50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 723 Improvisation
It wasn't that Sun Zhiwei didn't want to fly directly to Papua Island; it was simply that there were no direct flights from the airports on the Borneo side to Papua Island.

Therefore, he had to fly to nearby Darwin, Australia, and then take a boat there himself.

The Port of Darwin is located in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory. It is the only national port in the Northern Territory of Australia and serves as the trade gateway to the northern part of the country.

Darwin has a tropical climate, with only a rainy season and a dry season each year.

When Sun Zhiwei arrived here, it was April, the rainy season was about to end and the dry season was about to begin, and the weather was gradually changing from hot to cool.

When he left the airport and arrived at the port, he was surprised to find a temporary military camp next to the port, and many soldiers were entering the camp.

Judging from their uniforms, these men should belong to the Australian Army and Navy.

But why are they gathering here? Is something big happening nearby?

He did not recall any major events during this period that required the deployment of the military in Australia.

Driven by curiosity, he overheard the soldiers' conversation in the camp and learned that they were actually soldiers who were about to be secretly dispatched to Timor Island.

He remembered that Timor Island had been occupied by Java a few years ago. Weren't they afraid of causing an international dispute by sending troops there directly?

However, Sun Zhiwei's information was somewhat outdated.

Timor Island was indeed incorporated into Java during the reign of Harto.

But when Hatto died suddenly and Java was already divided, Timor, which had long been under oppressive rule, began to see large-scale resistance.

Just a few months ago, a British journalist who was in Timor exposed the atrocities committed by the Javanese army on the island.

Immediately, the international community overwhelmingly condemned the attack.

Java with Hatto and Java without Hatto are completely different things.

Neither of the two men currently vying for leadership, either Hato's son-in-law Prabowo or Colonel Latif, possesses the same prestige in Java as Hato did in his prime.

Internationally, Harto was originally trying to extract benefits from both sides, while simultaneously keeping America on his side.

But now that Hatto is gone, Prabowo and Latif are busy fighting for power and are currently locked in a fierce struggle on the island of Java.

They didn't have time to determine their attitude towards the Russian bear and America.

Therefore, when the events in Timor were exposed, both Russia and America, contrary to their usual practice, condemned the atrocities committed in Java.

Now that the two leaders have spoken, the underlings naturally have to cheer them on.

Suddenly, the countries of the two camps united in an unprecedented move, condemning Java's atrocities on Timor Island in the League of Nations.

This one-sided condemnation made Java the target of public criticism.

Australia, which is right next to Timor Island, naturally took the lead and started to join the fight.

At the request of the League of Nations, they prepared to send a contingent of troops to land directly on Timor Island and forcibly suppress the chaotic order there; these were the so-called peacekeeping forces.

On Timor Island today, the local Timorese are locked in a bitter struggle with Javanese immigrants and their military presence.

Australia's stance in sending troops is also clear: it follows the lead of its big brother and supports the Timorese people in their fight for freedom.

Having grasped the cause and effect, Sun Zhiwei now understood the situation on Timor Island. With America's support and Australia's direct military intervention, Timor Island was bound to establish its own nation sooner or later.

Historically, East Timor broke away from Javanese rule and became a new country in 1999 after a referendum.

The current situation on Timor Island is more favorable to the Timorese people than it was in the original world.

Prabowo and Colonel Latif were not as capable as Hatto and were completely unable to deal with America, who was standing behind Timor Island.

Now that Australia, the leading figure's staunch ally, has begun to directly send troops, he feels that in a few years, the Javanese will withdraw from Timor.

Sun Zhiwei was naturally pleased to see Java suffer a setback, but this one-sided situation did not serve his interests.

His aim was to weaken Java's fighting force as much as possible.

Let them ignite internal strife, gradually bleeding them dry, to weaken Javanese rule and prepare for him to plant a few nails in this sea later.

The Timor issue is now being led by America, with Australia also directly deploying troops.

In this situation, he did not believe that Prabovo and Colonel Latif had any courage or resources to confront him.

But allowing the Javanese soldiers to retreat unscathed is not in Sun Zhiwei's interest.

Ideally, both sides would fight, and the battle would drag on in a stalemate, continuously bleeding Java dry. This is the result Sun Zhiwei hopes for.

These Australian soldiers, who are preparing to support Timor Island, are assembling and are expected to depart for Timor Island soon.

After much deliberation, Sun Zhiwei made a last-minute decision to go to Timor Island and further fuel the chaotic situation there.

Timor Island is located in the northwest of Australia, 700 kilometers from Darwin.

Considering that he would be going to Papua Island later, he did not intend to waste too much time in Timor.

So, Sun Zhiwei drove away from Darwin Port and came to a nearby deserted coastline, where he took out the Black Hawk helicopter from his spatial storage.

He wants to fly there by helicopter, which is much faster than by boat.

Australia in the 1980s was no small country; although its navy only had 49 ships (originally 50, but that "disaster" aircraft carrier had been bought by Sun Zhiwei).
However, because they have long served as staunch allies of the alliance leader, frequently cooperating with their leader and active in global hotspots, they are staunch supporters of top-tier powers.

Although their fleet of 49 ships is small, it includes a large number of ocean-going vessels, including two Canberra-class amphibious assault ships that form the core of the fleet.

The design of this ship is very strange. Its superstructure imitates that of an aircraft carrier, and it has a through-type cabin that can carry tanks and ships.

Although its displacement is only over 25,000 tons, it can launch and recover vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, serve as an attack helicopter carrier, and also act as a transport ship and landing ship, with an astonishing number of auxiliary functions.

These ships make Australia's Kangaroo Fleet a significant maritime support force.

Australia is surrounded by the sea and has a long coastline.

To compensate for the lack of ships, the Australian Navy has deployed a ring of shore-based radars around the mainland, which can effectively detect ships and aircraft in the surrounding waters.

Therefore, after Sun Zhiwei took off in his Black Hawk helicopter, he immediately lowered the aircraft's altitude and began flying at extremely low altitudes over the sea.

Only in this way can he avoid being scanned by the Australian Navy's shore-based radar and the radar of patrolling ships at sea.

(End of this chapter)