The 10th Marine Division, which landed at Caernarfon, successfully landed without any resistance. The coast of Western Australia seemed to be undefended.
At 12:40 noon on April 12, the landing commander reported to the headquarters on the battleship Hengshan: "Our landing was successful and we did not encounter any resistance!"
The 2nd Army Regiment, which was the first to land, began to advance in depth. On the way to Caernarfon, the 3rd Battalion of this regiment encountered a group of Australian infantry lined up waiting for their arrival.
"We have been captured and are waiting for you to come and take them over!" The 3rd Battalion Commander was very surprised. They were the first troops to land. How could anyone run faster than them? After asking about the situation again, the battalion commander couldn't laugh or cry.
, it turned out that they were "captured" by the Air Force because they had surrendered to those aircraft.
"Send them to the back and tell the aviation unit to send someone to receive them!" The 3rd Battalion Commander pulled out a car and asked the driver and a soldier to take these "prisoners of war" back to the landing site.
When attacking Caernarfon, the 3rd Battalion encountered some slight resistance. There was about a battalion of Australian troops stationed here, and there were also 3 anti-tank guns. These 37mm anti-tank guns jingled against the tanks.
However, it was unable to penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 37 amphibious tank. When the tanks of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Army Regiment destroyed two anti-tank guns and began to charge, a battalion of Australian soldiers miraculously raised the white flag.
They surrendered! The entire battle lasted less than ten minutes. Three people on the Australian side were killed and six others were injured. Five people on the Republican Army side were also injured. Due to a traffic accident, one of the 3rd Battalion's own tanks
Collided with an armored vehicle.
The 3rd Lu Battalion easily captured Caernarfon Port, a small commercial and fishing port with not much lifting equipment.
"No way, the 8th Division of the Australian Army was the best performing army in the Malay Peninsula Campaign. How could they be so vulnerable here?" After receiving the report, Chen Shiying and Jiang Chengyu both doubted the authenticity of its content.
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"How is it impossible? What we encountered in the Malay Peninsula were their regular troops, and here are some newly formed motley crews. Many of them were farmers or shepherds a few months ago. What do tanks even look like?"
I've never seen it before." Lin Shuo said while sitting at the chart table.
, "Westerners are very different from us. They fight just like fighting. If they can't win, they admit defeat. But we Easterners are different. We have too many histories of killing prisoners or massacres. Defeat means death, so no matter what
No matter how unfavorable the situation is, we will fight tooth and nail."
"Americans are like this too?" Chen Shiying said, "As far as I know, they are very brave."
"There is no army that is not afraid of death, and there is no person who is not afraid of death." Lin Shuo said, "Americans are actually also very afraid of death, so before they fight, they will throw tons of ammunition at the enemy, hoping not to leave a single living person on the defensive position.
They have nothing. This is their way of fighting, because they have this strength. It is precisely because they are afraid of death that they will try every means to kill their enemies, and fighting them will be very cruel."
"If we cause them enough casualties, will we force them to withdraw from the war?" Jiang Chengyu said suddenly.
"They can endure a lot of casualties in the short term, but if the war becomes protracted and there is no clear hope of victory, the Americans will choose to give in." Lin Shuo said, "Because they are a country that is both politically and militarily powerful.
Very mature countries will not devote their entire national strength to a war.
Exhausting the opponent. War is not the only way to make the opponent surrender. Other methods such as economic blockade, technological blockade, internal subversion, or using arms race to bring down the opponent and the economy are all very effective means. Therefore, the art of war is
It is said: To subjugate the enemy's troops without fighting is a good thing."
"When the president talks about the military, he always associates it with politics, but he doesn't allow soldiers to talk about politics. Isn't it very contradictory?" Jiang Chengyu said.
"What's the contradiction? I'm asking you to understand politics, not to interfere in politics." Lin Shuo said, "It seems that in the future a military politics course will have to be set up in the military academy. Our senior generals must learn to use their political minds.
Think about military issues. It is difficult to judge the gains and losses of things in the world, but politics always takes precedence over military. Military means are only to achieve political goals. Things that gain military points but lose political points should not be done. This is absolutely impossible.
Most of them are worth the loss.”
"Difficulties will come soon. What are the political gains and losses of our action?" Jiang Chengyu said.
"It's hard to say. It's possible to gain more and lose less, or it's possible to lose more and gain less." Lin Shuo smiled, "It's not that easy for the Americans to defeat us. It will depend on who can outlast the other."
"Is it possible for us to completely defeat them?" Chen Shiying said, "Didn't the Navy Department have a combat plan before, a plan to attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet naval base in Hawaii?"
"Without that possibility, it is impossible for us to attack the mainland of the United States. Even if we can attack the mainland of the United States, so what? Can we fully occupy it? This is simply not possible." Lin Shuo said, "The United States is a very strange country.
, it’s difficult for you to really threaten it, so it’s easy for it to back down in war. Because these wars actually have nothing to do with the Americans in essence. But if you want to attack its homeland, then they will really come after you.
Desperately."
"That's right. Their geographical location is unique, and it's difficult for them to feel threats from outside." Jiang Chengyu said.
"It is precisely because they cannot feel the threat that they will not fight desperately, just like a brown bear sleeping in a tree hole. Once it goes crazy, it is really scary." Lin Shuo said, "Although we are not afraid of them, we are not afraid of them.
, why bother with this trouble. If a war breaks out with them, we must control the war within a certain range. Generally speaking, if you don’t attack their homeland, they will not attack our homeland first. Unless we have nothing
If they fight back, then they will really show their vicious side."
In the afternoon, news also came from the north. The 4th Army Division commanded by Sa Shijun also successfully landed in New Tehran. The Australians sent dozens of aircraft to attack the landing fleet, but these old-fashioned bombers were all removed from the aircraft carrier.
Shot down by a fighter jet.
When fighting against the Australian Air Force's fighter jets, a new type of fighter jet with very excellent performance appeared. The Republican Navy's carrier-based aircraft was slightly at a disadvantage when fighting it. However, due to the absolute advantage in numbers, the Australian Air Force ultimately lost the battle.
After seven of these new fighters, the fighters of this squadron fled the battlefield.
But the navy aviation lost 12 fighters. This is a bad news.
"Spitfire?!" After getting the news, Lin Yan almost blurted out. Because the pilot's report said that the enemy aircraft was faster than HNA FJ-108 hunting, which means that the opponent's speed must exceed 620 kilometers per hour. He
It can be determined almost immediately that the British fireproof fighter has finally begun to appear on the battlefield.
At night, the Fourth Army of the Army also began to land, and the follow -up 16th Army was already on the road.
According to Lin Yan's expectations, the Republican army should not encounter many difficulties in Western Australia. The difficult days are behind. (Unparalleled.