(20 points)

The resistance of the Australians was stubborn, and the Japanese, due to international public opinion, did not directly use gas bombs against the city. After all, it's okay to do some routine behind the scenes, after all, all countries in the world are doing such things today, but it is too blatant to use a weapon like poison gas bombs directly on cities with a large number of civilians.

Fortunately, the inhabitants of the periphery of the city had long since been evacuated, and the Japanese would not have had much to worry about using gas bombs in these areas, which they did.

It's just that because the Japanese had already used this chemical weapon when they were on the perimeter defense line, the Australians who had taken precautions did not suffer too many casualties, after all, there was no shortage of gas masks or something in Sydney...

In the final analysis, weapons such as poison gas bombs are still better used against targets that are not guarded against, or targets that are not capable of guarding against. For example, the Chinese military and civilians during the Anti-Japanese War in history, because they did not have enough materials, they could not afford to be equipped with gas masks or anything at all, so they were naturally easy to be recruited in this case...

On the contrary, if the Chinese troops had enough similar equipment at that time, I am afraid there would not have been such large casualties...

Since poison gas bombs could not play a decisive role, the Japanese army had no choice but to abandon the use of such a weapon with great side effects, and instead fought with the Australians for the city.

However, if the actions of the Japanese troops outside the city were relatively smooth, such operations inside the city were greatly hindered. Because the Australians were familiar with the geography of Sydney, and at the same time turned Sydney into a city fortress in various ways, the Japanese army almost did not set foot in the first place, and they had to pay heavy casualties.

In the end, the Japanese even put in the tank troops, which were regarded as trump cards, but unfortunately, perhaps due to the lack of resources, the Japanese tanks were not much stronger than the Japanese tanks of another era, especially the weak armor, and these bean-like tanks were almost completely wiped out as soon as they entered the city.

No way, who said that the Australians have a large number of 12.7mm19 heavy machine guns purchased from the national government, although this machine gun is certainly useless against tanks like the T-34, Tiger and ZT-41, but it is extremely easy to use against the Japanese bean tanks.

And in the hands of the Australians there are also a large number of 37mm infantry guns and 40mm revolver grenade launchers, although the latest individual rocket launchers are not sold to the Australians, but these equipment is enough.

"Boom"

A shell hit the Japanese Bean Tank, although the power of the shell was too small to directly lift the tank's turret like the German 88mm gun, but the turret of the Bean Tank looked like paper paste in front of the 37mm shell, and it was easily penetrated.

The shells that penetrated the turret then hit the ammunition inside the turret, which resulted in a detonation along with the ammunition inside, and several Australian soldiers on the top of a building cheered at the sight of the smashed bean tank that had been blown up as a result of the detonation.

The main way the Australians dealt with the Japanese bean tanks was to use 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns or grenade launchers or 37mm infantry guns. However, the Australians love to use the most, or the 37mm infantry gun that has been eliminated by the Wehrmacht, after all, the first two are used to deal with tanks and other equipment in firepower is still slightly weaker, unlike the 37mm infantry gun, which can give the enemy a fatal blow in an instant, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, not to mention that they have to face a kind of killing weapon, if you kill the other party one second later, it is likely to be yourself.

For example, although the 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun can break the opponent into a stopper, it cannot immediately make the opponent's zombies counterattack. As for the 40mm revelor grenade launcher, although the power is much greater than that of the 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun, the ammunition of the 40mm grenade launcher is about the same as that of an ordinary grenade, so the most suitable is the 37mm infantry gun. …,

Moreover, the weight of the 37mm infantry gun is also very light, and the earliest 1913 full-gun gun weighs only 80 kg, of which the gun body weighs 40 kg, the gun mount weighs 30 kg, and the gun shield weighs 10 kg. And when the artillery is mounted on the roof of the building and other places for anti-tank, the Australian soldiers can even dismantle the gun shield and gun mount, simply use the gun body to deal with the Japanese tanks―――――― remove the gun shield, especially the gun mount will indeed have an impact on the performance of the gun itself, but if it is only a target within a few hundred meters, or even one or two hundred meters, then there is no problem...

This is only the earliest 37mm infantry gun, because the individual anti-tank rocket has only recently begun to be installed in the troops, so in the past 20 years or so, the Chinese defense army has carried out a series of improvements to the 37 infantry gun, after all, the efficiency of this artillery in anti-tank is still very high.

Therefore, in later generations, in addition to maintaining a weight of 10 kilograms without the cannon shield (no matter how light it is, it is impossible to ensure the defensive performance), the weight of the gun body and the gun carriage have been greatly reduced, basically the weight of the whole gun is only 60 kilograms, and the weight of the gun shield is only 50 kilograms after removing the cannon shield.

This is another reason why Australians like the 37 gun, which is light enough...

Of course, the 60, 80 and 120 mortars that can fire flat fire are actually a good choice for the Australians, after all, the mortar itself is not very heavy, and the 37 infantry gun is only a level, but it is much more powerful than that.

But against the bean tanks of the Japanese, the 37 infantry guns were enough, and there was no need to waste mortar shells ...

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"Okay, kill another one"

Looking at the exploding and burning bean tank, the Australian gunner of the 37th gun waved his hand excitedly.

"Don't just get excited, hurry up and find your next target."

Seeing the gunner's excited look, the loader on the side hurriedly said, and as he spoke, he also loaded a new shell into the 37 gun.

Hearing the words of his companion, the gunner relented a lot and began to look for the next target.

It's just that although the bean tank cannot be compared with the German Leopard and Tiger, the Russian T-34 and KV and the Chinese ZT-40 and ZT-41, but for Japan, a relatively poor country, the tank is still a quite luxurious luxury, so even the number of tanks in the Japanese army is very small.

In the process of attacking the city, the Japanese army, which was not very numerous in number, lost most of its tank force almost instantly, and such losses naturally made the Japanese commander feel distressed.

It is precisely for this reason that not long after the tank unit entered the city, the remaining remnants had to withdraw under the orders of the commander.

To be honest, it was nothing for the Japanese commander to die more, but it was unacceptable to lose too much equipment like tanks...

There is no way, the defense of the Japanese bean tanks is really too weak. Not to mention the ordinary 37 infantry guns and 40 grenade launchers, even the average 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun cannot be effectively resisted, not to mention that although the number of Australians is a little smaller, the equipment is quite good?

In fact, if it was the German Tiger or the Chinese ZT-41 that entered the city, perhaps the damage would have been reduced a lot, after all, the above two tanks are not like the Japanese Bean, and even a slightly larger caliber heavy machine gun can not be effectively resisted, but unfortunately he is not...

"Damn it..."

Looking at the list of losses of the tank unit brought by his subordinates, the blue tendons on the commander's face were about to be revealed.

"Haven't you taken down the fort yet?"

By the time he said this, the Japanese commander was almost on the verge of roaring.

However, hearing his words, several officers on the side said with some embarrassment.

"Sorry, not yet..."..., "Humph"

The Commander snorted.

"What a waste, the strength of a division has gone up, and even the battery has not been taken down until now"

It is no wonder that he was furious, because the Australian Navy had already lost all its relations in the battle with the Japanese Navy not long after the outbreak of the war, so the sea supremacy had always existed in the hands of the Japanese Navy.

Because of this, even before the battle began, the harbor of Sydney was under the blockade of the Japanese fleet.

In addition, it should be noted that the power of naval guns and other equipment is still very amazing. Although most of the capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were in the Japanese mainland and other seas because of the siege of cities and land in the Pacific Ocean, there were still a few battleships on the Australian side.

And on these battleships, they were also equipped with large naval guns of 3 and 400mm caliber.

The most important thing is that Sydney is also the most important port city in Australia, and if the navy's warships can dock directly near the coast and carry out firepower strikes against the Australians on land, it will definitely be able to reduce the resistance of the Japanese army.

It's a pity that the Australians also understand what the consequences of letting the Japanese go, plus Sydney is Australia's largest city after all, so a large number of fortifications were built outside the port of Sydney...

The shore defense guns on these batteries made even the Japanese battleships dare not approach easily, after all, many examples in history have proven that even battleships can never get advantage on a strong fortress ...

It was for this reason that the Japanese could not get naval fire support, and it also made their way to take Sydney much more difficult.

However, the commander of the Japanese army also thought about this problem, so it didn't take long for another force to be sent to take a few batteries in the harbor and eliminate the threat of batteries to the navy...

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"Lying down"

On the way to the battery, a Japanese officer shouted loudly.

Hearing the officer's words, the Japanese officers and soldiers nearby fell to the ground one after another, and just as they were lying down, the overwhelming bullets had already flown over, and in just an instant, there were more than 10 casualties among the Japanese soldiers in this group.

"Damn, this group of Australians has just too much firepower..."

Looking at the fortress, which was still a certain distance away from him, the officer who was lying on the ground cursed loudly.

At this time, the machine gun muzzle of the fortress in the distance was still coming out with a large number of bullets.

The tongue of fire dancing wildly also suppressed these Japanese soldiers on the way here.

"What should I do?"

An officer crawled forward and came to the side of the officer just now.

"What are we going to do now?"

As he said this, the officer glanced at the fortress in the distance.

"It's hard for us to take it without heavy firepower..."

"Hasn't the heavy artillery in the rear come up yet?".

"No," the officer smiled wryly. It's not unclear that heavy artillery is being used to attack the city, not to mention that this area is not very suitable for heavy artillery deployment. The navy was also afraid of being hit by the shore defense artillery on the battery, so they didn't dare to lean over for fire support, really..."

"A bunch of damn cowards"

Hearing what his companion said, the officer scolded angrily.

"That can't be said, it's really dangerous to let an officer come over like this, after all, even when a battleship exchanges fire with the shore defense guns on the battery, it is easy to lose..."

"I know that, but can't they take some risks? We're being suppressed here, and they can't get by."

Now if there is artillery support, the offensive on the other side of Sydney will be much smoother, this is known to many people, which is why another force will be sent to seize the harbor battery, but until now, due to the lack of heavy fire support, they have not been able to take the battery, which also makes the navy ships unable to get close to the port ......,

Not being able to get close to the port means not being able to support the Japanese troops who are besieging the city...

In this way, the speed of siege is naturally reduced a lot.

Just as the two men and a large number of Japanese soldiers in the vicinity were lying there, and could only watch the Australian machine gunners in the fort exert their might there, a communications soldier suddenly came over with a radio on his back.

"Sir, the command just called, and it is clear that we will immediately capture the fort in the port"

Hearing the signal soldier say this, the officer just now turned blue ―――――― was angry.

But when he heard such an order, he didn't have much to do, after all, there is only one iron law for the troops of all countries, that is, obey orders, no matter how outrageous this order is, no matter how problematic it is, it must be obeyed, because this is a soldier.

What's more, this is still in the extremely strict Japanese army, and obedience to orders is even more necessary.

Even though the Australians had turned a net of fire with machine guns in front of him, he could only obey the order to walk towards the road where he was burned.

So after hearing the order, the officer could only grit his teeth and say.

"Reply to Command, just say we'll go up"

"Yes"

After the communications soldier had crawled back, the officer calmed down and smiled bitterly at his companion.

"Looks like they're forcing us to die..."

"I can't help it," the companion shook his head. When we were in the army, didn't we already anticipate today, everything ......... It's all for the Empire..."

"For the sake of the Empire," muttered the officer, glancing up at the fort that had ceased fire. I'll have a place there then—" said the officer, speaking to his companion. "Now that the order has been issued from above, I will lead the team to rush in a moment..."

"It's okay"

The other officer didn't carry forward his style, saying what I rushed, if you stayed, but nodded directly.

"You lead the first team, I'll lead the second team..."

"Good"

At this time, the Australians in the fort over there seemed to be busy cooling the barrel of the gun, so the gunfire also stopped, after all, the Japanese were well hidden, and it would only be a waste of bullets to shoot again. That is, taking advantage of this effort, after making a plan, the officer suddenly rushed towards the fortress with a small squad of soldiers.

At the moment when the officer rushed out with the people, the machine gunners in the fortress had already spotted them. The gunfire that had just stopped for a long time also rang out again, and in just a few seconds, the soldiers of the squad led by the officer had been reduced by one-third, and because the Australians in the fort were using 12.7mm Type 19 heavy machine guns, almost all the Japanese soldiers who were hit were dead, and there was no need to drag them down for first aid.

Noticing that there were many fewer subordinates around him, the officer did not shout anything like "continue" or "hurry", but kept leading his subordinates to continue running towards a bomb crater in front of him.

On the way, the officer's men were reduced again, and by the time he jumped into the crater from the shell, there were few of his men left.

"Whew..."

Lying in the crater, the officer exhaled.

"Hopefully they'll have some smoother."

At this time, the officer did not dare to poke his head out to look outside, after all, the machine gunners in the fortress were staring here, and if they appeared, their heads might be gone. Therefore, at this time, the officer could only obtain information from the outside world by "listening", but because the gunfire outside was too loud, he didn't hear anything for a long time...

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the officer just now to jump into the crater with the few remaining subordinates.

"Are these people left..."

Looking at the few people beside his companion, the officer frowned.

"No way, it's good to run over alive..."

Hearing the officer's words, the officer smiled bitterly.

"However, with our people, it may not be easy to take that fortress..."

"Don't worry," the other man smiled. Before I left, the communications corps came again and told me that the command had sent reinforcements..."

As if to confirm his words, the machine guns outside suddenly intensified again, and similarly, the screams in the nearby space seemed to increase, all of which confirmed that there were really reinforcements coming...

"Anyway, we must take the fort this time"

As if sensing the pace of reinforcements getting closer, the officer clenched his fists and said. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to the mobile network (.), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )……，