Chapter 1581 Australia surrenders
Australia, the largest country in Oceania, is the lowest population density among countries in the world with more than one million square kilometers. The reason why such a country can survive in World War I is in Oceania, far away from Europe. During World War I, Germany didn't even care about the situation in Africa, and even did not go deeper in the war with Russia, let alone the distant Australia.
However, in this war, China participated in the war after taking over the entire Southeast Asia. The allies outside Europe, the closest to the Allies was Russia, who had been defeated by China to Europe, and the other was Australia. The actual distance between China and Australia was only a few hundred kilometers wide.
The slow Australia did not realize this. They were still behind Southeast Asia. They did not know that under China's changes, Southeast Asia had undergone earth-shaking changes. Finally, when China fought against Australia, disaster came.
The absolute gap in strength and the imbalance in response measures have caused Australia to suffer a huge blow. More than half of the land is already under China's actual control. From the time we landed in Australia last year, to now, China has immigrated 25 million to Australia in more than a year. More than half of these lives in the northern region. The 100,000 square kilometers of land here are mature and urban agglomerations. In such a territory, China has built well in all aspects. After integrating a large number of personnel, China's foundation in Australia has become more stable.
In the western and central regions, development began with the help of the northern regions. With some factories in the northern regions, these places were developed without the need to transport materials by ships. This was a fast pace for this era. Now the central region has developed to a certain extent. China has begun to go deeper into the western and northeastern regions. There are world-renowned iron ore in the west, and the northeastern region is a series of ports. Although it is separated by the coral sea, it was the most convenient channel to Southeast Asia at that time.
In Australia, China has completely occupied the central, northern and northeastern areas, and three-quarters of the entire Australia are in the hands of China. With the numerous constructions and a series of agricultural industry construction, Australia has produced a certain output in 1916, which is far from other parts of China, but it has supported Australia.
Western Australia, a place that seems to be a barren land in Australia, has found railway ore with huge reserves. When more than 300 million tons are considered to be super large deposits, Australia is constantly breaking this record. From the beginning, tens of millions of tons, 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 billion, and 5 billion, each reserve figure has been refreshed, and new iron ore deposits have been discovered. It seems that in the western desert of Australia, there are iron ore everywhere. If you dig it casually, the number will be astonishing.
China has never seen the world, but such a huge iron ore is really shocking. This is not something that can be digested by one or two large steel complexes. I am afraid that it will not be able to eat such a huge steel ore. According to China's current plan, a 15 million tons iron ore enterprise will be left in Australia for use in Australia. After all, Australia will definitely be the smallest place in China in the future. In addition, its unique environment, there are many grasslands and deserts, and it is impossible to be as dense as Central and Southern Province. Although 15 million tons is a little less, it is enough. Compared with the iron ore fine powder that is easy to transport, it is not easy to transport steel after all. After all, the largest steel is prefabricated parts, or threads and steel pipes. These things occupy a considerable amount of space, but they are not as casually transported as fine powder, and are not worried about being bumped into it.
The development of Central South University was started under this premise. At present, in the west, the most important thing is the construction of railways and ports, which is even above the construction of the central region. Of course, a railway from the north to the central region, coupled with a series of highways above the offensive routes, has been ripe for China to completely take over Australia.
In fact, in the autumn of 1916 in the southern hemisphere, China was able to take over the entire Australia. With high-level insiders, China was well aware of all the situation in Australia. Australia was already exhausted from ammunition and food. Under this situation, it was only to win Australia smoothly that it gave them a winter time.
For the Chinese occupation forces, this winter is a winter when we continue to immigrate, continue to build, and gradually increase Australia's strength. Australia's steel plants have begun to be put into production. Some necessary weapons and equipment can even be produced by themselves, and shells and bullets can also be reinstalled. In other words, without the support from the rear, they can fight for a certain period of time.
Under this situation, some conditions have been ripe. Australia has been fighting for more than a year. It is meaningless to stay if it is left without any consequences. It has occupied the panoramic view of Australia and has become the final choice.
At present, because of China's mine laying, several Australian ports have been sealed by geodesics, and submarines can enter, but mines are also divided into different depths. Some mines with higher depths still have a certain impact on submarines. Although there are not many such things, in the frequent operations, at least five submarines are silent. In addition, China's encirclement and suppression, Australia's work to transfer wealth from abroad has not made much progress and is almost in a stagnant state.
As the autumn of last year, Australia's last efforts went bankrupt. They also wanted to attack outside, especially in the middle. Four armies, more than 300,000 people, concentrated a batch of heavy weapons to attack a bridgehead in central Australia. The bridgehead with only 300,000 defenders was less than 30,000 defenders, so they could see what the defensive strength of the Chinese army was. Relying on a fixed line of defense, some bunkers and permanent defense lines were used, and 30,000 people resisted the attack of the Australian army for a week. After killing more than 70,000 Australians, there were only less than a thousand casualties, most of which were caused by artillery.
The flank part was encircled and directly interspersed, cutting off the Australian army in half. 150,000 troops were surrounded and the remaining 100,000 were defeated. After suffering a heavy lesson, Australia would no longer consider attacking, and they could no longer conquer and could only wait for their final destiny.
From the first time the Australian army attacked, it was clear here that what they were doing. This was the last effort of the Australian army. Their food was not enough to provide so many people with food for a winter. If the transportation line to the central region could be opened and enough supplies were obtained from the capture, Australia could still fight. Unfortunately, things went against their expectations. Not only did they not win, but they lost more than 200,000 people.
From then on, the Australian government completely herded sheep and even encouraged the people to escape, leaving at least 1 million people at once, completely ruining the possibility of Australia's resistance. At present, in Australia, there are about 310,000 troops left, and almost all the personnel ran away. It occupies one-third of the three major cities in Australia. Currently, there are only more than 600,000 people. The huge part is strong, with families and reserves, and the rest, either consumed or all ran away.
Even 210,000 people did not have 210,000 guns, and most of the bullets were reduced to the lowest level. There were more than 1,000 artillery pieces, and even some large-caliber shore defense cannons. However, except for shore defense cannons, most of the artillery did not have a base of more than one shell, which could be said to be exhausted and exhausted.
The morale of the entire army was very low, and there was not even a basic defense line. They might be like dying prisoners waiting for the final judgment. In the spring of the southern hemisphere, when climate conditions allow, the general offensive began. Even if Australia only had 310,000 people who lacked supplies, the total number was only more than 600,000. Zhang Xiaohuai still used 1.2 million people and divided them into three heavy-mounted clusters, targeting three cities, each with at least 400,000 people. Even if Australia has all staff, it is enough to deal with it.
Zhang Xiaohuai's caution was a bit redundant this time. Australia had no resistance at this moment, and even the roads in the southeast of Australia were not damaged. The core areas of the three cities were well constructed in all aspects and were also the most essential areas of Australia. This convenient transportation environment must be destroyed first when fighting, and at least destroy the frontier and joint areas to delay China's offensive.
However, Australia was too lazy to do this. Along the way, all the better cities were unprepared. They were worried that the street fighting in the final decisive battle would not happen at all. All the troops and personnel were huddled in the three most important cities. Australia's favorable areas became the basis for China's overall offense. 1.2 million people were scattered into three parts, attacking Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, three places with the most concentrated population and industry in Australia. Due to the convenient transportation, did the opponent have a strong determination to resist. From September 15th to September 21st, the war was essentially over. The 310,000 Australian troops were divided and surrounded and surrendered by 290,000. The rest were defeated and the final line of defense was completely occupied. Australia finally announced its surrender. (To be continued.)
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