The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1249 - 923 The Impact of the Airlake Canal_2

Chapter 1249: Chapter 923: The Impact of the Airlake Canal_2

Chapter 1249 -923: The Impact of the Airlake Canal_2

Arthur nodded and scrutinized the bullet Andrick was showing.

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Compared to a normal bullet, the tip of this bullet was sharper, and the material of the tip was clearly different.

“Because the tip is relatively thin, after hitting the enemy, the tip could break into many tiny fragments. Based on our simulated experiments, as long as it hits the area below the neck and above the legs of the enemy, no matter where it hits, it is basically a fatal wound,” Andrick explained with a smile.

Although it reduced some distance, such a bullet was undeniably effective in frontal battlefields.

After all, no soldier from any country could ensure their hit rate in battle.

This also meant that, relying on ordinary bullets to inflict damage was very difficult. Even if an ordinary bullet hit the enemy, if it didn’t strike a critical spot, it would at best cause severe injuries.

But the new bullet developed by Andrick was different. Due to various features, as long as the new bullet hit the enemy’s body, it would at least result in severe injuries.

Once severely injured, it was simply impossible to recover combat capabilities quickly. Even without timely rescue, the soldier hit by the bullet might likely die from excessive injuries on the way.

Thus, it also achieved Arthur’s goal of effectively reducing the manpower of European countries. Although this approach was indeed somewhat cruel, in the face of national interests, it was necessary to be ruthless.

Currently, the Royal Military Factory had developed only these two new types of ammunition, but Arthur was quite satisfied with the progress of the research at the Royal Military Factory.

Especially the concept of the first type of bomb introduced by Andrick, with slight modifications, it could be developed into a weapon similar to cluster bombs, which was equivalent to three new types of ammunition.

As long as these weapons were confirmed to be very effective in testing, Larasia could mass-produce these bombs and ammunition and deploy them in upcoming operations.

Thinking about this, Arthur was somewhat eager to see the actual test results of these two types of ammunition.

Looking at Andrick, Arthur instructed, “Since we already have two types of new ammunition, let’s start testing them today.

I remember there is a desert area to the east of Lake Eyre, which is quite suitable for testing and can also incidentally review the changes the Airlake Canal has brought to the local climate environment since its completion.”

The Airlake Canal had been constructed since the beginning of 1929 and was completed at the end of 1933, taking almost five years.

This massive project, at the time, involved a huge investment of manpower, financial resources, and materials, and was a construction project with high expectations from the entire nation.

Time passed, and it had been over three years since the completion of the canal.

Speaking of which, due to being busy, Arthur had not visited the vicinity of the Airlake Canal to see the changes it brought for almost three years.

Taking advantage of this weaponry test, it was a good opportunity for Arthur to see for himself whether the project he strongly advocated had been effective.

Hearing Arthur’s instructions, Andrick and the military’s generals naturally had no objections.

Carrying several new bombs and hundreds of new bullets from the Royal Military Factory, a large group set out from the Royal Military Factory toward the desert on the east side of the Airlake Canal.

This desert was located in the easternmost part of South Australia State, and further east was the area of the Capital Region.

From the geographical environment plan of Larasia, this desert was precisely located on the dividing line of the Department of Geographical Environment Improvement.

What does that mean?

According to the plan of the Department of Geographical Environment Improvement, the desert of the Australian Continent would be divided from this line. The large area to the east was within the scope of geographical improvement, with the ultimate goal to restore it into vast plains.

Currently, there was no capacity to manage the deserts and wastelands to the west. Even if there were capabilities to manage these deserts and wastelands, it would require a massive investment of manpower and financial resources, which would be somewhat counterproductive for Larasia at the moment.

This was an unavoidable situation. Although the Australian Region had extremely developed reserves of mineral resources and vast stretches of land, it also had large deserts and constantly desertifying plains.

If Australia did not have these disadvantages, the region would have been perfect, so perfect that even Queen Victoria would not have easily given this area to Arthur.

You must understand, the area of the British mainland is only about 315,000 square kilometers, which is slightly above average size in Europe.

The total area of the Australian Region is more than 7 million square kilometers, which is about 22 times larger than the British mainland.

If it weren’t for land desertification and the large deserts limiting habitable area, in the eyes of the British, this place might be seen as a second India.

Even without the large deserts and desertified areas, Australia still has several million square kilometers of habitable land.

Particularly after the Australasian Government’s strong development of the Capital Region and the Mure River Basin plains, the ecology of the Mure River Basin has significantly improved.

This not only added millions of square kilometers of habitable land to the Australian Region, but it also gave this continent-sized land more potential.

It’s no exaggeration to say that, considering the current habitable land in the Australian Region, it could accommodate at least hundreds of millions of people, and that too in a relatively dispersed and sparse state.

If the Airlake Canal really helps the environment around Lake Eyre, then the basin bottom is also very likely to regain vitality, and Australia will once again gain millions of square kilometers of habitable land.

As for the great deserts in the west and center, there is no need to rehabilitate them. After all, with this additional land, the total area is already nearly one-third the size of Europe.

Saint Arthur Castle is located at the confluence of the Mure River and the Darling River. Thanks to Australasia’s management of the environment, the flow of the Mure River has far exceeded what it was before, and the riverbank’s ecology is a lush green.

To reach the desert quickly, Arthur dispatched two

Sop-34 transport planes carrying people and two types of weaponry and ammunition to the desert.

Although there are no military airports in the desert, as it is only dozens of kilometers from the Airlake Canal, it is entirely possible to land at an airport near the Airlake Canal and then take cars.

After spending more than an hour, Arthur and his party successfully arrived at the airport near the Airlake Canal.

While still flying in the sky, Arthur had already observed the surroundings of Lake Eyre.

When he came last time, the area around Lake Eyre was still an endless expanse of buff-colored land. Apart from some sparse shrubbery, it was rare to see forests or other plants.

But in less than four years, the ecological environment around Lake Eyre has improved considerably.

Trees of various sizes have been planted around it, and the two rivers leading to Lake Eyre have regained their flow, although they are backfilled from Lake Eyre.

During the construction of the Airlake Canal, Arthur had realized that seawater could not be used for irrigation. Plus, due to the high salt content in seawater, the salt level of Lake Eyre, which was already a salt lake, became even more exaggerated.

In order to protect the ecological environment around Lake Eyre, it’s necessary to periodically clean out the salt from the lake.

Although this also costs labor and finances, compared to completely desertifying or turning this area into a desert, these costs are negligible.

Based on the current management of the geographical environment around Lake Eyre, it’s not an exaggeration to say that within about ten kilometers of the vicinity, the land has basically become suitable for habitation.

Although areas closer to Lake Eyre, due to the high salt content, lack normal vegetation growth, further away, because of water seepage, the geographic environment has actually recovered.

The two rivers refilled by the lake water have exactly become two dividing lines, protecting the entire Capital Region from the troubles of desertification.

Just from this feature alone, the construction of the Airlake Canal is already proving its worth. Looking at the improvements the seawater backfilling has made to the surrounding ecology, it’s almost certain that the Airlake Canal will be the most important construction since the founding of Australasia.