"What does the commander mean" The representatives and generals focused their eyes on Ryan, not knowing what else he thought."
Since you have all agreed to retreat, then we will retreat in two parts.The citizens, women and children in the city withdrew first, and we took cover in the rear.As long as we are still outside for a day, the Chinese will not dare to rush in easily, try to buy a little time for the people, what do you think" Ryan looked around at everyone, at this time, as the local supreme commander, there was still a little burden on him."
I agree" "I approve" "Agree" "Everyone agreed, Ryan said well, if all retreat, the Chinese will chase and fight, and no one will be able to withdraw at that time.""
Okay, everyone here is good, like a man, since this is the case, go down and prepare immediately.Inform the citizens to bring only some rations, and don't bring anything with the rest of the sundries, and evacuate inland early tomorrow morning" Ryan immediately dismissed the meeting, and followed the representatives and generals to go down to make arrangements everywhere.As they prepared to retreat westward, more than 100,000 people in southern Victoria had also begun to flee westward.After the North Sea Fleet landed in the harbor of Sydney, the East Sea Fleet also landed in Melbourne with a full division of troops.There was also an artillery battle at the pier, and in the end all the batteries in the port of Melbourne were bombed.Antonio, the commander of the militia in Melbourne, immediately organized 50,000 soldiers and horses to block the landing of the Huaxing Army.As soon as the two sides met, a great battle ensued, and under the suppressive artillery fire of the Huaxing army, the militia in Melbourne was quickly defeated and fled.The division headquarters that landed in Melbourne was commanded by Gu Xinghua, who was none other than Gu Yunfei's nephew, who was sent by Qiao Zhiqing to the Nanjing Military Region.He joined the army for less than two years, and he was almost promoted year after year, from a small soldier all the way to the position of division commander.In addition to the relationship between his uncle Gu Yunfei, the generals of the military region take care of his uncle's face, and more importantly, this kid is a bit of a brain.At the beginning, he was promoted by Hu Wenhai to his side as an operational staff officer, and when the Huaxing Army was fighting against India, Hu Wenhai was also idle, and he deduced the war on the front line on the sand table all day long.Among the deduction results of all the generals, Gu Xinghua's vision is the most accurate every time.All the battles on the front line, without waiting for the military report to come, coincided with what he deduced.In this battle against Australia, Gu Xinghua begged Hu Wenhai for a lot, and finally made Hu Wenhai agree to let him rush to the front line for exercise.Hu Wenhai and the commander-in-chief Chen Bingwen are also old friends, and when he mentioned this, Chen Bingwen quickly agreed to him.In this way, it will not only sell him a face, but also show favor to Gu Yunfei.The most important thing is that in the early stage of the landing operation, as long as you occupy the dock and wait for reinforcements, there is basically no great difficulty, and you only need to implement it step by step according to the formulated tactics.So Gu Xinghua mixed into the front-line combat troops in this way, and commanded a division of troops to land in Melbourne in the southeast corner of Australia.Because Chen Yucheng, the commander-in-chief of the front, followed the troops who landed in Sydney, and Melbourne did not have Chen Yucheng's constraints, Gu Xinghua was even more unscrupulous.As soon as the East China Sea Fleet landed on the shore, Melbourne's militia rushed up to attack without knowing whether they were alive or dead.Under the blow of the navy's large-caliber artillery, the militiamen's gun arrays did not rush to within a thousand meters, and all of them withdrew into the city.Gu Xinghua is not a master who guards himself, he only gathered a brigade of troops on the shore, and immediately personally led these more than 3,000 people to pursue the foreign devils.The militia of foreign devils could have a force of more than 50,000 people, but they were frightened by the gunboats of the Huaxing Army, and they only knew how to turn around and flee.Gu Xinghua led more than 3,000 people to chase after him until he was outside the city of Melbourne, and then he stopped and turned around and evacuated to the dock.The militia in Melbourne originally wanted to stop them, but after stabilizing the morale of the army a little, they immediately gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and chased after them.But it was swept away by their superior firepower.Under the blow of the breech rifle of the Huaxing Army, the foreign devils had no room to fight back, and finally all retracted back into the city.Governor West of Victoria was so angry that he scolded all the generals and decided to wait for the Huaxing army's fleet to withdraw before relaunching the attack on the Huaxing army.Before their meeting could end, the city erupted in the sound of artillery fire.Gu Xinghua had already demarcated the landmarks of Melbourne, and after withdrawing to the docks, he asked the naval fleet to adjust the angle of the shells and bomb the city directly.This coastal city is only more than 5,000 meters away from the harbor, but the fleet artillery of the Huaxing Army can hit a distance of 10,000 meters.Gu Xinghua is not Chen Yucheng, he will not feel sorry for the architecture of these cities.In his eyes, only the victory or defeat of the war, and the city can be rebuilt if it is destroyed.This kind of prodigal thing is something that Chen Yucheng, who has climbed up from the grassroots, will not understand.Usually, the first generation of entrepreneurs is thrifty, and the second generation begins to be extravagant.Gu Xinghua's thinking is also very appetizing to Zheng Dahai, commander of the East China Sea Fleet.He has fought for many years, and he is also a Lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth.After a brief discussion, he agreed to this opinion on the spot.Immediately, he ordered the artillery of the fleet to raise the angle and bomb Melbourne without stopping.Ten battleships, each with thirty rapid-fire guns on its side spins.Each gun fired three shells per minute, and each shell all weighed more than a hundred kilograms.The bombardment continued non-stop for more than ten minutes, and in an instant, tens of thousands of shells fell down the city of Melbourne.Where the bombs fell, houses crumbled, people and animals were wiped out, and thick smoke rose into the sky, and the wails were heartbreaking.In an instant, smoke and dust filled the sky over Melbourne.As if the end of the world had come, the sky was dark, the ground shook, and half the city was razed to the ground.Fortunately, the governor's palace was located in the eastern part of the city, and it did not receive artillery hits.But all the councillors of the Governor's Palace were still scared half to death.The explosion was so loud that it was like a thunderous fury, and all the windows in the city were shattered.Seeing this, West still has the heart to insist on resisting.As soon as the members of the House of Representatives discussed it, they all agreed to immediately move to the west.After all the materials of the Huaxing army were carried ashore, Gu Xinghua did not wait at the dock and directly launched an attack on Melbourne City.But the city was empty, and all the foreign devils fled to the western interior with their families.Although Gu Xinghua wanted to pursue the foreign devils, because he had to act according to the battle plan, he didn't dare to violate the military order too much.So tens of thousands of people came down in Melbourne and waited for reinforcements to come.Fighting a war always has to pay attention to the orders of the superiors, not that you can do whatever you want.After all, the people here are unfamiliar, and they have just landed and are not used to the environment here.If something goes wrong, no one can afford to take this responsibility, so no one dares to easily go against the predetermined battle plan
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