The Rise of Australia

"Not at the moment." Defense Minister Thomas replied to Arthur helplessly with a wry smile.

No matter how good Australasia's intelligence work is, it will ultimately be impossible to obtain all the news in Europe.

What's more, the agreement between Germany and Italy is destined to be a very confidential matter for both countries. If you want to know the content of this agreement, you have to wait until intelligence personnel fully enter Germany and Italy to inquire about the information.

It will take at least more than a month to go back and forth. This also represents the information window period during this more than one month, and it is also the time when the situation in Europe is the most chaotic and confusing.

"It's time to stop the Chaco War, right?" Arthur suddenly said.

The Chaco War was actually an internal conflict between Britain and France. In order to win this war, both sides are constantly looking for trouble for each other.

Although the internal friction between Britain and France is also beneficial to Australasia, the premise is that no accidents occur.

The agreement between Germany and Italy was obviously an accident, which also made Arthur determined to let Britain and France retain their strength to deal with this possible German-Italian alliance.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Foreign Secretary Wellington quickly stood up and asked respectfully.

"Invite Britain and France to hold a peace talk on the issue of the Chaco War. The situation in Europe no longer allows for a war among them." Arthur said calmly.

For the great powers, such a war can really be started and terminated at will.

The hundreds of thousands of people Bolivia and Paraguay invested in this war and the more than 200,000 casualties they suffered were nothing to the great powers, and there was not even a word of regret.

The only thing to blame is that their country is not strong enough, and they have another large oil field on their land.

"Yes, I understand." Foreign Secretary Wellington nodded.

"If there is any news from France and Austria, remember to inform me as soon as possible." Arthur continued to order.

After Germany and Italy sign the agreement, France and the Austrian Empire will definitely take action.

If nothing else happens, within a few days, a fresh Franco-Austrian agreement will be released, and it will directly benchmark the agreement between Germany and Italy.

If Germany and Italy reach a certain degree of military cooperation, the agreement between France and Austria is likely to be transformed into a military alliance to jointly fight against possible invasions by Germany and Italy.

"What is the current situation of the army? Can it cope with a war that may break out at any time?" Arthur looked at Defense Secretary Thomas and asked the question he was most concerned about.

To be honest, Arthur paid much more attention to World War II than World War I. First of all, after World War II, the pattern of the world was basically determined.

It is very difficult to grow into a world hegemon after World War II. After all, technology has been very developed since World War II, and there are ultimate trump cards such as nuclear weapons.

Secondly, World War II was theoretically the last world war during Arthur's reign. This world war not only determines the fate of Australasia, but also determines whether Arthur's lifelong efforts can be realized.

If the army has no preparation but war breaks out quickly, it will be at a serious disadvantage in the early stages of the war.

Especially in this era, the strength of Soviet Russia is far less powerful than in history. Whether the German military front can be contained is Arthur's biggest concern.

"Your Majesty, 15 infantry divisions, 4 cavalry divisions, 6 artillery divisions and 3 tank divisions can be dispatched at any time. We are confident to defend the security of the motherland." Defense Secretary Thomas stood up immediately and made a very special gesture to Arthur. Standard military salute, said seriously and seriously.

Arthur rubbed his brows, not satisfied with the current size of the army. If you wait until war breaks out and then urgently expand the army, the effect will not be as good as expanding the army now and then training for a long time.

But here comes the problem. If the war breaks out several years later, expanding the army too early will not only cause a huge burden on the country's finances, but will also arouse the suspicion of the European powers.

If it causes a large-scale military expansion around the world, it may accelerate the outbreak of World War II, which is what Arthur does not want to see.

After thinking for a moment, Arthur decided to use another method to indirectly expand the size of the reserve army: "Starting next year, increase the time and number of times the reserve population participates in militarized training each year.

Appropriate people aged 20 to 35 must participate in military training twice a year, and the duration of each military training should not be less than half a month.

All costs in militarized training are borne by the state. This policy must be strictly implemented and is related to the number and quality of our reserve forces. "

Although the rise of Australasia relies on its good relations with the United Kingdom and its rich domestic mineral resources and land, the country also attaches great importance to the military.

As long as you are over 18 years old and enter university, you will participate in at least one militarized training every year, and each militarized training should last no less than half a month.

For adults who are already working, military training takes place twice every three years, with each session lasting approximately two weeks.

This can actually ensure that most people of the right age can be proficient in the army's rules and regulations, including some common weapons, when they are recruited as soldiers.

It is precisely because of this that it can effectively shorten the training time of the army. In the past, it would take at least half a year for a new recruit team to recruit soldiers and train them into an army.

If you want to have combat effectiveness, you have to go through at least half a year of rigorous training, become familiar with all kinds of weapons, and improve your marksmanship.

But now, although it is only a brief training, it has at least shortened the basic training time of 1 to 2 months in the formation of the army.

After these reservists become real soldiers, they only need to undergo brief recovery training to be comparable to those recruits who have been training for a month.

In addition, Australasia, whether civilian or military, still attaches great importance to ideological education and influence.

In all kinds of schools, there will be special political and ideological courses to ensure that the students trained are outstanding young people who are loyal to the royal family and the country.

In the military, the instructor, a position established by Arthur 30 years ago specifically to cultivate and carry out ideological education for soldiers, has been officially changed to a military chaplain.

In fact, no matter how the names change, the role of instructors and military chaplains is the same, which is to provide ideological education to army soldiers in their free time and ensure their loyalty to the royal family and country.

In fact, since Arthur completely took control of the religious organization in Australasia, the role of the instructor has been replaced by the military chaplain.

Unlike the Eastern armies, the Western armies still believe in religion, so chaplains are more important at this time.

Priests can be used not only for religious activities, but also for ideological education in their free time.

With Arthur taking control of the Australasian Protestant Church, there was no need to worry that these pastors would escape his control.

Moreover, under Arthur's subtle influence, Australasian Protestantism continued to promote the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

With a good monarch like Arthur, the people did not reject the spread of this idea, and sometimes even took the initiative to add words about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism when praying.

The biggest impact of this may be that there will be far fewer people who oppose the monarchy in the future. If all members of Australasia believe in the Australasian religion, the country will become very stable and there will basically be no major internal problems.

"Your Majesty, if these groups of people are frequently allowed to participate in militarized training, will it have an impact on the normal production of our various industries?" Defense Secretary Thomas hesitated and asked Arthur.

"There will definitely be an impact, but we must overcome these difficulties." Arthur explained: "The situation in Europe has become increasingly confusing, and we cannot be sure at what moment the war will break out.

In this case, we must be prepared for the possibility of war breaking out at any time. For the sake of the country and its more than 30 million civilians, we must even be prepared to go to the battlefield tomorrow.

Under such circumstances, it is necessary to increase the frequency of militarized training, which can ensure that we have sufficient reservists and shorten the time required to expand our army in the future.

As for the impact on private production, it will not be too big in the short term. Compared to a short-term reduction in the scale of production, I am even less willing to see our country suffer heavy losses due to war. "

"Yes, I understand." Arthur said so. How could Minister Thomas not agree?

What's more, the reason why Minister Thomas asked this was actually to take care of the emotions of other cabinet members.

If the Ministry of National Defense frequently organizes militarized training, it will actually have a certain impact on all departments.

The biggest impact should be on the industrial sector. A large part of the people of appropriate age who need militarized training are employees of various factories and enterprises.

Although these people undergo militarized training in batches, each militarized training lasts no longer than half a month.

However, if militarized training is carried out on a large scale and frequently, it will definitely have an impact on the production of various enterprises and factories.

The production of various enterprises and factories has been affected, and it will also indirectly affect the operation of the industrial sector.

The data from the Ministry of Industry will also become worse, which is also likely to affect the performance of Industry Secretary Joy.

According to the rule of changing the cabinet every four years, this year is actually a relatively important year for Industry Secretary Joy.

Joy has served as industry minister for three consecutive terms and has no hope of being re-elected as cabinet minister.

If he wants to stay in the cabinet, he must climb up the ranks and serve as prime minister or deputy prime minister, as well as speaker of the House of Representatives, justice and other important positions.

However, the competition for these positions is much greater than that of cabinet ministers, which requires Minister Joy to have more political achievements, have no stains in his previous political career, and perform very well.

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