Chapter 147 Military Parade Plan

On December 23, 1902, after a week of preparation and sailing, Australian Foreign Minister Andrew departed from the port of Hamburg, Germany, and went to the port in the Russian Empire, and was immediately received by the Russian Empire.

Of course, it was not Minister Andrew and his party that made the Russian Empire receive him so grandly, but the relationship from the German Empire.

Australia is not worthy of the Russian Empire's attention, but the German Empire is different. Although the Allied Powers, where the Russian Empire is located, and the Allied Powers, where the German Empire is located, have launched a very fierce arms competition in Europe, and there are occasional frictions between them.

But this cannot change the fact that the German Empire is currently the first in the army and the second in comprehensive strength.

In the absence of a war between the two major military groups in Europe, anyone with a relationship with the German Empire will be valued in any region.

Although the Russians do not believe that the island country has begun to take some actions against them, they can still accept the loan of up to five million pounds from Germany.

Although these loans must be used to purchase military weapons and equipment from Australia, after all, the money is not paid by themselves, and the Russian Empire does not have to worry about the financial burden.

As for the repayment in the future, isn't there a French guarantee? Besides, if there is a war between the two major military groups on the European continent, the Russian Empire may not have to repay the loan of the German Empire.

It is precisely because of this mentality that the Russians' intention to purchase weapons and equipment became more obvious and stronger after obtaining the military loan of the German Empire.

Of course, it cannot be denied that it was only after Minister Andrew admitted that Australia had a complete set of German light weapons production technology that the Russians became interested in Australia's military industry.

But no matter what, as long as the final result is good, no one cares how tortuous the process is.

On the third day of arriving in the Russian Empire, that is, December 26, 1902, Minister Andrew reached a preliminary arms purchase agreement with the officials of the Russian Empire.

Of course, the funds of this treaty are within the scope of the loan of the German Empire, and the Russians will not pay for additional weapons themselves, even if it is used to maintain the hegemony and advantage of the Russian Empire in the Far East.

The detailed treaty includes 10,000 German Gew98 rifles, 1 million rounds of ammunition, hundreds of heavy machine guns and more than ten 105mm howitzers.

The Russian Empire has no plans to expand its Far East fleet for the time being, so the arms purchase treaty only includes various weapons for the army.

However, such a number of weapons can already slightly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Russian Empire's Far East Army, and can even deal a heavy blow to the island army when the island army is not prepared.

In order to ensure that Australia is not at the forefront of the storm, and to allow the German Empire's wooing plan to proceed secretly, after friendly negotiations with the Russian Empire, the arms trade between the two countries and Germany's aid are carried out privately and will not be made public.

Even in countries with certain intelligence capabilities in the Russian Empire, it is not necessarily clear what the treaty between Australia and the Russian Empire is.

Not to mention Asian countries like the island countries, they don't even know anything about it, and are still immersed in their so-called secret development, defeating the Russian Empire, and seizing the beautiful dream of East Asian hegemony.

When Minister Andrew led the diplomatic visit team to carry out hard diplomatic actions in Europe, Australia was also preparing a big plan.

In fact, it is not a private matter. Because Australia's National Day is approaching, and the five new warships of the Australian Navy's expansion have been launched one after another, Arthur and the government have discussed that a grand military parade will be held on National Day.

Of course, unlike the last army parade, this parade is more inclined to the navy.

Not only will the five warships that Australia spent half a year to build be unveiled, but the previous naval warships will also appear one by one.

Of course, this is also fortunate that the Australian Navy is not large in size.

If it is a fleet as large as the Royal Navy of the British Empire, it may take most of the day or even more than a day to review one ship after another.

Because the troops and services involved in the parade are different, the parade venue this time has also changed to Sydney Port, Australia.

In order to better prepare for this naval parade, the Australian government has made preparations near the port two months in advance.

Not only has the road connecting the city and the port been widened to ensure that more people can go to the port smoothly, but a solid site has also been built near the port, which will be the best viewing platform for all people visiting the naval parade.

In order to ensure that more people can watch the naval parade, there will be special personnel patrolling the venue throughout the National Day, and even two days before, to ensure that there will be no occupation of the venue for sales.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of Australians for participating in the parade and even for the country, this naval parade will randomly select hundreds of lucky spectators to board the Australian Navy's new warships and watch the Australian Navy shooting at strategic targets near the coast.

Although the current size of the Australian Navy is not large, it is enough to shock an ordinary person.

Of course, such a link is actually also a review of the combat capability of the Australian Navy. If the timing of the strategic goal is deviated in the public eye, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the Australians' goodwill towards the navy, and even reduce their trust in the government and the royal family in disguise.

After all, the navy that the country has spent a lot of money to build cannot even hit the target accurately, so can it effectively protect all citizens?

Especially for an island country, the importance of the navy is unique. People can accept that the army is not very strong, but they can never accept that the navy has been weak or even rotten.

Like the previous National Day, although it is only close to the National Day, the streets near Australia have begun to sell Australian flags made in proportion.

These flags are not from the official handwriting, but from many small and medium-sized private workshops in Australia.

Australians still have a high degree of recognition of the country, which also leads to a surge in the sales of Australian flags at this time of year, and it is also a good opportunity for these small and medium-sized private workshops and craftsmen to make money.

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