1825 My New Daming

Chapter 472 This is Emperor William's final gamble! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Hearing what Emperor William said, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy also heaved a sigh of relief.Because they both knew that Kaiser Wilhelm's decision was actually wise, although the success of this wise decision was very limited.

But for the current Australian battlefield, it is the last chance to make a comeback, and it is also the last gamble of the British Empire, and it is still a necessary gamble!
Because Australia is actually an isolated island, the aborigines have been basically extinct, and the white population is only a few hundred thousand. It is impossible to support an independently sustainable industrial system.Therefore, Hugh Goff's Australian Army can only rely on imported arms to maintain the war. Once the sea transportation is cut off, the 30 Australian divisions can only be maintained by consuming stocks.Although there is a lot of inventory, but without industry, it is impossible to upgrade equipment.

So even if Hugh Gough and other high-level officials of the Australian Army realize the power of the "armored vehicles", they have no choice but to rely on Australia's almost zero industry, let alone the production of "ironized vehicles", and even the production of light vehicles that can destroy armored vehicles. Rapid-fire cannons and armor-piercing shells are impossible.Now the most is to use light anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns for field air defense to fight tanks.But the problem is that the Ming army still has hundreds of planes that will drop bombs!
It is definitely not enough to fire guns, and to shoot planes and tanks, and it will become more and more insufficient.

On the other hand, in Ming Dynasty, the world's number one industrial country, airplanes and automobiles were all invented by others!According to reliable information, in Daming, the production of aircraft and automobiles has long been mass-produced on the assembly line.Most of those armored chariots are new weapons developed by Daming's automobile industry, and they should still be tested this time. They will definitely improve and expand production in the future!
If the decisive battle in Australia is delayed for another year and a half, Hugh Gough's cavalry will also face an upgraded version of armored chariots, and there will be more numbers. By then, the British army will have no chance of winning.

As for defending the big fortress in Sydney, it is nothing more than sitting in a sad city and waiting for failure.

Although the terrain around Sydney is relatively dangerous, facing the sea and backed by mountains, it is generally a large valley located by the sea.But as long as the Ming army captured Brisbane and transported heavy artillery and aircraft ashore, relying on the dangers around Sydney and the hastily built fortifications of the British army would not last long anyway.

Moreover, the main force of the British Royal Navy has now withdrawn from the Pacific Ocean, leaving only a small number of armored cruisers and second- and third-class cruisers to break diplomatic relations. For the Ming Navy, which has strong escort capabilities, it does not pose any threat at all.

Therefore, the Ming army will continue to increase troops to Australia in the future, and launch landings on various coastlines of Australia.Even if the British army can hold on to Sydney for more than 12 months, how long can an isolated city of Sydney last when the rest of the coast of Australia is planted by the Ming army?

But even knowing that Australia will be difficult to defend, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy dare not take the British Empire off the gambling table without losing all their chips. Because they will lose Australia if they admit defeat, and Australia’s bet looks like It's too big!
This is an entire continent, dozens of times larger than the mainland of Britain!
Who dares to take the responsibility of ceding Australia in the British political arena?
Whoever takes on this responsibility will be left infamous forever!Who is the British traitor and traitor!
So the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy could only watch as Emperor William, the stupid king, exported Australia to Australia.
With this "Indian Faint Monarch" who broke the British monarch's practice of "ruling but not ruling" responsible for losing Australia, then other people's affairs will be easier to handle
Of course, if Hugh Goff can win, then everyone will be happy.

Although this possibility is unlikely, who would be willing to take a gamble?

"Admiral, His Majesty's telegram has arrived!"

Inside the headquarters of the British Army in Australia in Sydney, a call from London broke the gloomy atmosphere.A group of senior military officers sitting there in a daze all turned their heads to look at the staff officer holding a copy of the telegram in his hand, among them was the supreme commander of the Australian British Army, General Hugh Gough.

"What? What did you say?" Admiral Hugh Gough seemed a little deaf and couldn't hear the staff officer's words clearly.

"Admiral, I have received a telegram from Emperor William!"

"Only... the emperor's telegram?" Hugh Goff asked again.

"Yes, only the emperor's telegram."

Admiral Hugh Goff's brows have already been twisted into a ball - Britain has the Ministry of War (the original Ministry of War, the minister is concurrently held by the Duke of Wellington) and the Imperial General Staff (formerly the Army General Staff), to Australia Orders for the legions were of course issued by the War Ministry and the Imperial General Staff.

But since the start of the Australian campaign, the Ministry of War and the Imperial General Staff seem to have evaporated from the world!All orders are given directly from St James's Palace.
Although Emperor William liked "micro-manipulation" very much when he was in India, his combat orders were still issued through the General Staff of the Indian Empire, and he never bypassed the General Staff to directly command the front-line troops.

But now that the United Kingdom has a well-established system, why has it started to directly command Australia's operations?

What about the British Parliament?What about the cabinet led by the Duke of Wellington?Didn't anyone tell the emperor not to do this?It's that they all shrank back deliberately. I didn't expect it. It turns out that the Duke of Wellington is also a treacherous minister who refuses to take responsibility!

Thinking of this, Admiral Hugh Gough, who felt that he might be the last loyal minister and good general of the British Empire, reached out and took the telegram from the staff officer, read it carefully, and then turned to the headquarters with a solemn face. The generals and staff officers inside said: "Gentlemen, the Royal Navy is currently unable to provide support to Australia.

Now, the fate of the British Empire rests on the shoulders of our army generals!

His Majesty the Emperor thinks that we cannot defend the isolated city of Sydney... He ordered us to lead the main force of the Australian Legion to attack immediately, and we must fight a decisive battle before the Ming army captures the Brisbane fortress and completely controls the Brisbane port!
Now, the fate of the Empire depends on us... The Emperor needs the best of each of us. "

Admiral Goff paused, looked around the headquarters with scorching eyes, and said: "I know this is difficult, but all of us have no way out! Given the current situation, time is not on our side. So we We must attack immediately, and with all our strength! I order..."

On the coastline stretching for more than ten kilometers of Brisbane's four "criminal beaches", a huge army assembly site and material storage site have emerged.The navy and army officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty also showed a rare fighting spirit of working overtime. The naval officers and soldiers and the landing army officers and soldiers have been busy for more than 24 hours. Everyone is conquered by a kind of conquest, no, it is a liberation Supported by the spirit of excitement that was only available in mainland China, he carried out super-intensive physical labor.

Officers and soldiers on the sea are busy transferring personnel, supplies, and vehicles.And the officers and soldiers who have already landed are not idle for a moment, some of them are busy assembling simple docks on the robbers' beach——Contrary to what Hugh Gough and the others thought, the Ming army never pinned their success or failure on whether they could capture Brisbane On the pier.In fact, they dragged many dock components that can be quickly assembled tens of thousands of miles away. In just a few days, they can build a dock on the beach in Brisbane that can handle hundreds of thousands of tons of materials.

At the same time, a convenient road leading to the Brisbane Fortress has also begun to be constructed in full swing-as long as the road is completed, the heavy artillery brought up through the pier can be towed by trucks to the city of Brisbane Fortress!

After the capture of Brisbane, these heavy artillery will also be transported to Sydney
(End of this chapter)