Chapter 51: Philip's bath

Yes, the decisive battle with the British army will determine the ownership of Australian dominance, this has always been the consensus within the Red Police. With the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Australian army, the Red Guard Corps has never been put under any pressure, which is why it dared to capture Perth when there was only one armored regiment in the first place.

But the British army is different, with an island country, it has achieved the great cause of the empire on which the sun never sets. For more than a century, Britain was recognized as the world's hegemon, although after World War I, both militarily and economically, the British Empire was not as good as before, and the glory of the empire was somewhat twilight. But the Royal Navy is still the first in the world, whether in terms of tonnage or naval combat experience, it deserves to be the first in the world. The British Army was also the first to use tanks in World War I, pioneering the use of armor by humans. However, in the previous life of World War II, the British Army's series of soft-footed shrimp performances were quite surprising. In Burma, the combat effectiveness of the British army was not even comparable to that of the People's Party.

However, it was all a past life. Another reason Zhong Yi has been pondering is that he knows that history has changed because of him, such as the British Army that came to Australia, they were supposed to surrender after being defeated by Yamashita Bongwen in the Malay Battle six years later, but now, they have come to Australia and are about to fight their Red Police.

"Yun Jiu, telegraph the whole country, the first armored regiment immediately boarded the car, come to Uerdi to meet the command, and the defense of Perth is under the responsibility of the Cole Department of the Second Brigade of the Guard. Second! Raising two fingers, Zhong Yi swept away the previous lowness, as if he had made some kind of determination, and suddenly became firm, and Yun Jiu, the head of the flying regiment, temporarily assumed the role of confidential secretary.

"Telegraphed Jiang Yunzhi to destroy all the mining equipment in Broken Hill, bombard all the mines, and then immediately return and join forces with the 1st Brigade to capture Adelaide and seize the airport in Parafield. Third, all the fighters of the Yunjiu Air Force of your unit should be ready to take off and equip themselves, and as soon as the final time for the surrender of the 18th Brigade of the Australian Army arrives, they will immediately bomb the barracks where the 18th Brigade is stationed. At the same time, the airport ground support regiment should also be prepared, once Adelaide is captured, it will immediately transfer to Parafield Airport to repair the runway and meet the requirements of the Air Force to take off. ”

Yun Jiu repeated all the orders, Zhong Yi nodded, "Guoxing, we are going to fight the Japanese in the future, this British army is still a defeated general under the little devil, it is not enough to be our enemy, we will win this battle!" ”

Xiao Guoxing was infected by the commander's self-confidence, and he was also a little emotional, but he was a little confused, "Commander, when did the British army lose to the Japanese?" ”

"Uh...... Exercises, during the Anglo-Japanese alliance, the exercises were defeated. ”

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Three days later, the first armored regiment led by the national forest rushed to the Uerdi advance base, Jiang Yunzhi and Hans easily defeated the 18th Brigade and successfully occupied Adelaide, and Hans also captured his old buddy, Brigadier General Cook, the commander of the 18th Brigade. The Air Force was also transferred to Adelaide's effective Parafield Airport, which was supposed to be a civilian airfield, and the ground support regiment and the engineer regiment of the armored brigade barely met the requirements of the bomber unit after emergency repairs.

The news from Hebar was that the 11th and 9th Divisions of the British Army had landed and arrived in Canberra by train to join the 1st Australian Division, under the command of British Lieutenant General Conan.

Hearing the news, Zhong Yi smiled, "Guolin, Conan means to give up their superiority in the navy and play a heads-up battle with us." ”

"Haha!" Quanguo Lin also laughed happily, "Those British guys really have nothing to do except the navy, compared to the army?" Commander, let Yunzhi and them come back, and I will be fine with one regiment! ”

"Haha, the proud soldiers will be defeated, Guolin, you can't underestimate the enemy! After all, the British army is a unit that has experienced World War I, and the troops they sent to the Far East are also elite, although there are a considerable number of Indian servants in these two divisions, they are still not to be underestimated! ”

The whole country Lin pouted, Ah San can also fight?

The headquarters moved forward, and Zhong Yi led the first and third regiments of the armored brigade through Adelaide without entering, and directly stationed in Balalante, an important railway transfer station in Victoria, which is still 70 kilometers away from Melbourne, the capital of Victoria and the second largest city in Australia. Ten years ago, Melbourne was still the capital of Australia, after moving the capital to Canberra in 1927, Melbourne is still the cultural and industrial center of Australia, although after entering the twentieth century, Sydney's population and industrial and commercial development have surpassed Melbourne, but Sydney is only a developed industrial and commercial city, compared with Mexican, lack of cultural and historical heritage. The most important thing is that the population of the greater Melbourne area has reached more than 2.8 million, and this factor made Zhong Yi determined that Melbourne, the holy city in the hearts of Australians, is the place of decisive battle with the British army. Of course, there is another factor that must be taken into account, although Melbourne is also a seaport city, and its port also has the largest cargo throughput in Australia, Melbourne is located at the mouth of the Yarra River, within Port Phillip Bay. The entrance to the sea of the harbor is only 2 wide. 8 kilometers, while Port Phillip Bay is no more than 50 kilometers wide from north to south and only 40 kilometers from east to west.

As long as the mouth of the sea is blocked less than three kilometers, Port Phillip Bay is like a small inland lake, and in such a small harbor, if the huge Mediterranean fleet dares to enter, Zhong Yi will not mind catching a fish in the bath. The firearms factory at the Uerdi base is already working hard to produce 1,000-kilogram large aerial bombs, and the laboratory has also developed a traceless electric torpedo named tuna, each H-5 can carry two anti-ship attacks. Large bombs and tuna are Zhong Yi's gifts for the Mediterranean Fleet.

There is no airport in Ballarante, and the nearest airport controlled by the Red Guard is Adelaide, but the J-5 that takes off there does not guarantee that there is enough time to stay in Phillip Bay, so before the British army comes, it is necessary to rush to repair a field airfield, which does not need to be too big, and the J-5 can take off is enough, because the H-5 with a longer take-off distance can use the airport in Adelaide with a combat radius.

Jiang Yunzhi's 2nd Armored Regiment and the 2nd Guards Brigade are assisting the Engineer Regiment and the Ground Service Regiment in the battle to repair the airfield, which is located in Horsham, 200 kilometers northwest of Barral.

These days, Commander Jiang has been very unhappy, and he has been going around by train for a while, even in the silver capital of Broken Hill, he only fired a few shots indiscriminately, and then he was transferred to Adelaide, and before he could take a good look in that beautiful city, he was sent here to repair the airport. The most depressing thing is that it is still 200 kilometers away from Melbourne on the front line, and it is impossible to repair the airport any further, because ...... Too far from Adelaide for fighter jets to fly.