Rise of Australia

Chapter 117 Arms Procurement (Please Subscribe!)
During the ten days from the end of April to the beginning of May, Arthur traveled almost the entire North Island of New Zealand, inspected most of the various constructions previously owned by New Zealand, and spent the funds he personally donated to the New Zealand government. Mostly.

Although the eyes of colonial officials are getting more and more distressed, the results achieved for New Zealand are also good.

Under Arthur's order, not only the maintenance and restart plan was launched for all railways in New Zealand's North Island, but also some important roads, public facilities and grade constructions throughout New Zealand were repaired.

At the same time, the New Zealand colonial government will also contribute 20 pounds to fund New Zealand's medical and education industries.

Part of the funds will be used to improve existing schools and hospitals in New Zealand, and the remaining funds will also be divided into two parts.

Half of it is used to attract education and medical talents in Europe to join New Zealand, and the other half is invested in preferential policies in education and medical care to reduce the financial pressure on education and medical care for New Zealanders.

These plans directly cost the colonial government over £100 million, more than half of all funds available.

Although the results are not visible yet, with the construction of these plans, most of the construction will be successfully completed in one to two years, and the effects of these plans will be reflected by then.

This coincides with Arthur's two-year development plan for the Coalition Party.Two years later, various construction projects in New Zealand were completed, and New Zealanders could feel the benefits of these plans more effectively.

At the same time, with the development of the Coalition Party, more and more New Zealanders will support union and even merger with Australia.

After arranging the affairs of the colonial government, Arthur had a final conversation and instructions with Mayor Grant to ensure that after Arthur left, his various plans and arrangements in New Zealand could proceed smoothly.

In order to ensure that Mayor Grant can still communicate with Arthur after Arthur returns to Australia, Joshua Bullock, the head of the Royal Relief Committee in New Zealand, will serve as a bridge between Mayor Grant and Arthur.

As the head of the Royal Relief Commission in New Zealand, Joshua Bullock is bound to run between Australia and New Zealand, and it is very fitting that he is responsible for delivering messages.

Joshua Bullock is naturally very happy to take on this arduous task, and Joshua Bullock is still very happy to be able to do something for Arthur.

After ordering everything, Arthur went to the last stop in New Zealand, which was the headquarters of the New Zealand Garrison on the South Island of New Zealand.

Although New Zealand's garrison has a total size of 3000 people, it is only less than the configuration of a regiment.

But in fact, apart from more than 3000 people stationed at the headquarters of the 1000-strong garrison, other soldiers were scattered and dispatched to various places in New Zealand to maintain order throughout New Zealand.

Especially in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, not only General Pierce, the commander of the New Zealand Garrison, has a permanent residence here, but also the New Zealand Garrison has more than 500 troops stationed here.

After disembarking at the port on the South Island of New Zealand and traveling in a horse-drawn carriage for several hours, Arthur arrived at the garrison headquarters in the mountains of the South Island of New Zealand.

Although colonial garrisons like the New Zealand Garrison came under the jurisdiction of the British Empire, in fact their logistics were largely provided by the local colonies.

The distant New Zealand naturally cannot get much support. Although the equipment of the New Zealand garrison looks neat, in fact, the supply of ammunition is not enough, and the training of the soldiers is also insufficient.

The New Zealand garrison gave Arthur a good first impression. If he hadn't betrayed them in the shooting, Arthur really thought it was a powerful army.

Although, European countries generally do not require a hit rate.Even in the cruel battle in the future, every [-] bullets will kill one soldier on average.

But this does not mean that the soldiers' daily target training will be so poor. The target shooting of the New Zealand garrison can't even hit one target with ten shots.

Arthur's question was quickly answered.

When chatting with General Pierce, General Pierce raised a problem with the current New Zealand garrison to Arthur, that is, the New Zealand garrison has insufficient supplies of weapons, equipment and ammunition.

It is unrealistic to transport weapons, equipment and ammunition from the British Empire to New Zealand, and the time and freight spent on the road are even higher than the value of the transported materials.

When the major factories in New Zealand were at their peak, they were able to produce some weapons and equipment and hand them over to the New Zealand garrison.
Since the economic downturn in New Zealand, major factories have generally given up military production with a low market, switched to civilian production and even directly reduced the number of workers on a large scale.

This also led to the New Zealand garrison wanting to obtain weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies. In addition to purchasing from the relatively nearby Australia, they can only purchase from more distant India and the British Southeast Asian colonies.

But the current Australian military factories can't even meet the needs of the Australian military, let alone export weapons and ammunition to New Zealand.

Although India and British Southeast Asia can provide the weapons and equipment needed by the New Zealand garrison, due to the long distance, the cost is too expensive. For the New Zealand garrison with relatively clean funds, it can only solve the temporary needs, and cannot eradicate the problem of logistical difficulties. question.

At present, Arthur's coming to New Zealand is an opportunity for General Pierce, an opportunity to seek logistical support from Australia.

Although Australia's military is also expanding, its demand for weapons and equipment is much greater than that of New Zealand.

However, various factories in Australia, including military factories, are also expanding, and the production volume will increase sooner or later.

For New Zealand, Australia is the best place to buy weapons and ammunition, and the difference in shipping costs is enough for New Zealand to buy more weapons and equipment.

After hearing General Pierce's request to purchase a batch of weapons, equipment and ammunition from Australia, Arthur nodded without thinking.

At present, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the New Zealand garrison is indeed not good, and it is not even comparable to the combat effectiveness of the Australian garrison before.

New Zealand is bound to be annexed. After Australia annexes New Zealand, these garrisons will also become the Australian army.

Instead of waiting until that time to train these soldiers, it is better to provide them with some weapons and equipment now and let them train in advance.

Anyway, Australia currently still has a batch of old equipment, which happens to be used by soldiers from New Zealand.

As for Australian soldiers, they naturally used brand new weapons produced by military factories.

　The second update, please support!It can be regarded as the end of the plot in New Zealand. In the past two days, Calvin has been a bit serious, and the two changes every day are reluctant.Let's go back to the Australian plot, and we will continue the third watch tomorrow, begging for support!

　　
　
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