During the attack on Australia, Darwin was a little easier. His previous preparations were not far from East Timor to Darwin, but East Timor took a long time to transport it from Borneo. If there was another Australia apart, it would be even more distant and far away.

It is very troublesome to switch land to sea routes, not to mention traveling across Australia. From Darwin to Sydney, it has to cross the northwest to southeast of Australia. This is not a short distance. Although Australia is the smallest among all continents, Australia is also a country with 7 million square kilometers of land. It is almost the farthest distance from northwest to southeast. If there is any problem with such a long distance, even if the Chinese army has excellent combat effectiveness, what can it do? It can solve all problems? If it is attacked in the central desert and suffers greater losses, it is probably the most terrifying thing for China.

Especially after Zhang Xiaohuai arrived in Australia, he truly understood the barrenness of Australia. This was only incorporated into the territory by Britain before the 19th century. In the first few decades, it was just a place for exiled prisoners. After decades of development, Australia was still attached to the Commonwealth. It was not a complete industrial country and did not have a complete industrial chain. For domestic development, let alone reaching the level of Europe, even in the colonies, there were many more powerful than Australia.

Perhaps, as the intelligence says, only on the southeast coast, the most developed place in Australia, will be a modern scene, and the central and northern regions are basically an undeveloped area.

This statement is really true. According to historical development, even in World War II, Australia developed mostly some coastal areas and central areas close to the southeast and the western center. Most areas are undeveloped areas, not to mention railways, there are very few highways.

Without roads and railways, the Chinese Army's speed advantage could not be exerted, and the armored legion could be used as a vanguard. However, if there was a long-distance raid and insufficient logistics supply, Zhang Xiaohuai did not dare to take risks at all. At this moment, he could only take steady steps and consolidate the territory around Darwin first.

China already has a huge territory. Although it is inevitable to win for Australia, it takes time to win. Even if Australia is very weak and Australia has a small population, its huge territory is their strategic depth. It is ready to take three steps in the plan.

The first step is of course to gain a foothold. With Darwin as the center, the surrounding 300 kilometers is the target. Nearly 80,000 square kilometers of land is the most important area in northern Australia. This place will become a Chinese offensive base. After occupying it at the fastest speed, it will start immigration and large-scale construction, striving to give it initial ability and storage conditions, and become the foundation and base for China's offensive to Australia.

This process ranges from about 3 months to half a year, and depends on the situation. Now, Darwin's conquest speed is much faster than expected. Zhang Xiaohuai placed his headquarters in Darwin, and then started the construction of this base, and sent back the news of his successful capture of Darwin and northern Australia back to China.

In China, no one in the General Staff had ever suspected that Zhang Xiaohuai could not conquer Darwin. China had made unimaginable preparations to capture Darwin, and the opponent did not know at all. In the past six months, no reinforcements were sent to Darwin, nor any supplies were supported. In this case, how could an accident happen unless a large-scale tsunami was encountered.

At the end of the summer, near Darwin, in the Timor Sea, there is unlikely to occur, and there is no possibility of tsunami. They are waiting for news of complete occupation. In Hainan Island, Guangdong, and Borneo, China, there are more than one million troops, who are ready to set off and are just waiting to take Darwin.

Since China received news, a fleet of more than 1.5 million tons came to take action. On the way, they even gathered 500,000 tons from Lanfang, a total of 2 million tons of materials. Except for about 40% of the military supplies for the army, all the rest were construction materials.

China's habits are always to fight wherever it goes and where it goes. Construction is the strongest place for the Chinese. Relying on construction, it can provide sufficient protection for the army. China's strong defense is inseparable from construction. Although China and Australia are tens of millions of kilometers apart, their strong transportation capacity will smooth the gap in distance.

While a large fleet was dispatched, the mobilization continued in Lanfang. The personnel were not limited to soldiers. The number of soldiers must be sufficient for Australia's strategy. China has prepared 2 million people for Australia and will enter Australia in batches. In the early stage, 300,000 people would be enough.

In order to defend Darwin, even in its current state, 300,000 people built a perfect defense and transported all supplies and artillery to the shore. After reasonable distribution, 300,000 people were enough to resist the 500,000 army of the same size. This is the same level as the Chinese army. With Zhang Xiaohuai's confidence, even the strength of the Australian army is on the same level as Russia, it is enough to resist more than 1.5 million. This is Zhang Xiaohuai's confidence.

Is the Australian army strong? No, the Australian soldiers I currently contact are really not in the ordinary. Perhaps it is Darwin's position problem, but in the northern region, the regular Australian army with at least two regiments also collapsed with one blow, without cooperation and tactics at all, and is not on the same level as the Chinese Army.

What to defend is just secondly. In Zhang Xiaohuai's estimate, if the Australian army reaches the northern region, it will be at least a few months later. This is a war, a war against these big powers with millions of square kilometers of land. Fighting is only one aspect of the war. Road construction and urban construction must follow the war. The former can reduce the logistical pressure. The huge 7 million square kilometers of Australian continent has to pass through two deserts in the middle. If you want to pass through the entire Australia and enter the other side, and completely incorporate Australia into China's territory, there is almost no military pressure.

Not to mention that Australia has placed most of its military power in Europe, it is unlikely that it will be mobilized back in a short time. Even if it does not place all its power in Europe and can be mobilized back at any time, it is already good that Australia can exert a fraction of its power.

Not to mention the comprehensive gap in military building ideas, weapons and equipment, and even training levels, the Australian army is not even at the baseline of the European war. Compared with China, which is higher than the combat effectiveness of the German team, the artillery fire advantages, flexible use, and even special forces, the dance steps are overwhelming. Even if Australia can exert all its strength, there is a huge difference in strength. This difference cannot be compensated. For China, as long as it does its duty well, Australia will become a ripe fruit and fall into the arms of the Chinese.

All the recruited construction personnel will be concentrated from Lan Fang to East Timor. They will make a simple stop in East Timor, and then cross the not-so-wide strait and enter Australia. Such measures will continue until the arrival of winter. At that time, at least about 700,000 professionals will enter Australia. At the same time, there will be more than 50,000 professional construction vehicles. Only after all these are in place will large-scale construction in Australia emerge.

This is the first year, the main task before winter. In the second year, it will gradually expand and strive to take down the central part. With the central part as the core, it will occupy all the edges and corners of Australia. Then, the third year will be the most prosperous place in Australia. This method is more or less slow in my heart, but it is the best method that can be chosen at present, because stability is more in line with Zhang Xiaohuai's grasp.

There is a problem with such slowness, not Australia's side, but its own. If the war ends within three years, Australia's ownership will be a problem. However, in China's research, the world war will not end so easily. Britain, France, America, Germany, and even Russia, these countries suffered heavy losses in the war since 1913, but they did not reach the final stage. The overall strength of the Allies was above the Allies. This point was known to everyone that for so long that Germany had no support in history, and ultimately lost confidence in resisting the Allies' attacks independently.

But in this era, because of the emergence of China, Germany is no longer isolated and helpless. With the support of China, the mafia behind it, it is still suppressing the Allies to fight. In three years, the Allies have not gained any advantage. In addition, China's participation in the war, the Allies have become the most powerful.
Chapter completed!