In the large conference room, all the Australian MPs looked at each other. They were not fools who could stand here. Some of them were capable people, some who had military positions or were once soldiers, immediately felt the difference. Even after the outbreak of the European war, Australia had placed only main ships, even most of the light patrols and destroyers to Europe. The situation in the UK was quite serious. In their opinion, there was nothing in Australia and there were no enemies around. Why do you want so many warships to do? It would be better to support the sect leader.

In this era, Britain is a super overlord, and there are a group of little brothers who hold it in any of his actions. Among them, the Commonwealth is the most outstanding and hard-core supporter. Australia, as a member of the Commonwealth, has just become the dominant, and is also ready to contribute its own strength in this large-scale war.

In later generations, in the real history of World War I, Australia did the same. Even in the European War, a large number of sacrifices were made. It was precisely because of this spirit of sacrifice, the tenacity and combat effectiveness that showed it, which established the image of Australia. Later, it gradually gained social status and political structure. However, in this era, the emergence of China broke everything. This method of applause became the biggest problem now. Now Australia does not even have escort warships, and the only battleship is also placed in Europe. It is too late to transfer back. How to solve the problem located in Darwin?

Although China's cross-sea attack on Darwin was quick, in order to ensure the safety of personnel, there was no forced attack on the Telegraph Bureau, and some contact with the submarine optical cables and the ground. Darwin had wired telegrams to contact Sydney. They reported most of the information, especially the warships at sea. According to the information obtained from the telegram, at least 8 ships of 10,000 tons also appeared in Darwin on a heavy cruise. In other words, even if Australia sends troops there, it will be blocked by the opponent's superior naval forces. Australia does not have much naval tradition. In the Commonwealth, under the influence of the eyes, it also knows that at such a moment, soldiers are sent onto the ship without escort force. Once those troop ships encounter warships, they are joking with the lives of the soldiers. Even in the extremely critical moment, no one dares to issue qualified orders, which is equivalent to letting them die.

It is almost even more difficult to get to Darwin on land. From Sydney to Darwin, the straight line distance is more than 2,000 kilometers. There is not enough railway. If you go to the middle, you will not need to use it. Or you are a horse, or even in the prairie, there is no road yet. How can you pass through this? Even if you go there, the 2,000 kilometers of road will make these soldiers lose them.

Naturally, most members of the parliament put their hopes on the suzerain country. Australia is the free regime of the Commonwealth, but many aspects are protected by the United Kingdom. Australia even sent a large number of army forces to Europe. At this time, it was at its weakest time. China not only had a very good choice, but also had a very good choice in its position.

Many senior officials argued endlessly and had their own opinions. Since Britain could not rely on it, should it protect itself when Australia faced the Chinese attack and transferred it to the British team, or even the main battleship and some other warships, be able to return.

This is the words of a certain country, and even the members of the lower level, began to think that this was very reasonable. However, at the top, the speakers, prime ministers, and even military commanders who know more about the current situation, they know more clearly that not to mention that Australia is too far away from Europe, even if it is close, troops that have already been on the front line cannot be transferred back. The reason is very simple. The situation on the battlefield is in a balance of power, and at most one side has a little advantage. At this time, hundreds of thousands of troops are drawn, which has a huge impact on the situation on the battlefield. Even as the top leaders, they get news from various channels, the Australian army has huge losses, and the estimated losses have exceeded 600,000 troops. The ones that may actually come back will not exceed 250,000. The number of such troops does not have much effect.

As for the navy, there is even more problematic. The United States has drawn 12 battleships, which is the largest arms pillar of the Allied Powers. They have strong support for Britain, so they have such preferential treatment. However, the result is that 12 battleships failed to be killed in Changsha and 12 battleships were missing. The United Kingdom is even more irresistible in the face of Germany's pressure. How could it be possible to get the warships back? That is simply not possible.

After discussing for a long time, there was no solution. However, if they did not take action, they would allow the other party to attack and slowly occupy the entire Australia, it would not work. In the end, they could only send three armies of troops, totaling 130,000, which is more than half of the current army in Australia. Their departure would make Australia's protection weaker, but they had no choice. Near Sydney is the most concentrated place in Australia, and large-scale recruitment has also begun.

A 10% conscription ratio is a security conscription line that does not affect the general situation, and is also considered one of the war potentials of a country. However, at the moment of life and death, when the Chinese have hit them, it is meaningless to consider the 10% security line. Faced with the threat of possible destruction of the country, they must mobilize in general.

The three armies of the army were in Sydney season and then entered central Australia by railway. Then they could only slowly move towards Darwin. It was unknown how long it would take, and it might not even be possible to reach Darwin in the end. The top leaders of Australia never thought that they could get there. Australia's unique environment has never been threatened by war. They didn't even know how to deal with it.

The gathering of three armies took 15 days, and even waited for the car for 3 days. The Australian top leaders already felt a sense of urgency, but at the bottom, there was no such thing as the rest. They had gone to the European army. If they had this passion, they would have gone to Europe long ago. The rest were not very determined or were simply afraid of death. Now they did not expect that they had avoided the European war and were threatened at their doorstep. Now there was no chance that they would have ruthlessly come.

It is strange that Australia is very close to Asia. During World War I, the focus was on Europe. The main wars broke out in Europe. Australia was safe and sound. During World War II, although Japan went south, the focus of its move south was for oil. When it reached Southeast Asia, it stopped. Although it later wanted to march against Australia, the Japanese had to fight against Britain near the Indochina Peninsula and fight the United States in the Pacific. It was beyond the reach. They tried to attack Australia several times, but they returned in vain, which caused Australia's peace.

In this era, China joined in World War I, just like the three-country axis during World War II, Germany in Europe and Japan in Asia. The difference is that China is far more powerful and terrifying than Japan during World War II. Even if it only uses a very inconspicuous part of its power, it is enough to make the world look at it.

In a quiet moment, China has occupied the entire Siberia and has taken back all the territory occupied by Russia. The land area has almost soared to nearly 20 million. The most important thing is that with the help of Lan Fang, it occupied more than 22 million square kilometers of land in Southeast Asia. Although many of them are unsuitable places for development, China is much stronger in this era than Japan in history.

It was only in the premise of gaining huge profits in one war that Japan completed the process of industrialization in just 20 years, upgraded industrialization and became one of the world's powerful countries. However, China only took a few years to use the powerful products of later generations to make China's manufacturing all over the world, with more than 100 million tons of steel production, large-scale mechanical capabilities, and chemical capabilities, even the United States is not as good as Japan, let alone Japan. Although China is hiding under the leadership of Yang Yuanzhao, it has not shown everything about China.

But even if China leaks these, it is not something that Australia can bear. Neither Britain nor the United States nor Australia realizes that the only highlight of the Chinese army's foreign war is to kill the Russian army in Siberia. However, the army's combat effectiveness cannot be experienced without personal experience. Even against Russia, China did not expose China's strongest power, and the least armored power was not sent to Russia. However, with Australia's landing, China not only sent the most powerful team, but also sent the armored power.

Darwin was captured, almost like a bloodless sword. Zhang Xiaohuai was very cautious. After occupying the port, he firmly controlled the port and began to land. In just 2 days, the Chinese Expeditionary Force landed in Darwin. This largest city in northern Australia became a Chinese base. In the port, a large number of merchant ships began to unload their cargo. After obtaining enough supplies, the 300,000 army, except for 100,000 defending Darwin, attacked east and west with the cooperation of warships.

Darwin is already the largest city in the northern region. Such cities have little defense and are easily breached, let alone other cities. The entire northern region has 700,000 people, and is densely distributed in more than 150 cities and towns and villages of different sizes. 200,000 troops are divided into two groups and attacking 250 kilometers respectively. Almost all the ports and important towns in northern Australia are included in it. The efficiency is much faster than expected. In the entire northern region, wars are everywhere, and more and more advanced telegrams are sent to Sydney. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!