Rise of Australia

Chapter 78 Military Reform (Please Subscribe!)
March 1901, 3, outside Sydney.

This place was originally a desolate valley, but after a simple transformation, it became a large-scale simple military camp.

After more than a month of deployment, most of the Australian garrison has arrived here, and they will start a long period of adaptation training.

The reorganization of the existing army is something that Arthur has already decided. However, due to various delays, it has been postponed until now.

The existing Australian Army consists of the original Colonial Army and Arthur's Guards.

Arthur's guards have a total of 4000 people, all of whom are from the Royal Guards of the British Empire. They are well-equipped and have strong combat capabilities.

The remaining colonial army was the garrison during the Australian colonial period. After Australia became independent, it was handed over to Arthur for management, and Arthur assigned it to the Ministry of Defense.

These colonial troops have a total size of 6000 people and are recruited in Australia.

One of the characteristics of this army is that, except for the more senior officers, all other non-commissioned officers and soldiers are composed of Australians.

It is precisely for this reason that both the weapons and equipment and the salary of this army are jointly funded by the original six colonies, and the corresponding weapons and equipment will naturally be a little worse.

In fact, it's not just weapons and equipment. Whether it's soldiers' combat literacy or military discipline, they are inferior to the regular army of the British Empire, let alone Arthur's Guards.

These soldiers are barely qualified to guard Australia, but if they really want to participate in the war, they may only become cannon fodder and give away their heads.

Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a reform in the army.Select soldiers who really have the potential to become elites, equip new weapons, train military discipline, and create a new and powerful army.

After all, the guards are Arthur's last hole card. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the guards to go to the battlefield.

In order to better promote the reform of the army, Guards Commander Chris Perry will work with Secretary of Defense Kent to jointly supervise and train these soldiers.

As for the instructors of the soldiers, they are naturally composed of elite soldiers and officers in the Guards.

These Guards soldiers were all excellent soldiers selected from the British Empire's local army, and Arthur was assured of their ability and loyalty.

The first part of the training plan is to select soldiers with strong bodies and quick minds.

Because Australia does not have an officer training system and institution, and there is no war to strengthen these officers.

Then there is only one stupid way to solve it, that is to select people with flexible minds and strong bodies and train them to train the future commanders of this army.

Because the commander of the Australian army has returned to Britain, this army is currently under the charge of Minister Kent.

And Minister Kent is Arthur's loyal subordinate, so there will naturally be no objection to this military reform.

As for the fact that this reform may cause some army officers to lose their positions, Arthur doesn't care.

If you don't have the ability, wouldn't commanding a unit kill everyone?
As the saying goes, soldiers are raging, and a general is raging.The new army, whether it is a general or an officer, must go through strict selection and training to ensure that it is loyal enough and capable enough before it can officially take office.

So, under the watchful eyes of Arthur, Minister Kent and General Chris Perry, the 6000-strong army began the first round of training, physical training.

The training plan of Minister Kent and General Chris is to train and train these 6000 soldiers as recruits. During the entire training process, excellent soldiers with potential are selected and trained. These people will be the future officers of the army. reserve.

The remaining soldiers, after going through rounds of physical and disciplinary training and receiving a few days of ideological education, can officially become new Australian soldiers.

These trained soldiers will be re-adapted as the Australian Defense First Division.

The future National Defense Division will be the template and instructor for Australia's future military expansion, as well as the most powerful representative of the standing army.

Although all kinds of training are more demanding, Arthur is not stingy about logistical supplies.

In this era, a large number of soldiers could not eat meat several times a year.That is to say, in European countries with relatively developed economies, their soldiers can eat relatively hearty meals every meal.

The Australian army has beef and mutton for three meals a day. Although each person is limited to [-] grams, which is less than half a catty, the sum of lunch and dinner already exceeds a catty.

No way, as a big country in animal husbandry, Australia really has no shortage of meat.

Although the animal husbandry industry has not yet developed to the extent of later generations, it already has a large number of herdsmen and livestock areas. The export of beef and mutton alone can bring Australia tens of thousands of pounds in income every year.

While the army was training hard, Minister Kent also contacted Butler Hunter and ordered a batch of new weapons and equipment from the military factory.

Because the previous Australian army was armed with all kinds of weapons, although they were all British, the most powerful Lee Enfield rifles did not even have one-fifth of the equipment, which was a little shabby in front of the Guards.

After the reorganization of the army is completed, all Australian troops will be uniformly equipped with Lee Enfield rifles, and Australia's own military factory will be responsible for the logistics management, instead of importing from the UK as before.

And the army will also be equipped with the most powerful MA-96 Maxim machine gun and CA-1 machine gun. Even after the arrival of German artillery technical assistance, the army will order some large-caliber artillery when the military factory can start producing large-caliber artillery. caliber artillery column.

Arthur's goal is very simple, that is to build a military power like Australia with the simultaneous development of the three armed forces.

Although the Air Force has not yet been born, the Navy has only maintained a small scale due to various reasons.

But it does not prevent the pace of starting to build the army now. After the entire army is armed to the teeth, the Australian army will also become a world power.

In terms of training, Minister Kent is not sloppy either.In addition to the order for six thousand Lee Enfield rifles, over ten million rounds of ammunition were ordered.

In addition to physical strength and discipline training, this group of soldiers also had to go through frequent target shooting training that only countries with strong industries are entitled to.

Sharpshooters are fed bullets one by one. Minister Kent has such an idea, using such a clumsy and effective method to quickly improve the shooting accuracy of these soldiers.

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