-BMN Aussies are currently working on a new space program (Expected duration left: 6 months.) and expect to be able to send our very own people into space and even up to the edge of earth's orbit!

-BMN has also started construction of an enormous wall limiting trade and commerce only to go on in the nation' capitol, Sydney. The Great wall of Australia is expected to be completed within the next 10 years!

-For the time being, Australia continues focusing on new technologies in hope to better the lifestyle of its citizens.

-After a few months of research, A.H. scientists have developed a nuclear warhead, using plutonium. The prototype was tested in the Empty Quarter and had a blast range of about 2 km. Another test was made in the Sinai Desert, using an uranium warhead, this time strapped to a rocket. It had a blast range of 3 km. Such rockets are being developed across the nation, with 3 being expected to be done by the end of the month.

-The Transit System was built, and now travelling is far easier, leading to manufacturing machinary, resource displacement aand troop movement being far easier.

-Expedition forces continue to advance through Afrika, declaring the new province of Egypt-Sudan, which is composed of some of eastern Lybia, the entirety of Egypt and northern Sudan. The new nation is decalred a puppet state, since the land is too large to be governed by the Commonwealth. The capital of the puppet state is declared in Cairo.

In the heart of Iceland, a new population has emerged - having lived in bunkers until now, for fear of another attack, they are tired, somewhat malnourished, but alive. Once a few had come out of the ground, word spread quickly, and soon a sizeable portion of Iceland was functioning again.

The obvious first order of business is to get farms producing again. Fortunately, many are still undamaged, in fact still having a usable crop. People quickly set to work on recovery.

The battle of Tennant Creek

From Fort Orion, some expedition forces went soutwards, towards central Australia. After a few days of travelling, they reach a city... They encounter very little resistance as they make their way through the ruined streets, with destroyed building dotted side-to-side. What happened here? It doesn't look like a nuke hit this place and Australia was never targeted by the Axis after they left the war, what the bugger was going on?

As the men were preparing to leave, they get shot-at from a nearby building, 2 of the soldiers being injured. The maniacs hidding inside had some sort of machine-gun with them and were wearing Impirial Japanese uniforms. Where these japanese soldiers who attempted to invade Australia?

As the men were making their way to the burned-down house the crazed soldeirs were in, another one, from a bell-tower began opening sniper-fire, killing one of my men.

The rest of the squad breaks down the door of the house, and using bunker-clearing tactics, throw a few grenades into the room where the soldiers were hidding. None surived the blast.

However, after the house was cleared, the soldiers were pinned down inside by the sniper in the tower, that's when a hybrid-tank burst through one of the walls on the street. With one shot, the entire bell-tower went down like a tooth-pick. With that, the ruined city of Tennant Creek was declared to be under A.H. Control.

Cassualties:

-My side: 3 (1 killed, 2 injured)

-Their side: 3 (all dead)

After the battle was over, a survivor came out of another ruined house. The squadron instantly was prepared for the worst, but after noticing the man wasn't posing a threat, they laid their guns down. The survivor looked pretty shell-shocked, but he was saying of a the new rise of Australia and how more survivors live towards the south-eastern coast, who he called BMN Australia.An expedition to the so-called BMN Australia is right now being debated.

For some reason, one of the BMN civilians reported to the authorities that there seem to be russian forces up north-west of the capitol... He claimed to have having tea in his run-down house, when all of a sudden, he hears gunshots. He claimed to have looked out the window and seen his neighbors from across the street, the Suzuki family from Japan (who never really respected the authorities and seemed a little crazy) manning a machinegun firing at Russian forces! He claims to have watched the forces go into the building and kill them. He then heard a loud explosion and before he knew it, his house was destroyed by a russian tank. He then claims to have been saved by the soldiers and treated for shell-shock.

The leader Hopian is curious as to why Russian forces would like to have anything to do with Australia. More investigation is underway to see why they are here. The Hopian sends a diplomat to go meet and welcome them into Australian grounds and to ask the Russians to have their leader meet with ours.

Casualties:

Russian Forces: 2 (2 injured, as far as the civilian could recall)

BMN: 1 (civilian injured)

While the soldiers were preparing the new Fort Tennant, they put a small chain-linked fence around they city, to keep trouble-bringers out. At one of the few entrences through the fence, a man dressed in fancy clothing, who claimed to be a diplomat from BMN asked if he could come in. Upon a few minutes of negotiation, the man was let in and escorted to the former city-hall, which was now turned into the militrary HQ.

He told us of the BMN-Australia and welcomed us, although he seemed very unhappy that we were occuping the city, he was in no position to complain. He told us of the capitol of the civilization that lies just a couple dozen miles from our city.

After a cup of tea with the newly-elected mayor of the fort, the man left.

1. Another man came to Fort Tennat and was yet again escorted to the City Hall, where he asked what we were doing here. After we explained to him that we are Arabs, British and French, not Russians, we inform him of our Commonwalth and how we were here on a quest to find (and help re-build) new life and civilization.

2. After noticing that Australia was pretty much un-harmed by the war, from Fort Orion more operations are launched, and forts are set up across more of Northern Australia:

3. One of our nuclear warhead-equipped missiles (which we now have 8 of) was taken to Fort Orion, which was now established as our HQ in Australia, along with having 2 silos built in it. The plutonium warhead has a range of 500km.

While you all Arabs, British, French, and whatever else you are expand into australian territiory, we would like to split Australia into two parts by slashing a diagonal line from southwest to northeast Australia. The northwest belonging to you, and the southeast belonging to BMN Aussies. Our half including Tazmania.

The A.H. Commonwealth agrees.

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