The Rise of Australia

Chapter 875 Air Raid

As the battle plan against the island nation was finalized, armies across the Pacific also quickly took action.

Since it is a landing operation, a direct conflict with the island country's army will definitely be inevitable, and it will have to face the defensive front formed by the island country's army.

In this way, the Kalimantan and Philippine armies have become good cannon fodder, which can be used to explore the way for the Australasian army.

On June 24, 100,000 Philippine troops, 150,000 Kalimantan troops and 50,000 Australasian troops gathered in Apari, the northernmost city in the Philippines.

These 300,000 troops have only one mission, which is to cooperate with the navy to move north, seize the beach and land in Okinawa. After occupying Okinawa, use it as a bridgehead to attack the island country.

The person in charge of commanding this army is Commander Christie of the 9th Army. The 50,000 Australasian troops are actually the 3 infantry divisions and some artillery units of the 9th Army.

When Commander Christie just saw this combat plan, he was quite surprised.

Looking at the entire history of world wars, this combat plan is absolutely unprecedented. Once successful, it will be recorded in the annals of history.

Why is the entire army of 300,000 people but the Australasian army only has 50,000 people?

Because the remaining 250,000 troops were just part of the feint attack. Whether their frontal attack on the island country's army succeeds or fails, it will have no impact on the war.

What really determined the victory of this battle was actually the Australasian army with three divisions and a small amount of artillery.

According to intelligence, the island country's troops stationed in the Ryukyu region only have about one division with a strength of 25,000.

This also means that after occupying Ryukyu, the entire island country will be within the bombing range of Australasia, and the island country will be inherently at a comprehensive disadvantage.

This also means that one Sop-34 transport aircraft can transport 65 soldiers, and ten of them are 650 soldiers, which can already play a very critical role.

Australasia dispatched 300,000 troops, of which the main Australasian soldiers reached 50,000. In terms of the number of troops, it can be said to crush the islanders.

Yes, Australasia had no intention of hiding this from the islanders in this battle plan. In fact, it is completely impossible to hide it.

In this way, the battle plan is actually very clear. The Kalimantan and Philippine troops on the front are responsible for diverting the attention of the island country's troops, while the Sop-34 transport aircraft carrying a large number of Australasian troops will follow the air force and drop a large number of paratroopers into Naha's cities, ports and important areas. Then quickly occupy these areas.

Even if the islanders increased their troops to the Ryukyu region, they would only have about two divisions at most.

As long as it can quickly occupy Ryukyu, Australasia can rely on Ryukyu's military airport to frequently bomb the island country's native cities and plunge the island country into chaos.

You know, the Sop-34 transport aircraft has a load capacity of 7.3 pounds, and each soldier weighs only about 200 pounds including his own equipment.

Why is Ryukyu so important?

How to do a sneak attack? Of course, we will use the most advanced military transport aircraft in Australasia, the Sop-34 transport aircraft.

Dozens of kilometers away from this fleet, there is also a submarine formation composed of nine submarines as support. This is also a surprise left to the islanders after the naval encounter.

Even the northernmost area of ​​the island country is only about 2,200 kilometers away from Ryukyu, and is still within the range that bombers can bomb.

On June 25, under the protection of the main fleet of 5 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships, a large number of transport ships and landing ships set out from the Philippines and advanced towards the northern island country.

The number of Sop-34 transport aircraft currently owned by Australasia has reached a terrifying 157.

For this offensive operation against the island nation, more than 110 Sop-34 transport aircraft will cooperate with Commander Christie's operations, and the number of soldiers dropped will reach 7,150.

The entire combat plan can be condensed into one sentence, which is a feint attack from the front and a sneak attack from the rear.

Ryukyu's geographical location is very close to the island country, only about 1,300 kilometers away from the capital of the island country.

In order to serve this purpose, the newly formed army, Commander Christie's 9th Army, has a large number of airborne missions in its regular training subjects.

The Sop-34 transport aircraft was originally born for special operations. The purpose was to drop a large number of paratroopers to the enemy's rear to achieve the purpose of unexpected surprise attacks.

What's more, this operation is definitely not as simple as dispatching 10 transport planes. Because of Arthur's order, the country has carried out a large stockpile of vital military transport aircraft such as the Sop-34 transport aircraft.

With the development of radar technology to this day, all major powers are generally equipped with a sufficient number of radars to detect possible enemy attacks.

The naval ports in Australasia have enough radars, and I believe that the ports of the island countries will also have radars.

As long as you have radar, you can detect the movements of the Australasian fleet, and it is impossible to hide the attack from the islanders.

However, now that the navy has entered a state of superiority, Australasia has no intention of hiding it.

As long as the naval formation composed of 5 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships does not encounter the island country's entire navy, it will be easy to win a naval battle.

Even if the entire navy of the island country is dispatched, the missiles equipped by the warships and the large number of advanced aircraft carried on the aircraft carrier will give the island country's warships a drink. Moreover, once the news is received that the entire island nation's navy is dispatched, there is also a part of the main Pacific Fleet on the other side, which will attack the island nation's ports unceremoniously.

Australasia is not afraid of the island nation's navy now. Instead, it is afraid that their navy is hiding in the port and will not fight with itself at all.

"General Christie, our unit has arrived at the designated location, and the battle plan can be started at any time."

After nearly a day's sailing, the fleet finally arrived not far from the southern part of the Ryukyu Islands.

"Very good, the paratroopers have been prepared and the combat plan has officially begun!" Christie, commander of the 9th Army, nodded with satisfaction and ordered.

Following the order, a large number of fighters and bombers from the five aircraft carriers quickly took off. As the first link in the combat plan, they would try to destroy the enemy's defense facilities on the island and cause chaos to the enemy.

Under the interference of a large number of bombers and fighters, the enemy did not have enough energy to prepare for the landing of the Australasian army.

At this time, a large number of beach landing ships will quickly dock, and the Kalimantan and Philippine troops will fire the first shot of the entire battle.

Not long after the plane took off, the Ryukyu Islands on the other side immediately received a radar warning.

The radar observer decisively sounded the air defense siren, and the troops on the islands immediately began to prepare for air strikes.

As the news was passed one after another, at a military airport several kilometers away from the radar observation station, dozens of aircraft were slowly heading to the runway, preparing to take off to meet the attacking enemy.

It can be seen that the island country's army is fully prepared for such an air attack. It actually took less than 5 minutes from the time the radar received the signal to the airport's aircraft preparations for takeoff.

However, due to some restrictions, the total number of aircraft on the Ryukyu Islands is actually only more than 100.

Among these more than 100 aircraft, there are only about 50 aircraft that are equipped with ammunition at all times and can take off to face the enemy at any time.

There is nothing we can do about this. The situation of the island countries at this time is far worse than in history, because they were almost cut off from the outside supply line by Australasia.

In addition, without the United States as a major exporter of materials, the island country's industry and economy are much weaker than in history.

After the failure of the last attack, the islanders lost more than 200 aircraft out of thin air, which was almost one-tenth of the total number of aircraft in the island country.

This has a great impact on the island country. In particular, a considerable number of aircraft still need to be deployed on the Asian continent. After deducting the aircraft needed for local defense and the aircraft on naval aircraft carriers, the number of aircraft left by the island country that can be mobilized is only a pitiful few hundred.

Of course, some differences in aircraft do not matter to islanders.

In order to make up for the gap in aircraft, the island country deliberately carried out a large number of additional troops to the Ryukyu Islands and other important islands in the south of the mainland after the attack failed.

Different from the information in Australasia, the actual number of island troops currently stationed on the Ryukyu Islands is 1 A-type division, 1 B-type division and 2 C-type divisions.

The different categories of these three divisions can clearly distinguish the differences in combat effectiveness and numbers of the three types of divisions.

The Class A Division is the standing division of the island nation and is also the most elite army among all the armies of the island nation. The full strength of a Category A division is about 28,000, and the weapons and equipment it possesses are also the most abundant among all the armies of the island country.

The Type B Division is the second main force formed based on mobilization. Among all the armies of the island country, its combat effectiveness is second only to the Type A Division, with a number of approximately 24,000 people.

Type C division is actually the most common division in the island country at present. As mentioned before, the island countries carried out various disarmament after World War I.

This led to the island country's military reaching its lowest point around 1930. Even the reserve forces at that time were reduced a lot, which also affected the level of soldiers mobilized by the island nation now.

Most of the C Division are ordinary people. After only a short training, they picked up weapons and became seemingly qualified soldiers.

There are many such ordinary people, which also leads to the fact that the island country currently has the largest number of Type C divisions in the country. The combat effectiveness of these armies cannot actually be guaranteed.

Historically, the island country also had a fourth-level army, which was the Ding Division. As the last rank in the army sequence, the Ding Division has long been destined to have the worst combat effectiveness. Even in the war, it is almost just a soy sauce role.

This is an army composed of a large number of child soldiers and old men who were mobilized to join the army after the island country came to an end in history, and the original brigades were expanded.

Because it is only the beginning of the war, and the island country has not yet reached the end of its rope, it has not frantically organized a large number of child soldiers and old soldiers.

At present, the main force of the island nation's military operations is still the A and B divisions. The C divisions are more responsible for defense tasks and sometimes supplement the numbers of the A and B divisions.

Because they have four divisions, the number of island troops on the Ryukyu Islands is close to 100,000, which is something the Australasian army never expected.

This also means that wars often have accidents.

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