Anti-Japanese War: My equipment is infinitely refreshed

Chapter 374 New fighter jets appear one after another!
Landing at Darwin Port was not as difficult as imagined.

Or it could be said that the Australian army's combat effectiveness was not strong, and facing the frenzied attack of the Japanese army, it soon began to retreat.

As the Australian beachhead was lost, follow-up Japanese troops began to join the battlefield.

At the same time, the Japanese army also dispatched mechanized troops.

Ah!
That's right!

It's a mechanized force.

The steel and oil shipped back from India have finally been turned into weapons and equipment.

This time, it was by using India's steel and oil that a mechanized force was built.

At the same time, it is also to test the combat effectiveness of this mechanized force.

The template for this mechanized force is naturally the German mechanized force.

It's just that it's not as powerful as the German mechanized forces.

It can be seen from the equipment, such as iron-shell armored vehicles, bean tanks, motorcycles, and military trucks.

Compared with the German mechanized troops, there is a world of difference, there is no comparison.

Even so, the performance at this moment is considered good.

For example, the 2nd Guards Division was reorganized into a mechanized division.

The 2nd Guards Division was expanded from the 1st Guards Division.

It was originally responsible for guarding the royal palace, but in order to capture Australia as quickly as possible, it was transferred to attack Darwin Port this time.

After changing into new equipment, the 2nd Guards Division became even more arrogant.

For example, Lieutenant General Momoyo Nomura, who had just been promoted to the commander of the 301nd Guards Division, was sneering at Lieutenant General Hisazo Nishio, the commander of the st Division.

"Nishio-kun, your division has already made a great contribution in the battle of Darwin Harbor. Not only did it capture Darwin Harbor, but it also wiped out a large number of Australian troops, opening up a channel for the Imperial Army to attack Australia."

"You have already done a great job. Why don't you let my division do the rest? You can just wait in Darwin Harbor."

"Maybe the commendation from the headquarters has already arrived by now?" Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo said and looked at the other party with anticipation.

Who knew that Lieutenant General Nishio Hisazo would just shake his head.

What a joke, who would complain about having made great contributions?

I was finally assigned to the front line from the reserve. If I don't work hard and show my abilities, I will let the headquarters see my value.

I'm afraid I'll really have to stay in the reserve until I retire.

How could he agree to something like this?
So he refused directly.

"No, Kuno-kun, you know how important this battle is to our Imperial Japanese Army. In order to win this battle."

"The headquarters has asked the Southern Army to withdraw all its main forces."

"What's more, I just came to the front line from the reserve. I must have enough merits to impress the headquarters."

"Nishio-kun, you already have a pretty extensive resume, so I guess you don't need to bother with that anymore. Why don't you just stay back?"

Just as Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo said this, an intelligence officer's motorcycle approached.

"Report to the division commander, Commander Shinozuka sent a telegram asking us to stop temporarily and wait for the arrival of follow-up troops."

"What?" Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo looked incredulous. He reached out and snatched the telegram, glanced at it roughly, and his face suddenly looked a little unsightly.

"Baka, what on earth is Commander Shinozuka thinking? Now is the best time to defeat the Australian army in one fell swoop, why stop?"

Although Lieutenant General Momoyo Kunomura was the division commander, he and Yoshio Shinozuka were both lieutenant generals and had the same rank.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka was the commander appointed by the headquarters himself, so he had to accept his command.

It’s just that Lieutenant General Momoyo Kunomura wanted to be the first to achieve credit. As long as he could defeat a few divisions of the Australian army, he would be considered successful.

After all, he is now a lieutenant general and the commander of a Type A division.

As long as we make great achievements in this battle, we can go further.

Who knows, by that time his military rank might even reach the rank of general.

That's why he was eager to move forward.

However, now Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly ordered him to stop, which naturally made Lieutenant General Momoyo Kunomura a little annoyed.

Everyone knows that the Australian Army’s combat effectiveness is average, especially those Australian troops stationed in the country are mostly new recruits.

The combat effectiveness is extremely poor.

This is simply a gift of credit, you should take it.

So he suspected that Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka must have done it on purpose. This guy must have smelled something and wanted to stop him.

However, no matter how angry he was, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was the commander of the entire battle after all, so Lieutenant General Momoyo Kunomura had no choice.

"Order the troops to stop advancing and prepare for air defense." Lieutenant General Momoyo Kunomura shook his head, looking helpless.

Looking at the furious Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo secretly laughed, but pretended: "Don't be angry, Kunomura-kun. Maybe Shinozuka has some ulterior motive. You must understand."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo ignored him.

He knew what the other person meant, it was nothing more than jealousy.

no way!
They must be proactive in embracing this kind of credit that comes to their doorstep.

……

Inside the headquarters of Australian Army Commander General Thomas Blamey in Sydney.

General Thomas Bremen stayed up all night, smoking one cigarette after another, his eyes fixed on the military map.

According to the latest news, Darwin Port has been occupied by Japanese troops.

At the same time, the Japanese army was also expanding in size.

Judging from the information currently obtained from reconnaissance aircraft, the Japanese army seems to be serious.

To completely occupy Australia.

Not only that, even their combined fleet was drawing its main forces to assist the army in landing.

All this indicates bad news.

That is, the Japanese army clearly wanted to completely take over Australia.

Thinking of this, Admiral Thomas Blamen pounded the table hard.

"No, they are all rookies. Even though there are hundreds of thousands of them, they are all rookies. Five of them are no match for one of them. We must have enough elite troops."

"Order: The Air Force must immediately dispatch all its reconnaissance aircraft to patrol 24 hours a day and tell me where the Japanese troops are."

"Also monitor their navy. These need to be monitored."

"Yes."

Just then the intelligence officer came in and said with a grim look on his face.

"General Thomas Blamey, the Air Force has sent intelligence that the Japanese vanguard troops are advancing eastward along the coastline." The intelligence officer hurried over to report.

Hearing this, Admiral Thomas Blamey opened his bloodshot eyes, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Order: immediately send troops to find an opportunity to harass the Japanese. If possible, determine the location of the Japanese and let our air force send them a welcome gift."

"Yes."

"However, Commander, the news from the Air Force shows that the Japanese fighter planes are very powerful."

"Bastards, tell them I don't want to listen to this." Admiral Thomas Bremen roared angrily.

"Yes."

.........

On the other side, Admiral Patton in Port Said did not look so good. He was taking a deep puff of cigarette at this moment, trying to get rid of the irritability in his heart. This was already the fifteenth cigarette, because he had been particularly irritable recently.

The main reason was that the last German attack left him with a huge psychological trauma.

He was just about to jump into the sea with Montgomery.

If the navy had not arrived at the critical moment, Port Said would probably have been occupied by the Germans.

At that time, the fate that awaited him was either to become a prisoner.

Or jump into the sea.

As for becoming a prisoner, he certainly didn't want to.

But I don't want to jump into the sea.

Fortunately, I was lucky enough to block it.

There is also a lot of good news, that is, the White House has increased its aid efforts.

For example, right in front of us, Admiral Patton is asking the adjutant beside him.

"How is the air force's losses being replenished? How many planes have arrived here now?"

"The replenishment is almost complete. Moreover, the White House said that they have added five infantry divisions to our army. In addition, a batch of lost warships have also been replaced. Our forces have almost returned to the pre-war level. In addition, the newly reinforced fleet has passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and is heading towards us." The adjutant said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Admiral Patton's face immediately showed a hint of joy.

After several air battles, the Allied fighter planes were basically destroyed.

The German fighter planes could be said to have massacred their fighter planes.

When the battle damage report was submitted, people in the White House found it unbelievable that the casualties were so heavy that they directly scolded Admiral Patton. Fortunately, it was just a scolding. If it were any other general, they would have been dismissed long ago or even sent to a military court for trial.

After all, the losses this time were not small. More than 800 fighter planes were lost, and the army was nearly 100,000 people. The key point was that Cairo and Alexandria were also lost, which was equivalent to losing the entire canal. The price was really too high.

Now there is only Port Said left. If we lose it again, we will be really finished.

Fortunately, with the continuous arrival of aid, Port Said's influence has finally expanded significantly.

Now he just has to wait for the navy to arrive at the battlefield with the infantry, and then he can join Montgomery.

Do not!
In other words, the next battle should be left entirely to him.

Because the next main force would be the US Army, Montgomery had not lost enough troops.

He no longer has command authority.

Since the US military shifted its focus to Europe, it has begun looking for ways to gain these command rights.

And now the commander of Port Said has become Admiral Patton.

There's nothing we can do about it, Montgomery suffered such a miserable defeat.

"How many warships did the navy send this time?" asked Admiral Patton.

Ever since the canal was lost, Admiral Patton felt more and more the importance of the Strait of Gibraltar. It must not be lost, otherwise the whole of Europe would be lost.

Although he was scolded by the president, he still asked for a batch of warships, mainly aircraft carriers.

So he is now extremely looking forward to seeing how many warships the navy can provide to provide support.

"There are hundreds of large and small warships, including fifteen escort carriers, three main aircraft carriers, five battleships, and the rest are destroyers and cruisers. Not only that, there are also hundreds of transport ships." said the adjutant.

Hearing this, Admiral Patton nodded, ecstatic.

There are quite a lot of warships in this batch.

Far beyond his imagination.

There is no way, the US military’s foundation is too strong.

The main reason was that the discovery of the oil fields in Italy made the US military realize that they could no longer keep a low profile.

Otherwise, Germany, Italy and France will use the oil fields to restore their strength.

Then, wouldn't everything they did be in vain?

So they have to increase aid to Europe.

This is just the first batch, there will be more to come.

The US military, whose steel production capacity is about to reach its peak, has no shortage of steel to manufacture warships.

And they produce warships too quickly.

Just like making dumplings.

"Commander, we have a batch of new fighter planes this time, which should be able to deal with the German fighter planes." The adjutant suddenly said excitedly.

During this period, they suffered from attacks from the German army's new fighter planes, and their air force was so badly beaten that they dared not take off. If the enemy had not been short of numbers, their air force would have probably been wiped out.

Even so, their air force suffered heavy losses.

Now hearing that their new aircraft would be arriving soon, Admiral Patton was somewhat happy and took a deep puff of his cigarette.

The German TA152 fighter jets were so powerful that they completely overwhelmed their fighter jets.

Even the British fighter planes were no match for them.

Fortunately, after the US military absorbed the British Army's technology, the performance of its fighter jets has also been improved.

It turns out that war is the best catalyst.

In just a few years, the development of fighter jets has been very rapid.

There was no way out. The pressure brought to them by the German Air Force was simply too great.

Fortunately, the British Army had already begun researching jet fighters. Originally, the British Army's jet aircraft were very unstable due to their engines.

Fortunately, American military engineers are now trying to find ways to make improvements. It will probably not be long before the US military will have its own jet fighters.

However, the production capacity will not be too high, but the newly developed P51 fighter is definitely a groundbreaking product.

They believed that they could definitely bring fear to the German army.

Especially after obtaining the British Army's engine technology, they made major breakthroughs in some key technical fields and engine performance also improved a lot.

The P51 fighter jet was able to be born so quickly because of the British Army's engine technology.

Otherwise you will have to wait a little longer.

"How many new fighter planes are there?" Admiral Patton asked after thinking for a while.

"There are about a hundred aircraft. The production capacity is not high now. Once the output increases, there will be more." The adjutant explained.

"Very good, you have to keep an eye on it at all times. We need a large number of new fighter planes here. The pressure from the Germans is really too great."

"clear."

The US military is producing a large number of advanced fighter jets, which is also good news for Cun Yunsheng.

Originally, we had to worry about the origin of the P51 fighter jet, but now we don’t have to worry about it at all.

Because Stilwell brought him good news that the next round of aid would include a batch of new fighter planes.

Although the quantity is not large, it is definitely enough, which makes Cun Yunsheng very happy.

At the same time, the changes in the Japanese army also made Cun Yunsheng smell something unusual.

"A large number of areas have become empty? The Japanese troops have withdrawn?" Cun Yunsheng looked at the latest intelligence with a frown.

"Could this be a trick?" Meng asked in annoyance.

"It shouldn't be. The Japanese army's next focus should be on Australia. It seems that the map played a big role." Cun Yunsheng said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)