Chapter 1444: Attack on the North

Darwin, Zhang Xiaohuai was the first to board Darwin, although at present, Darwin City is not safe enough, but more than 50,000 troops entered, and a headquarters was established in Chinatown.

Chinatown, in Darwin, is considered a suburban location, but when it was built, it took into account the protection and other aspects, and it was self-contained, with several blocks and buildings shrouding the core of the place, which itself is the most powerful place for Chinese infiltration, and there are 400 special forces, and a large number of army troops are stationed, which can be said to be impregnable.

Zhang Xiaohuai sent out the news of the occupation of Darwin as soon as the headquarters was built, and the Timor Sea was only 500 kilometers, and under the impetus of a large marine radio transmitter, through a series of transfers, the information was transferred back to China, although the domestic information was not transmitted, but without delaying Zhang Xiaohuai's continued order, the Chinese army began to attack the city.

Of course, these are all established strategies, for Zhang Xiaohuai, he must erect a high-power radio transmitter, now can only transit through East Timor, a little inconvenient, only after the more than 70 meters high transmission tower tree, they can be separated from most of the world, with Baotou side contact, timely understanding of intelligence information, and send the results of the battle.

The advent of radio has really changed the course of the war, especially in the case that China has, and other countries do not, this is what all army officers feel in actual combat again and again, and with the passage of time, more and more information is transmitted back, and the troops to the east and west are progressing very smoothly, the eastern front is a little faster, a day's time, 70 kilometers advanced, a large number of cars did not go ashore, just with the infantry, 70 kilometers is already the limit, the western front is a little more rugged, It is only 45 kilometers, but at this rate, in a maximum of 7 days, the entire northern region, including 130 villages and towns, and more than 80,000 square kilometers of land, will be completely lost.

The speed of the Chinese exceeded Australia's expectations, the same news, the same organization of troops, this force is near Sydney, but until now, even the assembly has not been completely completed, let alone boarding the train to send troops, but the other side, after occupying a foothold, opened a series of attacks, the entire northern region, a piece of erosion, more and more cities, sent urgent messages.

The cable telegraph, which is expensive, has been installed in the northern region, that is, in Darwin and several cities, and some are passing by, branching out a line, but according to the order of the telegrams, Australia can also basically judge that most of the cities have fallen.

Australia's high-level leaders have been prepared for the erosion of the northern region, but it is so fast, it is completely beyond imagination, if you follow this speed, maybe in a month or two, they will be able to hit the central region, or even near Sydney.

The average attack speed of about 50 kilometers a day, which is simply a god-like speed for Europe and the United States, even if it is a horse-pulling unit, can ensure a speed of about 40 kilometers a day, it is already the limit, often after continuous marching, it is necessary to rest, unless it is to use the railway, it is faster, but simply walking, so fast, what is the combat effectiveness of these troops?

This situation is grim enough, Australia is also frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Chinese side, the speed is fast, not only represents the training, but also represents the combat strength, although the northern region is not the focus of Australia's defense, but there are at least a few local security regiments, these troops did not delay the other side's attack in the slightest, as if it was a piece of paper, was continuously broken through.

On the one hand, it ordered the army to assemble quickly and strive for an early departure, and in the process of the other side's attack on Australia, it set up obstacles as soon as possible to prevent them from crossing the central desert and attacking the vital parts of Australia, and on the other hand, the conscription work should also be carried out.

Australia knows very well that relying only on the existing troops, it is simply impossible to resist the opponent's troops, although the vast land of 7 million square kilometers is enough to disperse the opponent's forces to a certain extent, but if there is not enough mobile force, the other side can be completely desperate, even if it lets go of the vast land, and directly attacks Sydney and other core places, it is not worried about being attacked by the Australian side.

The only thing Australia is fortunate about is that it produced hundreds of thousands of guns and ammunition for the European battlefield, and it was not sent to Britain, and in the eyes of the British, the quality of what Australia produced was too poor, and they were unwilling to buy it, which became the basis for military expansion.

Australia's prosperous areas, industrial towns, are in the southeast, this is also all bad news, the only good news, the Australian propaganda department started a strong propaganda offensive, began to expose the brutality of the Chinese, the tragic situation in North America, they took advantage of it, and put a lot of imaginary things, on China.

In terms of national vitality, Australia may be the most active in the British Commonwealth, Australia is different from Canada, Canada is too cold, there is not much activity, and it is also different from South Africa, where is the world's largest gold producer, with the current situation of the United Kingdom, he is not allowed to have any problems, and the British control over South Africa is the strictest.

As for Australia, before the discovery of various minerals, he was a place that produced wool and milk, and its status was quite low in the sequence of the British Commonwealth, even if a large number of precious metals were discovered, it only slightly changed the amount of his wealth, and did not enhance his status, which is also one of the fundamental reasons why Australia actively participated in the European war after the outbreak of the European war.

Now, even the mainland of Australia is threatened, the northern region is under attack, the capital Darwin has fallen first, and hundreds of thousands of Australians are in the heat of the water.

In the eyes of most Australians, I am afraid that they may not even know where the northern region is, and as for Darwin, it is an unfamiliar name, but in the propaganda offensive, explaining where it is, and not far from China's control of Southeast Asia, these have encouraged Australians, and the number of applicants in the recruitment points in major cities and villages is endless.

In just 10 days, almost 150,000 reservists and 300,000 recruits entered the barracks, which can already make up for the previous losses, for Australia, which has a population of only 8 million, this population is quite amazing, and they gradually have some confidence in holding Australia.

After all, Darwin is a northern border city, and the distance between them and the core area of Australia is too far, even if the other party is fast, it is impossible to hit Sydney in 3 months, and after 3 months, it is winter, although the winter in Australia will not be as terrible as Canada and Siberia, but it always delays the march, conservatively estimated, Australia has at least 6 months of preparation time, 6 months of training, and the recruits are about the same.

Different from the previous situation, Australia is only more than 200,000 people in the whole country, now, 700,000 troops, and some of the troops that may be recruited into the army in the future, in China, the army spans the whole of Australia, no matter how strong it is here, it should be the end of the crossbow, and then the 1 million army will press up and kill the master with a fist.

While Australia was looking forward to the future, the Chinese Army was advancing with lightning speed in the north, and after most of the cities were under control, they were retracted, and instead of pursuing the victory, they began to hold on to the territory they occupied.

In the eyes of outsiders, China is quite greedy for land, which is related to Yang Yuanzhao's dominance, China needs land, and in later generations, 1.3 billion people are concentrated in China's 9.6 million square kilometers of land, which can be said to be quite crowded, but with the acceleration of the pace, the Indochina Peninsula and Siberia, the former is connected to the mainland, and the latter is simply in the north of China, bordering China with a large territory, China can use railways and many other means to connect them, but Southeast Asia and Australia are different.

The former is easy to do, there is a certain foundation, with the help of China's strong transportation capacity, you can control them in your hands, but Australia, only in Southeast Asia to the south, but there is a little more, bringing transportation pressure and management difficulties have risen a lot, the whole Australia, less than 10 million population, if China wants, can send more than the total population of Australia,

But that's useless, even if China is brain-dead will not do this, the Chinese Army, its own logistics requirements are more than 4 times that of the traditional army, even the German side, can not be compared with China, worse than 1 times, which has caused China's firepower to be strong, a division of 25,000 people, not to mention mortars such as small artillery, large and small caliber artillery more than 400, machine guns are as high as 1,500, such automatic firearms, to the Chinese army to bring a strong attack power, But it puts a huge pressure on logistics.

This point, before, there were not too many problems, whether it was Southeast Asia or Siberia, it was very close to China, relying on railways and merchant ships, it was able to do all this, but now, they are facing Australia, not to mention attacking Sydney's cities in the southeast of Australia, even if it is attacking the northern cities, the pressure on logistics is very great, the huge transport ships, only less than a third are transporting soldiers, and the rest, most of them are military supplies, and only these materials land, If it is really a fierce war, even if it is of the intensity of Russia, it is enough to consume most of the materials transported by China. (To be continued.) )