Chapter 504: Reform of the Ministry of Public Security and Expansion of the General Staff (Asking for Monthly Votes!

Chapter 504: Reform of the Ministry of Public Security, Expansion of the General Staff (Monthly Ticket Request!)

In fact, in the long run, it is no problem for Australasia's industrial level to stabilize at the fourth in the world after the United States, Britain and Germany.

Although Germany's industry experienced a lot of destruction and looting after the war, it still had the foundation of the world's second largest industrial power. In 1918, the annual steel production level remained at around 8 million tons, second only to the United States and Britain.

What is more exaggerated is that even though the American industrial level has stagnated for several years, the current industrial scale of Germany and Britain is still not as large as that of the United States.

It has to be admitted that this country had become a superpower in industry and economy before World War I and World War II, which also created the foundation for the United States to become the world hegemon in the future.

Even though the United States at this time had suffered too many restrictions, it was still able to surpass the sum of the industries of Germany and Britain, which was enough to show how exaggerated the American industry was.

If it is the United States, which has made a lot of profits in World War I, then there is basically no need to play. The United States, whose military strength and international influence have greatly increased, cannot be stopped by the severely damaged Britain.

However, there is also good news. It will take a lot of time for the French to restore their industry and economy, and the industrial economy of Britain and the United States will stagnate in a short time.

This is the best time for Australasia to narrow the gap with powerful countries such as Britain and the United States, and even lay the foundation for the world's third power after Britain and the United States.

For the United States and Britain, there is a more serious economic crisis waiting for them.

Australasia can avoid a lot of damage caused by this economic crisis if it takes precautions in advance.

At the same time, the next World War II is also a major drama. The weakening of Europe in World War II is inevitable, and Australasia will also benefit from it.

If the United States can be weakened as much as possible before the arrival of World War II, that is, during the economic crisis, the only beneficiary of World War II may be Australasia.

Under such a huge opportunity, Australasia has the hope of completing the reversal, completely dominating the world situation after World War II, and ascending to the throne of world hegemony in one fell swoop.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before that moment, and even the hope is very slim.

The biggest task for Australasia at present is to speed up development, try to surpass the French in all aspects during the French recovery stage, and lay the foundation for itself to become the third great power after Britain and the United States.

After deciding that the next development plan of the new cabinet government will be based on the four-year plan, the next topic of the cabinet meeting became the competition among various departments for the fiscal budget.

Fortunately, the current fiscal budget of Australasia is still very sufficient. Apart from anything else, the annual compensation of up to 120 million Australian dollars can already meet most of the expenditures of the Australasia government.

The fiscal budgets of most departments are formulated according to their respective tasks in the four-year plan, and the corresponding amount of fiscal budget is obtained according to the number of tasks.

In the four-year plan, the public security department is rarely mentioned, which is actually because the public security environment in Australasia is already very good.

However, Arthur's requirements for the current public security department are naturally more than that. Arthur has new plans for the planning and division of the public security department.

In the future Australasia government, the role of the public security department is still very important.

After all, after the country entered a period of peace, the role of maintaining national order changed from the army to the public security department, and the tasks of the public security department would also be greatly intensified.

As far as the current size of the public security department is concerned, there is not enough manpower, and it cannot meet the public security needs of Australasia in all aspects.

Given this premise, Arthur put forward new requirements for the public security department.

Minister of Public Security Robert was successfully re-elected in the cabinet election, which is good news for Arthur. After all, Minister Robert is more familiar with the environment of the Ministry of Public Security and can better implement the requirements put forward by Arthur.

The public security department in Australasia is different from the simple police department. It is fully responsible for the public security environment of Australasia in peacetime.

Therefore, Arthur divided the public security department into several modules, and the public security department will be divided into the police department, rescue department, armed guard department and comprehensive department.

The module that the police department is responsible for is very simple, which is the scope of normal police, including handling various illegal cases and civil disputes, etc.

The police department is also divided into comprehensive police, civil police, criminal police, traffic police, etc., which are very similar to the police department in later generations.

The meaning of the rescue department is actually very simple, which is to deal with various crises urgently, including various natural and man-made disasters, etc.

The role of the rescue department is more like the fire department in later generations. The rescue department is separated from the police department in order to improve the efficiency of the police.

The armed guard department is a completely new department in Arthur's plan. It will be responsible for the coastal defense guard of Australasia, anti-terrorism and anti-riot work, etc.

The biggest difference from the police department is that the police officers of the armed guard department will be equipped with high-power weapons, which are specially used to target some relatively large cases and protect the security of the country.

The armed guard department is divided into land armed guards and sea armed guards to protect the country's border and coastal defense.

Arthur's plan will equip the maritime armed guards with a large number of small warships, generally patrol boats and gunboats of dozens or hundreds of tons, but will also be equipped with a certain number of warships of thousands of tons, so that the maritime guards have a certain combat effectiveness.

In the absence of regular warships, the maritime armed guard is an important part of the Australasian coastal defense. It is not only responsible for patrolling on the sea, but also acts as a pioneer at important moments.

It is inevitable to establish a large-scale maritime armed guard. After all, the control area of ​​Australasian covers the Persian Gulf, Australia, the Pacific Ocean and other regions. The controlled ocean area is very large, and a large number of small warships are also needed for patrolling.

After all, no matter how large the navy is, it is destined to not cover all the waters of Australasian.

In order to protect the safety of these waters, it is necessary to have some small-scale maritime patrol forces with only small warships.

The importance of the public security department with the addition of armed guards has been greatly increased.

When hearing Arthur's plan, the face of the Minister of Public Security Robert was obviously excited.

According to Arthur's plan, the importance of the public security department will not be inferior to the defense department, and it can even be on par with the defense department in peacetime.

Although the importance of the Ministry of Defense is far greater than that of the Public Security Department during wartime, the power of the public security department will be greatly expanded in peacetime.

After all, the public security department was just a few policemen before. In addition to maintaining national security and handling some large and small cases, there seemed to be nothing else to do.

But now, maintaining the country's borders is one of the important tasks of the public security department, which also makes the public security department a powerful armed force in Australasia, and Minister Robert can stand up straight in the cabinet.

The last department of the public security department, the comprehensive police department, has a wider scope, covering a variety of positions and filling some vacancies in the police industry.

Some jobs that tend to be clerical, such as personnel who organize archives, financial personnel of the public security department, and forensic doctors, police force deployment, etc., are all covered in the comprehensive police department.

The expansion of the public security department represents a big step forward for Australasia in national security, and the change of the defense department represents the full expansion of Australasia's military power.

Arthur changed the system of the Department of Defense under the General Staff, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force during World War I, and listed the General Staff separately, and the Army, Navy and Air Force still belonged to the Department of Defense.

The Ministry of National Defense is responsible for military expansion, reorganization, disarmament, procurement and assembly of weapons and equipment, which basically covers most of the logistics of the army, and has great command over the army in peacetime.

The General Staff is responsible for the appointment of senior officers in the army, the garrison and deployment of the army, the command of the war army, the allocation of wartime materials, etc. It is an institution that is only responsible for the appointment of officers in peacetime and takes over the army in wartime.

According to the configuration, Defense Minister Raul is a lieutenant general, and the new Chief of Staff of the General Staff is Thomas, the former commander of the First Guard Division, who is also a lieutenant general.

Next, Arthur will focus on training some talents in the army, find opportunities to train them as much as possible, and seek more talents for the General Staff of Australasia.

As an institution that controls the entire army during wartime, the General Staff must reserve some sufficiently excellent military talents in Australasia to ensure that any decision made during wartime is correct.

After the General Staff became independent from the Ministry of National Defense, some cadets who graduated from military academies would also go to the General Staff for training before entering the army.

As an institution that can control the promotion of middle and senior officers, I believe that the new General Staff should be welcomed by a considerable number of students and officers.

The new Ministry of Defense and the General Staff have two powers. The General Staff is responsible for the garrison of the army, and the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the logistics of the army. The two can form constraints on each other and prevent the military power from being controlled by one institution.

Although the power of the General Staff will be extremely expanded during the war, the financial power of the army is still controlled by the financial department, which can also prevent the current situation similar to Germany from happening.

Let’s not talk about whether people like Hindenburg have made any contribution to Germany. For Arthur alone, he certainly doesn’t want people like Hindenburg to appear in Australasia.

Military power overrides the royal power, which is the last thing the monarchy wants to see, and it is also something that Arthur wants to avoid.

After all, the current situation in Germany has proved that the extreme military government is not good for the country.

If William II is still in power in the later stage of the war, Germany will still lose, but the result may not be so tragic.

At least William II will weigh the pros and cons and seek a decent ending when he knows that the war is impossible to win.

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