Rise of Australia

Chapter 315 Warm-up before the Olympics
The territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Europe was eaten up by the Balkan countries in a short period of time, and the Albanian region also took the opportunity to declare independence.

At present, what Turkey can control is the capital Constantinople and the surrounding land less than [-] miles away.

In terms of the results of the wars by various countries, the Serbian army occupied most of Macedonia, northern Albania and New Zappal.

The Greek army occupied territory from southern Macedonia to Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian army occupied eastern Macedonia and parts of Thrace, and Montenegro expanded some land to the east.

In general, several countries have achieved their own gains, and they have initially achieved their own strategic goals.

But this is not over yet. The problems in the Albanian region are the more explosive problems in this war.

Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy hoped to form a self-made Albanian state, but Serbia occupied some areas in northern Albania and succeeded in gaining access to the Adriatic Sea.

Serbia's expansion was strongly supported by Russia, but it attracted strong opposition from Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Especially the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After Serbia officially occupied northern Albania and gained access to the sea, the Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed its opinion to Serbia, demanding that Serbia immediately withdraw its troops from northern Albania, otherwise it will use military mobilization in some areas to ensure Austria-Hungary The interests of the Hungarian Empire in the Balkans.

Germany quickly gave strong support to the actions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while Russia, which was not prepared enough, chose to back down. On the one hand, it persuaded Serbia to make concessions, and on the other hand, it handed over the issue to the Conference of Great Powers for discussion.

Although the situation in the Balkans fell into a short period of calm due to the intervention of the great powers, in fact, because of the intervention of the great powers, the situation in the Balkans is destined to become even more dire.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Australasia at the moment.

As time entered April 1912, the Sydney Olympic Games also entered the final stage of preparation.

This is a world event created by Arthur with the power of Australasia. At present, more than 25 athletes from more than 3000 countries have signed up to participate.

In fact, from the end of February to the beginning of March, many foreign athlete delegations have come to Australasia to enter the intense and exciting training sessions.

Some powerful countries with sufficient strength have already carried out various trainings in their own countries, and are currently preparing to go to Australasia to participate in the final Olympic event.

The good news is that the Balkan War did not affect the holding of the Sydney Olympic Games. Even if the Balkan countries were deeply involved in the war, they still sent a certain number of athletes to participate in the Olympic Games.

In fact, this is also normal. The Balkan countries are generally standing behind the big powers, and the big powers have participated in it. It is not appropriate for these Balkan countries to ignore it.

In order to make the Olympic Games and Australasia more famous in the world, Arthur decided to use a round-the-world voyage to make Australasia famous in the world, and also to promote the Sydney Olympic Games.

Of course, this is not a simple round-the-world voyage.The first circumnavigation in history dates back to the middle of the fifteenth century hundreds of years ago.

At that time, large sailing ships were used to sail around the world, which directly opened up the centuries-long era of great navigation and colonial era, and it was also one of the main reasons that brought Europe to the top of the world.

After voyaging around the world, Europeans realized how small the place they lived in was, and only then did they know that there is a very extensive land and a large population outside of Europe.

Arthur's planned round-the-world voyage will use an airship made in Australasia, the AU-3 airship, to conduct an air round-the-world voyage.

Using flight to circumnavigate the world is a great milestone that no one else has yet achieved.

If Arthur could propel an airship around the world, it would also give Australasia a place in aviation history.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the AU-3 airship developed by the Aviation Research Laboratory.

The development speed of airships is still relatively slow compared with that of airplanes. This is actually why Arthur formulated that the importance of airplanes is greater than that of airships.

However, with so many years of technology accumulation, coupled with a certain amount of investment in the research and development of airships, it is still very easy to upgrade the airship to the third generation, to be precise, the second generation researched by the aviation research laboratory.

Another purpose of Arthur's promotion of the airship's global voyage is to attract the attention of European countries again after the last Portuguese-Australian war, so that European countries will invest their budgets in the research and development of airships.

Compared with the previous generation of airships, the performance of the AU-3 airship has been greatly improved.

In particular, the increase in flight speed has given the AU-3 airship the ability to truly circumnavigate the world.

After Arthur issued the mission, the aeronautical laboratory began to make intense arrangements for the round-the-world voyage, carefully considering the choice of stop points during the round-the-world voyage, and striving to complete this meaningful round-the-world voyage in a shorter time.

For a round-the-world voyage, there is an essential difference between the first time and the second time.

Just as in a race people only remember the winner, so the news will only trumpet the first round-the-world voyage.

After all, pioneers are always more admirable than trackers. After the first round-the-world voyage, shouldn't the second and more be inevitable?
After the research of the Aeronautical Laboratory, it was decided that the round-the-world voyage will start on April 4. The starting point is Sydney, the first stop is Hawaii, the second stop is Los Angeles, and the third stop is London, England. Then Berlin, Rome, Delhi, Batavia and finally back to Sydney.

Even including Sydney, the airship will only stop at eight locations to complete the planned round-the-world voyage.

In fact, the aeronautical lab could even cut down on a few more stops if it wanted to.

But after all, the purpose of this round-the-world voyage is not simply to complete a fast round-the-world voyage, but to use the gimmick of the first circumnavigation of the airship to promote Australasia and the Sydney Olympics.

Therefore, the choice of these stops seems to have some ulterior motives.Needless to say about Hawaii, after all, it is across the entire Pacific Ocean, and it is necessary to stop in Hawaii in the middle.

Arthur didn't want his voyage around the world to be planned so hard. Because of any mistakes or accidents, he sank in the Pacific Ocean just after the start, and that would be fun.

Next to Los Angeles is the big city in the western United States, which is necessary to make a name for yourself around the world.

The same is true in London, England, and I believe the British people will not refuse.As for why you didn’t choose Paris or Berlin, it’s because it’s either too close to London, or it’s not on the way.

In the end, it was also intentional to choose to dock Arthur in Batavia. Using circumnavigation to demonstrate the strength of Australasia would also facilitate Australasia's better control of Southeast Asia.

Although Arthur didn't want to directly annex the Dutch East Indies, it is still necessary to have the right to speak in this area.

The plan of the aviation laboratory was determined very quickly, and the media controlled by the royal consortium released the news very quickly.

On April 1912, 4, Britain, Germany, and Russia successively sent telegrams to Arthur, congratulating him and asking if there was any need for help.

What Arthur didn't expect was that the British side sent telegrams the fastest. This situation was completely different from that of Edward VII.

During the reign of Edward VII, although the British royal family never missed congratulations to Arthur, they generally lagged behind the German royal family and the Russian royal family, and sometimes even the latest among the European powers.

What surprised Arthur even more was that the British government also sent a congratulatory telegram to Arthur, and also proposed further cooperation and strategic cooperation in economic and military fields.

Although I don't know what the purpose of the British government is, but it must be Australasia that will take advantage of the cooperation with the world's largest powers.

Under Arthur's instruction, the Australasian government sent a telegram back to the British government, expressing its welcome for further strategic cooperation.

The two sides continued to flirt with each other until they reached a simple agreement the day before the round-the-world voyage, and agreed that after the Olympics, Australasia would send a diplomatic team to London, England to discuss formal cooperation matters.

The telegrams from Germany and Russia, on the basis of expressing congratulations on the circumnavigation in advance, also mentioned very metaphorically that if the circumnavigation is successful, they hope to introduce new airship technology from Australasia.

Naturally, Arthur would not refuse this. After all, the cost of an airship is not low, and the price of selling it to the outside world is even more expensive.

If it is the introduction of technology, it will make more money.Although this is the most advanced airship technology in Australasia, militarized aircraft have been studied for several generations, and who cares about the current extremely fragile airship?
Arthur's decisive agreement also made the German side feel a lot better.

Originally, William II thought that Australasia was planning to approach the United Kingdom. At present, it seems that it may be just to avoid war, from declaring neutrality, and not participating in the struggle between the two major military blocs.

Although Germany may lose a powerful assistant during the war, Australasia's excellent geographical location is definitely more valuable than offending.

In the conversation with Nicholas II, the two sides also greeted each other's children.Crown Prince Alexei's hemophilia was miraculously cured by Rasputin, which also made Nicholas II feel much better.

Of course, what Nicholas II didn't expect was that Rasputin, who cured his child and was regarded as a saint by the queen, was one of the chief culprits that led to the collapse of the Russian Empire.

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