Great time travel

Chapter 76 The Fall of Melbourne
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President Truman, who had been kept awake at night by a series of bad news, received the defeat report of the fall of Melbourne as no surprise at this time.

Although he had expected this in advance, when the news actually came, he still felt uncontrollable anger and sadness.

——The Australian mainland, which belongs to the white race, is about to disappear!This piece of land is about to be completely taken away by those inferior yellow-skinned monkeys!
This is the first time since the Europeans discovered America, there has been such an earth-shattering reversal. In the past, only noble western whites sailed and colonized the world, eliminated those stupid and inferior colored people one by one, and then chose the best land among them. Make it a new home for the white man.

In the eyes of white racists, this is the arrangement of Almighty God, their manifest destiny, and the blessing bestowed on them by fate.

Because these guys with noble white skin are destined to become the masters of the earth and the center of human civilization.

But now those rebellious Japanese are frantically trying to resist God's arrangement, and insist on re-"dyeing" Australia, which has been occupied by white people, with a series of inhumane massacres... It's really unreasonable!However, the United States has nothing to do about it for the time being! !
Fortunately, when the blue flag of the Southern Cross of the Commonwealth of Australia was burning and falling on the head of Melbourne, the Stars and Stripes, which belonged to the United States of America and represented the glory of white people, was successfully placed in Malacañang Palace (Philippine Presidential Palace) in Manila again. ) rises in front of the door... Thinking of this, President Truman couldn't help but raised his head from behind his desk, and looked at General MacArthur sitting opposite him with a very complicated look. students, and the "star commander" that even President Roosevelt feared.

"...Dear Douglas, what do you think about the fall of Melbourne and the strategy of the Australians retreating to Cape Shank? After all, judging from the map, the current situation of the Australians seems to be similar to that of the Baba that you commanded after you withdrew from Manila. The defense of the Dan Peninsula is very similar. Melbourne is equivalent to Manila back then, Phillip Bay corresponds to Manila Bay, and Cape Shank Peninsula is Australia’s Bataan Peninsula..."

President Truman pointed to a map of Australia on his desk and said, "...so I'd love to hear your opinion."

"...It does look a bit like it, but it just looks a bit like it on the map. The current situation of Australians is much worse than when I was in Bataan Peninsula. Don't forget, I was in Australia with The Japanese devils have fought for several years, and they are as familiar with Melbourne and Cape Shank as they are with Manila, so I am very pessimistic about the future prospects of the Australians—it is a miracle that they can last for two months!"

Marshal of the Republic of the Philippines, the "savior of Manila", five-star general Douglas MacArthur, with his beloved corncob pipe in his mouth, exhaled smoke rings and said - After half a year, the current Marshal MacArthur is no longer the same as last winter Captured in a sneak attack by the Japanese, and forced to be put in an iron cage and paraded through the streets like rare animals and animals for exhibition, he was once again successful in wearing the crown of victor, with the same high spirits as before.

Although his so-called victory was nothing more than fighting a few small-scale urban security battles in the Philippines, repelling a few "Hooker" guerrillas of the Philippine Communist Party who basically only had light weapons, and recapturing the capital Manila and several other seaport cities... …At the same time, there are more than 3 "Hook" red militants still entrenched in the Baguio Mountains in northern Luzon.There are also more than [-] religious extremists who have ruled Mindanao, which seems to be a country of its own.

But no matter how much water is contained in the record of the "famous general" MacArthur, he is still one of the most experienced generals in the US Army.

"...Many years before the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident and the start of the Philippine Defense War, our troops stationed in the Philippines formulated a 'Orange 3 Operation Plan (WPO-[-])'. If you can't stop, you can retreat to the Bataan Peninsula within the sight of Manila. Then continue to hold on for six months, waiting for the navy to send reinforcements from the mainland. The battle of Bataan under my command is actually being carried out according to the plan.

Because there was such a plan a long time ago, our army had already carried out a lot of construction on the Bataan Peninsula and built a large number of military facilities as early as before the war.Especially Corregidor Island, which is located at the tip of the Bataan Peninsula and guards the exit of Manila Bay, is like Gibraltar. The entire island has been fortified.The coastal artillery, mortars, and anti-aircraft guns along the beach are strong, and the labyrinth-like tunnels dug in the highlands of the island are the best air-raid shelters, which can accommodate hospitals, headquarters and warehouses... Without these things, I am It is impossible to stick to Bataan for half a year.

The Australians, however, had never carried out civil works of this magnitude at Cape Shank, at least not while I was away from the Australian field.The military installations set up by the Allied forces at Cape Shank are full of only a few coastal defense forts, radar stations and an anti-aircraft artillery position.Although the power of the large-caliber coastal guns at Cape Shank is indeed good, and the fortresses are also very strong, just like the forts built by the British in Singapore, they cannot be turned to deal with enemies coming from the land side.Moreover, there are no ready-made bunkers underground, and there are not even many houses on the ground.

If Prime Minister Katyn organizes tens of thousands of troops to withdraw there, then they may not even have a place to live at Cape Shank, so they can only pitch tents and camp.And there is no place to store the materials rushed from Melbourne, they can only be piled in the open air, at most they are hidden in the woods... But now the sky in Australia belongs to the Japanese, and it only takes a few carpet bombings to wipe out the Australians. Supplies, soldiers, and the forests of Cape Shank burned down together.

To make matters worse, on the Bataan Peninsula, not only did I have ready-made fortifications to rely on, but the Japanese army on the opposite side had only about two divisions; while at Cape Shank, the Australians had to face at least 20 troops in the wilderness. The strong attack of the Japanese army... Therefore, if they can persist at Cape Shank for two months, it will be a miracle bestowed by God.In fact, I reckon they'll have a hard time trying to last two weeks at Cape Shank..."

Marshal MacArthur said so eloquently to President Truman, "...unless the United States can provide sufficient support to the Commonwealth of Australia as soon as possible, otherwise, we must prepare for the worst of losing Australia and New Zealand forever, or even being driven out of the Samoa Islands Intend……"

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For the pessimistic prospects of the Southwest Pacific Front predicted by Marshal MacArthur, President Truman also agreed intellectually.

However, the United States really has no way to provide any support to the Australian federal government at present... President Truman rubbed his hands and smiled wryly—since the summer of [-], all kinds of disheartening bad news have been like a tide flocked frantically to the White House.

General Patton's army suffered an unprecedented defeat in the Japanese battlefield. It lost more than 30 troops in one breath. The entire front retreated nearly a thousand kilometers. It is still being bombed every day. Only God knows how the Japanese are like magic. Generally conjure up so many battleships, tanks and planes.

General Halsey's fleet was destroyed by a major typhoon, and a quarter of the ships were destroyed, and he resigned sadly.In order to transfer the fleet back to defend Hawaii, the Pentagon had to retreat from the Southwest Pacific in a big way, abandoning the Fiji Islands and New Caledonia that had been hard-earned before, and the route between the mainland and New Zealand became dangerous again.New Zealand has lost nearly one-fifth of its population in the brutal war, and almost all industrial facilities in the country have been destroyed. Without the strong assistance of the US military, New Zealanders would no longer be able to resist the Japanese invasion.

In addition, the American Samoa Islands in the east are also on the verge of being lost... Therefore, Lieutenant General Aubrey Fitch, who was ordered to go to Pearl Harbor to replace Admiral Halsey not long ago, just sent a telegram to lament that now The Pacific Fleet was not only weakened in strength, but also full of pessimism. Morale was "unbelievably low."Although Lieutenant General Fitch was still trying to cheer up his subordinates, saying, "Although we have been beaten hard again, I have no doubts about the final victory." But no one is willing to listen.

In the recent Pacific battlefield, the only victory of the United States that can be advertised is the victory of MacArthur's recovery of the Philippines... But this cannot reverse the overall strategic decline of the United States, nor is it enough to once again raise the morale of the people of the United States.

On the other hand, although the United States of America's own navy and army have fought the war in a mess, the allies of the White House are generally unable to support the wall with mud.

In Europe, the British and their patchwork anti-Soviet alliance fought fiercely for a long time with the Soviet giant bear and the red elements in various European countries. Almost all tricks were exhausted, but they still could not stop the torrent of the Soviet Red Army's iron armor, at best it was only slightly blocked In the footsteps of the opponent - after crossing the Pyrenees, the Soviet Red Army took less than two months to easily crush the weak resistance of General Franco in the support of the uprising of the Spanish Reds. It successfully drove into the capital Madrid, and is now approaching the eastern border of Portugal.Right now, Lisbon is in turmoil, and President Salazar has announced that he will move the government to the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.General Franco, who had lost his capital, led the remaining government troops to retreat to Andalusia, the southernmost point of Spain, with the British Expeditionary Force, preparing for the final resistance against the fortress of Gibraltar...

In South Asia, Prime Minister Churchill used the most adept shit stick in the British Empire to win an uncommon diplomatic victory, recovering most of India from the map and jurisprudence, which is regarded as the endless battle of the British Empire over the years In the gloom, there is a rare and precious bright color...but its value only stops there. Under the banner of jointly opposing the Bolsheviks, the maharajas and indigenous forces in India actually controlled all the power, leaving only polite respect for Britain. Surrender.The British Empire, which has lost its authority, may no longer be able to squeeze much wealth from the Indian subcontinent to fill the treasury.Unless Whitehall in London can re-invest hundreds of thousands of troops to go around half the world for an expedition, and fight another war of Indian conquest-but this is obviously impossible.India in the future will still be turbulent in the flames of war, but no matter who the final winner is, it has nothing to do with the glory of the British Empire.

In Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Churchill was still enthusiastically trying various military adventures and diplomatic games, trying to repeat the paper victory won in the Indian subcontinent with an extremely small expeditionary force and the centuries-old prestige of the British Empire. India's victory on paper is impossible to obtain - after a period of intimidation and blackmail without military backing, the nationalist leaders in Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaya, and Indonesia all clearly believed that the British were insulting their IQ , sternly refused to surrender to the British Empire.The only response Churchill can make is to launch gunboat diplomacy, let his small fleet deployed in the east bombard the port everywhere, or occasionally make a surprise landing attack.But there is no force to expand the landing field, and it is impossible to occupy a certain port for a long time, let alone go deep into the humid and wild tropical rainforest inland to wipe out the countless indigenous rebels.

——After all, it is no longer the early days of the Age of Discovery, when Pizarro and Korst could easily conquer a large empire of colored people with only a few hundred Caucasian expeditions... and Southeast Asia The various indigenous peoples, nor are they savages ignorant of modern warfare.

In the end, the British's gunboat diplomacy in Southeast Asia has completely become a free thug for the Thais to expand their territory.With the support of the U.S. reinforcements and the assistance of the British fleet, various Thai troops have launched a full-scale attack on the Malay Peninsula, Laos and Cambodia, and have seized more than [-] square kilometers of land... But even according to the most self-deceiving From the point of view, it is difficult to say what significance such a record has for the United States and Britain.

In Northeast Asia, the allies supported by the United States are equally desperate-on the Korean peninsula, the "Interim Government of the Republic of Korea" that was barely put together, after struggling for several months in the capital Seoul, was finally given a huge amount of Soviet aid. The red elements were overwhelmed.

On the more critical battlefield in China, although the White House and No. [-] Downing Street have tried their best, they not only risked being ambushed by Japanese submarines, but also organized convoys to cross the Pacific Ocean time and time again, and sent Generalissimo Jiang as much as possible. As much ammunition and materials as possible, and even went into battle in person, let Stilwell lead an allied force to the Yangtze River Delta, let the British army in Hong Kong assist in the defense of Guangzhou, and organized an expeditionary fleet to go deep into the inland rivers of China to help Chairman Chiang Hold the defense line of the Yangtze River... But in the end, it still failed to prevent the National Government from continuing to be defeated, and lost the capital Nanjing again...

——Long before the U.S. military came to mainland China, the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants had already crossed the Yangtze River from Wuhan and Chongqing in the upper reaches, and was invincible on the battlefields of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, and Guangdong. , The so-called Yangtze River defense line has long lost its meaning.

Chairman Jiang's most reliable lineage troops were basically wiped out before the collapse of the Japanese Empire. When the first batch of US aid arrived in Ningbo Port, he had only a few soldiers who had just been exchanged from the puppet army left in his hands. The loyalty, obedience, and combat effectiveness of Pi Cheng's National Revolutionary Army troops are extremely suspicious. Chairman Jiang can't even accurately grasp the number of their troops, and they have generally been heavily infiltrated by red elements.

Therefore, despite all kinds of shameless and tenacious struggles, Generalissimo Jiang still failed to escape the fate of being trampled on the ground by the Red Army, and was driven out of Nanjing two months ago. The government has been relocated to Zhoushan Island, and even plans to move further to Taiwan, leaving behind a bunch of miscellaneous troops and Stilwell's allies that they don't plan to take away, and continue to fight street battles with the Red Army in Shanghai... At the same time, by Guangzhou, which the British army was in charge of defending, was also breached by the Chinese Red Army a month ago. Churchill had to start thinking about whether to launch a second battle to defend Hong Kong.

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All in all, from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the red camp led by the Soviet Union is showing a momentum of triumphant advances, and the general backstage of the free camp of the United States of America has completely fallen into despair from one failure to another. The predicament also caused the analysts of the American and British intelligence agencies to fall into a state of madness that was almost sent to a madhouse-according to their calculations, it was impossible for the Soviets to come up with so many arms and supplies to maintain Such a long period of high-intensity expeditionary operations cannot be achieved even if the belt is cut off.

The Japanese military production and logistical capabilities also inconceivably increased with the gradual fall of the mainland, and in turn increased day by day.After the establishment of the Japanese red regime, it has grown to the point where it can crush the United States of America head-on-the total number of Japanese aircraft shot down by the Allied forces on various fronts in the past few months has reached a frenzied 40, far exceeding The total production of all military aircraft in the United States since the beginning of the war! !

Therefore, American intelligence personnel have been shouting hysterically every day in recent months, "This is not scientific!" .At least the shells fired by the enemy will not disappear because of your denial.

In the end, this group of intelligence officers who were on the verge of insanity could only submit to President Truman such a conclusion: that is, all the intelligence data collected on the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire before the war were not full of huge mistakes, but basically not at all. That's right, Washington and London have been engaged in the most absurd war in history for several years, based on a completely wrong set of intelligence data, and a group of enemies imagined out of thin air...

It is conceivable that this is a scene that makes the White House, Capitol Hill, the Pentagon and Wall Street all want to vomit blood.

——Although the United States claims to be the arsenal of a democratic country, it has full confidence in its own industrial strength.However, the United States of America is not like the sun, with its near-infinite power.It is the resources, wealth and morale that the United States of America has accumulated bit by bit over generations to support millions of American troops on expeditions to various battlefields around the world, and thousands of Liberty and Victory ship fleets sailing across the four oceans.

If these astronomical sums of investment cannot be exchanged for brilliant victories and the collapse of the enemy, they can only get the shame of various failures, as well as unnecessary waste of troops and supplies.Then the seemingly powerful war machine of the United States of America will wear out rapidly and irreversibly.

In fact, after such a long period of setbacks and sacrifices several times that of the Civil War, the morale of the people in the United States has now slipped to the lowest point. Reduced rations, always empty store shelves—even in the state of wartime martial law, sporadic anti-war demonstrations began to take place in major cities in the East and West, and the number of participants increased each time... Although the Truman administration Severe repression was strictly enforced, and newspapers and radio stations were ordered to block news, but the situation is still getting worse.

In the upper class of society in the United States, and even within the ruling class, they have gradually begun to complain about the current war, which is costly and costly, and where the gains are not worth the losses. The White House, Capitol Hill, and the Pentagon are not fools. When the spun dice slowly stopped again and again, but the numbers displayed were still not the numbers needed to win the game, and they didn't want to continue wasting extravagant bets.

However, in this era of highly complex society, rulers have long been unable to act recklessly like the warlike kings of medieval Europe.If the United States of America wants to end a war decently, it will definitely be more difficult than starting a war...For this large-scale war, Wall Street has already bet too much capital, and even overdrawn everything on itself. Accept a downfall.Since the plutocrats would rather take the whole of the United States to be buried with them than cut their flesh and stop losses to make their own industries unlucky, then Truman can only close his eyes and fight the war to the end.

But despite such determination and awareness, he still has nothing to do with Australia that is about to fall... After all, manpower is sometimes poor.

For those Allied warriors who are still desperately guarding the last piece of land on the Australian mainland, President Truman has no way to send them any support troops, nor can he send them much supplies. A little motivating.

"...well, it looks like we'll just have to accept reality. Help me draft a telegram of condolences to the Commonwealth of Australia as soon as possible now! Just say that the whole civilized world will thank them for their bravery and remember them forever great sacrifice of..."

After a moment of silence, President Truman sighed, turned to give his private secretary such instructions, and then turned his face to Marshal MacArthur, "...and, Douglas, what do you think of the next round of nuclear bomb strikes prepared by the United States? ? Well, you should know that the three atomic bombs produced in our second batch have all been deployed, and the third batch of atomic bombs is about to be completed from the Oak Ridge factory... Will we be able to pass a larger-scale nuclear bomb bombardment? How about deterring these tenacious enemies, and even shaking and destroying their will to fight?..."