Rise of Australia

Chapter 98 National Day (please subscribe!)

January 1902, 1, Australia Day.

Because January 1 is the time when the Principality of Australia was established, it is naturally designated as Australia's National Day.

However, because Arthur was far away in Europe on the National Day last time, he didn't have the opportunity to participate, so naturally he didn't prepare too grand ceremonies and ceremonies.

This time is the second anniversary of the founding of Australia, and Australia's various constructions have already achieved a lot, so under the proposal of the cabinet, a lot of activities have been specially prepared for this National Day.

The first item is the military parade on National Day.

The reform of Australia's original army has been going on for more than half a year.During the training period of more than half a year, the Australian army has experienced a lot of growth and has gradually become a qualified army.

In order to train the 6000-strong army, Arthur used most of the guards, and even had the cheek to invite several training experts from Germany.

However, this is indeed very effective. The discipline of the army has taken on a new look. It can be seen from the overall aspect that this is a strong army.

In order to turn them into real elites, the Ministry of National Defense has spent a lot of money to equip them all with the most advanced Lee Enfield rifles, and feed them dozens of bullets every day.

Although there is no guarantee that each of these soldiers will become a sharpshooter, when they actually enter the war, they will not feed all the bullets into the air.

If it weren't for the approaching National Day, the Ministry of National Defense has already started the reorganization of these trained soldiers.

However, the number of soldiers in Australia is still too small. Although 6000 soldiers can barely be reorganized into an infantry division, it has only perfected its backbone.

According to the German infantry establishment, a full standard infantry division has about 18000 people, 4600 horses and more than 30 heavy machine guns.

The next step is to perfect this infantry division through conscription and equip it with a large number of heavy fire weapons.

The heavy firepower weapons currently possessed by Australia include the MA-96 Maxim machine gun and the CA-1 machine gun, as well as artillery of various calibers supported by Germany.

If military experts can successfully penetrate the French M1897 artillery, then they can also have another automatic artillery.

In terms of firepower, the Australian army equipped with these powerful weapons is no weaker than any army, and it is comparable to the firepower of the armies of the great powers.

Even with sufficient logistics, the Australian army, which has two automatic artillery pieces, the CA-1 machine gun and the M1897 artillery, may have the firepower to suppress the armies of other powers.

After the completion of the military parade, there will be a second round of assistance to the poor in Australia on National Day.

The Royal Relief Committee announced the second round of subsidies for the poor, which is to distribute various aid materials, including food, and some relief funds to these poor people through work-for-work.

This is the result of consultations by the Relief Committee.It is obviously better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

The Relief Committee will look for jobs suitable for these poor people throughout Australia, so that they can obtain relief food and funds through some simple labor.

Doing so can also significantly reduce incidents of fraudulently claiming relief supplies.After all, if you want to receive relief supplies, you have to go to some designated jobs to work for a period of time.

For ordinary people, this time is enough to find a more decent job and earn more money.

As Australia Day draws closer, the atmosphere in Australia is getting more joyful.

The Australian flag that has just been settled can be seen everywhere in Sydney.

This is the final appearance of the Australian flag after the Australian government collected all the designs of the national flag from the people.

Australia's national flag is also a tricolor, consisting of light blue, white and yellow.

Among them, white is located in the middle, representing the noble royal power of the Australian royal family and Australia's eternal monarchy, as well as the policy of white Australia.

Yellow, on top, represents all Australians and symbolizes the people's most important Australian ideals.

Blue is at the bottom, indicating that Australia is a country bordering the sea, and sea power is the most important thing in Australia.

The design of this national flag is completely different from the original national flag of Australia in history, but it can show the current style of Australia.

To be honest, when Arthur just saw the design of the national flag, he suddenly thought of the enthusiasm and ridicule about the French flag in later generations.

Because there is a white strip in the middle of the French national flag, coupled with the cowardly performance of the French during World War II, it is said that the French flag is very convenient to surrender, because it can be quickly made into a flag of surrender, a white flag.

Now Australia also has white on its national flag, but it shouldn't be facing an embarrassing situation like France, right?

Because the National Day is approaching, there are many temporary flag making workshops in Australia.

A simple piece of cloth with fixed proportions can be sold after being rendered into the Australian flag in three colors.

Often such small national flags are not expensive, but they are very popular with all Australians.

Even immigrants who have only recently moved to Australia have had to jump on the bandwagon and buy a flag to hang on their doorstep.

On the contrary, this has increased the income of many Australians in disguise and driven Australia's economic development.

This is what Arthur is willing to see, not the improvement of the economy, but the degree of recognition of the country by Australians.

No matter what their reasons are, anyway, uniting all Australians under the country of Australia is already the greatest success of the Australian government led by Arthur and Arthur.

This National Day event did not invite other countries to participate, but officials and some people from the New Zealand colonies were invited.

These people add up to about [-] people, and most of them are powerful people in New Zealand, or activists agitating for New Zealand's independence.

Arthur invited them for no other purpose than to let them see how Australia, which had the same status as New Zealand, has developed now.

Although it has been more than a year since Arthur became the governor of New Zealand, Arthur did not initiate any reforms in New Zealand, and Arthur did not even participate too much in administrative measures.

Because the New Zealand garrison is under the control of the British Empire, Arthur doesn't have to worry about any problems with New Zealand's control.

Under such circumstances, New Zealand fell into a state of semi-stocking.Arthur did not suppress New Zealand's independent forces, and New Zealand did not know much about Arthur, the governor.

Now, Arthur finally has his hands free, and it's time to let people in New Zealand know about the changes in Australia.

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