Chapter 511 Technical Research

The Russian Civil War has been going on for a long time, and the armed intervention of the World Alliance has made the Russian Civil War the hottest news in recent times.

In Australasia, there is another person who pays more attention to the Russian Civil War than Arthur, and that is Queen Mary from the Romanov family.

After a normal cabinet meeting, Arthur met Queen Mary with a slightly unnatural expression and asked curiously: "Mary, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Under normal circumstances, Queen Mary would not interrupt the meeting between Arthur and government officials.

It must be something unusual that can make Queen Mary act out of character.

"Well, Arthur, how long will it take for our army to reach Russia?" Queen Mary asked with some concern.

"Hasn't the time for the armed intervention of the World Alliance been announced to the public? If our army wants to reach Russia, it will take at least two months." Arthur smiled and took Queen Mary's hand, and he understood Queen Mary's concerns about her family.

In fact, if Queen Mary was not worried about the situation in Russia at all, Arthur would think there was a problem.

Although she has become the queen of Australasia, Russia is also the place where Mary has lived for more than ten years. It is not only her hometown, but also her relatives.

After hearing Arthur's answer, Queen Mary breathed a sigh of relief, and the sadness on her face also dissipated.

In fact, the civil war in Russia is really not an easy problem to solve. Even with the armed intervention of the World Alliance, Arthur is not optimistic about the complete end of the civil war in Russia.

First of all, a peaceful and unified Russia must be a powerful country, and it has the strength to compete with the British Empire in Europe and Asia, which is something the British absolutely do not want to see.

The reason why the British are willing to intervene militarily to help the Tsarist Russian Empire is nothing more than seeing that the Tsarist Russia can no longer resist the attack of Soviet Russia and want to find a balance between the two forces in Russia.

But if it comes to directly helping the Tsarist Russian Empire to end this civil war, the British are really not so kind.

Apart from anything else, as long as the Russian civil war continues, European countries will continue to export various materials to Russia in exchange for gold reserves, mineral resources, etc. from Russia.

Because of the reparations from the defeated countries and the compensation from the Americans for the flu, the financial situation of Tsarist Russia is much better than in history.

This is also the reason why Tsarist Russia can persist until now and has not been defeated by Soviet Russia in the civil war.

However, no matter how strong the family background is, it cannot withstand a long-term war. The crisis facing Tsarist Russia is not just financial.

Although Britain and France did provide assistance to Russia, the scale of British and French assistance is somewhat intriguing.

When the aid from Australasia has not arrived or has been consumed, the aid from Britain and France will arrive in batches to ensure that Nicholas II can hold on.

But if the aid from Australasia or other countries has just been accepted by the Russian government, the speed of British and French aid to Russia will slow down, ensuring that Russia's strength will not be too strong and the civil war will continue.

The embarrassing situation facing Russia at present is that almost all the powerful countries want the Russian civil war to continue.

There is no way. The profits brought by the arms trade are too huge, coupled with the export of various materials, which has formed a huge chain of interests, allowing the capital of various countries to influence the government, thereby promoting the continuation of the Russian civil war.

If Britain and France had done their best to support Tsarist Russia, the civil war in Russia would not have developed to the present.

You know, Soviet Russia was very poor at the beginning and could not afford to support an army of up to one million.

Tsarist Russia had double reparations from the defeated countries and the United States, and the income from reparations alone was as high as tens of millions of pounds each year, which had an overwhelming advantage in terms of funds.

But the difference between the two Russian governments was that the Tsarist government represented the old forces, and the capitalist class and the aristocracy that supported the Tsarist government were not so loyal.

But the working class that supported Soviet Russia was different. Under the influence of the Bolshevik Party, the entire Soviet Russia was condensed into one piece, which was incomparable to the Tsarist government.

Even though Nicholas II knew that the civil war in Russia was the result of the indulgence of Britain and France, Nicholas II had no way to do it.

After all, if Tsarist Russia wanted to win the civil war, it had to rely on the support of Britain and France. Now Russia did not dare to offend Britain, France and Australasia.

As long as these countries cut off their aid to Russia, it would be a fatal blow to Tsarist Russia, and it might even directly lead to the end of the Russian Civil War and the demise of the Tsarist government.

Fortunately, the Romanov family has accumulated a lot of wealth in Russia for hundreds of years. Nicholas II is not short of money for the time being, and he does not have to lower his face to borrow from other countries.

Otherwise, it is hard to say whether other countries are willing to lend to Russia. After all, it seems that the hope of Tsarist Russia winning the civil war is very slim.

Lending to Tsarist Russia is not a disguised way of helping Tsarist Russia win the war? Otherwise, if Tsarist Russia fails in the civil war, the country will no longer exist. Who should be asked to repay the loan?

Not to mention that Britain and France want to keep the Russian civil war going, even Australasia and Arthur cannot refuse the huge profits brought by the Russian civil war.

Through trade with Nicholas II during the Russian Civil War, Australasia has obtained a large amount of mineral resources and gold reserves from Russia, even including the population of immigrants. These are all valuable assets of Russia and are also of great significance to Australasia.

In particular, gold reserves can make the Australian dollar in Australasia stronger, which is of great strategic significance to Australasia.

According to the current situation in the United States, it is impossible for the US dollar to become a global currency.

At present, the relatively strong currencies include the French franc, the Australian dollar in Australasia, the US dollar, etc., in addition to the British pound.

However, both the franc and the US dollar have depreciated, especially the franc, because of the impact of the war, the value can no longer be guaranteed.

The British pound and the Australian dollar, which have not depreciated so seriously, should be the two strongest currencies in the world at present.

Although the Australian dollar was established on the basis of the British pound, Arthur also has the ambition to promote the Australian dollar to the world.

However, the scale of the Australian dollar issuance is not large at present, and in most cases it is only circulated in Australasia, which is also the biggest problem facing the Australian dollar at present.

To solve this problem, we must have more gold reserves to print more currency and truly push the Australian dollar to globalization.

Speaking of the globalization of the Australian dollar, next year's National Day also represents the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Kingdom of Australasia. Arthur will not only hold a grand military parade, but also plan to reform the currency.

At that time, the Australian dollar was promulgated more for the country to have its own currency. In many aspects, it copied the British pound, which also led to a lot of overlap with the British pound.

Arthur plans to turn the Australian dollar into a truly independent currency, only linked to gold, to increase the influence of the Australian dollar worldwide.

At the same time, a certain number of commemorative coins will be issued to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the kingdom, and some corresponding activities will be promulgated.

In late September 1919, Arthur met with Einstein, the honorary president of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia, and Tesla, the honorary vice president, and asked about the scientific research work of the Royal Academy of Sciences in recent times.

The development of the Royal Academy of Sciences is still very rapid. With the Victoria Prize to attract talents for Australasia, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia has also attracted many famous physicists and chemists from Europe and the United States.

So far, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia has a total of more than 500 people.

Don't underestimate the size of these 500 people. All of them are famous scientists. At the very least, they have considerable experience and reputation in their own industries. It is no problem to say that they are famous across the continent.

For these 500 people, Arthur has to invest up to 20 million Australian dollars in research funds to the Royal Academy every year. The average research fund per person is as high as 40,000 Australian dollars, which is enough to show Arthur's emphasis on scientific research.

Of course, some large-scale research projects of the Royal Academy of Sciences consume some funds, which also leads to the fact that the actual research funds per person are only over 20,000, but it is definitely not a small amount.

You know, the Royal Academy of Sciences has cooperation with universities in Australasia. The research projects are not only participated by these 500 people, but also by many professors and college students in the universities. It can be said that the high-level talents in the whole of Australasia are basically involved.

Arthur has never been stingy with the research funds of the Royal Academy of Sciences. As long as it is not deliberately wasted, even if it exceeds the budget, Arthur does not care too much.

At present, the main technical direction of the Royal Academy of Sciences is the research and development of power transmission and transformation technology, which is also related to the development of the Australasian power industry and promotes the progress of civil and industrial electricity in Australasian.

Secondly, the Royal Academy of Sciences is also studying new physical elements. This is mainly the responsibility of those physicists, and the research funds spent each year are as high as hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars.

In addition, rocket and missile research and development, nuclear field exploration, crude oil and mineral resources exploration technology, smelting technology improvement, train power and braking system research and development improvement, chemical field, bioengineering and other technologies are also the research scope of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Last year, the Royal Academy of Sciences conducted more than 400 studies, and each research project cost an average of 50,000 Australian dollars, which is definitely not a small number.

According to the current per capita income in Australasia, the research funds for each project are enough for an Australasian to work for more than 800 years without eating or drinking, which is a very exaggerated range of numbers.

It can be seen that the research of the Royal Academy of Sciences covers the civil and military fields, as well as practical and theoretical research.

Among them, Einstein was responsible for exploration in the nuclear field, while Tesla was responsible for the power transmission and transformation projects in the field of current.

Basically, every large-scale project will have a sufficient number of technicians to take charge of the main research and development, and there will also be a large number of famous experts and university professors to assist.

The participation of college students can also improve their knowledge level and learn some knowledge in such a large-scale research.

For Arthur, these college students are the next generation of technical experts in Australasia in the future, and training them in advance is also good for Australasia.

A strong youth means a strong country, this sentence is not just talk. Only when the knowledge level of these college students meets the needs of Australasia's development, the country's development will proceed steadily, rather than stagnant.

Basically, every college student will get the opportunity to intern and study in the laboratory, it just depends on the number of opportunities.

Generally speaking, there are not a few college students who have made progress in such internships and learning opportunities, but there are also college students who just get by.

Arthur did not expect to train all college students into top talents. After all, the country also needs some low-end talents, right?

Among all the research projects of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arthur paid more attention to, or the most important thing, was actually the research in the nuclear field and the missile rocket project.

As the most powerful weapons and the most powerful conventional weapons in the future, nuclear weapons and missiles have undoubted external deterrence and are definitely a country's trump card.

As long as you have these two weapons, the advantage of manpower is no longer an advantage, and the defect of manpower is no longer a defect.

Of course, this is only in terms of war. Manpower is still very helpful for economic and social development. After all, a country with a small population will have a little more difficulty in development than a country with a large population.

The power of nuclear weapons is naturally beyond doubt. As a taboo weapon that can easily cause hundreds of thousands or even millions of casualties, it has only been used a few times in later generations, and all of them are against the same country.

But the achievements of nuclear weapons in these few times have already made all countries in the world crazy, and major powers are studying nuclear weapons at all costs.

The research of missiles and rockets is also very important for the development of a country. Under the premise that nuclear weapons cannot be used, missiles have become the most powerful weapons of a country, and are also one of the carriers of nuclear weapons.

There are many ways to carry nuclear weapons in later generations, including airplanes, warships, submarines, missiles, etc.

To say that the most powerful deterrent should be submarines and missiles.

Submarines have good concealment and can cause devastating blows unexpectedly. Nuclear submarines are also one of the main directions of submarine development in later generations.

Missiles are the most direct way to carry nuclear weapons. Intercontinental missiles allow the range of nuclear weapons to cover the world, and also greatly increase the influence of countries with nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles.

After all, this is a super weapon that can cover the world without leaving home. Not many countries can control it in the world 100 years later.

Speaking of this, we have to sigh again about the promotion of technology by war.

Before World War I, the development of technology was actually very slow. World War I directly made airplanes and tanks the most advanced weapons. World War II not only developed more advanced airplanes and tanks, but also missiles and nuclear weapons.

During the Cold War confrontation afterwards, space shuttles, manned rockets, nuclear-powered submarines, and the moon landing that humans have dreamed of for thousands of years have all been realized, which was something that humans dared not imagine decades ago.

If there were no two world wars, even if human technology would still progress, it would definitely not be as exaggerated as in later generations.

In order not to lag behind other countries, countries have invested huge amounts in military technology, which is even an important reason for dragging down countries in wars.

Apart from anything else, the European powers, especially Britain, France and Germany, spent tens of billions of dollars a year on war in World War I, which Australasia cannot afford now.

However, it is also obvious that such huge expenses have harmed these countries, which is why Australasia can currently surpass France in industry.

Even if there is no huge gap in population, there is probably no clear answer as to which is stronger, Australasia or France.

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