The Rise of Australia

Chapter 870 Australasia, declare war!

On June 10, 1936, after a long night of talks between Arthur and the British and French ambassadors, Australasia finally announced its declaration of war on Germany and Italy respectively the next day.

This is definitely a bolt from the blue for Germany and Italy. According to the original world rankings, the German-Italian alliance will directly challenge the top three powers in the original world, and Britain and France will also have an extremely powerful logistical support force.

At noon that day, Arthur faced an interview with the European media and answered directly the question asked by the European media: Why would Australasia, which is far away in Oceania, interfere in the European war?

Arthur replied: "I don't think this is a European war. Look at the countries and regions involved in the war. They are all over Europe, North America and Africa. This is another world war across the globe.

Moreover, whether we comply with the last wishes of our grandmother Queen Victoria or abide by the alliance treaty with Britain, we should join this war to protect the borders of various countries from aggression and protect the people of various countries from the harm of war. "

"But, Your Majesty the Emperor. Because of your order, Australasia is about to face the two major powers of Germany and Italy. Even if we can win the war in the end, it is inevitable to suffer a lot of casualties. Is it really worth it?" The reporter from Italy still asked unwillingly.

"Of course it's worth it." With a serious face and firm eyes, Arthur looked around at the Australasians who were watching, and said word by word calmly: "Australasia does not want war to happen, but it also Never fear war.

Along with the interview, what Arthur said was quickly published as the latest major news, and was quickly published and reprinted by major media around the world.

Along with the best-selling newspapers of the day, this report was spread to the major colonies of the British Empire, even to European countries and even the world.

On June 10, Arthur signed a national mobilization order, announcing military mobilization throughout Australasia.

After friendly negotiations with Britain and France, Arthur was also very generous. Arthur promised to transport 200,000 troops to Europe every two months starting in July, and to keep the number of the Australasian Expeditionary Force at around 600,000 before December.

This also means that before December arrives, Australasia will have to send at least 200,000 local troops and 400,000 colonial troops to Europe.

If Germany's war potential was not too exaggerated, such a war would actually be unequal.

Because of the inclusion of key words like Australasia and Arthur, coupled with the extremely exaggerated data and novel ideas published in the newspaper, this newspaper instantly transformed from an ordinary British small newspaper to become the most popular newspaper in 1936. One of the famous newspapers.

Except for the ice-covered and uninhabited Antarctica, the remaining six continents all have regions or governments that are enemies of Germany and Italy.

The island country is Australasia's biggest competitor in the Pacific region, which means that the two countries are destined to have a war.

A small British newspaper curiously squatted at a recruitment point set up on the outskirts of Sydney.

The discussions between Germany, Italy and the island country were not concealed, and Arthur was also paying attention to the news of whether the island country would participate in the war.

Even if it had a large number of advanced weapons supported by Britain, France and Australia, it would not be strange for Austria to suppress Italy.

Precisely because the island country's participation in the war was also very important to Europe, the German and Italian governments also contacted their respective ambassadors to the island country and started long-term discussions with the island country's government.

In addition to the admirable national faith of the Australasians, we have to agree that their trust in their emperor Arthur may have exceeded God. "

If we want peace, Australasia can become a great power outside the European continent and avoid the huge casualties caused by war.

These weapons and equipment will pass from Australasia through the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, and then directly to the southern coast of France. In order to protect this batch of weapons and equipment, the Australasian Navy will accompany them in the Indian Ocean.

The news of Australasia's participation in the war definitely shocked Europe and even the whole world.

Surprisingly, there are five such recruitment points in Sydney. This also represents a terrifying statistic. About 170,000 people signed up to join the army in Sydney within 24 hours.

Although Austria is currently in a state of residual health, judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Italian Army, it is completely fine to have a 50-50 draw with Italy.

On June 14, after several days of preparation, the first batch of weapons and equipment transported to Europe was officially loaded from Australasia.

Therefore, in the agreement to dispatch troops to Australasia, Britain and France also specifically mentioned that at least one-third of the expeditionary force should be Australasian.

In the next day's newspaper, the newspaper clearly stated: "Although the British and the Australasians are very similar, their national beliefs are completely different.

The land range of the enemies that Germany and Italy need to fight includes the British, French and Austrian territories in Europe, most of North America, a small part of South America, most of Africa, all of Oceania and part of Asia.

Britain and France are not stupid either. They know that Australasia also controls the Philippines and Kalimantan.

In addition, Arthur mentioned Queen Victoria's will in an interview, and as a former member of the British royal family, he protected the personal safety and property safety of the British people, which made the British people's favor for Arthur infinitely rise.

In addition to the European mainland, Germany and Italy only have a small part of Africa owned by Italy.

I am afraid we have to admit that under the leadership of Arthur the Great, the Australasians have become a new great nation.

Now that the war has been declared, Arthur will not hide it.

After many years, Arthur has once again become a hot figure among the British people.

In addition to representing people's recognition of Emperor Arthur's identity, it also represents people's recognition of Arthur's achievements in Australasia.

After passing through the Suez Canal, the Royal Navy of the British Empire will cooperate with the French Navy to protect these important weapons and equipment.

In Europe, a term has been increasingly recognized by people, that is, the title of the Great Emperor of Australasia, that is, Arthur the Great.

What does this mean? The Australasians obeyed Arthur's general mobilization order unconditionally. They may have objections to the war, but they will never oppose the general mobilization order issued by Arthur because of such objections.

For Arthur, it is no longer important whether the island countries participate in the war.

Within 24 hours after the Australasian Emperor Arthur issued the general mobilization order, as many as 34,000 people signed up at an ordinary recruitment point in Sydney.

If we add the Australasian countries that have already participated in the war, Germany and Italy have already single-handedly challenged half of the world.

Whether the island countries participate in the war is also very important to Europe.

The foreign media that interviewed Arthur on the same day were also paying close attention to the military mobilization of Australasia.

But as a responsible country, I think it is necessary for us to intervene in this war to prevent more families from suffering unnecessary casualties because of this war.

With the contrast of Edward VIII some time ago, if Arthur was the King of England at this time, Arthur's prestige would reach its peak.

This also means that there are only two powers left to remain independent, one is Russia, which participated in the partition of Poland, and the other is an island country that has an alliance treaty with Germany and Italy and is in competition with Australasia.

But if the island country does not join the war, the situation in Europe will become a four-power encirclement and attack on Germany and Italy. Britain, France and Australia are responsible for containing the German Empire, and Austria can fight with Italy.

If the troops transported are from the Philippines and Kalimantan, let alone 600,000, even 1.6 million, they are just cannon fodder with little effect.

According to the agreement with Britain and France, the first batch of soldiers from Australasia will take a ship to Europe in early July.

In order to win over the island country, Germany and Italy have also done their best. If there is a map of the spheres of influence of the powers, it can be seen that Germany and Italy are not fighting against Britain, France and Austria alone, but against half of the world alone.

On the day when the national general mobilization order was issued, these foreign media were horrified to find that the recruitment points in various cities in Australasia were already full.

After all, the ideology of the island countries is extremely radical. Because of their small land and poor mineral resources, they can only choose to expand outward.

Once the island countries join the war, they will definitely tie up a considerable part of the Australasian army. Australasia can also naturally reduce the number of troops supporting Europe, and Europe will become a war between Britain, France, Austria, Germany and Italy.

Perhaps one Australasian will fall in this war, but Australasia will not be afraid of war. We will be the staunch guardian of world peace. ”

In addition to being shocked that Australasia joined the war so quickly, European countries were also curious about whether the island nation would fulfill its alliance with Germany and Italy and directly declare war on Australasia?

In fact, this question was not only curious to those countries that were still neutral, but even Germany, Italy, Britain and France were very curious and concerned about it.

But unfortunately, Arthur was the emperor of Australasia on the other side of the earth. The British people could only maintain a high degree of favorability towards Arthur, and regretted that Arthur's father was the youngest son of Queen Victoria, and his right to inherit the throne was much behind that of Edward VII.

There were even many British newspapers and media that made bold guesses. They boldly guessed that if it was Arthur who inherited the British throne at that time, what would the British Empire look like at this time?

Would it continue the glory of the Victorian era, or create a new Arthurian era, or fail in the war and eventually destroy the British Empire?

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