Working on a TL with, surprise, an Indonesian transmigrational "colonization" of Australia. As I base my theories on how the invasion would work off of Google Maps and pure logic, I was wondering if anyone on this forum has a great idea for how it could be accomplished.
The requirements are that you have the military power of Indonesia in the 1980's (so no nuking Sydney and Melbourne) you have to use stealth and surprise for as long as possible, and you need to have a back-up plan and such.
My example and attempt:
The Indonesians first land at Derby, Western Australia
(A). With a population of just over 3,000, the land is easily acquired and shouldn't create too much of a fuss. The main point of this port capture is to allow the arrival of a convoy onto the nearby Great Northern Highway. The convey begins to move along the highway, intermittently dropping off troops and equipment and continuing into the Northern Territory.
This first invasion is kind of a diversion from the real invasion in the Northern Territory. Hitting hard with the majority of the Indonesian navy is Darwin
(B) (obviously the hardest point of capture). There is also the wildcard of my idea - Melville Island
(C). It has an airport, a small population of just over 1,000, a LARGE island landmass - and a conjoined island next to it. My idea is that if Indonesia get their asses handed to them, they can all fall back to this island and make an agreement.
Depending on the success up until this point of the Darwin invasion, either post
(D) or
(E) is selected. If Darwin is proving too hard and needs the extra effort, then Bynoe Harbour (D) is chosen, and if the entire NT area needs to be sured up, then it's Port Keats (E).
From Points B & D/E, more convoys would continue down the Great Northern Highway in similar fashion to the Derby convoy, and finally meet at their final location of Katherine. From there the area is sured up and readied for the immediate onslaught of Australia.
Thoughts would be appreciated, and also on my map, the second that is west of Derby (goes to Broome) would also be still Australian, as Indonesia would only go east.
Can you do better?