The Rise of Australia

Speaking of the Far East, Arthur is quite worried about the expansion of island countries in the Far East. With the idea of ​​causing some trouble for the islanders, Arthur asked the military factory to contact the Far East and sold a large number of weapons and equipment at low prices.

Nicholas II and his family stayed in Australasia for more than a week. After a brief recovery, they requested to go to the UK.

Arthur, who had already reached all his ideas, naturally had no objections to this. In order to protect Nicholas II and his family, Arthur specially dispatched a navy for escort, and used a 10,000-ton private cruise ship built by the royal family in the Royal Dockyard to personally transport Nicholas II and his family to London.

After settling the matter of Nicholas II, Arthur suddenly became much more relaxed.

At present, there is no longer any trouble in the establishment of the empire, and all it requires is a period of preparation.

However, before the establishment of the empire, there is one thing that is still necessary to do, and that is to strengthen the military strength of several countries within the Australasian sphere of influence.

A massive military buildup in Australasia would lead to imitation and arms competition by other countries, but not countries like the Philippines and Kalimantan.

After all, they are all indigenous. If these countries can cause panic in European countries, then Europe will not be the most developed and prosperous region in the world.

Because the Philippines and Kalimantan are relatively close to Australasia, Australasia has far more control over these two countries than the United States and the Netherlands did before.

Although the Philippines and Kalimantan are both countries with a population of more than 10 million, their armies also exceed 100,000.

But their military strength is nothing compared to Australasia. Coupled with Arthur's various checks and balances, it is very difficult to resist Australasia's rule.

As for the Philippines, although the Philippines is a republic, Philippine politics is almost controlled by Australasia.

For a powerful country, it is too simple to control a country the size of the Philippines. It only needs Arthur to move his fingers.

The Philippines currently also has a certain industry, but it is not large in scale and is completely under the control of Australasia.

The Arthur Jean royal consortium secretly established a company in the Philippines and has now expanded to the largest private industrial company in the Philippines, Desumila Corporation.

Desumila controls more than 70% of the factories in the Philippines, including various mineral resources, as well as some roads and infrastructure, etc.

It can be said that the status of Desumila Company in the Philippines is equivalent to the status of the complete royal consortium in Australasia.

However, the apparent person in charge of Desumila Company is a native Filipino, but in fact all the shares are completely controlled by Australasia.

Such methods are naturally used to deceive those Filipinos and let them transfer the conflicts to their own people instead of resisting the rule of Australasia.

Some smart people might guess or understand the capital behind Desumila, but there's nothing they can do about it.

With the huge capital of Desumila Company, Australasia has attracted several political parties in the Philippines to become their donors.

The largest among them is the Philippine National Party. This party has a large number of Australasian intelligence personnel, plus many Filipinos who have been infiltrated and bribed.

At present, the Philippine National Party has controlled more than 50% of the seats in the Philippine Parliament, and the leader of the Congress Party has also successfully been elected as the new president of the Philippines.

Under dual-level economic and political control, the Philippines cannot escape Australasia's control.

Moreover, most of the Philippines' weapons and equipment come from Australasia, and the army is also trained with the help of Australasia.

There are currently a large number of pro-Australia factions in the Philippine government, including the National Party and several small and medium-sized parties.

Thanks to the efforts of these people, tens of millions of Filipinos have been subtly influenced and become very close to Australasia.

According to current data from the Philippine government, the Philippine population has exceeded 12 million two years ago, and the current estimated population has reached about 13.5 million.

Arthur is still very optimistic about this country with a growing population. Even with a population of only 13.5 million, they could at least contribute tens to millions of troops to Australasia in the war, which would be a considerable help.

At this time, the Philippines was already quite different from when it first became independent.

The first president, Manuel, was abandoned by Australasia after completing his term.

Manuel is also a smart man. He knows that his prestige in the Philippines is too high, and Australasia will not allow him to stay in the position of president for too long.

After completing his first four-year term, Manuel announced that he would not run for the second term as president and gave up his army.

Manuel, who retreated bravely from the rapids, naturally gained Arthur's favor. In return for Manuel, at Arthur's suggestion, the Philippine government publicly rewarded Manuel with 1 million Australian dollars, as well as several properties and luxury cars in the central city of the Philippine capital.

Knowing that Manuel also pursues fame, the Philippine government publicly praised Manuel as the founding father of the Philippines and the creator of the republic, and wrote Manuel's contribution into the constitution.

Such recognition naturally satisfied Manuel, at least it was the greatest compensation for him.

In addition, in private, Arthur also promised to allow Manuel's descendants to come to Australasia to study, and to allow his descendants to immigrate to Australasia and become a true Australasian.

After all, Manuel was now recognized as the founder of the Philippine Republic. If news spread that Manuel immigrated to Australasia, it would also be a blow to Manuel's reputation.

This is why Arthur placed all the rewards on Manuel's descendants. There is a huge gap in status and welfare benefits between a Filipino and an Australasian, and Manuel naturally understands the benefits of becoming an Australasian.

Let’s talk about the current Philippine government.

For the current army there are about 150,000 people, most of whom are ordinary infantry.

In addition, the Philippines has a cavalry division, an artillery division and a small coastal defense navy.

It is not a problem for such a number of troops to defend the entire Philippines, but it will be a bit difficult to play a role in future wars.

After all, the Philippines cannot give up. With enough troops left to guard the Philippines, the number of troops that can be mobilized becomes only a handful.

In order to strengthen the Philippines' military power, it becomes necessary for the Philippines to expand its military.

An army of 150,000 is obviously not enough. It must be expanded to at least 300,000, and further expanded to 500,000 during the war, in order to meet Arthur's initial expectations for the Philippine army.

All that is needed to expand the army is weapons, equipment and military expenditures, which Australasia can afford.

Of course, it's not free. Weapons and equipment can be sold to the Philippines at low prices as obsolete equipment, and military expenditures can be provided to the Philippines in the form of interest-free or low-interest loans.

These two methods are enough for the Philippines to expand its army to 300,000, which is a relatively sufficient number of troops.

In addition to the Philippines' military expansion, the United Sultanate of Kalimantan also needs major expansion.

Compared with the seemingly independent Philippines, the Sultanate of Kalimantan, which is completely under the control of Australasia, has become easier to control.

Arthur only needs to give an order. As the Grand Sultan of Kalimantan, Muhammad must make all efforts for Arthur's order.

Otherwise, several small sultans around Muhammad would not mind overthrowing Muhammad's rule and making themselves the new great sultans.

When Arthur was arranging the situation in Kalimantan, he considered whether Kalimantan would break away from Australasia's control in the future.

Under the planning of Arthur and several confidants, Kalimantan was divided into several pieces in a reasonable and premeditated manner, and was defended by stars.

The advantage of doing this is that the Great Sultanate can better control all other sultanates and give full play to the complete advantages of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.

The second is that other sultanates can also threaten the Great Sultan and guard against possible rebellions by the Great Sultan.

With the Grand Sultan of Kalimantan loyal to Arthur, and with Arthur's help, the Grand Sultan of Kalimantan will have very stable control over all the Sultanate, and there is no need to worry about problems in Kalimantan.

But if the Sultan of Kalimantan rebels against Arthur, the several sultanates surrounding his power will become the best pawns to counter the rebellion.

To be honest, Arthur didn't know how many people there were in the current Sultanate of Kalimantan.

According to the previous population situation of the entire Dutch East Indies, the total population should be 30 to 40 million people.

However, due to previous wars and the migration of indigenous people, many Dutch and mixed-race Dutch fled to the Netherlands, causing a sharp decline in the population of the entire Dutch East Indies.

When all the indigenous people were moved to Kalimantan, many indigenous people were unwilling to leave.

Especially the indigenous people located on the island of Java. Although Kalimantan's land is larger than that of Java, its soil is far less fertile than that of Java.

Moreover, 30 million people are crowded into a small island of Kalimantan, which is no better than the previous island of Java.

This also means that supplies in Kalimantan will be even more scarce, and the lives of these indigenous people will be far worse than before.

In order to force all these indigenous people to go to Kalimantan, Australasia used a lot of force at that time.

At least millions of indigenous people were allowed to rest permanently in their hometown, which also reduced the number of indigenous people at that time.

According to the population growth of each Sudan, the current population of the Sultanate of Kalimantan should be around 40 million to 50 million.

As for how much, no one knows. Arthur has no interest in conducting a detailed census of Kalimantan, and the Sultanate of Kalimantan itself does not have the ability to conduct a detailed census of the population.

However, as long as the population exceeds 40 million, it means that the Sultanate of Kalimantan has the ability to form an army of at least 2 million.

Even if you desperately recruit troops and forcibly capture strong men, it will not be a problem to form an army of four to five million.

With so many strong men and soldiers, even if it means consuming manpower with the island country, Arthur is not afraid at all.

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