Age of Rebirth

The second line of defense in northeastern Australia has completely collapsed. The Japanese army is approaching. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. If Lieutenant General Bachlisman and General Fernandez are calm enough, they should make the following decision. Tens of thousands of allied troops continued to retreat as quickly as possible, and then, based on several major cities in southeastern Australia, fought an urban street battle with the Japanese army.

Use street fighting to slow down the Japanese army's continued attack as much as possible, and gather the fleeing soldiers. In this way, at least some Allied soldiers may have a chance to escape from Australia. However, the two of them did nothing. Before sending a telegram to Washington, They ordered more than 20 Allied troops to stand by and stand by. The most precious retreat time was wasted like this!

Even if the Allied troops on the way were ordered to build fortifications on the spot, switch from retreat to defense, eager to attack the advancing Japanese army, heavy equipment such as artillery fell behind, and more than 20 Allied soldiers who turned to on-site defense, It may not be possible to give the Japanese a head-on blow in a certain direction. It is a pity that the Americans and the British did not do anything, but waited stupidly!

The Allied Forces Headquarters in Washington, that is, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff building, has been completely messed up. When the emergency telegram jointly signed by Lieutenant General Bachlisman and Admiral Fernandez was sent to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the officer on duty, his calf was at that time. So he went up trembling, with trembling hands, called the home of Admiral Jeffrey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and reported the astonishing news with tears in his voice.

Admiral Jeffrey was stunned and almost had a heart attack. Why did the Australian battlefield turn upside down overnight? The timing of the Japanese attack was too accurate.It was the time when the first Allied troops began to retreat, but it was too late to consider the reasons for this.

There is a saying that "the authorities are fans!" Admiral Jeffrey who is outside the game.Horrified to discover, the two commanders of the Allied Forces in Australia.A fatal mistake was made. More than 20 Allied soldiers on the way still stayed in place!

Admiral Jeffrey went crazy, and called the Operations Bureau of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and asked the Operations Bureau to order Lieutenant General Bachlisman and General Fernandez to command the existing Allied forces in the name of the Allied Forces Headquarters. Withdraw south immediately.Then, according to the southeastern region of Australia, the denser cities will be defended, and the buffer time will be gained before making plans!

Putting down the phone, Admiral Jeffrey immediately drove to the White House to meet with President Roosevelt. It was impossible not to report such a big matter to the President after the passage of the Wartime Act.President Roosevelt assumed the post of commander of the newly formed, Supreme War Command of the United States.

In the speeding car, he almost cursed through gnashing of teeth.The two commanders of the Australian Allied Forces, who were as stupid as donkeys, learned that the Japanese army had launched a full-scale offensive, and then sent a telegram to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to report the shocking changes on the Australian battlefield. During this period, more than five hours passed. During this time, the two of them didn't do anything!

To make more than 20 Allied soldiers stand by on the spot, is there a more stupid order than this.If two people were in front of Admiral Jeffrey right now, he would definitely draw their guns and kill them.I can't forgive the two senior commanders who control the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australian Allied soldiers for making such low-level mistakes.But he didn't think about it, if he was in Australia now, would he be able to do better than the two?

Admiral Jeffrey, tried his best to use a calm tone, and briefly stated the bad news from the Australian battlefield. Immediately, President Roosevelt's eyes immediately lost their luster, and he closed his eyes in pain. After a while, he asked weakly. Said: "Jeffrey, is it irreparable?"

There was no need for his loyal assistant to speak. From Jeffrey's face, Roosevelt had already got the answer. He was silent, with deep worry on his sallow face.

"Mr. President, what I really don't understand is why the time when the Australian Japanese army launched its attack was so accurate. When our first troops began to retreat, was the information leaked in advance and known to the Japanese?" Jeffrey The general mentioned one of the most critical issues.

"Let the intelligence department investigate! Also, you are responsible for all the military affairs on the Australian battlefield, and you don't have to report everything to me!" Roosevelt shook his head in pain, and said, "I don't have much energy anymore, come and ask What I am most worried about is whether the Japanese will start the Germans' ambition to go north to attack Mexico and then attack the United States after the Japanese win in Australia!"

Slowly shaking the wheelchair, Roosevelt left the office, and only Admiral Jeffrey himself was left in a cold sweat. He was brought into the most terrifying situation by what the president said just now, that is, war Most likely it will burn on the continental United States, not just on the east coast.America is about to become a battlefield!

When he came back to his senses, Roosevelt, who had already left, suddenly turned back, looked at him, and said, "Jeffrey, if you want the Allies on the Australian battlefield to retain some strength, you Might as well deal with that Chinese, he has a way!"

Lieutenant General Bachlissmann and General Fernandez, who had been waiting for all to burn, finally received an order from the headquarters of the Allied Forces, "Wake up the dreamer with one word!" The two looked at the telegram, regretting so much that they almost hit the wall. Dare to be negligent, and immediately issued an order to continue to retreat to more than 20 Allied troops in accordance with the requirements of the order.

However, time was not on the side of the Allied forces. At this time, the fastest advancing Japanese army was only more than two hours away from the retreating Allied forces. The troops that came down were about to become fat in the mouths of the Japanese army. As for relying on several cities in southeastern Australia to carry out street fighting, let's talk about getting rid of the Japanese army that rushed over!

The gunpowder smoke on the battlefield has not yet cleared away. The bomb craters everywhere and the fragmented corpses of allied soldiers all prove that this place has just gone through a fierce battle. General Ito led a staff of the headquarters, surrounded by guards, to come to the battlefield.

General Ito at this moment is absolutely high-spirited and complacent. Just ahead, his soldiers are rushing towards the southeastern part of Australia like a tide. "Yamaguchi-kun, immediately report to His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters. The empire dispatched troops to the southwest Pacific, Last night, we launched a full-line attack on the Allied defense line in northeastern Australia, and in the early hours of this morning, we broke through the Allied positions, and now we are continuing to attack southeastern Australia!"

"Preliminary statistics show that more than [-] allied soldiers were surrounded and wiped out, and some of them are still in the final battle of gathering and annihilating. The imperial army of the Japanese Empire has completely occupied Australia. It is just around the corner. Be confident that within a month, the Australian war will be completely ended!"

"Gentlemen, do you think one month is enough?" Admiral Ito asked the staff with a smile.

None of the staff officers spoke. They knew that this was just His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, asking and answering for himself. If the short-sighted person uttered a few irrelevant words, it would be counterproductive!

Chief of Staff Yamaguchi was very happy to see the Commander-in-Chief, and suggested: "Commander-in-Chief, now the imperial army has broken through the Allied positions across the board, and the in-depth attack is also very smooth. There is no suspense about the victory of the Australian War!"

"However, because the imperial army is advancing too fast, this creates a relatively unfavorable situation. We only leave less than 20 troops to divide and encircle more than [-] Allied soldiers. Is it inappropriate? Maybe There will be some trouble, how about ordering the advancing troops to suspend the advancing speed, and call back some troops to solve the divided and surrounded allied forces?"

"Yamaguchi-kun, do you think that the current allied forces still have the power to fight again?" General Ito asked his chief of staff with a smile, but without Major General Yamaguchi answering, he said, "No, they are divided and surrounded now. The more than 50 Allied soldiers who have no fighting spirit are just routs with no fighting spirit, and the defeat is like a mountain, Yamaguchi-kun, you, the chief of staff, must be mentally prepared, we will capture a large number of prisoners of war, and the number will be astonishing!"

General Ito was very satisfied with his words, looked into the distance, and then said: "Also, the more than 20 Allied soldiers who fled early must be wiped out in the wild before they escape into the cities of southeastern Australia. Let them escape into the city, and the next battle will be difficult to fight. After all, what the empire needs is an Australia that is not seriously damaged, not an Australia that is full of ruins and needs to be rebuilt!"

"Order the divisions with the fastest advance speed, don't be obsessed with how many allied troops are wiped out, but occupy these cities first at the fastest speed, solve the tasks of the allied troops, and leave it to the troops behind , the first troops to occupy the city, I will report to His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters, and the troops will be honored!"

General Ito's vision of the battle is indeed very accurate. His order just broke the countermeasures of General Jeffrey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, it depends on the more than 20 Allied soldiers who retreated in advance. Not fast enough?

In Yangon on the Indochina Peninsula, Lieutenant General Robert, the personal representative of General Jeffrey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lieutenant General Robert, the director of the Operations Bureau, had just been relieved for a few days when he suddenly received an urgent telegram from Washington. After reading the telegram, he My head was covered at that time.

The Chinese troop fleet is still sailing in the East Indian Ocean, and the Australian Allied Forces can't support it anymore, and they are completely defeated. How could such a thing happen? Robert couldn't believe it, but the facts are facts, so, my own Isn't everything done in the Indochina Peninsula in vain?

To Robert's great embarrassment, Admiral Jeffrey entrusted him with a daunting task, no matter what, he had to convince Tang Qiuli to save the Australian Allied Forces from danger!

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