During the years of conquest, every day was a baptism of blood and fire, and every minute and every second was a torment, and it was this cruel war environment that made people rapidly transform, from honest peasants and simple workers to qualified soldiers.

Half a month later

The course of the Melbourne bloody battle was not unexpected, and it seemed arduous and with no end in sight.

Less than half of the buildings in this war-torn city are still standing intact, and the city is littered with traces of bloody wars, scorched beams, and rubble everywhere.

This scene of war, in stark contrast to the intact urban architecture of West Melbourne across the river, with heaven on one side and hell on the other, highlights the brutality of war.

After half a month of fighting street by street, the Northern Army paid the price of 47,700 casualties (more than half of the white prisoners lost more than 26,000, and the Chinese soldiers lost 21,700), annihilated more than 53,000 enemy troops, occupied nearly half of the urban area on the east bank of the Yarra River, and compressed the enemy in the southeast of Melbourne, preparing to encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The fierce gunfire continued for more than half a month, and on this day suddenly and completely stopped.

Both sides are well aware that a brief silence means that a more violent storm is coming, and they are actively preparing for this.

During this period

The total number of reinforcements that arrived on the front line in Melbourne in the south exceeded 126,000, and after suffering heavy losses, the strength of Corps B increased instead of decreasing, and the total strength quickly swelled to more than 253,000. (including 24,000 white captive soldiers, after a bloody battle, the Chinese soldiers were given the same treatment, reorganized into four divisions, and a large-scale rehab is underway), capable of delivering a fatal blow to the recalcitrant Confederate army.

Throughout the entire Civil and Southern War situation

After two months and six days of repeated tug-of-war, the bloody battle of Sydney finally came to an end, with more than 97,000 enemy soldiers killed, wounded and captured, of which less than 8,800 were captured, and the rest were completely annihilated.

The war wreaked havoc on the metropolis of Sydney, with more than 80 percent of the buildings destroyed in the fighting, and only a few sturdy cathedrals, state councils, libraries and other buildings survived.

Civilians have been severely harmed by the heavy fire, with countless deaths from all causes, with only about 36,000 young white women and a small number of children being sheltered, and the rest buried in the city's rubble.

Today, Melbourne is repeating that tragedy.

The number of young white women and a small number of children who are rescued from the new battlefield on the east bank of the Yarra River every day is not very large, and so far there are only more than 40,000, which is less than 1/10 of the region's total population of 470,000 (minus the population of West Melbourne).

No one can say exactly how many city dwellers have been injured in the war, and who cares about innocent city civilians now with red eyes and almost no scruples about killing each other?

For the attacking Ocean Kingdom army, it is impossible to distinguish between the soldiers of the Southern Union Army and the civilians, this is because the Southern Alliance Army has recruited too many militias to participate in the battle, all of them are wearing a variety of clothes, how can they be screened?

The easiest way is to shoot the man in one shot, regardless of whether the Caucasian man on the other side is 12 or 55 years old.

As for women, it is necessary to check whether the fingers are discolored by the smoke of gunfire, the elbows and knees are worn and bruised, and the fingers are calloused. Is your shoulder bruised and swollen? Do you have a gunshot wound on your body?

Anyone who meets one of the conditions is immediately dragged out and shot.

In this brutal Melbourne city bloody battle, there is no shortage of armed female soldiers in the Confederate Army, and many soldiers fell under their guns.

There was a mistake in killing, and I didn't let it go.

Whether or not you will eventually be able to set foot on the stone bridge away from the war depends on many factors.

Some Chinese commanders simply felt that some old white women were sloppy in their clothes, ugly in appearance, or unpleasant to look at, so they refused their request to enter the West Bank, and left them to suffer in the purgatory of the war on the East Bank.

As for the white kids...... Ahem...... Fate is not optimistic.

When the battle is fought like this, some subsections will be held accountable.

Church of the Virgin Mary

The bright sunlight shone down from the side of the stone corridor, and the breeze was gentle, if it weren't for the bursts of strong gunpowder smoke and the smell of blood from time to time, if it weren't for the visible cannon craters and dense bullet marks on the walls, this would have been a quiet day for the clouds and the years.

Li Fushou was wearing a marshal's uniform, looking tall and majestic, and was drinking afternoon tea with the generals in this quiet place, and the stars were shining around, highlighting the king in the middle, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

The top of the army of the Ocean Kingdom has just been awarded a large-scale general rank, and the chief of the general staff of the army, Conrad Adenauer, the deputy chief of the general staff, Chi Shouchuang, and Mo Rufeng, have all been awarded the rank of army general, and the rest have been promoted by virtue of their military exploits.

Liu Shan, deputy commander of Corps A and commander of the 2nd Kalimantan Division, was promoted to lieutenant general, Li Baihu, deputy commander of the Corps and commander of the 1st Kalimantan Division, was promoted to lieutenant general, Schwarz-Kopf, commander of the Tiger Cavalry Division, was promoted to major general, Zhou Dazhui, commander of the Leopard Cavalry Division, was promoted to major general, Qi Feng, commander of the Qingdao Division, was promoted to brigadier general, Hu Zhengzhong, commander of the Burns Division, was promoted to brigadier general, Zhao Jiaxiong, commander of the Xixiangzhou Division, was promoted to brigadier general, and Liu Ahu, commander of the Suzaku Division, was promoted to brigadier general.

Nan Huaiyu, deputy commander of Corps B and commander of the Dragoon Division, was promoted to lieutenant general, Huo Xiaohu, deputy commander of the Corps and commander of the Brisbane Division, was promoted to lieutenant general, Hu Tiesheng, commander of the Wolf Cavalry Division, was promoted to major general, Li Xuanzhu, commander of the Red First Division, was promoted to major general, Shangri-La Division Commander Fritz was promoted to major general, Songjiang Division Commander Li Baihu was promoted to major general, Beilun Division Commander Li Yuan (formerly known as Li Siyuan, renamed to avoid His Royal Highness the Great Prince) was promoted to brigadier general, Wisconsin Division Commander Li Qinglong was promoted to brigadier general, Dongxiangzhou Division Commander Li Siyi was promoted to brigadier general, and White Tiger Division Commander Gu Haikang (former mayor of Cairns) was promoted to brigadier general.

In addition, there are also promotions of generals in the mobile regiment and the navy, which will not be repeated here.

Most of the Ocean Kingdom follows the etiquette of the Western court, and the system of bowing down and worshipping without real action is relatively equal, so Li Fushou sits at the top, and dozens of generals around him sit and drink afternoon tea, just chatting salty and indifferent, looking approachable.

Chatted for a while

Li Fushou asked; "Have the white captives reached their limits?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, what is left now are loyal soldiers who have been tested by the fires of war, swearing allegiance to the kingdom, each of them has the blood of the soldiers of the Southern Union Army on their hands, only follow us all the way to the dark, loyalty can be guaranteed, due to the bloody siege battle for half a month, these white soldiers have almost reached the limit, and they urgently need to repair."

"Well, Rufeng, you can do it, when you attack in general, all the forces must be used together anyway."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we now have sufficient troops, and we are ready to divide all our forces into two echelons to take turns to attack, always maintain a strong offensive momentum, and plan to completely defeat the remnants of the enemy in three days and end this campaign."

"The troops are enough, you can do it!" Li Fushou nodded lightly, his eyes swept over the crowd, and everywhere he looked, the generals all straightened their waists, showing their heroic side.

After a pause, Li Fushou continued;

"We are now faced with three hard bones to solve, Sydney has finally chewed and swallowed, and now there is a big bone in Melbourne that is blocked in the throat, and it must be chewed and digested as soon as possible, because there is still a piece of Ballarat in front of us, and the mobile corps is just watching them, and they are temporarily unable to launch a full-scale attack.

The war has been going on for more than two months now, and it's time to end it as soon as possible.

The day after tomorrow is Christmas, so set the day of the general offensive on this day, and you will all be ready to go back and launch a ferocious Christmas offensive with all your might, and completely solve the remnants of the enemy in Melbourne.

They don't have much ammunition now, and the soldiers are probably seventy or eighty thousand, anyway, there is no accurate number, and when they run out of troops, they will recruit on the spot, and the white people will pick up guns and become soldiers.

The battle has not been polite until now, the mutual hatred is as deep as the sea, it seems that these scourges cannot be left, and my request is to annihilate them all. ”

Speaking of which

Li Fushou glanced at the generals with a majestic gaze, and asked word by word; "Can it be done?"

All the generals stood up in unison and answered in unison; "The ministers will obey the orders of the superior and resolutely complete the task."

"Okay, then go back to the army and prepare to go, by the way, the three of you stay for a while, I still have something to explain." Li Fushou stood up and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals replied in unison, then turned and left, and soon the room was empty.

The afternoon tea that was originally full of people came to an end, leaving only three high-ranking military officials with the rank of general on their shoulders.

"Let's go, take a walk, my legs are numb after sitting for a long time, just move my legs and feet." Li Fushou went straight forward, Conrad Adenauer, Wei Chi Shou, and Mo Rufeng followed behind.

Or did Admiral Conrad Adenauer have a keen sense of politics, and had some speculation in his heart, and he hesitated and asked; "Your Majesty, the old minister took the liberty of asking the last question, is there any change in the international situation?"

Li Fushou nodded approvingly and replied; "You guessed it right, Sir Globalfoundries, the Minister of State for the Colonies, sent a harshly worded personal letter, expressing serious dissatisfaction with the current situation in Australia, and being particularly concerned about the rumored killing of civilians by whites, and London did not rule out the possibility of military intervention, and demanded that we restore our original borders as soon as possible, otherwise we will be severely sanctioned by the Empire."

"Oh...... I see, Your Majesty, then we ......"

"He said his, let's do ours, a letter will be a solution to the Australian problem, Sir Globalfoundries is also a fool, if the mouth can bring world peace, then there will not be so many wars."

Li Fushou's disdainful words caused the three generals to smile, and General Mo Rufeng thought about it for a moment and said; "Your Majesty, Sir Globalfoundry's letter probably represents the official attitude of London, and if there is a military change, then we really need to pay attention to it."

"At present, the impact is only limited to the Colonial Office, the Royal Admiralty has not yet received an order to act, and London is also a bunch of people who want to save face, and will not do things very well, so as not to step down at that time. As long as we completely eradicate the recalcitrant enemy in Melbourne, we can claim to have won the war between the north and the south, and completely cut off the idea of military intervention in London. ”

"Your Majesty, there's Ballarat!" Admiral Wei Chi Shouclumy reminded.

"Hehehe...... Ballarat is an inland city, and as long as the large army surrounds and blocks the news, the white miners who arrogantly claim to give us a taste will be dumbfounded, and I want to see how many months the cattle and sheep they bring with them can eat the gold ore. ”

Li Fushou's meaning was understood by the other three in an instant, and they all laughed heartily.

The British probably didn't expect that the Free Federation of South Australia would lose so quickly, according to normal estimates, Sydney held out for more than two months, Melbourne had to hold on for half a year, how could it be that it didn't hold out for a month and was defeated?

You must know that Sydney is 2560,000 people, but Melbourne has a population of 430,000 (670,000 displaced people in the later period), and there is no shortage of money, food, population and arms, how could it be defeated so quickly?

Melbourne is one of the largest metropolises in the Commonwealth and the mainland, ranking fourth in terms of population size and affluence, below London, Leeds and Manchester, and above Birmingham.

According to the arrogant character of the British, they would never have expected that the Chinese would have such a strong fighting force and be able to swallow such a big and strong target in one gulp.

Once the news of the fall of Melbourne spreads, it is estimated that London will not have much heart to intervene.

There is not even a port in Australia, so where can we land from thousands of miles to transport troops?

Even if troops are transferred from the Indian subcontinent, a large-scale landing operation at such a long distance is absolutely impossible for the second-rate British Army in Europe, and the difficulty of the challenge is hellish.

From a military point of view, it has no credibility.

Don't look at the fact that London has not officially expressed its position on the Australian issue now, and has an ambiguous attitude towards the new ocean kingdom, neither agreeing nor opposing, and just dragging on and not expressing its position, in fact, once the situation becomes clear, London's attitude will be quickly clear.

As an inland city, Ballarat will never have Melbourne's international stature, and despite its abundance of gold, its reputation is unrecognizable and its influence is limited.

Probably the vast majority of London politicians have never heard of the name of this city, who cares about this small remote Australian place?

As long as Melbourne is solved, it is equivalent to winning the North-South War.

In terms of international recognition, the Ocean Kingdom should be most grateful to France, which took the lead in recognizing the legitimate status of the Ocean Kingdom and secretly used its international influence to promote the recognition of other countries.

The reason why France was chosen for the breakthrough has historical roots.

France and England have been in love and killed each other for more than 700 years, and all of them are not much less written than the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the accumulation of blood and tears and grievances is higher than that of the Himalayas, so the French will never give up the opportunity to weaken the British.

This was extremely evident in the American Revolutionary War.

As Vergenne, Foreign Secretary to Emperor Louis XVI of France, put it: "A unique and unexpected good fortune for France." If Britain lost its North American colonies, the British Empire would suffer immeasurable losses. Britain is our natural enemy, an insatiable and untrustworthy enemy, and it is its consistent policy to belittle France. It was therefore the duty of France to seize every opportunity to weaken the power of Britain and (the immediate priority) to secretly aid the rebels. ”

At the beginning of the American Revolution

The Continental Army led by Washington has never exceeded 30,000 people, and the rest are volunteer militias, both in terms of army quality, equipment, funds and officers' war experience, all of which are at an absolute disadvantage, and Britain has a professional army of 95,000 people in the North American colonies, and the combat effectiveness of the two is not at the same level at all.

Without selfless help from France, it would have been difficult for the Americans to win this war of independence.

In the first year of the war, King Louis XVI of France allocated 1 million livres to aid 300,000 guns, 100 tons of gunpowder, more than 300 cannons, and 200,000 sets of military uniforms to the North American colonies through private companies, so that the North American colonies obtained a large number of advanced military equipment and financial aid sufficient to solve their urgent needs.

At the same time, France also acquiesced to the formation of a "volunteer army" by the Marquis de Lafayette to participate in the North American Revolutionary War in an unofficial capacity.

The so-called livre, also known as livre, is the weight unit of currency, equivalent to a pound of silver, about 12 ounces, 1 million livres was a huge amount of money at the time, and France really spent a lot of money in order to retaliate against Britain.

You know, this is just the first aid.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States, France generously donated the Statue of Liberty, which was not only responsible for the construction, but also transported and installed it thousands of miles, in addition to emphasizing the friendship cemented by the blood of France and the United States, there is also a layer of intent to humble the British.

As long as it can make the British unhappy, the French are willing to do it.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the independence of the United States, the British only indifferently sent a low-level delegation, and the mentality of London must be mixed with the United States, and of course it is not happy.

It is precisely because France has such a brilliant resume that Li Fushou's first idea hit the head of the French and instructed Tang Shaoyi to listen to the attitude of the French.

Four months ago, when the diplomatic representative Tang Shaoyi first contacted the top level of the French government, he bluntly put forward the request that once the Ocean Kingdom was established, it was hoped that it would be recognized by the French government, and the then French Prime Minister Pierre excitedly agreed, immediately opened champagne to celebrate, and took the initiative to take over the task of lobbying other European kingdoms.

How deep is the French hatred for London?

As for the arrival of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov of Tsarist Russia, it should be regarded as a surprise, and the fact that Tsarist Russia became the second world power to recognize the legitimacy of the Ocean Kingdom was a decision made by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in addition to joy.

The hatred of the Russian woolly bears for Britain was not weaker than that of the French, and even more direct and intense, and the decision made by His Royal Highness Nikolai was praised by the Kremlin by telegram, which shows that the joy of Tsarist Russia is beyond words.

Walking a lot at night, you will always encounter ghosts.

London has really offended too many countries in the European chess game or the world chess game, and the title of "European-stirring stick" is not for nothing, even if it is just to disgust the British, there are many countries willing to scramble to recognize the legitimacy of the Ocean Kingdom.

This includes a series of world powers such as Germany, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Austria-Hungary, the United States, and now the British Empire and the Manchus have not recognized it, oh...... By the way, there is also Fusang Kingdom, which is full of hatred for the Ocean Kingdom, and now it also has a constipated look.

I can't do it, I admit it and I'm unwilling, it's really tangled!

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