Age of Rebirth

The hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers on the Australian battlefield did not know that the Allied Army headquarters had issued an order to retreat. Their two commanders had already begun preliminary preparations and were still engaged in a bloody battle with the Japanese army. &

Since the Japanese army changed their tactics and style of play, the large-scale offensives like in March have basically disappeared, but the Japanese army’s small-scale offensives like playing the piano are going on everywhere on the entire front, with the sound of artillery all day long. Roaring, constant gunfire, gunpowder smoke and war, permeated the sky over North Australia, and the warm April sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke and the pungent smell of blood.

Fortunately, the air supremacy was not completely controlled by the Japanese, because the casualties caused by the Japanese bombers to the Allied soldiers were greatly reduced. However, in the recent period, the rampant momentum of the Japanese aircraft seems to have recovered. It is said that the Allied forces are still in a state of being beaten on passive defense.

On the other side of the battlefield, General Ito Yanzaburo, the commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army, was in a good mood in April. After changing tactics and style of play, the losses of the imperial army soldiers decreased, and the advantages on the battlefield, It is a further expansion. If the Allied Air Forces did not take half of the air supremacy on the battlefield, everything would be perfect.

General Ito has absolute confidence that before the end of this year, the Australian Allied Forces will be completely exhausted. Therefore, he is not in a hurry now. He will consume the Allied Forces little by little and finally launch A fatal blow to completely solve Australia's problems.

However, Admiral Ito has such a laid-back mentality.After learning about the Navy's Five Generals Yamamoto, he commanded the Army and Navy Air Force to carry out large-scale bombing of the east coast of the United States.And after achieving a great record, there is nothing left.

General Ito was in a hurry, and his eyes were filled with stars. He always believed that the first to set foot on the United States should be the brave and capable Imperial Army, not the navy, which is coaxing but cannot decide the final outcome of the war.Now, this honor has been taken away by the guys in the Navy.As myself with more than one million elite soldiers in hand, how can I swallow this breath?

It is the warships and aircraft of the army and navy that determine the outcome of a war.Can it land on American soil?General Ito decided to call for war, and he wrote in the letter of invitation to the base camp, "After several years, especially in recent months, the attack on the Australian Allied Forces and the situation on the Australian battlefield have completely benefited the empire. After long-term consumption, the Allied forces are exhausted!"

"Therefore. The time is ripe for the final strike against the Allied forces in Australia. Ito requested the base camp to approve the immediate launch of a general attack on the Allied forces in Australia, so as to end the war in Australia as soon as possible and buy enough time for the next attack on the United States. , The battle plan for launching a general offensive is being formulated and will be reported to the base camp later!"

General Ito's invitation to fight is not blindly competitive, he is an old bird on the battlefield. Recently, through the information sent back by hidden agents, he found that there will be no new Allied reinforcements in the near future. , arrived at the Australian battlefield.

This is the opportunity. Of course, General Ito understands that the only reason why the Allied Forces did not continue to reinforce the Australian battlefield is the guy Yamamoto's bombing of the east coast of the United States. However, he is unwilling to admit this from the bottom of his heart.

General Ito’s call for war telegram had not yet been sent out, but he received a secret telegram from the base camp. After reading the content of the telegram, he became discouraged, “The current strategic focus of the empire is still to solve the problem of the Australian war. The prerequisite is that the empire The troops on the Australian battlefield cannot be lost too much, and you should be prepared for this, His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters, do not want to pay the price of the imperial army soldiers, the greatest casualties, and quickly solve the Australian problem!"

Well, all the problems are back to the old way. General Ito angrily tore up the telegram that was almost finished. After calming down, he saw a point in the secret telegram from the base camp and came to solve the problem in Australia. If the problem is not allowed to pay heavy casualties, then my current dispatch is on the right path. Besides, isn’t the Imperial Southwest Pacific dispatched army doing things to contain and consume the Australian Allied Forces!

Then, what the base camp is worried about is that most or part of the Australian Allied Forces will withdraw to the United States, which will increase the difficulty of landing operations in the United States in the future. After thinking about this, General Ito is in a much better mood. However, if you want to To complete what I guessed, the current offensive strength is obviously not enough.

The next day, General Ito thought about the front-line offensive troops and issued a new order, "From now on, the attack on the Allied positions will be changed from a small-scale attack at the brigade level to a medium-scale attack above the wing, and the attack Double the density and frequency!"

General Ito gave an order, and the more than one million Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, regained their energy in March and started a fierce attack. Suddenly, the artillery fire on the front burned half of the In the sky, the combat planes of the two sides also began to fight fiercely. The second line of defense of the Allied forces became tense, and the casualties of the troops also increased sharply.

The Japanese army's uncharacteristically fierce attack frightened Lieutenant General Bachlisman, the commander of the Australian Allied Forces, and General Fernandez, the deputy commander. The intensity and density of the attack has been increased, and we are not going to let the Allies withdraw!

It was not until three days later that the two Allied commanders, who were so nervous that they were almost suffocated, put their hearts into their stomachs. Although the Japanese attack suddenly strengthened, it was by no means a general attack across the board. Otherwise, the second line of defense suffered a lot. The pressure is not only that, it is even more likely to be a tactic to further consume the Allied forces.

The facts are indeed true. After three days of fierce fighting, none of the Allied positions were lost. However, the casualties of soldiers increased several times, and the situation on the front line stabilized. The two of them devoted their main energy to arranging the retreat things come up.

So far, the secret order for the retreat of the Allied Army headquarters has only been known to two people. The secrecy is absolutely confidential, but the pressure is also very huge. The evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers from the battlefield is already a cumbersome and meticulous task. How to withdraw from the second line of defense without being noticed by the Japanese army.

When to start the retreat, which troops to withdraw first, which ports to gather, how to ensure the troop assembly point, not to be bombed by Japanese aircraft, and many other issues, it was up to the two commanders to plan and decide. The chief of staff of the Australian Allied Forces Command, and Lieutenant General Wagner, who has no problem with his talent and loyalty, cannot disclose it.

The composition of the Australian Allied Forces is very complicated. There are not only soldiers from the US and the Philippines who were first evacuated to Australia from Luzon and Mindanao, but also the British and Australian troops who have been stationed in Australia, as well as the British and Commonwealth troops from New Zealand and other places. Soldiers, if you count them carefully, there are at least seven or eight soldiers from countries and regions, forming the Australian Allied Forces, a typical hodgepodge!

Which troop boarded the ship first, and which troop served as the rear guard was the biggest problem facing the two commanders. The situation in the Australian battlefield, Lieutenant General Bachlisman and Admiral Fernandez, knew better than anyone else. It was a narrow escape. Hundreds of thousands of allied troops withdrew from the second line of defense. The movement was not trivial. It might have been hidden from the Japanese army at first, but it could not remain undetected by the Japanese army.

Once the retreat is detected by the Japanese army, then the rear guard will face a fierce attack by more than one million Japanese soldiers, and they must use their lives to stop and slow down the pursuit of the Japanese army.

On this point, there is no difference between the gentleman of the British Empire and the general of the United States. The two agree that the British soldiers are the capital for the future recovery of the British Isles. The remaining blood must not be wasted on the Australian battlefield.

The soldiers of the United States are used to defend the United States, and they cannot lose their lives on the Australian battlefield meaninglessly. Moreover, the United States is the last piece of land that the Allies must hold on to. At the root of the contest, American soldiers have the responsibility and obligation to fight for their country.

Since the two commanders have the same views, everything will be easy to handle. The troops serving as the rear guard are mainly Filipino soldiers from the US-Philippines and soldiers from the Commonwealth of Nations. As for the Australian soldiers from the British and Australian troops , the same language and the same species as the British Empire, they can be regarded as brothers, and they cannot be left behind as guards.

Of course, the rearguard force composed entirely of these soldiers is still a bit uncertain to stop more than 100 million Japanese troops. If they surrender without a fight, everything will be over. Therefore, Lieutenant General Bachlisman and General Fernandez agreed that The Army and the U.S. Army each left a main division unit to join the rear guard. However, it was not used to fight desperately on the front line, but to play the role of supervising and monitoring the battle.

Even the retreat of these two troops, both of them have a detailed plan, so distinguished, the Allied troops serving as the rear guard, there are about 30 people, and the rest are the first and second batches of British troops who need to evacuate. There are about [-] U.S. and Australian soldiers, and the scale is so large that both of them feel numb when they think about it.

Still on the front line, the Filipino soldiers who fought bloody battles with the Japanese army, as well as soldiers from other countries of the Commonwealth, did not know that they were destined to become cannon fodder. West Indies, sad fate, betray or abandon?

On the issue of the withdrawal of the Allied troops, Lieutenant General Bachlisman and General Fernandez had no disagreement, and they were in harmony, but on the next issue, the differences between the two people were simply diametrically opposed.

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