Rise of Australia

Chapter 919 Diplomatic Transformation
"What did you say? The three armies of the Russian Western Front were completely wiped out? The Germans have already reached Minsk?" British Prime Minister Churchill asked three questions in succession, looking at the Foreign Ministry official who came to report with an expression of disbelief.

This is not to say that he does not believe the report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but such news is indeed unbelievable.

Only a few days had passed since Germany declared war on Russia, and the British had not even shipped supplies to France, and the planned major counterattack had not made any progress.

But it was during these few short days that the Germans had successively crossed important military towns such as Bialystok, Brest and Grodno, and had already marched their troops to Minsk?

What’s even worse is that in these few days, the Russians have lost the entire Western Front.

Although there are only three army groups, the Russian military organization is already overstaffed compared to other countries.

These three army groups are fully comparable to an army group of other countries. They are at least large-scale armies with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How could they be completely wiped out by the Germans in just a few days?

"That's right." The Foreign Office official explained to Churchill: "The Germans used tactics similar to those used in Poland, mobilizing a large number of armored units to penetrate and successfully bypass the rear of the Western Front, encircling and blocking the entire Russian Western Front.

In addition, before the outbreak of the war, the Germans launched air strikes on many military airports in western Russia, and several military regions, including the Western Front, faced a situation where no planes could take off.

Perhaps it was the overall lead in armor and aircraft that allowed the Germans to advance so quickly and defeat the entire Russian Western Front so quickly.

"Damn it, it looks like we should change our plans. Although the Russians are also scary, I'm even more reluctant to face a Germany that has occupied all of Europe.

Tell Cripps to contact the Russian government and tell them that we are willing to trade with them and provide them with the weapons and equipment they urgently need. Churchill thought for a moment and instructed the Foreign Ministry official.

"Do you need to remind Australasia?" the Foreign Ministry official asked in a friendly manner.

"Not for the time being." Churchill shook his head and said meaningfully, "In the most critical moment, the only one we can trust is ourselves."

The Foreign Office official was obviously Churchill's confidant. He was not at all surprised by what Churchill said. He just nodded calmly and walked away.

"Germany, Russia and Australasia." Churchill turned his head and looked at the map of Europe hanging in his office. With a mysterious smile on his face, he said with ease: "No matter who it is, no one can squeeze the British Empire out of its position as the world's hegemon. Not before, and not now."

The French government in Tours was also shaken.

Because Germany's main force had been transferred to the East, the French could also take a breath, take this opportunity to strengthen their defenses, and prepare for the next round of counterattack with the British.

But this does not mean that the French are willing to see Russia being quickly defeated under the German offensive, or even its territory being divided into several countries.

What the French want to see is Germany and Russia exhausting each other, preferably to the point where neither country is evenly matched in strength, so that the French end up getting the benefit for nothing.

No matter which country crushes another country, the French are not happy to see it. Although they despise the British regional balance policy, when playing politics in Europe, most of the major powers, including Britain and France, seem to subtly use this balance policy.

Coincidentally, the French also chose to relax restrictions on Russia. However, because France's industry had suffered a severe blow, France really did not have the spare capacity to support Russia.

Compared with Britain and France, Australasia at this time was the country that truly had the strength to support other regions.

Although the war between Australasia and the island countries has not ended, any smart person can see that the war between the two countries is a completely unequal war.

Australasia has no plans to attack the island country's mainland for the time being, but relying solely on its excellent air force and navy, it can completely blockade the island country's coastline and attack the island country's coastal cities at will.

So far, Australasia has committed less than a million troops to the war, of which less than 30 are Australasians.

But the damage caused to the island country was as high as millions of casualties, and there was countless property damage.

In particular, Nagasaki and Kagoshima, which are closest to the Ryukyu Islands, are visited by the Australasian Air Force almost every day. The entire city has been completely reduced to ruins, and more than 200 million Japanese people have died in the bombing.

No one will pity the islanders, because this war is not an invasion war of Australasia, but a counterattack war after Australasia was attacked by the islanders.

Everything started with that air force raid. Australasia's role in this war was completely positive, which is why the Australasia army could attack the islanders unscrupulously.

Because the responsibility for the war was that the island nation launched an undeclared war and attacked the Hawaiian port of Australasia, which resulted in hundreds of casualties among Australasia's military and civilians. In this case, it is understandable that Australasia carried out large-scale retaliation against the island nation.

As for why Australasia did not stop after causing at least 200 million civilian casualties on the island nation, it was entirely because the war was not over yet and the island nation’s government had not paid for their crimes.

Turning the perspective back to Australasia, Arthur had already anticipated the rapid defeat of the Russian army.

Ever since the British repeatedly reminded the Russian government but the Russian government did not respond, Arthur understood that Russia would definitely suffer a big loss in the early stages of this war.

The German army was well prepared. According to intelligence personnel in various parts of Australasia, the Germans had prepared for this war for at least two months and mobilized nearly 200 million troops and a large amount of weapons and supplies.

As for the Russians, the British had warned them half a month ago, but the Russian government continued to act on its own, resulting in the border guards being completely unprepared for the German attack and most of the air force being destroyed. How should the war be carried out?
As technology develops, wars between nations become more and more advanced. If World War I was all about trench warfare and the accumulation of human lives, then World War II has evolved into an industrial and technological contest between tanks and airplanes.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the number of tanks and aircraft, as well as their level of advancement, can greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army and the chances of winning the war.

Take, for example, this war between Australasia and the island nations.

The combat effectiveness of the island nation's army is also remarkable. At least their Type A and Type B divisions are elite troops with strong combat effectiveness.

But the problem is that Australasia did not fight with them at all and stopped after conquering only the Ryukyu Islands.

This made the island nation's army very frustrated. With millions of soldiers, they had no idea where to start. They couldn't take the initiative to cross the ocean and launch an attack on Australasia, right?

The defenders in a beach landing battle already have a huge advantage, and Australasia also has absolute superiority in the air force, so such a war is simply impossible to fight.

The current bad situation is that the Australasia Army does not fight the island country's army at all, but only sends a large number of air forces to continuously carry out air strikes on the island country's homeland.

This is actually a fatal blow to the island nation, because when facing such a large-scale air strike, the damage suffered by the island nation's small homeland is far greater than that of other countries with larger land areas.

More importantly, the industrial scale of the island country is not strong, and the industrial areas are relatively concentrated. When facing such bombing, it is a fatal blow to the weak economy of the island country.

In addition, the island nation is a country with a small land area and a large population. The major cities in the island nation have a huge population, and it is difficult for these people to transfer to other areas.

Furthermore, because there are too many people to be relocated, even if they can be successfully relocated to other areas, they will still be discovered by Australasia.

This made it difficult for a large number of island civilians to escape the Australasia bombing. If the Australasia Air Force's main target was not the island's industrial areas and other important military towns, the casualties of the island's civilians would probably have exceeded tens of millions long ago.

But no matter what, the frequent and multiple air strikes launched by Australasia on the island country's mainland have already had a huge impact on the economy and industry of the island country's mainland.

Although there are no specific statistics, the island nation's population experienced a negative growth of nearly 1936 million between 1937 and 300. The economy and industry declined significantly, and a large number of fishermen in coastal cities faced a situation where they had no income at all.

As an island country, there are a large number of fishermen. These fishermen make a living by fishing, and fishery is also a major pillar industry of the island country's economy.

But after the coastline was blocked, Australasia would not be polite to the island country's ships on the ocean. Even if it was just a civilian ship of the island country, once it entered the cruise sight of the Australasia fleet, it would face a full attack from the fleet.

After thousands of fishermen along the coast were killed or injured, the fishermen on the island nation finally learned their lesson and dared only to hide in their own homes, barely making a living by relying on government relief.

But the question is, how much relief food can the island government provide?

As mentioned before, the population of the island nation is the largest among the great powers, and is currently second only to Russia and Germany.

This is quite exaggerated because island countries have smaller land areas, and the area available for farming in the vast territory is even smaller.

With the economy and industry completely damaged, even the island government itself does not understand how long it can hold out.

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