Chapter 573 The Collapse of the Empire

In fact, in addition to the fifth-generation military aircraft, there has been some progress in passenger aircraft in Australasia.

The latest model of passenger aircraft, called the Big Belly series, can accommodate more than 20 passengers, and its safety is far better than that of airships.

However, airplanes are currently just toys for the rich, and the poor and civilians cannot afford them, so there is no need to spend too much time describing them.

However, some cities have built airports to facilitate exchanges within Australasia and to build faster channels for communication with the outside world.

It takes more than half a month to travel to Europe on the fastest warship, but if you take the latest passenger aircraft, the time can be reduced to less than a week.

Although it can greatly save time costs, Arthur generally does not choose to take a plane.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was April 1922.

The war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, which lasted for more than a year, finally came to an end.

Greece has the support of Britain behind it, and there are various crises in the Ottoman Empire. The outcome of this war was already doomed before it broke out.

It is worth mentioning that the Greco-Turkish War was more problematic than the Philippine War of Independence, which had been going on for a long time.

The Greek army was well prepared in the early stage, so it defeated the Ottoman army and conquered a considerable number of cities.

But the good times did not last long. After the revolutionary forces in the Ottoman Empire, especially the Grand National Assembly established by Kemal, took control of the Ottoman Empire, the situation changed a lot.

The morale of the army led by the Ottoman Empire and the army led by Kemal was completely different, which also caused the careless Greek army to suffer a great loss.

From mid-1921, the war in the Ottoman Empire had become a full-scale contest between Kemal and Greece, and had nothing to do with the Ottoman government.

At this time, the imperial government was in a state of existence in name only, but the Ottoman Empire still existed in theory.

In 1922, after the army led by Kemal drove out all the Greek troops in the Anatolian Peninsula, it immediately announced the abolition of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, which instantly destroyed this empire that had existed for hundreds of years.

The demise of the Ottoman Empire was not good news for Greece, because the new Turkish state brought together all the Turks, who were much more difficult to deal with than the Ottoman Empire.

The establishment of Turkey actually announced the failure of this war. The British Empire had just experienced the Irish War of Independence, but had no intention of helping Greece win this war.

Needless to say, Greece could not fight against Turkey with its strength. It was able to beat the Ottoman Empire before because of its advance preparation and the corruption within the Ottoman Empire.

After many changes, the war that lasted for more than a year finally came to an end, but the ending was not so easy for Britain and Greece to accept.

Although it lost some land, the Republic of Turkey created by Kemal still inherited most of the land of the Ottoman Empire, and it was no problem to unite the entire nation to maintain a second-power status.

Although it seems outrageous to be a second-power at every turn, according to the current world situation, it is really like this.

Borrowing the setting of eight powers and eight second-powers in a well-known game, there are only six countries that can be called powers at present, namely Britain, the United States, France, Australia, and Italy.

Germany's overall strength is sufficient, but as a defeated country in World War I, it is currently suffering from quite serious restrictions.

Not to mention the extremely low scale of the navy and army, the heavy weapons and tank aircraft industries that are prohibited from research alone are destined to make Germany not a great power at present, because it has almost no diplomatic status and international influence.

Can a country without diplomatic status and international influence be called a great power?

Russia can barely be considered a great power, but because of the long-term civil war, Russia's domestic industry and economy have suffered huge damage, and its international influence has also declined greatly.

Of course, Russia's military strength is still sufficient, but the civil war has made Russia no threat to the outside world, and the international influence it can generate may not even be as good as Italy.

In addition to these two countries that were originally great powers but cannot be considered great powers for various reasons, there are no countries that even compete for the status of great powers.

Countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and other countries that are more famous in Europe are quite stable in their status as second-powers, which are more than enough than the lower ones, but completely insufficient than the upper ones.

This is also a characteristic of this era. The powerful countries occupy most of the world's resources and interests. It is very difficult for non-power countries to become powerful countries because there is a huge gap between the powerful countries and non-power countries.

Although the Republic of Turkey ruled by Kemal lost a lot of territory compared to the previous Ottoman Empire, it still retained the basic base of Anatolia, which is also the guarantee for the new Republic of Turkey to become the second strongest country.

Of course, as the theoretical successor of the Ottoman Empire, Kemal's Republic of Turkey will naturally not inherit the debts of the Ottoman Empire, and they still have a large amount of compensation to pay.

This is also the bottom line of the British. The Ottoman Empire can disappear, but the compensation of the Ottoman Empire cannot disappear.

The price of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey is to inherit the war reparations before the Ottoman Empire.

However, this is also good news for all Turks. After all, compared with the Ottoman government they despised, the new Turkish government is a bright hope for them, so it is worth living a hard life.

Although the war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire has ended, if we look at the world situation as a whole, there is no sign of stabilization.

Although there is no major war that can affect the world situation overall, the contradictions and conflicts between regions have doomed the world situation to never be peaceful at any time.

In such a relatively chaotic international background, some events that have occurred in various countries are actually worth considering.

On February 8, 1919, Herrick, a doctor in Chicago, USA, published the first electrocardiogram to record heart function, which was a crucial step for the medical community.

In the medical treatment of later generations, electrocardiogram is a crucial item and can also improve the medical level to a considerable extent.

Arthur naturally understood the importance of electrocardiogram. After the electrocardiogram was discovered, he immediately ordered the medical department to keep up with the progress and study and improve the relevant technology.

Medical progress is crucial to the country. It can not only reduce the mortality rate of the population, increase the average life expectancy of the population, but also increase the people's life happiness index.

In the long run, the improvement of medical technology is also a good thing for the Australasian royal family and Arthur. After all, the royal family and Arthur are the ones who truly enjoy the highest medical level in Australasian.

The improvement of medical level can not only greatly increase the life expectancy of Arthur and his family, but also make the country's rule more stable.

For a country, a long-lived and highly prestigious monarch will invisibly improve the stability of the country even if he does nothing.

This can be reflected in the late Queen Victoria and the later Queen Elizabeth.

If the British Empire had such a highly prestigious monarch when the colonies were divided, the colonies would not be divided so easily.

If Queen Victoria were alive, most Irish people would not join the army to resist the government. This is the role of a highly prestigious monarch.

In order to encourage the development of domestic medical level, Arthur set up a special medical fund to commend individuals and companies who have made significant contributions to medical technology.

Although this amount of money is not high, it is more than 1 million Australian dollars per year, which can be regarded as a certain encouragement for individuals and companies that invest in research in the field of medical technology.

In addition, Australasia's tax on the medical technology research and development industry is relatively low, but it is limited to the field of medical technology research and development.

Although there is no hope that the medical level can quickly catch up with the future, the more developed the medical level is, the better it is for Arthur.

After all, Arthur is just a layman. The more developed the medical level is, the longer Arthur will live.

As an ordinary person, who doesn't want to live longer?

Arthur is not greedy. He witnessed the development of the entire World War II and the subsequent Cold War, and pushed the Kingdom of Australasia, which he created, to the top of the world, at least to the status of one of the super hegemons. Arthur is satisfied.

As for whether to create an empire or not, it depends on the future international situation and the support of the people.

In fact, the emperor and the king are just a difference in title for Arthur. Under the premise of having real power, even if Arthur is just a king, he has a considerable status and reputation in the European royal family.

Especially before the British royal family changed their surnames, but after Arthur maintained the surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he has gained the favor of a considerable number of German families and has a very good status in the entire European royal family.

After all, the current Arthur is no longer the young man who was just enfeoffed as a duke.

At that time, Australasia still needed the care of Queen Victoria, and Arthur was respected by the European royal family because of his status as a member of the British royal family.

But now, the identity of the King of Australasia alone is enough for Arthur to gain enough status in the European royal family.

As for the former identity of a member of the British royal family, it is no longer important to Arthur at present. Since Arthur has expressed the idea of ​​not recognizing the British royal family's change of surname, it also means that Arthur will not miss the so-called identity of a member of the British royal family.

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