The Rise of Australia

"But just a group of industrial experts is not enough. I hope to introduce some skilled technical workers and immigrants from Germany, so as to meet the vacancies in Australia's industrial development." Arthur said with a smile: "At the same time, I hope that Australia can provide services to Germany every year." Send one hundred international students to various universities in Germany. I believe that the German education system can cultivate outstanding talents for Australia and completely solve the loopholes in Australia's basic and mid-level talent vacancies."

For Australia's industrial development, what is lacking is far more than just skilled workers, but also a variety of capable talents and a large number of immigrants.

If you want to build a complete industrial system, you must at least have a large amount of mineral resources and population, so that there will be sufficient workers, laborers, and intellectuals.

In terms of mineral resources, Australia is not lacking at all and is even very rich.

Australia has enough minerals to become one of the world's largest exporters of mineral resources, and there is no need to worry about resource reserves.

But in terms of population, Australia's problems are very serious.

Any one of the current European powers is a superpower with a population of tens of millions. It is precisely because of its population of tens of millions that large-scale industries can be established.

The reason why small countries cannot develop is that in addition to mineral resources and land area, population size is also an extremely important factor.

If Australia wants to rise and build a strong industry, it must have a population of at least 20 million.

Of course, this is Arthur's future goal for Australia. The current plan is only to introduce immigrants to make Australia's population exceed 5 million and move towards 10 million.

"No problem, Arthur. The great German nation is a good source of immigrants, and more German immigrants will also help us establish better relations." William II nodded and said: "There is no problem with international students, either. Any university in Germany welcomes these international students if their grades are qualified."

Arthur's proposal was entirely within William II's plan. For Wilhelm II, who wanted to tie a country firmly to his chariot, it was a good choice to make half of the country's population German.

When half of Australia's population is German, then even if Arthur doesn't want to, he will have to take into account the feelings of all Germans in the country.

Under such circumstances, wouldn’t Australia’s policy naturally lean towards Germany’s side?

"Thank you, Your Highness." When he made his proposal, Arthur knew that William II would not object.

His proposal may even be welcomed by William II. After all, tying Australia more firmly to the German chariot is what William II wants to do.

"Your Majesty, in addition to these, we also want to introduce various military and industrial technologies from Germany. As one of the most powerful industrial countries, Germany has produced various military and industrial technologies that are among the best in the world. We long for these technologies and dream of owning them,” Arthur said with a smile.

The two people sitting in front of him, William II, were extremely conceited and inferior. William II had psychological defects due to physical reasons.

Prime Minister Bernhard is also quite conceited about Germany and himself. In the eyes of these two men, the German Empire is not inferior to any country. This can also be confirmed by Germany's various foreign policies after Prime Minister Bernhard took office.

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Because of this, both William II and Prime Minister Bernhard showed quite proud smiles after hearing Arthur compliment the industry of the German Empire so much.

In terms of navy, they may be ashamed of themselves, but in terms of industry, they also feel that Britain is no longer Germany's opponent.

"Of course, Arthur. In addition to some core strategic technologies, other industrial and military technologies can be handed over to you by selling production lines." William II said with a smile.

There is a considerable difference between selling production lines and selling technology. Although you can master the production of products if you master the production line, once there is a problem with the production line, you can only rely on Germany's help.

Arthur did not object and said with a smile: "I hope to introduce the production technology of German rifles and the artillery technology of the famous Krupp Company. Australia has a huge territory and needs strong troops and equipment to defend it."

"Rifle production line? Which rifle are you referring to?" William II frowned and asked.

"Of course it is your country's new standard rifle, the 1898 rifle produced by Mauser Company." Arthur replied with a smile.

The reputation of the 1898-style rifle is not great, but its improved version of the Mauser 98k rifle is one of the most famous rifles in the world.

"Gew98? Arthur, as far as I know, you should master a military factory built by the original uncle Arthur. Its rifle production technology is not weaker than Gew98. In my opinion, there is no need to exchange the production line of Gew98. A country It is better to have a standard rifle, otherwise it will be a big trouble for logistics." William II was stunned and then reminded.

The rifle William II was talking about was the Arthur Arsenal Lee-Enfield rifle. As the British standard rifle, the Lee-Enfield is not weaker than the Mauser 98k in performance and power, let alone the current 1898-style Mauser rifle.

Since the production process and bullet caliber of the two rifles were different, in William II's view, Arthur's behavior was unnecessary and would also affect the logistics of the Australian army.

"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty. Whether it's a Lee-Enfield rifle or a Gew98 rifle, I think they are both among the best rifles in the world. The two can also learn from each other's strengths, and perhaps a better rifle can be born, right?" Arthur laughed. said.

Both rifles had a long life, and their improved versions were used after World War II.

Although they are not as good as the various semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles born in the late World War II, in this era when automatic weapons are not widely available, these two rifles will be two of the best rifles in the world in the next 40 years.

Moreover, Arthur's introduction of the Gew98 rifle production line was not to equip the Australian army with this rifle, but to export it in large quantities during World War I.

Although major European countries have reserved a large amount of weapons resources for future wars, the consumption of war is extremely huge. Even if major countries convert some civilian factories into military production, they still cannot fill this huge hole.

This also led to industrial countries like the United States that did not participate in the war in the early stage to make a lot of war profits. The export of various resources including weapons and equipment, food, and medical supplies became the most profitable way at the time, and it also made the United States a country that earned a lot of money. The abundance of money has laid a certain foundation for the true rise of the United States.

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