The Rise Of Australasia

In the long run, the industrial level of Australasia can still be ranked as the fourth in the world, only after the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Germany’s industry was affected by mass destruction and looting after the war, but it still has the foundation of being the second-largest industrial power in the world. In 1918, its steel production output was maintained at around 8 million tons, only second to the United States and Britain.

What is more exaggerated is that even though the United States’ industrial level has stagnated for several years, the combined industrial scale of Germany and Britain still cannot match that of the United States.

It must be admitted that this country has already become a superpower in industry and economy before World War I and World War II, which laid the foundation for the United States to become the world hegemon in the future.

Even if the United States is limited at this time, it still can surpass the total industrial levels of Germany and Britain, which shows how exaggerated the United States’ industry is.

If it were the historical United States that profited enormously from World War I, there would be no need to play. With its military power and international influence greatly enhanced, the severely damaged Britain could not stop it.

However, there is some good news. It will take a long time for the French to restore their industry and economy, and the industries and economies of Britain and the United States will also stagnate in a short period.

This is the best time for Australasia to catch up with powerful countries like the UK and the US, and even to establish the foundation of being the world’s third-ranked power, just below the UK and the US.

For the United States and Britain, there is an even more serious economic crisis waiting for them.

Australasia can avoid the heavy damage caused by this economic crisis if it takes precautions in advance.

At the same time, the upcoming World War II is another excellent opportunity. Europe’s weakening during World War II is inevitable, and Australasia will also benefit from it.

If Australia can weaken the United States’ strength as much as possible during the economic crisis before World War II, maybe Australasia will be the only beneficiary.

Under such a great opportunity, Australasia has the hope of reversing the situation, dominating the world after World War II, and ascending to the throne of world hegemony in one fell swoop.

Of course, it is still a long way from that moment, and even the hope is quite slim.

The main task of Australasia at the moment is to speed up development and surpass the French during their recovery period, laying the foundation of being the third-ranked power only after the UK and the US.

After deciding on a four-year plan for the new Cabinet Government’s development, the next step of the Cabinet meeting has become the competition for budget allocation among various departments.

However, the current financial budget of Australasia is still quite abundant. Not to mention the annual compensation of up to 120 million Australian dollars, which can already support most of the government’s expenditures.

The financial budgets of most departments are formulated according to their tasks in the four-year plan, and the corresponding budget is obtained based on the number of tasks.

In the four-year plan, the Public Security Department is rarely mentioned, which is actually because the security environment in Australasia is very good.

However, Arthur’s requirements for the current Public Security Department are more than these. He has a new plan for the organization and division of the Public Security Department.

In the future Australasian Government, the role of the Public Security Department is still essential.

After all, once the country enters a peaceful period, the role of maintaining national order will shift from the military to the Public Security Department, and the department’s tasks will increase significantly.

Considering the current scale of the Public Security Department, there is not enough manpower, nor can it meet Australasia’s security needs in various aspects.

Based on this premise, Arthur has put forward new requirements for the Public Security Department.

Secretary of Public Security Robert has successfully won re-election in the Cabinet election, which is good news for Arthur. After all, Minister Robert is more familiar with the environment of the Public Security Department and can better implement Arthur’s requirements.

Australasia’s Public Security Department is different from a purely Police Department, being fully responsible for the security environment of Australasia during peace time.

Therefore, Arthur divided the Public Security Department into several modules, with the department overseeing the Police Department, Rescue Department, Armed Guard Department, and Comprehensive Department.

The scope of the Police Department is simple, covering the normal range of police duties, including handling various criminal cases, civil disputes, and more.

The Police Department also includes comprehensive, civil, criminal, and traffic police units, which are already very similar to the police departments of later generations.

The meaning of the Rescue Department is also simple, handling various crises in an emergency, such as natural and man-made disasters.

The role of the Rescue Department is more like the Fire Department of later generations, and it is separated from the Police Department to improve the police’s efficiency.

The Armed Guard Department is a completely new department in Arthur’s plan, responsible for Australasia’s coastal defense, counter-terrorism, and riot control, and so on.

The biggest difference between the armed guard department and the police department is that the armed guards will be equipped with heavy firepower weapons, specifically designed to deal with larger cases and protect national security.

The armed guard department is divided into land armed guards and sea armed guards, responsible for protecting the country’s border defense and coastal defense.

In Arthur’s plan, a large number of small warships will be allocated to the sea armed guards. These warships will typically be patrol boats and gunboats weighing tens to hundreds of tons, but a certain number of warships weighing over a thousand tons will also be equipped to give sea guards certain combat capabilities.

Without deploying regular warships, the sea armed guards will be a crucial part of Australasia’s coastal defense, not only responsible for patrolling the sea, but also acting as pioneers during critical moments.

The large-scale establishment of sea armed guards is a natural development, as Australasia-controlled regions spanning the Persian Gulf, Australia, and the Pacific Ocean have vast ocean areas that require extensive patrolling by numerous small warships. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

After all, no matter how large the navy becomes, it is not destined to cover all of Australasia’s sea areas.

To protect the security of these sea regions, it is necessary to have small-scale, small warship-equipped maritime patrol forces.

With the added armed guard department, the importance of the security department has increased significantly.

After hearing Arthur’s plan, Secretary of Public Security Robert’s face visibly lit up with excitement.

According to Arthur’s plan, the importance of the security department will be on par with the Ministry of Defence during peacetime, and even comparable to wartime importance.

Although the Ministry of Defence’s importance during wartime will far exceed that of the security department, during peacetime, the security department’s power will expand significantly.

Since the security department previously only consisted of police responsible for maintaining the country’s security and handling various cases, it seemed to have little else to do.

But now, maintaining the country’s border defense is one of the critical tasks of the security department, making it a powerful armed force in Australasia, allowing Minister Robert to stand tall among the Cabinet.

The last department in the security division is the Comprehensive Police Department, which covers a wide range of jobs, filling some gaps in the police force.

Some civilian jobs, such as personnel for organizing archives, the security department’s finance staff, forensic doctors, police force allocation, and so on, are all covered under the Comprehensive Police Department.

The expansion of the security department represents a significant step forward for Australasia in national security, while changes in the Ministry of Defence mark the full expansion of Australasia’s military power.

Arthur has modified the wartime Ministry of Defence system, separating the General Staff Department from the Army, Navy, and Air Force departments, while the three services still belong to the Ministry of Defence.

The Ministry of Defence is responsible for military expansion, reorganization, downsizing, and the procurement and assembly of weapons and equipment, essentially covering most aspects of the military’s logistics, and having significant command authority during peacetime.

Meanwhile, the General Staff Department is responsible for the appointment of middle and senior military officers, the garrison and deployment of the military, wartime command, the distribution of wartime supplies, and more. This organization is responsible for the appointment of officers during peacetime and the full takeover of the military during wartime.

According to the plan, Defence Secretary Raul holds the rank of Lieutenant General, as does Thomas, the newly appointed Chief of Staff and former Brigadier General of the First Guard Division.

Next, Arthur will focus on cultivating talent in the military, seeking opportunities to train them and find more talent for Australasia’s General Staff.

As the organization controlling the entire military during wartime, the General Staff must store some of Australasia’s exceptional military talents to ensure that any decisions made during wartime are correct.

After the General Staff Department’s separation from the Ministry of Defence, some army school graduates will also go to the General Staff Department for training before entering the military.

As an organization that can control the promotion of middle and senior military officers, the new General Staff Department is expected to be well-received by a considerable portion of students and officers.

The new Ministry of Defence and General Staff Department will share power, with the General Staff Department responsible for the military’s garrison and the Ministry of Defence responsible for logistics. These two organizations can restrict each other, preventing military power from being controlled by a single organization.

Although the power of the General Staff Department will expand dramatically during wartime, the financial power of the military will still be controlled by the Finance Department, preventing a situation similar to Germany’s from occurring.

Regardless of Hindenburg’s contribution to Germany, Arthur certainly does not want someone like Hindenburg to appear in Australasia.

Military power undermining monarch power is something that monarchism is unwilling to see, and something that Arthur strives to prevent.

After all, the current situation in Germany has proven that military governments’ extremities do not benefit the country.

If Wilhelm II were still in power during the later stages of the war, Germany would still lose, but the outcome might not be as disastrous.

At the very least, Wilhelm II would weigh the pros and cons and seek an honorable resolution when realizing that victory in the war was no longer possible.