The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 435: Chapter 351: Joining the War, Expeditionary Army_3

And the reason that the current number of the Australasia Expeditionary Force is 16,000 is because the number of one division in Australasia happens to be 16,000.

Although the four major powers can easily gather a million troops together, just dealing with a small country like Argentina, let alone a million troops, a hundred thousand troops would be too large.

Even if all the troops had the strength of the Australasia regular army, Arthur is confident that he would only need 30,000 of them to conquer the whole of Argentina.

Although the troops sent by the four major powers are called the Allies Expeditionary Force, they do not all set off at the same time.

In order to arrive at the battlefield as quickly as possible, according to the internal agreement of the Allies, Australasia, which is closest to here, will send troops first.

The task of the Australasia Army is to go to Chile and help the Chilean army defend their territory.

Hold on until all the Allied Expeditionary Forces arrive, and then gather all the manpower to organize a counterattack.

By the way, they can also train all the forces of the Allies to cooperate with each other, so that when the European War begins, the four major powers of the Allies can fight together.

On August 5th, 1913, the 4th Regular Division of the Australasia Expeditionary Force embarked on transport ships for their journey to Chile.

To protect the transport fleet carrying the 4th Regular Division, the Australasia Navy sent an escort fleet consisting of a dreadnought and a battlecruiser.

Although the escort fleet was not large, there was no match for it in the entire South American region.

Even looking at the entire Americas, the only force that could pose a threat to this escort fleet would probably be the United States, one of the eight great powers.

But would the United States dare to openly attack the transport fleet of Australasia? Perhaps the American naval power is stronger than that of Australasia, but the actions of Australasia are jointly supported by the Allies. The American people must also weigh the consequences of offending the Allies.

Without mincing words, as long as the Americans jump in now and fight against Audralasia, the four major powers of the Allies will send even more expeditionary forces to directly land on the territory of the United States.

Unless the Allied Forces also help the United States, the dignity of the four major powers of the Allies in this era cannot be trampled upon.

It is important to note that there are only eight positions of great powers in the world, and the Allies directly concentrated half of the eight great powers, which shows the strength of the Allies.

From this point, it can actually be seen how the current confrontation between the two major European military blocs affects the world.

It is important to note that the two major European military blocs, the Allied Nations and the Allies, encompass seven of the eight great powers in the world.

Except for the United States, which is far away in the Americas and is not affected, all the great powers in the world have participated in the disputes between the two major military blocs.

This also represents a frightening fact: if the two major military blocs go to war, it will be a global war involving at least seven great powers and covering the whole world.

It is precisely because of this that both parties in the dispute have many scruples and do not dare to start a world war recklessly.

If there is not enough preparation, the current two major European military blocs would not have too intense disputes.

After all, now because of the confrontation between the two major military blocs, the hatred between European powers and their people is already high.

If disputes are recklessly provoked, the people will be easily affected and the government will be urged to wage war on other countries.

By then, even if European countries do not yet have plans to start a war, public opinion will be boiling over, forcing them to launch a major war.

Europe has been developing rapidly due to the Industrial Revolution, but various revolutions can be seen everywhere.

This leads to a situation where the opinions of the country can be easily influenced by the people, as no one wants to become the kind of country like France, where governments are constantly overthrown, or even have their governments overthrown.

National opinions can influence the opinions of the people, and the opinions of the people can likewise influence the judgement of the country. For decision-makers in European countries, considering public opinion is also a necessary link and factor.