By November 1916, Germany had once again received good news. With the Pacific Fleet's assistance, the German 8th Army Corps captured Lion City and swept through the entire Straits Settlements.
It was expected that before long, the entire Straits Settlements would fall into Germany's hands.
Almost at the same time, the German 4th Army Corps successfully landed in western Australia under the escort of the Indian Ocean Fleet. It began advancing eastward along Australia's coastline. Although the British had assembled quite a few troops in Australia, and the Australian army's combat strength was greater than that of the Anglo-Indian Army, it was clearly impossible for them to withstand the German offensive.
Once the German 8th Army Corps also entered Australia to fight, the British and Australian forces would soon be defeated. However, the problem troubling the German military was that Australia was simply too vast, more than twice the size of India. Occupying the entire continent would require considerable time. Fortunately, Australia did not have much of a population at present. Even if Britain raised troops there, it would not be able to raise many.
It was expected that by the first half of next year, the German military would have no problem occupying all of Australia. Only then would Germany's military operations temporarily come to an end.
However, Oscar's attention was not on that rich colony of Australia, but on Germany's neighbor, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As an ally of the German Empire, although the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not played much of a role in the previous World War, it had at least tied down some of Germany's enemies. Otherwise, Germany's victory in the World War—especially on the land battlefield—would have been even harder to achieve.
Although Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been steadfast allies during the war, after