Chapter 106: Brigadier General, Deputy Division Commander, and Instructor (Please Subscribe!)

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Brigadier General, Deputy Division Commander, and Instructor (Please Subscribe!)

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Australia’s expansion plan has achieved initial success.

Just within a week, from February 21st to February 27th, there have been tens of thousands of people who went to various recruitment offices to sign up.

Due to the limitation of recruitment numbers, a large number of these applicants might be screened out, and only some of them with quick minds and strong bodies will be selected to join the military.

Those who successfully sign up will receive one week of training in local urban cities.

During this week’s training, those truly suitable for joining the military will be selected, and the rest will be given a demobilization fee.

Each city will have a certain recruitment quota based on its population. Even in Australia’s capital, Sydney, the quota for this recruitment is only 4,000 people.

In just over three weeks, nearly thirty thousand people have already signed up for the military.

The Ministry of Defense took the opportunity to suspend the recruitment plan, as it should be no problem to select 15,000 new recruits from these thirty thousand people.

For those who were not selected, the Ministry of Defense also distributed a demobilization fee of one pound each.

This made those who were not selected not too disappointed. After all, considering Australia’s current per capita income level, one pound is equivalent to one month’s income for most Australians.

One month later, on March 20th, 1902, two thousand veteran soldiers and fifteen thousand new recruits were integrated together, forming Australia’s first regular division, the Australian 1st Defense Division.

Arthur personally attended the establishment ceremony of the 1st Defense Division and appointed the Commander of the Division himself.

As the preparation of the expansion of the future military, the number of officers in the 1st Defense Division is quite large.

To ensure the logistical supply of these soldiers and the various ammunition and supplies needed for their training, the Ministry of Transportation directly built a highway that leads directly to the military district under Arthur’s suggestion. More than three thousand indigenous people were employed, and the construction of the twenty-kilometer highway was completed before the soldiers arrived.

This mountain area will also be the training site for the Australian military in the future, producing batches of outstanding military personnel for Australia.

In terms of material supply, the Ministry of Defense is very generous. Just like the previous military training, they ensure that at least two of the soldiers’ daily meals have meat, and they eat at least one pound of meat a day.

Food supplies have a wide variety, with at least five dishes to choose from in each meal, and they change daily.

Arthur is very generous with the soldiers’ food supply, but has only one requirement – there must be no waste.

With a daily supply of at least one pound of meat and a lot of physical training, these new recruits are growing in physique, and in just one month, they have gained some weight.

Arthur is satisfied with this progress. To a certain extent, the strength of soldiers also represents their combat effectiveness.

No one would like to see the soldiers of their country thin and weak, easily blown over by the wind, let alone think about going into battle.

Under Arthur’s concept, the Australian military should be a strong and powerful force that not only looks powerful but is even more formidable in reality.

Even if training these soldiers requires a large amount of funds and supplies, Arthur would spare no expense.

Therefore, the military factories are working overtime to produce weapons, equipment, and ammunition. Whether it’s the Lee-Enfield Rifle, CA-i Machine Gun, or the MA-96 Maxim Machine Gun, all need to be massively equipped.

With round after round of target practice and weapon training, the consumption of ammunition for these weapons is also a huge number.

Arthur’s arms factory is in a state of overtime production during this time, even hiring rounds of workers for the purpose.

Rifles, machine guns, and other weapons are continuously shipped to the military camps and handed to the soldiers for use.

This makes the First Division more like a regular army and moving towards becoming an elite force.