The Rise of Australia

Chapter 108 Heading to New Zealand (Please Subscribe!)

If the logistics and weapons supply of the First Division are slightly luxurious, then the Guards Division after the reorganization and mixing is even more luxurious.

The Guards Division is composed of the Guards Infantry Regiment, the Guards Cavalry Regiment and the Guards Artillery Regiment, with a total of more than 8,000 people.

Although the number of people is only half of that of the First National Defense Division, the firepower and weapons and equipment are more luxurious.

Like the First National Defense Division, the Guards Infantry Regiment has only more than 3,000 people, but the heavy machine gun company has more people and is naturally equipped with more heavy machine guns.

Although there is only one regiment in the Guards Infantry Regiment, the number of heavy machine guns equipped has reached 13, which is half of a regular German division.

The Cavalry Regiment not only has three horses for replacement, but also has long guns, short guns and long swords.

In the era before the birth of tanks, cavalry was still a highly lethal army. Although the Guards Cavalry Regiment was not equipped with heavy machine guns, which is a large firepower firearm, it has two cavalry artillery companies.

Although the Cavalry Artillery Company is planned to be equipped with CA-1 machine guns and M1987 automatic guns with slightly smaller calibers, in terms of firepower, because they are all automatic guns, the firepower is actually not weak.

Needless to say, the artillery regiment. The Guards Artillery Regiment has four artillery battalions, each of which is equipped with 10 CA-1 machine guns, five M1987 automatic guns and five 105mm howitzers. An artillery regiment has 80 artillery pieces, and its firepower has exceeded the level of existing European conventional divisions.

The training ground of the Guards Division is near Sydney, not far from Sydney. This is actually for the purpose of guarding the capital and protecting the royal family.

Of course, there is also an advantage of the training ground being close, that is, the logistics supply is not so tight.

Even if the entire Guards Division is training, it only needs less than two thousand natives to easily complete their material transportation.

Of course, in addition to weapons and equipment, the soldiers of the Guards Division are better treated than the soldiers of the First Division in terms of salary and logistics supply.

This is largely due to the fact that the royal family is responsible for the expenses of the Guards Division and the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the expenses of the First Division.

If the food of the First Division is to ensure the supply of meat while having some choices, then the food supply of the soldiers of the Guards Division is optional.

Yes, it is optional. Every meal of the Guards Division generally has more than ten kinds of food, and the soldiers can freely choose the food they want to eat.

And every holiday, the soldiers can also order food freely. As long as the price is within a reasonable range, delicious food can be specially made for the soldiers.

Such logistics supply directly crushed most of the armies in the world, and also made Arthur successfully gain the favor and loyalty of all the soldiers of the Guards Division.

In addition to the regular logistics supply, the salary of the soldiers of the Guards Division is also very attractive, generally reaching about 20 pounds.

Although this income level is still a gap compared with the European army, it is already a high-income group in Australia.

And whether it is the Guards or the First Division, their salary levels are not fixed.

As the per capita income of Australia increases, the income of soldiers will also increase. Keeping the soldiers' income above the average income, the income of the Guards Division is twice the average income, which is also a guarantee for Arthur to gain the favor and loyalty of these soldiers.

After all, joining the army is risky anyway. If you want to gain the loyalty of these soldiers, you must not only do a good job in logistics supply, but also give preferential treatment to the corresponding salary and pay it on time.

Arthur attaches great importance to the salary payment of these soldiers and has fully entrusted it to the Royal Bank.

Soldiers' salaries are paid twice a year, in spring and autumn. On the day of military pay, the Royal Bank will hand over the checks that have been prepared to all soldiers.

They can exchange the checks issued by the Royal Bank for an equivalent amount of pounds or other currencies from the Royal Bank.

Of course, when Arthur issues new currencies in the future, they can also exchange them for new currencies.

The salary payment of the soldiers of the First Division is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense, but Arthur still solemnly instructed two words.

For a country, no matter what, it is not allowed to deduct or delay the salary of soldiers.

After all, the army is an important means to maintain the stability of a country and the stability of the regime. Arthur, including others, needs to use the army to maintain their power.

While building the army, Arthur is also planning other famous actions.

On March 27, 1902, the Australian Relief Committee set foot on New Zealand soil for the first time and came to Wellington, the capital of British New Zealand.

The officials of the Royal Relief Committee were warmly welcomed by the New Zealanders.

Of course, this is also a matter of course. After all, the reason why the officials of the Relief Committee came to New Zealand was to help the poor in New Zealand and formulate relief policies similar to those in Australia.

If the New Zealanders are still not welcome to send them money and food, doesn’t it mean that they have a hole in their brains?

Speaking of the history of British New Zealand, it actually has a lot of origins with Australia.

As early as more than 60 years ago, New Zealand was still under the colonial rule of Australia and did not establish an exclusive colony.

It was not until 1841 that it separated from Australia and established the British New Zealand colony.

But this has not erased the relationship between Australia and New Zealand.

In the original history, when Australia established a self-governing territory, New Zealand also tried to join, but in the end it was fruitless.

Although New Zealand was dissuaded from joining Australia by Britain, this also confirmed the degree of recognition of Australia by New Zealanders.

Although Australia today has not developed as it did in history, but has become a new principality.

But New Zealand still proposed to join at the beginning, but was rejected by the British government headed by Prince Edward at the time.

At that time, Victoria, the actual queen of the British Empire, had already gone to the Isle of Wight for health.

By the time Queen Victoria knew about this, everything was too late. But Queen Victoria still used new means to bring New Zealand into Arthur's rule, although nominally it was only a short twenty years.

Arthur and a guard also went to New Zealand with the Royal Relief Committee.

After stepping on the land of New Zealand, Arthur was full of emotion.

The last time he came to New Zealand, Queen Victoria was still alive. But now when he came to New Zealand again, things have changed, and even Arthur's identity has changed.

If Arthur was a guest when he came to New Zealand last time, then this time he is the host as the Governor General.

In fact, Australia and New Zealand have a lot of similarities, and New Zealand even belonged to Australia for a while. So there is still a great hope for the protagonist to annex New Zealand. Do you want to see a dual empire similar to the Austro-Hungarian Empire or a federation? (The third update, please support!)

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