Chapter 308 Splitting the Military Academy (Asking for Monthly Tickets!)

In addition to national defense construction, the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Base is also a top priority for Australasia.

In fact, the construction of the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Base began in 1910, and it was initially expected to be completed in 1913.

After all, the construction of the second phase far exceeds the construction of the first phase of the industrial base in terms of scale and planning.

Even if all the factories built in the first phase are fully staffed, they can only provide less than 50,000 jobs for Australasia at most.

But if the second phase is completed, the construction of the second phase alone will be enough to create more than 100,000 jobs.

If the construction of the first phase is added, the entire Leonora Industrial Base can provide at least 150,000 jobs for Australasia, which can not only fully meet the job needs of Western Australia, but also benefit South Australia.

With large capital investment from the government and industrial sectors, the construction of the industrial base is faster than expected.

If nothing unexpected happens, the construction of the industrial base should be completed from the end of 1912 to the beginning of 1913, and put into production in 1914.

This also means that if the First World War had occurred as it did in history, Australasia would have had a super industrial zone with more than 150,000 jobs before the First World War, which would not only further consolidate the industrial level and scale, but also export a large number of industrial products to Europe.

As the population of Australasia grows, more jobs will be needed. Including industrial bases and other various constructions, in addition to the needs of national development, it is also to increase more jobs to meet the needs of the people of Australasia.

In order to cope with the upcoming European war, Arthur also ordered the agricultural department to expand agricultural production as much as possible and temporarily reduce foreign grain exports.

Except for some disaster-stricken areas with high grain prices, grain exports in other areas must be reduced.

After all, the grain price at this time is definitely not as good as the grain price during the war. It is better to prepare for grain storage early and wait until the European war breaks out before dumping.

At that time, European countries will send hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops to participate in the war. Various military and civilian factories in the country will give in for the military, and the decline in grain production is also natural.

From a high emotional intelligence point of view, hoarding food now and dumping it during the war is actually to prevent Europeans from facing hunger and starvation.

After all, Arthur is a European after all. How can he sit back and watch Europeans face hunger and starvation because of the war?

Although food is not free, it can always save lives, right?

According to the annual grain production of millions of tons in Australasia, the profit of hoarding food until the outbreak of World War I is not a small number.

In addition to agriculture, Arthur has also made certain arrangements in education and medical care.

First of all, in medical care, it can be felt that it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract medical talents from Europe.

Because as the war is about to progress, European countries are in a state of protection for talents that are more important in medical care, military industry, etc.

Therefore, Australasia must also seize this rare opportunity to attract as many medical talents as possible before the outbreak of World War I.

Whether it is highly skilled doctors or medical science researchers engaged in research, they are talents that Australasia needs and is in short supply.

Arthur even planned to let the royal consortium set up a medical group to be responsible for medical research and production, and produce more medical supplies for Australasia and even the world. Even for profit, it is also to contribute to mankind.

For example, Alexander Fleming, who is currently working in Australasia, discovered penicillin, which can be regarded as a miracle drug during the war and has extremely important strategic significance and strategic value.

If the manufacturing technology can be successfully discovered and mastered before World War I, this technology alone is enough for Australasia to gain huge wealth and become a new world upstart.

Weapons, bullets, equipment and other things may be lacking for the powerful countries, but the lack is not so serious.

After all, even if the bullets are sent to the battlefield, more than half of them are wasted, and the bullets that can really kill the enemy are not even one thousandth of the wasted bullets.

But penicillin is different. Penicillin can save a brave soldier who should have died from wound infection and reduce the huge casualties in European countries.

This is of extremely important value for war. Whoever can master this miracle drug can gain the upper hand in the war.

After all, it may take several months to a year for a veteran to recover from his injuries after coming off the battlefield.

And a new training time is about the same. But the combat effectiveness of the two is not at the same level. The major European powers are even willing to spend several times the price to exchange for more veterans instead of new recruits.

The greatest role of penicillin is to save the lives of those elite soldiers as much as possible and ensure the combat capability of the army.

Establishing a unified medical group to be responsible for medical research and drug production in Australasia can not only improve the efficiency of research and production, but also reduce the waste of personnel and materials.

If we can take the opportunity to expand Australasia's medical reputation, even after the war, the Australasia medical market will not be vacant, which will be a sure win business.

Anyway, the Royal Consortium is not short of money at present. The cost of establishing a unified medical group is a drop in the bucket for the Royal Consortium. What Arthur values ​​more is the research on medical care and the production of medical supplies.

Of course, Arthur will not forget the domestic medical cause. Both universities and technical schools have opened medical majors at Arthur's request.

However, those trained by universities can be interns, but those trained by technical schools can only be nurses or doctor assistants.

Of course, this is not a gap in academic qualifications. After all, university training takes four years, and various advanced instruments and excellent teachers are also used.

But the training of technical schools often only takes half a year to a year. The gap in knowledge and ability also means that there is a gap between the graduates of technical schools and universities.

However, such a gap can be made up later. As long as the students who graduate from technical schools have full ambition in their profession, it is not difficult to become a qualified doctor.

In fact, this also reflects some of the shortcomings of education in Australasia at present. There are no universities specializing in a certain aspect, such as medical universities.

After careful consideration, Arthur decided to establish a medical university and a normal university to train more medical and educational talents for Australasia.

The initial scale of these two universities should not be too large, and the average annual enrollment is limited to about 800 to 1,000 people. They are universities that specialize in training talents in fixed directions.

Of course, Arthur only gave a plan. How and where to build a specific university needs to be decided by the education department. Arthur only needs a result.

In addition, Arthur also decided to subdivide the current Royal Military Academy and split it into multiple military universities.

The current Royal Military Academy officially opened in 1907, which is more than four years ago.

With the graduation of the first batch of graduates from the Royal Military Academy and entering the army, the military academy has officially entered the right track.

But the sources of students at the Royal Military Academy are too mixed. There are students from the civilians, the military, and even foreign students.

After careful consideration, Arthur decided to distinguish between civilian students and military students, and foreign students were classified as civilian students.

It is initially estimated that the Royal Military College will be split into the Sydney Royal Military College and the Melbourne Royal Military College.

The Sydney Royal Military College is responsible for the training of civilian students, foreign students and senior officers.

This also means that the four-year graduates of the Sydney Royal Military College will have a rank of second lieutenant or above when they first enter the army, and they can even get the rank of lieutenant if they perform well.

These graduates are the backbone of the Australasian army. Even if they are not doing well, they should have no problem getting a colonel-level officer.

Although the Sydney Royal Military College also recruits military students, it has certain requirements for the military ranks of soldiers.

Those who can come to the Sydney Royal Military College are generally lieutenant-level and colonel-level officers.

They will receive senior officer training at the Sydney Royal Military College. After graduating from the lieutenant-level officers, their military ranks can be promoted by 1 to 2 levels, and after graduating from the colonel-level officers, their military ranks can generally be promoted by more than 1 level.

In other words, the military students accepted by the Sydney Royal Military College are basically determined to be potential officers who are trained as key personnel, and they may become the top military leaders of regiments and divisions in the future.

As for the commanders of the army or even the commanders of the army group above the rank of division commander, I'm sorry, this is not something that can be considered in Australasia at present.

The main function of the newly established Melbourne Royal Military College is to train low-level officers for the army, that is, lieutenants and below.

This also leads to the simple admission requirements of the Melbourne Royal Military College. Civilian students only require junior high school education and conscription conditions, and military students only require to have been in the army for one year and have excellent performance in the army.

Even the Melbourne Royal Military College is theoretically open to the indigenous soldiers of the Aboriginal Division. After all, the low-level officers of the Aboriginal Division cannot all be served by Australasians.

To put it bluntly, the role of the Aboriginal Division is to become cannon fodder and bear casualties for the Australasian army.

In such an army, there is no need for Australasians to serve as the lowest-level officers. It is still no problem for those Aboriginals to become a low-level officer after simple training.

However, even if it is only the lowest-level officer training opportunity, there will not be too many places for the Aboriginal Division.

And after these Aboriginals enter the military academy, they will be subject to stricter supervision and are prohibited from carrying weapons under any circumstances.

The only chance they have to encounter guns is probably during the shooting training organized by the military academy every once in a while.

After all, the safety of other students in the military academy and the outside world must be considered. Even if these indigenous people are also Australasian soldiers, their loyalty cannot be fully guaranteed.

If there are more extreme elements who abscond with weapons, this will be a huge threat to the public security environment and the safety of people in Australasian, and it is a hazard that must not happen.

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