Rise of Australia

Chapter 224 Establishment of Patrol System
The soldiers of the Guards also rearranged their equipment and joined the landing army.

Although the country's fiscal revenue is still in deficit, the annual military expenditure is not a lot, and it is growing steadily.

Of course, this is also due to Arthur's attitude towards army training.Arthur believes that excellent soldiers are fed by bullets and a lot of training. Therefore, whether it is the Guards or the Wehrmacht, the number of bullets consumed in daily training is quite a lot. On average, each person shoots at least [-] bullets per day. .

The luxury of the Australasian army can be seen from the equipment of the Guards soldiers. In this operation, not only did each person carry multiple ammunition clips, but everyone was also equipped with grenades and pistols.

Although it will cause everyone's load to increase a lot, for the soldiers of the Guards who have already been trained, these are already used to it.

The way the Australasian army advances is a bit too luxurious. Any place where pirates may be hiding will face successive bombardment with several grenades.

This also makes those pirates completely unable to resist. Their muskets need to be close range to cause damage, and the muskets take a long time to reload.

This also led to the fact that when the surviving pirates had just fired a shot and were not sure about the casualties, they had to face firepower coverage and grenade bombing from the Australasian army.

Such luxurious firepower coverage, not to mention these pirates with very poor equipment and training, even regular troops from European countries may not be able to withstand it.

Seeing that resistance was hopeless, the pirates hoped more to hide and wait until the people in front of them left the island.

Perhaps some people have regretted the plundering of Australasia's merchant ships, but now no one will give them a chance to do it again, and they have to pay the due price for offending Australasia.

This operation continued until dawn, and after ensuring that there was no living creature on any of the islands, Minister Kent was satisfied with ordering all the fleets to return.

Sydney Harbor, Australasia, April 1907, 4.

The news that Minister Kent had successfully completed his mission had already been sent back to Australasia, and Arthur and the Australasian government also announced the good news in time.

All the people of Australasia who followed the incident of pirate looting cheered for the victory of the army.

Many have spontaneously assembled in Sydney Harbour, ready to meet their brave army, the army that can actually keep them safe.

In order to express his importance to this operation, Arthur also came to Sydney Harbor before the fleet returned, and waited with government officials.

Not long after, the fleet approached Sydney Harbor smoothly and docked at the pier.

Under the protection of the soldiers, more than a dozen captured Australasians re-boarded the port with joy on their faces.

"His Majesty!"

Seeing Arthur and his party waiting at the port, these people who survived the catastrophe hurried forward respectfully, saluting sincerely and enthusiastically.

They also naturally understood that Arthur was the only one in Australasia who could mobilize troops on a large scale.

In other words, their success in surviving the pirates and returning to Australasia was entirely due to Arthur mobilizing the army to rescue them.

For these people who almost experienced life and death, their attitude towards Arthur has become fanatical, and they will become Arthur's diehard loyalists.

Arthur nodded with a smile. In the eyes of these people, his faint smile was like the warm embrace of God.

"Your Majesty, this operation has successfully completed its mission. All pirates were executed and all their dens were destroyed. There were no casualties in this operation, except for the consumption of some weapon pills." Minister Kent stepped forward and reported respectfully. .

Arthur nodded again, and instead of looking at Minister Kent, he looked at the crowd watching at the port.

"My people, this incident of pirate robbery is a wake-up call for the whole of Australasia. We have too little control over the surrounding ocean, which makes the incident of pirate robbery happen before our eyes. Okay Only when our action is not too late can we successfully rescue all the captured people. My loyal soldiers are the protectors of all the people and will defend all the people of Australasia at all costs." Arthur said in a serious tone The tone said slowly.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Australasia!"

"Long live the kingdom!"

People cheering with all their strength is the best response to Arthur.

"But we can't act with hindsight. I announce that the government will send more fleets and form various patrol teams to protect the safety of all our people on our important waterways. No country or force may attack Ships flying the Australasian flag, otherwise it will be regarded as a threat to Australasia and a declaration of war. My army and I will use practical actions to prove that the kingdom will always protect its people.” Arthur solemnly declared .

This piracy incident gave Australasia an excuse to use this excuse to send various patrol fleets to control the nearby waters.

The inland sea, including the Dutch East Indies held by the Netherlands, would also be the target of Australasian naval patrols.

No way, who made pirates appear in the Dutch East Indies, and these pirates happened to rob Australasian merchant ships. Isn't this just right at the gunpoint?
The reaction of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Arthur was not worried.As long as other powers do not participate, the Netherlands is no longer an opponent of Australasia near Southeast Asia.

Even if in a few years, when Australasia's warships start to launch crazily, the Netherlands will not even be qualified to become Australasia's opponent.

All the decisions Arthur spoke of in port were published in the two official Australasian newspapers the next day.

Leaving aside the stir in Australasia, these decisions have caused quite a stir in Europe.

Of course, the most difficult to accept must be the Kingdom of the Netherlands.The best part of Australasia is located in the southeastern part of the Australian mainland and the North Island of New Zealand.

And if these areas want to go to Europe or East Asia, they must pass through the Dutch East Indies, either go west through the Strait of Malacca and cross the Indian Ocean to Europe, or go north to East Asia.

This also means that part of the ocean of the Dutch East Indies is also within the patrol range of Australia. If it is not stopped, the Dutch East Indies is equivalent to opening the door to Australasia.

But the question is how to stop it?It is basically impossible to use the power of the Netherlands itself.

Although the Netherlands has an army of more than 5, the army in the Dutch East Indies is only [-]. It is inferior to the Australasian army in terms of training and equipment.

Looking at the population and industrial scale, Australasia has surpassed the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Coupled with the reason for close combat, the slightest advantage has been infinitely magnified.

The biggest reason why the Kingdom of the Netherlands was able to defend the Dutch East Indies was actually the support from the European powers.

But Australasia is even worse. Australasia not only has a good relationship with the German Empire, but also has a relationship with the Tsarist Russian Empire and an alliance of interests.

Not to mention the United Kingdom, Australasia itself was the merger of the two colonies of the British Empire, and the ruler was also born in the British royal family.

As long as there is no major interest related to the survival of the country, it is basically impossible for Australasia and the United Kingdom to fall out.

After all, Queen Victoria's will is still vivid, and most British people still have a lot of affection for Arthur.

Although it knew that it was very difficult to stop Australasia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands still had to bite the bullet and ask the great powers to deal with it, trying to make Australasia's naval patrol range fixed in Australasia's territorial waters.

But the Dutch move was doomed to fail.Germany and Australasia are currently in a honeymoon period, and the expansion of Australasia poses no threat to Germany, and can even help Germany.

Therefore, William II decisively chose neutrality, and Germany made it clear that it would not participate in the affairs of the two countries.

On the British side, because of the previous suitcase incident, Edward VII can be said to hate Arthur's name, and naturally he was unwilling to participate in this incident.

In addition to Britain and Germany, France is now in the midst of difficult choices between Britain and Russia, and currently has no extra energy to take care of other things.

Russia and Australasia have just entered into a marriage relationship. It would be good not to support Australasia, let alone support the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The remaining powers, Austria-Hungary, are Germany's younger brother. Germany is neutral, and Austria-Hungary must follow suit.

Needless to say, Italy's influence in Southeast Asia and Oceania is not even comparable to that of the Netherlands, and it is naturally impossible to offend Australasia for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

In this way, there is basically no external force to rely on on this issue. After searching around, the Kingdom of the Netherlands can only pretend that it does not see it, and acquiesces in the Australasian patrol plan.

The Dutch are also very good at self-comfort. After being forced to allow the patrol plan in Australasia, the Dutch comforted themselves: "This is just a patrol plan that was born because they were angry because of the pirates' looting. Wait until the influence of the pirate incident dissipates." After that, it is naturally impossible to maintain such a large patrol plan."

What the Dutch didn't expect was that Ah Si not only made this kind of patrol into the norm, but also added dreadnoughts and a large number of medium-sized warships a few years later, covering half of the Indian Ocean, half of the Pacific Ocean, and the Dutch East Indies. Territorial waters have all been turned into patrolling areas of Australasia.

This also greatly increased the influence of Australasia in these areas, and even some indigenous forces in the Dutch East Indies also expressed their favor to Australasia.

There is nothing to do if you don’t show favor, and the end of the Kingdom of Brown Mongondo is vivid. Because of offending Australasia, the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Brown Mongondo were almost cleared, and the land was almost taken over by Mangando in the south. Daren and the Ruwu Sultanate were divided.

More importantly, Australasia's two massacres in the Dutch East Indies, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies and the Kingdom of the Netherlands did not respond.

What does this mean?The Dutch also feared the front of the Australasian army, so they kept silent.

Now that the Dutch are afraid, the native forces who were forced to submit to the Dutch East Indies naturally know who is the country they can't afford to offend the most.

Arthur's actions were very fast. Since mid-April, the Australasian navy has been dispatched frequently to conduct high-frequency patrols along the coast of Australasia and the northern ocean.

Although doing so will increase the consumption of materials, especially coal and oil.Australasia has countless coal reserves and several large oil fields, so naturally there is no need to worry about these problems.

With the fleet for patrol and protection, there were no problems with Australasian merchant ships. Even the fishermen and ships of the indigenous tribes basically walked around the Australasian merchant ships for fear of getting into trouble.

Arthur was also within the range of the Guards, and had a commendation with the soldiers who had previously participated in the rescue operation.

Although no medals were directly awarded, verbal awards were also made throughout the army, and each person was awarded a thousand Australian dollars, which won the enthusiastic and loyal eyes of those soldiers.

What Arthur did not expect was that this time the large-scale navy and army were dispatched to rescue the captured Australasians, which not only won him and the government more fanatical love from Australians, but also gained the favor of many Europeans .

After all, like Arthur, there are not many monarchs who can really care about the lives and deaths of ordinary people at the bottom. Coupled with Arthur's various tax cuts and benefits in Australasia, the attractiveness of immigrants in Australasia has increased a lot .

Beginning in May 1907, it was clearly felt that a growing number of people had migrated to Australasia, opting to become permanent residents of Australasia.

If compared with the data in 1906, the number of immigrants in Australasia has increased by more than [-]%, which is already a huge improvement.

You know, Australasia now has as many as 40 immigrants a year.If the growth rate of 12% can be maintained, this also means that this year's population will increase by more than [-] compared with last year.

Coupled with Australasia's birth-encouraging policy, the population of Australasia is very likely to exceed 1908 million before the arrival of 700.

Of course, the large number of immigrants still has some troubles for Arthur.These migrants generally want to live in the big Australasian cities like Sydney and Melbourne, rather than traveling to Western Australia and South Australia.

This is not a good phenomenon. Western Australia and South Australia have a lot of mineral resources, and they also need sufficient population and labor to mine them.

In addition, with the influx of a large number of immigrants, Sydney and Melbourne will inevitably lead to insufficient planning, which will also cause some confusion in the construction of the city.

In the end, it was Arthur who introduced a policy that as long as he was willing to go to the western region and small cities, he could get [-]% more land allocation than normal, which barely solved this problem.

　Today is only [-] words, please take a leave

　　
　
(End of this chapter)