Chapter 805: Aboriginal Expansion
Speaking of the Far East, Arthur was still quite worried about the expansion of the island country in the Far East. With the idea of creating some trouble for the islanders, Arthur asked the military factory to contact the Far East and sold a large number of weapons and equipment at a low price.
Nicholas II and his family stayed in Australasia for more than a week. After a simple recovery, they requested to go to Britain.
Arthur, who had already achieved all his ideas, naturally had no objection to this. In order to protect Nicholas II and his family, Arthur specially dispatched a navy for escort, and used the 10,000-ton private cruise ship built by the royal family at the Royal Dockyard to personally send Nicholas II and his family to London.
After solving the problem of Nicholas II, Arthur suddenly became much more relaxed.
At present, there is no more trouble in the establishment of the empire, and all that is needed is a period of preparation.
However, before the establishment of the empire, there is one thing that is still necessary to do, that is, to strengthen the military strength of several countries within the sphere of influence of Australasia.
The large-scale military expansion of Australasia will cause other countries to follow suit and arms competition, but countries like the Philippines and Kalimantan will not.
After all, they are all indigenous people. If these countries can cause panic in European countries, then Europe will not be the most developed and prosperous region in the world.
Because the Philippines and Kalimantan are relatively close to Australasia, Australasia's control over these two countries is far greater than that of the United States and the Netherlands before.
Although the Philippines and Kalimantan are both countries with a population of more than 10 million and an army of more than 100,000.
But their military strength is not worth mentioning in front of Australasia, coupled with Arthur's various means of checks and balances, it is very difficult to resist Australasia's rule.
As for the Philippines, although the Philippines is a republic, the politics of the Philippines is almost controlled by Australasia.
For a powerful country, it is too simple to control a country of the size of the Philippines. Arthur only needs to move his fingers to complete it.
The Philippines currently has a certain industry, but the scale is not large, and it is completely under the control of Australasia.
Arthur asked the royal consortium to secretly establish a company in the Philippines, which has now expanded to the largest private industrial enterprise in the Philippines, Desumira Company.
Desumira controls more than 70% of the factories in the Philippines, including various mineral resources, as well as some roads and infrastructure, etc.
It can be said that the status of Desumira in the Philippines is equivalent to that of the complete royal consortium in Australasia.
However, the apparent head of Desumira is a native Filipino, but in fact all the shares are completely controlled by Australasia.
Such means are naturally used to deceive those Filipinos, so that they will transfer the contradictions to their own people instead of resisting the rule of Australasia.
Some smart people may guess or understand the capital behind Desumira, but they have no way to deal with it.
With the huge capital of Desumira, Australasia has won over several political parties in the Philippines and become their donors.
The largest of them is the Philippine National Party. There are a large number of Australasian intelligence personnel in this party, plus many Filipinos who have been infiltrated and bribed.
At present, the Philippine National Party has controlled more than 50% of the seats in the Philippine Parliament, and the head of the National Congress Party has also been successfully elected as the new president of the Philippines.
Under the dual control of economy and politics, the Philippines can't escape the control of Australasia at all.
Moreover, most of the weapons and equipment of the Philippines come from Australasia, and the army is also trained with the help of Australasia.
At present, there are a large number of pro-Australian factions in the Philippine government, including the National Party and several small and medium-sized parties.
With the efforts of these people, tens of millions of Filipino people have also been subtly influenced and are very close to Australasia.
According to the data of the Philippine government, the population of the Philippines has exceeded 12 million as early as two years ago, and the current population is expected to reach about 13.5 million.
Arthur is still very optimistic about this country with a growing population. Even if there are only 13.5 million people, they can at least contribute tens of millions of troops to Australasia in the war, which is also a great help.
The Philippines at this time is quite different from the period of independence.
The first president Manuel was abandoned by Australasia after completing his term.
Manuel is also a smart man. He knows that his prestige in the Philippines is too high, and Australasia will not allow him to stay in the position of president for too long.
After completing his first four-year term, Manuel announced that he would not run for the second term and gave up his army.
Manuel, who retired at the height of his career, naturally won Arthur's favor. In return for Manuel, at Arthur's suggestion, the Philippine government publicly rewarded Manuel with 1 million Australian dollars, several properties and luxury cars in the central city of the Philippine capital.
Knowing that Manuel also pursued fame, the Philippine government publicly praised Manuel as the father of the Philippines and the creator of the Republic, and wrote Manuel's contributions into the constitution.
Such recognition naturally satisfied Manuel, at least this was the greatest compensation for him.
In addition, in private, Arthur also promised to allow Manuel's descendants to study in Australasia, and to allow his descendants to immigrate to Australasia and become a true Australasian.
After all, Manuel was already recognized as the creator of the Republic of the Philippines at this time. If the news of Manuel's immigration to Australasia came out, it would also be a blow to Manuel's reputation.
This is why Arthur put all the rewards on Manuel's descendants. There is a huge gap between a Filipino and an Australasian in terms of identity and welfare benefits, and Manuel naturally understands the benefits of becoming an Australasian.
Let's talk about the current Philippine government.
For the current army, there are about 150,000 people, most of whom are ordinary infantry.
In addition, the Philippines has a cavalry division, an artillery division and a small number of coastal defense navy.
Such a number of troops is not a problem to defend the entire Philippines, but if it plays a role in future wars, it will be a bit difficult.
After all, the Philippines cannot be abandoned. Leave enough troops to guard the Philippines, and the troops that can be mobilized will become countable.
In order to strengthen the military strength of the Philippines, it is necessary for the Philippines to expand its army.
An army of 150,000 is obviously not enough. It must be expanded to at least 300,000, and further expanded to 500,000 in the war to meet Arthur's initial expectations for the Philippine army.
All that is needed to expand the army is weapons and equipment and military expenses, which Australasia can afford.
Of course, it is not free. Weapons and equipment can be sold to the Philippines at a low price, and military expenses can be provided to the Philippines in the form of interest-free or low-interest loans.
These two methods are enough for the Philippines to expand its army to 300,000 and have a relatively sufficient number of troops.
In addition to the expansion of the Philippines, the United Sultanate of Kalimantan also needs to expand greatly.
Compared with the apparently independent Philippines, the Sultanate of Kalimantan, which is completely under the control of Australasia, becomes easier to control.
Arthur only needs to give an order, and as the Great Sultan of Kalimantan, Muhammad must make every effort for Arthur's order.
Otherwise, the small sultans around Muhammad would not mind overthrowing Muhammad's rule and making themselves the new great sultan.
When Arthur arranged the situation in Kalimantan, he considered whether Kalimantan would be out of the control of Australasia in the future.
Under the planning of Arthur and several confidants, Kalimantan Island was reasonably and premeditatedly divided into several pieces, and became a situation of being guarded by many stars.
The advantage of doing so is that the great sultan can better control all other sultanates and give full play to the complete advantages of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.
The second is that other sultanates can also threaten the great sultan and guard against the possible rebellion of the great sultan.
With the great sultan of Kalimantan loyal to Arthur, with the help of Arthur, the great sultan of Kalimantan will have a very stable control over all sultanates, and there is no need to worry about problems in Kalimantan.
But if the great sultan of Kalimantan rebels against Arthur, the several sultanates around his power will become the best chess pieces to quell the rebellion.
To be honest, Arthur doesn't know how many people there are in the current Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.
According to the population of the entire Dutch East Indies, the total population should be 30 to 40 million.
However, due to the previous wars and the migration of the natives, many Dutch and half-Dutch people fled to the Netherlands, causing a sharp drop in the population of the entire Dutch East Indies.
When all the natives were relocated to Kalimantan, many of them were unwilling to leave.
Especially the natives on Java Island. Compared with Java Island, although the land in Kalimantan is larger, the fertility of the soil is far less than that of Java Island.
Moreover, 30 million people are crowded in a small Kalimantan Island, and the degree of congestion is not much better than that of Java Island before.
This also means that the supplies in Kalimantan will be more scarce, and the lives of these natives will be far worse than before.
In order to force all these natives to go to Kalimantan, Australasia used a lot of force at that time.
At least let millions of natives sleep in their hometowns forever, which also reduced the number of natives at that time.
According to the population growth of each sultanate, the current population of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan should be around 40 million to 50 million.
As for the exact number, no one knows. Arthur is not interested in conducting a detailed population census in Kalimantan, and the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan itself does not have the ability to conduct a detailed population census.
However, as long as the population exceeds 40 million, it means that the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan has the ability to form at least 2 million troops.
Even if the army is recruited at all costs and the able-bodied men are forcibly captured, it is not a problem to form an army of four or five million.
With so many able-bodied men and soldiers, Arthur is not afraid at all even if he consumes manpower with the island countries.
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