Rise of Australia

Chapter 971 Australia-Russia Conflict
Although the Germans were losing ground, it did not mean that they would give up resistance.

The opposite reality is that in order to protect its homeland from counterattack, Germany will be more aggressive in defense and even care less about casualties.

This also means that if you want to overcome the German defense line, you must pay more casualties to do so. And for all the countries currently participating in the counterattack against Germany, casualties are precisely the most fatal link.

In other words, the more a country cares about the benefits it will gain after conquering Germany, the more effort it must put in conquering Germany.

The more effort we put into conquering Germany, the more casualties we will have to bear.

It is also for this reason that Britain and Australasia are happy to see both France's massive territorial recovery and Russia's counterattack plan.

After all, although Germany is weak, it is definitely not a group of unarmed old, weak, women and children. If you want to cut a bite of meat from Germany today, you must be prepared to be bitten back by the Germans.

In Australasia, the government and the military racked their brains to complete the strategy formulated by the General Staff to occupy the Ruhr area.

The first policy is to recruit more troops from Kalimantan and the Philippines.

However, since the outbreak of the war, the number of troops provided by Kalimantan has exceeded 300 million, and the number of troops provided by the Philippines has exceeded 100 million, and they are almost exhausted.

Therefore, the government can only look to a wider range of places for the source of troops, even including island countries where the current situation is chaotic.

Yes, the island nation’s military is also in the planning for Australasia.

It is undeniable that the island nation's army is quite capable. Although it cannot compare to the well-equipped Australasian army, it is at least at the level of the great powers.

Moreover, the island country has a sufficient population. By squeezing the three forces, it can at least produce an army of more than 200 million.

These troops are absolutely perfect for counterattacking Germany. If Australasia wins, it can occupy the Ruhr area. If it loses, it will also be the island country's military forces that will be lost. The Australasia government does not feel sorry at all.

Another thing is that the island countries are currently like lambs to be slaughtered. They have no say at all about the fate of their country and its future development trends.

After the island nation was divided into three parts, Australasia's influence on the island nation became even stronger. If any force was unwilling to obey Australasia's rule, the remaining two forces would choose to besiege the rebellious force in order to please Australasia.

This is similar to the distribution of indigenous peoples in Kalimantan, both of which make the influence of Australasia as a referee stronger through the mutual restraint between several forces.

As for whether the three island nations are willing to send troops to Germany, Australasia doesn't care at all.

After all, the island nation needed to pay a large amount of compensation and sign various restrictive treaties after being defeated in the war.

At present, the three forces on the island nation are simply unable to pay so much compensation. They can offset part of the compensation by the scale of their military deployment. Anyway, Australasia has the final say in this regard.

As expected, after Australasia proposed to use soldiers from the island country to offset part of the compensation, the three forces of the island country quickly agreed.

For the current island countries, human resources are the most useless, so it is better to let them play their due value.

In particular, the huge army mobilized by the island nation during the war caused the three forces a lot of headaches when they laid off their troops after the war.

After all, millions of troops are simply not something the three current forces can afford to support. Instead of laying off some of them and letting these soldiers lose their jobs, it is better to let them continue to go to new battlefields.

An agreement on the three island forces sending troops was quickly signed.

Australasia was also very generous in offering a condition that each soldier sent could offset 100 Australian dollars in compensation.

But there are corresponding punishments. If there is desertion or surrender during the war, each island soldier will pay an additional compensation of 200 Australian dollars.

According to the current situation of the island country, the three forces together can provide a maximum of 200 to 300 million soldiers.

These soldiers can offset the compensation of 2 to 3 million Australian dollars, which means that the three island countries do not need to pay compensation to Australasia for one and a half years.

This is still very important for the island country at this time. This one and a half years can be used for post-war recovery, stabilizing the economy, and preparing for subsequent reparations.

Although an additional compensation of A$200 was required for each deserter or surrendered soldier, in order to encourage island soldiers to fight for Australasia, an additional A$100 compensation could be offset for their country after each island soldier died.

换句话来说，每个岛国士兵的最大价值为200澳元，200万到300万个岛国士兵的价值差不多在4亿到6亿澳元左右。

If all the soldiers from these island nations who went on the expedition to Germany were killed in battle, the island nations would be exempted from paying compensation for up to two and a half years.

Of course, the real situation was definitely not that exaggerated. Although Arthur did not care about the casualties of the island soldiers, it was obviously impossible for all the island soldiers to die in Europe in this war.

Unless a war is launched against Russia or Britain immediately afterwards, but for Australasia at this time, why resort to war when it can achieve the status of world hegemony in a peaceful way?

Of course, if the time comes when he has to start a war to establish his world status, Arthur will definitely not show mercy.

The atomic bomb and missiles were prepared for such a moment, and neither Russia nor Britain could stop Australasia's rise after World War II.

On April 1939, 4, Australasian troops arrived in the northern Finnish city of Salla.

The Russian army was stationed in Sala. After the Australasian army arrived at the edge of Sala, they sent a telegram to the Russian army in Sala, demanding that all Russian troops withdraw from Finland within three days and not destroy any Finnish city.

Three days later, the Australasian Army would retake all Finnish cities by force. If the Russian army had not withdrawn from Finland by then, it would be regarded as an enemy by the Australasian Army.

This call was merciless, and Australasia did not care at all about what the Russians thought.

The Russian army soon heard the call and reported Australasia's request to the Russian government.

Obviously, all the decorations in Sudalin's office were affected.

"How dare those damn Australasians! Even the Germans couldn't defeat us, so why do they dare to threaten us?" Sudalin was filled with anger in his office, with many senior Russian military officials sitting around him.

Zhukov, the new Russian Marshal who won the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Sudalingrad, smiled bitterly and reminded Sudaling: "Dear President, I am afraid that the Australasians are really capable of threatening us at this time."

Although Russia did not participate in the war against the island nation, it does not mean that Russia did not pay attention to the previous war in the Far East. On the contrary, the Russians paid close attention to this war and even planned to get a piece of the pie.

However, because a large area of ​​Russian territory was occupied by the Germans at that time and even the capital Moscow was facing a crisis, Sudalin did not order troops to be sent to the island country.

Originally, the Russians thought that after the victory of the Battle of Moscow, they would have time to take advantage of the island country.

But they didn't expect that the island war would end so quickly, so quickly that they were unable to participate in it in time.

The reason why the war ended so quickly was that Australasia continued to produce new weapons in the war against the island countries.

After the lives of many Russian intelligence personnel, the Russian side finally learned the names and approximate appearances of several new weapons in Australasia.

A new type of weapon that is extremely lethal to the navy is called a missile. It is more accurate and equally powerful than the bombs carried by the normal air force.

Another method of directly forcing an island nation to surrender is called the Moss bomb (code name). Just one such bomb can destroy a city, and several bombs combined can even destroy a metropolis like Tokyo.

These two weapons alone are enough for Australasia to face any country in the world with a smile.

This is also the reason why Zhukov said with a wry smile that Australasia has threatening capabilities. After all, Russia at that time was simply unable to deal with Australasia's advanced weapons.

"Haven't you got the specific information about those weapons yet?" Su Dalin was a little annoyed when he heard that and looked at the head of the Secret Service.

"It's very difficult, Mr. President." The head of intelligence also smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying helplessly: "Australasia attaches great importance to intelligence work. At present, it is difficult for our people to enter the senior management of various departments in Australasia.

At present, all we know about these two new weapons is their code names and their approximate appearance, and we can’t even take a photo of them.”

When Australasia exports aircraft, it does not export missiles together.

Even the most primitive missiles will not be open to Britain, France, Russia and other countries for the time being.

Anyway, with the aircraft currently exported to European countries, it is already possible to ensure air superiority over Germany. Although exporting missiles will make the German Air Force collapse faster, it will also create some trouble for the future Australasian Air Force.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Su Dalin said damn it three times in a row before he finally put away his anger temporarily.

He looked at his chief of staff and asked with some expectation: "If we go to war with Australasia now, do we have a chance of winning?"

Zhukov was not surprised by Sudalin's inquiry.

In Russia's strategy, the Russian government headed by Sudarin always believed that there would inevitably be conflict, or even war, between Russia and Australasia.

The reason is also very simple.

After defeating Germany, Russia will become a powerful country, even surpassing Britain to become the hegemon of Europe.

But Russia's path to expansion was always blocked, and its biggest enemy was Australasia.

Needless to say, Germany in the west would be occupied by several countries after its defeat.

Apart from Germany, the only directions in which Russia could expand were Northern Europe and the Balkans.

The direction of Russia's expansion in Northern Europe was directly blocked by Finland, and the relationship between Finland and Australasia was inseparable, so it was impossible for there to be no conflict between the two sides.

Although Australasia did not extend its hand to the Balkan Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula had the very important Strait of Constantinople, and the British were destined not to allow Russia to gain control of Constantinople.

The situation in the east was even more difficult. After the island nation was defeated by Australasia, Australasia became the only great power in the entire Pacific coast.

The entire Pacific Ocean is like the back garden of Australasia. If Russia wants to expand in the Far East, there will inevitably be a war with Australasia, which may be even more brutal than the previous island-Russia war.

Although there were places such as Central Asia where they could expand to the south, the British-ruled India was also a barrier.

Given the relationship between Britain and Australasia, the Russian government had no doubt that Britain and Australasia would unite to deal with this powerful threat from Russia.

Therefore, as early as after the victory of the Battle of Moscow, there were speculations within the Russian government about another war with Australasia.

After a long period of war, the Russian army has gradually grown into one of the most powerful armies.

Taking advantage of the powerful momentum brought to the Russian army by the victory over Germany, it is obviously the best time to start a war with Australasia to determine the world hegemony.

But the then Chief of General Staff Zhukov told Sudarin bluntly: "If we declare war on Australasia today, Moscow will be bombed by Australasia tomorrow. We will not be able to fight Australasia until we develop new weapons like Australasia or master the solution to such weapons."

It was this answer that directly dispelled Sudalin's thoughts and made Russia very honest towards the island country after its defeat and without any unreasonable expectations.

But now, after the conflict between Australasia and Russia over Finland, Sudarlin has the idea of ​​going to war with Australasia again.

There is no way around it. If Russia abandons Finland, it will mean that it will lose the initiative in its expansion.

The United States is backing off from Finland now because of fear of new weapons in Australasia, and it may back off in more areas in the future, including the Balkans and the Mediterranean.

If Russia keeps retreating, what hope does it have to fight for the dominant position after victory in the war?
For an ambitious person, such a terrible situation is the most desperate, and it is also what he hopes to avoid and solve by all means.

"Before we develop that kind of weapon, I don't think we have any chance of winning." Russian Chief of General Staff Zhukov still shook his head in Sudalin's expectant eyes, with a wry smile on his face: "Even if we can hold back Australasia through strategic contraction, their terrible bombs code-named Moss will destroy our cities and industrial bases one after another.

In this way, our strategic contraction only gives the enemy a more accurate target. Unless our air force can completely suppress Australasia, Tokyo is now Moscow's future. "

"Damn it, damn it!" Sudarin repeated it twice again, and finally said reluctantly but helplessly: "Let the troops stationed in Finland withdraw. Finland alone cannot delay our plan. It's a good opportunity for them to join the attack to retake St. Petersburg. I want our troops to return to St. Petersburg before the Australasia operation."

(End of this chapter)