super god warlord

The Australian government doesn't know anything about the combat effectiveness of the Lanfang Republic, but in their impression, the yellow race is a barbaric country except for the strength of the Wa country.Before the Australian government got the information of the Lanfang Republic, the north had already started fighting.

After the Lanfang Republic declared war, Cheng Biguang's Lanfang Navy was finally able to let go.After dispatching all the submarines to launch a full-scale battle, the main cruiser fleet led by Liu Guanxiong secretly sailed towards Australia and New Zealand.

Darwin Port, the largest port in the north of Australia and New Zealand, is less than a thousand nautical miles away from Natuna Naval Port in Lanfang Republic.With the speed of the Lanfang Navy's eight Jiujiang-class cruisers, it only takes three or four days to arrive.In order to achieve the suddenness of the start of the battle, Liu Guanxiong led the cruiser fleet to sail northward first, and then turned south after crossing the Bashi Channel, passing through the Tanimbar Islands of the Lanfang Republic, and approaching Van Diemen Bay.

Australia and New Zealand have always been a paradise-like place. The industry here is not well developed, because there are no strong enemies around, and the military construction has always been relatively lax.The most obvious aspect is coastal defense. In a large northern port like Darwin Port, there is no coastal fort nearby.Such a lax defense allowed the Lanfang Navy to easily launch a sea attack.

Liu Guanxiong counted the time. When he led the cruiser fleet across the Timor Sea and arrived near Bathurst Island, it was already completely dark.More than ten nautical miles to the south is Darwin Port. At this time, not only a large number of merchant ships transporting supplies for the Australian army are parked in the port, but also all the main naval forces of the Australian army, including three old-fashioned cruisers and four. A Saar system destroyer class destroyer.

The cruiser of the Australian army belongs to the Foss-class cruiser eliminated by the Saar country. This is the first warship built by the Saar country that does not use any sail power. The first ship was launched in 1886.This 30-year-old ship is currently the absolute main force of the Australian Navy. Although it still has a displacement of more than 4000 tons, its weapons and power systems are already outdated.Such a huge cruiser actually only has two old-fashioned [-]mm breech-loading guns, and the armor is only about [-]mm thin, which is completely outdated in this era.

The destroyer-class destroyer is slightly better. Although it only has a displacement of 280 four tons, this kind of Saar foreign trade warship is launched ten years later than the Foss-class cruiser.Not only do they have a better triple-expansion steam engine, but the artillery has also been replaced with a rapid-fire cannon, but the caliber of the cannon is slightly smaller, and the largest main cannon is only a fourteen-pound cannon.

In the eyes of the world's naval powers, these junk goods, which are not even counted as coastal defense ships, are already all the possessions of the Australian Navy.In contrast, the navy of the Lanfang Republic not only has ten Seawolf 2 submarines, 25 large 021-class torpedo boats, 45 Ningyuan-class gunboats, [-] Huxing-class destroyers, and eight Jiujiang-class cruisers. Here comes the cruisers.

Before attacking, Liu Guanxiong lay down in front of the map table and calculated carefully.This time it was approaching the bombardment of the harbor. The huge cruiser not only had to calculate the time, so that the Australian army could not detect it, but also calculated the time of high tide.Because the body of the Jiujiang-class cruiser is huge, if it does not enter the harbor at high tide, there will be very little room for maneuver in combat there.

After calculating all the data, Liu Guanxiong clapped his hands in satisfaction.According to his calculations, an hour later, Darwin Harbor will have today's high tide.The cruiser fleet will enter the port at that time, and they will have at least two hours of flexible combat time.Since the establishment of the Lanfang Navy, they have never experienced a real battle. Today, they can fully feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. How can they not be excited.

As early as half an hour before departure, the sailors had already entered their respective battle positions.The excitement of the first battle made them unable to fall asleep. These people were really bored, so they spontaneously entered the battle position to maintain their weapons, oiled each mechanical position, and wiped the barrel over and over again until the surface was shiny.

Liu Guanxiong was very satisfied with the high morale of the soldiers before the battle.As a senior naval officer, he talked with the people next to him in a relaxed tone, so that all officers could calm down.He knew very well that this kind of calm would infect those officers, and then pass it on to the soldiers, so as to help them get rid of their tense emotions.

Looking at his watch, Liu Guanxiong nodded and said, "Let's start, let's enter the port."

"Yes, start to move." The captain said, and then he ordered loudly: "Signal to all ships, we set off. Order to anchor, one-third full speed, and head south."

With thick smoke billowing from the chimney, eight Jiujiang-class cruisers lined up and sailed towards Darwin Port.At this time, Darwin Port has fallen into a deep sleep. The Australian Navy does not believe that the Chinese army has the strength to attack the military port. Therefore, except for the anti-sabotage sentinels on each warship, everyone is sleeping in the barracks.

Chapter 726 Sealing the Harbor

There were no patrol boats, no lights, not even a hint of wind or waves.The eight cruisers easily entered Darwin Harbor through the calm and rising sea water.

This originally commercial seaport was completely occupied by the military at this time, and there were merchant ships transporting military supplies everywhere. The only few warships were neatly placed together, occupying a corner of Darwin Harbour.With the help of a ray of moonlight, Liu Guanxiong observed back and forth with the telescope, and he quickly found the target.The red light suddenly appeared in the night sky, which was the insider line of the General Intelligence Bureau helping them indicate the target.

Liu Guanxiong estimated the angle and distance based on experience, and ordered the whole ship to fire.In order to illuminate the shooting target, the first salvo of Liu Guanxiong's ship was filled with incendiary bombs.When these incendiary bombs fell on the sea surface and the ship, they immediately exploded and burned.

Incendiary bombs have no armor-piercing ability and cannot cause substantial damage to warships.However, the fiercely burning fire illuminated the way forward, completely exposing the figure of the Australian Navy fleet moored on the pier.Seeing that the flagship fired first, the other ships fired one after another.

The 48 [-]mm main guns were almost leveled, and they bombarded the Australian Navy warships that were close at hand with direct fire.The Australian Navy warships are all in a state of battle, and they are filled with coal and ammunition.As armor-piercing projectiles pierced the hull of a cruiser and exploded, the warship was quickly ignited and its ammunition depot was ignited.

There was a loud bang, and the two old-fashioned cruisers were quickly sunk, and one of the destroyers was also sunk and one was damaged.The eight cruisers opened fire, pouring a dense rain of bullets onto the Australian Navy warships.Before the Australian navy sleeping in the barracks boarded the ship to resist, the Lanfang fleet had wiped them all out.With the sinking of warships one after another, Australia's navy quickly disappeared from the Nilan Star.

All seven warships of the Australian Navy were sunk, announcing the destruction of a navy, but then Liu Guanxiong did not lead the team to leave.After the seven Australian ships ignited raging fire and completely lost their combat effectiveness, they turned their guns to land, and the two divisions of the Australian Army stationed in Darwin Harbor were baptized by shells.

For the Australian Army, the [-]mm cannon is too big, too big for them to bear.In order to get the protection of warships, the commander-in-chief of the Australian army and those elite troops are stationed around the pier, only three kilometers away from the sea.

Now the cover has turned into a massacre. The fierce naval artillery fire caused heavy losses to the two regular divisions of the Australian Army. The division headquarters of the Ninth Division was even hit by the main gun. All 34 officers below the division commander were killed. The Ninth Division had to return to the No. The teacher of the third division is in charge.

Seeing that the enemy fleet on the sea could not resist, the Australian army had to give up half of the city and retreated out of the range of Lanfang naval guns.In fact, Liu Guanxiong had no intention of fighting at this time, and the large warships had little room for movement in the port and could not turn around effectively. Once the Australian army pushed the army's artillery up to counterattack, the cruiser might also be damaged.Therefore, after Liu Guanxiong caught the Australian army by surprise, he took the cruise fleet out of the port again while the tide in the inner sea of ​​the port had not yet ebbed, and only blocked the exit of Darwin Port in the open sea.

The outer sea of ​​Darwin Harbor is protected by Bathurst Island and Melville Island. These two islands can help Darwin Harbor block big waves and even possible tsunamis.But at this time, these two amulet-like islands turned into reminders.

The entire Australian navy was wiped out, leaving only a few small gunboats remaining in the ports, and it was already difficult to fight against the Lanfang navy.This time the Lanfang Navy withdrew the cruiser and only sent eight destroyers to garrison nearby, and the two islands were quickly occupied by the Lanfang Army transported by merchant ships.

The Lan Fang army not only established a logistics supply base on the island, but also established an observation post on the commanding heights. Only one sentry can monitor a large area of ​​​​the sea.If there is any wind in Dal Harbor, the navy can immediately know through the microwave communicator, so the supply ships of Australia and New Zealand will be detected as long as they enter and exit the port.With the destroyer's high speed exceeding [-] knots, those wooden sailboats could not escape pursuit at all.

Darwin Port was blocked and turned into a dead port. Two divisions of Australian troops were stationed here without any supplies.Seeing that the food was running out, the commander of the Australian army had to order the supply ship to break through at night and deliver food to other ports.It's a pity that these sailboats couldn't outrun the destroyers of the Lanfang Navy even when they were empty and with a tailwind. As a result, they were intercepted one by one, and no ship could slip through the net.

At the beginning, those merchant ships still wanted to resist, but the Lanfang Navy was relentless.Once the resistance is directly bombarded by cannons, and all of them are filled with incendiary bombs, many sailors were burned to death.After being sunk several ships, the Australians were thoroughly honest.

The Lanfang Navy escorted a large number of captured ships to the nearby Keats Harbor. Although there are coral reefs everywhere and the port situation is not good, it is the closest port to Darwin Port and controlled by the Chinese army.Moreover, although it is difficult to pass through these places, it also refers to large-tonnage steel warships. For those wooden sailing ships with a very shallow draft, there is not much difference between this place and other ports.

Seeing that the supply was hopeless, the Australian army decided to fight the Chinese army to win the last chance of survival before the food was exhausted.The Australian army drove out of Darwin Port and marched towards the defense line of the Chinese army.At this time, the strength of the Chinese army is no longer what it used to be. A week ago, the Lanfang First Army led by Liu Yuan landed in Van Diemen Bay, and together with the Chinese army advanced by Barandy, formed an encirclement circle against the Australian army in Darwin Port.

If the Australian army does not take the initiative to attack, the final outcome is to be trapped and die in Darwin Port.Now that the Australian army is attacking in full, the Chinese army has decided to fight the opponent to solve the white army in Western Australia as soon as possible.For the convenience of command, Liu Yuan and Bai Lang merged the command departments to form a joint command.

Both sides were established on the basis of the West Special Army system, and their operating methods and procedures are exactly the same, and there is no incompatibility when they are combined.In terms of command, although Liu Yuan's military rank is higher, considering that Bai Lang is more familiar with the terrain, the commander-in-chief was handed over to Bai Lang, and Liu Yuan, as the deputy commander-in-chief, was responsible for coordinating the cooperation between the Lanfang Army and the Australian Chinese Army.

On the plain [-] kilometers away from Darwin Port, the First Army of the Lanfang Army and the Second and Third Divisions of the Chinese Army formed a formation, waiting for the opponent's attack.

The Australian army can bypass the Chinese army and attack Balandi to supplement food supplies, but the Australian commander will not make such a stupid decision.Barlandi has no fewer than 5000 defenders. Even if the Australian army bypasses the front, it will be difficult to conquer there quickly.Once the fighting time is too long, the Chinese army coming up from behind will make them suffer from the enemy.

Chapter 727 The Battle of China and Australia

In order to open the passage to Barandi, it is necessary to defeat the main force of the Chinese army in an upright manner. Both sides in the war are very clear about this.The commander-in-chief of the Australian army is William Grant who came back from the Middle East battlefield. In history, he created the Beesba Charge that saved Australia's face, which changed the evaluation of the Australian army's combat effectiveness by the Allied countries.

However, in this era, William Grant was hastily transferred back to the country by the government before he became the hero of that Australia and New Zealand.In order to enhance the strength of the Australian army in Darwin Port, he was transferred from his beloved cavalry brigade and rushed here to serve as the commander-in-chief.

Although William Grant didn't fight any face-to-face battles in the Middle East, after all, he has participated in the war for almost three years and has very rich combat experience.He placed the Third Division of the Australian Army in the middle, and the two brigades of the Ninth Division were divided into two wings to cover the Third Division's attack.

The first to meet the Australian Army was the 15th Regiment of the Second Division, which was the vanguard of the Chinese Army.Except for some retired officers drawn from the country, the soldiers in this regiment have not fought any battles yet.However, because they have been oppressed by white Australians for many years, once these Chinese take up arms, they have a deep hatred for whites.Hatred is very good for soldiers who are new to the battlefield. The flames of anger make them forget the danger and the fear of death.

The search teams of the two sides first met unexpectedly, and the two sides moved almost simultaneously to find their respective bunkers.The Australian army fired at the opposite side with the Phil rifle in their hands, and the Chinese army did not show weakness, and immediately counterattacked with their weapons.Although the Chinese army does not have heavy weapons, their light weapons are quite advanced.Because of Lanfang Republic's participation in the war, the Chinese army has replaced it with new weapons. They not only use Phil rifles, but also Hualan's Type [-] light and heavy machine guns and grenades. These light weapons allow them to occupy an important position in infantry encounters. All the best.

The five machine guns attached to the Chinese army search team fired violently, suppressing the Australian army's shooting.Although the Chinese search team had only one platoon, which was much smaller than the Australian army with one company on the opposite side, the five machine guns evened out the gap.The machine guns of the Australian army also opened fire afterwards, because they were equipped with Sargon Vickers water-cooled machine guns, which could only be disassembled before they could be loaded by individual soldiers when advancing.

When the light machine guns of the Chinese army started to shoot, the Australian soldiers had to lie on the ground, assemble the crane machine gun with difficulty, and then fill the cooling sleeve with water from the kettle before they could shoot.Because the Chinese army fired for 2 minutes, the Australian army's machine guns did not start firing.

A company of the Australian army is equipped with only three heavy machine guns. Although the firepower density of the heavy machine guns is higher than that of the light machine guns, it is difficult to suppress the five light machine guns on the opposite side.Soon these Australian heavy machine guns were unlucky, and the two grenadiers began to throw more than a dozen grenades towards the Australian side without stopping.Although the aiming system of the grenadier is not good, and the soldiers are all novice, but fortunately the opponent did not suppress the firepower.With the efforts of the soldiers, after more than a dozen shots, a grenade finally hit the machine gun.

A Vickers heavy machine gun was hit directly, the shooter and co-shooter were killed by shrapnel, and the machine gun was completely damaged on the side.The opponent's search team actually had "cannons". This news surprised the Australian army. They never imagined that the opponent only had more than 30 people with artillery. Such a density of equipment is unimaginable in the Australian army.

Before the Australian army chose to retreat, the three [-]-type heavy machine guns assembled by the Chinese army roared wildly. The dense rain of bullets enveloped the Australian army, making them completely unable to hold their heads up.With the full cooperation of the two grenadiers, the remaining two machine guns of the Australian army were also reimbursed one after another.

Without the support of heavy firepower, the Australian army immediately chose to retreat, but the firepower of the Chinese army was too dense, and they might be hit if they stood up for a while.After losing a dozen people.The Australian search team no longer chose to retreat. They could only lie on the ground and shoot desperately, while preventing the opponent from charging, they prayed that the large forces would come to rescue quickly.

The main force of the Australian army advanced very fast, and arrived at the battle area in 10 minutes.Seeing that their side was losing money, the main force of the Australian army immediately set up mountain artillery and blasted at the Chinese army.Seeing that the other party dispatched artillery fire, the Chinese army search team immediately chose to retreat.Under the cover of machine guns, the Chinese search team dropped seven or eight corpses and quickly retreated into the woods.

Hearing that the skirmish was lost and the search party lost more than half, William Grant was very angry, especially after hearing that the opponent was outnumbered.But this is also good news. Judging from the number of search teams, the number of opponents' large troops is not too large.

The main force of the Australian army continued to advance southward, intending to have a head-to-head contact with the Chinese army.The brigade advanced five kilometers away, and saw the infantry position in the distance.It turned out that after hearing the dense gunshots ahead, the head of the 15th regiment knew that he had met the opponent's large force.To be on the safe side, William did not lead the team to rescue, but dug a position on the spot, preparing to block the enemy's attack.

Because of time constraints, they did not build a dense defense system, and most of them just dug foxholes.The scattered foxholes formed the defense line of the Chinese army. These were only temporary fortifications, at most they were used as barriers for individual soldiers to cover and shoot.

Soon the wide-brimmed hats of Australian soldiers appeared in the telescopes of commanders at all levels of the 15th regiment.Although the Australian army has participated in several years of brutal Western Continental combat, their army is still full of romanticism. The military would rather abandon the practical steel helmet than give up the wide-brimmed hat with cowboy style.

These Australian soldiers who have not yet had the opportunity to enter the battlefield of the Western Continent have no fear of war, especially when dealing with people of the yellow race.The failure of the navy needs to be blamed on their negligence, which is what the officers say, and the honorable army is not as useless as the navy.

The bloody lessons of the Western War were in front of us. The Australian army still adopted infantry charges, and the 17th Regiment of the Sixth Brigade of the Third Division launched the charge first.More than [-] soldiers held Phil rifles in their hands, opened the skirmish line and rushed towards the Chinese army's position.

Facing the enemy's charge, the Chinese army immediately counterattacked with machine gun fire.However, the Chinese army's counterattack quickly drew retaliation from the Australian army's artillery fire.Under the intensive shelling of the Australian artillery, two heavy machine guns were blown up on the spot, and four machine gunners were killed.

Against the powerful artillery firepower of the Australian army, the Chinese army insisted on launching a counterattack against the Australian assault team. Under their inaccurate shooting, the Australian army's assault team suffered a lot of losses.At this time, the role of the light machine gun was shown.

The light machine gun is very convenient to move. The Chinese machine gunners often move a foxhole after firing a magazine. This often makes the Australian artillery unable to find the target, and the shelling can only be futile.With the support of these light machine guns, the Australian army's charge road was full of corpses and wounded soldiers.

Chapter 728 Marching in the Rain