Chapter 98 National Day (Subscribe Please!)

January 10, 1902, Australia Day.

Because January 10 is the date when the Principality of Australia was founded, it is also designated as Australia's National Day.

However, because Arthur was far away in Europe last time, he did not have the opportunity to attend the National Day, so naturally no grand ceremony and ceremony were prepared.

This time is the second anniversary of Australia's founding, and Australia has made considerable achievements in various construction projects. Therefore, at the suggestion of the cabinet, a lot of activities were specially prepared for this National Day.

The first of them is the National Day parade.

The reform of Australia's original army has been going on for more than half a year. During this half year of training, the Australian army has experienced considerable growth and gradually become a qualified army.

In order to train this 6,000-man army, Arthur mobilized most of the Guards and even shamelessly invited several training experts from Germany.

However, this is indeed very effective. The discipline of the army has been completely renewed. From the overall aspect, it can be seen that this is a strong army.

In order to make them truly elite, the Ministry of Defense spent a lot of money to equip them with the most advanced Lee-Enfield rifles and feed them dozens of bullets every day.

Although it is not guaranteed that every soldier will become a sharpshooter, when the war really begins, the bullets will not be fed to the air.

If it were not for the approaching National Day, the Ministry of Defense would have started the reorganization of these trained soldiers.

However, the number of Australian soldiers is still too small. Although 6,000 soldiers can barely be reorganized into an infantry division, it only improves its backbone.

According to the German infantry organization, a full standard infantry division has about 18,000 people, 4,600 horses and more than 30 heavy machine guns.

The next plan is to improve this infantry division through conscription and equip it with a large number of heavy firepower weapons.

Australia currently has MA-96 Maxim machine guns and CA-1 machine guns as well as various calibers of artillery supported by Germany.

If military experts can successfully understand the French M1897 artillery, they can also have another automatic artillery.

In terms of firepower, the Australian army equipped with these powerful weapons is no weaker than any other army, and is comparable to the firepower of the armies of the great powers.

Even with sufficient logistics, the Australian army, which has two automatic artillery, the CA-1 machine gun and the M1897 artillery, may be able to suppress the armies of other great powers with its firepower.

After the military parade, there will be a second round of assistance for the poor in Australia during the National Day.

The Royal Relief Committee announced the second round of subsidies for the poor, which is to distribute various relief materials including food and some relief funds to these poor people through work-for-relief.

This is the result of the Relief Committee after discussion. Compared with giving fish to people, teaching people to fish is obviously a better way.

The Relief Committee will look for some suitable jobs for these poor people throughout Australia, so that they can obtain relief food and funds through some simple labor.

This can also greatly reduce the incidents of falsely claiming relief materials. After all, if you want to receive relief materials, you have to go to some designated jobs to work for a period of time.

For ordinary people, this time is enough to find a more decent job and make more money.

As the National Day approaches, the atmosphere in Australia is becoming more and more joyful.

Everywhere you look in Sydney, you can see the newly determined Australian flag.

This is the final appearance of the Australian flag that the Australian government finally decided after soliciting all the designs for the national flag from the public.

The Australian flag is also a tricolor flag, consisting of light blue, white and yellow.

The white is in the middle, representing the supreme power of the Australian royal family and the eternal monarchy of Australia, as well as the policy of white Australia.

The yellow is on top, representing all Australian people, and also symbolizes the most important Australian concept of the people.

The blue is at the bottom, indicating that Australia is a coastal country, and sea power is the most important thing for Australia.

The design of this national flag is completely different from the original Australian flag in history, but it can also show the current style of Australia.

To be honest, when Arthur just saw the design of the national flag, he suddenly thought of the hot stalks and ridicules about the French flag in later generations.

Because there is a white stripe in the middle of the French flag, and the cowardly performance of the French during World War II, it is said that the French flag is very convenient for surrender, because it can be quickly made into a surrender flag, a white flag.

Now there is also white on the Australian flag, but it should not face the embarrassing situation like France, right?

Because the National Day is approaching, Australia has many temporary flag-making workshops.

A simple piece of cloth with a fixed proportion can be sold after being rendered into the Australian flag with three colors.

Such small national flags are often not expensive, but they are very popular among all Australians.

Even immigrants who have just moved to Australia recently have to follow the trend and buy a national flag to hang at their doorstep.

This has in turn increased the income of many Australians and boosted Australia's economic development.

This is what Arthur wants to see, not the improvement of the economy, but the recognition of the country by Australians.

No matter what the reason is, uniting all Australians under the country of Australia is the greatest success of Arthur and the Australian government led by Arthur.

This National Day event did not invite other countries to participate, but only invited officials and some people from the New Zealand colony.

There are about two hundred people in total, most of whom are powerful people in New Zealand, or activists who encourage New Zealand independence.

Arthur invited them for no other purpose, just to let them see what Australia, which was originally in the same status as New Zealand, has become now.

Although it has been more than a year since Arthur became the governor of New Zealand, Arthur has not launched any reforms in New Zealand, and Arthur has not even participated too much in administrative measures.

Because the New Zealand garrison is under the control of the British Empire, Arthur does not have to worry about any problems with the control of New Zealand.

Under such circumstances, New Zealand fell into a semi-free state. Arthur did not suppress New Zealand's independence forces, and New Zealand did not know much about Arthur, the governor.

Now, Arthur finally has time to let New Zealanders know about Australia's changes.

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