s: Asking for votes at the end of the month May 10, 1941, AD 2782, Nullarbor Plain, Australia.
The Nullarbor Plain is a limestone plain in southwestern Australia, bordering the Great Australian Bight, spanning Western Australia and South Australia from east to west, and extending for more than 600 kilometers along the Great Australian Bight.
It is narrow from north to south, with a maximum width of 240 kilometers, an area of about 260,000 square kilometers, and an average altitude of less than 200 meters.
The surface of this plain is basically rock bed with little soil, and the climate is dry and the plants are poor.
Therefore, the population in this area is quite sparse.
Apart from sheep farms scattered on the edge of the plain, there is not even a decent town.
In the future of the original time and space, there would be a railway across the east and west of Australia from Perth in the west to Sydney in the east on this plain, but this era still has no trace.
So in this day and age, there are fewer people here.
Before World War I, the combined population of Western Australia and South Australia was less than 300,000, and the population of Western Australia was even less than 100,000.
It was not until China obtained the mineral development rights in the area that a large number of Chinese workers poured in , which pushed the population here to more than 500,000.
Especially in Western Australia, the number of Chinese has exceeded that of local whites.
The most important thing is that the vast majority of Chinese in Western Australia are miners from China.
Most of these people are young and strong men, and these strong men also need to receive regular military training.
According to the Sino-British Haikou Agreement with the United Kingdom, China can form security guards and militia in factory areas and residential areas.
According to China's explanation, it is to prevent banditry.
When China-Australia relations deteriorated in the past few months, local militiamen intensified their training and secretly stockpiled a large number of weapons.
When China issued the ultimatum, local Chinese forces immediately began to prepare for an uprising.
Originally, the Western Australian authorities wanted to come over to disarm the Chinese, but they ended up trying to beat the dogs.
A Western Australian militia group sent there was captured by Chinese armed forces.
After capturing the local militia, the local Chinese began a formal uprising.
They soon stormed into Perth and captured local officials.
Not only did Perth do this, but many Chinese miner-inhabited areas such as Western Australia and South Australia also made a fuss.
In fact, when Chinese regular troops arrived, many cities and towns such as Perth and Caernarfon in Western Australia were already controlled by Chinese armed forces.
There is nothing we can do about this, because there are too few white people in the area.
The total population is less than 100,000, and only 20,000 can be drawn out to fight against the sky.
The number of local Chinese has exceeded 330,000, and most of them are young and strong men.
They also receive regular military training, and many of them are retired soldiers.
In other words, if there is a war, more than 200,000 people can be drawn here at any time.
In addition, the weapons and equipment of the Chinese militia are also excellent, even better than those of the domestic regular army.
They also had a complete organization and command system.
Whether it was numbers, command, organization or equipment, they completely overwhelmed the local white militias.
There is no doubt about the consequences of the conflict between the two sides.
The kangaroo was driven away by the militiamen.
Just as the Navy's submarine force was showing its might and annihilating the fleet carrying Australian and New Zealand reinforcements, the Army and Air Force, which were the main forces in this war, were also rampaging aggressively on the Australian continent.
At this moment, a mechanized force was speeding eastward on the Nullarbor Plain.
Wherever they went, smoke and dust were billowing, covering the sky and the sun, like a steel whirlwind blowing across the Nullarbor Plain.
Although this place is not suitable for human life, it is a good place for fighting tanks.
The dry climate makes the rock bed ground here even harder.
There are no trees on the entire plain, only some low salt-alkali bushes and orchid shrubs.
This advancing force is the 11th Armored Division and the 109th Mechanized Infantry Division under the Chinese Army's 5th Group Army.
The task of these two divisions is to occupy South Australia.
They will push all the way along the coastal Eyre Highway, and their destination is Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Dozens of kilometers behind them were two armed police mobile brigades and two Chinese militia divisions from Western Australia, which were specially designed to take over territory.
The troops continued to advance at an economic speed of 35 kilometers per hour.
It was not that they did not want to drive faster, but that they had other motives.
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They were located at the junction of Western Australia and South Australia, which was later known as the Nullarbor National Park.
On the left was the vast Victoria Desert, and on the right was the vast Great Australian Bight.
In the middle and rear of the 11th Armored Division formation, a "Baize" armored command vehicle ran over the dry and eroded limestone surface, and its tracks rolled up some limestone debris and scattered it everywhere.
Major General Xu Chen looked out the window.
He vaguely saw a dingo running towards the seaside in a panic.
The kangaroos and emus in the area had long since disappeared without a trace.
The dingo was I don’t know if the dog is brave or something, but he ran away just now.
There are many limestone caves on this plain, and the wild dog quickly found one and burrowed into it.
Nearby, there is an important archaeological site, Kunarda Cave, which was left by the indigenous people 20,000 years ago.
Of course, General Xu Chen did not know that this cave has not been discovered yet.
Hey, even if he knew, he wouldn't be interested.
He's not a member of the special examination committee.
"This is really the best armored battlefield, a good place for Australia to choose."
Xu Chen looked at the surrounding terrain and nodded with satisfaction.
The young staff officer next to him said disapprovingly: "Division Commander, Australia's armored force is too weak.
It may not be enough for us to warm up."
This 11th Armored Division is a type A division with a double-digit serial number, and its combat effectiveness is extremely powerful.
It has three armored regiments, a mechanized infantry regiment, a self-propelled artillery regiment, and an army aviation regiment, as well as air defense battalions, anti-armor battalions, combat engineer battalions, missile battalions, armored reconnaissance battalions, joint service battalions, and directly affiliated armored battalions. unit.
The total strength is 26,220, including 11 tank battalions with 385 Giant Panda and Red Panda armored fighting vehicles, 6 mechanized infantry battalions with more than 400 infantry fighting vehicles, more than 400 other armored combat vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and 216 Planes and helicopters.
However, although this heavy division has strong combat effectiveness, its weaknesses are also obvious.
Because the division's heavy equipment is too numerous and large in size, it cannot be transported by large-scale air transport, and it is difficult to form the rapid strategic maneuverability of the entire division.
In addition, the division's own organic transportation capacity is limited, and it needs logistical support at least at the group army level.
The most important thing is that they are very picky about terrain.
The division's main battle tanks and combat vehicles are greatly affected by the terrain.
It is difficult to exert their combat power in dense jungles, mountainous areas and water network obstacle terrain, and they are not suitable for urbanization.
Fight on terrain.
The current Nullarbor Plain is not an area with complex terrain.
It is a large flat rocky plain with not even a tree.
The tallest plants are shrubs that are half a person tall.
This kind of terrain is perfect for them.
"Hahaha, it will be good if you can fight."
Xu Chen smiled and said: "Now I finally know why Mr.
Wen put our 11th Division in that ghost place on Jidi Island.
It turns out that Mr.
Wen was prepared for it."
Jidi Island is Timor Island.
The new name "Jidi" comes from Xingcha Shengkan.
This book calls the place "Jili Dimen".
Timor Island has rolling mountains, steep coasts, and some coastal plains or mangrove swamps that flood regularly.
This kind of place is definitely not suitable for heavy troops like the 11th Armored Division.
But Wen Desi transferred them from the Anxi Military Region last year.
At first, the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division couldn't figure out why.
After the tension between China and Australia a few months ago, they finally understood that this was to put pressure on the kangaroos.
But even Xu Chen did not expect that the day of setting foot on the Australian mainland would come so quickly.
This was really a fight at the drop of a hat.
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Before the ultimatum was issued, they were ordered to board the ship.
When the ultimatum was issued, their fleet had already set off.
When the ultimatum expired, their fleet had arrived at Shack Bay off Caernarfon in the northwest corner of Australia.
The next step is easy.
First, the Air Force's H-10 "Mountain Eagle" fighter-bombers were dispatched to carry out precise strikes on the Caernarfon coastal defense fortress group with "Eagle Strike 6" air-to-ground missiles, and then the H-11 "Dapeng" long-range strategic bomber launched iron bombs against the fortress group.
Wash the floor.
Subsequently, the navy began to launch an attack.
The J-14 "Short-tailed Eagle" took off from the "Nansui" and "Jinzhou" aircraft carriers of the third aircraft carrier detachment, and the amphibious attack of the "Wei Guo" and "Chu Guo" of the third amphibious detachment.
The Qiang-10 "Sea Harrier" attack aircraft that took off from the ship began to attack the remaining things in the fortress group.
At the same time as the air strike, two Wang Xuance-class and two Tiandan-class fire support ships also ran to the shore, using their 6 280mm, 10 310mm and 4 360mm heavy guns to attack the firepower points and defense lines on the shore.
To strike.
Then there is nothing.
The population here in Western Australia is originally small.
This coastal defense fortress only has one and a half brigades of troops, less than 10,000 people.
Under such terrifying firepower, more than 90% of the fortifications and more than 80% of the manpower were directly destroyed.
Half an hour later, the 8th Marine Brigade, as the vanguard, landed smoothly.
While consolidating the beachhead position and eliminating the remaining enemies, it took control of Caernarfon Port.
Subsequently, the fleet carrying the 11th Armored Division docked at the port and began to unload this ace unit.
In the vast wilderness of Western Australia, the 11th Armored Division was at home.
They galloped across this land and were invincible wherever they went.
On April 16, they rushed to Perth, and on April 20, they rushed to Albany, the southernmost port city of Western Australia.
Well, it is still just a small town now.
They then swept all the way along the coast until they reached Ayr on the west side of the Great Australian Bight.
Here they received supplies, rested for a few days, and waited for follow-up troops.
Today they received a new mission to destroy the Australian armored forces arriving from Adelaide.
The scheduled battlefield is this vast Nullarbor Plain
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