Timor Island, Dili Port.

Fang Quji, the eldest son of Imperial Minister Fang Xiaode, is 34 years old and is currently the Chief Executive of the Governor-General of Australia.

Perth, the capital of the Governor-General of Australia, is about 20,000 miles away from here. The Chief Executive came here in person obviously because the matter was of great importance.

Without him, the sparsely populated Governor-General of Australia has received a new batch of immigrants.

Currently, the ports on the northern coast of Timor are occupied by the Portuguese, and the ports on the southern coast are occupied by the Dutch, but the best port is obviously the Port of Dili.

Since Kitard asked them to first occupy Perth, which was marked on the map, the people led by Zahatai quickly discovered a grim reality.

It is naturally easy to occupy Pas, but because Australia is so vast, if they simply occupied this place, they would be the most isolated existence in the world. No matter which direction they were facing, there would be at least thousands of kilometers away from human habitation.

Although the power of Truchin's current telegraph machine has been greatly enhanced, it is only about a thousand kilometers away. Therefore, when Zahatai arrived in Perth, after discussing with everyone in the Governor's Mansion, he decided to continue westward along northern Australia.

Going south, all the way to Pas, a communication station is deployed on the land roughly every one thousand kilometers.

Later, it was discovered that although the British exiled a large number of prisoners here at this time, they only occupied part of the east coast.

Adelaide and Melbourne marked on the map are still dominated by natives.

The geographical conditions of Adelaide and Melbourne are actually better than those of Perth. Seeing this situation, Zahatai and others did not follow Chitard's guiding ideology of "consolidate Perth first, and then develop to other places".

We took it upon ourselves to win Adelaide and Melbourne ahead of schedule.

There were only five places marked on Kitard's map: Darwin, Port Hedland, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne. Three years later, Zahatai had set up ten locations on the north coast, west coast, and south coast of Australia.

Three strongholds.

In order:

Wenghan, the ancestor of the Torgut people, who was also the former Darwin, stationed a company with no immigrants, only immigrants stationed at the transfer station;

Arsalan, the second ancestor of the Torhut people, was later known as Kununurra, stationed with a platoon and a small supply depot;

Chitwan, the third generation ancestor of the Torhut people, was later known as Derby, and stationed a platoon and a small supply depot;

Su Lai, the fourth generation ancestor of the Torhut people, was later Port Hedland, where a platoon and a small supply station were stationed; to the south of Port Hedland was Newman, Australia's largest open-pit iron ore producing area, and China's iron ore was

It is shipped from here, and Zahatai and others obviously do not have the ability to mine it at the moment.

Bayar, the fifth generation ancestor of the Torgut people, was later known as Exmouth. There was a platoon and a small supply station stationed there. In order to communicate between Africa and Australia, later Americans also set up a communication station here;

Qimunke, the sixth generation ancestor of the Torgut people, was the Kalbari on the west coast of the later generations. He stationed a platoon and a small supply depot;

Baguo, the seventh generation ancestor of the Turgut people, is in Perth. There is a regiment stationed in Perth, a port is set up, and three thousand families have immigrated;

Zhulzhar, the eighth generation ancestor of the Torgut people, was later known as Albany on the south coast, stationed with a platoon and a small supply depot;

And Orlek, the ninth ancestor of the Torgut people, was later named Esperance on the south coast, stationed with a platoon and a small supply depot;

Shukuer Daiqing, the 10th generation ancestor of the Torgut people, was later known as Madura on the south coast, where he stationed a platoon and a small supply depot;

Punchuk, the eleventh generation ancestor of the Torgut people, was later known as Strykibe on the south coast, stationed with a platoon and a small supply depot;

Ayuqi, the twelfth generation ancestor of the Turhut people, was later known as Adelaide on the south coast. There was a regiment stationed in Adelaide, a port, and three thousand families of immigrants;

Shaduker, the 13th generation ancestor of the Turgut people, was the city of Melbourne on the south coast in later generations. There was a regiment stationed in Melbourne and a port set up. This group of immigrants was prepared for this place;

This group of immigrants is still selected from the White Lotus cultists who were previously settled in Nanyang. After obtaining these 3,000 households, based on the size and courage of the Truqin people, they will firmly occupy all other places in Australia except the east coast.

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These places, especially Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and other places, obviously have indigenous people. Since they are closed to the Australian continent, they have no major enemies at all. They are still in the Stone Age and are not as good as the Indians in the Americas.

Truchin's principle is that if the other party surrenders, they will be absorbed. If they resist, they will use war and disease to eliminate them. There is no way, this world believes in respecting the strong, not to mention Australia is very big, and the natives

The total population at this time is probably less than one million.

Even if there is only one platoon of cavalry, they cannot resist it.

This is not the case for the British on the east coast. Since they arrived earlier than in history, the natives on the east coast who originally accounted for half of Australia's population immediately died in large numbers due to diseases.

In the end, they had no choice but to flee to the inland desert.

Different from the complete rejection of the British, as long as you obey the arrangements honestly, the Truchen people treat everyone equally. Their youth is obviously useless. You can't communicate with a Stone Age person, but children can obviously still be civilized.

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The fleet set off. After leaving the Port of Dili, it first headed east and then south. After adjusting its course, it will cross the Timor Sea, which is two thousand kilometers wide. The Timor Sea is at the junction of the equatorial windless zone and the Tropic of Capricorn monsoon zone.

It is very smooth at first, and once it reaches the Australian mainland, there will be the southeast monsoon blowing from Australia.

This is very unfriendly to a sailing ship. You can't borrow wind at the beginning and can only arrive from the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean. When you are about to arrive, there is a sudden gust of wind. Without steam power, you can't even get to the shore.

However, this little bit of wind and waves was a piece of cake for Truchin's mature steamship, and the fleet successfully arrived at the first stronghold, Ongham (Darwin)!

After resting for a while at Wenghan Port, the fleet set off again, and then passed the above-mentioned strongholds along the Australian coast. The total number of troops stationed at those strongholds is only one battalion. Although there are also small supply points, they are obviously not for immigrants.

It is prepared for the garrison.

In addition to declaring sovereignty, their most important function is communication. The Governor-General of Australia uses this series of strongholds to communicate with the Governor-General of the Far East, and then with the mainland.

As for the farthest Timor Sea, the connection between Dili and Onghan obviously uses the empire's very few high-power radio stations.

The journey from Ongham to Shaduker (Melbourne) is about 50,000 miles. According to the maximum voyage of the Truchen steamship filled with coal and fresh water without replenishment, it is 30,000 miles.

Fresh water can be replenished at strongholds along the way, but coal can only be replenished at Bagel (Perth), otherwise it will not be possible to reach Sadooker (Melbourne) in one go.

Fifty thousand miles, the entire voyage takes about fifty days, including the time for replenishment, that is two months!

It was June when Fang Quji set out from Dili Port, and it was already August when they arrived at Sadukir.

At this time, it is spring in southern Australia!

Southern Australia has a Mediterranean climate, with a lot of rain in winter and spring. These immigrants need to settle down quickly to open up wasteland.
Chapter completed!