stonecrandall Chapter 1085
Chapter 1085
Although the Japanese army caused considerable losses to the coalition forces in the sneak attack, the main force of the coalition forces was not severely damaged. Moreover, because they failed to force back the Chinese army next to them, the Japanese army could not expand their victory and could not pursue them further. This allowed the British army to stabilize its position after retreating to the second line of defense and blocked the Japanese attack.
As a result, the sneak attack became a positional war. The two sides fought all night, and after both sides suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese army finally retreated!
“Damn it, these despicable people actually resorted to such shameless method as sneak attack to deal with us!”
“They must be afraid of confronting us head-on, so they resorted to such a shameful method. As long as we strengthen our vigilance and prevent them from launching sneak attacks again, we will surely win!”
After a defeat, the British army seemed very dissatisfied with this defeat. They believed that the reason for their defeat was because of the sneak attack, otherwise they should have won!
The sneak attack by the Japanese army did not wake up the British army, and they were still very arrogant!
After seeing this situation, the Celestial Empire began to doubt the British army!
“At present, although this group of Yankees have some strength, their soldiers are well-equipped and their combat qualities are not bad, but the arrogance in their bones that looks down on Asians is undoubtedly revealed!”
“If they continue to fight with this attitude, the same disastrous defeat as before will definitely happen again!”
“Yes, I think so too. If we hadn’t reacted in time last night and stopped the Japanese sneak attack, we might have suffered heavy losses like the British army!”
“So, starting from today, we must be more cautious, and we must not put too much hope on the British army!”
The foot basin side did not know that although their sneak attack failed to achieve its goal tactically, it achieved its goal strategically!
Their attack caused contradictions within the coalition forces to emerge. Because of the lack of trust between each other, the cooperation between the Celestial Empire’s army and the British army has not been very good. This has prevented the coalition forces from fully exerting their combat effectiveness, and directly led to the poor performance of the coalition forces in the battle with the Japanese army!
According to the original plan, the coalition forces should have been unstoppable and quickly defeated the Japanese troops stationed in Guangdong, and then recovered the entire Guangdong Province, and then went north and entered the neighboring Fujian Province, and drove all the Japanese troops in the southeastern coastal areas back. In that case, the coalition forces would be able to threaten the most prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of the Celestial Empire!
As a result, because of the problems within the coalition forces caused by this sneak attack, their attack The pace was greatly slowed down. The Battle of Guangfu, which was originally planned to last only one week, took a full three months to end.
Although the Japanese army was eventually forced to retreat from Guangfu due to heavy casualties and could not hold on, the Japanese army in the south was not completely wiped out. They still had more than 200,000 troops retreating to the north.
What’s worse is that the Kwantung Army, which had moved south from the northeast, has entered the battlefield, which has significantly strengthened the strength of the Japanese army!
After losing Guang Province, the Japanese front line shrank a lot, and with the assistance of the Kwantung Army, their troops increased instead of decreased, and the defense line became more stable!
This caused the war situation in the Celestial Empire to become stalemate again. Neither side could quickly defeat the other side, and the war once again entered a stalemate!
However, unlike before Due to the entry of the British army, the Japanese army lost complete control over the southeastern coastal areas of the Celestial Empire, which resulted in ships from Southeast Asia being able to directly enter the ports in the south of the Celestial Empire and dock.
In order to take advantage of this loophole, the Japanese army dispatched the army on the one hand to try to regain control of the southeastern coastal areas, and on the other hand, it dispatched the navy to try to blockade and intercept ships sailing in the South China Sea, thereby cutting off this sea route!
However, the main naval fleet of the Japanese army had long been destroyed, and now their navy is just composed of a group of old warships, and this navy has to be deployed to the battle in Australia. The number of warships dispersed to the Celestial Empire is very small, and the performance is also very backward. Most of them are small and medium-sized destroyers and gunboats, and even light cruisers are very It’s hard to see!
Such a fleet still poses no threat to the British army. Although the British navy was also severely damaged, they still have a Far East Fleet in Southeast Asia. The main battleships of this fleet were withdrawn to participate in the naval battle in North America and then annihilated.
But in addition to the main battleships, this fleet also has many small and medium-sized warships!
The British army took out part of the Far East Fleet to escort British troop transports and merchant ships traveling between South Asia and Australia, and the rest was used to attack from Southeast Asia, using the ports of the colonies of the British Empire and the Gallic Empire in the Far East to dock and replenish supplies, and frequently attacked Japanese ships, posing a huge threat to the Japanese activities in Southeast Asia!
Just when the situation in the Celestial Empire was in a stalemate, the Japanese army’s actions in Australia were unstoppable!
When the British reinforcements arrived in southern Australia, the Japanese army had already crossed Australia one step ahead and arrived in the eastern part of Australia.
After successfully arriving in the eastern region, the Japanese army also heard the news that the British army had sent troops from South Asia to support Australia, so they did not dare to delay and immediately sent troops south, hoping to annex the entire Australia before the main force of the British army arrived.
At this time, Australia’s own army had basically been beaten up, and the newly recruited troops had not completed training, so they had no way to go to the battlefield.
Even if they went to the battlefield, it was difficult to stop the Japanese army, which led to the Japanese attack very smoothly.
In just one week, it advanced 500 kilometers southward and occupied a large number of cities in the eastern coastal areas of Australia!
If it continues at this speed, at the latest two weeks, cities in the southeastern region of Australia will also be attacked by the Japanese army, and may even fall!
Faced with such a huge crisis, the British army did not dare to wait any longer. They had no time to repair, nor did they dare to wait for the arrival of their main force. They directly sent the troops that had arrived to the north to set up defenses layer by layer, intending to stop the Japanese army going south first!
As long as they can buy more time and allow the subsequent troops to arrive smoothly, then they have the hope of counterattacking back.
But if they failed to stop the Japanese army and let the Japanese army march straight in and go all the way south, then Australia would have to change its name to a foot basin!
With such great pressure, the British army heading north met the Japanese army in the north of Sydney, the largest city in Australia, and the two sides fought an encounter battle!
In pursuit of speed, the vanguard of the Japanese army almost abandoned all the baggage, and they seemed very tired after marching for days. Facing the sudden appearance of the British army, they seemed a little caught off guard and were defeated by this British army. After losing more than 5,000 people, they stopped the attack.