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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2847 Dong Gu¡¯s Wolf Eyes (Part 2)

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    Japan spent almost all its national strength and fought for several years before taking Australia and killing hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. From any point of view, it was the top priority of Tianzihao and deserves special mention.  , and it was a full five days earlier than the time that General Ito wanted the base camp to guarantee that the war in Australia would end!

    It stands to reason that General Ito, as the commander-in-chief of the Australian Army, would have to spend tens of thousands of words in his telegram reporting the victory, explaining to His Majesty the Emperor the process of conquering Australia. Even if there was no need to boast, just describing the war process would still be enough.  How many pieces of paper?

    "But General Ito used only a few crosses to report this great victory news that was enough to make the local people excited to the point of fanaticism to His Majesty the Emperor, and reported it to the base camp. Isn't it too simple?

    The senior officers who followed General Ito and walked into the former headquarters of the Australian Allied Forces felt very unhappy and muttered to themselves, "By doing this, the Commander-in-Chief seems to be disrespecting His Majesty the Emperor?"

    Chief of Staff Major General Yamaguchi also felt that the Commander-in-Chief¡¯s approach was inappropriate, so he reminded: ¡°Commander-in-Chief, isn¡¯t the victory telegram too simple? At least some numbers of enemy annihilations and captures should be listed!¡±

    General Ito shook his head and said, "I know it in my heart, so just say it this way! Everything has passed, and the eyes of the Japanese Emperor should not stay on the ended war!"

    General Ito has his own plans. The Australian War is the focus of the entire Japanese Empire. It can be said that in addition to reporting the daily battlefield conditions to the base camp, other agencies, such as the dispatched troops directly under the Military Intelligence Bureau of the base camp,  The Intelligence Headquarters will also have a detailed report on the battle situation, so why do you need to elaborate on it yourself?

    ??????????????? It also avoids the suspicion of boasting and creates a good impression of neither arrogance nor arrogance in the eyes of local senior officials, especially His Majesty the Emperor.  Besides, my own thoughts now.  It is no longer in Australia, but on the other side of the Pacific, on the west coast of the United States. Where is the place where he can create greater glory? "Who else would it be me to command the Imperial Japanese Army to land on the United States!" He has this confidence!

    With General Ito¡¯s telegram of victory being sent back to Japan, this meant that the Australian War ended with a disastrous defeat for the Allied forces.  This war lasted for two years. Japan successively invested more than 1.3 million elite troops. The Allies invested nearly one million troops. Both the Allies and the Japanese army invested more than 230 troops.  Ten thousand soldiers fought bloody battles on more than 7.6 million square kilometers of land for more than two years.

    In this battle, the Allied forces lost more than 900,000 troops.  There are more than 2,000 combat aircraft of various types, more than 3,000 tanks of various types, and artillery pieces of various calibers.  There were more than 10,000 soldiers. In addition to more than 400,000 soldiers who died in battle, the remaining more than 500,000 Allied soldiers became prisoners of the Japanese army, including more than 40 generals and thousands of school-level officers.

    After this battle, the Allies became the largest strategic fulcrum in the Southwest Pacific.  Eventually it fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and all the elite troops were lost.  The key point of containing the Japanese strategic heavy group no longer exists.  The biggest consequence is that the mainland of the United States is directly exposed to the front of the Japanese army!

    All the assets of the British Empire that had been operating in Australia for more than 200 years fell into the hands of the Japanese, because the Allied forces on the second line of defense in northeastern Australia were completely defeated almost overnight.  The resistance there was also extremely weak. Therefore, the southeastern region of Australia, where the industrial and mining enterprises and commerce are concentrated and the industrial infrastructure is the most complete, was not severely damaged by the war and fell into the hands of the Japanese almost completely unscathed.

    As for the Japanese army, the number of casualties before and after was around 300,000, but Japan continued to increase its troops on the Australian battlefield. By the end of the Australian War, the main force of the Japanese army attacking Australia, the Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, still retained 120 troops.  With a huge force of about 10,000 people, it also received a large amount of heavy equipment abandoned by the Australian Allied Forces and destroyed in time.

    This batch of equipment was still the most advanced equipment in the world at that time. Of course, it came from the military industry department of the ** Division. However, it was Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, the director of the Logistics Department of the ** Division, who was based in the East India region and sold it to the Allies for real money.  That part of the equipment.

    No matter from which aspect, the Japanese victory on the Australian battlefield was like swallowing a large piece of oily fat in one mouthful. The advanced weapons and equipment can be equipped with troops immediately and preserved intact.  The industrial system can start work immediately. More than 500,000 Allied prisoners of war are the best unpaid labor force.

    The most complete and basically intact industrial system and sufficient unpaid labor can create value for the Japanese in the shortest time. In the future, Australia will become the biggest trump card to support the Japanese military expansion!

    At this moment, Lieutenant General Bahlisman, the former commander of the Australian Allied Forces, who was already sitting on a troop transport ship bumping in the East Indian Ocean, was having a runny nose.With tears and pain, he sent a long telegram to the Allied Headquarters, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    Compared with the victory telegram sent by General Ito to Emperor Hirohito and the base camp after the great victory, Lieutenant General Bahlisman's telegram was quite long. He had to explain the situation on the Australian battlefield in detail to the country.  As well as the reasons for the failure of the Allied forces and the losses, in other words, I must give an explanation to the country. After all, Australia was lost while I was the commander of the Australian Allied Forces!

    Lieutenant General Bahlisman not only needs to give an explanation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but also to give an explanation to the British. In this Australian war, the British suffered the greatest losses. Not only did the top commander, General Fernandez, commit suicide, but the British army's final fate  He had lost all his wealth and lost all his money. The number of British soldiers who were ordered to evacuate to the West Indies with him was no more than 5,000. How could Prime Minister Churchill of the British government-in-exile just give up?

    Therefore, Lieutenant General Bahlisman must defend himself and emphasize the objective reasons for the huge losses of the Australian Allies. Of course, the selfish decision made by himself and Fernandez will not be revealed without reservation.  Although he now reflects on it, it may have been the main reason why the heavily deployed Allied second line of defense in northeastern Australia collapsed overnight in the face of the Japanese attack!

    Lieutenant General Bahlisman, who was filled with self-blame, pain, and uneasiness, would not forget that he told MacArthur about deserting before the battle. He despised this bastard who had repeatedly deserted on the battlefield. At the same time, he also had  Don¡¯t even think about MacArthur not taking any responsibility for the loss of Australia if you follow your own ideas!

    At this time, Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the ** Division Naval Fleet, was also sending a telegram to division commander Tang Qiuli, reporting that the Australian war was over and that the troop transport fleet had brought back less than 60,000 Allied soldiers.

    When Lieutenant General Bahlisman's telegram arrived in Washington, it was late at night. President Roosevelt, who was barely asleep after relying on sleeping pills, was awakened by White House Chief of Staff Joelna. Joelna knew the president's physical condition and was not aware of it.  The full text of Lieutenant General Bachlisman's telegram was recited, and he simply told Roosevelt the result of the Australian war: "The Allies were defeated and Australia fell!"

    Under the dim light, President Roosevelt had empty eyes and said nothing. After a long time, he waved his hand numbly and motioned for Joelna to go out. Joelna clearly felt that the candle of Mr. President's life had dimmed a lot.

    British Prime Minister Churchill was also awakened from his sleep by his military secretary. The secretary mechanically read Bahlisman's telegram. Churchill could not hear the rest of the content. He only heard that the last bit of wealth in the British Empire was gone.  Lost in Australia, the British Empire now really has nothing. Then, the Prime Minister groaned and suddenly passed out!

    In the palace of Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo, Japan, although it was already dusk, senior military and political officials from the headquarters and various government departments gathered in the large conference room. There were four to five hundred people in the room. Such a large-scale meeting was not possible in  It is very rare in Japanese history!

    These senior civil and military officials gathered together in groups of three or five, excitedly discussing only one topic, the Empire of Japan's overall victory in the Australian War. Although the victory telegram from the front line had not yet arrived,  These officials, using their own means and through various channels, learned this good news that made all Japanese people ecstatic!

    Emperor Hirohito, who looked as excited as a bull in heat, was in another room with several close ministers. Although he knew and firmly believed that the Imperial Japanese Army would eventually win the Australian War, Hirohito had no doubt about it.  But when the victory really came, he still couldn't suppress his inner excitement.

    Although no less than a dozen channels had reported to him the news of the Imperial Army's complete victory in the Australian War, Emperor Hirohito still wanted to see it with his own eyes. General Ito Genzaburo, who had made outstanding achievements, personally sent it  Telegram of victory!

    General Ito's telegram arrived, but the content was so simple that it surprised everyone. However, Emperor Hirohito obviously appreciated it more. Subsequently, the core topic of the meeting revolved around the specific direction of the empire's next move to dispatch troops to the Southwest Pacific.  .

    Obviously, the slight losses suffered by the attacking troops on the Australian battlefield gave Hirohito great confidence. At the same time, it also gave the Japanese military and political officials who participated in the meeting enough courage and ambition. Even before, they had tried their best to oppose the attack on the United States.  General Minai Guangyi and Prince Zairen no longer held objections this time.

    The meeting passed a decision in a one-sided manner. In the future, the empire will have two strategic directions. The main direction is to join forces with the Germans and the army is on the west coast of the United States. The secondary direction is to take a defensive position in the occupied areas of the islands in the southwest Pacific.  The target is China Devil Tang.Disengaged troops.

    In the Australian War, the Japanese won at a small cost, which launched their ambitions. Those fierce wolf eyes finally looked eastward and stared at the United States on the other side of the Pacific!

    (To be continued) (To be continued) (To be continued)
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