Chapter 594

Let's turn the clock back to July 15, 1938. On a quiet and scattered morning, a few children from the civilian families on the northwest coast of Australia are playing on the beach. They are used to chasing the waves, playing and laughing all over the beach, and the abandoned trenches and battery have become a good place for them to play.

Suddenly, a disturbing sound came from far away from the sea level, and there appeared a faint black thin line. Several children looked at the distance as if covered with dark clouds, put down the small sand shovel and wood blocks in their hands, and ran to their own home.

At 8:30 a.m., this thin line had become a fleet that could not be seen from the sea. On the bow of the huge warships in the fleet, there were golden chrysanthemum patterns, and on the high mast, the red and white sun flag was flying in the wind. The landing fleet of the Japanese army escorted by the huge Japanese Empire United Fleet finally appeared near Australia.

"Boom!" The Japanese Navy's guns sent out their greetings, and the first shell fell from the empty beach. When the shell fell into the sand, its power was reduced a lot. It only raised a piece of yellow sand, accompanied by black smoke.

After about half an hour of artillery preparation, the Japanese Army soldiers began amphibious landing operations. The Navy's huge and terrible transportation efficiency was fully reflected here again. Thousands of civilian ships and military transport ships sent batch after batch of soldiers to the strange coast.

The Japanese navy soldiers unloaded from the warships and began to transfer to landing boats and small boats. They marched toward the beach in Australia. The waves swayed the warships. The soldiers chanted slogans and approached their targets little by little.

"Long live your majesty!" A Japanese officer was hoarse and yelling as he tried to suppress his vomit. As he drew out his command knife from his waist, he glared at his men fiercely.

"Long live your majesty!" All the Japanese soldiers raised their hands high. Although the long sea voyage had made them white, and although they had been damaged by seasickness and the shaking of the waves, they still chanted this slogan with the biggest voice they could.

With the shouts from the boats, the coastline was close enough. One Japanese army after another jumped out of the boats and drowned in the sea, regardless of the heavy equipment.

They have been drifting on the sea for too long, longing for the taste of land, and their hometown is too small. They want to find a spacious new home for their growth just like hermit crabs.

"Go A Japanese army sergeant with his feet in the sea hobbled to the land he was about to conquer, while behind him, the Japanese soldiers carrying the Japanese flag also ran around. Farther away, faster people have climbed the nearby rocks and waved the Japanese flag to show their bravery.

"Matsumoto, the left wing has not been hit back by the other side. It seems that they have given up their trenches and fortifications." A Japanese officer in a major general's uniform, holding his command knife in one hand, looked at the war zone map held by his assistant in the sea breeze. As the commander who rushed to the beach with the first wave of decisive troops, he had his own persistence and pride.

"General Ogawa, the landing is going very smoothly, the other side has no sign of counterattack, it seems that the Japanese Empire has defeated those Americans, they gave up Australia." Matsumoto pointed triumphantly to a village in the distance: "in a few minutes, we can occupy there."

"The navy is as timid as a mouse. They think that our Declaration of war against Germany is making enemies everywhere. Although they have played well in the sea war against the United States, they still need our army to come forward to win the war, don't they?" General Ogawa followed his sword, took his entourage and guards, and waded the sea to the shore.

On the coast which has been controlled by the Japanese army over there, Japanese soldiers are gathering in groups. They line up in order, and then call their names. Then they march towards the distant villages in groups. Over their heads, the planes from the naval air force fly low, which is very aggressive.

On the Japanese Navy warship in the distance, a Dazuo was reporting the progress of landing to Yamamoto 56: "the resistance of the other side was very little, except for the three Army soldiers who drowned and died because of leaving the ship early, the rest of the troops had almost no loss."

Another officer ran over, handed the message to Yamamoto, and then asked, "major general Kurita is calling to ask whether to continue the shelling."

"Tell him, stop shelling, the other side doesn't even have a decent fight back. Why are we fighting so busy here? Shame on the Navy? " Yamamoto said angrily: "next time, after the army calls for reinforcements, start shelling again!"

"Hi The officer was scolded for no reason, so he had to stand at attention and answer loudly.

Different from the forced landing on islands such as Philippine, Malaysia and so on, the first troops of the Japanese imperial army landed in Australia hardly met any resistance this time. These troops easily landed on the beach. The only trouble they encountered was that their shoes were filled with sand.

The 19th division of the Japanese army, which was the first group to land on the beach, originally prepared some equipment for strong attack. As a result, these weapons were soon left on the beach. The soldiers got together and chatted easily. Some even took off their coats and warmly welcomed the officers and soldiers of the 13th division who landed later“ Welcome to Australia! This place has been occupied by us! " A Japanese soldier with a rifle on his back and two curtains behind his helmet swinging back and forth in the wind said with a smile to his companion, "Americans are cowards. They don't even have the courage to fight. We have won this war!" His words aroused cheers. Many Japanese soldiers gathered together and giggled at the field photographers with high arms. The Japanese prepared a lot of things for this massive landing operation, such as an 89 type combat vehicle that was stuck on the beach at this moment“ Let the engineers land! hurry up! If the tide rises, it's all over! Let them get the tanks out of the sea! Come on A tank officer of Japanese type 89 medium-sized tank got out of his tank car, jumped out of the tall chariot and ran a long way to find the infantry in the same unit to cover them. Like the Italian chariot, because of the unqualified welding technology and the backward design concept, the Japanese tank is covered with dense rivet structure, which has been proved to have a great impact on the structural strength, and it will cause the rivet to collapse and fly and cause secondary damage because of being hit by the shell. However, the Japanese army has been forced by the Navy on the production quota, so it can only use this kind of outdated tanks all the time. A group of Japanese soldiers swaggered into the village and started their usual sweeping process. The door-to-door looting and harassment made this quiet Australian fishing village become a flying dog. The Japanese soldiers, who had no scruples, didn't mean to be restrained at all. They drove out the local white women with a bad smile. For a moment, they forgot that they were no longer in Southeast Asia“ Bang A gunshot woke everyone up. A tall and burly man in Australia killed a Japanese soldier who rushed into the house with a shotgun. So the peaceful landing operation, like a tour, turned into a massacre in hell mode in a few minutes. No one thought that the counterattack was not the Australian Army, but the local unarmed civilians. Although it is exaggerating to say that these people are unarmed, they really have no equipment advantage compared with the Japanese landing forces. But the outcome of the battle was surprising. For a moment, the Japanese soldiers, who were used to bullying civilians in the occupied areas, were driven out of the village by the Australians. Six Japanese soldiers were killed, and another one was beaten through the stomach, screaming for help from doctors. When Matsumoto, the front-line commander of the landing force, heard the news, he left his tanks trapped in the sand and immediately organized a 200 man army to attack the village again. The local people immediately paid the price of blood for their impulse. More than 130 civilians were killed, and only a few children, escorted by several men, fled by car. However, the good days of Japanese soldiers ended with the expansion of landing operations. In fact, many Australians choose to stay and guard their hometown. Many of the recruits did not leave with the Americans. Instead, they organized their own defense forces. There are three divisions of these defense forces, but they think that the territory of inner Australia is too large for them to defend the long coastline. After consolidating the defensive position of landing on the beach, some reconnaissance units of the Japanese army encountered the Australian Army on the way to the hinterland of Australia, and the two sides launched fierce competition around several important roads. The Australian soldiers, who had been beaten by the German defense forces in North Africa and had to squat in the trenches to be captured, were extremely brave when facing the Japanese army this time. They did not retreat until they were attacked by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese soldiers finally took control of the landing site and captured all the villages nearby. But on that day, when I was ready to march into Australia, I found that the army in front of them was not the enemy's army, but an endless desert. Yes, desert. It's a terrain they've never seen before. Crying father shouniang for all kinds of rewards, monthly tickets, recommended tickets! Your support is the driving force of the expansion of the third empire! Don't be stingy! Throw it all over!