While Soviet Russia was busy building a defense line on the Volga River to resist the attack of the Chinese* army, the Imperial Army also advanced to the east bank of the Volga River and began to confront the Soviet army across the river. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Although, now the surface of the Volga River is frozen, and even armored troops can pass. But the Imperial Army showed no signs of an offensive, which also made Soviet Russia breathe a sigh of relief.

After the Soviet army suffered heavy losses on the Urals, it feared that the Chinese Empire would expand the scale of its offensive against Soviet Russia. If the Germans also took advantage of the fire to loot at that time, then Soviet Russia would be miserable. Although the newly formed Volga Front of the Soviet Army already had a million troops, and it was constantly increasing. All kinds of tanks, armored vehicles, fighters and bombers were sent here. But the Soviet army still did not resist the confidence of the Chinese* army. It was in the battle of the Ural that the Imperial Army shocked the Soviet army too much.

The commander of the Volga Front, General Zhukov, the only thing he could do was to strengthen the defense of the Volga as much as possible. They built a defensive line along the Volga, built machine-gun pillboxes, artillery positions, dug trenches, laid mines, and much more. In short, Zhukov simply wanted to turn the west bank of the Volga into an impregnable line of defense. In order to avoid losing air supremacy, the Soviet army built a large number of military airfields and field airfields on the west bank of the Volga River, ensuring that after the airfields were bombed by the Chinese Air Force, the Soviet and Russian Air Forces could also use these airfields to take off and fight.

After the Imperial Army's defense line advanced to the Volga, the length of the defense line was also shortened considerably. This led to an increase in the density of defenses on the Imperial Army's front. In addition, after the size of the Russian Empire's forces expanded, the Empire also transferred five army groups from the Russian Empire to strengthen its defenses. After all, once the Volga River was crossed, it was tantamount to attacking the hinterland of Soviet Russia. In order to save the country, the Soviets will definitely do their best to stop the Imperial Army. When the time comes, it will inevitably make the battle even more fierce. In such a situation, strengthen the troops on the front line, and let the Russian army fight tragic battles such as urban storms and street battles. This will effectively reduce the casualties of the Imperial Army. Although, war inevitably takes its toll. However, the Imperial Army still wanted to minimize the casualties of its troops. Every soldier of the empire is a precious treasure, and being able to save their lives is the most important thing.

In the Pacific theater, the Imperial Navy was taking advantage of the gap between the heavy losses of the U.S. Navy to strengthen the defense of the Hawaiian Islands as much as possible. In order to make it easier for the U.S. military to counterattack in the future, the Imperial Navy can rely on Hawaii, an important base, to resist the U.S. attack. And the great counteroffensive of the Imperial Navy, creating favorable conditions. Of course, the ability of the US Navy to conduct a counteroffensive in the Pacific direction depends on their strength and determination. In terms of strength, the Americans are not lacking. The design of the next class of aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy has been completed and construction has begun at those shipyards on the East Coast of the United States. In order to increase the strength of the US Navy, the US Navy will build twelve such aircraft carriers at once. Once fully commissioned, the U.S. Navy will be more powerful than ever. Of course, it will not be stronger than the Chinese Navy, but it will not even have the power to counterattack.

Of course, the Imperial Navy will not sit still. In addition to the current 14 aircraft carrier strike groups of the Imperial Navy, the shipyards of the Empire are also working hard to build D-class aircraft carriers, and after these eight D-class aircraft carriers are put into service, the number of aircraft carriers of the Empire will be increased to 22, and even if they want to attack the US mainland, they will have strong strength, let alone fight with the US Navy at sea to ensure the Empire's control of the Pacific Ocean.

With the assistance of the Navy, the Imperial Army and Marines were about to launch an attack on Australia. After taking Australia, it was an attack on those US-controlled islands in the Pacific Ocean, driving the US out of the Pacific Ocean in one fell swoop.

Once the Americans' military power is driven out of the Pacific by the Empire, it will not be so easy for them to return to the Pacific. The Americans apparently knew this, too, so they did their best to hold on to the islands.

On November 14, the Emperor summoned Marshal Chiang Baili, Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Shi Qingshan, Minister of War, and Marshal Lin Jianzhang, Minister of the Navy, to inquire about the progress of the war. Although, more than two months have passed since the outbreak of the war, on the whole, the empire has gone to a very big victory. The Empire's preparation before the outbreak of war played a very crucial role, enabling the Empire to achieve a great victory at the beginning of the war, and completely establishing the Empire's advantage in the war.

"Your Majesty, the next direction in which the Empire has been attacked is Australia. The United States is looking for ways to strengthen Australia's defenses. The total strength of the U.S. military plus the Australian army has exceeded 700,000. Coupled with the vast size of Australia's territory, if the empire wants to defeat the US-Australian coalition there, it will probably have to invest heavily in troops. Marshal Shi Qingshan said.

Wu Haoxuan nodded, Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and an island of more than seven million square kilometers is not so easy to occupy. Australia has a population of only 16 million. When the empire occupied Australia, it was possible to emigrate 50 million people there. In this case, it would be enough to ensure the Empire's rule over Australia, and to assimilate those Australians. Of course, the prerequisite is that they are willing to accept the rule of the Empire. If they remain resentful of the Empire and want to overthrow it, the Empire will not be kind to them.

"Is the force of the attack on Australia determined?" Wu Haoxuan asked.

"Your Majesty, the Empire is ready to commit the 1st Army of the Imperial Army, the 16th Army, 3 divisions of the Marine Corps, ten infantry divisions of the Annam Army, and twenty infantry divisions of the Fuso Kingdom in Australia. Ensure that the Empire outranks the US-Australian coalition in strength. If needed later, the empire could also draw an army group and ten infantry divisions from vassal states. Ensure the Empire's total victory on the battlefields of Australia. Marshal Jiang Baili said. The empire is now overwhelmed. In addition to the Imperial Army, there were also a large number of vassal states* armies on the battlefield. In particular, the army of the Fuso Kingdom has fully proved their combat effectiveness on the battlefield in the Philippines.

"The occupation of Australia is only the first step. Once occupied, it was necessary to ensure the Empire's rule there. I have only one request, that is, all individuals or organizations that dare to attack the soldiers of the empire, or the soldiers of vassal states*, must be destroyed. When the empire began to migrate to Australia on a large scale, a considerable number of troops should be stationed there to ensure the safety of immigrants. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the Empire* replied one after another.

At this time, the chief of the guard whispered in Wu Haoxuan's ear: "Your Majesty, Director Chen of the Military Intelligence Bureau has an emergency report. ”

"Let him in." Wu Haoxuan nodded.

"Your Majesty, marshals." After Marshal Chen Xudong came in, he saluted Wu Haoxuan, and also greeted several other marshals.

"What's going on?" Wu Haoxuan asked.

"Your Majesty, there is news about the secret project in the northwest. The director of the base reported that the first explosive device had been assembled and could be detonated at any time. Marshal Chen Xudong said.

"What? Already done? That's great! Wu Haoxuan's face was pleasantly surprised.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Empire will soon be invincible in this war." Wu Haoxuan smiled.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." The generals of the military congratulated one after another. As senior leaders of the military, they are well aware that the Empire* military and intelligence services have been carrying out a secret plan in the northwest. It is said that if this plan is successful, it will allow the Empire to master a weapon that will destroy the world and easily defeat the Empire's enemies and win the war.

"Your Majesty, does this mean that we will be able to use this superweapon in the near future? Is this weapon really that powerful? Marshal Jiang Baili asked. Obviously, for these traditional soldiers, they don't believe that a single bomb can destroy a city and slaughter hundreds of thousands of people. In that case, what are you doing with these soldiers? Wouldn't just throwing a few of these bombs over and destroying all the enemies?

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you that this superweapon is powerful enough. Of course, I say a lot, and you will all have doubts in your minds. So, isn't the base ready? Let them schedule the detonation three days later. When the time comes, the Empire's military and political ministers will rush to the base to watch the detonation in person. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll arrange it." Marshal Chen Xudong nodded.

Two days later, Emperor Wu Haoxuan and a major military and political ministers of the empire rushed to the base in the northwest desert. There, Wu Haoxuan expressed his condolences to the scientists who had worked in the base for more than ten years. It was their efforts that enabled the Empire to be at the forefront of the world in terms of nuclear weapons.

The next day, at the nuclear explosion site in the middle of the desert, everything was ready. The nuclear explosive device was placed in the centre of the site more than 10 kilometres away, surrounded by cattle and sheep, abandoned locomotives, cars, armoured vehicles and tanks. These things are used to test the power of a nuclear explosion.

"Your Majesty, everything is ready." The director of the base said to Wu Haoxuan.

"Let's get started." Wu Haoxuan nodded. They hid in reinforced concrete fortifications with anti-radiation barriers, and each wore special glasses.

"Detonation." The base director ordered.

As the button was pressed, a second later, an earth-shattering explosion was heard more than a dozen kilometers away. A dazzling white light flashed, and a mushroom cloud rushed into the sky. (To be continued.) )