Chapter 583 R108 Battleship Launched

The civil war in El Salvador was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, which directly prompted the American people to begin to condemn the government, and demonstrations broke out one after another, demanding that the government use force to recover these areas as soon as possible.

Especially the Panama Canal, which concerns the interests of all American people and the convenience of transportation between the east and west coasts of the United States.

The importance of the Panama Canal to the United States is no less important than the importance of the Strait of Malacca to East Asia and the importance of the Suez Canal to Mediterranean countries.

With the Panama Canal, Americans only need to bypass Central America to freely cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

But if the Panama Canal is lost, or even controlled by the enemies and competitors of the United States, then Americans will have to bypass the entire South America when traveling between the east and west coasts.

This will not only increase the cost of the journey, but also increase more time consumption. In this way, the development of the US economy will be hindered, which is a top priority for the United States.

"Incompetent Coolidge government, you are even weaker than Wilson's government!"

"The United States has not been a powerful country since the war, because it has ushered in two of the most incompetent presidents in succession!"

"Why is the huge United States afraid of the rebellion of small countries? What is our government doing?"

Since mid-to-late March, such reports have frequently appeared in American newspapers, showing the dissatisfaction of the American people and the opposition party with the current US government.

The US government was busy with this, and President Coolidge's reputation in the United States dropped a lot in an instant.

Just when the Americans were busy, the British government also announced in a high-profile manner that it would support the civil wars in Central American countries and end the peace in this region as soon as possible.

This issue has been recognized by most countries in the World Alliance. Although it did not make the World Alliance agree to armed intervention, it has an inherent moral advantage.

At the same time, Australasia also publicly announced its recognition of the resistance spirit of Central American countries and announced support for the rebels in El Salvador.

This is like the last straw that broke the camel's back, directly causing the collapse of the US rule in Central America.

Although France is not interested in armed intervention in Central America, it will not stand up against Britain. After all, they also have a py deal with the British and have obtained the right to further exploit the Germans.

Since Britain and Australia announced their support for the Central American rebel forces, the contacts between the US government and the island countries have become more frequent.

But neither the United States nor the island countries have the confidence to unite to deal with Australasia and Britain.

Although the army of the island countries has an absolute advantage in terms of quantity, the navy of Britain and Australasia combined can definitely blockade the island countries completely.

The army of the island countries cannot go out to sea, and the deterrence to Britain and Australasia is naturally infinitely close to zero.

Moreover, it is impossible for the island countries to go all out for the United States in Central America. After all, the so-called island-US alliance is not that close.

The backstabs between the two countries in the negotiations on the naval limitation treaty, coupled with the gap between the two countries brought by the flu, make it unlikely that the two countries will be united against the outside world.

Fortunately, the British did not intend to go to war with the United States directly. While President Coolidge was relieved, he could only hope that the US military could suppress the local rebellion.

This chaos in Central America directly turned Central America into a chessboard, with the United States and pro-American forces, as well as Britain and Australasia as chess players.

Although the United States has an absolute advantage in distance, Britain and Australasia are stronger in comprehensive strength and have a nominal advantage, which is also a factor that cannot be ignored.

Although it seems to be a war between the local governments and rebel forces in these countries, what really affects the direction of these wars is actually the game between the powers behind these countries and forces.

Fortunately, El Salvador is just a small country, and Australasia only needs to provide some weapons and equipment to help Carlos Herrera Iruna obtain the sovereignty of the government of El Salvador.

The remaining major countries were left to the British to plan, and Arthur was just waiting to watch the game between the British and Americans in Central America.

There were many international events in 1923, but before paying attention to these international events, the development of Australasia was also very important.

In the second half of last year, the three R108 battleships that had been built for more than a year were launched for testing, which finally gave the Sydney Shipyard, which was working hard, a sigh of relief.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' delay was indeed powerful, and several countries had their own problems in the negotiations, so the naval limitation treaty was delayed until the new year and was not signed.

However, this did not hinder the naval testing of Australasia at all.

According to the schedule given by the shipyard, the earliest R108 battleship is expected to complete the launching test in the middle of this year and be officially equipped to the navy.

The remaining two battleships are expected to complete the launching test phase in the second half of this year, and will not be delayed until next year at the latest.

This also means that within this year, Australasia will have the hope of welcoming the addition of three super battleships, which will completely consolidate Australasia's naval strength, and Australasia will not be afraid of any country in terms of the navy.

After the construction of these three R108 battleships was completed, Australasia did not delay in the naval limitation treaty.

But so far, this treaty has not been formally signed, and the reasons are worth pondering.

There is also good news in Australasia, that is, the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base has been basically completed.

It has been more than four years since the construction of the fourth phase of the construction plan started.

Although there have been accidents such as influenza in the middle, it has not hindered the overall progress of the fourth phase of construction.

Of course, the cabinet government has appropriately accelerated the progress of the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base. After all, this year is 1923, and the cabinet government is about to usher in a new round of changes.

As long as the construction of the fourth phase of the industrial base is completed as soon as possible and put into use quickly, the cabinet government's achievements will look better, and it will be easier for some cabinet members to seek re-election.

After all, in Australasia, the most important thing for cabinet officials to seek re-election is their achievements during their tenure.

The cabinet government has not made any major mistakes in the past 20 years, which also places great demands on the re-election of cabinet members.

You must not make mistakes, or even have good achievements, in order to be eligible for re-election.

Although most cabinet members have the possibility of re-election, as one of the current world powers, the competitiveness of Australasia's political arena is still very strong.

After years of development, political parties are no longer as few as before. At present, there are more than 100 political parties in Australasia that have been reviewed and registered, and there are as many as 27 political parties based on seats in the House of Representatives, which is enough to show the degree of involution in the current political competition.

Fortunately, these political parties have been strictly reviewed and managed by the Royal Parliament and the Electoral Commission. Australasia's crackdown on illegal political parties is still very strong, which also means that most political parties are within Arthur's control. Such development does not harm or threaten Arthur's rights.

However, this is hard for those cabinet officials and other political parties. The competition among Australasia's political parties is relatively fair, and even the activity funds of each party are uniformly allocated.

This also means that there will not be much gap between political parties in terms of funds and financial resources.

If political parties want to win more support from the public and gain more seats in the House of Representatives, they must seriously consider the interests of the public, rather than just talking without evidence, and only pursuing promises without considering actual actions.

The factories and warehouses built in the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base have now been officially put into production, hundreds of factories have been introduced, and they are still attracting investment.

There are a steady stream of small and medium-sized manufacturers who choose to move to the industrial base. After all, the industrial base has a more developed industrial system, which is much more convenient for the purchase of raw materials and the sale of industrial products.

Of course, Arthur will never allow the Leonora Industrial Base to dominate Australasia.

There is no other reason, the most important thing is for national security considerations.

Although countries do not have the ability to control long-range strikes now, this does not mean that countries in the world will not control it in the future.

For national security considerations, industry can be concentrated, but not too concentrated. The Leonora Industrial Base will become the leader of the industry in western Australasia, but in each state and other administrative region, there should also be large and small industrial bases and industrial zones to achieve a multi-point blossoming situation.

At present, the construction of industry in New Zealand is also going smoothly. Although the industrial bases of North and South New Zealand are not large, they can contribute more than 100,000 jobs together, providing considerable economic contributions to North and South New Zealand, and are also local taxpayers.

This also exists in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The economies of several states in Australia are basically the best in Australasia, except for the relatively small Tasmania and the newly established Northern Australia, the Capital Territory.

This also makes the state governments of these states relatively rich, and the infrastructure of these states is relatively complete compared to other states.

However, the infrastructure of Australasia is based on the planning of the highest government. Even Timor, which has just been established as a state, has caught up with the current infrastructure.

This system, which is planned by the highest government and the state governments have a certain amount of free space for construction, is more suitable for the development of Australasia.

If power is too concentrated, the state governments will not have corresponding room to play. But if power is too dispersed and the state governments have too much autonomy, it is not a good thing for the unity and stability of the country.

How to balance between the two levels of government and explore a more balanced political system that is suitable for the development of Australasia while not harming the two levels of government is what Australasia has been doing for more than 20 years.

At present, the current system is still very good. The state government has relatively free autonomy, but it must be restrained by the national government, and it does not have military power, which will not cause damage to the unity of the country.

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