Chapter 46: Three Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon

  The Dreamer slowly left Fremantle Harbour, also taking away Commander Comrade's dream of the great migration of one million Han people. Looking at Wilson and Mu Yu still waving on the cruise ship, Zhong Yi suddenly had an idea, what would it be like when Mu Yu faced Boss Dai?

  The bulletproof Red Rabbit SUV quietly stopped at the dock, and Vivian, who had changed into a fitted military uniform, stepped out of the vehicle in her half-high-heeled leather shoes, making a crisp "click, click" sound on the cement floor.

  Vivian's skin tone is not purely African black, but rather closer to the brown color of South Americans. Although this also does not conform to Commander Comrade's aesthetic view, it must be admitted that as a secretary, Vivian is still quite qualified. Smart enough, diligent enough and hardworking enough, these are the evaluations given by Zhong Yi to his female secretary.

  "Commander, isn't China your hometown? Why did you send a white person to recruit workers instead of sending officers with the same yellow skin?" Vivian's voice wasn't particularly shrill, slightly husky.

  "Haha, that's because you don't understand China. In my hometown, we Han people were also bullied by white people for many years, just like your indigenous people. Although there aren't many foreigners' ideas now, it's still popular to invite foreign monks to chant scriptures."

  "What is a monk?"

  "Oh! It's just like a pastor in Perth!"

  "Why is the pastor chanting scriptures?"

  ……

  No time to think about the 100,000 whys of the Australian Aboriginal version, Zhong Yi got on the Red Rabbit SUV, and the heads of various departments had been waiting for a long time in the branch base conference room.

  During this period, after the three regiments of the Red Alert army and one flying regiment were fully equipped, most of the base's funds were invested in the construction of the base vehicle by Zhong Yi. However, with a construction cost of 10 million per base vehicle, Zhong Yi felt like vomiting blood. Fortunately, after the four base vehicles were completed, they were deployed to the Hamersley Iron Ore Mine and the nickel mine below the Swan River, greatly increasing the amount of funds recovered. These two sub-bases did not build too many military facilities, but only built mining factories and barracks for local mineral extraction, and the daily management of the base was still carried out by engineers recruited from the military camp. The third sub-base was built in Shark Bay, north of Perth, where the Indian Ocean surface nearby would become an experimental oil field to test the Red Alert base's offshore drilling platform. And the fourth sub-base is where Zhong Yi is about to head to - the conference room. This sub-base, located in the small town of Fremantle, was deployed near the port, and according to Zhong Yi's plan, this would become the birthplace of the Red Alert Navy.

  In the conference room, three regimental commanders of the Red Alert Corps and three brigade commanders of the Guards Regiment had all arrived - after the reorganization of the troops, the Third Division and the original Guards Regiment's First and Second Brigades were reorganized into three brigades, unified as the National Guard Corps' First Division, with the division commander temporarily vacant. The brigade commanders were Hans, Seier, and Kole, among whom the second brigade commander, Seier, was a native, who had performed outstandingly in the Battle of Karl Guli and was promoted out of turn. Not only was the position of the Guards Regiment's division commander vacant, but also the commander of the Red Alert Corps' armored brigade was temporarily acting as Zhong Yi. The core content of this meeting was to deploy the next phase of battle objectives. After the meeting began, Zhong Yi's first sentence was: Whoever enters Augusta Port first will be the commander of the Guards Regiment or the Red Alert Corps.

  The conference room was suddenly thrown into a small commotion, the commander's order was too sudden. Although everyone had guessed that after the reorganization of the troops was completed, the next step would definitely be to attack outside Western Australia, but suddenly crossing the Nullarbor Plain, breaking through 3,000 kilometers and hitting the end of the Perth railway, this was also... too exaggerated!

  The first to speak formally was the commander of the 2nd Armored Regiment, Jiang Yunzhi, "Commander, before the railway, crossing the Narabur Plain is equivalent to crossing... the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. And directly attacking Augusta Port, suddenly advancing three thousand kilometers, our logistics will have to rely entirely on this railway, once the Australian army..."

  "Yes, Colonel Chiang is absolutely right. Although Western Australia no longer has any Australian troops stationed there, and the Australian army in South Australia is mainly garrisoned in Adelaide and the Yorke Peninsula area, our supply lines are really too long. The federal side has a fleet of battleships and dozens of aircraft in the air force." Hans' knot had been untied, and he was no longer reserved at the meeting. Moreover, Hans had once served as the commander of the 17th Brigade of the Australian Army, which belonged to the 6th Division in the Adelaide area. The other Australian army unit in South Australia was the 8th Cavalry Division, which Herb had previously been assigned to.

  In terms of the current combat effectiveness of the Armored Brigade and the First Guards Division, the Australian army in southern Australia is not enough to be worried about. Zhong Yi has confidence that a single armored regiment can annihilate them. It seems that the commanders of these troops also have the same view, and everyone is only worried that the front line is too long and the supply channel is easily attacked. Zhong Yi waved his hand, and Hei Ni immediately spread out a map of southern Australia on the conference table. The detection radius of the main base is only 1,000 kilometers, which cannot cover the entire southern Australia at all, and the holographic screen cannot be used for the time being.

  "Everyone is clear that the Australian army is not our opponent, whether it's the army or the air force! I can also tell you that as long as we win this battle, we will have a navy, and by then, you can directly think of the federal warship fleet as having sunk to the bottom of the sea."

  Ignoring the shock of the three guards, Zhong Yi smiled mysteriously and continued pointing at the map: "We don't have much time to waste, we must complete the unification of Australia within this year. At least, we need to occupy the densely populated eastern region. To achieve this goal, I demand that you take down South Australia... including Adelaide, within a month!"

  His finger moved slightly to the right, "After the Battle of South Australia is over, we will have about two months of rest time, and the troops will also be reorganized. Then, we will likely fight a decisive battle with the British expeditionary fleet here, if we win, I think the battle should end, everyone can prepare to enter Melbourne, Sydney, and of course, Canberra."

  Zhong Yi's finger stopped at a location on the map with a few small words - Bass Strait.

  It seems that Zhong Yi wanted to let everyone digest the strategic deployment just now, so he picked up his high-footed cup and took a light sip of red wine - damn it, I should tell Mu Yu to bring back some Longjing tea. "Ladies and gentlemen, the first step in this Australian strategy is the Southern Australian campaign that we are about to execute immediately. Everyone's concerns are very necessary, our troops have advanced three thousand miles, and this distance may set a record in the history of warfare. But we are not unprepared for battle, firstly, our air force can completely control the railway line, Hans just said that the federal government also has dozens of aircraft, I guarantee that as long as they dare to take off, there will be no chance of landing again." Everyone nodded, even a fool could see that the jet fighter J-5 and the dozens of biplanes of the Federal Air Force were not comparable.

  "Second," Zhong Yi raised two fingers, "we have a large number of engineering troops to ensure the smooth flow of the railway, and the main task of Seyer's Second Division is to protect the railway line." Before Seyer could speak, Zhong Yi stretched out another finger, "Third, and most importantly, we will establish an advance base in Narabur."