Rise of Australia

Chapter 304 Inspecting the Construction of the Stadium (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)

In December 1911, because 12 was approaching, Arthur also went to the National Stadium again to inspect the construction of the National Stadium.

After two years of construction, most of the National Stadium has been built, and the rest is just some finishing work.

During this time, the Australasian Olympic Organization also received applications from up to 20 countries around the world to participate in the Games.

Compared with the previous London Olympic Games, this Olympic Games has some modifications to the previous regulations. In each competition, each country can participate in a maximum of 7 people, and it is recommended to participate in three people.

At the same time, some relatively new technologies, such as electronic timing and finish camera equipment, will also be added to this Olympic Games, which will make the timing of the Olympic Games more accurate, and can also more reasonably resolve some disputes over ranking judgments.

More importantly, because the timing is more accurate, even accurate to one-tenth of a second, and Arthur invested a lot of money, the International Olympic Committee announced that it will record the achievements of the athletes in this Olympic Games, And announce the world record of the corresponding result.

In other words, the excellent results of the Sydney Olympic Games will directly enter the world record.

This has made some athletes who want to win glory for their country and fame for themselves look forward to this Olympic Games even more, and it has also made the Sydney Olympic Games hotly discussed around the world.

The Olympic medals for this time have already been prepared. The gold medals are composed of gold and jade. The estimated value of each medal is at least [-] Australian dollars, which can be said to be really valuable.

Don't underestimate the two thousand Australian dollars. According to one pound equals 7.33 grams of gold, two thousand equals one thousand pounds equals 7330 grams of gold.

If estimated according to the approximate gold price of later generations, the value of this medal even exceeds 300 million yuan.

Of course, this is only a proportional calculation of the gold price.If factors such as the depreciation of the currency are taken into account, I am afraid that the price will increase several times.

The price of the silver medal is slightly lower, with an estimated value of only about 600 Australian dollars, which is only a little more than one-third of the value of the gold medal.

The No.3 bronze medal has the lowest valuation, only about 150 Australian dollars, which can only be said to be a decent participation award.

Of course, the number of events in the Sydney Olympics has also been reduced compared to the previous London Olympics.

According to the negotiation with the International Olympic Committee, there are only more than 40 events in the Sydney Olympic Games. It is expected to start from June to July 1912, and it will take up to two months to end.

Arthur spent a lot of money for this Olympic Games. In addition to the cost of building stadiums, organizing competitions, etc., Australasia will also provide round-trip boat tickets for all athletes from participating countries and accommodation in Australasia Expenses, and a professional medical team is dispatched to ensure the safety of all participating athletes.

But this cost is worth it, after all, after this Olympic Games, the next Olympic Games is destined to be held a long time later.

Judging from the current tense situation in Europe, Arthur even has to pray that the situation in Europe will not deteriorate, so as to ensure that the Sydney Olympics can be held smoothly.

It is worth mentioning that although only 20 countries have registered to participate in the Olympic Games, the number of registered athletes has exceeded 2000, of which Australasia contributed 500.

These 500 people are also left after the previous athlete training team has been carefully selected. After a period of hard training, they should also be able to achieve certain achievements.

After Australasia's 500, the UK had the second-highest number of participants, with 293.The third most is Norway, with a total of 207 people.The fourth most is Sweden, with a total of 199 people.

After that, there were 186 people from Finland, 185 from Germany, 178 from Russia, and 174 from the United States.

Arthur's goal is to strive for the number of countries participating in the Olympic Games to reach the threshold of 30 before the start of the Olympic Games.

At the same time, the number of athletes participating in the sports meeting should preferably exceed 3000. After all, it is not easy to hold an Olympic Games. The larger the scale, the better the effect.

The construction of the stadium should be able to be completed by March 1912, and it should be fully operational in time for the Olympic Games in June.

As for the supporting hotels and various ancillary constructions of the gymnasium, as well as the construction of roads, so far, they have basically been completed.

Arthur visited the hotels and supporting training facilities prepared for the athletes, as well as the roads connecting the stadium and the city, and only then satisfactorily ended the trip to inspect the construction of the stadium.

So far, the construction of the stadium has not only spent the initial budget of 600 million Australian dollars, but also used an additional 200 million Australian dollars in the reserve budget.

This resulted in construction of the stadium costing A$800 million, or nearly four dreadnoughts.

However, judging from the current construction of the stadium, Arthur believes that the money is worth the money.

If the National Stadium can be used for dozens or even hundreds of years, the historical heritage and culture it represents will definitely be more valuable than the millions of Australian dollars spent now.

After finishing the inspection of the National Stadium, Arthur rushed to the agricultural machinery factory without stopping.

Hidden here is the big killer prepared by Arthur, and it is also one of the weapons that the Australasian Army will focus on equipping in the future.

"Your Majesty!" Outside the agricultural machinery factory, the factory manager Joel greeted Arthur respectfully, and then took Arthur to the warehouse of the agricultural machinery factory.

There are several newly produced tanks parked in the warehouse, and it took more than a year of experiments and improvements since the last experiment before the first-generation tanks were finally finalized.

Compared with the previous first test period, the stability of these newly produced tanks has been greatly improved.

Although this can't change the problem of the tank occasionally dropping the chain, but a big guy with armor protection and firepower output, why care about those small problems?
Looking at these brand-new big guys, Arthur nodded with satisfaction, looked at Director Joel, and asked, "Director Joel, what is the current production speed of such tanks at the Agricultural Machinery Factory?"

"Your Majesty, it is not easy to produce such a big car. If we can lay one production line, we can guarantee the production speed of one car in four days. If we can lay two production lines, we should be able to increase the production speed to two to three days One car." Joel replied.

The production of tanks includes armor, artillery, chassis, power system, tracks and other modules, and the practicality and stability of the tank must also be considered.

Add to that the testing phase that each tank had to go through, and it wasn't fast enough to produce a tank, even if it was just an improvement on a tractor.

Arthur nodded in understanding, and ordered: "Now the Agricultural Machinery Factory has laid a tank production line to produce tanks at a rate of one every four days. The current production speed is enough. I hope that before 1914, I can have tanks. At least two hundred tanks."

Australasia is still far from a large-scale war, and the role of tanks is not that high for the time being.

As he said, Arthur looked at Director Joel again, and asked: "Director Joel, if we use the current tanks and tractors as references, can we design a transport vehicle that still has armor protection capabilities?" , How about improving the efficiency of marching between our armies?"

"Or the large-caliber artillery can be installed on the tractor, so that the artillery can be transferred and mobilized more conveniently. If these ideas can be realized, we may add several secret weapons to our arsenal." Arthur said with a smile.

"It is possible, Your Majesty. It is not difficult to realize the ideas you mentioned, but it will take a while to achieve better combat effectiveness. Our factory is really short of manpower, Your Majesty. Can you send us more How about more excellent employees, as well as some experts in the military industry, to help the machinery factory achieve these things better?" While chatting, the factory director Joel suddenly began to cry, and pleaded to Arthur with a helpless and sad face.

"While producing and researching tractors, the agricultural machinery factory also needs to research military weapons and equipment such as tanks. There is indeed a shortage of manpower. How about this? I allow you to discuss with the military factory and invite some military experts to sit in the agricultural machinery factory to make more improvements. Well realize the idea I put forward. As for the issue of outstanding workers, you can negotiate with several major domestic technical schools and ask them to give priority to sending graduates next year to the agricultural machinery factory." Arthur nodded, agreeing with Joe The request of the factory director.

In fact, there is no way. After all, the production of tanks is still in a state of secrecy. This also leads to the fact that military weapons such as tanks can only be produced and researched in agricultural factories such as agricultural machinery factories.

Although the scale of the agricultural machinery factory is not small, it still dwarfs in terms of manpower because it also takes care of the R&D and manufacturing of tractors and tanks.

"Great, thank you Your Majesty. Please rest assured, I will definitely attach importance to the weapon ideas you mentioned, and strive to realize these ideas as soon as possible." Hearing that Arthur agreed to his request, Joel said excitedly .

"The research and development of the second-generation tanks cannot be left behind. After all, tanks modified with tractors have some limitations, and a tank plan must be redesigned and continuously improved to form the final tank system. Compared with the first-generation tanks, I hope The second-generation tanks can give me more surprises, and maybe it will be the time when tanks are equipped on a large scale," Arthur said.

After all, development still has to look forward.Although the Agricultural Machinery Factory successfully developed and manufactured the world's first tank by virtue of the modification of the tractor.

But such success is only temporary, and it cannot be satisfied with tanks converted from tractors.

Arthur's expectation for Australasian tanks is that it is best to have a good combat effectiveness before World War I. Within the scope of World War I, at least the second-generation tanks must be developed to avoid the leakage of the first-generation tanks. In terms of tanks, Australasia lost the opportunity.

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