Chapter 693 Final Battle of Augusta 4

The Coral Sea.

On the most beautiful waterway in northeast Australia, a large fleet is slowly. Whoever sees the size of this fleet will be surprised.

7 large ocean cruise ships, 15 landing ships, 5 ro-ro ships, 160 10,000-ton ocean-going cargo ships, and 20 oil and water ships! There are a full set of 207 giant ships, lined up in six columns, and the black smoke can almost be described as covering the sky.

If you look closely, you will find that these ships not only have a deep dredage, but also deck Shanghai is full of all kinds of small speedboats, and even the sterns are towed with cables. If all of them are added up, I'm afraid there will be thousands.

On the mast, the sailors scanned the surroundings over and over again, and the radar did not stop turning from the start. Even though the current Coral Sea has almost become the Xinhua Inland Sea, due to the inconsistent speed of the ships in the fleet, it can only maintain a maximum speed of 12 knots. In addition, although the Australian fleet has turned into sand, there are still more torpedoes. Boats and small warships, although these things were shot to death, the threat of several of the offshore submarines was relatively large, so in order to ensure safety, the Second Fleet still invested a lot of effort in escorting the fleet. Even a heavy fleet aircraft carrier supporting the Marine Corps in Nouméa rushed over, plus two light aircraft carriers, Six light patrols, 20 destroyers and 21 coast guard frigates almost wrapped the fleet layer by layer.

Such strict protection is mainly because the fleet is too important this time. It not only carries hundreds of thousands of tons of urgently needed materials, but also includes elite troops such as the Electric Leopard Armored Regiment. It also carries two other armored regiments and five infantry divisions, as well as nearly 5,000 trucks. They will not only be the first to land in East Australia, but also The last force will also become the main force to maintain the Australian territory of the empire in the future.

More importantly, this will be an exercise, an actual combat exercise for the larger landing battle.

No matter which country it is, the trans-ocean landing war is the most difficult military operation. Even in future generations, it is a great test of large-scale organizational ability and naval response ability, so it is a very good choice to use less strong Australia and Medan for exercises.

In the escort flagship Yar Zangbojiang, the radio station kept ringing, and a war report from Australia was forwarded here through this channel, so that the headquarters could keep abreast of the situation there in time.

For the current Xinhua, the Battle of Augusta is undoubtedly the most important of all battlefields, not only because it is the gate to the core of New Wales from west to east, but more importantly, it attracts nearly 700,000 Australian allied troops. You know that the whole of Australia, including the militia, is only 2.3 million. It also includes about 400,000 logistics personnel, which has cleaned up almost all men aged 15 to 45 in Australia.

In Solomon Islands, they lost 150,000, Nouméa 250,000, and more than 200,000 in the early stage. Now the total number of troops has dropped to 1.7 million. Among them, Solomon and Nouméa lost both regular troops. Although the number of troops seems to be enough, in fact, the regular troops have dropped to 70. About 10,000, and there are as many as 400,000 in Augusta, not to mention 300,000 militiamen. There is no need to explain the significance of eating each other.

But it's not easy to eat the other party. No one is a fool. If you don't win, you will run away. If hundreds of thousands of troops run away, no one can block them, so it becomes extremely important to cut off the other party's back.

1 armored division and 3 infantry divisions, it seems that the intercepted force is seriously insufficient, but in fact they can get the support of the air force all the way, not to mention that all battlefields are linked. The North Route Army and the Central Route Army have dragged about 500,000 Australian allied forces. If they land by themselves, they will have to drag at least 300,000. At that time, even if they armed all the women, it was not enough!

On the contrary, if Augusta does not complete the total annition and consumption, these troops scattered into the hinterland of Australia will be turned into zero, and I'm afraid there will be more battles in the future, so even Zhang Shun, the commander-in-chief of this landing war, can't help but be a little anxious.

"Report, an hour ago, the reconnaissance plane found that two more Australian infantry divisions had arrived at Flinders Ridge."

"Oh? Another 30,000 added!"

Xiao Tianzhi was not surprised and happy. The more Australian allied troops in the direction of Augusta, the more they showed that they had not realized that the landing war was imminent. In this way, the resistance to the landing war would be less, and it could also make the "gift" on Huangfuqi's side more abundant.

"How's the progress of the West Route Army?"

"From this morning, the Air Third Division launched another large-scale bombing. According to the observation of the basic destruction of Augusta Port, the enemy has basically retreated to the Flinders Ridge Line. According to the front line headquarters, they will launch a general attack at noon tomorrow at the latest."

"Tomorrow at noon?!"

"So early, isn't it?"

"Yes." The staff nodded: "After General Wu Peifu occupied Mali last night, he did not choose to go straight south in a straight line, but bypassed Lindhurst and continued to cross Fromm Lake to the north. At present, it has been inserted into the town of Fromdangs, and it is expected that the railway line from Augusta to Sydney can be cut off within 12 hours!"

Seeing the staff officer pointing to the finger on the map, Xiao Tianzhi high-five and said, "This Wu Peifu, insisted on it. He not only took out the plan of flanking, but also bypassed the three intercepted divisions and pointed directly to the railway line!"

"Well, it's good, but." Zhang Shun nodded, and his face was full of joy. He smiled and said, "The emperor has paid special attention to this person. It seems that he is really good at it."

"Ha ha, now it depends on whether he can cut off the railway line smoothly. If it is cut off, then ha ha, hundreds of thousands of military feet will escape in such a wide place, and they will be tortured to death by the armored forces!"

"Isn't it good to torture death?" Zhang Shun handed a cigarette to Xiao Tianzhi and hooked the corners of his mouth: "The more you die, the better. Only in this way can you make some people obedient after the war!"

Xiao Tianzhi's eyes lit up and understood what Zhang Shun meant. There was only a large number of killing and injuring the enemy's living force, and it was best to kill all the militia. In this way, even if the Australian political axe surrendered immediately, I'm afraid there would be no room to sit down and negotiate!

"Wait, I hope we can get good news before we log in." Zhang Shun took a cigarette fiercely.

===== "Boom."

MacArthur raised his head and watched 20 large airships raging overhead, constantly dropping bombs, and the corners of his eyes.

The Chinese have taken out all their strength, so after controlling the air s control, even airships have been sent. These large airships that can carry several tons of bombs at a time are simply the biggest nightmare. Every time they bomb, they carry more than hundreds of aircraft, and You can circle in the sky for a long time.

The bomb fell from the sky and rose along the trench. In the blink of an eye, the hundreds of meters long trench was covered with flames. The soldiers screamed and rushed out of the trench, and in less than a moment, they turned into a ball of coke.

MacArthur's eyebrows are almost squeezed into a line. In the past, people only thought that the gap between Britain and Xinhua was just airplanes, but now it seems that this is not the case at all. They are not only airplanes, but also airships and bombs.

No one knows what kind of bomb it is. The flames they release are called the fire of hell. Everything stained by Mars is burning, even if the steel will be burned through and melted.

How to fight this kind of battle?

After he quickly rushed into the headquarters hidden and buried in the mound, he heard Major General Jim shouting with a red face before he could report the defense line.

"What's going on? Why do you report it now? Damn it."

"Block them, you must block them. Tell Steven to either block them for me or I'll shoot him myself!"

MacArthur was slightly stunned and immediately grabbed his partner beside him and asked quietly, "What's wrong?"

"It's too bad that an army captured Mali at night last night, and."

"What!"

"Yes, Colonel Rod, they have all been captured. Less than a thousand people have escaped. We have just got the news, at present." The partner nagging, but MacArthur couldn't listen at all.

Mali is the most important line of defense in the middle of Flinders Ridge, so there is a whole infantry division there, but I didn't expect that it was occupied by others overnight, and it was almost completely annihired. In this way, Augusta was completely cut off by the enemy!

Major Jim is about to go crazy. The enemy's army has not seen it yet. The small city of Port Augusta has turned into ashes in less than a day. Now after mastering the air s control, the enemy has begun to bombard Flinders Ridge, and even airships have been sent. In the face of this kind of war that has little power to fight back, no matter who is The corners of the mouth are bitter.

In fact, everyone knows that the air force can't kill people. The trench of Flinders Ridge is long and the terrain is complex. Only real investment in the army can solve the problem. Although the Chinese weapons on the opposite side are more powerful, they still occupy a geographical advantage, and they may not lose if they are condescending.

So the most important thing now is to survive until the other army appears!

Insistence, he could have used his geographical advantage to persist, but with the occupation of Mali, this insistence became very dangerous. Once the other party occupied Yanta, it would be almost a disaster!

"Douglas." Major General Jim turned his head and looked at the young MacArthur.

He and old MacArthur have been good friends for many years. Although he did not want MacArthur to take risks, Yanta was too important. He lacked enough good officers around him to lead the army to sniper, so he thought about it before he gritted his teeth and said.

"We have 120 tanks and an infantry division in Yanta. In addition, I have ordered three infantry divisions stationed north of Flinders Ridge to support Yanta. Now, I need a commander to lead them."

MacArthur understood that Major Jim was ready to lead this force. Although he did not know how many troops broke through Mali, there must be a large number of people who could defeat an infantry division in one night.

If there is no Yangta, not to mention delaying and sniping the main force of the Xinhua Army here, I'm afraid that hundreds of thousands of troops will be left here, and even New South Wales behind will be quickly swallowed up.

There is no choice now.

"General, I'm ready." Ke Arthur took a deep breath, straightened up and saluted. He knew very well that this had become a decisive battle!

(to be continued)