Early morning 20 January 1833, Sydney Bay.

For the white skins here, this morning is a moment they will never forget!

Because this morning doesn't start with a glass of steaming milk, but with a piercing air raid siren!

Most of the exiles who remain in Sydney Bay today are elderly or female exiles. Although according to Hugh. Admiral Gough ordered that every white Australian was obliged to take up arms and fight to the end to defend their penal colonies and the interests of the British Empire, but mobilization always took precedence.

According to the order of the general, priority was given to violent criminals such as robbers, murderers, arsonists, kidnappers, etc., who were young and strong (not more than 60 years old, who did not miss arms or legs, or were terminally ill). These violent criminals often have a relatively high team spirit - they are all gangsters! Accustomed to gangs, it is naturally easier to be organized to participate in battles.

And the second fluctuator is the more mild and civilized criminals under the age of 60, who are physically able, such as fraudsters, thieves and so on.

The third wave is the "second generation" of men aged 15-60 who are in acceptable physical condition..... There were a number of male exiles who married female exiles in Australia and had offspring, and there were also female exiles who were raped or raped by their crew members on the way to exile and had offspring. For these female exiles, all kinds of j's are inevitable! Because the British government, believing in the market, contracted the business of escorting exiles to merchants, and how could ordinary businessmen dare to do this? Don't dare to pound more! So it was usually the slave traders and part-time pirates who were responsible for such trades......

Now that the first three waves of exiles have been mobilized, they are now either on the battlefield, in hell, or somewhere to be stationed. Those who are over 60 years old or younger than 15 years old can take up arms, and all women over 15 years of age can take up arms, all belong to the fourth wave. They will take up arms and go into battle when their cities or settlements are attacked by the enemy. The elderly, women and children in the Brisbane area have been put into battle or have been reduced to decomposing corpses, while the elderly, women and children elsewhere are being trained to fight in the defence of the British Empire.

Angelina, from London, is one of the female exiles in training...... She was only 16 years old, her average age, but she was already a criminal exile. Her horrific crime was to help the Bank of England issue pounds! Born in Ireland, she went to London at the age of 12 to work as a child laborer, but because of the economic crisis, she fell into hunger and cold, and was forced to join an Irish "charity" that helped the Bank of England issue pounds, in charge of "bulk goods". As a result, within a few days of eating, he was caught by the detectives of Scotland Yard and sentenced to death by a British court, which has always been known for its impartiality and independence. However, it was not really hoisted on a gallows, but loaded onto a ship bound for Australia.

But to her complete surprise, Angelina, who had almost no way to support herself in London, the richest and most prosperous city in the British Empire, actually lived a happy life of all-you-can-eat beef and milk until she vomited after arriving in the wild land of Australia...... And Australia's vastness and richness far exceeded her imagination as a small island citizen.

What is even more unimaginable is that the British Empire, with its two giant colonies, Australia and Canada, could bring back enough food from the colonies to feed 20 million islanders, but why are there so many hungry and cold people in Ireland and London? Why did those who ruled the British Empire fail to do so when they were able to feed everyone?

Why is that?

Angelina, who had just finished her night shift and had sent away a wealthy naval lieutenant from England, was lying in bed counting pounds and pondering this complex problem of economics when the air raid sirens that changed the course of her life went off.

The cacophony of alarms reached Angelina's bedroom, and she scrambled to get out of bed, hurriedly put on her clothes and pants, and was about to warm herself up with a jug of milk when the sound of an explosion that she would never forget came from outside.

She didn't care about hot milk, but grabbed two slices of bread and rushed out of her own big house (the result of her night's hard work), and stood in the weed-filled yard, watching the rising columns of smoke and fireballs in Port Jackson to the east, and her pretty and tender face was covered with indescribable expressions of horror...... It was only at this time that Angelina realized for the first time that there was a high chance that she would lose everything again, including her freedom and even her life!

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"Hahaha......"

Hearty laughter poured out of the large white tent, which was the commander of the Australian Legion, Hugh, who was enjoying a hearty breakfast. Admiral Goff's laughter.

And the reason for the Commander's Excellency to laugh is the urgent telegram he has just received from Sydney - Sydney is being bombed! And dozens of square miles of Ming warships appeared off the coast of Sydney Bay!

Obviously, the Ming army adopted the strategy of attacking the south from the north...... Their attack on the Brisbane area was actually a sheep move, with the aim of attracting the main force of the British army on the Sydney side to the north, and then taking advantage of their sea power to quickly mobilize the fleet south to attack Sydney, which was empty.

Sydney is now the absolute heart of Australia, and Brisbane is the second most critical area after Sydney. Once Sydney and Brisbane were occupied, the battle for Australia was reduced to guerrilla warfare and law and order warfare...... Although the British army, with a large number of horses, was able to hold out for a long time in the vast Australian outback. But without the imported arms and reinforcements, sooner or later the Australian British army will be turned into a nomadic tribe!

So and Hugh. The British generals, who were eating breakfast with Gough, looked at their commander-in-chief with puzzled expressions—what did this mean? Crazy?

Seeing the big guy's puzzled eyes, Hugh. Gao Fu finally put away his laughter, and then stroked his beard that he had grown for several years, and his big white face was full of smirk: "Those generals in China like to use so-called tricks to show their superior wisdom...... I'm sure you've read their art of war when you went to military school! ”

The Chinese Art of War, including the Five Classics and Seven Books, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the New Book of Ji Xiao, and the Selected Writings of King Wuzhong, are all must-read books in Western military schools, and even Napoleon was familiar with them, and even the Napoleonic annotated editions of The Art of War, Wellington's annotated edition, and Clausewitz's annotated edition.

So including Hugh. A group of British officers, including Gough, were still very familiar with the tactics used by the Chinese.

Because of familiarity, so Hugh. Instead of pouring out, Gough left behind as many as 9 divisions of nearly 100,000 defenders in the Sydney Fortress area - and that's not counting the Naval Garrison and the Sydney militia, which would have more than 200,000 defenders if you count them!

And this is still 200,000 who are determined to fight to the death!

Because Australian whiteskins know who they are...... They exterminated the wicked people of the Southern Continent of the Ming Domain, and they were all wicked people, and they were exiled criminals, so they would definitely be exterminated after the Ming Dynasty landed!

Stop. "Even if they have a fleet of 1,000 square miles, they must send infantry to land and occupy Sydney inch by inch...... It's not a problem that can be solved in a week or two, it's a painstaking battle for months. And when their main force goes south, there must be only a small number of troops here in Brisbane. In fact, the fact that they had not taken the Brisbane Fortress for so long, and that they were still stationed at Mount Tebultop, showed that they did not have enough troops...... This is our chance!

Now, we must show the utmost determination to break through the Ming army's defensive line at Tebultop Hill and quickly drive the Ming army from the direction of Brisbane down the Pacific Ocean! ”