Chapter 42: Heaven in the Liberated Areas
Zhong Yi was not in a hurry to recruit the prisoners of the 2nd Division, because these soldiers from eastern Australia were different from Hans's 17th Brigade, they were truly loyal to the Australian Federation.
The Panzer Regiment was still facing the 3rd Division across the Swan River, and it was said that several sorties had taken off from Perth's dual-use airfield, and military aircraft with both wings circled over the Panzer Regiment for some time, but no bombs were dropped. According to the spirit of the commander's instructions, the national forest exercised restraint and did not use anti-aircraft infantry to counterattack, and the banks of the Swan River were still very calm, almost suffocating, especially the nobles in Perth.
The Red Guard was in a big way, but there was no rush to attack the city, and the main Australian 2nd Division from New Wales had been wiped out in Kalgoorlie, and the Governor of Western Australia, Wilson, had met with the state council leaders Sandra and Luke for several days, but they were not seen. This made Wilson's heart like the Australian wilderness, where weeds grew violently. What does it mean that the governor of Perth is the product of a compromise between several major families in Perth, and now Perth is facing a catastrophe, but the two family chiefs have avoided it? Even the commander of the 3rd Division, Brigadier General Cole, belonged to the Burliman family, and without the acquiescence of these great patriarchs, even the army could not be commanded by the state government!
Telegrams kept being sent to Canberra, but there was no news at all, and it is estimated that the members of the parliament were also panicking, a main army division was completely annihilated, which has never been done in more than 30 years since the establishment of the Federation, which is beyond the scope of the Australian government, and the rescue of the Empire may be the only choice for the Governor Sir Exus.
Of course, Wilson did not pin all his hopes on the Governor's House in Canberra, the so-called cunning rabbit three caves, in addition to the wineries and mines in Western Australia, Wilson also has a small estate in Queensland, enough to continue to maintain his aristocratic life, but he no longer has the right to himself, there is a small plane prepared by Wilson for himself at Perth Airport, which can fly to Adelaide in the south, this is the back road that Wilson left for himself.
Perth airport is quite busy these days, Qantas has grounded other routes, the most advanced Boeing 247 passenger planes are all between Perth and Melbourne, Sydney, although the ticket has increased five times more than usual, but the latest Boeing passenger plane, which can only carry ten passengers, still cannot meet the requirements of Perth nobles who want to flee the war, so the airport ticket office is full of people every day.
It's just that on this day, a Boeing 247 with the number OH370 suddenly lost contact with the airport shortly after takeoff, and no matter how the ground staff at the airport tower shouted, there was silence in the dedicated channel of the OH370. The news of the loss of contact with the passenger plane was quickly reported to Governor Wilson's office, and after Wilson learned the news, he was not very surprised, but just picked up a telegram with a serious face, "Send this to the manager of the airport." ”
This telegram comes from the Kalgoorlie Red Police Force, and the content is: From now on, air traffic control will be implemented in Western Australia, and all aircraft that are lifted into the air without permission will be shot down. The person who paid the money was the supreme commander of the Red Police Base, Zhong Yi.
This clear electricity made the commotion of Perth City immediately fall into silence. After the armored regiment approached Perth, no passenger ship dared to dock at the port of Perth, and now it can't even escape by plane at a high price, what else can it do? With a cruising speed of more than 200 kilometers, the Boeing passenger will encounter the Jian-5, which can reach a maximum speed of 900 kilometers, and there is no chance of escape.
The front of the governor's mansion was full of protesters every day, protesting against the inaction of the state government and the failure of the federation to bail out, while Wilson only had a silent wry smile, air traffic control, and even his retreat was blocked. The office phone rang suddenly, and Wilson grabbed the phone like a lifesaver, and the governor's office refused to answer all external calls before the people began to talk about it, so the call must have been from the council.
Sandra's slightly old voice sounded like heaven to Wilson today, but after a brief call, the governor lost his initial excitement and sat feebly in the huge leather seat that symbolized power. Sandra on the phone said only one word: two hours later, a plane will fly to Kalgoorlie to take the governor with him.
The Boeing airliner that was allowed to take off, except for two pilots and a flight attendant, carried only four passengers: Sandra, the head of the Smolgon family; Luke, the head of the Lieberman family, and Harding, the heir of the family; The other is the depressed Governor Wilson of Western Australia. Although there are few passengers, there are two viscounts, a baron and a future viscount heir, which is enough for the Boeing 247, which became a noble plane, to be glorious for a while.
As soon as the Boeing passenger plane flew out of the sky over Perth City, two J-5 fighters immediately came over to escort or monitor the propeller old airliner, and the J-5 had to reduce its speed aggrievedly. Two hours later, the Kalgoorlie Air Force command received a J-5 report that the passenger plane from Perth had requested to land.
Two red rabbits painted in fiery red were already waiting at the airport, and Zhong Yi still gave a very high reception standard to these white visitors from Perth. Kalgoorlie Town Hall has also been rebuilt, and the simple and clear layout is different from the solemn and majestic Chinese yamen-style architecture, but closer to the castle style of Western Europe. To the surprise of several guests, the guards at the door not only had red police soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms standing guard, but also groups of soldiers in dark green military uniforms patrolling the perimeter. And what surprised Wilson was not the fierce looking military dogs, but the white and indigenous soldiers on patrol, when did the noble white man be reduced to patrolling with those erect animals?
Sandra and Luke, who had been here several times, glared at Wilson fiercely, this greedy guy from the east was so humiliating, did he still think this was Perth? Disrespect to indigenous people in Kalgoorlie is also punishable.
Sitting in the spacious office of the city hall, Zhong Yi was in a good mood, after the second division of the Australian army was completely annihilated, the temporary external threat of the Red Police base was cleared, the air force headquarters had been put into use, and the airport had been equipped with a group of fighters and bombers. Colonel Mu Yu's work has also been fruitful, and the 2nd Armored Regiment of the Army Brigade has been formed and is ready to go into battle. The planned third regiment will be a mechanized infantry regiment, which will include an infantry regiment combat vehicle battalion and two self-propelled artillery battalions to supplement the troops' lack of long-range strike firepower, and the artillery battalion will be equipped with 122-mm self-propelled howitzers and 155-mm self-propelled howitzers newly developed by the war laboratory.
It is said that the naming of China's domestic weapons in the previous life is really ...... It's very powerless, so Zhong Yi decided that the self-developed weapons of the Red Police Base will be renamed, and the artillery will be named the Shenzi series.
Recently, the War Lab has performed very well, and dozens of scientists have been recruited one after another, all of whom have stayed at the main base. Among them, there is a physicist named Qian Sanmu, who is actually engaged in nuclear fusion research, which scared Zhong Yi a lot at that time, when did the Manhattan Project start? No matter what, let's start it first, set aside a special laboratory, give priority to supply, and slowly get it first. In addition, there is a scientist named Wang Dali who also attracted Zhong Yi's attention, his name is quite vulgar, but he is an expert in thermal dynamics, and his research direction is turbojet engines. Great talent, it will be up to this to build better planes and rockets in the future, and of course, build an independent laboratory for it. Dozens of scientists have built ten laboratories, and there are not many scientists and assistants in each laboratory, but fortunately, the weapons produced by the base are now ahead of the world, and there is no rush to update them.
In short, the construction of the base has gradually become regular, and the scale and combat effectiveness of the troops have also been gradually expanded and improved......