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- The Japanese have great expectations for the mine arrays they have laid. After all, anti-mines are a very troublesome task, and based on the mines they have deployed on the sea, it seems to them that the Chinese want to clean them up. It will take at least a few daysレ&spades思&hearts路&clubs客レ
However, what surprised Japan was that the Chinese actually used weapons like mine-breaking ships
Mine-breaking ship, this kind of weapon has already appeared during World War II, and it still appeared in the hands of their German allies, so the Japanese are not particularly unfamiliar to them.
It's just that China's minebreakers are obviously very different from German minebreakers. It's very simple. German minebreakers are modified from merchant ships, while the minebreakers of the Wehrmacht are basically modified from warships. Old warships such as the Jinghai class are put into service after the weapons and other systems are removed and filled with fillers.
Since the National Socialist Government was established more than 30 years ago, thousands of warships of various types were built during this period, and measures were implemented to seal these warships after they were decommissioned. Therefore, in domestic naval bases, they are still sealed even today. A considerable number of ships of various types
So unlike Germany, China is using combat-capable warships as minebreakers
But in front of these mine-breaking ships, the Japanese mines were detonated one by one.
Finally, after clearing all the mines, the landing troops who had been preparing for a long time began to land directly.
The beaching operation was carried out very smoothly. After all, years of war have caused serious attrition to the Japanese army, especially those experienced veterans.
As for the equipment, there is no big problem
?????? etc. have said that Australia is quite rich in resources.
In later generations, Australia is a late-comer developed capitalist country. Its annual gross domestic product (gdp) ranks 13th in the world, and its per capita GDP reaches 65,477 US dollars, ranking 6th in the world and 1st among countries with a population of more than 20 million. Much higher than other major English-speaking countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia has developed agriculture and animal husbandry and rich natural resources. It is known as "the country riding on the back of a sheep", "the country sitting on the mine cart" and "the country holding wheat ears" , Australia has long earned a large amount of income by exporting agricultural products and mineral resources. It is rich in sheep, wheat and cane sugar. It is also an important producer and exporter of mineral resources in the world.
Australia's climate is relatively dry, and nearly 70% of its land is dryland grassland. It is flat and vast, suitable for large-scale development of animal husbandry. In pastoral areas, you can often see flocks of sheep and cattle grazing. "There are more sheep than people" is a true portrayal of Australia. Australia originally had no sheep. In the late 18th century, European immigrants brought 29 sheep into Australia for the first time. Due to the good conditions and dry climate of the Australian grasslands, which were suitable for sheep growth and reproduction, the number of sheep increased in the 1820s. to as many as 60 million
Australia is located in the middle and low latitudes. Affected by post-climate conditions, the terrain is flat and vast, with vast grassland areas and pastures. The land is vast and the people are highly mechanized. The modernization of Australia's industry has created a modern Damuchen with abundant groundwater resources, which provides the basis for the development of animal husbandry. Providing favorable conditions, in 2011, the number of sheep was about 170 million. Australia's sheep number accounted for one-sixth of the world's total and its wool production ranked first in the world. People vividly call Australia a "riding country". A country on a sheep's back"
Australia has developed agriculture and animal husbandry, and the production and export of agricultural and animal husbandry products occupies an important position in the national economy. It is the world's largest exporter of wool and beef. In 2010, the output value of agriculture and animal husbandry was 27.4 billion Australian dollars, accounting for 2.1% of the GDP. The main crops are wheat, barley, rapeseed, cotton, cane sugar and fruit. As of the 2010 financial year, the output value of wheat was AU$4.8 billion, barley was AU$1.4 billion, and wool was AU$1.9 billion. Modern mixed agriculture - rice and sheep industry
Australia not only has a vast territory but is also rich in products. It is the most economically developed country in the southern hemisphere, the fourth largest exporter of agricultural products in the world, and the number one exporter of various minerals in the world.
Australia is rich in mineral resources, oil and natural gas. There are at least more than 70 kinds of mineral resources. Among them, bauxite reserves rank first in the world, accounting for 35% of the world's total reserves. Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite, alumina, diamonds, lead and tantalum. The output of gold, iron ore, coal, lithium manganese ore, nickel, silver, uranium, zinc, etc. also ranks among the top in the world. At the same time, Australia is also the world's largest exporter of bituminous coal, bauxite, lead, diamond, zinc and jing ore, and the second largest exporter of alumina, iron ore, uranium ore. China, the third largest exporter of aluminum and gold, has proven mineral reserves with economic mining value: about 3.1 billion tons of bauxite, 15.3 billion tons of iron ore, 511 billion tons of bituminous coal, 411 billion tons of lignite, and 1,720 billion tons of lead. 10,000 tons, 9 million tons of nickel, 40,600 tons of silver, 18,000 tons of tantalum, 34 million tons of zinc, 610,000 tons of uranium, 4,404 tons of gold. Australia’s crude oil reserves are 240 billion liters, natural gas reserves are 1.360 billion cubic meters, and liquefied petroleum gas reserves are 174 billion liters. The forest coverage area accounts for 20% of the country's land, and the natural forest area is about 155 million hectares (two-thirds of which are eucalyptus).?), timber forest area is 1.22 million hectares
It can be said that even if compared with the total of the Indochina Peninsula, Nanyang Islands and parts of India that the Japanese once occupied, Australia will definitely not be inferior, especially in some resources, it can even win a lot.
Therefore, Australia has indeed provided a lot of help to Japan, especially unlike Indochina and other regions, which are just the origin of raw materials, but Australia is completely different, because Australia has its own very comprehensive industrial facilities.
Even before the outbreak of World War II, Australia was able to design and build nearly 10,000-ton heavy cruisers on its own. This shows how strong Australia's industrial strength is. Therefore, the resources excavated in Australia only need to be refined locally, and there is no need to use other resources like other countries. The region is the same, and the resources must be sent back to Japan.
However, it is precisely because of this reason that Australia’s local Japanese military equipment is very excellent.
In fact, Japan itself was able to design and mass-produce protective clothing specifically designed to deal with VX poisonous gas in such a short period of time because Australia itself has considerable industrial strength
Unfortunately, equipment is not equivalent to combat effectiveness, so after losing a considerable number of veterans, although the weapons of these new recruits were obviously much stronger than those of soldiers in other areas, cities such as Darwin and Brisbane still fell quickly
It is precisely for this reason that although urban warfare is a more suitable defensive method than landing warfare, the Japanese army was not able to persist in urban areas for long.
Cities are the stage of war. During World War II, 40% of wars in the European battlefield took place in cities and large residential areas; of the more than 250 foreign military interventions conducted by the US Navy after World War II, 90% involved cities; Chechnya During the war, 90% of the casualties of the Russian army occurred during the attack on the urban area of ??Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Today’s global urbanization trend is accelerating. Currently, 2.9 billion people out of the world’s total population of 6.1 billion live in cities. By 2030, the urban population will reach 49 The safety and security of hundreds of millions of cities will become an important indicator of the victory or defeat of the war. In the future, military operations will be more concentrated in cities, and urban areas will become the main battlefield in the 21st century.
The battlefield environment is extremely complex and disadvantageous for "defense" and "attack". In urban operations, the defender can use tall buildings and underground engineering facilities extending in all directions to build a strong fortress; a large number of mines and various obstacles can be set up in the urban area; You can be condescending and use points to control the surface for observation and sniping; you can use buildings and blocks to organize cross-fire. For the attacking side, it is often necessary to seize tough points and fight in the streets. In addition, the terrain and enemy conditions are unknown, making them vulnerable to enemy ambush and cold gunfire. In several urban battles since the 1990s, the attackers have paid a heavy price. For example, the 1994 battle formation was easily divided, which benefited the "small" and disadvantaged the "big".
The army's existing technical equipment is mainly designed for general terrain operations and can maximize its advantages in general terrain. In urban operations, it will greatly weaken the large-scale reconnaissance and positioning system faced by urban operations in irregular and complex combat environments. Aerial firepower has long-range firepower, and its advantage of seeing far and firing accurately in urban areas with protective camouflage and concealment is difficult to exert. For example, in October 1993, the US military entered the urban area of ??Mogadishu. Although it had absolute technological advantages, However, in the face of the attack by the Aidid militia, they could only conduct "rifle-on-rifle" combat, and their high-tech equipment was almost useless. After a night of fierce fighting, the US military left 18 corpses and retreated in embarrassment. This incident directly led to the U.S. zhèngfu decides to withdraw troops from Somalia
Of course, compared with the losses of the Americans in Somalia, the losses of the Somalis are obviously greater
? Almost every time the Americans throw away a corpse, the Somalis have to throw away ten or even a hundred times the number of corpses.
However, due to Japan's own problems, the National Defense Forces occupied Australia without paying much price
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After occupying areas such as Darwin and Brisbane, the National Defense Forces did not hesitate too much, because at this time the Japanese army in Hawaii was almost unable to withstand the US military, so they had to occupy the entire Australia as soon as possible in order to A fait accompli was created before the Americans arrived.
So after capturing three cities, the remaining troops continued to expand to other areas. At the same time, the National Defense Force also separated some from the landing troops, and the defense towards other parts of Australia was not very strict. Landing battle launched at port
For the Defense Forces, these places are too far away from important cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, so the Defense Forces did not include them in their targets.
But now…
Since the original goal has been achieved, it is also a good thing to achieve the current goal.
The landing battle is a joint war.?One style refers to a joint campaign in which naval ship units collaborate with army units and, with the support of the air force, attack the enemy's coastal areas. The purpose of the landing campaign is to seize the islands and strait areas. The landing campaign is a complex naval campaign. Many naval vessels participated
But since the goals are just weak goals now, there is no need to be like this
After dividing the original landing force into dozens of parts, a large number of troops began to launch landing operations at some coastal ports and towns.
And another group of troops that had arrived in Brisbane began to advance towards Sydney.
As for the Japanese on the other hand? Although because of the industrial base in Australia, Australia's Japanese troops are quite good in equipment. Even after a large number of troops were wiped out, the equipment of the remaining troops is getting better and better.
But combat experience cannot be compensated by equipment.
So when the armored troops of the National Defense Force appeared on the plains outside Sydney, it was very easy to attack the blocking troops sent by the Japanese Army——————We also need to thank the large number of ro-ro ships because There are so many ro-ro ships that a large number of armored forces can be transported to Australia.
You must know that the largest ro-ro ship at present can have the ability to transport an armored brigade at a time. In other words, only two ships are needed to transport an armored division.
And if it is a motorized division or a mechanized infantry division, a large roll-on/roll-off ship is enough
Therefore, at this moment, there are a large number of armored troops on Australian soil. Facing these armored troops, the Japanese have no stopping power at all.
What’s more, Japan itself doesn’t have enough troops.
You know, in order to capture the whole of Australia, the National Socialist Government dispatched almost three million troops this time, while the Japanese army only had two million troops in Australia.
Although three million versus two million, one side is the attacker and the other is the defense, it seems that the gap between the two is not that big, but in fact, Japan has no room to fight back at all
Therefore, about half a month later, Sydney had fallen into the hands of the Defense Forces. A month later, Melbourne also fell into the hands of the Defense Forces.
When Melbourne fell, although some towns were still under the control of the Japanese, Australia basically belonged to China. Even Britain and the United States cannot deny this.
Because as a country with a sparse population, Australia’s three most populous cities all belong to China.
On the other hand, although Australia falling into the hands of China is a very unpleasant thing for Britain and the United States, it is not necessarily true for Australians.
Although Australia is occupied again, which makes many Australians feel a little unhappy, for them, it is always a good thing to break away from Japanese rule.
And one thing is very important, you must know that when the Japanese ruled Australia, they really did not regard Australians as human beings.
Especially Australian women, many have become comfort women for the Japanese army. Many comfort women were even sent to Japan and North Korea to let the soldiers there have a taste of it.
Therefore, the Australians hate the Japanese very much. Now that the Chinese can liberate them, the Australians are naturally very grateful - of course, they will certainly not be as grateful as the Armenians.
After all, the National Defense Forces rescued the Armenians from the Turkish butcher knives.
It is precisely for this reason that among the many new territories of China, the Armenians will be the most well-behaved and the most supportive of China.
Although the Australians are very grateful to the national government, they obviously cannot be like the Armenians.
However, Yan Guang, Song Dinghan and others have never thought about it this way. After the National Defense Forces completely occupied Australia and eliminated or captured all the Japanese troops in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Australian government in exile were attacking the Chinese government. fu made representations demanding that the Chinese government return Australia to the exiled Australian government
Of course, the wording is not very tough, and the Australian government has also made a commitment. As long as the national government is willing to return Australia, Australia is willing to pay a certain price, and it can even sign some treaties with China.
I have to say that these conditions are still very tempting, but Yan Guang already had his own ideas, so in the end he rejected the proposal of the Australian government. It was at this time that a new Australian government appeared
On Australian territory, a new Australian government supported by the National Socialist Government and pursuing the ideas of the National Socialist Government emerged.
Of course, this is the puppet government supported by the national socialist government
After all, no matter what, China and Australia are now allies. It is not an easy matter for China to annex the territory of the allies so blatantly, so it is more or less a kind of puppet government to come out first. The solution
As for whether this puppet government still needs to exist after the war is over
That’s another story…
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Britain and the United States are also very aware of this, so they are very angry at China's actions. It is a pity that the Americans are still blocked in Hawaii at this time, and the British have no power at all to threaten the national government against Australia. rule
So although they continue to issue extremely strong words, they have no effect at all on changing what is happening in Australia.
And it was at this time that great changes took place on the European battlefield
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