Chapter 568 Arms Aid

Among the six awards at the Sydney Film Festival, patriotic films won five awards, and only one big-investment film promoting scenic spots won the Best Photography Award.

However, this result did not encounter any objections from the public, and the public still agreed with this result.

After all, those patriotic films that won awards were all produced by the three major film studios with large investments. Not only did the scripts come from the efforts of many literary workers, but even the photography was done by the most professional directors.

The corresponding music production, scene layout, etc. are all the top in Australasia. If these films do not occupy the majority of the awards, it proves that there is a problem with the selection of the awards.

On the day and the second day of the film festival, the relevant awards became a hot topic in Australasia, and also made the films that won the awards more popular.

Overall, this Sydney Film Festival was still very effective. Not only did it restore the popularity of many films, but it also made the companies that filmed these films and the relevant directors and actors have an impression in the hearts of the people.

Compared with later generations, the films of this era did not have any artistic pursuits or eye-catching scenes.

After all, the pictures are all black and white, and the picture quality is blurry in some cases. It is not easy to tell a complete story, not to mention the pursuit of excitement on the picture and shocking the audience through the picture.

This is also the current trend of film development. Due to technical reasons, the picture is generally abandoned in favor of a more moving story.

And "Australasian Dream" is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, it is about the dream of the rise of Australasia.

Although it is just a dream, it is what Arthur and every Australasian want to accomplish.

As the first Australasian sound film, the shock this movie brings to Australasians is unparalleled.

No matter how many new patriotic films are released every year, "Australasian Dream" will be screened for free on National Day every year and will be warmly welcomed.

Take this year's data for example. It is obviously a familiar movie, but it still attracted millions of people to watch it, which is already a relatively exaggerated number.

Now this movie has attracted many imitators abroad, and even the island country has made its own island country ambitions, attracting a large number of islanders to watch.

However, the rise of Australasia is a dream that is about to be realized, and the ambition of the island country is much more difficult to realize than the rise of Australasia.

As time entered February, Arthur signed a decree to increase the introduction of immigrants to New Guinea, including the introduction of immigrants from various colonies.

This decree is to promote the increase of the population of the colonies and accelerate the localization of Australasia's colonies.

Before World War II, we should strive to localize all important areas such as New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Royal Territory, Sulawesi Island, etc., so as to stabilize the domestic situation during the war, and there is no need to worry about the collapse of the colonial system after the war.

Even after World War II, Australasia only needs to maintain the Persian Gulf territory, which will greatly reduce political pressure and military pressure faced by the army.

Even if the Persian Gulf territory is lost, as long as the basic plate of Oceania can be maintained, Australasia will still be the overlord of the Southern Hemisphere, and its position in the Southern Hemisphere cannot be changed.

After the complete success of Timor's colonial localization strategy, the whole country's attention was focused on the colonial localization work in New Guinea.

New Guinea is very important to Australasia at present. It is not only a potential water supply area, but also an important barrier in the north of Australasia, and a very large territory.

The mineral resources on this island are also very rich. Whether in terms of strategic position or economic value, this is a territory that Australasia must control, and the best way to control it is localization.

However, the bad news is that New Guinea is too large. If you want to develop and occupy it perfectly, you need more people than Timor.

The territory of New Guinea is not inferior to the state-level administrative regions of Australasia. It is impossible to develop it perfectly without millions or even tens of millions of people.

Even if it is just a preliminary development, at least a million people are needed to basically stabilize the situation in New Guinea.

Moreover, the original natives of New Guinea are also a problem. At present, some natives are still staying in Sulawesi Island, which must be dismissed as soon as possible.

First of all, these natives are all black and are not included in any plan of Australasia.

Secondly, these natives theoretically have sovereignty over New Guinea, and the remains of the native tribes in New Guinea also prove that these people have lived in New Guinea for a long time.

When the colonial system collapsed, the indigenous people of these colonies naturally obtained the sovereignty of the colonies, which Arthur would never allow.

Therefore, expelling the natives from Australasia as soon as possible and letting them live abroad for a long time can minimize the impact of these natives on the colonies.

After 20 or 30 years, how can these natives say that they are the natives of New Guinea?

At the end of February, the Philippines finally couldn't hold on and asked Australasia for support again.

Of course, the "can't hold on" here does not mean that the army can't hold on, but that the weapons and ammunition can't hold on.

The Philippines does not have much military industry, and naturally it is impossible to manufacture bullets to match the weapons of Australasia.

The only way they can use this batch of weapons is to buy a large number of weapons and ammunition from Australasia.

Although Australasia has provided two batches of weapons and ammunition to the Philippines in succession, the consumption of war is immeasurable, not to mention the poorly trained combat troops of the Philippines.

This time Arthur did not provide free aid, but asked the Philippines to provide resources of equal value, or directly provide manpower.

The construction of railways has started in Australasia, and there will be various large projects in the future. The manpower provided by the Philippines can better supplement the human resource vacancies in Australasia.

At the same time, these Filipinos will not have any impact on Australasia. Compared with the natives, the Filipinos will be repatriated after completing their tasks, which is equivalent to a group of temporary hired workers.

The long-term unfavorable combat made the Americans serious, and the fact that it was already the period of change of the US government gave President Wilson a headache.

In order to save his face, President Wilson has signed the regulations on increasing troops. Next, there will be a bigger battle to be launched on the battlefield in the Philippines.

Arthur would not sit back and watch the Philippines be defeated by the Americans, and he was quite generous in providing weapons and equipment.

On the Philippine side, Manuel agreed to pay 100,000 people, plus the priority mining rights of domestic mineral resources in the Philippines, in exchange for up to 200,000 rifles, 50 million rounds of bullets, 200 artillery pieces of various calibers, 150 heavy machine guns, 100,000 artillery shells, 3 million machine gun bullets and many other weapons and equipment.

The Philippines also purchased millions of grenades that performed well in the offensive battle. This batch of weapons and equipment is enough for the Philippines to double its army.

Regardless of whether the Americans are serious or not, the Philippine army armed with this batch of weapons and equipment will surely give the Americans a hard time.

It would be best to make the Philippine War of Independence larger and more intense, so as to delay more attention from the Americans.

If the Americans can get stuck in the quagmire of the Philippines, it will be good news for Britain and Australasia.

Because of the change of power in the United States, the Philippine War of Independence is bound to become an issue for presidential candidates to run for president.

Those who promise to end the Philippine War of Independence as soon as possible may gain the support of the American people.

But the question is, is the Philippine War of Independence really that easy to resolve? Current signs have shown that there are other powers behind the Philippines, and it is most likely one of Britain and Australasia.

In this case, the United States wants to quickly resolve the Philippine War unless it can get the support of other powers.

But the problem is that the current reputation of the United States is not very good, and even its own allied island countries may not firmly support itself.

And the international status of the United States plus the island countries is definitely not as good as the international status of Britain plus Australasia.

After all, Britain and Australasia have the support of the entire World Alliance and have united dozens of small and medium-sized countries, which is something that the United States, which is outside the World Alliance, cannot achieve at all.

Thinking of this, President Wilson hated those rubbish in Congress even more.

If it weren't for Congress's strong obstruction of the United States, the United States would have created the League of Nations before Britain, so how could it be outside the world's largest alliance?

You know, organizations like the World Alliance have a huge impact on the improvement of international status and influence.

Even in the long run, Britain's actions can become the actions of the entire world alliance at any time, which naturally has a moral advantage.

The competition between the United States and Britain has naturally become a competition between the United States and the world. Coupled with the bad reputation of the United States, the fate of the United States can be imagined.

But then again, if the American presidential candidate does not promise to end the Philippine War as soon as possible, will the American people support him? I am afraid not.

The current Philippine War of Independence has become a knot in the hearts of Americans. This is a contradiction that will explode if it is not handled properly, and it will also ignite the dissatisfaction in the hearts of Americans.

How to properly handle the problem of the Philippine War, so that it can end the war as soon as possible without causing any losses to the United States, is a question that the current President Wilson and several presidential candidates should think about.

Otherwise, even if they are successfully elected president, they will be confused by the Philippine issue. It is better to prepare in advance and wait to implement their own solutions after taking office.

Compared with the headaches of the US government, Arthur seems to be much more relaxed.

First of all, there is the distance advantage, and secondly, Australasia still has the support of Britain. Moreover, the economic situation in the United States is not necessarily good, because the large amount of compensation for influenza has long put the US government's finances into a tight state.

Besides, whether the US government is united is also a question. Even if the US president wants to continue the war, it depends on whether Congress agrees.

To put it bluntly, if Arthur really wants to drag the United States into the quagmire of war in the Philippines, it will be difficult for the United States to struggle out.

Unless the United States gives up the Philippines in vain, whether the Americans will agree is also a question worth thinking about.

Such a problem is a matter of life and death. For the current US President Wilson and the next US President, how to choose and how to take corresponding actions, you know to think deeply and think again.

After arranging the weapons and equipment to go to the Philippines, Arthur was relieved and began to inspect the current situation of the military factory.

Speaking of which, the military industry in Australasia is also a pillar industry, and its current scale is also top-notch in the world.

Because Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were severely restricted in military development, Australasia directly surpassed two places in the export of weapons and equipment, and came to the third place in the world after Britain and the United States.

Yes, Australasia's arms trade has reached the third level in the world. It is not surprising that the British Empire is the first, after all, Britain has a group of younger brothers in Europe, and these younger brothers will buy British arms.

The reason why the United States ranks second is that the trade treaty between the United States and the island country requires the island country to import a large number of American weapons every year.

If it were not for the existence of this treaty, the US arms trade market would not be comparable to Australasia.

After all, Australasia's arms trade experienced earth-shaking growth during World War I. It was one of the weapons suppliers to the Allied Powers in World War I, and the total number of exported weapons was the largest among all the Allied Powers.

Previously, it was sold to Russia, but now it is sold to Russia and the Philippines. Even many Asian countries have ordered equipment from Australasia.

The various orders for these arms trades can not only easily support the Royal Arsenal, but also keep the scale of the Royal Arsenal at a rather exaggerated number.

The profits brought by arms are not inferior to those of other industries. In fact, the huge profits from exporting arms are far better than those of agriculture and animal husbandry in some aspects.

The profit from an arms trade may only be earned by selling millions of tons of grain.

Arthur has no idea of ​​abolishing the arms industry for the time being. After all, the income brought to Australasia by the Russian Civil War is enough to support the military industry.

This is also the reason why European countries are unwilling to end the Russian Civil War. The income brought to European countries by the Russian Civil War alone is enough to make these countries change their positions.

Although a strict blockade was imposed on Soviet Russia at the beginning, restricting the import of any materials into Soviet Russia.

But is such a restriction really effective? If it is really effective, Soviet Russia would not have persisted until now.

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