Australia asked for peace talks again, and the Tang Empire immediately agreed, but did not stop military operations.

Military operations are necessary to obtain better negotiation conditions, both sides know this.

Representatives of Tang and Ao held negotiations in Chang'an. As landlords, the Daming Palace proposed the request of Australia to be incorporated into the Tang Empire. The Australian representatives did not oppose the incorporation of the Tang Empire, but required that the treatment after the incorporation was equivalent to or better than that of Australia's current treatment in the Commonwealth membership. The two sides then held repeated consultations on this issue.

At the same time, after the Tang army captured Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, the 7th Marine Division headed south along the railway towards Sydney. The Tang Navy also headed south along the coastline and shelled the Australian military's coastal defense facilities along the way. The Tang Air Force, which had seized air supremacy, looked around for Australian troops to attack various places and related military facilities. At the same time, strategic bombers sprinkled leaflets in towns all over Australia, completely dismantling Australian resistance psychologically.

The Tang army, navy, army and air forces advanced together and approached Sydney on the morning of the 30th.

Sydney is Australia's second largest city and the economic center of the entire Australia. Once it is lost, the losses will be immeasurable. More than 20,000 Australian Infantry Division stationed in Sydney are ordered to resist. Under the command of the commander, they built a large number of trench fortifications and counter-landing facilities on the beach, thinking that they could block the Tang army's offensive pace.

The 7th Marine Division of the Tang Dynasty was a heavy armored unit. The 2nd Australian Army Division sent their only armored troops composed of thirty Renault 35 tanks to fight head-on. As a result, both sides encountered head-on less than 30 kilometers from Sydney. A fierce tank battle broke out between the two sides, but the result was a one-sided situation.

Whenever the Tang Army's Tiger Heavy Main Battle Tank lifts an 88mm tank gun, it can be destroyed with just one shot of the Australian Renault 35 tank. Conversely, the Australian Renault 35 tank only has a pitiful 37mm tank gun. Even if it bombards the Tang Army's Tiger tank for more than a dozen cannons, it is difficult to destroy the opponent, and it is even difficult to force it to lose its combat effectiveness.

Seeing that his own tanks were destroyed one after another, the Tang army's tank troops quickly advanced forward, and followed more than 2,000 Australian troops who were deploying forward to dig trenches, intending to follow the positional war in World War I and fight attrition with the Tang army.

The Australian Army was very smart. They mobilized a large number of excavators to dig the trenches wide and deep, making the Tang Army's Tiger tanks unable to pass.

But they were soon disappointed. Not long after, they saw another batch of armored vehicles coming up by the Tang army. These armored vehicles had no weapons. There was only one tank track chassis, but they carried sections of bridge-like equipment on it.

That's right, what the Australian Army saw was the Tang army's new engineer equipment - bridge mount vehicles. These vehicles were lengthened and widened with tank tracked chassis, and then equipped with bridge facilities. A bridge structure carried by a bridge mount vehicle just can fill the width of the trench dug by the Australian army. This allows the Tang army's tank armored troops to directly pass through the trench barrier. These bridge mount vehicles can also be connected, and a 200-meter-long river bridge can be built up. Each bridge mount vehicle can wade for up to 5 meters. Ordinary rivers can directly drive in and build bridges.

This is also the experience summarized by the Tang army in many years of combat. The original bridge-building troops could not keep up with the speed of the armored troops. When this issue was proposed by front-line officers at the post-war work summary meeting, Zhang Meng immediately pointed out that the chassis of armored vehicles could be used to carry bridge facilities in order to realize the mobile bridge-building troops. They could follow the armored troops to open roads and encounter waters at any time and anywhere to build bridges. The solution to this problem immediately brought huge attack speed to the Tang army's armored troops. The Tang army quickly formed the bridge-building troops, and other logistics troops also realized mechanization accordingly.

Seeing the Tang army crossing the trench obstacles, the Australian commander was stunned and then ordered a fierce attack to prevent the opponent from breaking through easily.

"Damn it, why haven't our artillery troops come up yet?"

The Australian army complained that they set out to the outskirts of Sydney to block the Tang army, but their artillery troops were slowly not following.

At this time, the only thing the Australian army could rely on was artillery. Only the bombardment of cannons could destroy the Tang army's bridge-building vehicles and armored vehicles, and block the Tang army's progress.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

The sound of cannons sounded loudly in the distance, and the Australian commander immediately shouted: "Where are the cannons? Did our artillery come up?"

The next moment, the Australian commander was stunned. He heard the roar of shells coming towards their positions.

"Enemy shelling! Looking for concealment!"

He shouted loudly, and without a few more shouts, a shell landed not far away and exploded. In an instant, the earth and rocks splashed, and the air waves lifted him off a few of them.

The Australian commander got up in a panic, his mouth full of mud.

"It was the Tang army's artillery coming up!"

"Damn it, why did their artillery come so quickly?"

The Australian commander immediately picked up the telescope to observe, which shocked him. He saw hundreds of tanks parked there on the hills several kilometers away, looking like Tang army tanks, but they were much larger than the Tiger tank in front, which was a 155mm heavy howitzer caliber.

"Can a 155 caliber howitzer be installed on a tank chassis?"

The Australian commander was stunned. He quickly understood why the Tang army's artillery came up so quickly. It turned out that the other people's artillery had already mechanized. The Tang army directly installed a large-caliber howitzer on the tank's tracked chassis, which could be deployed quickly and quickly as a tank.

"This battle cannot be fought! Retreat!"

The Australian commander is not a fool. In such a place without natural dangers, there is no place to hide in the face of the Tang army's artillery suppression. If the opponent's tank troops completely pass through the trench barrier, they will be completely finished.

The Australian troops retreated immediately, and the Tang army quickly extended artillery fire to attack for a while, and then the tank troops quickly passed through the trench and continued to march towards Sydney.

At the same time, fierce battle broke out on the beaches in eastern Sydney. The Tang army fleet bombarded the Australian military positions on the beach, and another marine was rushing to land. The obstacles placed by the Australian military at the beach were gradually cleared and cleared. Without air supremacy, the beach was quickly lost. The Tang army opened the way with armored troops, and the fire was in a sea of ​​fire where the spitfire tanks passed. The Australian military's machine gun castle suddenly lost its function in the face of the fire, and the Australian military had to retreat to the city.

The Tang army troops landed from the two beachheads of A and B quickly advanced towards Sydney Harbor. The Tang army wanted to occupy Sydney Harbor first, open the blocked harbor, and lead the Tang army fleet into the city.

The Tang army fighter jets and bombers in the air roared, like eagles in the sky looking for chickens on the ground. As soon as the Australian army emerged, they were fired by machine guns and bombed by air bombs, killing and injured countless casualties.

This is a completely asymmetric war. The Australian army, who remained in the thinking of World War I, could not fight against the Tang army, which had entered the era of armor mechanization.

The Tang army's leaflets have worked in Sydney. Many Sydney people are worried about being affected by the war and have asked the Sydney city government to surrender. Previously, the Sydney city government believed that 20,000 Australian troops would resist and it was not suitable for surrender. There was still a glimmer of hope. However, when the Australian troops retreated in full swing, the Sydney mayor immediately announced his surrender in order to protect the city from being destroyed.

The remaining more than 10,000 Australian troops had no hope of breaking through the siege, and they surrendered under the leadership of the commander, so the Tang army occupied Sydney.

In less than two days, the Tang army successively captured two of the three major cities in Australia, one was a military center, the other was an economic center, and the other was the political center, Canberra, the capital of Australia.

Sydney fell so quickly, and the Australian Prime Minister knew that he was unable to make up for the situation. British reinforcements had already set off, but unfortunately it would take two months to arrive in Australia. Australia had already fallen by that time.

"Unconditionally accept the annexation of the Tang Empire!"

The Australian Prime Minister is very smart. He knows that now is not the time to bargain with the Tang Dynasty. If Canberra falls again, the Tang Dynasty may not give Australia any good face and good conditions. While he is still valuable, the Australian Prime Minister hopes that after the Tang Dynasty annexes Australia, he can still find a job. He has a crazy official addiction.

Sure enough, the Tang Empire treated Australia with a gentle policy and allowed the Australian Prime Minister to continue to serve as the Australian governor. The original Australian official structure remained unchanged. The only change was that all parts of Australia were replaced with the national flag of the Tang Empire, and the Australian finances were handed over to the Tang Empire's Ministry of Finance to instigate the distribution. The Australian laws remained unchanged within one year. As a transition period, the laws of the Tang Empire began to be implemented one year later, allowing Australians to decide their own ownership and sell their property and leave Australia. If they don't leave after a year, they will become citizens of the Tang Empire.

For Australians, most of them are native and they do not want to leave their hometown. The Tang Empire has a strong national strength, rich people, and the social welfare is the best in the world. Since they do not discriminate against white Australians, there is no reason not to stay. They are not so loyal to the Commonwealth, and a mother with milk is the one who has milk. In addition to a few people who yearn for Britain, 7 million Australians are willing to join the Tang Empire.

As a result, the land area of ​​the Tang Empire expanded more than 100 times, and the population increased from the current 15 million to 22 million. It was no longer a small power, but a veritable big power.
Chapter completed!