Although Australia is a huge continent, the size of the continent alone is enough to make Australia, the former owner of this continent, the sixth largest country among many countries in later generations, only five countries in Russia, Canada, China, the United States and Brazil, equivalent to about four-fifths of China in later generations.

However, in this era, the continent was inhabited by only 7 million Australians, and a significant part of those 7 million people fled to India and the United States as war approached...

So when the Japanese occupied the four cities of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, although they had not yet set foot in every corner of Australia, the country was already under Japanese occupation.

After all, elsewhere in Australia, the question is not whether there is anyone there who can resist the Japanese invasion, but whether there is anyone there ...

In any case, after Melbourne, Australia's second and last largest city, was occupied by the Japanese, the continent of Australia eventually fell into Japanese hands.

As for the original rulers of Australia? On the eve of the occupation of Melbourne, these former rulers flew in a plane to a seaside town a few hundred kilometres from Melbourne, where they sailed to India on a passenger liner protected by one of the few remaining warships of the Australian Navy.

It was also on the passenger ship that these former Australian rulers proclaimed a government in exile.

However, after losing Australia as well, these exiles probably won't have anyone to care about, after all, Australia is now ruled by the Japanese and the new Australian government, just like Vichy France or something...

Although there is no doubt about the resistance of Australians to the puppet government and the Japanese. But they are indeed the rulers of Australia now.

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After occupying Australia, or rather disposing of several of Australia's main resistances, the Japanese began to turn their spearhead on New Zealand.

New Zealand is the only country in Oceania other than Australia.

But unlike Australia, New Zealand is just a small island. A small island about the size of the British Isles, and New Zealand's population is also very small, just over a million people.

It's no wonder that New Zealand and Australia have been at odds with each other in their past and future history. After all, there are only two countries in the whole of Oceania. If there are only two families in a place, then their relationship is either intimate or conflicted, and there is no other choice, which means that the chance of such a relationship is half and half likely.

And it is clear that the relationship between Australia and New Zealand is the latter, that is, the relationship between the two countries is not very good. This is true even for posterity.

To be honest, when Australia had just been invaded, especially when the Australian Navy was completely wiped out by the Japanese Navy, New Zealanders had a sense of schadenfreude, but it didn't take long. After the fall of Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney, a sense of sadness rose in the hearts of New Zealanders.

After all, Australia is out of luck, and their situation is not much better.

You must know that he, like Australia, is in the same league as the British, which means that they are all members of the Allied Powers.

And that was exactly the case, not long after Australia was leveled down. The Japanese have already turned around and started to clean up the New Zealanders, and New Zealand...

How to say it...

The population of New Zealand is only about the same as that of Sydney. Therefore, in the face of the Japanese invasion, the New Zealanders were unable to stop effective resistance. So it didn't take long for the whole of New Zealand to be occupied by the Japanese. ..., but because New Zealanders had more time to prepare than Australians, the New Zealand government had already run away before the Japanese occupied New Zealand. It's just that New Zealanders and Australians have different choices, and Australians choose to go to India first and then think about the rest. And the choice of the New Zealanders was the United States―――――― because the western route to India had been blocked by the Japanese ...

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The occupation of all Oceania by the Axis powers was not good news for the Allies, led by Britain and the United States, or for the Soviet Union on the other side. Because it means that Australia's abundant resources have been put to use by the Axis powers.

You must know that Australia is weak only because its population is too small, not because Australia is a resource-poor country.

Australia and Japan, on the other hand, complement each other.

In addition, in the Pacific theater, the Japanese Combined Fleet has also captured all the islands of the United States in the Pacific, including Hawaii―――――― after the Pacific Fleet was completely destroyed, the US government withdrew all the remaining troops in the Pacific Ocean, so Hawaii has become an undefended place.

At this time, the Japanese navy had already taken almost all the islands in the Pacific Ocean, and in this case, it was natural not to take Hawaii for nothing, and whether it was defended in the future or not, it was always good to take it first...

However, after taking Hawaii, the call to attack the US mainland sounded again within the Japanese military department, after all, after taking Hawaii, the United States has opened the door to Japan.

However, after much consideration, the Tojo Cabinet ultimately rejected the proposal.

I have to say that this proposal is still very tempting, after all, it is better to attack the US mainland now than to wait for the United States to launch its war machine in full swing.

The problem is that the United States is not the same as Hawaii, which is also called the continental United States, but in fact it is just an archipelago thousands of kilometers away from the United States.

The distance of several thousand kilometers is already a long way for Japan, and such a long distance Japan cannot even guarantee effective domination of Hawaii, and it will only take Hawaii because the Americans abandoned Hawaii first, and the Japanese will send troops to occupy it in the spirit of not taking it for nothing.

However, the United States is different, according to Japan's current national strength. There is no way to support a war with the Americans on American soil, even now that Japan has taken Australia.

Because it would take a lot of troops to attack the U.S. mainland, and Japan had already pinned down too many forces in the South Seas and Australia. In addition, the pressure on logistical supplies and materials is also very huge, yes. Now Japan has indeed occupied the rich Nanyang Islands and Australia, and the resources there are indeed very rich, but although the Japanese now have the resources of these lands, their industrial strength cannot convert these resources into materials needed for war...

It will take at least a few years for Japan to gain the ability to convert these resources into goods...

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In addition to the strategy for Oceania. The progress of the Japanese army in Indochina and the South Subasia continent was also very gratifying. The Japanese had already occupied French Indochina long before the invasion of Australia, and soon after that they sent an expeditionary force of 100,000 to attack the British-owned Burma with the Thais.

For the British, India was arguably the most important British colony overseas, so even though the situation in Britain itself was very bad, the British still gave India great support. ..., especially in terms of armaments, almost all of the weapons used by the Indian forces were purchased from China by the British government. And Yan Guang also had no problem with selling weapons to the Indian army―――――― anyway, it was not Chinese who died at the gunpoint of the Indian troops in the end...

It is precisely because of this support that the Japanese-Thai forces have spent a lot of time just to capture Burma, and by the time the Japanese army captured Melbourne, the Japanese-Thai forces had only extended the front to Bengal, and there was still a long way to go from the Ganges...

As for the European side. The Barbarossa plan of the Germans went smoothly, the defense of Moscow had already begun, and it had been fought since last year until now...

If you have to say anything about this battle, it's already a bit outrageous...

On the German side, with the direct support provided by the Communist government from the Ukrainian border, there was no need to worry about the material at all. And the Russians on their side. The troops from Siberia were reequipped with Wehrmacht equipment directly on the Sino-Russian border, and then they were sent to the front...

In other words, this war between the two countries has been able to support it until now. It was entirely due to the support of the Communist government, but because the Barbarossa plan was clearly smoother than in history, so the Russian government has not slowed down until now, and has not begun to implement the counteroffensive plan until now, as in history.

For the Commune government, the war was a contradiction.

Because he needed the Germans to weaken the Russians for him, but he couldn't let the Russians be defeated by the Germans. So to the end of the war, the Nationalist government has been balancing the power of the two countries. As much as possible, avoid tipping the scales in one direction.

It's just that the war has been going on now, and this balance has become more and more difficult to maintain, after all, this war is rare in history.

Fortunately, at this time, the news of the Japanese capture of Australia has come, which means that Yan Guang no longer needs to deliberately maintain the balance between the two countries, he can already go from behind the scenes to the table...

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"It's a little slower than expected..."

Raising the information about Australia in his hand, Yan Guang shook his head and said.

"It's true that it's a little slower than expected, but fortunately, it's finally caught up..."Took out the lighter, and after lighting the cigarette, Wang Yaowu said. If the Japanese had not taken Australia before the balance between the Soviet Union and Germany had been upset, things would have been a bit of a problem. ”

"So what now? Do you want to go ahead as planned? After fanning the smoke coming from Wang Yaowu's side, Song Dinghan leaned forward and said.

"Since everything is going according to plan, then naturally there is no need to change..."Saying this, Gu Weijun looked at Yan Guang. President, is it time for my side to start reaching out to Russians and Americans? ”

Looking at the other piece of information on the table, Yan Guang pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, you go and get in touch with the Russians and the Americans, and then make our requests..."

"Good!"

Gu Weijun got up from the sofa.

"Then I'll go..."

"Hmm."

After Gu Weijun left the room, Yan Guang looked at Cai Yi.

"You go and contact the Thais, and you can start preparing for that."

"Understood." Cai Ye also nodded. "But the strength of the Thais will be weaker, although the Thais are really good in terms of equipment. But I'm afraid they won't be able to eat the 100,000 Japanese troops in Bengal..."

"There's no need to worry about this, now that the Thais are starting to be a little disobedient, it's time for them to understand that they are nothing without us..."..., "This way..."

Thailand is the most important pawn of the Communist government in Indochina. After the dispute between the Nationalist government and Britain and France intensified, the Nationalist government began to support Thailand as a pawn in Indochina.

As for the Thais, due to the oppression of Britain and France in the past, coupled with the presence of a large number of Chinese in Thailand and in high positions, the Thais are also very willing to get close to China, the former suzerain.

And after the establishment of relations at the level of quasi-allies and allies. The support of the national government for Thailand is also growing.

First, it provided support for the Thai government in terms of weapons and equipment, then sent a large number of military officers to Thailand to help the Thai government train troops, and later the national government even helped Thailand build its own industrial base.

Of course, it was also taking advantage of this opportunity that the national government gradually promoted the Chinese living in Thailand to high positions, and by the time Thailand had become a country dominated by pro-Chinese people and ethnic Chinese. And the original king of Thailand is now just a puppet...

After the outbreak of World War II, Thailand became a pawn of the national government, sending troops into Burma after the outbreak of the war, preparing to snatch Burma back from the British―――――― of course, the propaganda in Thailand and China at that time was to liberate "Burma from the hands of the British colonialists"...

And wait until the complete occupation of French Indochina by Japan. The Japanese government even sent 100,000 expeditionary troops to Thailand to invade Burma together with the Thai government.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Thai people is relatively scummy, after a long period of support from the national government, the combat effectiveness of the Thai troops is also a little better, coupled with the superiority in numbers and firepower, so the British resistance in Burma is very hard. And when the Japanese also came, the resistance of the British and local colonial forces completely collapsed.

However, by the time the combined forces entered India, the British resistance began to harden. It is no wonder that, unlike Burma, India was, after all, the most important colony of the British.

Another point is that when the British troops in India needed equipment, the then Nationalist government, while supporting the Thais and the Japanese, actually sold a large number of weapons and equipment to the British. This is a difficult thing to understand, of course, but what really matters to Yan Guang is to give the national government a presence in India. Instead of really letting the Thais liberate India―――――― you must know that India played a very important role in the British resistance to Germany, if there was no India, coupled with the smooth expansion of the Axis powers in various places, maybe Churchill would have surrendered like the French in the end, if that was the case, then the matter would have really ruined...

It is precisely for this reason that Yan Guang will support the Thais and the Japanese as well as the British, after all, he does not want Hitler to completely rule the whole of Europe.

If that were the case, even if Yan Guang could defeat Hitler in the end, the final price would be absolutely tragic, and that would not be in line with Yan Guang's motto.

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Thanks to China's support, the Thais were making good progress in Myanmar and India, and the Malay Peninsula was occupied by Thailand, along with Singapore.

It was at this time that the hearts of the Thais began to rise up with their own thoughts...

So far, the Thais can also be called a great achievement, after all, first Burma, in Malay, and now even India has also invaded, and the Thai consider themselves to have made a lot of contributions.

However, so far, Yan Guang is not ready to give Thailand any sweetness, and even the Burma captured by the Thais himself, Yan Guang is also ready to let Myanmar form a new government, instead of having Thailand to administer it. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that although the countries of Indochina in later generations were only the size of a finger, the entire Indochina Peninsula should not be underestimated if it was merged together.

And although the further south they go, the lazier they become, compared to the Indians, this group of people in Indochina is much stronger than the Indians and the natives of the South Seas.

If the Thais really let the whole Indochina Peninsula be unified, it will be no different from setting up an India by their side, and it is a strengthened version of India, wouldn't it be asking for trouble to do so?

So when using Thailand, it's not that you can't give them some sweetness, it's not that you can't give them the sweetness you want, after all, Yan Guang just wants to raise a few poodles by his side, but he doesn't want to raise two wolves by his side...

On the Thai side, although Thailand is now mainly controlled by pro-Chinese people and ethnic Chinese, even pro-Chinese people and so-called ethnic Chinese are not completely of the same mind with China after all, so Thai people have begun to have a little other thoughts in their hearts...

In Thailand, there are even some people who have thought about whether to get close to Japan, after all, Japan's development is also quite good, although it looks slightly inferior to China, but if you add the help of Germany, which has a good relationship with Japan...

So if there is a chance to integrate the entire Indochina Peninsula, maybe Thailand will have a chance to become an existence that is separate from China like Japan?