Compared with Pearson, who was ready to surprise Yang Zhen, although Yang Zhen knew this guy, these evaluations of this British-made fighter were obviously talking nonsense with his eyes open, but he was really helpless. Pearson's boastful words about how such fighters are are not the real reason for his decision not to refuse this batch of fighters.

He is not as hungry as Chongqing, as long as he can fly and carry weapons to the sky, he dares to ask for any plane. He had never heard of the two American-made fighters in Pearson's mouth, so it was obvious that they were not good things. If it were a good plane, the Americans would have equipped it themselves a long time ago, so why bother with the P-40 fighter with mediocre performance?

Even the U.S. Marine Corps, which has always been dumped by the U.S. Navy, is armed with older Buffalo fighters. That kind of Buffalo fighter, let alone an opponent of Zero Battle. If it is really a good thing, with the character of the Americans, can it be the turn of the Chinese to take precedence?

At present, when the new fighter has not yet been mass-produced and can only rely on the pre-war design of the aircraft, the aircraft that the Americans themselves refuse to equip is enough to show how bad those two types of aircraft are. I am afraid that the Chongqing side, which received these planes, has either become another guinea pig for the Americans to experiment, or it has become a rag professional again.

This British-made Hurricane fighter, although it is already second-rate in terms of performance. But after all, it has been tested by war, and it is better than nothing. Besides, I won't go to Chongqing to grab food, although the current political situation in China is very delicate, but everyone is still on the same front at least on the surface. What kind of hero is it to grab food from your own people's bowl?

Although it may be in the near future, after the Japanese are completely driven out. There will definitely be a scramble to decide who has the final say in China. But that's for the future, and now at least everyone still has one goal, and they're all fighting the same enemy. At the moment, when everyone can't open the pot, Yang Zhen won't do it.

In fact, Yang Zhen knew very well in his heart that the Americans would transfer their planes to Australia, in addition to the fact that Australia's current strategic position is indeed extremely important, even if there is no Japanese attack on the Australian mainland, the Americans will desperately increase their defensive strength.

In fact, the most fundamental root has to be found from oneself, and the things that you have done by yourself will bring some losses in a short period of time to a certain extent, and you can only bear it. Willing, willing, giving can only be gained. When it's time to take a step back, although it's sad to make a concession, many times you have to give in to this step.

Rather than a stalemate, it is better to give up some short-term benefits. Struggle, you can't blindly fight fiercely, that can only completely stiffen the relationship. The "Art of War" left by our ancestors is not just a preparation for military struggle. In this case, the same applies.

Even if you know that you have been fooled by others, as long as the performance of the equipment you have is not too outrageous, unlike the British Battelle light bomber, it is a fooled Xibei's words, and it doesn't hurt to suffer a little loss in some aspects for the time being. When the Japanese continue to increase their troops, and the US-Australian coalition forces can't gnaw down the Japanese troops in Australia, they will come to the door themselves.

In fact, Yang Zhen did not misjudge, after the outbreak of the US-Japan War, Australia and New Zealand, which had become almost the counterattack bases of the US military in the entire Pacific theater, had a straight rise in strategic position for both the Japanese army and the US military. The U.S. military counterattacked the Pacific on the battlefield, and Australia became a transit base for supplies and troops.

Although the Japanese army occupied the northeastern corner of Australia, after all, the Japanese-occupied area was only a very small place in Australia, which covers an area of more than 7 million square kilometers. The vast Australian continent still provides enough bases and ports for the US military. The ports of Darwin, Hedland, and Perth on the west coast, and Brisbane and Sydney on the southeast coast are all excellent seaports that can be used by the US military.

The U.S. Army and Marine Corps, which fought throughout the Pacific theater, basically set out from Australia. Units that have withdrawn from the front line to the rear for recuperation have also used Australia and New Zealand as bases for recuperation. Australia's developed agriculture also provided large quantities of strategic materials such as grain and wool for the US military and other allies.

Therefore, the US military did not completely abandon Australia and turned its forward base to New Zealand. Although he continued to increase his forces in Australia, he continued to use Australia as a base of advance after containing the Japanese offensive and trapping the Japanese in the northeast of Australia.

As for Japan, as long as they maintain a certain number of troops in Australia, they will disperse the pressure of the US military on the outer defense circle. It is simply impossible for the US military to accept the complete loss of Australia, which is an forward base. Whether the U.S. military is willing or not, even if the Japanese have only one wing there, they have to maintain enough troops in Australia.

Although rich but sparsely populated, Australia, with a population of just over one million, will not be able to protect itself without foreign aid. Even if only one division of the US military is attracted to Australia, then they can throw one less division into the Pacific theater. This situation is undoubtedly more beneficial for the Japanese army to stick to other strategic points closer to the mainland.

With this view, the Japanese army, although under the all-out blockade of the US Navy and Air Force, still tried every means to continuously increase troops and transport supplies to the Australian battlefield. A division could not land in a group, so it used the brigade as a formation to land in batches under the cover of night. Ammunition and other supplies could not be transported ashore at one time, so they were transported in batches by submarines and fast destroyers.

Even in the past four or three years, after your U.S. military regained Midway, Guadalcanal, and Wake Island in succession, the situation in the Pacific theater had begun to change unfavorably for the Japanese army. In the face of the all-out counteroffensive that the US military has already launched, it has approached the Marshall Islands, the core of the outer defense circle.

The base camp of the Japanese army carried out large-scale strategic adjustments to the Australian battlefield, Rabaul and other battlefields. After Midway Island was recaptured by the U.S. military, the Japanese army once mobilized as much naval mobility as it could, concentrating four aircraft carriers, six battleships, a large number of cruisers and destroyers, and escorting more than 50 transport ships and a large number of landing ships.

At one time, two marine mobile brigades, three independent mixed wings, the Japanese Navy's special marine unit stationed in Shanghai, two tank wings, two independent heavy artillery brigades, and three independent mountain artillery wings were reinforced to the Australian battlefield. And in the Australian battlefield, a large number of anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns were deployed.

In order to increase the air defense capability of the Australian battlefield as much as possible in a situation where air support and cover are becoming increasingly unsupportable. The Japanese army even did not hesitate to dismantle the antiaircraft guns from some warships that were damaged by the US military and could not complete the emergency repair for a while, and deployed them to the Australian battlefield.

In addition to continuously sending reinforcements, in the face of the increasingly powerful naval and air forces of the US military, in order to cope with the future naval blockade of the US military, to ensure the independent combat capability of the Japanese army on the Australian battlefield. The Japanese base camp delivered seven battle reserve ammunition, as well as a large number of artillery shells and fuel, to the Japanese army in Australia at one time.

A batch of agricultural equipment and a large quantity of seeds were even transported. In order to allow the Japanese troops on the Australian battlefield to be self-sufficient after the supply line was cut off and the rear was really unable to replenish, so as to reduce the transportation pressure of the base camp and the loss on the road.

Considering the large number of tanks invested by the US and Australian armies on the Australian battlefield, the Japanese army base camp also specially transferred five infantry brigades from the Kwantung Army that had participated in the Battle of Siping and had rich anti-tank experience. All of them were equipped with a squadron of imitation German-made 50mm anti-tank guns, which were reinforced to the Australian battlefield to enhance the anti-tank capabilities of the Japanese army on the battlefield.

At the same time, the Japanese army also deployed a large number of naval aviation on the island of New Guinea, the closest to Australia, in all the areas under its control. Although the Japanese army in the battle to capture Port Moresby, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Australian army and the rapid reinforcement of the American army, the losses were quite heavy and had to retreat to the starting position.

However, the Japanese army always used the mountainous terrain of central New Guinea as a defensive line, and held the area north of Stanley Ridge on the island of New Guinea at all costs. In order to use the northern part of the island of New Guinea as a base, as much as possible to provide the necessary air support for the Japanese troops in the Australian battlefield.

It was not until after the Philippine Campaign in 44 years that the Japanese Navy, which had sunset, was no longer able to replenish new aircraft, that it finally gave up air support on the Australian battlefield. The bloody battle in the air lasted for more than two years, and the United States, Japan, and Australia lost an astonishing number of aircraft.

From the island of New Guinea to the northeast coast of Australia, the wreckage of the aircraft is scattered throughout the southern part of the island of New Guinea, as well as the northeast of Australia, the Coral Sea and the Afra sea. Despite the heavy price, the Americans finally relied on their strong national strength and a large number of new fighters invested in the later period, which completely crushed the stubborn resistance of the Japanese naval aviation.

However, on the Australian ground battlefield, although the US military has invested six infantry divisions, one armored division, a large number of tanks, aircraft, and heavy artillery, plus the fire support of the naval fleet on the sea. The Australian army also put in all the newly organized units, plus two more divisions from the North African theater and two reinforced brigades from New Zealand.

The U.S. and Australian coalition forces invested a lot of troops, but after several fierce battles, they were never able to drive the Japanese army into the sea. He even organized two landing battles from behind the Japanese army, trying to adopt the tactics of flanking from both sides to completely solve this Japanese army. However, in the two landing battles organized, either the landing force could not stand under the desperate counter-charge of the Japanese army, or it suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw to the sea.

As a result, the Japanese army put up stubborn resistance and allowed the American army to besiege it on the northeast coast of Australia. This tug-of-war lasted from 42 years until Japan's surrender, and the Japanese army on the Australian battlefield relied on self-sufficient agricultural products, plus limited reserves, and the spoils of war on the battlefield, and carried it until the war was completely over.

In some ways, the Japanese have achieved what they were meant to be. A large number of well-equipped and well-trained U.S. troops were pinned down in the Australian battlefield and could not be transferred to other theaters. Even in the second half of the year, the U.S. military thought of some ways to transfer the armies of some other countries that declared war on Japan to Australia to replace the U.S. military, so as to save troops and use them on other battlefields that are more needed.

But with the exception of a division of the Brazilian army, the U.S. military is ultimately the main role in the Australian battlefield. The armies of the small South American countries, including the New Zealand army, simply cannot take on more important responsibilities. There are even armies of some countries that are sent to the battlefield and are crushed in one blow. Not only did it not work, but it also affected the US military itself.

And Yang Zhen, the mastermind behind all this, did not expect that the US army would fight for three years in this war, nor would it be able to completely drive the Japanese army out of Australia. If he had expected it, I wonder if he would have done it? But according to his temperament, I'm afraid he won't give up easily.