Chapter 749 Vitamin C

After inspecting the progress of the nuclear weapons research team, and giving bonuses and encouragement to all the researchers in the research team, and issuing them rewards from Arthur and the royal family, and promising to let them take time to see their families, Arthur ended his inspection of the nuclear weapons research and development team.

As for seeing the nuclear weapons process with his own eyes, Arthur was actually not very interested.

No kidding, these processes are relatively dangerous, and the slightest mistake will result in huge casualties.

If Arthur insisted on watching, these scientists would definitely not object, but it would definitely cause great damage to the research progress of nuclear weapons.

These scientists have to take care of Arthur's safety, and secondly, they have to carry out the nuclear weapons production process under Arthur's watch. It is very difficult to avoid mistakes.

Arthur will not cause trouble for himself. After all, as the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The most important thing a qualified monarch should do is not to cause trouble for himself and his subordinates.

Many troubles are self-inflicted, and Arthur is still very clear about this truth. As long as Arthur conducts the inspection safely, there will be no problems, and he can also gain the favor of these scientists. Why not do it?

After returning to Fort Saint-Asser from the city where the nuclear weapons research project team is located, Arthur soon received news that something had happened in Germany.

Similar to Italy, Germany finally had a huge change.

Arthur was not surprised by this. Germany's poor economic situation has already determined the chaos of the political situation, and it is completely normal for coups and revolutions to occur.

Of course, as in history, the mustache came to power smoothly, was named the Prime Minister of the German Empire by William II, and abolished the position of German President.

President Hindenburg, who retired gloriously in history, was not only forced to lose the presidency, but also carried the infamy of causing Germany to lose the First World War, and fell ill on the way back to his hometown.

Since Italy, Germany has also entered the rule of extremism. William II may be tired of political struggles, or he may have listened to Arthur's advice and decided to stay away from German politics for the time being.

In short, after becoming the German Chancellor, the military and political power of Germany fell into the hands of the mustache.

Of course, it is said that the military and political power is actually a mess. The reason why the mustache was able to smoothly take over Hindenburg's power was that in addition to his high respect among the German people, the stormtroopers he created had actually become the largest armed force in Germany.

This is no joke. You know, the size of the German army was limited to 150,000 people. After the division of the states, the number of the army of the imperial government was less than 70,000.

Let's look at the mustache. The number of the stormtroopers has exceeded 200,000, far exceeding the total number of German troops.

In the situation where each state has its own politics and is vaguely independent of the imperial government, the mustache really has no opponent in the imperial government, which is also the reason why President Hindenburg's rule is heading for destruction.

He does not have the trust of the monarch William II, the trust of the grassroots people, and the trust of the political parties.

With only the support of the Junker nobles and a small part of the military, President Hindenburg can no longer maintain his rule, and his presidency is more of a joke.

President Hindenburg's impeachment and resignation was more like the result of the joint cooperation between William II and the little mustache.

In exchange for interests, William II appointed the little mustache as the German Prime Minister and handed over all the military and political power of Germany to him.

The little mustache will also guarantee William II's monarchical status, and he will not actively abolish the monarchy during his reign.

After doing all this, William II moved to a small town on the outskirts of Berlin with his children and family, expressing his determination not to interfere in politics from then on.

The little mustache was also relieved that he could implement his reforms in Germany in a drastic manner and build Germany into the powerful empire in his mind.

Of course, it is 1930 now, and Britain and France still attach great importance to the restrictions on Germany.

The little mustache has no plans to abolish the restriction treaty for the time being, after all, the enemy is still very powerful at this time.

Moreover, the war between neighbors and the arms competition between Britain and France also gave the little mustache hope. Coupled with Mussolini in Italy, the little mustache seemed to see the future situation and the ending of Germany defeating powerful enemies one after another and unifying the whole of Europe.

Although Arthur had anticipated such changes, it was impossible not to react and take precautions.

Britain and France were also paying attention to the changes in Germany. They were also worried whether the Germans would break through the restrictions and become another serious threat to the stability of Europe.

The good news is that the mustache did not do anything too crazy on the surface, which made Britain and France feel relieved.

The French army even fired guns in the border area provocatively. After confirming that the German army had no reaction or threat, the French government was relieved.

For the German Empire, which had only 150,000 soldiers and was completely at odds with the domestic states and the imperial government, Britain and France believed that it was no threat.

Even if a ruler was changed, Britain and France still believed that Germany would not recover in a short time, and their biggest worry was still each other.

It was precisely because of this that after testing that the Germans had no additional ambitions, the French focused all their attention on the confrontation with the British.

In February, France and Britain successively announced a plan for naval construction.

It is worth mentioning that the war to the United States has ended. Logically, the military budgets of various countries should be less than last year.

But the actual situation is that the military budgets of Britain and France are getting higher and higher, and there is even a trend of being the same as last year.

After the French announced the expansion plan to build 3 dreadnoughts, 5 battlecruisers, 1 aircraft carrier, and 30 small and medium-sized warships, the British soon announced their own shipbuilding plan, and doubled the French shipbuilding plan.

Yes, the British shipbuilding plan is very exaggerated. In the next five years, Britain will build at least 6 dreadnoughts, 8 battlecruisers, 4 aircraft carriers, 12 destroyers, 22 frigates and dozens of other small and medium-sized warships.

The number is directly twice that of the French, which also made the French very angry and thought that Britain was targeting them.

In order to express revenge on the British, the French soon announced that they would build 100 submarines and build an Atlantic front connecting the three republics of the United States and France.

The competition between Britain and France has attracted enough attention. These are also the two most powerful countries in the world today.

Going back further, only Australasia and the island countries can be compared with these two countries.

As for other powers, there is already a big gap between them and these four countries. It is precisely because of such a huge gap in strength that the European media even divides the powers into big powers and small powers.

Knowing that he cannot put all his hopes on nuclear weapons, Arthur decided to increase research on other weapons and prepare for possible wars in advance.

Tanks, airplanes, cannons, rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, medical equipment, transportation equipment, communication equipment and various advanced machinery are all areas that Arthur wants to improve.

Only by leading the world in these weapons can Australasia have the confidence to win the next war, and Arthur can have the confidence to win enough benefits for his country and people.

Not mentioned before, along with the progress of nuclear weapons research and development, many advanced technologies have also been born, such as the electron microscope technology that was born only last year.

The working principle of the microscope is very simple, which is to magnify an object a lot so that details that cannot be seen by the naked eye can be seen.

The electron microscope is even more exaggerated. Generally speaking, the magnification of ordinary microscopes is from dozens to hundreds of times, while the magnification of electron microscopes can reach 2000 times.

Thanks to this feature, electron microscopes play an extremely important role in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine and health, and it is also a great achievement that must be mentioned.

With the electron microscope, the subsequent research on biology has become more effective and rapid.

Even more far-sightedly, electron microscopes can more effectively deal with the research of various bacteria and viruses, as well as microorganisms such as bacteriophages.

Whether it is to make various bacteria and viruses by yourself, or to guard against bacteria and viruses made by the enemy, it plays an extremely important role.

Of course, the biggest role is to study the viruses that humans themselves have, so that more diseases can be cured.

There is another aspect, that is, the artificial production of vitamin C.

Although various vitamin C drugs in later generations have become very common, and the price of vitamin C products is also very low.

But now, vitamin C is still a relatively new thing.

As early as hundreds of years ago, those navigators discovered that when sailing long distances, crew members often get a disease called scurvy.

At that time, there were not many treatments for this disease. People didn't even know why the disease was caused and how to treat it.

Until now, after research and exploration by a group of organic chemists, the chemical formula of vitamins has been found in various plant samples, and pure vitamin C has been produced.

This organic chemist also won the Victoria Medicine Award last year for discovering and producing vitamin C, and was received by Arthur.

For the current situation, vitamin C actually plays a vital role. In some long-distance voyages, it is difficult to ensure that there are always fresh fruits and food, which also means that the crew has a high probability of suffering from scurvy, that is, lack of vitamin C.

But with the medicine about vitamin C, whether it is a warship or a civilian ship, there is no need to worry about the trouble of scurvy during long-distance voyages.

After all, you only need to take vitamin C medicine on time, and at least the body will not cause scurvy due to lack of vitamin C.

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