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Volume One: On the Songhua River Chapter 3023: Four-Way Attack

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    Zhao Yuhe's expression was very tangled. He sorted out his thoughts and said: "Commander, let's assume that the more than one million troops that the Japanese army transferred back from the North American battlefield were not used to defend the Australian mainland, but were used to recover the islands in the southwest Pacific.  , what will you do?¡±

    "Um"?  Tang Qiuli was startled and thought for a long time before saying: "Yu He, on the battlefield, anything possible will happen, but your hypothesis will not happen. In terms of strategic position, land area and strategic depth, the Southwest Pacific  Compared with the Australian mainland, the Japanese are very clear about the importance of the islands and will not sacrifice the basics! "

    "Commander, I am assuming that if the Japanese army really did this, how would you respond?" Zhao Yuhe said stubbornly.

    "Hahaha!" Tang Qiuli chuckled and said: "You, the countermeasure is very simple, I just give it up. In this way, the Japanese army will form a situation of dispersing its troops and stationing on various islands. I will use the Australian mainland to  Relying on the Indochina Peninsula, it formed a pincer attack on the islands in the southwest Pacific, giving full play to the advantages of land-based aviation and conducting non-stop air strikes and bombings against the Japanese garrison on each island. "

    "Then, I will mobilize Deputy Commander Liu's East Point troops to go south. The East Point's more than 700,000 troops will be stationed in Indochina to fight another Southwest Pacific battle. After such a toss, the Japanese combat troops will probably be reduced to  There are not many clubs left. What would the Japanese do? If you were Hirohito, would you do this?"

    "No!" Zhao Yuhe shook his head and said, "Commander, maybe I am worrying too much. It is an occupational disease of the staff!"

    "It's so valuable to be able to think of this!" Tang Qiuli said, he quickly understood this from Zhao Yu.  "Staff officers just pick up the pieces and fill in the gaps, and their thinking is not rigorous enough. You cannot be a staff officer if you are not careful. To be honest, I hope the Japanese do this. Then the Southwest Pacific region will become the cemetery where the last heavy Japanese army group is buried!"

    The discussion between the two people ended here. After Zhao Yuhe left, Tang Qiuli couldn't help but rethink his hypothesis several times.  Think of various possibilities and prepare response plans in your mind before going to rest.

    In the Australian battlefield, with the arrival of more than 200,000 troops from more than a dozen mechanized brigades directly under the corps, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, the commander of the division's Australian battlefield, has nearly 500,000 troops in his hands, which is comparable to that of huddled in northern Australia.  of Japanese troops.  Basically equivalent.

    According to the order of the division commander, Tang Qiusheng issued combat orders to the Southeast Mobile Corps and the troops directly under the corps in mid-July, and all troops were divided into four groups.

    The first to eighth brigade of the Corps are directly under the jurisdiction of the corps.  A total of eight brigades with a strength of 140,000 troops, five artillery brigades, and three tank brigades attached to the Armored Corps Command Headquarters.  Taking Perth as the starting point for the attack, the northward attacking force was directed towards Kalumburu and other places in northern Australia.  Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Directly Affiliated Corps, is the commander and unified command of the troops.

    The 9th to 16th brigades are directly under the corps.  A total of eight brigades with a strength of 130,000 people, plus four artillery brigades, and three tank brigades attached to the Armored Forces Command, will use Adelaide in southern Australia as the starting point for the attack, and head north to attack Darwin and other places in northern Australia.  Major General Battle, Commander of the Armored Forces, commander.

    From the 1st to 7th brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps, there are seven brigades with a total of 110,000 troops, plus four artillery brigades, and each tank brigade attached to the Armored Forces Command. Roto in southern Australia is the starting point for the attack.  , heading north to attack Burketon and other places in northern Australia. The commander is Major General Yu Guanghan, Chief of Staff of the Southeast Mobile Corps.

    Taking the 8th to 14th brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps, a total of seven mechanized infantry brigades with a strength of about 100,000, plus five artillery brigades, and four tank brigades attached to the armored command headquarters, they will attack Newcastle in southern Australia.  Starting from the starting point, we headed north to attack Cairns and other places in northern Australia. Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, deputy division commander and commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, personally commanded the troops attacking this way.

    The distance between the four offensive forces is an average of 60 kilometers, and they advance together to coordinate with each other and support each other at any time. Moreover, each offensive force is divided into different attack arrows, even covering the east-west width of the Australian continent.

    The nearly 500,000 troops of the division on the battlefield in Australia roared in from south to north with astonishing momentum. They attacked cities and territories along the way. Their momentum was overwhelming and their progress was rapid. The Japanese troops they killed were defeated and retreated. They fled all the way to northern Australia.  past.

    The garrison areas along the route of the Japanese garrison in Australia were already weak. Where they could withstand such a sweep, they could not even organize a decent line of defense. In some areas, the Japanese garrison relied on natural terrain conditions and original defense systems to try to stop the division.  The advance of the troops.

    However, in such a large-scale offensive and defensive battle, the commanders of the division troops are familiar with the task, and the powerful artillery provides effective fire support for the division's offensive troops.As soon as there is a hard nut to crack, hundreds or even thousands of heavy artillery are organized, and tens of thousands of artillery shells are fired at them. There is ruins in front of them. Then, tanks cover the infantry for the charge.

    In just over ten days, the offensive of nearly half a million divisions advanced to the line from Jericho to Newman in central Australia. The Japanese army lost nearly 80,000 local garrison troops.

    Facing the pressure of the division's troops, Lieutenant General Morishita, the commander of the 11th Army, who did not know that he was about to be dismissed from his post as the commander of the Japanese Army in Australia, felt great pressure.  The First Army's more than 200,000 troops were deployed from Sanggu, Workop to Huonden, forming the first line of defense.

    Then, the nearly 300,000 troops that had been evacuated to Australia from the battlefields of the islands in the southwest Pacific were reorganized, and 100,000 of them were sent to strengthen the first line of defense. The remaining nearly 200,000 were  Deployed from the Kimberley Plateau to the Flinders River to form the second line of defense.

    Although he holds a heavy force of 600,000 men, Lieutenant General Morishita knows that only about 300,000 of these troops can fight. The remaining troops that retreated from the Southwest Pacific battlefield were all defeated by the China Division.  The troops are afraid of fighting, their morale is low, their organization is incomplete, and there are many shortages of commanders at all levels.

    They are troops that can fight, but compared to the Imperial Army troops that have withdrawn to Australia. As for challenging the China Division troops, he himself has no confidence. There is also a more serious problem of heavy equipment. The Imperial Army in Australia belongs to  The second-line troops, in terms of heavy equipment, are far inferior to the troops of the North American Combat Command. There is no way, who made the empire now poor and poor, emptying out all the money!

    The anxious Lieutenant General Morishita sent several telegrams a day, asking for urgent help from the base camp, explaining the current dangerous situation of the Imperial Army on the Australian battlefield. He said in the telegram: "If the Imperial Army in Australia does not receive troops and equipment,  If the reinforcements are received, Australia will fall into the hands of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli in one month!"

    To be fair, Morishita is a bit alarmist. Within a month, the troops on the Australian battlefield will not be able to capture the huge Australia and annihilate nearly 600,000 Japanese troops. But what about two or three months later?

    After reporting to the base camp, Vice Admiral Morishita personally took a small boat to the flagship "Nagato" of the Navy's combined fleet to visit the fleet commander, Admiral Yamamoto. Regardless of his military rank, position, or prestige and foundation in the Imperial Realm, Vice Admiral Morishita  None of them can be compared with General Yamamoto.

    Therefore, Lieutenant General Morishita did not feel that he was losing face by condescending to visit General Yamamoto. What¡¯s more, he had to come and worship this god. The empire¡¯s troops stationed in Australia are now very poor. Take the land-based aviation force as an example. There are only two joint forces in total.  The aviation force has less than 600 combat aircraft, the armored force is even more pitiful, with only one tank brigade, and the artillery is not worthy of mention.

    The only purpose of Lieutenant General Morishita's visit to General Yamamoto was to request him to dispatch carrier-based aircraft to conduct large-scale bombings and air strikes against the rapidly advancing divisions to reduce the pressure on the ground infantry and support them until reinforcements arrived. He knew that  The combined fleet has this strength.

    After the two met, Lieutenant General Morishita, whose eyes were red and bloodshot, and who was exhausted, ignored the politeness and made his request directly. His tone was almost pleading, "Commander Yamamoto, please lend a helping hand, otherwise  , The results of the empire on the Australian battlefield are worrying!¡±

    General Yamamoto, who was resting in Darwin Port in northern Australia, knew what a terrible situation the Australian battlefield was, and he was also anxious. Maybe soon, he would take on the important task of commander of the Imperial Army in Australia. Of course, he did not want to take over.  An irreparable mess.

    But General Yamamoto was more hesitant. It was okay to dispatch carrier-based aircraft. It was a matter of words. According to intelligence, the China Division aviation force was also very powerful on the Australian battlefield. It was a battle with Le Yiqin's land-based aviation force.  The results of three days left a shadow in his heart, or a psychological barrier, and he instinctively did not want to face off against the division's land-based aviation again!

    Seeing the hesitation on Admiral Yamamoto¡¯s face, Lieutenant General Morishita pleaded without hesitation. Finally, Admiral Yamamoto agreed and immediately dispatched carrier-based aircraft units to provide air fire support for the Imperial Army¡¯s ground forces in the midst of a bitter battle.

    The next day, the carrier-based aircraft group of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet and the two air groups of the Japanese Army in Australia dispatched more than a thousand combat aircraft to prepare for a large-scale bombing of the division.

    Battlefield commander Tang Qiusheng, ever since the Japanese naval combined fleet stationed in northern Australia, has been on guard against the Japanese. He has attacked the Australian Air Force at field airports in southern Australia. More than 800 fighter jets are in preparation.  Colonel Wu Zhenjiang, the commander of the team, was gearing up and waiting for Tang Qiusheng's orders every day.

    The division troops attacked northward, but there was no wayWhat happened to the aviation team made Wu Zhenjiang so anxious that his eyes were red. He asked for a fight several times, but the answer he got was, "Continue to stand by!"

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