Chapter 48: A Thousand Miles Leap into Sparta Bay

  Compared with the ugliness and primitiveness of the Nabur Plain, the small town of Wudi still brought more human warmth to Zhong Yi.

  "But we are here to fight, not some young people who were fooled by that Australian movie 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' and came to take a primitive train trip." Zhong Yi followed beside the slowly moving base vehicle, trying to get his emotions back on track as "I am the commander, I am not a romantic young man".

  Qian Zhihao led the guards to disperse, and the base vehicle slowly unfolded. Another sub-base began to take shape. Power plants, military camps, air force command centers, and other buildings rose from the ground on this ancient plain, unchanged for centuries. Until dawn, Zhong Yi finally saw the fighter jets taking off from Kargalik Military Airport land on the newly built runway. He then clicked on the icon of the logistics factory before dozing off to sleep. Of course, the conditions of each sub-base were the same, and Commander Comrade returned to the marching bed era once again.

  Afternoon, when the clock struck four, Urdi became more lively. The local indigenous people living around the train station were not afraid to see so many troops because they saw many indigenous soldiers with faces like theirs. Some even brought kangaroo waist meat and camel milk for the indigenous soldiers, which was the best food they could have.

  Such a scene reminded Zhong Yi of the Red Army, which was on the Long March in China. Wasn't it that they gradually grew and succeeded with the support of the people?

  Jiang Yunzhi and Sayeh walked side by side, the Second Guard Regiment and the Second Armored Brigade had all returned, and the troops were resting. Urdi was still nearly a thousand kilometers away from Augusta Port, Jiang Yunzhi took out the military map of southern Australia, thanks to Hebal and Hans, these two former officers of the Southern Australian garrison, for the Red Alert army, there were almost no secrets about the Southern Australian garrison.

  "Commander, I just consulted with Se Ye and I think our troops shouldn't all gather here. There's a small town called Takura on the front railway line 350 kilometers from Urdi, oh, it's right here. You see, this is the intersection of the east-west trunk line and the northern region trunk line, which is crucial for both sides. I suggest sending out a detachment to occupy it and prevent the Australian army from destroying this station."

  Staring carefully at the military map, Comrade Commander nodded slightly, "Yunzhi, when will Hans' First Brigade arrive?"

  "It won't be until tomorrow afternoon that the troops can all return." Se Ye answered hastily, as a member of the guard unit, he was clearer about this than Jiang Yunzhi.

  It seems that with the expansion of our troops, we need to establish a general staff. However, the candidate for chief of staff has not been particularly suitable. Hebal is not a qualified chief of staff after all. "Yunzhi, Saye, actually, we might as well be bold and say it out loud. Whether it's the Nabala Plains or the lake district in South Australia, our biggest enemy is not the Australian army, but this vast and desolate land in Australia. You've always been worried about our long supply lines, but what about the Australian army? In the same no man's land, will the Australian army, which mainly relies on horses and camels for mobility, be better off than our mechanized troops?"

  Like a wake-up call, this remark suddenly awakened the two superiors. Yes, we were just considering the problem according to general military rules, but we neglected that the Australian army and the Red Alert troops are not opponents of the same level. They can't even be mechanized, which is hard to compare with the guards equipped with a large number of military cards and a small number of infantry vehicles.

  Zhong Yi smiled slightly, "I order: Saiye to lead the two brigades to immediately start boarding, and advance with all their might. Wherever they encounter the enemy, they will disembark and establish a defensive position, waiting for reinforcements. The defense of the Wudi base will be handed over to the one brigade that arrives tomorrow."

  Saiya's two leather boots clicked together, heels striking the ground in unison. "Commander, Second Troop understands! Full force, charge!"

  "Don't worry about the safety of the railway, the air force will cover us all the way. When we encounter the enemy, they will also report in advance." After waking up from sleep, I saw the scene of local people sending meat and milk to soldiers, which solidified my determination to charge forward with all my might. This is not China, there is no railway guerrilla here, this is Australia where sheep outnumber humans, camels and kangaroos are not fewer than humans either. Rather than wasting time being cautious in this thousand-mile uninhabited area, it's better to directly bring the flames of war to densely populated areas. To put it bluntly, what does Australia have? Are there not 18 million people concentrated in those few big cities? Taking down these coastal cities is equivalent to occupying all of Australia. Your fixed thinking will get you killed, do you really think this is China with its infinite depth? If Nanjing falls we'll defend Wuhan, if Wuhan loses we'll enter Sichuan, and if all else fails we still have Xi'an!

  "Yun Zhi, your 2nd Armored Battalion is moving a bit slow, but by tomorrow night at the latest, all tanks and armored vehicles must be loaded onto the transporters. Your target is not the small train stations along the way, but the 8th Cavalry Division of South Australia. Wherever you meet them, fight them, scatter them, and hurt them."

  "Understood, Commander, annihilate the Australian 8th Division Cavalry."

  "The Air Force Command of Wudi has been established, and the two of you can call in air strikes at any time during the advance without having to waste time disembarking troops. However, there is one thing you need to be clear about: our fighter jets have a maximum combat radius of 700 kilometers, while our bomber jets are over 1,000 kilometers. Currently, we don't have the capability to move the airport further forward, so beyond this distance, the air force won't be able to provide support for you."

  "Understood, Commander. Let's get started."

  ……

  In the Liberation War period, Liu Deng's Central Plains Field Army once advanced a thousand miles to the Dabie Mountains, like a sharp knife inserted into the heart of Chiang Kai-shek's territory. Zhong Yi and Xiao Guoxing, the newly arrived commander of the Red Guard's 3rd Regiment in Ulaanbaatar, as well as Hans, the commander of the 1st Guards Division, discussed their plan for the Thousand Mile Leap to Spah Bay, boasting that it would be the final battle against the Australian army.