai-shek government, and avoid millions of troops from being thrown into the Pacific and even the Americas in the future......

"Hainan Island is too close to South China! Although there are abundant iron ore and rubber forest resources on it, it is no longer rare to have more iron ore in Australia, and our rubber forests on the Lanyin Islands, the Philippines and New Guinea are enough to support the needs of the war. In this case, it is very necessary to sell Chiang Kai-shek, otherwise once the An Jiajun occupies Hainan Island, our Philippines and Taiwan will be threatened, and many routes will be affected! ”

Koichi Ishikawa was relieved: "This is true, and returning Hainan Island to the Nationalist Government also avoids turning the Beibu Gulf into an inland sea in South China, and at the same time, due to the ownership of the limestone, a nail is buried between the Nationalist Government and the South China Government, which is extremely beneficial to the Empire." Don't know what to do with Wang Jingwei? ”

King Morimasa of the Rihongu Palace bent down gracefully, picked a pink flower blooming in the bushes on the side of the road, put it to his nose and sniffed it, raised his head comfortably, and said after a while: "Many of the animals and plants in Australia are very different from those on the islands and the China continent, but they are still suitable for the growth of crops such as rice, wheat, and potatoes that we are familiar with...... If the empire can take this as the foundation and develop for ten years and a hundred years, it is not a luxury to dominate the world! His Majesty the Emperor is ready to invite Wang Ching-wei to live here permanently, so as to deepen the good-neighborly friendship between China and Japan, and continue to let Wang Ching-wei exert influence on the rightists within the Kuomintang! ”

"Alas!"

Ishikawa Koichi sighed: "We still underestimate the integrity of the Chinese people, if we had expected that Wang Jingwei would have strengthened Chiang Kai-shek's centralized power after openly defecting to the empire, how could we not do such a loss-making transaction!" However, whether we can guarantee Wang Jingwei's safety involves the support of the puppet government supported and controlled by the empire, and if we hand over Wang Jingwei to the national government, the governments of Lanyin, the Philippines and other countries that we support, as well as the dignitaries of those countries in South America, will definitely be panicked...... Now that's all it can do! ”

The two walked forward for a few more minutes, and the trees thinned out, and soon they came to a cliff.

Holding on to the stone railing, King Shouzheng of the Rihongu Palace overlooked the winding Mali Benong River at the foot of the mountain: "Such a picturesque country, if it can be inherited for thousands of years in the hands of the empire, we will definitely be able to leave a name for eternity...... Ishikawa, when do you think Britain and the United States, as well as South China, will be able to threaten our security in the shortest? ”

Koichi Ishikawa said confidently: "Now Australia has immigrated more than 20 million, and if we can immigrate another 20 million in the future, then we are confident enough to defeat all strong enemies who dare to land." Needless to say, the British and American armies have been defeated in successive battles under the blows of our army, and there is nothing to worry about, and the only one to worry about is still the An Home Army!

"I expect that by the end of this year, the South China army can only show its skills in the Indian Ocean theater, and next year the war will take place in the Lanyin Islands and the Philippines, but if they want to threaten the island of New Guinea and the Australian mainland, or land on the islands, it will be difficult to do it in ten years, at that time the empire has fully digested the resources of Australia and South America, and it is not yet known who will die in the end!

"In other words, the Empire is occupied!"

King Limoto Palace was greatly pleased: "So very good, so very good!" When I go back, I can explain to His Majesty and let him relax! ”

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