Rise of Australia

Chapter 155
After Arthur's speech, it was routine to raise the national flag and play the national anthem.

During this time period, although some countries already had national anthems representing the royal family and the country, most countries still had a vague impression of the national anthem, and the songs used in large-scale ceremonies and celebrations were not the same.

However, the song used by the British Empire in formal occasions and ceremonies is "God Save the King", which is also the only song that can represent the British royal family.

As a member of the royal family born in the British Empire, Arthur naturally also has the right to play "God Save the King".

For now, the only song designated for major Australian celebrations is also "God Save the King".

Accompanied by solemn and solemn songs sounded throughout the shipyard, under the escort of a group of guards, a huge Australian flag was slowly sent to the flagpole, and then fixed on the pull rope for raising and lowering the flag.

"Long live Australia!"

As the national flag was slowly raised on the flagpole, warm cheers resounded in the nearby open space.

For the current Australians, being able to witness the national flag that represents their country and the royal family slowly flying in the sky is the best news for people who love the country.

After watching the national flag rise from the bottom of the flagpole to the highest point of the flagpole, and then gradually unfold and flutter over the venue, Prime Minister Evan stepped forward slowly and continued to preside over the National Day ceremony.

"Next, it will be the most important item of the entire National Day ceremony, which is to review the Australian naval fleet under the order of His Royal Highness!" Prime Minister Evan said slowly.

After Prime Minister Evan finished speaking, the people on the venue looked expectantly towards the distance of the port.

They could vaguely see that in the distance of the port, at the midpoint of the horizon, there were several small black spots that were gradually getting bigger, and that was the Australian warship they were thinking about.

The navy's military parade is the main item of this National Day ceremony, and it is also what these people are looking forward to seeing.

Although I know that the Australian Navy fleet does not have large warships, the largest is only an armored cruiser of more than 5000 tons.

But this does not stop the enthusiasm of Australians to watch their own country's warships.

Since the colonial period, the navy has been one of the most important arms of a country.Even in some island countries, the importance of the navy has surpassed that of the army, and the country's financial investment in the navy is far greater than that of the army, such as the current world's number one powerful British Empire.

The British Empire's investment in the navy is not insignificant, which is why the Royal Navy of the British Empire has been able to maintain the world's first and even crush the second and third levels.

The famous two-power policy also reveals how much the British attach importance to the investment in the navy. It can be said that maintaining the advantage of the Royal Navy is one of the most important policies of the British Empire.

At present, the vast majority of Australians are immigrants from the British Empire, and they have naturally inherited the British tradition of attaching importance to the navy.

As colony immigrants before, even if they have a sense of identity with their current hometown, Australia, they have no way to expect Australia's investment in the navy.

Although Australia has a large land area, its population at that time was only a small 300 million people.

But despite this, Australia is still divided into six colonies, and each colony operates independently without interfering with each other.

Under such circumstances, how can people expect the Australian Navy?You must know that the six colonies of Australia at that time could not even afford the expenditure of 6000 troops for the army, and the construction of the navy was even mobilized from partially retired warships and small warships from the Royal Navy.

Now it has finally been combined into a complete principality, and it has indeed invested and achieved certain results in the navy.

This is why Australians attach so much importance to the navy.After decades of silence, they finally saw the hope of the rise of the Australian Navy, although at present it is only a hope and a small sign.

Seeing that everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the navy, Arthur did not hesitate. He stepped forward and solemnly announced into the loudspeaker: "Now, under the witness of the Australian flag and all the people, I declare that the 1903 Australian The naval parade has officially begun!"

Following Arthur's order, some officials off the field also began to prepare.

The coastal defense gun next to it fired three shots towards the uninhabited coast, symbolizing the third year of the establishment of the Principality of Australia.

At the same time, this is also a signal to the distant Australian fleet.The sound of coastal defense guns also represented the official start of the naval parade.

Leading the fleet are the armored cruisers Australia and Duke Arthur, which have just been launched.

The launch of these two new warships happened just before the National Day, and it happened to be able to let Australians see Australia's latest warships on National Day.

The fleet in the distance looks like a few large or small black spots. Although these black spots are slowly approaching, they only look like sesame seeds.

Australians are full of anticipation, attentive and staring off the coast.

As one warship after another gradually approached the port, people gradually saw the whole picture of the warship.

At this time, the sesame spots in the distance had gradually grown in size, gradually becoming the size of a soybean, and then the size of a broad bean.

Because the port cannot accommodate all the warships to dock, this review of the navy was conducted by two ships.

The first to dock at the port were of course the two new warships Australia and Duke Arthur.

Only after the warship was completely docked at the port did Australians clearly see the full picture and true size of the warship.

Although the Duke-class armored cruiser is only a medium-sized warship, it is far inferior to the current mainstream battleships in terms of cost and performance.

But in front of tiny humans, just an armored cruiser is already a huge monster.

The length, width and height of the Duke-class armored cruiser are 93.5 meters, 17.63 meters and 7.01 meters respectively. It looks almost like a building at close range.

The port where the two armored cruisers docked seems to be two buildings built on the coast.

"Gentlemen and ladies. The two warships you are seeing so far are the latest two Duke-class armored cruisers launched by our navy. The one on the left is named Australia, and the other is Duke Arthur." Below the reviewing stand, at this moment, two officials from the Ministry of National Defense were introducing the two warships to everyone in another place with loudspeakers.

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