The Rise of Australia

Chapter 919 Diplomatic Transformation

"What did you say? The three armies of the Russian Western Front were completely wiped out? The Germans have already reached Minsk?" British Prime Minister Churchill asked three questions in succession, looking at the Foreign Ministry official who came to report with an unbelievable look.

This is not to say that he did not believe the report of the Foreign Ministry, but such news is indeed incredible.

It has only been a few days since Germany declared war on Russia, and the British have not even transported supplies to France, and the planned counterattack has not made any progress.

But it was in these few days that the Germans have successively crossed important military towns such as Bialystok, Brest and Grodno, and have already marched their troops to Minsk?

What's more terrible is that in these few days, the Russians have lost the entire Western Front.

Although there are only three armies, the Russian army organization is already in a state of overstaffing compared to other countries.

These three armies are completely comparable to an army group of other countries, at least a large-scale army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How could they be completely wiped out by the Germans in just a few days?

"That's true." The Foreign Ministry official explained to Churchill: "The Germans used tactics similar to those used in Poland, mobilized a large number of armored forces to penetrate, and successfully bypassed the rear of the Western Front, encircling and blocking the entire Russian Western Front.

In addition, the Germans had air strikes on many military airports in western Russia before the outbreak of the war, and many military regions, including the Western Front, faced a situation where no planes could take off.

Perhaps it was the comprehensive lead in armor and aircraft that allowed the Germans to have such a rapid speed and quickly defeated the entire Russian Western Front."

"Damn it, it seems that our plan should be changed. Although the Russians are also feared, I am even more unwilling to face a Germany that has occupied the whole of Europe.

Tell Cripps to contact the Russian government and tell them that we are willing to trade with them and provide them with urgently needed weapons and equipment." Churchill pondered for a moment and instructed the Foreign Ministry official.

"Do you need to remind Australasia?" The Foreign Ministry official asked friendly.

"Not for the time being." Churchill shook his head and said meaningfully: "In the most critical moment, we can only trust ourselves."

The Foreign Ministry official was obviously Churchill's confidant. He was not surprised by what Churchill said. He nodded calmly and retreated.

"Germany, Russia and Australasia." Churchill turned his head to look at the European map hanging in his office, with a mysterious smile on his face, and said with ease: "No matter who it is, no one can squeeze the British Empire from the position of world hegemony, not before, and not now."

The French government in Tours was also shocked.

Because the main force of Germany has been transferred to the East, the French can also take a breath, take this opportunity to strengthen their defenses, and prepare for the next round of counterattack with the British.

But this does not mean that the French are willing to see Russia quickly defeated under the German offensive, and even the territory is divided into several countries.

What the French want to see is that Germany and Russia consume each other, and it is best that the strength of the two countries is not even one, and finally let the French pick peaches in vain.

No matter which country crushes another country, the French are not happy to see it. Although they despise the British regional balance policy, when playing politics in Europe, most of the powerful countries, including Britain and France, seem to use this balance policy subtly.

Coincidentally, the French also chose to relax restrictions on Russia. However, because France's industry has suffered a heavy blow, France really has no spare energy to support Russia.

Compared with Britain and France, Australasia at this time is the country that really has the strength to support other regions.

Although the war between Australasia and the island country has not ended, smart people can see that the war between the two countries is completely an unequal war.

Australasia has no plans to attack the island country's homeland for the time being, but with its excellent air force and navy alone, it can completely block the island country's coastline and wantonly attack the island country's coastal cities.

So far, Australasia has invested less than one million troops in this war, of which less than 300,000 are Australasia.

But the losses caused to the island countries, the casualties alone have reached millions, and there are countless property losses.

Especially Nagasaki and Kagoshima, which are closest to the Ryukyu Islands, are visited by the Australasian Air Force almost every day. The entire city has been completely reduced to ruins, and more than 2 million Japanese people have died in the bombing.

No one will pity the islanders, because this war is not an invasion war of Australasia, but a counterattack war after Australasia was attacked by the island countries.

Everything started from that air force sneak attack. Australasia's role in this war is completely positive, which is why the Australasian army can attack the islanders unscrupulously.

Because the responsibility for the war is that the island countries did not declare war, sneak attacked the Hawaiian port of Australasia, and caused hundreds of casualties among the Australasian military and civilians. In this case, it is understandable that Australasia carried out large-scale retaliation against the islanders.

As for why Australasia did not stop after causing at least 2 million civilian casualties on the island country, it was entirely because the war was not over yet and the island government had not paid for their crimes.

Turning back to Australasia, Arthur had long anticipated the rapid defeat of the Russian army.

Since the British repeatedly reminded the Russian government but the Russian government did not respond, Arthur had already understood that Russia would definitely suffer a big loss in the early stages of this war.

The German army was well prepared. According to intelligence personnel from various parts of Australasia, the Germans had prepared for this war for at least two months and mobilized nearly 2 million troops and a large amount of weapons and supplies.

As for the Russians, the British had reminded them half a month ago, but the Russian government still went its own way, resulting in the border guards being completely unprepared for the German attack, and most of the air force was destroyed. How should the war be carried out?

With the development of technology, wars between countries have become more and more advanced. If World War I was completely a pile of trench warfare and human lives, then World War II has evolved into an industrial and technological contest between tanks and aircraft.

It is no exaggeration to say that the number of tanks and aircraft, as well as the degree of advancement of tanks and aircraft, can greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army and the chance of winning the war.

Take the war between Australasia and the island country as an example.

The combat effectiveness of the island country's army is also remarkable. At least their Type A and Type B divisions are elite armies with strong combat effectiveness.

But the problem is that Australasia did not fight with them at all, and only stopped after conquering the Ryukyu Islands.

This made the island country's army very frustrated. They had millions of troops and had no way to start. They couldn't take the initiative to cross the ocean and attack Australasia, right?

The defenders of the beach landing battle already had a great advantage, and Australasia also had an absolute advantage in the air force. Such a war could not be fought at all.

The current bad situation is that the Australasia army did not fight with the island country army at all, but only sent a large number of air forces to continuously bomb the island country's homeland.

This is a fatal blow to the island country, because the small island country's mainland will suffer much more damage than other countries with a larger land area when facing such a large-scale air strike.

More importantly, the industrial scale of the island country is not strong, and the industrial area is relatively concentrated. When facing such a bombing, it is a fatal blow to the weak economy of the island country.

In addition, the island country is a country with a small land area and a large population. The major cities of the island country have a huge population, and it is difficult for these people to be transferred to other areas.

Moreover, because there are too many people to be transferred, even if they can be successfully transferred to other areas, they will still be discovered by Australasia.

This makes it difficult for a large number of island country civilians to escape from the bombing of Australasia. If it were not for the current main purpose of the Australasia Air Force to target the island country's industrial areas and other military strongholds, I am afraid that the casualties of the island country's civilians would have exceeded 10 million long ago.

But in any case, the frequent and multiple air strikes launched by Australasia on the island country's mainland have already had a huge impact on the economy and industry of the island country's mainland.

Although there is no specific statistics, from 1936 to 1937, the population of the island country actually ushered in a negative growth of nearly 3 million, the economy and industry declined significantly, and a large number of fishermen in coastal cities faced a situation of no income.

As an island country, the island country has a large number of fishermen. These fishermen make a living by fishing, and fishing is also a major economic pillar industry of the island country.

But after the coastline was blocked, Australasia would not be polite to the island country's ships on the ocean. Even if it is just a civilian ship of the island country, once it enters the cruising sight of the Australasia fleet, it will face a full attack from the fleet.

After thousands of fishermen were killed and injured along the coast, the fishermen of the island country finally learned to be smart and only dared to hide in their own homes and barely survive on government relief.

But the question is, how much relief food can the island government take out?

As mentioned before, the population of the island country is relatively large among the great powers, and is currently second only to Russia and Germany. (Local)

This is quite exaggerated, because the island country has a small land area, and the area available for cultivation in the vast land is even smaller.

With the economy and industry completely damaged, how long can the island government last? Even the island government itself does not understand.

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