Rise of Australia

Chapter 886 Leave no one behind

Upon learning that the war in the Ryukyu Islands had fallen into a disadvantage, the island government became somewhat restless.

The Ryukyu Islands are very close to the mainland of the island country, and they can also pose a greater threat to the entire East Asia, which is something the island country does not want to see.

What's even more terrible is that currently, the island country is clearly at a disadvantage in terms of air force.

If the Ryukyu Islands are occupied, as long as Australasia sets up a large air force base in the Ryukyu Islands, the coastal cities in the southern part of the island country may be bombed at any time.

And now the only one that can support the Ryukyu Islands is the navy that is evenly matched with Australasia.

Of course, the so-called equal power only exists in the imagination of the island country's government. After the last unsuccessful sneak attack on the Hawaiian port, the casualties of the island nation's navy were greater than those of the Australasian navy.

截止目前为止，岛国海军共计拥有9艘战列舰、7艘航空母舰和重巡洋舰16艘、轻巡洋舰18艘、驱逐舰106艘、潜艇72艘，海军总吨位107万吨。

而澳大拉西亚这边，共计拥有12艘战列舰、10艘航空母舰、6艘战列巡洋舰、77艘驱逐舰、8艘重型巡洋舰、22艘轻型巡洋舰和249艘潜艇，海军总吨位128万吨。

Of course, because of the huge territory of Australasia, the fleet is naturally divided into the Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet.

The one responsible for fighting the war with the island nation's navy is naturally the larger Pacific Fleet.

The Pacific Fleet currently has 7 aircraft carriers, 4 super dreadnoughts, 3 dreadnoughts, 5 battlecruisers, 6 heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers, 43 destroyers and 217 submarines. The size of the fleet is at the same level as that of the island nation's navy. same level.

However, the water inside the island country is obviously much deeper than that in Australasia, and the conflict between the army and the navy is far more intense than imagined.

Although it is already facing war, even a failed country may perish. But for the contradiction between the island nation's army and navy, war does not seem to be that important.

At an internal meeting of the island nation's government, the island nation's navy formally rejected the government's resolution to support the Ryukyu Islands Army and stated that it was absolutely impossible for the navy to put itself at risk for the sake of the army.

As a result, the Army of the Ryukyu Islands has completely lost any channel to obtain support.

When the news came back to the Ryukyu Islands, the commander of the Class A Division, Murai Noo, had an angry look on his face and vented his anger to his subordinates: "Damn the Navy, at a critical moment of national survival, they actually only care about for one's own benefit.

If the Ryukyu Islands fall, I would like to see if their navy can stop the Australasian army from the coastline. "

Anger is anger, and Murai Noo also knows that the army on the Ryukyu Islands is currently completely isolated and helpless.

If we can't give it a final try, I'm afraid all the island countries' armies on the archipelago will face the end of being wiped out or captured.

As a senior officer in the army, Lieutenant General Murai Noo knew what kind of sensation it would bring to the country if he were captured by the Australasians.

If the moment of defeat really comes, division commanders like Murai Noo may have no choice but to commit seppuku as an apology.

When Murai Noo decided to give it a go, more than 3000 Australasian troops in the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands, after temporary repairs, set off toward Naha in the south.

The long and narrow main island of the Ryukyu Islands is only about 100 kilometers from south to north. The distance between the port and Naha is only 55 kilometers. As long as a certain number of trucks are used, it actually only takes more than an hour to arrive.

So the question is, where do you get the truck from?
That was of course obtained from the ports and the island's military.

You must know that the ports of the Ryukyu Islands are ports used by both military and civilians. Before being occupied, a large number of civilian ships would dock every day.

These ships will bring a large amount of supplies to the Ryukyu Islands. If these supplies are to be transported to various parts of the island, trucks are naturally indispensable.

What's more, there are nearly 10 troops stationed on the island. In order to transport the supplies of these 10 troops, trucks are indispensable.

The total number of trucks at the port and the island country's military was barely in the hundreds, which was enough to quickly move more than 3000 Australasian soldiers.

The truck technology of the island country originally came from Europe and the United States. Although it has developed some of its own characteristics, it is still basically the same.

Because of this, Australasian soldiers can skillfully drive the island country's trucks after a short period of adaptation.

More than an hour after the war at the port ended, more than 3000 Australasian soldiers finally successfully arrived near Naha.

The current situation is that the interior of Naha has been occupied by Australasia, and a large number of island troops are attacking in the east and south.

After seeing the situation clearly, the more than 3000 paratroopers supporting them chose to circle from the east to the rear of the island country's army and encircle them.

In order not to attract the attention of the island country's army, the Australasian soldiers chose to advance on foot when they were relatively close to the island country's army.

These island country trucks are still very loud when driving. If they are discovered by island country soldiers, it means that the encirclement operation has failed.

However, the island country's army is fighting fiercely with Naha's Australasian army, and presumably the whereabouts of this Australasian army will not be discovered.

Because they are on foot, although there is a greater chance that they will not be discovered by the island country's army, it also means that it will take longer to complete the siege.

However, judging from the current situation on the battlefield, the Australasian army is not in a hurry. What is anxious is the talents of the island nation.

Since Naha was successfully attacked, the island nation's army has never approached the city of Naha.

It seems that most of the residents of Naha have no intention of resisting the rule of the Australasian army.

If you know the history of the Ryukyu Islands, there were once three countries on this island, which correspond to the three larger islands in the Ryukyu Islands.

After the three countries were unified, the relatively famous Ryukyu Kingdom was born. However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Islands were invaded by island countries and eventually came to a situation of actual control.

But at this time, the Ryukyu Kingdom had not yet perished, and this area was still called the Ryukyu Kingdom.

It was not until 1872 that the island country reduced the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Ryukyu Domain through the so-called emperor's personal rule, officially confirming Ryukyu's subordinate status to the island country.

In 1879, the government of the island country announced the withdrawal of feudal vassal and the reorganization of prefectures, and changed the Ryukyu Domain to Okinawa Prefecture, completely completing the occupation of the Ryukyu Islands.

But it is obvious that it has only been more than 50 years since the Ryukyu Islands were destroyed, and many Ryukyu people still have great feelings for the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Naturally, I don’t have much favorable impression of the island nation as an invader.

Even in later generations, Ryukyu still has a lot of independenceists who want to be independent from the rule of the island country. Although the Ryukyu people do not have much influence on the rule of the island country, once the island country loses its rule over Naha, the Ryukyu people will never miss or even help the island country.

For some special reasons, Australasia has no interest in the Ryukyu Islands.

Therefore, after occupying Naha, the Australasian military officers found some people who were more prestigious among the Ryukyu people and expressed their willingness to allow Ryukyu to become independent.

Of course, the premise is that the Ryukyu people must support Australasia to win the island country. On the basis of winning the war, Australasia will support Ryukyu independence.

Of course, in return, Australasia will not interfere in any affairs of independent Ryukyu, which will be an independent country with full sovereignty.

Why does Australasia have no interest in Ryukyu? Of course it is a terrifying creature called a river crab.

The conditions proposed by Australasia were naturally welcomed and "loyal" by those Ryukyu people.

At least after Australasia occupied Naha, the order in Naha was still very stable, and these Ryukyuan people had no intention of causing chaos.

Thanks to the stability of Naha, the Australasian army can safely resist the attack of the island country's army.

As for Naha, only a few hundred people need to be left behind. First, it is to protect the order of the city and prevent problems within the city when the army is out fighting.

The second is to prepare logistics for the frontline troops. There is a large weapons warehouse in Naha, and many of the weapons and equipment in it can also be used in Australasia. This is good news.

The second step is to collect some food supplies from Naha City and make them into food for transportation to the front line.

Judging from the current attack of the islanders, it is absolutely impossible for them to abandon the city of Naha.

Naha is not only the largest city in the Ryukyu Islands, but also the largest weapons and equipment storage warehouse and food material storage base in the Ryukyu Islands.

Without Naha, the tens of thousands of island troops on the Ryukyu Islands would have no place to find so many supplies.

In other words, if Naha cannot be recaptured, these island armies will not only face an ammunition crisis, but also a food crisis, starving to fight the Australasian army.

Just as the island nation's army launched an attack on the defensive positions in Australasia, the paratrooper force of more than 3000 people on the other side finally completed the final outflank.

Before implementing the encirclement, the paratroopers had contacted Naha's army to ensure that the encirclement could be implemented smoothly.

After receiving a reply from the Australasian army in Naha, the operation here officially began.

After a long period of fighting, the island country's army in Naha has been reduced to less than 1.5 people, or only about 1.4 people to be precise.

Most of the division's troops surrounded Naha on three sides. Among them, the one responsible for the main attack was the infantry regiment supported by the Class A Division.

Not to mention, the gap in combat effectiveness between Type A divisions and Type C divisions is huge. With the entire C Division's 2 troops, it would be difficult to pose a threat to Australasia's defensive positions in a frontal attack.

They were not even qualified to get close to the Australasian defensive positions, and their charge was only easily massacred.

But after the infantry regiment arrived, the situation changed slightly.

At least the current island nation's military can get infinitely close to Australasia's defensive positions, and can even threaten the lives of soldiers in the positions.

If the firepower in the air was not too powerful, and the overall quality of the Australasian soldiers exceeded those of the island countries, I am afraid that the island army would have regained the advantage in this offensive and defensive battle.

As for now, both sides have entered into a delicate balance.

Australasia can rely on its defensive advantages and the air force in the air to cause a large number of casualties to the island country's army.

And every charge by the island nation's army can also cause considerable casualties to the Australasian army.

In addition to competing for material reserves, the two sides are also competing for their enthusiasm for war and their military strength.

The quantity of ammunition, the number of soldiers and the enthusiasm for war are three factors. Once any one of these factors falls into a disadvantage, it means that this side will be at a disadvantage in the entire war.

What the island army did not expect was that they were fanatical about the government and the emperor, and the Australasian army had the same fanaticism about Arthur.

Coupled with the pension policy and military merit system established by Arthur, the island country's army for the first time saw an army more terrifying than its own, and saw warriors who were more fearless and fearless of death.

The time came to around 10 o'clock, and the two sides were still fighting fiercely.

Snapped! Bang bang!

Accompanied by several gunshots from obviously different directions, the island nation's army instantly fell into chaos.

As the side encircling and outflanking, the Australasian army naturally discovered the most powerful of the three armies of the island nation.

After a brief consideration, the Australasian army targeted the island country's C Division on the east and west flanks.

The two flanks each have about 5000 troops, but compared to the infantry regiment of the Class A division in the middle, the gap in combat effectiveness is a bit too huge.

Because he had fought a war with the Island Country's C Division, Odalasia naturally understood the true combat effectiveness of the Island Country's C Division.

As long as the C divisions on the left and right flanks can be quickly defeated, no matter how powerful the infantry regiment in the center is, it can only be flanked by the Australasian troops on both sides.

As expected, when facing the attack of the Australasian army, the troops of the C Division on the two flanks seemed a little panicked.

Because of the sudden attack, the Australasian army caused a large number of casualties to the island armies on the flanks in a short period of time.

Coupled with the panic and untimely response of the island nation's military, hundreds of island nation soldiers had already lost their lives by the time they reacted.

Seeing the poor performance of the soldiers from the island countries on both sides, the commander on the Australasian side smiled and gave his troops an order for a full charge.

Looking at the warriors rushing forward fearlessly around him, the Australasian commander did not forget to add: "According to your Majesty's order, not a single one of these island soldiers will be left behind!"

(End of this chapter)