Rise of Australia

Chapter 187 A Completely Different War

The time came to September 1904.

The issuance of the new currency has been very successful. Although it has only been a little over a week, more than 200 million pounds worth of new currency, namely the Australian dollar, has been circulated.

This currency release adopts a unified nationwide issuance, and people are free to choose their own salary payment methods. Both the pound sterling and the Australian dollar have become one of the payment methods recognized by the federal government.

Across Australia, many people have chosen to receive their salaries in Australian dollars.

They have great trust in the current government and Arthur, and naturally agree with the new currency issued by the royal family.

There are even many collectors born among the Australian people. They firmly believe that a limited number of commemorative coins may have collection value in the future, which is not available in the current British pound.

At present, according to the news from the royal banks all over the Federation, about 100 million Australian dollars, 300 million shillings, and 4000 two million pence have been exchanged, and half of them are currently in circulation in the market.

This is good news for the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and Arthur.

The Commonwealth has initially been able to get rid of the economic control of the British Empire and has its own new currency.

For Arthur and the royal family, these currencies are issued by the royal bank, which also means that the country's current financial power is in the hands of the royal family, which is an important means of consolidating the royal power.

Financial power, military power, and people's hearts are all in Arthur's hands. As long as Arthur is in power, it is impossible for the federation to have any forces or individuals who have the right to challenge the royal family.

Compared with Australia's political harmony, the war in the Far East is much more tragic than in history.

Because of Arthur's disguised intervention, the weapons and equipment of both sides in this war were much more advanced, including artillery and heavy machine guns capable of causing mass destruction. Both the Tsarist Russian Empire and the island nation were equipped with more.

Since the last naval battle of Lushun, the island nation has regained a brief period of tranquility in terms of navy.

Lieutenant General Makarov maintained his plan, occasionally seeing warships departing from Lushun Port, carrying out some secret missions.

The tranquility on the ocean also represents the cruelty on land.

Since March 1904, 3, after the first army of the island country landed in the Korean town of Nampo, the army of the island country has not moved much.

Most of the reason for this is because the army of the island country is waiting for the action of the navy. Only when the navy gains an advantage and uses the powerful naval guns of the navy can it pose a threat to the fortress of Lushun port.

But the development of things exceeded the expectations of the island country. The naval battle did not win, and even in terms of naval warfare, the island country failed.

But the war on land cannot stop, and maintaining such an army size is a huge cost to both sides.

In mid-April, the First Army of the island nation successfully arrived in the northern part of the Korean peninsula.

The defense on the opposite bank is the Eastern Manchurian detachment of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and the commander is Zasulich.

The island nation's first army has a size of about 3 people, and the Dongman detachment has nearly 2 people.

In terms of simple offensive and defensive advantages, it seems that the Russian Empire has the upper hand.However, after Zasulich, the defender of the Tsarist Russian Empire, came to the position, he did not take any action for a month and a half. He neither strengthened the fortifications nor deployed the troops scattered on the frontal battlefield. He did not have any measures to deal with the enemy.

The only fortification turned out to be a long trench without even the slightest camouflage.

Among them, the reserve troops, which accounted for about half of the number, were even stationed ten kilometers away, and the artillery positions were completely exposed to the enemy.

Leaving aside how such a "talent" ascended to such high positions as the commander of the Mandong detachment and the lieutenant general of the Tsarist Russian Empire, for the Japanese army, this is simply a gift for nothing.

After preparing for more than ten days, the island country launched an attack, trying to go around the rear of the enemy's left flank and surround the 2-strong army in front of it.

On the second day, the two sides fought fiercely in the nearby area, and the Tsarist Russian Empire bluntly resisted the island country's attack with artillery fire and counterattacks.

However, due to the superiority of the island nation's military strength, coupled with the rudimentary defensive positions of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and the fact that the artillery positions had already been exposed, the island nation's artillery suppressed the Russian artillery fire, and the island nation also successfully attacked the position that day.

The Russian commander Zasulich was afraid of being surrounded, so he quickly ordered a retreat to the rear.

However, when the 11th Infantry Regiment of East Siberia was retreating, it was already deeply encircled by the island army. After breaking through several times, it still failed, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

However, this infantry regiment is not without any results.Although it was not equipped with artillery from Australia, it was lucky to be assigned two heavy machine guns.

After trying to break out of the siege to no avail, the 11th Infantry Regiment of Eastern Siberia decisively chose to stick to it, and finally paid the price of annihilation of the entire army, in exchange for more than 6000 casualties of the island army.

This was the first land-based trade war between the Tsarist Russian Empire and the island nation, and it resulted in a crushing defeat for the Tsarist Russian Empire and a disastrous victory for the island nation.

Of the 2-strong Dongman detachment led by Gasulich, only more than 1 people successfully retreated.

The 3-strong First Army of the island country lost more than 5000 people in this offensive, and suffered more than 11 casualties when they encircled and suppressed the 6000th Infantry Regiment in Eastern Siberia, Russia, and the number of combatants dropped sharply to [-] .

But on a strategic level, the ultimate beneficiaries of this war are still island countries.Zasulich's retreat directly opened the eastern gate of the Far East to the island country.

After a short period of repairs, the First Army of the island nation immediately advanced to the inland of the Far East.

Meanwhile, early May.

About 4 troops of the Second Army of the Island Kingdom also set out in full gear and landed at Piziwo on the Liaodong Peninsula in an attempt to capture the port of Lushun from north to south.

The reason why the island countries attach so much importance to Lushun Port is because the geographical location of Lushun Port is very important.

As long as the Tsarist Russian Empire continues to control the port of Lushun, the Pacific Fleet can threaten the sea lines of communication of the island troops that have landed at any time.

Even if the Pacific Fleet is desperate, it may completely cut off the logistics transportation line of the island country and the landing force.

What else can an army without logistics do?In addition to mutiny, there is only being captured and starved to death.

The defensive force in the area north of Lushun Port is the [-]th Infantry Division of the Tsarist Empire, and the commander is General Fokker.

The Fourth Infantry Division has a total size of 1.8 people, with more than 150 artillery pieces and [-] heavy machine guns.

Because General Makarov is also aware of the importance of Lushun Port, at the suggestion of General Makarov, Alekseyev, Governor of the Far East, handed over part of the equipment purchased from Australia to the Fourth Infantry Division.

This also led to the current equipment of the Fourth Infantry Division being very luxurious. All of them are uniformly equipped with German-made Gew98 rifles, and there are more than twenty CA-1 machine guns, fifteen [-]mm howitzers and other artillery pieces. .

In mid-May, the Second Army of the Island State and the Fourth Russian Infantry Division successfully met and fought quickly.

Whether it is artillery or the size of the number of people, the second army of the island country has sufficient advantages.

General Ao Baogong also thought so. As the commander of the Second Army, he seemed to have seen the opportunity to attack Lushun, so he ordered all four divisions to press up, trying to quickly eliminate the defense forces in the north of Lushun.

At the beginning of the war, the artillery of the island country suppressed the artillery of the Tsarist Russian Empire very smoothly.

The army of the island country also approached the Fourth Infantry Division very smoothly, and the soldiers on both sides could even see clearly the other's ferocious face and hair mixed with gunpowder smoke and dust.

"Full shot!"

Following General Fokker's order, the artillery from Australia fired smoothly.Under the leadership of the CA-1 cannon, the Russian artillery regained its advantage, and successive shells exploded in the troops of the island nation, causing heavy casualties to the island nation.

"Baga! Where did these Russians get so many artillery pieces? With such a dense firepower coverage, there must be at least a thousand." A little farther away from the battlefield, General Obaogong looked at the constant gunfire on the battlefield with a look of horror. Exploding artillery fire, asked in puzzlement.

It's a pity that no one can answer his question. All islanders have never seen such intensive artillery fire, and no one even thought of making the army retreat quickly.

In fact, this is normal. The current fully automatic technology is basically only used for firearms, and machine guns are the best embodiment of fully automatic technology.

At present, only France and Australia have mastered the technology of automatic artillery, and Germany is no more.

But France was an ally of the Russian Empire, and Germany also supported the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Far East.Of course, Australia needless to say, without Arthur's order, it will not export Australia's own weapons.

At present, there is no automatic artillery option in Germany's public arsenal. The weapons imported by the island country are all technology from the Krupp factory, 75mm and 105mm howitzers.

These artillery have a characteristic, that is, the firing speed is relatively slow. Within 1 minute, the fastest can only fire less than ten shells.

But the firing rate of the CA-1 cannon has reached a terrifying sixty rounds per minute, which is equivalent to a gap of six or seven times.

It was precisely because of the crazy firepower bombardment from the CA-1 machine gun that General Obaogong had the illusion that the Tsarist Russian army on the opposite side had thousands of artillery pieces.

It was too late by the time General Obaogong realized it. At that time, in order to quickly resolve the battle, the island nation's troops were almost swarming, and they were very dense with each other.

This also allows the CA-1 cannon to play a huge role.Although the relative power is not that great, each shell is enough to cause varying degrees of injury to the enemies within five meters around.

What's more, the CA-1 machine gun fired multiple shells in each round, and many island soldiers were hit by multiple shells before they even reacted.

The war ended with the sound of naval guns of the Pacific Fleet.Unlike the original history, the Pacific Fleet was still able to maintain a balance of power against the United Fleet. Therefore, the island army did not receive naval gun support, but the Russian army received naval gun support from the Pacific Fleet.

The main guns of warships are generally large guns of more than 200mm, especially those battleships that rely on firepower, and the caliber of the guns can even reach a terrifying 300mm.

Such a large-caliber artillery is a curse to the infantry, and many people can only watch the black spots in front of them become more and more dull, and drown themselves in a cloud of white smoke.

General Makarov vented all the anger from the last naval battle this time.This time a total of two battleships were dispatched and more than a hundred naval artillery shells were fired.

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