Chapter 877 Brutal Landing Battle

There is nothing to describe. The air battle between the island country air force and the Australasian air force at the airport of the Ryukyu Islands was like a massacre with a huge gap.

Only one plane crashed in Australasian, and it crashed because of engine failure. There was a bit of luck involved.

Apart from that, the island country planes never posed any threat to the Australasian Air Force again, not even serious damage.

Of course, if the scratches caused by bullets rubbing against the metal frame and the damage to the paint are counted, there are indeed quite a few Australasian planes that were damaged, especially those pilots.

This is like a new car that was scratched on the first official road, which is inevitable.

The army of the Ryukyu Islands was not surprised by the failure of this air battle. The island country's air force is not large in scale, and it is divided into two factions by the army and the navy, so the impact is still relatively serious.

Although the Ryukyu Islands are the largest archipelago closest to Australasian, the importance of the Ryukyu Islands is still not as important as the island country's mainland.

In the plan of the island government, the Ryukyu Islands are naturally to be defended. But the main force defending the Ryukyu Islands is the four divisions of nearly 100,000 troops deployed in the Ryukyu Islands, rather than the air force of less than 100 aircraft, a considerable part of which are not the most advanced aircraft.

After all, in the beach landing battle on the island, the attacker has to bear several times the losses of the defender.

Even the most elite troops cannot avoid large-scale damage when conducting beach landing battles.

Because if you want to land on the beach, you must land on the tightly defended beach under the enemy's artillery fire and hail of bullets.

The enemy is not stupid. For beaches that are more vulnerable to attack, they will definitely try to remove giant stones and trees that may become cover while deploying defensive positions.

At present, in the Ryukyu Islands, several areas that are more suitable for landing have been transformed by the islanders to ensure that the attacking Australasian army has no cover and must use human lives to fill it.

Speaking of filling it with human lives, the Philippine and Kalimantan armies naturally have something to say.

Although the Philippines and Kalimantan have undergone great changes compared to history, the population has not been greatly affected.

As of the beginning of 1936, the total population of the Philippines has exceeded 16 million, ranking among the top 30 countries and regions in the world.

The United Sultanate of Kalimantan is even more special. The integration of the entire population of the Dutch East Indies has allowed the population of the United Sultanate of Kalimantan to exceed 30 million from the very beginning.

Of course, because the development level of Kalimantan is far inferior to that of Java Island, Kalimantan can hardly bear such a large population in the first few years.

In addition, the Great Sultanate has just been established, and the order between several small sultanates is not so stable, and there is still a period of unrest.

Famine and unrest have caused the population of Kalimantan to not only not grow in the first few years of its establishment, but also to usher in a sharp decline.

Even around 1930, the population of Kalimantan dropped to the freezing point for the first time, almost falling below 30 million.

But after that, the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan gradually restored order, and Australasia also sold a large amount of food to Kalimantan, allowing the Great Sultanate to maintain its population size.

So far, the official population of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan is 37 million.

Why is it an integer accurate to one million?

Because even Australasia cannot actually determine the population of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.

This population size is only a rough estimate based on the population data reported by the small sultanates and a certain estimate.

Because of the unrest, a considerable number of natives fled to the mountains and forests of Kalimantan and lived a life not much different from that of savages.

These people are also very large, and together with the original natives of Kalimantan, these people are not included in the population figures.

According to reasonable estimates, the total population of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan should be more than 40 million, but at most it will not exceed 42 million.

With sufficient food provided, the fertility rate of these natives is still very high. This also means that Australasia, which has two vassal states, Kalimantan and the Philippines, has no shortage of cannon fodder in a war of millions.

The combined population of Kalimantan and the Philippines is close to 60 million, which means that they can provide at least 6 million cannon fodder.

Even in extreme conditions, the cannon fodder troops provided by these two countries can reach tens of millions, which is much more than the troops that the great powers without colonies can mobilize.

At 3 pm on June 26, after the Air Force gained absolute air superiority, the Navy protected many transport ships and landing ships and began to approach the Ryukyu Islands.

The Air Force also patrolled the sky to create opportunities for the landing troops as much as possible.

"Baga! Open fire, repel these landing ships, and don't let them get close to the coast!" The island army stationed on the coast naturally discovered the Australasian army that wanted to land.

Under the order of the island commander, a large number of island troops began to show up, using machine guns and rifles to try to suppress the approach of the Australasian landing ships.

On the landing ship side of Australasia, a large number of Philippine and Kalimantan troops also began to take action.

Although they all wore the uniform uniforms of Australasia, the weapons and equipment and mental outlook of both sides were very different between the Philippine and Kalimantan armies.

The Philippines was colonized by Spain for hundreds of years, and due to the small population, Westernization was still quite serious.

Many Filipinos believed in Catholicism. Some of them spoke English, some spoke Spanish, and there were even many mixed-race people.

But the natives of Kalimantan were different. Although there were a small number of mixed-race people, the long-term colonization had almost no impact on these natives because the native population was too large.

From the perspective of language and racial beliefs, it can also be seen that the Kalimantan army did not suffer much impact and they were not assimilated.

The specific reason is also very simple. During the period when Spain ruled the Philippines, Spain was relatively strong for most of the time.

At that time, the population of the Philippines was not large, so it was natural that it was influenced by the powerful Spain.

But the Dutch East Indies were different. When the Dutch controlled these lands, the strength of the Netherlands had weakened a lot.

In addition, the indigenous population of the Dutch East Indies far exceeds that of the Netherlands. It is obviously impossible to assimilate such a region.

It is not an exaggeration to say that if the Netherlands wants to assimilate the Dutch East Indies with a population of several million, it is very likely to be assimilated by the Dutch East Indies.

This is like a drop of muddy water mixed into a tank of clean water. After stirring, the clean water is still clear to the naked eye.

To assimilate these natives, at least a matching population size must be achieved. Even Australasia cannot do it now, because Australasia does not have much time and energy to assimilate such a large number of natives.

However, it is obvious from the national policy of Australasia that at least during Arthur's reign, there was no plan to assimilate Kalimantan.

In Arthur's eyes, these Kalimantan natives are good cannon fodder, and their only role is to replace the Australasia people in the war.

On the contrary, the Filipinos, who have been obviously affected, can select a part of the more outstanding population for assimilation.

The various welfare policies formulated by Arthur are not enjoyed in vain. At least Arthur does not want the policies he formulated for the Australasians to be enjoyed by those black monkeys.

In his two lives, Arthur has never been able to get rid of his aversion to chocolate. That is, Australasian does not have too many colonies in Africa, otherwise, Arthur might be able to get the title of a butcher king.

Christie, the commander of the 9th Army, is riding on the largest battleship and paying attention to the situation on the battlefield.

If we only look at this beach landing battle, Australasian is obviously at a disadvantage.

The Ryukyu Islands have many islands, and those many islands surrounding the dominant area naturally become good terrain for the island country's army to deploy defensive positions.

This also means that in order to successfully land on the main island of the Ryukyu Islands, these surrounding small islands must be conquered one by one.

Every time a defensive position of an island country is conquered, it means a large number of casualties in the Australasian army.

Commander Christie used a telescope to closely monitor the situation of the landing battle. Although Philippine and Kalimantan soldiers continued to die, General Christie did not show any panic on his face, but instead had a smile on his face.

Not to mention, these indigenous troops still played a big role.

Under the "fearless" charge of the indigenous troops, the defensive positions deployed by the island army in the Ryukyu Islands were exposed one after another.

At this time, the Australasian planes hovering in the sky would constantly visit these exposed island positions and bomb them.

In other words, the current beach landing war is actually using the casualties of the indigenous population in exchange for one hidden island position after another.

This beach landing war lasted for more than four hours, and was finally stopped by General Christie at nearly eight o'clock in the evening.

"Let these guys have a hot meal." Christie expressed her concern for these indigenous troops for the first time: "There will be another big battle tomorrow."

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