For Australia, the outcome of the naval battle is also good news.

The current navy can no longer distinguish between victory and defeat, and the island countries and the Russian Empire will naturally pay more attention to the war on land.

At present, the Russian Empire is already urgently mobilizing forces to the Far East. Even from the day after the outbreak of the war, the Russian Empire had already gathered troops and began to support the Far East.

But for a country as large and decaying and backward as the Russian Empire, the war machine would also be unusually slow.

The outbreak of the war was on February 8, but the arrival of the first soldiers in the Far East was already the end of March.

This news is not unacceptable to the Tsarist Empire, according to the current dispatch speed, the Tsarist Empire can support about 20,000 troops to the Far East every month, at least until the end of the year, the Tsarist Russian army in the Far East can be maintained at about 300,000.

This figure has been able to compete with the number of the island's army, which is also the reason why the Tsarist Empire is confident, from the tsar to the officials.

Although the system was somewhat backward compared to the other European powers, the Tsarist Empire was still one of the most powerful countries in the world. The majesty of the Tsarist Russian Empire is definitely not something that a small island nation can violate.

But the personnel is sufficient, and the corresponding armament is not so sufficient.

War represents a massive consumption of weapons and ammunition, especially for ammunition.

As the closest country to the Far East and capable of providing the world's most advanced weapons, Australia was favored by both the Tsarist Russian Empire and the island nations.

Of course, the reason for this is more for the Tsarist Empire that the loan of the German Empire has not been spent, and this loan is designated by the German Empire to buy arms only in Australia.

Thus, shortly after the end of the war, Arthur received separate requests from the governor-general of the Far East of the Tsarist Russian Empire and the diplomats of the island countries.

The purpose of their request is basically the same, they all want to buy more weapons and equipment from Australia and sufficient ammunition, which will not be able to meet the more tragic land war.

Arthur had nothing to do with it. After all, under Arthur's advance preparations, the military factory had already produced a large number of weapons and ammunition.

These were prepared for this war and a good opportunity for Australia to make a fortune.

Eventually, Australia and the Russian Empire, as well as the island nation, each signed an order for the import of weapons.

This time, the Russian Empire was obviously holding its breath and wanted to use a victory to alleviate the already contradictory situation at home.

The Russian Empire's import list included 20,000 Gew98 rifles, 5 million rounds of ammunition, 100 German-made Makqin heavy machine guns, and 30 CA-1 machine guns.

In fact, the Russians wanted to buy German 105mm howitzers, but after demonstrating the powerful firepower of the CA-1 machine gun on the Australian side, they immediately chose the CA-1 machine gun without hesitation.

Of course, there is another key reason for this, that is, the cost of a 105mm howitzer is enough to buy two CA-1 guns, but the output frequency of the CA-1 cannon is enough to the firepower of several 105mm howitzers.

Although it is not as lethal as howitzers in terms of real lethality and the degree of destruction, the current masters of the Far East are the Tsarist Empire, and the island states are in the role of attackers.

Naturally, the Russian army did not have to face the threat of a strong fortress, and in terms of destructive power, the CA-1 machine gun was enough to make the single island army feel the death.

These weapons and equipment are in stock in Australia, so on the premise of increasing the price by 10 percent, all these weapons and equipment have been loaded and shipped to the Pacific Fleet, which is still occupying Port Arthur the next day.

In order to prevent contagion, the entire transport fleet was hoisted with the flag of the German Empire.

The island nation was not stupid enough to provoke another enemy for itself in wartime, so when faced with a fleet flying the German flag, it could only choose to let it go very helplessly.

The island nation bought more weapons and even bought a few warships.

Of course, this is also a helpless choice. The Tsarist Russian Empire is about to usher in the completion of the repair of the crown prince, so there is naturally no need to worry about naval strength.

But island nations are different. The warships damaged by the island nation are all advanced warships produced by the British Empire, and the difficulty and time of repair have naturally increased significantly.

Judging from the current level of island countries, it will take at least half a year to complete the repair of these warships.

But no one can guarantee what will happen in half a year, so it is very necessary to increase the strength of your navy again.

In this naval battle, Australia's Duke-class cruisers aroused the interest of the islanders.

Although such small and medium-sized warships do not play a role in real naval battles, they are still very useful when performing certain tasks.

Whether it is to protect transport lines or cut off enemy transport lines, or to carry out patrols or minefields, this kind of fast, highly protective and firepower cruisers will always do a good job.

And its high speed also allowed him to get away with danger in the face of danger, especially against the older battleships of the Russian Empire.

This time, almost half of the cruisers of the island nation were lost, which also means that there are not many warships capable of carrying out missions.

Warships like the Duke-class cruisers, which are not expensive to build and can be launched in a short time, naturally arouse the interest of the islanders.

On the premise that Australia guaranteed that four ships could be launched within half a year, the island country ordered four Duke-class cruisers in one go, and also urged the launch of the Braunschweig-class battleships.

Yes, the Brunswick-class battleships ordered by the island nation have not yet been launched and are still in the final stages of construction.

The battleship has been under construction for a year and four months, and under normal estimates, it will be ready for sea trials in another half a year.

After repeated urging by diplomats of the island country, and finally spent an additional 100,000 pounds to express "condolences" to the employees and experts who built the warship, Arthur nodded and agreed, promising to launch the warship as soon as possible within four months and deliver it to the island country.

In addition to four cruisers and a hundred thousand pounds, the island nation ordered a lot in terms of army weapons.

The first is 30,000 Gew98 rifles.

In the first landing battle, the islanders felt the power of this German-made weapon. The island army, which is equipped with Gew 98 rifles, has indeed burst out with strong combat effectiveness, which has made the island government's eyes shine.

It is worth mentioning that the army of the island country is trained with reference to the German army, and many soldiers of the island country have also been exposed to German-made weapons, so the replacement of weapons is relatively smooth.

This is also the reason why the island countries dare to order weapons and equipment on a large scale, they can almost skip the relatively long training time, at least the soldiers can get the weapons to show their combat effectiveness.

In addition to these 30,000 rifles, the island nation also ordered more than 40 German-made Makqin heavy machine guns and more than 30 artillery pieces.

These guns were 105 mm howitzers and 155 mm howitzers, in order to increase the firepower of the vanguard landing force and break through the fortresses of the Tsarist Empire in the Far East as soon as possible.

Because of the attacker, the difficulty of the island nation's attack and the casualties will be greater than that of the Russian Empire.

At least the fortresses built by the Tsarist Empire in some areas were enough to give the island nation a headache, which is why the island nation suffered more than 300,000 people in this war in history.

In addition to these weapons and equipment, the island nation has ordered 10 million rounds of rifle ammunition, 5 million rounds of machine gun ammunition and tens of thousands of artillery shells to replenish the ammunition depot that has been rapidly depleted since the beginning of the war.

Once a war starts, the biggest consumption for each country is not the population, but the weapons and equipment and ammunition.

According to statistics without provenance, more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition were needed for each enemy destroyed in World War I and World War II, and tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition were needed for each enemy eliminated in wars after World War II.

Purely in terms of consumption, it is indeed so terrifying.

But such a calculation is actually quite approximate, simply dividing the amount of ammunition consumed by the number of enemies killed, ignoring many situations that occur in the war, including daily training, capture, losses, etc.

Aside from some special factors, it can be barely believed that about 2,000 bullets killed an enemy, which is the more credible ratio of bullet consumption to number of kills in World War I.

This ratio alone shows how much the war consumes logistics. If you want to kill 10,000 enemies a day, you need to consume at least 20 million rounds of ammunition.

Not to mention the island countries and the Tsarist Russian Empire, even the current British Empire and the German Empire cannot afford such logistical consumption.

This is also the reason why World War I and World War II were able to drag down European countries, in addition to the massive destruction and loss of land and population caused by the war, the attrition of war also exhausted all countries.

The two arms orders would allow Australia to earn at least half a million pounds, although more than half of them belong to military factories and shipyards.

Taking advantage of this shareholder wind, coupled with the joy brought to Australians and New Zealanders by the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand some time ago, Arthur successfully issued a new currency, the Commonwealth Commemorative Coin.

Of course, the federal commemorative coin also has a full name, which is the commemorative coin of the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. It also has a relatively simple and catchy name, which is the Australian Dollar Commemorative Edition.

There are three models of federal commemorative coins, which are Australian dollars, shillings and pennies.

The shillings and pence of the Australian dollar are basically the same as the shillings of the British pound and are all equivalent.

And one pound is equal to two Australian dollars, one Australian dollar is equal to ten shillings, and one shilling is equal to twelve pence.

The obverse features Arthur's portrait and the words Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand, plus the number 1 and one Australian dollar in Arthur's own handwriting.

On the back is the coat of arms of the Australian royal family and some security stripes, plus the specific date of the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand, to form this new currency.

The shilling features a portrait of Queen Victoria on the front and the coat of arms of the British royal family on the back, while also proclaiming Arthur's noble status and bloodline.

The front of the penny is a preview of the Sydney Palace, and the back is a sketch of the scope of the Federation, which also declares the specific scope of the Federation.

Whether it's Australian dollars, shillings or pennies, their denomination numbers are written by Arthur himself, and the security stripes are added a lot.

The total issuance of the three currencies is approximately 15 million Australian dollars, 50 million shillings and 1.2 billion pence.

The total value of these currencies is equal to fifteen million pounds sterling and it will take some time for them to be fully liquid in the markets of Australia and New Zealand.

Of course, with Arthur's good reputation and the good credibility of the Australian government, there is no problem in making these currencies popular and capturing a significant portion of the market.

In addition, Australia's currency exchange rate is temporarily on par with the British pound, basically maintaining the ratio of one pound to two Australian dollars, and there is no need to worry about the Australian dollar being impacted.

All it takes now is time to get more people to accept the new currency and get it in circulation in more places.

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