Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 636 Sydney

While the B Corps was advancing all the way south, the south extension project of the coastal railway that followed it was also in full swing. At the same time, several backbone road projects leading to the south were built as a supplementary measure for the strengthening of control and control of the south by the north. Implement it.

  In terms of importance, no one can compare to the second and third phases of the southern extension of the coastal railway.

The second phase of the proposed China Coastal Railway South Extension Line will extend from the main railway line (Beilun Station) on the Kangsby Plateau to the south, with a branch railway connecting Sydney, a branch railway connecting Wollongong, and a branch railway branching out Connected to Newcastle, the main railway line goes south through Snow Mountain Town, Rock Town, Canberra Town, and reaches Modo Town on the border of Victoria. The total length is 317 kilometers. At present, two-thirds of it has been built, and the remaining 100 kilometers. It is under emergency repair day and night, and it is expected to be completely repaired in 8-9 months.

The third phase of the    plan is to extend from Modo Town to the south. After reaching Melbourne, the largest city in the south, it turns to the northwest. It just follows the coastline of southern Australia and ends in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, with a total distance of 789 kilometers.

  At present, the Northern Ocean Kingdom has begun to mobilize elite soldiers and powerful generals, along with the B Corps going south to investigate the geographical conditions, and prepare for the third phase of the proposed southern extension of the coastal railway to be built by the lieutenant general. Construction is initially scheduled to start in May 1891.

This is a strategic railway related to the rule of the Oceanic Kingdom throughout Australia. It is not only the vanguard of Chinese forces advancing into the southern states, but also the spreader of fire. Wherever the railway passes, there will be a steady stream of Chinese immigrants, quickly Change the overall demographic structure.

  This kind of good place with pleasant climate and fertile water plants cannot be found by ordinary Chinese immigrants.

  According to the secret plan made by the Red Fort;

After the Civil War, whether it was the A Corps, the B Corps or the Mobile Corps, apart from the merits of the soldiers returning to their places of origin, all those willing to stay in Australia were placed in the southern states, mainly New South Wales and Victoria. State.

  According to the prediction of the Emergency Wartime Committee, after the Civil War and subsequent security wars that lasted for several years, there will be no less than 350,000 military officers and soldiers retired from active service in batches by that time.

  More than 90% of the officers and soldiers who have experienced the **** battle of the Civil War will be placed in the southern state as the backbone of a stable place.

  The majority of the aristocratic fiefs that His Majesty the King is preparing to award are also in the southern state. This has formed a group of Chinese upper-class social groups dominated by military aristocrats, which is very important for stabilizing the situation in the south.

  Because the relationship between these nobles and the kingdom is both glorious and glorious.

  The so-called; if the skin does not exist, will Mao be attached?

  Only 350,000 retired officers and soldiers, their family members plus farms, and ranch hires no less than 1.5 million people, between 1.5 million and 2 million.

  Such a huge immigrant group, coupled with the subsequent selective Chinese immigrants, has the ability to completely change the population ratio structure of the southern state in just 3 to 4 years, so that the Chinese occupy the mainstream ethnic group, and stabilize the ruling foundation of the Ocean Kingdom.

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  The third-phase plan of the southern extension of the coastal railway will play a vital role. Whether it is the transportation of materials from the north and the south, immigration and cultivation, influence radiation or military mobilization, its importance is irreplaceable.

The 789-kilometer-long three-phase planned railway line will cross a series of complex terrains such as the Cosi Asco Mountains, the Grampian Mountains, the Murray River, and the Weimera River. With full investment, it is expected to use 3 Throughout the whole territory within 4 years.

  The main obstacle in the construction is to dig tunnels and erect large bridges to connect Australia from north to south.

The planned coastal railway also has four phases, which are to extend from Brisbane to the north, linking Linyi, Qingdao, and Cairns to the northernmost capital of the Northern Territory in Queensland, connecting the entire east coast of the Australian continent. All are included, forming a backbone line of communication that runs through the prosperous areas of the Australian mainland from north to south.

  The area along the railway line occupies more than 90% of the entire Australian population and more than 98% of economic output. It is a railway line of great strategic significance.

  The planned railway line of the fourth phase is more than 2,300 kilometers, and the investment is particularly huge. At least in the foreseeable 5 years, there is no sign of official start, and it can stay in the archives as a beautiful long-term plan.

  As the B Corps was approaching all the way south, the A Corps, which had been resting for more than ten days, replenished its strength. A total of 170,000 troops gathered under the city of Sydney (including 26,000 white captives), and officially launched a general offensive against Sydney.

Behind the A Corps, the 350,000 soldiers enlisted in the third phase are arriving in Beilun by boat. There will be no less than 100,000 before the end of December. 80,000 soldiers will arrive one after another before January 1891. The battlefield will be seen later. It depends on the situation.

  The reason for being so cautious is that Sydney has now become a fortress city armed to the teeth, with no less than 80,000 white soldiers and a larger number of militias.

  At this time, Sydney has become a fortress city that the Free Federation of South Australia must guarantee to the death. From white teenagers over 12 to elderly people under 55, they are all mobilized and formed into teams, ready to cooperate with the army to defend the city to the death.

  In the Sydney garrison

There are the remnants of the Williamson Corps who were defeated in the Battle of the Kongsby Plateau, the remnants of the Victoria Corps, the rest of the Smith Corps who met in Snow Mountain Town, the city defense army that stayed behind in Sydney, the White People's armed forces who stayed here, etc. After reorganizing, he recovered a certain degree of confidence and prepared to fight a brutal and **** city defense battle with the strong buildings and favorable fortifications of Sydney.

Morgan McLaury, chairman of the New South Wales State Emergency Committee, has already chanted the slogan "Fight to the End", and through the news channel of the Royal Navy's South Pacific Task Force in Sydney Harbour, he frequently asks for help from the British mainland, saying " "To wait for change" idea.

  To these white ultra-conservative bigwigs;

  No matter how courageous the Chinese in the north are, they dare not ignore the majesty of the British Empire and act recklessly. If London comes to stop it, there is still room for the current critical situation to slow down.

  The premise of delaying change is “dragging”, so these white ultraconservatives do their best to spread rumors desperately to discredit the northern Chinese forces, portray the Chinese as a cruel species more terrifying than the devil, and instigate the residents of Sydney to resist desperately.

  For this battle

The Army Staff Headquarters of the Kingdom of Oceans carried out repeated sand table deductions. According to the worst-case calculation, the loss of the Sydney City defenders was about 50,000 to 60,000 people, which is more than 30%. Will lose more.

  In large cities full of buildings, the artillery superiority of the northern army has been greatly weakened. Occupying every building and every street requires more soldiers to charge into battle and fight with flesh and blood.

   Therefore, a sufficient supply of supplementary troops must be guaranteed.

  In order to prepare for this battle, a large amount of ammunition and military resources mobilized by the Red Fort from the strategic reserve have continuously arrived at the front line. Beilun City organized thousands of horse-drawn carriages to transport to the front line day and night, and did its best to guarantee the needs of the battle.

  The daily needs to maintain an army of 170,000 people are amazing. The daily consumption of various materials is as high as several hundred tons. This has not yet counted the three cavalry divisions stationed on the Kangsby Plateau.

  Dawn on November 24, 1890

  Thousands of artillery roared together, and countless cannonballs dragged the hot trail to the target, weaving a splendid fire net in the air, and submerging the front defender's position in a sea of ​​flames.

  The earth trembled, and the explosion flame reflected half of the sky, and the campaign to attack Sydney began.

The fierce shelling lasted for 20 minutes and came to an abrupt end. Soldiers in the brigade attacked with their guns amid the violent drum music. The white captives were in the front line. Behind them were the black hole muzzles of heavy machine guns. You can only move forward, not backward.

  In the fortresses, fortresses, broken arms and trenches on the defensive positions severely ravaged by artillery fire, countless gray-headed white soldiers got up and fired violently at the approaching white captives with their guns.

  Intensive platoon guns and heavy machine guns blasted through the battlefield, and the **** and cruel siege began...

  From the perspective of geographical conditions

  Sydney has a natural defensive advantage. As a city on the edge of the bay, it has a vast Pacific Ocean to the east, and when the north side is separated by the bay from the Kongsby Plateau, entering Sydney must pass through the Cumberland Gorge.

The Cumberland Gorge is an undulating hilly area. The Sydney defenders rely on numerous hills tens of meters high. Three lines of defense have been set up with barbed wire, bunkers, and trenches. Luzhai has built up heavy defenses. After these three lines of defense, it is Sydney city.

  Today's Sydney city is divided into fortified areas by strong high walls and barricades. A large number of armed militias are deployed to defend each place, determined to resist to the end.

  In the face of such a hard city, there will definitely be many casualties.

  It is such a hard bone in front of the Red Fort. Li Fushou has already issued a death order; no matter how much it costs, he must resolutely win Sydney.

  For the new Ocean Kingdom, the international environment in the world today is not friendly. London has an ambiguous attitude towards the great changes that have occurred in Australia. It is a bit like a tiger who is lazily napping after eating, squinting at it;

  You guys make trouble, what can I think of it?

  This has brought tremendous pressure to Li Fushou. If the tiger really shakes the fur on his body and stands up, it will be a bad dish!

  So he has to solve his opponent as soon as possible, even if he pays a heavy price.

Currently, the overseas agencies of the Department of Political Affairs are closely monitoring the movement of the Mandela Strait, Kolkata, India, Singapore under the jurisdiction of the Straits Governor’s Office, Far East Hong Kong and the South Ocean Task Force of the Royal British Imperial Navy in the Sydney Bay, especially the Royal Navy’s No. 1 stationed in Kolkata. The Three Battleship Fleet pays close attention to every move of its main iron-clad battleship.

  It should be understood that once London decides to intervene, the Royal Navy of the British Empire must be the first military force to arrive, enough to change the current regional situation.

Just imagine

Several iron-clad battleships are parked in Sydney Bay. Their 305mm cannons have a range of enough to cover the Cumberland Gorge area. Once the powerful main guns are launched, each gun can be reimbursed for more than one platoon of soldiers, just whizzing. The aftermath of the explosion produced by the coming giant cannon can shatter all the internal organs of the soldiers lying on the ground.

  This extreme situation has really happened, so the two important cities of Sydney and Melbourne will definitely not be able to be captured.

  So, London has the absolute power to change the regional situation. The key depends on whether he wants to do this, is willing to do so, and is there enough interest to induce it to do so?

  This is the real reason why Li Fushou is eager to take down the two cities of Sydney and Melbourne. He can't afford to drag it, nor can it drag it. If dragging it, it will change, causing the situation to slip out of control, and finally it turns into an unmanageable ending.

  The worst case is to go to war with the British Empire...

  (End of this chapter)