Chapter 404: A Helpless Choice

"Your Majesty, this is the request for aid telegram from Russia. Please take a look." Foreign Secretary Darren, handed a list of russian supplies requests to Arthur, frowning slightly as he spoke.

In fact, Minister Taylor could usually agree to requests for supplies unilaterally, since they would not be given away for free. The Russian side would purchase at a slightly lower price than the market price, so it would be absolutely profitable for Australasia.

However, the problem was that the size of the supplies list was so huge that Minister Taylor dared not make a decision rashly, so he had to hand the list to Arthur and wait for his command.

When Arthur received the telegram and saw the enormous appetite of the Russians, he was surprised as well.

One million rifles, 2,000 various caliber artillery pieces, 150,000 marching tents, 300 million bullets, 5 million various types of shells, medicines worth 45 million rubles, food worth 55 million rubles, 300,000 military helmets....