Age of Rebirth

The chief and deputy commanders of the Australian Allied Forces, the American Lieutenant General Bachlisman and the British General Fernandez, did not deliberately put pressure on the Allied Forces headquarters, but the current Australian battlefield. The pressure on the Allied Forces is too great. The degree to which the second line of defense is crumbling.

Lieutenant General Bachlismann's air-raid shelter and bomb-proof cave system can withstand the powerful artillery fire of the Japanese army, and can also withstand the bombing from Japanese aircraft. The front line can still hold on, but the rear cannot. The blockade of the supply line and the situation of the Allied troops on the front line became more and more difficult. Ammunition was increasingly in short supply, supplies could not be delivered, and the soldiers could only eat half full every day.

There is still a battle to repel the Japanese army's crossing of the river several times a day, the wounded cannot be transported, the medicine is in short supply, and a large number of wounded are stranded on the front line, which not only brings huge pressure on the logistics support, but also, so many wounded soldiers need more The air-raid shelters and bomb-proof holes, the pain and wailing all day long, had a great impact on the morale of the troops, and deserters even began to appear.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Bachlissmann and General Fernandez have unprecedentedly unanimous opinions, and they will be severely punished without mercy. All deserters, once discovered and captured, will be shot on the spot, even if they flee back to the rear, they will also be punished. The gendarmes searched out and executed him by shooting.

Lieutenant General Bachlisman, the commander commanding on the front line, was exhausted. Facing the attack of more than 100 million Japanese troops, the casualties of allied soldiers were in the thousands or even nearly [-] every day. Although the Japanese soldiers who attacked one side , The casualties were greater, but the Allies could not afford to consume, and what was more terrible, ammunition and supplies.Seeing that I can't catch up with Liu'er!

Admiral Fernandez, who is coordinating in the rear, is not easy, in the southeastern region of Australia.It was almost destroyed by Japanese bombers, and all factories were completely destroyed. The southeastern region of Australia completely lost its ability to produce itself. If it were not for the supply from the sea, this battle would have been completely lost!

Thanks to the escort of the independent division fleet, the sea supply line was not cut off.Moreover, because of the existence of the independent division fleet, the two ports of Melbourne and Adelaide.It was preserved, and the Japanese aircraft regarded it as a restricted area, and a large number of military supplies from the Indian mainland could be sent to the front line.Instead of being bombed by Japanese planes.

General Fernandez.While busy placating the hearts of the army and the people in the rear, and doing their best to deliver supplies to the front lines, they are also busy organizing the right-age residents in southeastern Australia who are used to pampering them into a reserve army for training and preparing soldiers for the front line that has lost too much blood. , but also to deal with various complicated affairs.Busier and more worried than Lieutenant General Bachlisman on the front line!

At this time, Admiral Fernandez wanted someone very much.To be able to help myself and share the pressure, I have thought about the military and political giants in Australia, but I am the only one who is idle. Lieutenant General MacArthur, the head of the military observation team of the Allied Headquarters in Australia, is the most suitable candidate.

However, he didn't have any liking for this conceited American who caused trouble everywhere, and he couldn't take the initiative to go to the door and beg the person he hated the most to come out to help, but General Fernandez, from the bottom of his heart, hoped that MacArthur took the initiative to stand up and assume the responsibility of a senior general of the Allied forces, even if he lowered his stance and forgot what this bastard had done to him, he would not hesitate to settle his suspicions!

Compared with MacArthur, Admiral Fernandez is still very kind. At this moment, Lieutenant General MacArthur has absolutely no intention of standing up and taking responsibility. Although this guy's character is extremely poor, his sensitivity to the battlefield situation is quite high. , otherwise, during the Battle of Luzon Island, he would not have slipped away ahead of time because he had a premonition that something was wrong!

Lieutenant General MacArthur, who locked himself in the mansion, was very pessimistic about the prospect of the Australian battlefield. He had already begun to think about how to leave Australia, a land that could fall at any time. However, the destination was quite difficult. choose.

Running back to the mainland of the United States, the Japanese navy's blockade of the Pacific Ocean is like an impenetrable net. It is impossible to reach the mainland safely. Maybe the plane crashes and people die on the way, and falls into the vast Pacific Ocean.

Going to China is another way. Chiang Kai-shek in China has a good personal trainer with me, so he will definitely take me in. Back then, I provided American equipment to his troops. Although I also got a lot of benefits from it, but Help is real!

However, when going to China, there is one biggest problem. Tang Qiuli, my deadly enemy, is a figure who calls the wind and rain in China. Even my old friend Chiang Kai-shek has to act according to his face. In Li's hands, the fate must be miserable. Even if he does not die, he will not be able to return to the United States for the rest of his life.

MacArthur was well aware of how many shady tricks he had done to Tang Qiuli and how many stumbling blocks he had put behind the troops of the Independent Division. Therefore, going to China was not a good way.

After much deliberation, only the West Indian continent is the safest place. After making up his mind, MacArthur began to pack up the gold and silver, and used his own power to get a plane, full of fuel and ready to call at any time. Now, There was a lack of a reasonable excuse to leave Australia, but it was hard to find an excuse, so Lieutenant General MacArthur, who was about to run away again, could only temporarily stay in Melbourne anxiously.

The war lasted until the first ten days of February. After the pilot training of the independent division, the pilots of the Allied forces who were able to skillfully fly Soviet and Japanese fighters were finally able to fight. On February [-], the first batch of more than [-] combat aircraft of the Allied forces appeared In the sky of Australia, on the same day, a mixed aircraft fleet with a similar number of Japan's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Joint Air Force engaged in an unprecedented large-scale air battle.

The air battle lasted almost a whole day. The two sides were evenly matched, and no one took advantage. However, because of the appearance of Allied fighter planes, the Japanese army's blockade of the Allied logistics supply line was finally broken. Admiral Fernandez seized the opportunity, A large amount of backlog of weapons, ammunition, supplies, etc. were quickly sent to the front line, bringing vitality to the Allied troops who were basically out of ammunition and food, and then tens of thousands of wounded were transported down.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Imai, the commander of the Joint Air Force of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expedition Force, was unwilling to be reconciled to the fact that the air supremacy was broken by the Allies. Three days later, more than [-] fighter jets were dispatched again, forming a huge fleet to attack. The target was not only the Allies The combat aircraft of the Allied Army, as well as the field airport repaired urgently in the rear of the Allied Forces.

However, this time the Japanese did not take advantage. In just three days, the second batch of more than [-] Allied combat aircraft flew from the West Indies to Australia. The air team dealt a heavy blow. On this day, the Japanese army lost more than [-] fighter planes, and the Allied forces lost more than [-] fighter planes. Since then, the two sides have gone through several air battles, and they are basically evenly matched.

With Tang Qiuli as a powerful back-up, the Australian Allied Air Force, which received a steady stream of fighter planes, finally broke the blockade of the Japanese aircraft on the logistics supply line. With the improvement of supplies and the injection of new blood into the Allied troops on the front line, the rickety defense line was finally stabilized for the time being.

The war lasted until the end of February, and the Japanese army had already paid more than 23 casualties, but still failed to break through the second line of defense of the Allied forces. The momentum of the offensive finally declined. For this reason, the Allied forces paid about 15 casualties The price, however, was that the five divisions of the third batch of reinforcements supplemented the huge consumption of the Allied forces, and the battlefield once again fell into a stalemate.

After receiving the report, Roosevelt and Churchill finally breathed a sigh of relief. On the contrary, General Genzaburo Ito, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, was a little bit battered and irritable.

It is less than two months before the deadline set by His Majesty the Emperor to end the Australian battlefield. Judging from the current situation on the battlefield, the allied forces that regained part of the air supremacy cannot be defeated within two months. The reinforcement of the Allied troops was the biggest problem in ending the war in Australia.

Initially, with the Imperial Army in control of the air, in front of a line of defense, the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire, which had the superiority in military strength and firepower, fought for a full month and a half, and suffered more than 20 casualties, but did not The slightest progress, now, part of the air supremacy has been lost, the Allied reinforcements continue to come, General Ito has no confidence to completely wipe out the Allied forces and end the Australian War before the deadline set by His Majesty the Emperor!

Although he is not reconciled, he must accept the reality. The Imperial Army has lost its vigor after attacking the Imperial Army for more than 40 days. After painful thinking, General Ito came to the conclusion that if he wants to win the Australian War, two problems must be solved. , One is to completely cut off the arrival of Allied reinforcements, and the other is to eliminate the Allied air power. Both are indispensable, and the first point is more important.

After reaching such a conclusion, he was very dejected. General Ito, who was hit hard, wrote a memorial to Emperor Hirohito. In the memorial, he first pleaded guilty to His Majesty the Emperor and was willing to accept any punishment. Then, he explained in detail Regarding the actual situation in the Australian battlefield and the difficulties he is currently encountering, General Ito is an honest person, and he did not add fuel to his difficulties.

At the end of the memorial, he said something he was unwilling to say, "His Majesty, based on what I said above, the end of the Australian war must not be completed in a short period of time! According to my judgment, if the two problems are not solved, the Before the end of this year, the war in Australia may be difficult to end! And it is my fault that the war in Australia has been delayed for a long time!"

After carefully packing the memorial and sending a confidant to deliver it to His Majesty the Emperor, General Ito felt exhausted for a while, "It is my responsibility to fight the Australian war to the present level, and this memorial is handed over After that, what attitude will His Majesty the Emperor have?" He thought anxiously.

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