The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 273: Chapter 247: Inspecting the Western Australia Industrial Base

As time tered 908, Australasia gradually regained its tranquility and returned to its usual developmt.

After more than two months of restructuring and training, the expanded new army was formally formed. After being conferred with military ranks and numbers, the regular Fourth Division, First Colonial Division, and Second Colonial Division wt to their new stations and started a process of both garrisoning and training.

Among them, the First Colonial Division wt to the New Guinea Colony, and the Second Colonial Division wt to Australian Timor for garrison duty.

After all, the Colonial Division is currtly only in its embryonic form, and the actual soldiers will only be recruited after they head to the colonies.

Nevertheless, once the two Colonial Divisions undergo initial training, both New Guinea Colony and Australian Timor are expected to have stronger defsive forces.

After the change of defse with the Colonial Divisions, the forces stationed in Australian Timor and New Guinea Colony officially returned to the native land of Australasia.

Therefore, the currt defse deploymt of Australasia has become clear, with the Australian region having the regular First to Fourth Divisions stationed, and the New Zealand region having the previously stationed New Zealand Garrison and the 6,000-person New Zealand Garrison transferred from New Guinea.

Arthur's Guard Division is not included in this. The Guard Division takes direct orders from Arthur, and its duty is only to guard the palace and protect Arthur.

In addition to these defsive forces, Arthur also has thousands of royal guards and stinels, who are usually stationed in the palace, serving as the palace's defse force.

The protection force for Arthur's geral travels and international visits is mainly the royal guards, after all, moving the Guard Division of several thousand to ts of thousands of people is a problem, and it is too conspicuous.

The weapon of Arthur's guard is not the common Lee-Enfield Rifle in the army but the Cassadine Submachine Gun indepdtly developed by the military factory.

As for why it is called this name, it is necessary to mtion the invtor of the Cassadine Submachine Gun, Cassadine Nelson James Kway.

Besides the Cassadine Submachine Gun, royal guards are gerally equipped with the self-developed As898 Semi-automatic Pistol.

As for heavy weapons like machine guns and firearms, they are reserved in the palace's armory, but the guards will gerally not use them.

After all, the primary responsibility of the royal guards is to protect Arthur, not to carry heavy weapons to fight wars.

Looking at it now, the land force of Australasia is not too strong, but it is barely ough.

As an island country composed of large and small islands, if the navy of Australasia can defd its territorial waters, the army can actually maintain its currt size without major problems.

This is also the reason why Australasia's defse funds have gradually be biased towards the navy.

In fact, there are some similarities betwe Australasia and the strategic vironmt of the United States.

The United States is sured by sea on both the east and west sides, and the strgth of its northern and southern neighbors is relatively weak. This results in the United States having an excellt geographical location, allowing it to develop in peace away from the conflict in Europe.

Looking closely at Australasia's geographical vironmt, the east and west are the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, the south is the uninhabited Antarctica, and the north is the weak Dutch East Indies.

Although there are colonies of powerful nations nearby, most of them are small islands in the Pacific Ocean, and they are not so important to the Powers.

The really important colonies are in the Malacca Strait and India, but due to the separation betwe Australasia and a Dutch East Indies, and the fact that they are both British colonies, there is no conflict of interest betwe them and Australasia.

As a result, Australasia currtly has an excellt developmt vironmt, capable of avoiding conflict from the European side and becoming a disruptor that influces the suring situation after quietly developing.

After the various departmts reported their own situations, Arthur was very satisfied.

Overall, although the Cabinet Governmt expericed significant changes in mid907, the developmt of the country did not stop, and Australasia was still in rapid developmt.

Ev in 907, the growth rate was higher than in previous years. Australasia has begun to show a semblance of a strong country in terms of both population and economy.

The next task of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is still to attract a large number of immigrants from Europe and other places to fill the population of Australasia.

Under various medical, educational, and immigration policies in Australasia, as well as policies guaranteeing welfare treatmt for workers, Australasia's attractivess to immigrants has greatly increased and has become the second most preferred destination for immigrants after the United States.

Attracting a large number of immigrant populations, guaranteeing the welfare policies of the currt population, and focusing on and resolving civil affairs are the most important tasks for Australasia's Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Minister of Civil Affairs Hry solemnly took on the task and promised to set a new high for the number of immigrants in 908.

The task of the Ministry of Transportation is simple. Apart from the Northern Railway, other road and railway constructions have be basically completed.

If the construction of the railways must be mtioned, it may be the railways related to the two colonies.

However, colonial affairs are gerally under the responsibility of the Governor, and ev the ministers of various departmts cannot participate.

Construction of the Northern Railway is now in a stable phase, with more than 60,000 indigous people already invested and the number is still increasing steadily.

If the construction progresses smoothly, it is estimated that the Northern Railway will be completed and oped in 94. However, if the construction progress is not smooth, the timing may be delayed to 96.