Chapter 469 Proposal to Move the Capital

A large-scale military parade can obviously increase people's recognition of the country and even their enthusiasm for the country.

When all the advanced weapons of the three Australasian armed forces were dispatched, the people once again burst into enthusiastic cheers, accompanied by the roar of tanks and aircraft one after another.

Including the enfeoffment ceremony and the military parade, the event in Australasia attracted national and international media attention.

The enfeoffment ceremony was okay. After all, it was only a matter for the royal family. Arthur could even enfeoff dukes and earls at any time if he was willing.

But the military parade is different. This military parade deployed Australasia's advanced weapons and equipment (first-generation aircraft and tanks), and the number of aircraft and tanks has led the world, reaching 500 and 200 vehicles respectively.

It can be seen from the fact that British Prime Minister Lloyd George did not forget to include the exchange of military technology when signing the alliance. The British powers are still very interested in some military technologies in Australasia. They are also more curious about the use of technologies such as aircraft and tanks in Australia. What stage of research and development has DaLaXia reached?

Unfortunately, Australasia still maintains a very high degree of confidentiality regarding these military technologies. Currently, only the aircraft that have been sold to Britain and France and the tanks that have been put on the battlefield have been exposed.

Although concealment is a basic confidentiality method for all countries, after all, the aircraft and tanks were deployed on real battlefields before. Britain and France cannot guarantee whether Australasia has really spent all its resources or is still hiding its concealment.

The best way to solve this problem is to send intelligence personnel to keep an eye on the movements of various weapons in Australasia.

Many of the diplomatic media from various countries who came to Australasia this time were disguised as foreign intelligence agents.

But what disappointed them was that no new weapons participated in the parade, and Arthur and the Australasian government did not reveal any news about new weapons.

This also means that either the Australasian government has very strong concealment skills, or the Australasian government really does not have new weapons. The aircraft and tanks currently exposed are already their strongest designs.

But no matter what, the numerous ceremonies and military parades in Australasia have been the focus of countries around the world in recent days, attracting the attention of many European people and raising their international reputation.

But within a few days, the European powers represented by Britain and France also began military parades. Compared with the Australasian military parade, the British and French military parades were larger, even more luxurious and eye-catching.

This also caused the hot news in various countries around the world to instantly turn into post-war celebrations in other countries, and the news in Australasia was no longer so hot.

But this is enough. After all, in such a large-scale war, almost all victorious countries will hold their own celebration ceremonies.

Especially for those European countries with relatively large casualties, their celebrations must be large, so as to cover up the pessimism of the people due to the high casualties in the war, and also to make the people forget the suffering the country suffered during the war.

Especially because the war has caused the people to reduce supplies and even face problems of hunger and famine, this must be covered up with some big news.

After all, the famine was clearly the fault of the government, especially the Russian government. At this time, it had already planned to hold a famous military parade of the century to wash away the suffering Russia suffered during the war.

After the military parade, Australasia has concluded its post-war aftermath and is about to embark on new development.

The next task is even more onerous for the Australasian government. Not only do we have to face the problems of moving the capital, changing the government, and handling the occupied territories, but we also have to continue to steer the development of the country and come up with a satisfactory answer before the end of the year.

With the war now over, it was time for the state of the War Cabinet to come to an end. This also means that these guys who are still in the cabinet are about to face a new round of cabinet elections. Whether they can stay in the cabinet is unknown. It also depends on their performance during their term of office, as well as the public and major political parties' opinions on them. Level of support.

This war was an accident, giving them a few extra years of tenure. But this does not mean that every one of them can continue to stay in his position unscathed. After all, it is tradition for each cabinet minister to serve a maximum of three terms, and exceptions will not be easily made.

At the new round of cabinet meetings, Arthur raised two issues, the relocation of the capital and the division of new territories, to the cabinet government, and requested that they be dealt with as soon as possible in a short period of time. It would be best if a charter could be given on the same day.

The decision to move the capital had been made in the early stages of the war, but due to the war, it was decided to take place after the war.

There are many real reasons for moving the capital of Australasia. In addition to the fact that Sydney is currently too bloated, the terrain where Sydney is located is not suitable for development into a super city.

More importantly, moving the capital to the Murray River Basin is related to the development plans of Australasia.

If there is a topographic map of Australasia, it can be seen that the southeastern part of Australasia that is currently proud of is actually a mountainous area named the Great Dividing Range.

Only the southeastern coast is suitable for development, but this area is too small and contains more than half of Australia's population.

This is extremely uneven for the development of Australasia. Forget about the western region, it is a desert area after all and is completely unsuitable for development.

But the famous Great Artesian Basin and Murray River Plain are the few plains and basins in Australasia. Logically, they should be very suitable for the development of agriculture, animal husbandry and economy.

However, due to land desertification and even desertification, some of the central plains in Australia have been desertified and urgently need to be governed.

The best way to govern this area is to move the capital to the Murray River Basin and use the government for decades or even hundreds of years to improve this area.

If the Murray River Basin is well managed, the Murray River Basin alone will be enough to become a delta that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people and will also be the future agricultural and animal husbandry center of Australasia.

The exploration work for the relocation of the capital has been completed several years ago, and it is expected that the new capital will be placed at the junction of the Murray River and the Darling River, in the center of the Murray River Delta.

The advantage of placing it here is that it is backed by two rivers, which is more suitable for the development of the city. Secondly, it can go straight down the Murray River and have a relatively developed sea transportation.

Moreover, there are vast plains in the east, west, south and north. Whether it is developing agriculture and animal husbandry, building cities or developing industry, it is a very good choice.

As the largest river in Australia, the Murray River has the potential for development in its basin, which is definitely one of the best in Australia.

The problems that the cabinet government needs to solve are how to move the capital, when to move the capital and the name of the new capital.

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It is not easy to move the capital of a country. After all, the capital, as the most basic administrative center of the country, must accommodate most of the national government agencies.

For Australasia, the new capital also needs to accommodate the royal palace, courts, etc., so it also requires a long construction period.

In addition, the population in the Murray River basin is not large at present. If the capital is to be moved, whether to move part of the population from Sydney and Melbourne.

As the two largest cities in Australasia, the population of Sydney and Melbourne has exceeded 2 million.

A country with a population of less than 20 million has two cities with a population of 2 million. This is also a spectacle and one of the problems facing Australasia at present.

If the capital continues to be located in Sydney, Sydney's immigration attraction will definitely be the greatest among all cities in Australasia.

At least 30% to 40% of immigrants are absorbed by Sydney every year, which is not a good thing for the development of Australasia, nor is it conducive to the development of the Leonora industrial base in Western Australia.

The biggest feature of an industrial base is that it requires sufficient population, rich mineral resources and a developed transportation network.

Australasia has no shortage of the latter two, but the population of the industrial zone has always been a problem. The government's strong support for immigration to Western Australia has only slightly solved this problem.

In addition to the problem of moving the capital, the division of the newly occupied land is also something that the current cabinet government needs to consider.

During the entire war, Australasia newly acquired German New Guinea, German Samoyed, West New Guinea, Sulawesi, the Java Sea Islands, etc., as well as the Saudi Arabian Persian Gulf coast in the Middle East, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait (not yet officially exchanged).

These lands are still very large and need to be divided, forming new administrative regions or merging them into existing colonies.

The Middle East issue is easy to solve. It was decided early on that the land occupied in the Middle East would be unified to form the Persian Gulf coastal territory, which would also be the future oil mining area in Australasia.

This is more of a military management area. After all, it has the richest oil resources in the world and requires a large number of troops to guard and protect it.

Arthur even plans to establish a naval base in the Middle East, form a Persian Gulf squadron, and set up the Persian Gulf Regional Command of the Australasia Defense Force.

The Persian Gulf Territory will be the most special administrative region in Australasia, and will be managed by the military for a long time, and will only be responsible to Arthur and the government.

In addition, the government needs to discuss the division of the newly acquired territories in Southeast Asia.

Although most of these lands come from the Dutch East Indies, if a complete colony is formed, it will seem a bit too large.

After a small-scale discussion in the cabinet government, Arthur finally decided to merge the entire New Guinea region and form a complete Australian New Guinea colony.

The development potential of New Guinea Island is huge. It is the second largest island in the world, with rich mineral resources and water resources that are urgently needed in Australia.

In order to solve Australia's current water problem, Arthur even has a plan for water transfer from the north to the south, waiting for the technology to be able to implement it in the future, to carry out a major project to transfer water from New Guinea to Australia.

As the largest island in Australasia besides the mainland, New Guinea is definitely the most valuable outside of Australia and New Zealand.

The value of the complete New Guinea colony is not inferior to any state in Australasia, and the Governor of Australian New Guinea can only be Arthur's confidant.

In addition, the German Samoyed in the Pacific was incorporated into the Australian Western Pacific Territory. It is obviously not worth the loss to form Samoyed as a new colony independently. It is better to directly incorporate it into the Western Pacific Territory as part of the Australasia island defense chain, which can also be more convenient to manage.

Many islands in the Java Sea were incorporated into the royal territory, and Sulawesi Island formed a separate Sulawesi Island Colony and became part of the Australasian colony.

Under this division, whether or not the exchange of colonies along the Persian Gulf coast will take place will not affect the existing colonial system of Australasian, and there is no need to redivide it later.

After the real annexation of these lands, Australasian hegemony in the South Pacific and South Indian Oceans has been unstoppable, even Britain, France and the United States cannot stop Australasian hegemony in these regions.

With a series of external defensive island chains, Arthur believes that even if Australasian and the United States are involved in a war, there is absolutely no need to worry about the invasion of the mainland.

However, when facing a country like the United States with a developed industry and economy, Australasian does not have a good way to win.

Unless Australasian can first develop missiles and nuclear weapons, it can use the pressure of nuclear weapons to make the United States surrender.

But the research of nuclear weapons is not so easy, at least the current progress is still very slow, and it takes a lot of time to advance.

But no matter what, facing a more powerful country, Australasia is also confident.

When the size of the navy catches up, Arthur can confidently declare that he will not fear any country's provocation.

Regarding the relocation of the capital, Arthur had asked the public for their opinions long before.

Most people still support the relocation of the capital, but many Sydney people do not want to see it happen. After all, there is a certain difference between citizens of the capital and non-citizens of the capital.

But these people obviously cannot stop the progress of the country, not to mention that they are not firmly opposed, but they are a little reluctant and worried. They are worried that after the capital is moved to other places, the large number of preferential policies currently enjoyed by Sydney as the capital will be reduced.

For such concerns, Arthur also gave guarantees. Arthur said that no matter whether it is the capital or any city, all Australasians will enjoy all the welfare policies issued by the government fairly.

As long as you are in the land of Australasia, the welfare policy for the people will never change, and there will be no differences due to regions.

Arthur also pointed out that even if the capital is moved to another place, Sydney will still be one of the most important cities in Australasia, which offsets the concerns of some Sydney residents.

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