Chapter 568 Arms Assistance

Among the six awards at the Sydney Film Festival, patriotic films swept five awards, and only one big-investment film promoting tourist attractions won the Best Cinematography Award.

However, this result has not encountered any objection from the public, who still agree with this result.

After all, those award-winning patriotic films were produced with huge investments by the three major film studios. Not only did the scripts come from the efforts of many literary workers, but even the photography was done by the most professional directors.

The corresponding music production, scene layout, etc. are all top-notch in Australasia. If these films do not occupy the majority of the awards, it will prove that there is a problem with the selection of the awards.

On the day and second day of the film festival, the winning of relevant awards became a hot topic in Australasia, which also made the films that won the awards a lot more popular.

Overall, this Sydney Film Festival was very effective. Not only has many movies regained their popularity, but it has also made the companies that filmed these movies and the related directors and actors have an impression in the minds of the people.

Compared with later generations, the movies of this era have no artistic pursuits and no eye-catching scenes.

After all, the pictures are all in black and white, and the picture quality is blurry in some cases. It is not easy to tell a complete story clearly, let alone pursue the excitement on the picture and shock the audience through the picture.

This is also the current trend in film development. Due to technical reasons, pictures are generally abandoned in favor of more moving stories.

"Australasian Dream" is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, it is about the dream of the rise of Australasia.

Although it is just a dream, it is something that every Australasian from Arthur on down wants to accomplish.

As the first Australasian sound film, this film brought an unparalleled shock to Australasians.

No matter how many new patriotic films come out every year, Australasian Dreams is screened for free every year on National Day and always gets a warm welcome.

Judging from this year's data, it is obviously a familiar movie, but it still attracted millions of people to watch it. This is already an exaggerated number.

Now this movie has attracted many imitators abroad. Even the island countries have filmed their own island ambitions, attracting a large number of island people to watch.

However, the rise of Australasia is already a dream that is about to be realized, and the ambition of the island country is much more difficult to realize than the rise of Australasia.

As the time entered February, Arthur signed a decree on increasing the introduction of immigrants to New Guinea, including the introduction of immigrants from various colonies.

This act was intended to increase the population of the colony and speed up the localization of the Australasian colony.

Strive to localize all important areas such as New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Royal Territory, and Sulawesi before World War II. Only in this way can the domestic situation be stabilized during the war, and there is no need to worry about the collapse of the colonial system after the war.

Even after World War II, Australasia only needed to maintain its Persian Gulf territories, which would greatly reduce political pressure and the military pressure faced by the army.

Even if the Persian Gulf territory is lost, as long as the basic base of Oceania can be preserved, Australasia will still be the hegemon of the Southern Hemisphere, and its status in the Southern Hemisphere cannot be changed.

After the complete success of Timor's colonial localization strategy, the country's attention was focused on the colonial localization work in New Guinea.

New Guinea is very important to the current Australasia. It is not only a potential water supply place, but also an important barrier in northern Australasia and a very large territory.

The island is also very rich in mineral resources. Whether it is from a strategic position or an economic value, this is territory that Australasia must control, and the best way to master it is through localization.

But the bad news is that New Guinea is too big. If you want to fully develop and occupy it, you need more people than Timor.

The territory of New Guinea is not inferior to the state-level administrative regions of Australasia. It is simply impossible to carry out complete development without a population of millions or even tens of millions.

Even if it is just preliminary development, it will require at least a million people to basically stabilize the situation in New Guinea.

Moreover, the original indigenous people of New Guinea are also a problem. There are still some indigenous people staying in Sulawesi, which must be demobilized as soon as possible.

First, these natives were all black and were not part of any plans for Australasia at all.

Secondly, these indigenous people theoretically have sovereignty over New Guinea, and the remains of indigenous tribes in New Guinea also prove that these people have lived in New Guinea for a long time.

When the colonial system collapsed, the indigenous people in these colonies naturally gained colonial sovereignty, which Arthur would never allow.

Therefore, expelling the indigenous people from Australasia as early as possible and letting them live abroad for a long time can minimize the influence of these indigenous people on the colony.

Twenty or thirty years later, how can these indigenous people clearly say that they are the aboriginal people of New Guinea?

At the end of February, the Philippines finally couldn't hold on anymore and once again asked for Australasia's support.

Of course, the problem here is not that the army cannot hold on, but that the weapons and ammunition cannot hold up.

The Philippines does not have much military industry, so it is naturally impossible to manufacture bullets for Australasian weapons.

The only way they can use these weapons is to purchase large quantities of weapons and ammunition from Australasia.

Although Australasia has provided a lot of weapons and ammunition to the Philippines in two consecutive batches, the consumption of the war is immeasurable, not to mention a poorly trained combat army like the Philippines.

This time Arthur is not providing free assistance, but asking the Philippines to provide resources of equal value or directly provide manpower.

Australasia has started railway construction in the country, and there will be various major projects in the future. The manpower provided by the Philippines can better supplement the human resource vacancies in Australasia.

At the same time, these Filipinos will have no impact on Australasia. Compared with the indigenous people, Filipinos will be repatriated after completing their tasks, which is equivalent to a group of temporary hired workers.

The long period of unfavorable combat operations made the Americans take action. In addition, it was already the transition period of the U.S. government, which gave President Wilson a very headache.

In order to save his face, President Wilson has signed regulations on the increase of troops. Next, there will be a larger battle to be launched on the Philippine battlefield.

Naturally, Arthur would not sit back and watch the Philippines be defeated by the Americans. He was quite generous when providing weapons and equipment.

In the Philippines, Manuel agreed to pay 100,000 manpower, plus priority mining rights to the Philippines' domestic mineral resources, in exchange for up to 200,000 rifles, 50 million rounds of ammunition, 200 artillery pieces of various calibers, and 150 heavy machine guns. 100,000 rounds of artillery shells, 3 million rounds of machine gun bullets and numerous other weapons and equipment.

The Philippines has also purchased millions of grenades that performed well in critical battles. This batch of weapons and equipment is enough for the Philippines to double its army.

Regardless of whether the Americans are serious about it or not, the Philippine army armed with this batch of weapons and equipment is bound to give the Americans a drink.

It would be best to make the Philippine War of Independence larger-scale and more anxious, so as to delay the Americans' attention.

If the Americans can get stuck in the Philippines, that's good news for both Britain and Australasia.

Because of the transition period in the United States, the Philippine War of Independence is bound to become an issue for presidential candidates running for president.

Those who promise to end the Philippine War of Independence as soon as possible may gain support from the American people.

But the question is, is the Philippine War of Independence really that easy to resolve? Current signs have shown that there are other powers standing behind the Philippines, and it is most likely one of Britain and Australasia.

Under such circumstances, the United States wanted to quickly resolve the Philippine War unless it could obtain the support of other powers.

But the problem is that the current reputation of the United States is not very good, and even its allies, island countries, may not firmly support it.

Moreover, the international status of the United States and the island countries is definitely not as good as that of the United Kingdom and Australasia.

After all, Britain and Australasia rely on the entire World Alliance to unite dozens of small and medium-sized countries, which is beyond the reach of the United States, which is outside the World Alliance.

Thinking of this, President Wilson hated those losers in Congress even more.

If Congress had not strongly blocked the United States, the United States would have already created the League of Nations ahead of the United Kingdom. How could it stay outside the world's largest alliance?

You know, organizations like the World Alliance have a huge impact on improving international status and influence.

Even in the long run, Britain's actions can become the actions of the entire world alliance at any time, which inherently has a moral advantage.

The competition between the United States and the United Kingdom has naturally turned into a competition between the United States and the world. Coupled with the bad reputation of the United States, the fate faced by the United States can be imagined.

But then again, if the American presidential candidate does not promise to end the war in the Philippines as soon as possible, will the American people support him? I'm afraid not necessarily.

The current Philippine War of Independence has become a knot in the hearts of Americans. This is a conflict that will explode if not handled well, and will also ignite dissatisfaction in the hearts of Americans.

How to properly handle the Philippine War, so as to end the war as soon as possible without causing the United States to lose anything, is a question that current President Wilson and several presidential candidates should think about.

Otherwise, even if they succeed in being elected president, they will still be confused by the Philippines issue. It is better to prepare in advance and wait to implement your own solutions after taking office.

Compared with the headaches faced by the US government, Arthur seems much more relaxed.

The first is the distance advantage, and the second is the support of Australasia and the United Kingdom. Moreover, the economic situation of the United States is not necessarily good, because the large amount of compensation from the flu has long put the US government's finances into a tight situation.

Besides, whether the US government is united is also a question. Even if the President of the United States wants to continue the war, it depends on whether Congress agrees.

To put it bluntly, if Arthur really wants to drag the United States into the quagmire of the war in the Philippines, it is really difficult for the United States to struggle out.

Unless the United States abandons the Philippines in vain, whether the Americans will agree is also a question worth thinking about.

Such an issue affects the whole body. For the current US President Wilson and the next US presidents, how to choose and how to take corresponding actions requires deep thought and deep thinking.

After arranging the weapons and equipment to go to the Philippines, Arthur felt relieved and began to inspect the current situation of the military factory along the way.

Speaking of which, Australasia's military industry is also a pillar industry, and its current scale is also top-notch internationally.

Because both Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were severely restricted in their military development, Australasia directly surpassed two places in terms of weapons and equipment exports, ranking third in the world after the United Kingdom and the United States.

Yes, Australasia’s arms trade has reached the third-largest level in the world. It is not surprising that the British Empire ranks first. After all, Britain has many younger brothers in Europe, and these younger brothers will buy British armaments.

The reason why the United States ranks second is because of the trade treaty between the United States and island countries, which allows island countries to import a large amount of American weapons every year.

If it were not for the existence of this treaty, the U.S. arms trade market would actually be inferior to that of Australasia.

After all, Australasia's arms trade experienced earth-shaking growth during World War I. It was one of the arms suppliers to the Allied Powers in World War I, and the total number of weapons exported was the largest among all the Allied Powers.

It used to be sold to Russia, but now it is sold to Russia and the Philippines. Many Asian countries have even ordered equipment from Australasia.

The total number of orders from these arms trade can not only easily support the Royal Arsenal, but also keep the scale of the Royal Arsenal at a rather exaggerated figure.

The profits brought by arms are not inferior to those of other industries, and even the huge profits from exporting arms are far better than those of agriculture and animal husbandry in some aspects.

The profit from an arms trade may only be earned by selling millions of tons of grain.

Arthur has no idea of ​​dismantling the arms industry for the time being. After all, the income brought to Australasia by the Russian Civil War is enough to support the arms industry.

This is also the reason why European countries are unwilling to end the Russian Civil War. The income brought to European countries by the Russian Civil War alone is enough to make these countries change their stance.

Although a strict blockade was imposed on Soviet Russia at the beginning, restricting the import of any supplies into Soviet Russia.

But are such restrictions really effective? If it had really been effective, Soviet Russia would not have persisted until now.

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