Early the next morning, Arthur decided to go to the site of the Eyre Lake Canal to see for himself where the Eyre Lake Canal, which the government had attached great importance to.

Because it was from Adelaide, Arthur was looking from south to north to see the entire length of the Loch Eyre Canal.

Heading north along Flinders Ridge, we soon reached the innermost part of Spencer Bay, where the construction of the southern canal of the Elhu Canal began.

The canals were not dug directly from Spencer Bay, but were spaced hundreds of meters apart.

After all, before the canal is completely opened, if the river water enters the canal first, it will cause a very serious impact on the excavation of the canal and even huge casualties.

Soon, Arthur saw what the canal looked like. Because of the large number of workers employed, the actual construction progress of the canal is still very fast.

In the case of the simultaneous construction of three sections of the canal, it is only a little more than a year and a half, and the entire canal has been built for more than 30 kilometers, which is close to one-third of the canal construction plan.

This also means that if the construction of the canal continues smoothly, the entire section of the canal can be completed in three years, that is, in mid-1933.

In this way, it is possible to complete the canal before the outbreak of World War II and let it show a certain role.

Whether it's strengthening maritime transport or improving the geography of the Great Artesian Basin, it's a good thing for Arthur and Australasia.

The final leg of the tour is to see the canal between the North and South Eyre lakes, which have been completed.

Because this section of the canal is less than 10 kilometers long, it was built long ago, waiting for the water from the Indian Ocean and Spencer Bay to pour in.

If all goes well, the water that pours into Lake Eyre can even backfill some of the rivers of the Great Artesian Basin, and even wet the land that has turned into a desert to the west.

The canal and Lake Eyre will also serve as a strong line of defence, blocking desertification and desertification to the west of the canal, ensuring that millions of square kilometres of land in the east can be fully exploited and utilized.

Seeing that the Elle Lake Canal was being built quite well, Arthur did not have much to worry about, and decided to return to Fort St. Arthur and continue to preside over domestic affairs.

To be honest, although the country can run on its own, after all, it is still Arthur's eyes from time to time and deal with some more important things.

Once Arthur is a little lax on something, the officials below will be even more lax, or even directly remove something from the development plan.

That's why Arthur makes inspections of some areas every once in a while. Arthur's personal arrival can make those officials feel valued and let them conscientiously complete the task at hand.

When he came, he was in a car, and when he went back, Arthur had no plans to take a car.

Honestly, it's still too much time to take a car. Moreover, it is not as comfortable as taking a train by car, and it is purely to experience the achievements of the construction of the expressway.

This time back to Fort St. Arthur, Arthur chose the most advanced mode of transportation at present, and it was also the hot plane that was fired.

Speaking of which, the sale of three types of transport aircraft has also been a long time ago. Judging from the results achieved so far, the customers faced by the three transport aircraft are not the same, but the sales results are not bad.

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

As long as the procedure is followed, and the aircraft is inspected in more detail before and after takeoff, there will be no problems during takeoff.

Arthur also felt the speed of modern aircraft, and I have to admit that the speed is indeed quite fast.

From the canal to Adelaide, it is almost 200 kilometres. There are still close to 600 kilometres to get from Adelaide to Fort St Arthur.

That's almost 800 kilometers, and it's nearly nine hours by train. But if you were flying, it would take you only three hours to get to Fort St. Arthur, including the time it takes to get there.

As for the car that Arthur was travelling in, it would follow the entire convoy back to Fort St. Arthur, and it was expected to reach the palace tomorrow.

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

Of course, the agriculture sector is not reporting on a disaster in Australasia, but in Asia.

At least tens of millions of people have been affected by the disaster, and many others have died of starvation.

The purpose of the agricultural department's report to Arthur was precisely to export large quantities of grain to the affected areas, and to exchange all the food accumulated for a relatively long time for resources and funds.

This is actually normal. As mentioned before, food is always a scarce commodity, no matter what time it is.

Such natural disasters are simply unpredictable, and at best casualties can be avoided as much as possible. The loss of property and resources is immeasurable and irreversible.

In fact, long before the Australasian operation, many countries had already taken action and transported large quantities of food to Asia.

They have tripled or quadrupled the price of their grain and sold it to the big grain merchants in Asia. Then the big grain merchants multiplied the amount of grain they bought and sold it to civilians who had become victims.

In order to demonstrate his benevolence, coupled with the fact that his conscience is really unbearable, Arthur still decided to donate 10,000 tons of grain to Asia in his own name.

As for the sale of grain, Arthur could not have acted against his own interests and those of a large number of agricultural workers in the country.

Putting Australasia's interests first is a choice Arthur must make at the moment.

After no longer paying attention to this bad news, Arthur began to inquire about the recent movements of his island nation.

Since the formation of the Pacific Alliance, the islanders have moved more and more rapidly. The people of the island nation deeply understand that it is simply not comparable to the Pacific Alliance by attrition alone.

In particular, after the division of the United States, an ally of the island nation, the island nation has become isolated in terms of diplomacy.

But again we have to mention the shitty balancing policy of the British. After Australasia lost its rival in the Pacific, the British already had the idea of propping up the island nation again.

Had it not been for the revolution that broke out in India that attracted the attention of the British, I am afraid that the island nation and Britain would have started a new cooperation long ago.

Thinking of this, Arthur felt more and more that the British had to be consumed a lot of vital strength in World War II.

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

Not to mention, the Americans may have inherited the British. After the Americans became the world hegemon, the world situation was still chaotic, and everywhere the United States went, it was a mess.

Arthur can't be blamed for being too cruel to the British, but the British's balancing policy is a bit annoying.

Regardless of Australasia's ideas, as long as Australasia grew stronger, the British had to find a competitor to Australasia.

A large part of the reason for the outbreak of World War II was the balancing policy of the British, who wanted the Germans to have the strength to confront France.

Unexpectedly, what Germany wanted at that time was not to confront France at all, but to directly eliminate Britain and France through war and achieve German hegemony in the whole of Europe.

Not long after the bad news passed, Arthur received a piece of good news. This message comes from Tesla's radar lab.

After several years of research and improvement, on June 1, 1930, Tesla finally came up with the second generation radar of Australasia, codenamed R2 radar.

Long before that, the first generation of radars was introduced, and after testing, they were warmly received by the Navy.

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

24 kilometers is a short distance for both aircraft and warships, and it does not play as much of a role in the war as imagined.

It was also after that time that Arthurso proposed air-to-air, ground-to-ground, and ship-to-ship radars, and ordered Tesla to conduct a detailed study of these three radars.

The R2 radar that has been obtained so far is also a long-range radar with three systems that can be freely equipped on aircraft, warships and the ground.

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

Because in terms of radar detection range, compared with the detection range of the first generation radar of 24 kilometers, the second generation of radar has almost tripled, and the detection range has been able to reach 45 kilometers.

Don't underestimate the 45 km range. For a warship, a distance of 45 kilometers takes more than an hour to sail, and even two hours if it is slower.

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

For an airplane, 45 km is not such a long distance. But 45 kilometers also took more than ten minutes to fly, and during this time, the Australasian plane made emergency preparations and took off without any problems.

And that's still without preparation. If the air forces of two countries meet by accident, the 45 kilometers that can be detected by radar become very important.

When the enemy's radar has not yet detected it, its own side has already known the enemy's location and number, and can make corresponding preparations, which is equivalent to opening the perspective of the whole map, which is basically a steady win.

Of course, the size of the three radars is different, and the distance they can detect is still different.

The farthest detection is actually the radar installed on the ground, which can detect a maximum range of about 56 kilometers.

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

As for the radar installed on the aircraft, because it is a small-scale radar, the detection range has naturally been greatly reduced.

According to the report provided by Tesla, the radar mounted on the aircraft can only detect a distance of about 30 kilometers, and at most no more than 32 kilometers.

But in any case, the detection range of 30-32 km is quite enough for the aircraft.

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

After all, it is a technology that he has spent a lot of money and manpower to develop, and Arthur still trusts the ability of many experts, including Tesla.

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

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