Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

White's face suddenly changed, and he yelled,

"Shelter, shelling!"

A sharp sound tore through the air.

The entire building shook continuously in the huge explosion. Tanner curled up in the corner of the room filled with debris, covering his ears with his hands.

The screaming sound coming from outside the window was like the devil's sharp claws, scratching his nerves again and again.

The explosions are becoming more and more frequent!

Suddenly, Tanner saw that the entire window glass suddenly made a spider web-like cracking sound, as if countless transparent cracks were growing wildly inside the glass. With a loud "crash", the entire window glass was like ice crystals crushed by an invisible giant hand, and thousands of sharp pieces of glass shards flew everywhere!

The chandelier above my head kept swinging from side to side, making dangerous creaking sounds. Outside the window, orange-red flames exploded one after another, and a new wave of air swept through again!

White also lay on the ground tightly, his body trembling slightly! Veterans are afraid of artillery!

Tanner looked through the cracked windows and saw that the street outside had become a purgatory. Balls of fire exploded in various parts of the block, orange flames wrapped in black smoke rose into the sky, and those familiar buildings collapsed like fragile houses of cards in the explosion.

The shelling lasted for an hour before it gradually stopped!

There was a whistling sound in the sky again.

Twelve silver-gray Qinglong fighter jets shuttled quickly at a low altitude of 500 meters. The black bombs hanging under the wings were like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

Bombs fell towards the city!

As the explosion tore through the air, Tanner felt as if the entire building was being lifted from its foundation by some force.

His helmet was knocked off by the shock, and the back of his head hit the wall hard, with countless golden stars exploding in front of his eyes. Lime from the ceiling mixed with broken wood chips fell down, covering his mouth and nose, choking him and making him cough violently, and the smell of blood spread between his teeth.

With a final earth-shaking roar, the entire building began to collapse irreversibly. Tanner desperately sought support in the rain of falling masonry, but was swept down by the collapsing walls.

Outside the city, Jia Donghui mobilized the battalion's 16 105mm self-propelled artillery pieces and 4 150mm self-propelled artillery pieces, plus a rocket launcher company supported by the brigade. After 60 minutes of fierce bombardment, the Army Aviation sent five fighter jets to support and bombarded the city indiscriminately!

Just when he was about to launch another attack, he received a strange order from the brigade commander Cao Chuan, to stop the attack today and continue the battle tomorrow!

Although Jia Donghui felt a little puzzled, he still resolutely carried out the order!

In the coalition headquarters in Hedland City,

Ding Shan looked at the map, pointed at the location of Paz, and said to Chief of Staff Hou Zhuangzhuang,

"It's been a month, and we've advanced 1200 kilometers before we finally encountered some decent resistance. I really hope we can have a big fight here!"

Hou Zhuangzhuang pointed to the East Coast and said,

"Commander, Australia's densely populated areas are still in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney. If the US military does not come to help, they will probably have to give up Perth!"

Ding Shan gestured and sighed.

"The depth is too long. From Perth to Melbourne is more than 2600 kilometers. The problem now is that if we take Perth and then advance eastward, we can only rely on the navy to continue landing operations. In that case, we will face two problems. First, the navy cannot get rapid support from the army aviation. Second, our supply line is too long. If the navy encounters the US fleet, this battle will be difficult to fight!"

The reason why Yin Xinjun instructed Ding Shan to slow down was that he was unwilling to fight on the east coast of Australia. At least with the current military strength of Haizhou Kingdom, it was not suitable to do so as the supply line would be too long. He hoped that the Americans would come to the west coast. However, it was already the end of March and the US military had not yet landed in Australia, which greatly disappointed Yin Xinjun!

Hou Zhuangzhuang thought for a moment and said,

"What if the Australian army abandons Perth? What should we do?"

Ding Shan said,

"The president's idea is to control the iron ore and stop advancing eastward. They can't chase us away anyway!"

Australia is still too large. With only more than 10 coalition troops, even if they overcome all difficulties and rush to the west coast, they will be surrounded by the US military's landing operations, which is almost a dead end. It is better to control the most valuable iron ore area first!

However, if the United States and Australia do not give up Perth and fight a war of attrition with the coalition forces here, this will be the most favorable situation for Dingshan. There is a railway line from Hedland to Perth, and the Army Aviation has already controlled two airports. With the addition of the Navy's aircraft carriers on the west coast, they will be able to fight a big battle with the opponent!

There was another thing today that made Ding Shan a little excited. The Australian army actually dared to fight street fighting in the city. Yin Xinjun had told him before leaving that if the Australians fought street fighting in Perth, this would be a good thing, proving that the other side was unwilling to give up this place!

Canberra,

Prime Minister's Office, Australia

Foreign Minister Casey angrily read the telegram in his hand.

"As the current situation continues to deteriorate, the time left for Australia to apologize and negotiate is measured in seconds..."

"Enough! Stop!" Prime Minister Mensis roared. In his heart, how could the high and mighty Ansa people be humiliated like this?

McKelvin said,

"Today, the only good news is that our brave troops put up a tenacious resistance in Paz, and the enemy's offensive has temporarily stagnated. However, according to the report from the 26th Regiment defending Paz, they suffered heavy casualties today, and we hope to get more support!"

"Reinforce Perth? McEwen, isn't our first line of defense in Adelaide?" Menzies was puzzled.

After all, Perth is too far away. Whether by road or rail, there is almost no way to transport supplies there due to the enemy's absolute air superiority!

McKelvin said,

"Tomorrow, the Allied theater commander McCormick will arrive in Canberra. We must get the support of the Americans on this matter. Let's hear what he has to say!"

Port Hedland is brightly lit at night.

There are three 10,000-ton cargo ships docked at the berths on the shore!

A long whistle broke the silence. A freight train loaded with iron ore roared into the port area, and dark red ore piled up like a mountain in the carriage. As the gate at the bottom of the carriage slowly opened, the ore poured down like a waterfall, accurately falling into the giant funnel below, and hitting the conveyor belt along the inclined guide chute.

The conveyor belts snake like steel arteries, covered with ochre-red mineral particles, and vibrate under the drive of the tracks. The ore rolls forward on the conveyor belts, raising fine dust as it passes through bends, which turns into golden mist under the searchlights. After being transferred by several interlaced conveyor belts, it finally arrives at the port loading and unloading area.

In the loading and unloading area,

The giant grab crane stands by like a mechanical behemoth, while the conveyor belt gathers the ore into the new funnel.

Several conveyor belts below transported the mines to berths one by one, and soon the iron ore was piled up into small hills in the cargo hold. Loading and unloading operations continued all night, and the conveyor belts never stopped, continuously transporting the gifts from the inland mines of Australia to the Yalujiang City Port in Haizhou State.