At this time, on the Australian battlefield.
The French troops, led by Drew, advanced rapidly.
The Long Yan Army led by Xie Fang had been corroded to the point of losing much combat effectiveness under his previous army leasing policy.
General Li is now the president of Australia.
There is an old saying in Long Yan, one general is incompetent and all three armies will be exhausted!
But now this sentence is exactly the opposite. No matter how subtle General Li's command is, the execution of these Longyan troops is muddle-headed.
Once there was even an ambush.
However, the Long Yan Army that performed the mission arrived half an hour late due to weather conditions.
The result was an ambush and an encounter.
Not to mention the final result, three thousand dragon flame troops attacked five thousand French troops.
Long Yan's army was defeated here. This was also an attack launched by the commander when he clearly knew the opponent's combat strength.
In short, after these battles, General Li was speechless.
In nearly a lifetime of fighting, I have never seen such a speechless fighting method.
But General Li only severely punished the commander afterwards and did not remove him!
Changing generals before the war is a taboo, especially now that the battle between them and the French army has reached a fever pitch. If the army commanders are to be adjusted now.
Then the new commander will inevitably be unfamiliar with the troops, which will make the battle more difficult.
But now, Long Yan's army is retreating steadily.
Maritime warfare relies on weapons. Although the integrity of the army is important, the navy is not the army.
Xie Fang's navy has not been leased out by the army and still maintains strong combat effectiveness.
It's just that the number of Yinzhou ships has not been replenished due to Xie Fang's squandering for such a long time.
Therefore, the Longyan Navy could only hold the scene with resentment. They even controlled the Longyan Yinzhou ship that was shot, and rammed and sank a French army battleship.
But the bravery of the navy cannot affect the overall situation of the war.
After the French army landed, they quickly attacked and have now reached the city of Sydney!
This is an important city for the Xie Fang government and a very important port city.
Because of Xie Fang's free trade policy, the daily throughput of Sydney Port has reached a very terrifying level, which is not much different from Long Yan's top port.
But at this moment, the Sydney port has been occupied by the French troops who landed on the Australian territory.
Xie Fang and the active princes and ministers fled immediately after knowing that Long Yan's navy could not hold on.
Only General Li and Long Yanjun were left to hold on here.
Drew's troops were not in a hurry to attack after taking the Sydney Port. For them, it was not just Sydney that they wanted to capture, but more importantly, the factories and technicians in Australia who had Longyan technology.
In their eyes, these talents are the most valuable assets of the Australian government.
But when Xie Fang retreated, he did not take these people away at all. In their eyes, the lives of princes and nobles were much more valuable than the lives of these slaves.
Xie Fang's Prime Minister once dissuaded Xie Fang from taking away Long Yan's technicians who were assisting them. Those factories were also smashed to prevent these French people from getting Long Yan's technology.
But it is clear that Xie did not follow the Prime Minister's advice.
These technicians and factories were kept, but the Long Yan Army was sent to protect them.
But how could the decayed Longyan Army be the opponent of these troops? They didn't even fight for more than half an hour.
You have to surrender.
General Li knew that when the fighting broke out in the factory, the fighting had ended long ago and the factories were occupied by the French troops.
He was so anxious that he was so angry that when the Prime Minister left, he specifically told him to take good care of the factories and technical personnel that Long Yan assisted.
They are Australia's most valuable assets, but now these Australia's most valuable assets have been occupied by the French army.
At this time, Drew troops.
Temporary command post on Sydney Harbour.
Drew counted the spoils of this sneak attack. This time, the French team attacked the five factories opened by Long Yan in Sydney.
All were victorious.
These five factories are a steam engine factory, an artillery factory, a textile machine factory, a soap factory and a brewery.
In total, more than 1,200 Longyan technicians were captured.
This number is already quite impressive.
Drew was grateful to hear this news, he could wake up from his dreams at night laughing.
If nothing else, this kind of news is great for Drew.
Let’s talk about factory technology separately, let’s just talk about these 1,200 technical personnel.
The technical knowledge they had in hand to start the dragon flames, as long as Drew brought it home and asked them to reveal the secrets of the dragon flame technology.
Drew already foresees a bright future for himself.
Let them speak in the future, Drew did not treat other Long Yan prisoners of war, torture, forced labor, etc.
On the contrary, except for their limited range of activities, Drew gave them the highest standard of treatment.
He was not in a hurry to get any information out of these people's mouths. At least for now, it was not the time.
But there is one thing that Drew must solve as soon as possible.
That’s supplies!
Most of the French troops on Tasmania were wiped out by the resistance army led by Li He. Originally, Drew's plan was to rely on Tasmania as his transit station and source of supplies.
But now that so many of the French troops in Tasmania have been wiped out, their oversight has declined.
Although Li He left, the seeds of resistance he left behind are still active.
Large-scale fighting is still breaking out on Tasmania, and their French troops have suppressed it with force.
At least until a group of French soldiers land on the island, the situation on Tasmania will not change much.
In this state, Tasmania is temporarily unable to become a supply line for their French army.
So Drew targeted various cities in Sydney as sources of supplies during this period, where ordinary people would be their natural breadbasket.
Drew's next order was to have the French army attack the ordinary people under the city of Sydney.
I have to say that this is a very effective order.
The French soldiers quickly received huge supplies by using war to support war.
Moreover, this can also attract the Dragon Flame Army, which is a good strategy for Drew to kill two birds with one stone!
But at the same time, it also attracted the attention of General Li, who was guarding the city of Sydney. Recently, more and more refugees have gathered under the city of Sydney. If this continues, Sydney will collapse.
General Li learned from them what the French army was doing in the cities around Sydney!
General Li was very angry, but as a battlefield veteran, he had to give up the attack at this time.
If he goes out of the city to fight, he will lose his home field advantage. With the combat effectiveness of these Longyan troops, once they lose their home field advantage, they will fail.
At that time, the French army will march into Sydney City without any hindrance!
