Although Silvio Lonnie Rodlin was a soldier, he also managed the little Dili very well.

At present, the factories and some important facilities in Portuguese Timor are in normal condition, and Silvio Lonni Rodrin has only sent some soldiers to supervise and inspect.

In the urban area of Dili, a more severe state of martial law has been adopted. With the exception of some shops selling grain, other shops are temporarily closed and pedestrians are not allowed to linger too much on the street.

Although doing so would limit the freedom of the Portuguese, it was already the best outcome for them.

Because those disobedient Portuguese will be forcibly sent to the major factories and mines, and they will be forcibly arranged to become workers and miners.

After all, Australasia is not so financially rich and does not have enough money to support these Portuguese.

It is worth mentioning that the captured Portuguese soldiers, after receiving good medical treatment, were sent to the major mining areas of Australasia to compensate for the various medical resources used on them.

After all, if Portugal was unwilling to redeem these Portuguese soldiers at a high price in the future, Australasia would not have made a loss-making deal.

In addition to Dili, Arthur inspected the various defensive positions that General Silvio Lonni Rodlin had organized and set up over the course of several days.

Because Portuguese Timor had a population of more than 300,000 natives, there was no shortage of manpower to build these defensive positions.

These natives were submissive, and after Australasia's successful occupation of Portuguese Timor, these natives also expressed their submission to Australasia.

Of course, it is impossible to get Australasia to trust these natives, and for Arthur and the Australasian government, only Australasian people can be trusted.

What's more, Australasia still has a relatively extreme racism in the country, and the plan for White Australia is not a joke.

In fact, Arthur can stop this trend, but it is not necessary.

Although the racism of white Australia will make Australasia unable to accept Asian immigrants, at this stage, European immigrants are the most useful for Australasia, and it is also the foundation for Australasia to maintain unity.

As for the indigenous and Asian immigrants in the country, the improvement of Australasia is not significant except for the population.

Europe is now able to provide hundreds of thousands of migrants to Australasia every year, and with the number of newborn babies in Australasia, the annual population growth is already very large.

Arthur was very pleased with the current situation in Portuguese Timor and, after admonishing General Silvio Lonny Rodrin, returned to Australasia.

There has been no movement in Portugal at the moment, which also means that Portugal will definitely make a big move.

Because Portugal has already begun to quietly contact the Australasian government if it wants to back down.

The lack of movement now just shows that Portugal is not dead set on dying, and may even be brewing a big move.

Arthur's first act was to order the military factories to produce large quantities of ammunition. Among them were a large number of rifle and machine gun cartridges, as well as shells for various artillery pieces.

There was also good news for Arthur, that the next war was about to turn into a defensive war, and both artillery and machine guns would play a big role in the defensive war.

For this reason, not only have the military factories entered overtime production mode, but the transport fleet is also frantically sending ammunition to the three new territories occupied.

Of course, it was mainly the delivery of ammunition and supplies like Portuguese India and Portuguese Timor. These two areas also served as a barrier to the East Asian colonies, and it was unlikely that the Portuguese would cross these two colonies and go directly to East Asia.

After the war began, in addition to Europe's concerns, the United States also sent a telegram to Australasia, asking whether Australasia needed weapons and equipment support.

In response to the U.S. inquiry, Arthur naturally refused.

What are you kidding, at present, in terms of the armament of the army, Australasia can be said to be the top in the world, and it is not inferior to Britain and Germany at all.

Although the United States is currently the most powerful industrial country, this is only in terms of volume.

If we only talk about the advanced degree of science and technology and the power of weapons, the United States cannot be compared with the current British Empire and Germany.

Before absorbing a large number of talents and property resources from Europe, the United States was only an upstart country with a very developed economy and industry, and its scientific and technological background was completely inferior to that of the two European powers, Britain and Germany.

On the naval side, the Ministry of Defence has also developed a number of patrol plans to prevent a Portuguese attack on the Australasian mainland.

Although Australasia's naval strength is not comparable to that of Portugal, it can still be done if it can't be beaten and run.

In particular, the small frigates newly launched in Australasia generally have a speed of more than 18 knots, and can even reach 19 knots.

And the Portuguese navy does not have many warships that can reach this speed, not to mention escorting the army, and it is naturally impossible to chase deeply.

Fortunately, Australasia is currently short of various resources, so it organized a fleet to deliver a large amount of supplies and food to Portuguese India, Portuguese Timor and other regions.

In addition, Portuguese Timor is very close to Australasia, and Portuguese India is adjacent to British India, so there is basically no need to worry about the logistics line being cut off.

There was also a brief lull in the situation after intense preparations were made in all walks of life in Australasia.

Entering September, Arthur ushered in another good news, that is, the full opening of the industrial railway.

This important railway, which connects the east and west of mainland Australia, will serve as a bridge between the east and west of the Australian continent.

At the same time, with the opening of the industrial railway, the northern railway has officially entered the construction cycle.

Because the total mileage of the Northern Railway is not inferior to that of the industrial railway, the construction time of the Northern Railway is about eight years, and the total investment will exceed 40 million Australian dollars.

Although it is expected to cost nearly $5 million a year, it is fully affordable for Australasia's current financial situation.

What's more, the construction of industrial railways used to cost three or four million Australian dollars a year, but now after the completion of industrial railways, it is actually equivalent to an additional expenditure of more than one million Australian dollars per year.

After celebrating the full opening of the industrial railway, Arthur once again went to the aeronautical laboratory.

Of course, this time it was not for the planes, but for the airships mentioned earlier in the war report.

After all, Australasia's war report mentions bombing in the air with airships, but in reality, it would be a bit funny if Australasia didn't have airships capable of such bombing.

Fortunately, although the aircraft is the main research and development target of the aviation laboratory, the development of the airship has not been left behind, but the progress is a little slow compared to the aircraft.

But the current airship has also developed a second generation, that is, the AU-2 hard airship.

The second-generation airship is an improved version of the first-generation airship, with certain changes in appearance and much more expansion.

The second-generation airship is 132 meters long and 12 meters in diameter, and is capable of holding about 13,000 cubic meters of hydrogen.

It is precisely because of the expansion of the volume and the increase in the capacity of hydrogen that the carrying capacity of the AU-2 airship has reached eleven tons, which is a full ton more than the previous generation of airships.

Although it seems to have only increased by 10%, the range and stability of the airship have improved a lot, which is what Arthur values more.

If the first-generation airship was a beta version built by Zeppelin, then the second-generation airship AU-2 is already a tested and stable version.

Although the possibility of accidents cannot be ruled out, the safety of the second-generation airship is much higher than that of the first-generation, and it has been able to be used as a means of transportation and put into the civilian field.

At present, the airship has a big advantage over the aircraft, that is, the payload capacity far exceeds the carryable capacity of the aircraft.

Although the speed of the airship is far inferior to that of an airplane, it has a certain advantage in transportation by virtue of its large belly and the ability to support the cargo.

Of course, such an airship is also completely content with the characteristics of high-altitude bombing. As long as you put some small shells on the airship and then artificially throw them, you can achieve high-altitude bombing.

Even this airship can be equipped with a special machine gun, but the stability is left to fate.

But in any case, the AU-2 is fully capable of aerial bombardment as described in the war report, so there is no need to be afraid of European countries' exploration of Australasian airship technology.

Of course, in order to convince the major European powers that Australasia used airships to bomb in the air to lead to a huge advantage in the war, airships must be used in the next war, and it is necessary to create a considerable advantage.

Thankfully, because of the huge role of airships in the direction of transportation, after the birth of the second generation of airships, several were tried to be produced. At present, the aviation laboratory has a total of five second-generation airships, and the number is just enough to meet the next war.

In addition, the airship is easier to control than the airplane, so the aviation laboratory also has enough airship pilots to dispatch.

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(End of chapter)