The sun never sets.

However, after the British were driven out, India would certainly face great turmoil, and perhaps a civil war would break out. This is very likely to happen if the alliance did not intervene.

But who knows? Didn't Gandhi call on Indians to carry out a "non-violent non-cooperation" movement? Maybe the ideas of Indians are very different from those of the people of the Union, and there may not necessarily be a situation of warlords fighting each other. Although the probability is very small, it cannot be said to be completely impossible.

After the civil war broke out in Britain, Chandra Bose contacted Chang'an again, hoping that the alliance could guide the BJP. The People's Revolutionary League agreed to give Chandra Bose more weapons and equipment, but the BJP needed to prove itself first.

Only those who do well will receive assistance, and those who do not do well will only receive moral support. Before the BJP proves itself, the alliance will focus more on Southeast Asia and Australia. The strategic direction will be adjusted according to the changes in the situation. Land power or sea power is a question.

Choosing land power can have a greater impact on the Eurasian continent, while choosing sea power can ensure that the power of the alliance can radiate to the whole world. Whether choosing land power or sea power, there are pros and cons, but for the Japanese regional government, Australia is something that cannot be given up.

The Japanese government was much more radical than the Alliance Central Committee. They were not satisfied with the northern part of Australia, but wanted to seize and liberate the entire Australia. The Japanese archipelago had a small land area, mostly mountains and hills that were not suitable for farming, and earthquakes broke out at any time.

The Great Kanto Earthquake two years ago killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people. The earthquake and the subsequent heavy rains left more than 200 million people homeless. The tragic casualties left a deep impression on the Japanese. The Japanese urgently need to go out. Australia is mostly desert that is not suitable for human habitation, but compared with Japan, it is undoubtedly much better there.

Before the establishment of the People's Revolutionary League, Japan regarded Australia as its only way out, and the Japanese media and intellectual circles have been instilling this idea into the public for many years.

By now, the long-term education and propaganda have shown results, and a large number of intellectuals, cadres and the masses in the Japanese region have petitioned the central government, demanding "punishment for the violent Australia."

Australia has only a few million people, but it occupies 770 million square kilometers of land for roads. Isn't this too inappropriate?

This is what most people think, of course, the surface reason is not this. The Australian army took the initiative to attack and launched a massacre of Aboriginal and Allied immigrants. This is the best reason to eliminate the Australian gangs.

There was still some debate in the alliance center about whether to go all out to liberate India or to resolve the Australian issue. The attitude of the Japanese local government was an important weight that tilted the balance toward sea power.

In the next few years, the focus was on building a large navy, not only to deal with the threat posed by the US Navy in the Pacific, but also to guard against the Allied navies.

After the collapse of the British Empire's world hegemony, Spain recaptured Gibraltar, and the Egyptians marched into the Suez Canal with the assistance of Germany. The powerful high seas fleet is likely to enter the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.

The alliance must strengthen its naval power to ensure its influence in the Indian Ocean. In addition, the alliance must also have a naval fleet in the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

Moscow has repeatedly requested to strengthen the Baltic and Black Sea fleets. St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest industrial and economic center. If it does not want to be bombarded by enemy warships after the outbreak of war, it must strengthen the strength of the Baltic Fleet.

Similarly, the alliance must also strengthen its naval and air forces in the Black Sea. In order to protect the safety of the Baku oil fields, the alliance has always maintained a heavy force in the Caucasus direction and deployed anti-aircraft artillery positions and airports near the oil fields.

Today, nearly half of the Union's oil comes from Baku, and most of the other half comes from the Southeast Asian Pacific.

Developing the navy can not only ensure the smooth transportation of oil and other raw materials from Southeast Asia back to the mainland, but also ensure the supply of iron ore to Australia. From this perspective, the alliance should temporarily shift its focus to naval construction.

The tone of the newspapers and other media gradually changed, and most people believed that the Alliance's army was already strong enough, and it was time to develop the navy. The Alliance not only needed to embrace the land and the sky, but also needed to sail to the sunny sea.

The popular trend of thought influenced the central government's decision-making. At the latest meeting, the sea power faction gained a clear advantage. Soon, the central government of the alliance promulgated the "Navy Expansion Act", announcing that it would build 24 super-dreadnought battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 6 heavy cruisers, 4 aircraft carriers, 24 light cruisers and 74 destroyers within six years.

destroyers, as well as 200 submarines and 300 torpedo boats.

This was a plan comparable to the Anglo-German naval arms race. After it was announced, the entire United States was shocked, and countries such as Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary were also shocked.

What is the purpose of building so many battleships? To start a new world war? Obviously, such a large fleet is not needed for defense. 24 super-dreadnought battleships, plus the dozen existing ones in the alliance, that is almost 40 battleships. Is this to fight through the Pacific Ocean and land in Los Angeles?

Now the alliance has two potential enemies: one is the Allies in Eurasia, and the other is the United States across the Pacific Ocean. To fight the Allies, you need a huge army, tens of thousands of planes and tanks.

The People's Revolutionary League's "Naval Expansion Act" could not be aimed at the Allies, so the only possibility was that it wanted to take action against the United States.

Chapter 761 Negotiation

"hiss........."

The US President took a puff of his cigar and asked in the smoke: "Gentlemen, the [People's Revolutionary League] has announced their naval expansion bill. Are they serious about it, or are they trying to put pressure on us?"

"There is a high possibility that they are putting pressure on us to make concessions on the Australia issue."

"Oh, is that so?"

"It's possible that they are serious. The Seventh Fleet has put too much pressure on them, and the previous naval military exercises have stimulated the alliance."

The American president took another puff of his cigar and then frowned. "If this is serious, by the time the People's Revolutionary League completes the naval expansion bill, the great United States will be at a disadvantage in the Pacific."

The Washington Conference of this world ended in vain, the major powers failed to reach an agreement, there was no treaty to limit naval arms, and the powerful countries were all developing battleships with larger tonnage, thicker armor, and more powerful firepower.

There were rumors that both Britain and the Alliance were secretly developing 16-inch cannons. The British Empire might have temporarily shelved its plans because of the civil war, but the Alliance did not have a civil war, so it is very likely that they had already developed the 16-inch cannon.

The "Navy Expansion Act" published by the Alliance only lists the number of battleships, but no specific data. If the Alliance's newly built 24 battleships all use 16-inch cannons and have thicker armor, doesn't that mean that the current American super-dreadnought battleships will be outdated?

The president asked, “It is said that the [People’s Revolutionary League] has developed a 16-inch naval gun. Is this true?”

Intelligence chief Luke responded, "There are rumors, but we don't have any concrete information."

"Are our 16-inch guns almost ready?"

"this........."

The United States has never been a technological powerhouse, and more than a decade ago, it was often accused by European powers of being a technological thief. Researching new weapons requires a lot of manpower and money. Better armor, larger caliber artillery, and more powerful power systems are all money-eating beasts. The key is that even if you spend money, you may not get results.

For example, the 15-inch cannon equipped on the U.S. Navy's latest super-dreadnought battleship can be said to be just a semi-finished product. Many unsatisfactory aspects were found during training. Naval generals would rather have a 13.5-inch main gun than take this thing to the battlefield.

In addition to the 15-inch main gun, there are also torpedoes and tanks, etc., all of which have various minor problems. Members of Congress complained about this, thinking that it was too much to spend so much money but only get a bunch of garbage.

Some state representatives proposed to review military spending and asked the Department of Defense to publish detailed items of military spending to see how so much money was spent. Of course, this unreasonable request was definitely rejected.

"We encountered difficulties in the development of our 16-inch gun?"

"...In fact, the government has no plan to develop a 16-inch cannon, and experts are still trying to solve the problems that arise during the firing of the 15-inch main gun."

"What? The project hasn't been launched yet?"

"........Yes."

"Perhaps, we can ask the British for some information and data, which should speed up our development of larger caliber naval guns."

The British royal family and many government officials fled to Canada, and some scientists, engineers and technicians also fled with them. If they could recruit those people, they could improve the military technology level of the United States in a short period of time. Canada did not have the strength to support those scientists to continue their research, so it would be better for them to come to the United States.

The president looked at his intelligence chief, "Luke?"

Luke nodded, "It's already being done."

The president was very satisfied, but when he thought of the alliance's naval expansion bill, he immediately frowned again. "24 new battleships, damn, are they planning to bombard cities on the west coast?"

He took out another cigar, cut off a small section with scissors, and then lit it. His movements were not very skilled, as his secretary usually lit the cigar. "The key lies in Hawaii. If Hawaii is in the hands of the People's Revolutionary League, the United States will always be in a passive situation. But if we can recapture Hawaii, we will gain a bridgehead into the Western Pacific."

This is true, but the United States does not have the strength to reoccupy Hawaii. The masters of Congress have always run the United States as a company, and their main purpose is to make money.

Rather than something else. Therefore, the US government has always picked the weak ones and does not want to fight to the death with the real strong enemies.

The US government once tried to annex Canada in the north and connect Alaska to the mainland of the United States by land. As a result, Canadian militia burned down the White House again.

Since then, the United States has never faced off against a truly powerful opponent again.

“Tap tap tap…”

Hearing the sound coming from the corridor, Luke walked out, whispered a few words to the person, and then returned to the room.

"Luke, what happened again?"

The intelligence chief walked up to the president and handed him the telegram. The president took it and looked at it, and his frown relaxed. "There's another strike in Seattle. Let the state government handle it as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"Where were we talking about? Oh, 16-inch cannon. Why can't we build 16-inch cannon?"

"First we need to build a 15000 ton hydraulic press......"

The consultants said a lot of things, but they could be summed up in one word: "give money." The industrial strength of the United States is not bad. After all, it is the second largest industrial country in the world. As long as enough money is given, everything will be easy to talk about.

The United States is in a new cycle of prosperity. In theory, it should have money, but... the president scratched his head and said, "The threats in the Pacific are getting bigger and bigger. Congress should give money this time."

As early as eight years ago, the Navy Department submitted a plan to develop 8-inch cannons. The then US Navy Secretary Joseph Daniels finally agreed to equip the new battleships with 16-inch cannons, but the tonnage of the battleships could not be increased.

This is really a mess. Without increasing the tonnage, using larger caliber guns may cause damage to the hull when firing. It is definitely not possible for a small boat to carry a large gun.

Daniels just used a different method to kill the plan to develop 16-inch cannons. Now the alliance across the Pacific Ocean will be equipped with a large number of 16-inch cannons. This time, the Secretary of the Navy should not make any more trouble...right?

However, the situation soon changed again.

The alliance's ambassador to the United States met with the US foreign minister and expressed his willingness to hold talks with the US on the situation in the Pacific. If the United States is willing to withdraw the Seventh Fleet from Australia, the alliance can revoke the previously enacted "Navy Expansion Act".

After the news came out, the top leaders of the United States breathed a sigh of relief and sent diplomats to negotiate with the Alliance again. Whether it was manpower or steel, the Alliance had more than the United States, and the naval technology level was higher than that of the United States. If the United States put all its efforts into large-scale construction, it would probably not be able to keep up.

Now, since the Alliance does not really want to build 6 ships in 30 years, there is no need for the United States to rush to expand its navy. Of course, the pace of developing 16-inch cannons and other new weapons cannot be stopped.

Negotiations are negotiations, but necessary preparations must not be neglected.

Chapter 762 Bloody Massacre

Negotiations would not produce results in a short time. During the negotiations, the Alliance continued to send troops and immigrants to Australia. It also built a series of factories and farms in Australia. The Alliance Central Committee believed that the United States would not take the initiative to declare war, but it could not ignore this possibility.

If a full-scale war with the United States really breaks out, the Alliance may not be able to transport enough supplies to Australia in the first two years. The troops stationed in Australia must be able to support themselves for two years, produce some ammunition, and keep everyone fed.

Therefore, while transporting troops to Australia, the alliance also transported a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies, as well as a large number of farmers and workers. Most of them were Japanese. The Japanese government and the Japanese people were very obsessed with Australia. Even though they knew that Australia was at war and it was very dangerous, many Japanese still signed up and boarded the ship to Australia without hesitation.

These workers and farmers will receive military training and take on patrol duties in addition to production work. With these people, the Australian troops can concentrate their forces to fight the Australian army instead of dividing their forces to search for Australian guerrillas everywhere.

If Britain had a population of 7 and could send tens of millions of immigrants to South Africa, the Boer guerrilla tactics would have had little effect. At least, they would not have played such a huge role as in the Boer War.

The Australians were defeated by the garrison troops, and Allied immigrants - mainly from the Japanese zone - followed closely behind to accept the liberated areas.

The immigrants had guns and cannons. The militia was equipped with light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and 75mm howitzers. They dug trenches in the liberated areas, put up barbed wire, built water towers and watchtowers, and raised big wolfhounds... They quickly cleared the area, leaving the Australian guerrillas nowhere to hide.

Because the troops are not concentrated enough, the militia may not be able to defeat the large-scale enemy, but they can still defend for several days by relying on the artillery towers and residential areas. As long as the weather is good enough, the nearby air force will come to provide supporting firepower.

During this period of time when the enemy was held back, the armored forces deployed in the town would rush over and, together with the infantry, wipe out the trapped enemy in one fell swoop. The armored forces also belonged to the militia forces, and a large number of obsolete "Phase I Tanks" and "Phase II Tanks" were transported to Australia.

To make use of the remaining heat.

The number of troops stationed in Australia increased to 12.5, which was not enough to completely wipe out the Australians, but because of the large number of tanks and new fighter jets, they were able to defeat two or three times the number of Australian troops in frontal combat.

At the beginning of the war, the Australian army relied on the larger number of aircraft to gain air superiority, but when the coalition reinforcements arrived, the situation was reversed. The coalition fighters and the Australian Air Force fought fiercely for several days, and both sides suffered considerable losses.

But in general, the Allied Air Force has a stronger combat capability, with an exchange ratio of about 1:2.3. Once the radar station is built and more aircraft and ground crew are transported ashore, the Australian troops will control the skies over western Australia.

Without air superiority, armored forces, and anti-tank weapons, the Australians, no matter how martial they were, could not win the war. After being defeated, the Australians could only rely on their vast territory to consume the offensive potential of the Australian troops and use guerrilla tactics to bleed the alliance.

Guerrilla warfare is a last resort. If the enemy can be kept out of the country, the alliance will never choose such tactics. Moreover, the People's Army itself is an expert in guerrilla warfare, and has a lot of experience in both guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare.

After liberating an area, the Australian troops would try their best to drive out the local white colonists and force them to pack up their things and move to areas controlled by the Australian government.

If there were people who did not want to leave, they would gather the villages and villages together to manage the population, which would save a lot of trouble. Generally speaking, few people chose to stay. The Australian colonists either fought bravely with weapons and were killed by machine guns and cannons, or packed up their things and headed for Canberra and Sydney.

Without a mass base, guerrilla warfare cannot be waged.

Although the Australian colonists were brave, their population was too small. The Alliance could transport 500,000 to 600,000 immigrants to Australia every year to fill the gaps left by the white people. In this way, the Australian army's guerrilla warfare would become a harassment operation without a rear base.

They might be able to achieve some results, but they would soon be wiped out in the joint encirclement and suppression by the Alliance's regular army and militia.

As the army advanced steadily, the Union Admiralty formulated a plan to use warships to bombard Australian ports. However, because the US Seventh Fleet was still in Australia, the Admiralty's plan was not actually implemented.

The strength of the task force is slightly weaker than that of the US Seventh Fleet. The Alliance can send all its main fleets to Australia, and the United States can also transfer all its main fleets here. If that happens, the Alliance Navy will still be at a disadvantage.

The People's Revolutionary League is negotiating with the United States on naval power in the Pacific. Although no useful results have been reached, the alliance is not willing to provoke the other side at this time. If the time comes to go to war, we must have the courage to "be bold when the time comes", but if possible, it is better not to start a full-scale war.

Time is on the side of the alliance. The longer it develops, the greater the advantage of the People's Revolutionary League will be. More importantly, the alliance has spread its wings too wide. The People's Revolutionary League has taken back Hong Kong, liberated Southeast Asia, and is supporting the Indian People's Party's war of independence and liberation.

At the same time, the Alliance was conducting a self-defense counterattack in Australia; in addition, in order to support the British Red Army, the People's Revolutionary League provided a large amount of weapons and equipment to Syndicalist Britain and also transported 50,000 volunteers.

From the distant British Isles to India, Southeast Asia, and all the way to Australia, the alliance's front line is too long and too many battlefields have been opened up. Even with the size of the world's first industrial country, it cannot sustain such consumption.

If we fight with the United States again, we will have to switch to a wartime system. After switching to a wartime system, military production capacity will be greatly improved, but at the same time, consumer goods will shrink rapidly and people's living standards will decline significantly. As long as there is no full-scale war, Lin Yongchang cannot make up his mind to convert civilian factories into military factories.

Because of the presence of the US Seventh Fleet, the Allied Navy can only operate in the waters north of Australia. However, this is not a big problem. The army is steadily advancing on the vast land of Australia, and it is only a matter of time before northern Australia is liberated.

The battle on land was extremely fierce. The Australian army could not defeat the Australian troops on the front battlefield, so they took every opportunity to kill the Allied immigrants. The Allied militia responded by "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", and launched an indiscriminate killing of Australian colonists.

Australia has become a bloody killing field, and no one can stay out of it once they set foot on this land.

Chapter 763 Mediation

"boom!"

As the gunshots rang out, the kangaroos in the distance fell down. Then someone laughed and said, "Your Highness's shooting skills are really getting better and better."

"It's still a long way to go," Lin Jiye shook his head, "Drag that kangaroo over here, we'll eat kangaroo today."

Lin Jiye is the second son of Lin Yongchang. His mother is Uyunqiqige*Borjigin, so he is the crown prince of Mongolia. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next Mongolian emperor.

Even the crown prince of Mongolia had to rise from the bottom step by step in the army. Lin Jiye has been in the army for four years and is now the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Mongolian Iron Cavalry.

Because the Australian war expanded, the Allied Military Commission transferred the Mongolian cavalry and transferred 30 thousand households from Mobei.

It was sealed in Australia. There are not many places suitable for developing agriculture in Australia, but there are many places that can be used for grazing.

After all, the environment in Australia is better than that in Mobei.

Those Mongolian herders came to Australia empty-handed, and their original property was converted into RMB. After arriving in Australia from the northern desert, the government distributed cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock to them, all of which were taken from the Australian colonists.