"There is no troops in Australia. The population of Australia is only a large population of 100,000. The total Australian army has only a hundred thousand. Half of them are national defense militias. They followed the British master to station two divisions in the Middle East. The British master was deeply trapped by the German war threat and wanted to throw the bag directly to Australia. Then the Japanese devils fought in Southeast Asia and fled all the way. In the defense of Singapore, the Australian army lost more than 8,000 people. Now Australia is reorganizing a new army to prepare for war, but they never expected that our movement would be so fast. A distance of 200 kilometers is not far, and it is not close. If it is forced to march in two days, you can definitely get there. Organize a battalion and attack, and you can directly take down Catherine.

You can take a look. Now the entire northern region (one of the several states in Australia, its name is not the northern part of the entire Australia Island) has a population of less than 100,000 points (the data in the previous chapter is different, and the population here is only 180,000 in the 21st century). It is one of the sparsely populated areas in the world. We are a little braver, and even one is enough, but I think it would be a bit too frustrating to send our independent group to only take this small task.

Chen Lixin stared at the map, and everyone followed his eyes and found that his self-light was heading south along the railway line and highway line,

"You're too brave," an officer next to you was a little shocked. His name was Cheng Zikun. He was the commander who was transferred from the military academy and other troops after the establishment of the Independent Regiment. He was mainly responsible for mechanized operations, heavy fire support and logistics work that Huang Mao was not very proficient in.

"No, Lao Chen, please continue talking." Shi Jiping signaled Chen Lixin to continue speaking.

"The existing vanguard troops were also sent out. According to the reconnaissance, we could not imagine that the land was vast and sparsely populated, outside the non-residential area. It was normal that there was no population within dozens of miles. And we were raiding again, and the Australian army was caught off guard when we boarded the 6th Battle. If we still fought so timidly in this situation, it would be less meaningful. Isn't our independent regiment able to formulate small-scale combat missions on its own in a special period? Therefore, my opinion is that we can implement the command center's plan and report our independent regiment's own combat ideas. After taking Catherine, we don't have to wait, and we will directly penetrate south along the railway and highway lines!"

Chen Lixin's words did not surprise the others at the meeting. Everyone in the command car was in a small space. However, they were thinking about Chen Lixin's plan with pioneering ideas. In addition to the two staff members who were not familiar with the characteristics of the troops, they were also very self-aware. They knew that this time was not the time for them to speak, and what they were more important now is to speak less and listen more.

"I agree on this combat idea. Just as Old Chen said, since the other party was caught off guard by us, it would be a little scared to act so carefully." Chen Kaicong, the first sniper in the regiment, was also the old brother of several old comrades, was the first to agree. His statement was quickly responded by several other people.

"If you want to say that you should quickly intersperse the attack, the above will definitely agree, but the key is two issues, one is our supply line problem. You all know that our network has just taken Darwin, and the shipwreck in the port has not been cleaned up. If you want to expand the scale and accelerate the attack, you will definitely be restricted by the logistics progress. In addition, although the land is vast and sparsely populated, a small town has only a population of more than 10,000 people. One of us is the only one division with a division of nearly 6,000. We are definitely not afraid of fighting, but how far you can fight, how hard you can fight, and how to prevent the opponent's counterattack after the fight is also quite particular. You can see that along this railway line, we can even directly kill to the more important transportation center of Ellis Springs, which is thousands of miles away, to the south of the northern region, but what should we do about the defense along the way? The Australian army can organize to easily retake it on this thousand-mile railway line. Even if the railway is cut off, we will lose the source of supply in the rear."

Hong Agen is not very talkative among several people, but everyone knows that among these old comrades, Hong Agen has the best brains and the most comprehensive viewing of problems. Therefore, the troops he commands are the most stable among several main battle camps.

"After all the time, it's still a problem of logistics constraints,"

This sentence seems a bit venting and helpless. It is a problem that must be dealt with head-only, which limits everyone's progress. Australia's vast plains provide excellent conditions for everyone to advance quickly, but the vast plains also provide enough room for the other party to penetrate. In any case, they are also landlords and have the advantage of home fighting. The right time, place and people and these three are not on their side.

In fact, in the small-scale before the war, when we attacked, we also considered robbing food on the spot like Japan to reduce the demand for the heart. But the problem is that most of Australia's actual "planting crops, not to mention the land in most areas of the northern region, which is adjacent to the desert with dry climate and poor soil, and these lands are exactly the areas that Chen Lixin wanted to advance for a long distance.

"Damn it, I'm afraid of hair. I have less food, but it's always more than what the Japanese devils can have left after the storm. Reducing some food will not affect our battle." Chen Lixin cares about their hard days back then, and continued to say that after seeing everyone focusing on him again, he focused on him again.

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"In fact, what restricts our combat is oil. Our logistics oil supply can allow our regiment to raid and drive up 500 kilometers without other supplies. This distance is the limit of our independent combat. If we do not consider the combat support of certain oil supply after the mechanical troops arrive, this distance can be pushed forward for more than 100 kilometers. But if we take a closer look, the guys in the army who need oil consumption are divided into first-line combat machinery and logistics machinery. Therefore, I have an idea that the opponent's strength is not strong, so we don't need to bring these oil-eating tigers.

Think about it. The Australian Army currently has not even a few tanks, airplanes, cannons and other firepower support units, so we don’t need to carry tanks and armored vehicles to destroy them. To put it bluntly, in the past, I was most worried that I would not have support, but I still have to fight without support! After the reorganization, I have always dreamed of tanks, planes and cannons, but I found that if I don’t have these things, would I not be fighting?”

Chen Lixin's words suddenly opened up everyone's thinking. Indeed, for a long time, the Chinese army chased others to fight when we were strong and weak. This kind of combat thinking and strength backstage support is of course the combat policy and industrial strength formulated by Duan Guoxue at the beginning. But now facing the Australian army, such an army of not the same level as the Japanese army, those self-propelled artillery, tanks, armored vehicles and other auxiliary machinery seem to have no place to use their weapons. What can be used for heavy artillery? On the map, it seems that it is a small town, in fact, there are only a few families. Two shells hit the town and they are gone. Self-propelled air defense firepower? There are no other flying things in the sky except birds. Armored vehicles? This thing is good. Except for the fuel consumption, it is a bit larger than the truck...

"Agree! Anyway, the Australian army is in a hurry now. It is impossible to organize enough armed forces to counterattack for a while. Taking advantage of this time to quickly tear the opponent's wounds is the king. I agree with Lao Chen's opinion. Split the troops in the independent regiment, and the large fuel-consuming enterprises like tanks will not consider it. They only carry some armored vehicles and all heavy transport vehicles. Although doing so will reduce our progress, we have been walking around since we joined the Sixth Army!" Huangmao, who advocated attack as the best defense, was not a fool. He was the first to react to the meaning of Lao Chen's words and jumped out to support him.

"That's right. Driving a tank to hit Sherman is also bullying people. Carrying a 40-bazooka to hit it is also bullying people. In recent years, this has been too much support, which makes everyone feel a little uncomfortable with how to fight without firepower support," Hong Agen nodded in agreement.

"If this is the case, we can send the heavy firepower units in the regiment to the follow-up troops, and the subsequent troops will provide and guarantee their oil supply. We only use it to the troops that follow together, and the most likely oil and ammunition can be loaded. In this way, our maximum combat propulsion distance can even be close to twice the original number." Cheng Zikun also understood why these people can become the commanders of the main combat troops, not only because of their rich combat experience, but also to the point of being able to hit the nail on the head.

The most important thing to accurately analyze the fatal weaknesses of the strength of the enemy and our enemy is that they have a strong desire to fight and enterprising. When other troops are also worried about the distance of the logistics line, they dare to come up with ways to solve practical problems under the existing supply conditions. They are not waiting or relying on it, but using their wisdom and strength to squeeze out the resources of their opponents. Thinking of this, Cheng Zikun believes that this combat plan can be formed in another hour. Now he is only worried that the combat idea of ​​the Independent Regiment, which is so big-step, will be criticized by the above.
Chapter completed!