Chapter 756 New Radar

The next morning, Arthur decided to go to the construction site of the Lake Eyre Canal to see with his own eyes where the construction of the Lake Eyre Canal, which the government attaches great importance to, has progressed.

Because he started from Adelaide, Arthur just went from south to north to see the entire course of the Lake Eyre Canal.

Following the Flinders Range all the way north, he soon arrived at the innermost part of the Spencer Gulf, which was also the starting point of the construction of the southern canal of the Lake Eyre Canal.

The canal was not dug directly from the Spencer Gulf, but was separated by a distance of several hundred meters.

After all, before the canal was completely opened, if the river water rushed into the canal first, it would have a very serious impact on the excavation of the canal and even cause huge casualties.

Soon, Arthur saw the specific appearance of the canal. Because there were more workers mobilized, the actual construction progress of the canal was still very fast.

It is equivalent to the situation where the construction of the three sections of the canal started at the same time. At present, it has only been a little more than a year and a half. The entire canal has been built for more than 30 kilometers, which is close to one-third of the canal construction plan.

This actually means that if the construction of the canal continues to go smoothly, the entire canal can be completed within three years, that is, in mid-1933.

In this way, the canal can be completed before the outbreak of World War II and show its role.

Whether it is to strengthen sea transportation or improve the geographical environment of the Great Artesian Basin, it is a good thing for Arthur and Australasia.

The last part of the trip is to see the completed canal between North Lake Eyre and South Lake Eyre.

Because this section of the canal is less than ten kilometers long, it has been built a long time ago, quietly waiting for the seawater from the Indian Ocean and the Spencer Gulf to be poured in.

If all goes well, the river water pouring into Lake Eyre can even flow back to some rivers in the Great Artesian Basin, and even moisten the land that has become a desert to the west.

The canal and Lake Eyre will also become a solid line of defense, blocking land desertification and desertification to the west of the canal, ensuring that millions of square kilometers of land in the east can be fully developed and utilized.

Seeing that the construction of the Lake Eyre Canal was going well, Arthur did not have too many worries and decided to return to Fort St. Arthur to continue to preside over domestic affairs.

To be honest, although the country can run on its own, Arthur still has to keep an eye on it from time to time and deal with some more important things.

Once Arthur is a little lax in some aspects, the officials below will be more lax, and even directly remove some things from the development plan.

This is also the reason why Arthur has to inspect some areas every once in a while. Arthur's personal arrival can make those officials feel valued and make them conscientiously complete the tasks at hand.

When I came, I took a car, and when I went back, Arthur had no plan to take a car.

To be honest, taking a car is still a waste of time. Moreover, taking a car is not as comfortable as taking a train. It is purely to experience the construction results of the highway.

This time when he returned to Fort St. Arthur, Arthur chose the most advanced mode of transportation, which is also the hot airplane.

Speaking of which, it has been a long time since the sale of the three transport aircraft. Judging from the results achieved so far, the three types of transport aircraft face different customers, but the sales performance is still good.

Because of the large number of flights, the safety of the aircraft has been guaranteed to a certain extent.

As long as the procedures are followed and the aircraft is carefully checked before and after takeoff, there will be no problems during takeoff.

Arthur also felt the speed of modern aircraft and had to admit that the speed was indeed quite fast.

It is about 200 kilometers from the canal to Adelaide. There is still nearly 600 kilometers from Adelaide to Fort St. Arthur.

It is about 800 kilometers in total, and it takes nearly nine hours to take the train. But if you take a plane, it only takes three hours to reach Fort St. Arthur, including the time before and after the plane.

As for the car that Arthur took, it will follow the entire convoy back to Fort St. Arthur and is expected to arrive at the palace tomorrow.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Arthur received an urgent report from the agricultural department.

Of course, the situation reported by the agricultural department was not in Australasia, but a disaster that had just occurred in Asia.

This disaster caused at least tens of millions of people to suffer, and there were not a few people who starved to death.

The purpose of the agricultural department reporting to Arthur was to export a large amount of grain to the disaster-stricken areas and exchange all the grain that had been accumulated for a long time for resources and funds.

This is actually a normal phenomenon. It has been mentioned before that food is always a scarce commodity at any time.

This kind of natural disaster is simply unpredictable, and the most we can do is to avoid casualties. The loss of property and various resources is immeasurable and irreversible.

In fact, long before the Australasia operation, many countries had already taken action and transported a large amount of grain to Asia.

They increased the original grain price by 3 to 4 times and sold it to large grain traders in Asia. Then those large grain traders increased the grain they purchased several times and sold it to the civilians who had become disaster victims.

In order to show his benevolence and righteousness, and because of his conscience, Arthur decided to donate 10,000 tons of grain to Asia in his own name.

As for the sale of grain, Arthur could not go against the interests of himself and a large number of agricultural workers in the country.

Prioritizing the interests of Australasia is the choice Arthur must make at present.

After no longer paying attention to this bad news, Arthur began to ask about the recent actions of the island country.

Since the establishment of the Pacific Alliance, the actions of the island people have become more and more rapid. The island people deeply understand that it is simply not as good as the Pacific Alliance by consumption alone.

Especially after the island country's ally, the United States, was split, the island country has been isolated and helpless in diplomacy.

But this has to mention the British shitty balance policy. After Australasia lost its opponent in the Pacific, the British have had the idea of ​​supporting the island country again.

If it weren't for the revolution that broke out in India that attracted the attention of the British, I'm afraid the island country and Britain would have started a new cooperation long ago.

Thinking of this, Arthur felt more and more that the British must have consumed a lot of their manpower in World War II.

If the British still retain their strength, then Britain will be a complete shit-tampering stick, and the world situation will not be peaceful.

Not to mention, Americans may have inherited this from the British. After the Americans became the world hegemon, the world situation was still in chaos, and wherever the United States went, it was a mess.

It can't be blamed on Arthur for being too cruel to Britain. It's really that the British balance policy is a bit annoying.

No matter what Australasia thinks, as long as Australasia gradually becomes stronger, the British must find a competitor for Australasia.

A large part of the reason why World War II broke out was because of the British balance policy, wanting the Germans to have the strength to fight against France.

Unexpectedly, Germany at that time didn't want to fight against France at all, but to directly eliminate Britain and France through war and realize German hegemony over the whole of Europe.

Not long after the bad news, Arthur received good news. This news came from Tesla's radar laboratory.

After several years of research and improvement, on June 1, 1930, Tesla finally took out the second-generation radar of Australasia, code-named R2 radar.

Long before that, the first generation of radar had been launched, and after testing, it was warmly welcomed by the navy.

But the problem was that the radar technology at that time was still relatively simple, and the detection range was only about 24 kilometers.

24 kilometers is a very short distance for both aircraft and warships, and its role in war is not as great as imagined.

It was after that time that Arthur proposed air, ground and ship radars, and ordered Tesla to conduct detailed research on these three radars.

The R2 radar currently obtained is also a long-distance radar with three systems that can be freely equipped on aircraft, warships and ground.

Just looking at the data report submitted by Tesla to Arthur, Arthur couldn't wait to see the true face of the latest generation of radar.

Because in terms of radar detection distance, compared with the first generation radar detection distance of 24 kilometers, the second generation radar has almost doubled, and the detection distance can reach 45 kilometers.

Don't underestimate this 45-kilometer detection distance. For warships, a distance of 45 kilometers requires more than an hour to sail, and even two hours if it is slower.

These one or two hours are enough for the navy to react, prepare the corresponding battle formation, and quietly wait for the enemy's army.

For aircraft, 45 kilometers is not such a long distance. But it takes more than ten minutes to fly 45 kilometers. During this time, the Australasian aircraft made emergency preparations and took off without any problems.

This is still without preparation. If the air forces of two countries meet unexpectedly, the 45 kilometers that the radar can detect becomes very important.

Before the enemy's radar detects it, we have already known the enemy's position and number, and can make corresponding preparations. This is equivalent to opening the full map perspective, which is basically a sure win.

Of course, the three radars are of different sizes, and the distances that can be detected are still different.

The farthest detection is actually the radar installed on the ground, which can detect up to about 56 kilometers.

45 kilometers is the normal level of naval radar that warships can be equipped with. This range is far beyond the attack range of battleships, and the improvement to battleships is undoubtedly huge.

The radar installed on the aircraft, because it is a small-scale radar, the detection distance is naturally greatly reduced.

According to the report provided by Tesla, the radar installed on the aircraft can detect only about 30 kilometers, and at most will not exceed 32 kilometers.

But anyway, the detection distance of 30 to 32 kilometers is completely sufficient for aircraft.

Arthur is not sure whether the enemy will have technology such as radar, but the enemy's radar technology is at most at the same level as Australasia.

After all, it is a technology that he has spent a lot of money and manpower and material resources to research. Arthur still has great confidence in the abilities of many experts including Tesla.

Of course, the research funds spent by the royal family every year also make Arthur have full confidence in technology such as radar.

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