Rise of Australia

Chapter 234 The Second Generation Airship

Although Silvio Lonnie Rodling was a soldier, he managed the little Dili very well.

At present, the factories and some important facilities in Portuguese Timor are in a normal state, and Silvio Lonny Rodling has only sent some soldiers to supervise and inspect.

In the urban area of ​​Dili, a stricter state of martial law has been adopted.Except for some shops that sell food, other shops are temporarily not allowed to open, and pedestrians are not allowed to stay too much time on the street.

Although doing so would limit the freedom of the Portuguese, it was already the best result for them.

Because those disobedient Portuguese will be forcibly sent to major factories and mining areas, and they will be forcibly arranged to become workers and miners.

After all, Australasia's finances are not that rich, nor do they have enough funds to support these Portuguese.

It is worth mentioning that those captured Portuguese soldiers and the injured will be sent to the major mining areas in Australasia after receiving good medical treatment to compensate for the various medical resources used on them .

After all, if Portugal is unwilling to redeem these Portuguese soldiers at a high price in the future, wouldn't Australasia do a loss-making business.

In addition to Dili, Arthur also inspected the various defensive positions that General Silvio Lonnie Rodling had organized and established in the past few days.

Because Portuguese Timor has an indigenous population of more than 30, there is no shortage of manpower to build these defensive positions.

These aborigines were resigned. After Australasia successfully occupied Portuguese Timor, these aborigines also expressed their surrender to Australasia very wisely.

Of course, it is impossible for Australasia to trust these aborigines. For Arthur and the Australasian government, only Australasians are trustworthy.

What's more, Australasia still has relatively extreme racism in the country, and the plan of White Australia is not a joke.

In fact, this trend Arthur can also stop, but it is not necessary.

Although the racism of white Australia will make Australasia unable to accept Asian immigrants, judging from the current situation, European immigrants are the most useful for Australasia, and it is also the way for Australasia to maintain unity fundamental.

As for the aborigines and Asian immigrants in the country, apart from the population, nothing else has improved Australasia.

Now Europe can provide hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Australasia every year. Coupled with the newborn babies in Australasia, the annual population growth figure is already very large.

Arthur was very satisfied with the current situation in Portuguese Timor, and after a few words with General Silvio Lonnie Rodling, he returned to Australasia.

At present, there is no movement in Portugal, which also means that Portugal will definitely make big moves.

Because if Portugal wants to back down, it has already quietly contacted the Australasian government.

No movement now just shows that Portugal has not given up, and may even be brewing a big move.

Arthur's first move was to order the military factories to produce large quantities of ammunition.These include a large collection of rifle and machine gun ammunition, as well as shells for various artillery pieces.

For Arthur, there is also good news, that is, the next war is about to turn into a defensive war, and artillery and machine guns in the defensive war will play a big role.

For this reason, not only the military factory has entered the overtime production mode, but the transport fleet is also frantically transporting ammunition to the three new occupied territories.

Of course, the main thing is to send ammunition and supplies to Portuguese India and Portuguese Timor.These two areas are also equivalent to the barriers of the East Asian colonies. It is unlikely that the Portuguese will cross these two colonies and go directly to East Asia.

After the war broke out, in addition to Europe's attention, the United States also sent a telegram to Australasia, asking if Australasia needed support for weapons and equipment.

As for the inquiry from the United States, Arthur naturally refused.

What a joke, Australasia can be said to be the top in the world in terms of army weapons and equipment, not losing to Britain and Germany at all.

Although the United States is currently the most powerful industrial country, this is only in terms of volume.

If we only talk about the advanced degree of technology and the power of weapons, the United States is completely incomparable with the current British Empire and Germany.

Before absorbing a large number of talents and property resources from Europe, the United States is just an upstart country with a very developed economy and industry, and its technological background is completely inferior to the two European powers, Britain and Germany.

On the naval side, the Ministry of Defense has also formulated some patrol plans to prevent Portuguese sneak attacks on the mainland of Australasia.

Although Australasia's naval strength is inferior to that of Portugal, it is still possible to run away if you can't fight.

Especially for the small frigates newly launched in Australasia, the speed is generally above 18 knots, and can even reach 19 knots.

However, there are not many warships in the Portuguese navy that can reach this speed, not to mention escorting the army, so it is naturally impossible to pursue them deeply.

Fortunately, Australasia currently has no shortage of various resources, so it organized a fleet to deliver a large amount of supplies and food to Portuguese India, Portuguese Timor and other regions.

Moreover, Portuguese Timor is very close to Australasia, and Portuguese India is adjacent to British India, so there is basically no need to worry about the logistics line being cut off.

The situation also ushered in a brief peace after all walks of life in Australasia entered intense preparations.

Entering September, Arthur ushered in another piece of good news, that is, the full opening of the industrial railway.

This important railway connecting the east and west of the Australian continent will become a bridge for communication between the east and the west of the Australian continent.

At the same time, with the opening of the industrial railway, the northern railway has officially entered the construction period.

Because the total mileage of the northern railway is not inferior to that of the industrial railway, the construction time of the northern railway is about eight years, and the total investment will exceed 4000 million Australian dollars.

Although it is expected to cost nearly 500 million Australian dollars per year, it is fully affordable for the current financial situation of Australasia.

What's more, the annual construction of the industrial railway used to cost 400 million Australian dollars. Now that the industrial railway is completed, it is actually equivalent to an additional annual expenditure of more than 100 million Australian dollars.

After celebrating the opening of the industrial railway, Arthur made another trip to the Aeronautical Laboratory.

Of course, the arrival this time is not for the plane, but for the airship mentioned in the battle report.

After all, Australasia's battle report mentioned airship bombing in the air, but in reality, it would be a bit funny if Australasia did not have an airship capable of such bombing.

But fortunately, although the aircraft is the main research and development goal of the aviation laboratory, the research and development of the airship has not fallen behind, but the progress is a bit slower than that of the aircraft.

But the current airship has also developed the second generation, which is the AU-2 rigid airship.

The second-generation airship is an improved version of the first-generation airship, with some changes in appearance and a lot of expansion in volume.

The second-generation airship is 130 meters long and 12 meters in diameter, and can hold about [-] cubic meters of hydrogen.

It is precisely because of the expansion of the volume and the increase in the hydrogen capacity that the AU-2 airship can carry has reached eleven tons, which is a full ton increase compared to the previous generation of airships.

Although it seemed that it had only increased by [-]%, the range and stability of the airship had improved a lot, which was what Arthur valued more.

If the first-generation airship was a test version built by Zeppelin, then the second-generation airship AU-2 is already a tested and stable version.

Although the possibility of accidents cannot be ruled out, the second-generation airship is much safer than the first generation, and it can already be used as a means of transportation for civilian use.

At present, the airship has a big advantage over the aircraft, that is, the loadable weight far exceeds that of the aircraft.

Although the speed of an airship is far inferior to that of an airplane, it has certain advantages in transportation because of its large stomach and its ability to support cargo.

Of course, such an airship is also fully satisfied with the characteristics of high-altitude bombing.As long as some small shells are placed on the airship, and then artificially thrown out, high-altitude bombing can be achieved.

Even special machine guns can be installed on this airship, but the stability is at the mercy of fate.

But in any case, AU-2 is fully capable of achieving the aerial bombing mentioned in the battle report, so there is no need to be afraid of European countries' exploration of Australasian airship technology.

Of course, in order to convince the major European powers that Australasia used airship bombing in the air to gain a huge advantage in the war, airships will definitely be used in the next war, and a considerable advantage needs to be created come out.

Fortunately, because of the huge role of airships in the direction of transportation, after the birth of the second-generation airships, several were tried to be produced.At present, the aviation laboratory has a total of five second-generation airships, and the number is just enough for the next war.

In addition, the control of airships is simpler than that of airplanes, so the aviation laboratory also has enough airship pilots to dispatch.

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