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South Australia, Nullarbor Plain.
On the plains about 300 kilometers away to the east of China's 11th Armored Division, another mechanized force is heading towards the other side.
Thousands of engines roared, a torrent of steel rolled in, and thousands of tracks rolled over the weathered limestone surface, speeding toward the west.
This mechanized force is Australia's Second Mechanized Army, which consists of the 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions, the 5th and 12th Motorized Infantry Divisions, and the 14th Motorized Infantry Division.
This is currently their most powerful main force.
One of the troops.
In order to guard against the greedy dragon in the north, the kangaroos in this plane spent much more time on armament than in the original time and space.
Although its standing army only had five divisions before the outbreak of World War II due to its small population, it was not lagging behind at all in terms of equipment.
Although these standing divisions are called "militia", their equipment, training level, and the quality of the officers and soldiers who participated in World War I are definitely at the level of the regular army.
On the contrary, those regular divisions that supported their father, the British, were the units composed mainly of new recruits.
Although Kangaroo hangs out with Boss Niu, his surname is not Lei.
Although his father wants to support him, it is impossible for him to give away all his money.
Besides, there is another big country in the north that we don’t have good relations with.
Therefore, the Kangaroo military strength in this plane is not weak.
The five standing divisions of the army are nearly 80,000 people.
Together with the navy and air force, the total army is about 110,000.
This number of troops is already very impressive for a country with a population of only 6.5 million people.
Yes, the population of Australia in this plane is hundreds of thousands less than that of the original time and space at the same time, which was about 7.1 million.
The reason there are hundreds of thousands less is because they died more during World War I and the Spanish Flu.
In order to facilitate China, the kangaroos have worked hard and spent a lot of money.
After World War I, they relied on a large amount of cheap war surplus materials to mechanize several standing divisions, two armored divisions, one mechanized infantry division and two motorized infantry divisions.
And most importantly, in order to retaliate against China's penetration of South America, the United States began to increase its support for kangaroos in the 1930s.
Many weapons were sold to them by the Americans at favorable prices.
Before the outbreak of World War II, Australia's five standing divisions were replaced with guns and artillery, and they were turned into two armored divisions and three infantry divisions.
However, due to population distribution and geographical reasons, most of the kangaroos' armies are concentrated in the east, especially in the core area of the southeast.
There are basically not many troops in the west.
There is only one division of troops in the huge west, or so.
The real militia did not turn into a regular army until China-Australia relations.
This is also normal.
They have never paid much attention to the sparsely populated and harsh environment of the west.
But now, it’s no longer enough to ignore it.
China has occupied almost all of Western Australia and is using it as a stronghold to encroach eastwards.
The kangaroos also know that at this time, they must block China's offensive momentum, otherwise they will be doomed.
Even if we want to scale back peace talks with China, we still have to fight a war to gain some capital, otherwise the conditions offered by China will definitely be ridiculously high.
China's troops are now divided into three routes: east, middle and west.
The 13th Army is responsible for the east, the 9th Army is responsible for the north and northwest, and the 5th Army is responsible for the west and southwest.
Judging from the current progress, the most dangerous one is the 5th Army in Western Australia.
There is no way.
The terrain here is mainly plains.
As long as we fight all the way along the coast, we can directly fight to the Great Artesian Basin in the southeast.
This The most important core area.
Relatively speaking, the threat from the People's Liberation Army in the north and east is smaller.
The Great Dividing Range and the central mountains are the best barriers.
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Therefore, the Australian General Staff made a plan to move northwest first and then north.
They left the First Army and the Third Army, composed entirely of new recruits, to defend the Great Artesian Basin, while the Second Army, which had the strongest armor, was tasked with blocking the threat from the west.
The Second Army, which had high hopes, was indeed not weak.
Three of the five divisions were standing army units.
Although the other two divisions were new recruits, these recruits were not just recruited.
After the outbreak of World War II, Australia was mobilized.
By the time of the "China-Australia Conflict", more than 600,000 people had been mobilized.
Many of them had received at least three months of specialized military training, and many of them had received The training that lasted for more than a year was just a lack of formal formation of troops.
Lieutenant General Alvin McKay, commander of the group army, was sitting in a large Chinese-made "Hummer-8" off-road vehicle, frowning and thinking.
Although he has great confidence in himself and his men, the quality of China's officers and soldiers is not bad at all.
In this case, equipment is the criterion for measuring victory or defeat.
Lieutenant General McKay is a veteran who participated in World War I.
He is quite familiar with China's armored power.
He has used Wolverines, Red Wolves, and more advanced Leopards for many years.
And now China's active tanks are already more terrifying Pandas.
The performance of the panda is confidential, and he doesn't know much about it, but from the deeds of defeating the Germans and the Allies in Erathia last year, he can know that this thing is not at the same level as the leopard and the like.
As for other aspects, he has no doubts about China's advantages, whether it is air power or artillery.
Even the Hummer large off-road vehicle he is riding in is also made in China.
"These damn Chinamen, I'm thinking that even if we negotiate, we will have to cede a large area of land in the west."
Lieutenant General McKay could not help but grit his teeth secretly.
He had no confidence at all in defeating the Chinese army advocated by the private media.
The only hope is to cause enough losses to China and then force them to the negotiating table, which can at least guarantee the country's survival.
Yes, "force China to the negotiating table", this is also the consistent opinion of the Australian military, and it is also their goal.
As for the folk talk of "defeating China", just listen to it.
Lieutenant General McKay has no such idea at all.
He is not a second grader.
How can he think that a country with a population of 6.5 million can defeat a country with a population of 940 million, not to mention that the other party's comprehensive national strength is completely crushed.
Own.
As for the land cessation and compensation required for the peace talks, that is definitely required.
Unless the international situation changes drastically and the whole world comes to help Australia besiege China, it will definitely be inevitable.
Australia obviously doesn't have this face, not to mention that they don't have it, even their own father, Opium Cow, doesn't have it either.
Brigadier General Herbert Durant, the chief of staff sitting next to him, said with a stern expression: "Your Excellency, there is definitely no way out in Western Australia and the northern region.
Our population here is too small, and the Chinese will never give up here.
It will be good if South Australia can keep Spencer Bay and the east of Lake Torrens.
If not, we can take a step back and keep Flinders Ridge as our bottom line.”
The two officers were discussing worriedly.
At this time, the communications staff in the back seat said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, according to the intelligence from the front, Chinese armored forces have been discovered.
The designations are the 11th Armored Division and the 109th Mechanized Infantry Division.
They are heading east along the coast, heading towards us, traveling at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour and a distance of about 225 kilometers."
Lieutenant General McKay looked at his watch, thought for a while, and said: "Order all troops to stop advancing, establish field camps, immediately inspect vehicles and weapons, and prepare for battle."
It was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
If we continued on our way, the two sides would meet at about 5 o'clock, and it would be dark before long.
He didn't know whether the Chinese army liked night fighting, but the Australian army definitely didn't like it.
In this case, it is better to stop and rest immediately and wait until tomorrow to fight again.
Anyway, they were just trying to buy time, so the later they fought, the better.
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Even if the Chinese must fight today, they are just waiting for work.
The "Hummer-8" large off-road vehicle is actually a three-axle, six-wheel all-terrain vehicle, about the size of a minibus.
This large off-road vehicle has been converted into a command vehicle.
It is equipped with a high-power radio station that can communicate with command vehicles at the battalion level and above.
The Australian army's queue gradually stopped and began to set up camp. 11th Armored Division.
"Oh, the Australian army has stopped advancing.
Ignore them and keep moving forward.
They will set up camp in two hours."
Major General Xu Chen said disapprovingly after receiving the information.
Brigadier General Tong Longtu, Chief of Staff, smiled and said: "Commander, would you like our Army Aviation Corps to go over and say hello first?"
"It's better not to do it.
Their anti-aircraft guns on the ground are denser than leeks in the ground.
It's just that the helicopters suffered too much damage in the past."
Xu Chen shook his head and said, "Let's wait until tomorrow.
We will defeat them head-on.
And this is also the case above.
The request requires us to verify the tactics of air-ground coordination."
"Okay, that's fine."
Tong Longtu thought for a while and felt that it was better to be cautious.
Although China now also equips a large number of helicopters, they are mainly used for transportation and anti-submarine warfare, and there are not many professional armed helicopters.
Contrary to what some people think, armed helicopters are not that easy to use, especially in a world war environment.
The first is the low cost performance.
A decent professional armed helicopter costs at least as much as several turboprop attack aircraft, but the effect is far less than that of a turboprop attack aircraft.
Another point is that the current military attaches great importance to air defense, especially the mechanized troops and armored forces of various countries.
They are full of anti-aircraft artillery.
They are easier to use than anti-aircraft missiles when fighting slow-moving weapons.
At present, the biggest use of Wuzhi is to bully the armies of small countries that lack air defense firepower.
It is difficult to deal with even slightly stronger armies.
Therefore, China currently does not have many professional helicopters, and multi-purpose helicopters like the Mi-24 are the main force.
For example, among the helicopters currently deployed by the 11th Armored Division, the largest number is the Z-9 "Giant Kata" armed transport helicopter.
This kind of helicopter, which is based on the Mi-35, is not the main force of assault and anti-tank.
They are equivalent to flying infantry fighting vehicles and are part of the three-dimensional mechanized infantry.
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