Chapter 818: Lake Eyre Canal Completed

If Arthur remembered correctly, the two princes before Prince Juan's succession seemed to have given up their right to inherit the throne in 1933.

Although this scene has not happened yet, it is not difficult to make it happen.

Considering these, Arthur did not stop Anna and Prince Juan from falling in love, and finally the two finally got engaged.

At the end of 1933, Arthur finally met the last king of Spain, Alfonso XIII.

After the two discussed, the engagement of Prince Juan and Princess Anna was also scheduled for the beginning of next year.

This is a good thing for both parties. For Arthur, Princess Anna can find someone she likes, which is the best thing for Anna as a royal princess.

For Alfonso XIII, his son can find a very powerful ally for him, which is very helpful for his plan to restore the throne.

Although Australasia is far away from Spain, it is also recognized as the third most powerful country in the world.

Such strength is enough to support his restoration, which also made Alfonso XIII smile almost all the time, and his smile was very sincere.

In the outside world, the media commented that the union of the two royal families was a high-end marriage for the Spanish royal family.

The status of a royal family that has lost the throne and a royal family that has just become a royal family is naturally incomparable.

What's more, Spain itself is just a second-rate country in Europe, while Australasia is the world's top country.

This is equivalent to the marriage of the richest man in an ordinary city and the top three richest people in the country. The high-end marriage is definitely the richest man in an ordinary city.

In addition to Princess Anna's marriage, there were several more important news at the end of 1933.

One of them was the official completion of the Lake Eyre Canal.

The construction of the Lake Eyre Canal began in early 1929 and was completed at the end of 1933, which took nearly five years.

During these five years, the Australasia government invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and finally completed the construction of an entire section of the canal.

On the day of completion, Arthur attended the completion celebration of the Lake Eyre Canal and witnessed the "grand occasion" of a large amount of river water pouring into Lake Eyre.

It was visible to the naked eye that the originally dry Lake Eyre became moist in an instant. In just a few days, a large amount of seawater poured into Lake Eyre.

These seawaters continued to soak the surrounding land along the soil, making the originally dry area around Lake Eyre suddenly moist.

The Australian and American media reported extensively on the completion of the canal and began to publicize the beneficial effects that the large amount of lake water would have on the surrounding land after the completion of Lake Eyre.

However, even if there is an impact, it will definitely be a long time later. The drought environment around Lake Eyre cannot be solved in a short period of time, and the Lake Eyre Canal is more of a long-term benefit consideration.

On the second day after the completion of Lake Eyre, Arthur took a cruise ship of more than 20,000 tons and experienced the entire journey of the Lake Eyre Canal from south to north.

Because when the Lake Eyre Canal was built, it was considered that the canal would undertake part of the transportation for the surrounding mineral resources and industrial bases, which also made the width and depth of the canal larger than previously expected.

A cruise ship of more than 20,000 tons sailing on the canal will not cause any congestion to the canal at all.

It was also on this day that a large number of transport ships began to pass through the canal, transporting a large amount of mineral resources in central Australia from south to north or from north to south to other cities and domestic and foreign countries by water.

Especially the Broken Hill Industrial Base, because of the completion of the Lake Eyre Canal, there is an additional mode of transportation to choose from.

The development of the industrial base has also become smoother. At the end of 1933, it had entered the maximum production state and successfully accommodated more than 500,000 workers.

The Broken Hill Industrial Base entered the maximum production state, effectively alleviating the employment pressure brought by the large population in the surrounding areas.

Around the Broken Hill Industrial Base, there are four major administrative regions: Victoria, the Capital Territory, Sydney Territory and New South Wales, which are also the most densely populated areas in the entire Australasia.

This also means one thing, that is, the development potential of the Broken Hill Industrial Base is far beyond imagination.

Arthur also made an important decision, that is, to start the construction of a new phase of the Broken Hill Industrial Base, and to build the Broken Hill Industrial Base and the Leonora Industrial Base into a true layout of the East-West dual industrial centers.

These two major industrial centers have their own advantages. The Leonora Industrial Base is close to the minerals in Western Australia. The advantage is that the mineral resources are extremely rich, and it is close to the Australian inland. There is no need to worry about enemy bombing in a short time.

As for the Broken Hill Industrial Base, although the surrounding mineral resources are not as rich as the Leonora Industrial Base, the mineral resources are definitely not small.

More importantly, there is a large population around the Broken Hill Industrial Base, which also means that the development potential of the Broken Hill Industrial Base may be greater than that of the Leonora Industrial Base, which Arthur once had high hopes for.

This point will be judged by the total production and profit of the Broken Hill Industrial Base at that time.

But in any case, it is still necessary to continue to expand the scale of the Broken Hill Industrial Base.

If it were peacetime, Arthur would not want to expand the industry on such a large scale. But seeing that the war is coming, there is no harm in expanding the industry at this time.

After all, this war is more brutal than World War I, and the consumption of resources is much greater than World War I.

This also means that as long as the various war materials manufactured in Australasia can be safely transported to Europe, there is no worry about sales.

Especially when Australasia may fight a war with the island countries in the Pacific, it is necessary to expand the scale and output of industry and crush the enemy in industry and economy.

At present, the industrial scale of Australasia is several times that of the island countries. If the industrial scale continues to expand, Arthur really doesn't know how to lose this war.

This is why Arthur is unwilling to invest a lot of money in the navy. Otherwise, based on the current huge industrial and economic gap between Australasia and the island countries, the island countries will not be able to catch up with Australasia in the competition of naval arms.

The economy and industry of the island countries have determined that their investment in the navy is huge, but also limited.

Australasia is different. If Arthur goes crazy, he can make it so exaggerated that for every warship built by the island country, Australasia will build two.

Since the founding of Australasia, the government has not borne a particularly exaggerated debt. If it really disregards everything, the economic scale of the island country is definitely not an opponent.

But unfortunately, Arthur will not exhaust the country's potential for such an opponent.

What's more, with more powerful aircraft carriers and missiles that have been ahead for many years, Arthur does not think that with the current naval scale of Australasia, it will lose when fighting against the islanders.

Arthur has no specific requirements for the new phase of construction of the Broken Hill Industrial Base, but he also put forward his own expectations, that is, to form a layout of two industrial centers in the east and west with the Leonora Industrial Base.

This also means that the scale of the Broken Hill Industrial Base is to catch up with the Leonora Industrial Base.

The Leonora Industrial Base can already accommodate more than 1.5 million workers, and the Broken Hill Industrial Base is currently only a fraction of the Leonora Industrial Base.

To reach the scale of 1.5 million workers, it means that the Broken Hill Rare Industrial Base must double its current scale.

This involves a problem, that is, the current Minister of Industry David Paul Oliver is actually conservative.

In order to allow the Broken Hill Industrial Base to develop smoothly, Arthur deliberately granted the head of the Broken Hill Industrial Base Special District higher power, so that he would not be influenced too much by Minister David when planning the construction of the Broken Hill Industrial Base.

As time is about to come to 1934, Arthur also decided to make the final preparations for the war and let Australasia gradually enter a state of war.

The most important one is the construction of transportation.

Although Australasia has caught up with European countries in railways and roads in the past 30 years, and the transportation environment has improved too much.

But Arthur will not be satisfied with this.

In the meeting between Arthur and the new Minister of Transportation Perry Suckling, Arthur put forward the requirement for the transportation department, that is, to vigorously build highways in 1934.

Speaking of highways, they are no longer unfamiliar to Australasia.

From the most rudimentary roads to the relatively flat highways now, the efforts of the transportation department are worthy of praise.

It has been proved that highways are still very helpful for exchanges and communication between regions.

At present, the speed limit of highways has been increased to 75 kilometers per hour, which also means that in most cases, taking a car is the fastest mode of transportation besides airplanes and airships.

Taking all factors into consideration, cars are the fastest mode of transportation among the cheap ones, and the cheapest mode of transportation among the fastest ones.

It is precisely because of this that people from all over the country have asked the government to build highways to their cities so that they can also enjoy the convenience brought by high-speed travel.

One thing that cannot be ignored is that the development of the automobile industry has allowed highways to be continuously built to various places.

The speed of the first car could not reach 75 kilometers per hour. But now, there are countless car brands in Australasia, and the fastest luxury sports car can even reach a speed of more than 90 kilometers per hour.

However, because the current cars are not so stable, the speed limit of the highway is still maintained at 75 kilometers per hour.

Even in urban areas, the speed limit on urban roads shall not exceed 30 kilometers per hour, and the speed limit on suburban roads shall not exceed 50 kilometers per hour.

Such regulations are more to ensure the safety of pedestrians on the road. After all, now that there are no cameras on the road, most drivers do not have so many scruples when driving, and there are also many road rages.

This also forced the public security department to increase the number of police officers in the city. Especially the traffic police, which is already one of the most important departments in the city police.

Now technology is not so advanced. If you want to monitor the speed of vehicles on various roads, you can only let these traffic police control it personally.

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