Chapter 872: The Flame of Vengeance

"My people, I have to make a very heavy announcement. In the early hours of this morning, our Pacific Fleet base port was attacked by an unknown fleet and aircraft, resulting in the sinking of several of our warships, the destruction of dozens of aircraft, and the death of hundreds of Navy soldiers.

After investigation and evidence collection, it was found that the fleets and planes that attacked us were all island troops, and it was these damned island people who launched a surprise attack on us.

So far, we have lost a total of 147 good sailors in this attack, and another 322 sailors have been wounded, 55 of them seriously.

This is a declaration of war against Australasia, and it is a serious violation of Australasia's national security and people's interests. I declare that Australasia is now in a state of all-out war with the island nation.

I hate such an undeclared country and the murderers of such despicable attacks. Let the flames of vengeance come more fiercely!

In my capacity as Emperor of Australasia, I ask you, from now on, no matter what your status, as long as you are an Australasian person, you are obliged to devote yourself to the war of your country and give everything for this war!

We want everyone to know that the majesty of Australasia is inviolable, and the status of Australasia is inviolable! ”

At half past eight on the evening of 17 June, Arthur's speech was broadcast on all radio stations in Australasia.

In terms of aircraft, there are nearly 200 aircraft, of which more than 40 have crashed directly, and more than half of the aircraft have been injured.

As early as the previous day, in Arthur's speech, the Australasian people were very angry at the undeclared attack by the islanders.

The next day, Australasia officially released the casualty figures of Australasia in the attack.

As for the true outcome of that attack, it was actually not as bad as the Australasian government had announced.

More than half of the island's more than 400 planes crashed and fewer than 200 fled Hawaii because of the impact of missiles.

At eight o'clock in the morning on June 18, the Philippines and Kalimantan declared war on the island nation.

After the war with the island nation had already broken out, Arthur's plan officially entered another stage.

World War II, with its second battlefield, can truly be called a superwar on a world scale.

"Your Majesty, I think we should take revenge for this attack." Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Daniel was the first to stand up and said with a firm face: "According to the results of this attack, our navy is obviously stronger than the navy of the island nation.

400 island planes fought against 200 Australasian planes, with only about 30 destroyed and about 110 injured in Australasia.

The populace was initially surprised by Arthur's sudden speech, but when they understood what had happened, they were furious at the island's undeclared war.

The explosion caused a building to collapse and ultimately left 32 ordinary people unlucky.

Anyway, the war between Australasia and the islanders did start, and the Australasian people's hatred for the island nation deepened because of this attack.

After all, the incident of being attacked is not glorious, and such a bad thing is not covered up but exaggerated, which is unreasonable to think about.

At six o'clock in the morning of June 18, the island nation first convened a diplomatic conference and engaged in many quibbles before pretending to be helpless and declaring war on Australasia.

Now that war has been declared on the island nation, Arthur naturally does not need to be polite.

From the very beginning, Arthur expressed an attitude of disgust with the island nation, which also affected the whole country, making most of the attitude towards the island nation very disgusted.

The island nation attacked the naval base, so why were ordinary people injured?

During the attack by the islanders, a total of 1 battle cruiser, 3 destroyers, 2 cruisers and 1 submarine were sunk by the Australasian Pacific Fleet, and 1 aircraft carrier and 1 battleship were wounded.

As long as the island nation can hold Australasia, the current war situation is clearly still in the upper hand for Germany and Italy.

In terms of personnel, it is accurate to everyone. According to the Australasian government's announcement, the attack resulted in a total of 501 Australasian casualties.

However, for Arthur's strategic purposes, the Australasian government instead exaggerated the island's gains and losses, making itself the victim from every angle.

Such a statement is the most unreasonable one for other foreign media.

Of course, it is precisely because of the first flight of those four aircraft carriers that hundreds of island planes in the sky have directly become live targets.

The attack resulted in more than 500 casualties, something that Australasia has not suffered since its founding.

Judging from the results of this attack, although Australasia was the attacked party, it was the island nation that suffered the greater losses.

Of course, whether it is the German-Italian alliance or Germany that has the upper hand is open to debate.

What's more, it was the island nation that attacked Australasia as a head-on competitor. Australasia already has a serious white Australian policy, and there is a certain degree of discrimination against non-whites.

On June 18, the day after the declaration of war on the island nation, Arthur convened a meeting of the Ministry of Defense to discuss plans for a large-scale war against the island nation.

However, at this time, the people of Australasia have no reason to distinguish the truth of the data. What's more, in the eyes of the people, it is impossible for the government to exaggerate the scale of the loss for no reason.

As a country far away in Oceania, Australasia did not have any overtly hostile countries before this large-scale war broke out.

This also represents a European scope, and in addition to the 600,000 troops in Australasia that have been agreed, it will be difficult for Britain and France to get Australasia's support again in the short term.

Of the 200 aircraft, less than 10 were intact, and the others were more or less damaged in that air battle.

And so it is. The appearance of anger is shown to the people, in order to mobilize the emotions of the people and make the people more active in the war.

Although it was true that two cruisers were sunk due to negligence at first, that did not have much impact on the overall strength of the Pacific Fleet.

After seeing the next day's injury report, the Australasian anger intensified.

What's worse is that this world war is obviously more intense than the last one.

The main battlefields of the last world war were in Europe, but they only affected the colonies of European countries.

At half past eight in the evening of June 17, with Arthur's speech, Australasia officially declared war on the island nation.

For Britain and France, the entry of the island nation into the war was definitely bad news.

There were 32 casualties, including 4 dead and 28 injured.

This brings us to the air battle. After being hit, an unlucky island plane got lost in the dark night sky and eventually crashed into a residential area in Hawaii due to a malfunction.

Since the founding of Australasia, the island nation was the first country to take the initiative to provoke Australasia and caused Australasia to suffer a big loss, so it is natural to arouse the hatred of Australasian people.

At 12 noon, the United Kingdom of the West Coast and the Kingdom of California also declared war on the island countries, and the war for hegemony in the Pacific officially began.

The islanders are miserable. Although the missile's hit rate is not high, it is still deadly for aircraft.

Having said that, such a casualty result still seems very exaggerated.

But after five o'clock, the sky was already cloudy, and at least it was already possible to see the distribution and movement of enemy aircraft.

If it weren't for the fact that the island's aircraft carriers quickly began to flee Hawaii when the situation was not good, I am afraid that the results of the Australasian Pacific Fleet could have expanded again.

It was also from five o'clock in the morning that the tide of battle ushered in a huge turn. The Australasian Air Force quickly locked on the advantage and successfully repelled the island nation's navy.

The perspective is back in Australasia.

The real result was that the Australasian Pacific Fleet sank 2 aircraft carriers, 1 battleship and 2 submarines of the island nation at the cost of sinking 1 battlecruiser and seriously injuring 1 battleship.

The meeting was attended by commanders and high-ranking generals of the navy, army, and air forces, high-ranking members of the General Staff, officials of the Ministry of National Defense, and a small number of important cabinet ministers.

But now, with the full-scale entry of Australasia and the island nations, it officially represents the opening of the Pacific theater of World War II.

At present, Australasia does not have any main peace faction for this war with the island nation, all of them are staunch main war factions.

In the face of the attack of the island nation, which they did not look up to, many extreme media have begun to publicize the evils of the island nation.

Of these, 469 soldiers were killed or wounded, of whom 147 were killed and 322 wounded.

Before five o'clock, the sky was pitch black, and at this time, the island navy and the Australasian Pacific Fleet were almost open.

The entry of the island nation into the war also means that the now widely circulated talk of a world war has clearly become a reality.

What was bad for Britain and France was certainly a good thing for Germany and Italy.

The attitude of the government and the military is basically that whoever has a competing interest relationship with me is my opponent.

At this time, the island country had no way to quibble. After all, they took the initiative to attack, and they couldn't win this naval battle with fewer planes after Australasia was attacked, right?

Looking at Arthur's appearance, he was obviously not as angry as he was when he spoke last night.

With missiles and more advanced aircraft, the Australasian Navy could not have lost that war.

Especially after attracting the hatred of the Australasian people, at least in the short term, the focus of the Australasian offensive will definitely be on the islanders.

Moreover, the islanders lost 2 aircraft carriers and 1 strategic ship in this attack, and their naval strength will only be weaker.

As long as we have absolute superiority on the sea, it is only a matter of time before we defeat the island nation. ”

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