Chapter 667: Army Expansion and Organization

The current situation has changed too much compared to history, but there is no way around it.

After all, Arthur would never allow such a great enemy as Roosevelt to rule the United States in the next few years.

Roosevelt is much more capable than President Wilson in World War I. He is one of the best presidents in the entire history of the United States and one of the inseparable figures in the United States' becoming the world hegemon.

The results of the United States with Roosevelt and without Roosevelt will be completely different. Assassinating Roosevelt is a good thing for Australasia, and this is what Arthur will do no matter what.

Even if this matter is exposed in the future and he bears a short-term infamy for it, Arthur will never mind.

As a time traveler, if he can't even solve his own major problems in advance, it will really be a shame for the time traveler.

But there is also bad news, that is, Roosevelt will definitely not become the president of the United States. This means that the future development of the United States will be completely out of Arthur's control, and no one knows what kind of country the United States will become in the economic crisis.

Perhaps there will be radicals who will lead the United States to extremes, or perhaps there will be another person like Roosevelt who will restore the prosperity of the United States.

But no matter what, the strength of the United States without Roosevelt will definitely be weakened. Even the competition for the US president this time will become the hottest topic in the United States, and it will also determine whether the United States can quickly get out of the economic crisis.

Arthur is looking forward to the next changes in the United States, but at the same time, he has to take some precautions against the changes in the United States.

To be honest, the political situation is changing rapidly. Even in the United States, there are some extremists in the country.

Coupled with this economic crisis, it is not impossible for the United States to go to extremes and use foreign wars to divert the impact of the economic crisis.

After all, to put it bluntly, Mexico, the neighbor to the south of the United States, is still relatively weak and will not be a rival of the United States at all.

Going further south, it can also take advantage of the situation to control the entire Central America. It is not impossible for the United States to do so in extreme cases.

The simplest way to prepare is to expand the armaments of Australasia. After the naval shipbuilding plan was approved, the army's expansion plan was also underway soon.

It is worth mentioning that the nine aircraft carriers of the Navy are actually equivalent to the construction of more than 200 aircraft. In addition, because the cost of aircraft is too expensive, the scale of the Air Force does not need to be expanded for the time being.

At present, the focus of military expansion is on the army, with the goal of expanding the size of Australasia's army to the same level as the top powers.

According to the total number of armies in various countries in the world, the Russians are still the world's number one.

Russia already has the largest population among the powers, and with the previous civil war and war threats, it is not surprising that it maintains an army size of nearly one million.

The second largest army after Russia is France. Of course, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, France also reduced the size of its army, which currently only maintains around 420,000.

Next is the British Empire, with a total army of 350,000, most of which are British native troops, and the colonial troops and the troops of the dominions are not included.

The fourth island country has a total army of 70,000. The island country has experienced three consecutive rounds of disarmament after World War I, and the current total army has only 17 divisions.

The fifth place is Australasia, with a total army of 450,000, which is not much different from the army size of the island country, and can also be understood as tied for fourth.

The sixth place is Italy. Under the leadership of Mussolini, the total number of Italian army is about 200,000.

The seventh is Germany. The number of German army is strictly limited to 150,000. But if calculated by combat effectiveness, the German army composed of elite officers is the most combat-effective, which also confirms the saying that concentration is the essence.

The eighth place is the Austrian Empire. The total number of the Austrian Empire's army is about 120,000. Because of the loss of Hungary and the reduction of a large amount of territory, the Austrian Empire lost a large number of people, and the total size of the army was strictly limited to about 120,000.

A more distinctive feature can be found. The United States, a powerful power that has not suffered any restrictions, has a total army size that lags behind the restricted Germany and the Austrian Empire.

This has to mention the national policy of the United States after World War I and the stinginess of Congress.

Although the United States mostly played a soy sauce role in World War I, it was still very proud after winning World War I.

The US government carelessly thought that there would be no large-scale war for a long time to come, and mankind would usher in a long era of peace.

This also made the United States give up preparing for war and repeatedly reduce the size of its army, which was not very large to begin with. The total number of the US Army is now less than 100,000.

Simply reducing the number of troops is not the purpose of the US Congress. Under the rule of several conservative US presidents, the US Congress has greatly reduced military spending on the army, and the US military has hardly been updated, and it is still the same as after World War I.

If it weren't for the flu crisis at the time that the World Alliance almost led to a resolution to jointly capture the United States, I'm afraid the current US would have cut the number of its army to about 50,000.

After all, for a country like the United States with a unique geographical location, as long as the navy can guard the two oceans, there will be basically no trouble on land.

Although there are two neighbors to the north and south, Canada is only a dominion with a much smaller population than the United States.

Mexico has always been defeated by the United States. The United States, including California and New Mexico, are occupied from Mexico.

In this case, the United States will naturally not be afraid of Mexico, which also means that the land pressure on the United States is almost zero.

Although the total size of the Australasian army is almost tied with the island countries and ranks fourth in the world (only counting the great powers), Arthur is still not satisfied with this result.

The most important reason is that because of the variables in the United States, it is very likely that the United States and the island countries will go together, making Australasian attacked from all sides.

In this case, it becomes necessary to maintain a sufficient number of navy, army and air force. In addition to maintaining the conventional army, emergency preparedness measures must be established to ensure that millions of new soldiers can be recruited to join the army in a short time to fight for the country.

Regarding the expansion of the army, Defense Minister Thomas Johnson also quickly took out a plan and handed it to the cabinet.

The previous size of the Australasian army was two guards divisions, ten conventional infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, four artillery divisions and one tank division.

Because almost all the indigenous people were expelled, Australasia no longer has a colonial army. There are only two armies, the Guards and the regular army, which are all composed of Australasia people.

Because the last expansion only included the National Defense Force, this expansion also added the Guards Division, which is expected to directly expand to ten divisions. The size of Australasia's army exceeds that of the United Kingdom, reaching the third in the world (only counting the great powers) after Russia and France.

First, the two Guards Divisions were expanded into two Guards Infantry Divisions and one Guards Cavalry Division. Although there are also cavalry regiments in the Guards Infantry Division, there is no separate cavalry division.

Although tanks have been developed, the role of cavalry in some terrains cannot be replaced by tanks, at least for decades.

It is worth mentioning that because of the expansion of the army, the highest military organization in Australasia is no longer a division, but a corps composed of multiple divisions.

First of all, there are two Guards Infantry Divisions and one Guards Cavalry Division. These Guards troops will be directly merged into the Guards, with a total of about 20,000 people at full strength, responsible for stationing in the Capital District and near Fort St. Arthur to protect the safety of the royal palace and Arthur.

In addition, it is conventional expansion.

The number of infantry divisions expanded to 15, and the number of cavalry divisions expanded to 4. Together with 3 tank divisions and 6 artillery divisions, Australasia has a total of 26 divisions, a huge conventional army of more than 350,000 people.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions and the 1st Cavalry Division and the 1st Artillery Division form the First Army of the Conventional Army. The commander is Silvio, the former commander of the 1st Division, and the chief of staff is Felitz, the former commander of the 2nd Division. Both of them are lieutenant generals.

The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions and the 2nd Artillery Division form the Second Army. The commander is Batro, the former commander of the 3rd Division, and the chief of staff is Scott, the former commander of the 4th Division, with the rank of lieutenant general.

The 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Infantry Divisions and the 3rd Artillery Division form the Third Army. The commander is Martin, the former commander of the 2nd Guards Division, and the chief of staff is Hermann, the former chief of staff of the 1st Division, with the rank of lieutenant general.

The 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry Divisions form the Fourth Army, whose commander is Barford, the former Chief of Staff of the First Guards Division, and whose Chief of Staff is Kenneth, the former Chief of Staff of the Second Guards Division.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Cavalry Divisions form the Fifth Army, whose commander is Victor and whose Chief of Staff is Ian.

The 4th, 5th and 6th Artillery Divisions form the Sixth Army, whose commander is Igor and whose Chief of Staff is Robbie.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tank Divisions form the Seventh Army, whose commander is Karl and whose Chief of Staff is Salar.

After such expansion and restructuring, Australasia will have one Guards Army and seven regular armies, and the army size and actual combat capability will be much stronger than before.

Of course, whether these new army commanders can coordinate and manage more soldiers is also a question. The highest level of the army organization in Australasia before was the division level, and now it has expanded directly to the army level, which is a great test for the ability of the highest commander of the army organized by the army.

The army commander and the chief of staff are equivalent to the brain of an army. If there is a problem with the brain function, the combat effectiveness of the army will also be affected.

But similarly, if the brain performs particularly well, it is very effective in strengthening the combat effectiveness of the army as a unit, and it is also the best embodiment of a famous general on the battlefield.

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