Rise of Australia

Chapter 265 Parade of New Zealand
Although he is ready for a nationwide parade, Arthur also needs to go through some meticulous preparations before he can travel.

After all, as the ruler of a country, one must settle domestic affairs well before traveling, right?

First of all, because of the slack government affairs caused by accompanying Queen Mary for more than half a year, Arthur spent more than half a month to deal with all the accumulated tasks, and also held a meeting with the cabinet government to check the work progress of the cabinet government.

Afterwards, the affairs of the palace were settled, leaving Butler Hunter to take care of the palace, and left most of the bodyguards and guards in the palace.

Arthur's [-]st Infantry Regiment of the Guards Division will be responsible for the guard work this time, so the bodyguards and guards also have enough strength to stay in the kingdom.

The destinations of this cruise will spread across several regions of Australasia, starting from the capital Sydney, and first arriving in New Zealand by fleet to start a half-month inspection.

Afterwards, he departed from New Zealand by fleet and went to the colony of New Guinea for inspection and review.

Immediately after that was Australian Timor. After leaving Australian Timor, he went south to the Western Australia region of the island to inspect the construction of the Leonora Industrial Base, then took the industrial railway to Adelaide and Melbourne, and finally returned to Sydney.

This is equivalent to a complete circle around the territory of Australasia, plus the time for inspection and review in various areas, it is estimated that this study tour will take about two months.

And Arthur set off in mid-October, which also means that after this parade, 1909 should almost come to an end.

On October 1909, 10, after more than a year, Arthur once again came to the Royal Dockyard in Sydney Harbour.

Accompanying them were not only Prime Minister Walter and Minister of State Kent, but also Minister of Defense Raul and a group of government officials.

The real reason why Arthur and cabinet officials were able to gather at the Royal Dockyard was because after more than a year, all three battleships in the Australasian five-year shipbuilding plan had been built.

In fact, the first battleship, HMS Australasia, was already built in February this year.

Arthur also participated in the launching ceremony at that time, but returned to the palace in a hurry after the ceremony.

This time, the battleship Australia and the battleship New Zealand were built at the same time, and both ushered in the launching ceremony, which is of great significance to Australasia.

The Sovereign-class battleship is an advanced battleship manufactured by Australasia itself, which also means that the current shipbuilding level of Australasia has reached the world-class level.

For Australasia, these three battleships are also the beginning and clarion call of naval expansion.

Regardless of the level of the Australasian navy before, with three dreadnoughts, the Australasian navy will definitely be able to rank among the top ten in the world.

Of course, if only dreadnoughts are counted, the number of dreadnoughts in Australasia has reached the top three in the world, and it is also the fourth country in the world to have dreadnoughts.

The historic jump in the size of the navy was a memorable event for both Arthur and Australasia.

On the day of the launching ceremony of the battleships Australia and New Zealand, a large number of Australasian newspapers and foreign media gathered in the port to write about the Australasian battleships and battleships for the rest of Australasia and the world. news.

Although dreadnoughts are already very common for powers such as Britain and France, the arms race between the two sides on dreadnoughts has already started fiercely, and their respective shipbuilding plans have even reached several ships.

But the dreadnought is still a powerful warship that is beyond reach for other countries in the world.

Leaving aside the expensive cost of a dreadnought, which can cost more than 100 million and nearly 200 million pounds, if you want to build a dreadnought, you must first master the ability to build old-fashioned battleships, and then you must master various new technologies for dreadnoughts. All non-Great Power countries are shut out.

Not to mention dreadnoughts, there are currently less than fifteen countries that have mastered relatively advanced battleship construction technology, let alone mastering various new technologies of dreadnoughts, and designing and manufacturing their own dreadnoughts based on these new technologies .

The battleships Australia and New Zealand were completely built according to the design drawings of the Sovereign-class battleships, and the artillery they carried was also the latest 45-caliber 305mm main gun provided by Germany.

The original 283mm main guns of the battleship Australasia were also replaced, all of which were replaced with 305mm main guns.

Because enough room was reserved for the replacement of the main gun at that time, the task of replacement was not onerous.

The Sovereign-class battleship equipped with a 305mm main gun can be called a true dreadnought that can be compared with the Dreadnought battleship.

Looking at the three behemoths floating in the sea and the hideous muzzles on the behemoths, Arthur smiled proudly and satisfied and nodded.

These three battleships are not only a further proof of the Australasian Navy, but also the hope and clarion call for the rise of the Navy.

Australasia is a country composed of many islands, and sea power is the most important for Australasia at present.

After the construction of the next two battlecruisers was completed, Arthur decided to start the next construction plan non-stop, striving to increase the size of the Australasian navy to at least five dreadnoughts and four battlecruisers before the start of World War I. There are cruisers, fifteen submarines, and dozens of small and medium-sized warships.

If Australasia could have such a naval size before World War I, it would not only be able to protect its own security in World War I, but even seek more expansion and benefits.

After all, the size of such a navy can definitely be regarded as the level of a great power. For such a powerful country that is far away from Europe, European countries can only choose to win over.

The successful launch of the two battleships is also good news for Australasia, that is, the construction of the next two battlecruisers will also begin soon.

However, the completion of these two battlecruisers will have to wait until at least the second half of next year, which also means that before 1911, there will be basically no major expansion of the Australasian Navy.

On October 1909, 10, after everything was settled, Arthur took the 17st Infantry Regiment of the Guards Division and Minister of Defense Raul, Thomas Johansen, Commander of the [-]st Division, and Grant Wilson, Minister of Propaganda, Officially opened a cruise tour that lasted at least two months.

The fleet that was responsible for escorting Arthur this time was quite luxurious in scale.Because the two battleships that had just been launched also needed to undergo sea navigation tests, they were directly included in the escort team.

This also led to the fact that the fleet escorted this time has three dreadnoughts, one submarine and ten frigates, which can be regarded as the power of the whole country for Australasia.

Arthur's first stop was Wellington, the capital of Northern New Zealand.In fact, Wellington is not too far away from Sydney. If you travel at the fastest speed by a warship, it only takes more than a day to arrive.

But after all, this time it was mainly for the purpose of parade, and Arthur came out to relax, not to rush on official business.

Therefore, the speed of the fleet is not fast, and the average speed is only about fifteen knots.

This caused Arthur to arrive in Wellington on the night of October 10.

Officials in Wellington and North New Zealand had already received news of Arthur's arrival. Even though Arthur arrived at night, they organized a large number of officials and citizens to wait at the port.

On the first night of his arrival in New Zealand, Arthur did not perform any official business, but lived in a room prepared by the Wellington City Hall.

After a day's rest, Arthur went to the suburbs of Wellington and the surrounding industrial areas respectively to start his own inspection and review road.

The overall animal husbandry in Australasia is very developed, and New Zealand's animal husbandry also accounts for more than [-]% of Australia's total animal husbandry.

According to the report of the North New Zealand state government, the entire North New Zealand state has at least tens of thousands of large and small pastures, and the total number of cattle, sheep and other livestock raised is as high as more than 500 million.

Arthur is also convinced of this point. After all, there are many large and small pastures around Wellington alone, and cattle and sheep of different colors can be seen everywhere. This point cannot be fooled at all.

It is worth mentioning that, at least in northern New Zealand, industrial areas, animal husbandry areas, and agriculture are relatively separated, which also greatly reduces the possibility of animal husbandry and agriculture being affected by industry.

Arthur is quite satisfied with this point. After all, the industry of this era can tell from the thick black smoke spewing out of the chimney into the sky that this is not something environmentally friendly.

It's just that in this era, if you want to make the country strong, the development of industry is essential.

The development of industry cannot avoid damaging the environment. Who made the industry of this era so distinctive.

On the second day after arriving in New Zealand, Arthur inspected the agricultural and livestock areas around Wellington and visited one of the industrial areas around Wellington.

This day can be considered a bit busy, at least Arthur thinks so.

In the next few days, Arthur spent almost all of his life in Wellington eating, drinking and having fun.The only bit of official time was used by Arthur to understand and investigate the living conditions of residents in northern New Zealand, especially Wellington.

The results of the survey are quite gratifying. Although the life of the citizens of Wellington is not very good, they can still satisfy their food and clothing.

It was Arthur's first wish when he succeeded to the throne to let all the people have no shortage of food and live a life of food and clothing.

At present, it seems that it has been initially realized. At least in the area that Arthur can understand, Australasians basically don't go hungry.

After all, in addition to the various welfare policies promulgated by the government, the Royal Relief Committee also helps a large number of low-income people every year to ensure that they have at least food to eat and will not go hungry.

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