The Rise of Australia

In order to make good preparations for war, Arthur has been very busy recently.

The first is the armament meeting with the navy, land and air force, which Arthur must attend. He must put forward some of his own insights and suggestions based on the experience from later generations.

Of course, for the navy, army and air force, Arthur's suggestion is not a suggestion, but an order that they must execute.

Of course, Arthur would not give orders randomly. Before each order is issued, one needs to think with the Ministry of National Defense and one's own confidants to ensure that the effect after the order is issued will be beneficial and not affect the construction of the navy like the previous order.

For the Army, Arthur didn't have much advice.

After all, Australasia's air force is already extremely powerful. With airspace superiority, the pressure on the army will be reduced too much.

What's more, the army also has various advanced weapons such as tanks and missiles, plus cannon fodder from the two slave countries, Arthur is confident that he can deal with any enemy.

Because of this, Arthur's focus on the Army is actually some of the Army's auxiliary troops, such as field doctors.

It goes without saying that large-scale wars take a toll on soldiers. Whether soldiers can receive effective and timely treatment is also related to their life safety, as well as the number of casualties in Australasia during the war.

From any perspective, Arthur certainly wanted to reduce Australasia's casualties in the war.

In particular, the number of deaths must be reduced as much as possible to reduce the harm of war to Australasia.

It is with this idea in mind that Arthur has certain requirements for the number of accompanying doctors in the army, that is, field doctors.

After the reform of the army, the number of field doctors in various units has increased. What Arthur currently wants to do is to decentralize field doctors to more basic combat units as much as possible, even on a squad basis. Each squad can have a soldier with good first aid and battlefield nursing knowledge.

In addition, there is another point, and that is the number of field hospitals. Field hospitals are relatively simple field hospitals that can preemptively treat the injuries of the wounded before deciding whether to transfer them to the rear for treatment.

For field hospitals, the military currently has several more suitable ideas.

The first is a field hospital similar to an ambulance. Installing a range of wilderness emergency equipment on a large truck can even ensure that surgery can be performed on the truck.

The second method is to use airdrop materials to quickly build a crude field hospital.

Both methods have their advantages. The first truck-type field hospital can ensure that the field hospital moves with the army.

The second type of field hospital, which is delivered by airdrop, can ensure that a relatively simple field hospital can be built in any location that can be reached by aircraft.

Arthur's attitude was to carry out both methods at the same time to ensure that Australasian combat troops could receive good treatment when they faced casualties.

Of course, the most important way is to, after gaining air superiority, transport a large number of sick and injured patients to a safer rear by plane, and use hospital-level operating rooms to perform safer and more effective operations.

Combining several methods, Arthur believed that Australasia's casualties in World War II would be much reduced. Even if there is only a small effect, it is still much better than no action at all.

As time passed, Arthur received good news that Princess Anna was pregnant.

It is precisely because of this news that the engagement ceremony of Princess Anna and Prince Juan will be held soon, and their wedding ceremony will begin two months later.

As Arthur's only daughter, Princess Anna's dowry can be said to be very generous. 1 fund, representing Princess Anna's birthday in September 1909.

As for why it is not 1, the main reason is not to arouse jealousy and criticism from ordinary people.

After all, the funding is close to 20 million Australian dollars, which is the annual income of 200,000 Australasians.

Although Arthur's actions will not affect the status of the royal family too much, if it gives the royal family a bad start, what will future generations of monarchs do?

If it is too extravagant and wasteful, the status of the royal family among the people will eventually decline. Rather than using too much money to attract public attention, Arthur hopes to increase the richness of this betrothal gift more metaphorically through the transfer of corporate equity.

A medium-sized jewelry company in Australasia (market value of 5 million Australian dollars), a rubber company in Southeast Asia (market value of 12 million Australian dollars), plus a just-built one with an estimated market value of 18 yuan, just in an unknown corner , put together Princess Anna’s birthday, 1

These are just the funds and enterprises in the dowry, there are also a large number of jewelry, diamonds and gold and silver utensils. The value of these items is also immeasurable.

Of course, Alfonso XIII also fulfilled his promise, which was to let his first two sons give up their right to inherit the throne.

The current Alfonso XIII is still the king of Spain in exile. Princess Anna’s fiancé, Prince Juan of Spain, has become the first heir to the Spanish throne.

This also means that the children born to Princess Anna, whether they are sons or daughters, will become the heirs to the Spanish throne, and will be ranked only after Prince Juan.

This is also Arthur's purpose. If the Spanish throne is not someone who has a close relationship with him, then why should he help the Spanish royal family restore the throne?

Especially after Princess Anna became pregnant, Arthur was already looking forward to his future grandson or granddaughter.

In the winter of 1 hemisphere, the wedding of Princess Anna and Prince Juan was officially held.

Because the two were unable to travel to Spain, the wedding venue could only be held in Australasia.

Although one party to the wedding was the Spanish royal family who had been in exile, for the sake of the Australasian royal family, there were still many European royal families present.

Even many royal families couldn't help but wonder, does the Spanish royal family, which has fallen in love with the Australasian royal family, mean that their restoration will come soon?

In addition to these European royal families, there are also leaders of various European countries who are paying attention to the wedding of Prince Juan and Princess Anna.

After all, Spain's status in Europe is not low. In addition to the great powers, Spain should be regarded as a first-class country among the non-great powers in Europe.

What's more, Spain also has a glorious history and is one of the oldest and most famous countries among the many monarchies in Europe.

The famous Age of Discovery, the Iberian Twin Teeth, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of Spain, were the protagonists of this era.

But unlike countries like Britain and France, which rose later, the vast amounts of wealth gained by Spain and Portugal during their great voyages were basically spent on the squandering of the royal family and upper-class nobles.

To put it simply, although they made enough wealth during the great voyage, all this wealth was squandered by the upper class.

There is not much improvement for the people at the bottom and for the country as a whole. This also led to the fact that although Spain and Portugal were brilliant for a while, their decline became inevitable.

On the other hand, countries like Britain and France, which emerged later, attach more importance to local construction than wealth.

Especially after the Industrial Revolution, established powers such as the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal have been surpassed by the British and left far behind.

Although Spain currently seems to have a large land area, compared with European powers, the gap is already very large.

According to Spanish population data, the population as of 1 is only about 24.7 million, far behind Poland’s population of 33 million.

The population of countries at the level of great powers has increased to more than 40 million. Even Australasia, which had a huge population disadvantage before, now has a population of more than 40 million.

Just based on the population gap alone, Spain is destined not to become a great power at present, and the gap in strength between the great powers will become wider and wider.

Because of Spain's unique geographical location, European countries will not allow Spain to rise.

Spain is located in the far west of Europe and is the largest country on the Iberian Peninsula. What's even more terrible is that Spain's geographical location determines that it has extremely high control over one of the mouths of the Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar.

Once Spain becomes a great power-level country, the Strait of Gibraltar will be controlled by Spain again, which the British do not want to see.

After all, it can be seen from later generations that the British are very important to Gibraltar, and they even do not hesitate to turn against Spain.

Even in later generations, the Strait of Gibraltar still belongs to the United Kingdom, and Spain can't see it.

Although Gibraltar is only a small area, it plays an extremely important role in the Strait of Gibraltar, the outlet from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

It is precisely by controlling the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal that the British can indirectly control the entire Mediterranean and have a say in the Mediterranean.

Just imagine, if the British fleet cannot enter the Mediterranean, what deterrent force does the British have against the countries along the Mediterranean?

There is a saying that goes well, the county magistrate is not as good as the current person in charge. No matter how powerful the British Empire was, it had to rely on the sea and a powerful navy to have an impact on these coastal countries.

For some landlocked countries, the deterrent effect of the British Empire was not that great.

This also made Spain very important, and it was impossible for the British to allow themselves to lose Gibraltar.

It was for this reason that Arthur chose to reach an agreement with Alfonso XIII. Of course, Arthur had no plans to control the Strait of Gibraltar.

Arthur's more purpose is just to give Australasia a higher influence in Europe through the future Kingdom of Spain.

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