Section 139 The Importance of Australia
General MacArthur was also very scared after receiving this report. Australia is really important for the United States today. Although Pearl Harbor is located in the center of the Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor is still too far from Asia. If an attack on Asia is launched with Pearl Harbor, the long-distance transportation line can directly drag the United States down. Not to mention the location of Pearl Harbor, just without a relay station in the middle, how many transportation merchant ships will be needed? No matter how strong the Americans' production power is, it is impossible to create so many merchant ships. It must have a stable land. At this time, Australia appeared and must preserve the entire Australia, which is also the core value of the United States.
In addition, there is another point. The reason why Japan cannot develop and Japan is not so terrible is that it is like Germany and does not have a strong land depth. If the entire Japan occupied Australia, this is a terrible thing. First of all, Australia has vast land and can provide all Japanese devils with a vast living space. The second point is that the Japanese are hard-working. Compared with the Americans, the Japanese are much more adaptable than the Americans, just like naval submarines. Americans require this and that, so the extra tonnage of the US Navy submarines is submerged by American sailors, and the extra part of the Japanese is equipped with various machines and some supplies. Therefore, the Japanese devils' submarines have more endurance than American submarines.
On the same basis, Americans cannot develop much in Australia, but the Japanese are completely different in Australia. The Japanese have never had such a large space. If they were allowed to occupy the entire Australia, then the Japanese are likely to usher in their second take-off. Since the Meiji Restoration, you can see that it is possible that China's Northeast is the second largest industrial base in Asia, second only to Japan's local industrial base. If it weren't for China's recovery, it is very likely that the Northeast would surpass Japan's GDP and become the largest industrial base in Asia. This is definitely possible, so the Japanese devils must not occupy Australia!
But if you only think about defense, it would be too difficult. Australia has six infantry divisions, but Australia's area is too large. Even with 60 infantry divisions, it is not enough to defend the entire Australia, especially the vast northern coastal area. If you want to defend intact, it will at least give millions of troops. Moreover, these millions of troops are still scattered on the coastline of thousands of kilometers. The defense can be said to have no deep defense. If the Japanese devils really come, they will really suffer. In addition to the northern coast, if the Japanese devils go around, the eastern coast may also become their landing location, which will require more troops. It is really a huge nightmare.
Not to mention that the Americans do not have so many troops now. Even if there are so many troops, General MacArthur doesn’t know how to defend Australia. Australia’s huge territory is sometimes his advantage, and sometimes it will become his disadvantage. If Australia has a large population, the American people can use weapons to let the local Australian people defend their territory. Unfortunately, Australia and Canada are the most widely and sparsely populated places in the world. If they expect them to form troops to protect their territory, it would be better to kneel on the ground and pray for God’s blessing. It is possible to beg for God’s blessing. Don’t let them do it themselves. Long-term peace has left the Australian people without knowing how to fight. Many of them even think that they can ced the useless places in the north to Japan, as long as Japan does not come to attack the southeast.
If these selfish remarks were not blocked by the authorities, they would likely have been circulating throughout Australia. By that time, it would be impossible to defend against the Japanese devils. Therefore, General MacArthur made an extremely bold decision. In order not to make Australia a colony of the Japanese devils and to prevent the Japanese devils from obtaining a strategic location that would allow them to take off, General MacArthur ordered General Halsey to lead all the American troops at the Kuala Lumpur base to join forces with the Chinese army to launch a decisive battle against the Japanese devils. However, at least he should attract more Japanese devils to the local area, so that the Japanese would not have enough energy to launch an attack on Australia.
General MacArthur also knew that local forces could only be used for defense, but if they were used for offense, it would be a bit stretched. Therefore, while General MacArthur issued an order to General Halsey, he also asked the United States to continue to transport reinforcements to Australia.
At the same time, General MacArthur launched a new round of recruitment in Australia, competing for all young people of the age of Australia, and in this way, there was some conflict with the British. Even in the most difficult time, the British did not think about grasping the local army of Daliya and all transferred to the UK. For the British, Australia was also a very important part of them. Although Australia was independent on the surface, it still won the members of the alliance and swore allegiance to the Queen of England. He was still very close to Britain on some issues. However, when the US army set foot on Australia, Australia was a little unstable, especially a powerful figure like General MacArthur. After arriving in Australia, the Australian Governor became a decoration.
General MacArthur may not be an excellent general, but this guy's inspiring ability must be of the same level as Hitler. After delivering several speeches in several major cities in Australia, almost all the Australian people were ignited. They all had to pick up steel guns to defend their country. Especially General MacArthur got some first-hand information. This is a piece of information, all of which were crimes committed by the Japanese devils in China. On the one hand, Mao Yuanshan wanted to promote the crimes of the Japanese devils, and on the other hand, General MacArthur also wanted to promote, and the two sides hit it off.
Chapter completed!