Chapter 854 Military Production

Speaking of which, Arthur's youngest son George was born in 1919, and as of this year 1936, he has just turned 17 years old.

Although he is not an adult, he no longer has the face of a child. After Arthur's long-term education, George looks mature and stable, and has the appearance of a wise monarch.

After careful consideration, Arthur decided to let George return to the West Coast United Kingdom in advance, and take advantage of the upcoming World War II to improve his reputation in the country and let him take the opportunity to gain certain power.

After all, the United States was a republic before. Although the situation in the West Coast United Kingdom is relatively stable under the influence of Australasia, it is ultimately the interference of external factors.

In order to completely stabilize the monarchy of the West Coast United Kingdom, George, as the king, must work hard to win the trust and support of the people at home.

This is why Arthur said that the war is the time for George and Peter to completely sit on the throne.

Only when the royal family and the people advance and retreat together and successfully win this war, can they, as kings, consolidate their position and gain the support of the people from the bottom of their hearts.

When George left the palace, Arthur was even more sad than when he saw Peter off.

This is not to say that Arthur favored George, but after the death of Princess Louise, the population of the royal family was indeed getting smaller and smaller.

After seeing off Peter and George one after another, the royal family now only has William and his wife, and their child Alexander, in addition to Arthur and his wife.

However, the good news is that under Arthur's repeated urging, William and Princess Alexandrine are also about to welcome their second child.

Calculating the date, the time is almost up, it should be within one or two months.

This will allow the royal family to have more children, so that it will not look so deserted after Peter and George left one after another.

Just like seeing off Peter before, almost the entire royal family went out, and Arthur and Queen Mary gave George the last instructions before George left.

The national conditions of the Kingdom of California and the United Kingdom of the West Coast are different, and the help Arthur gave to Peter and George is also different.

What is more consistent is a well-trained elite force with less than a thousand people.

The families of these troops will go to the West Coast United Kingdom with George and will serve as George's guards to rule the West Coast Kingdom.

In addition to the army, George will also go to the West Coast United Kingdom with a part of officials specially trained for George, medical experts, dozens of servants, including private tailors, jewelers, chefs, etc.

It is worth mentioning that Ajedine, the previous Minister of Royal Affairs of the Australasian Cabinet Government, will also go to the West Coast United Kingdom with George.

Ajedine will become an important minister under George and serve as the Prime Minister of the West Coast United Kingdom.

As for George's palace steward, Arthur sent his confidant, Colin Firth, to take the position after careful study.

Colin Firth is not old. He was born in 1897 and is only 39 years old now.

Being born and raised in Australasia is one of his advantages. Another advantage is that Colin Firth is a beneficiary of Arthur's policy of helping orphans.

Colin Firth lost both his parents when he was young and was adopted by the orphanage built by Arthur's order. Because of his outstanding performance, Colin Firth successfully completed a series of studies, and got Arthur's attention and entered the list of potential talent training programs.

In the training of talents, Arthur first attaches importance to loyalty and then to ability.

In the tests of loyalty and ability, Colin Firth performed very well, which is why Arthur finally appointed him as George's palace butler.

Moreover, since George obtained the title, Colin Firth has become George's actual butler.

Colin Firth has performed very well so far, at least Arthur has no reason to replace him.

As for whether George will replace the butler in the future, it depends on whether Colin Firth can satisfy George. The palace butler is very important to a monarch. On this point, Arthur gave George a lot of freedom.

And before Arthur appointed Colin Firth as George's butler, he also asked George's opinion.

After getting George's nod of agreement, Arthur gave the order.

Speaking of the two countries controlled by Australasia in North America, the current development can be regarded as "rapid".

The current population of the Kingdom of California is close to 6.5 million, of which more than 98% live in California, which also proves the huge gap between the two states in the Kingdom of California.

The West Coast United Kingdom does not have such a big gap. The total population of Washington State, which has been renamed the Capital District, is only about 1.7 million.

The remaining Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming have a population of only 1.01 million, 520,000, 450,000 and 220,000 respectively.

Although the area of ​​the West Coast United Kingdom is almost twice that of California, its population is only about 4 million, much less than that of the Kingdom of California.

Even the combined population of the two kingdoms is only over 10 million, which is less than the population of New York eight years ago. This is why Australasia occupies such a large area of ​​land without much opposition from Britain and France.

To fully develop these lands, each kingdom needs at least 20 million people. But the population of Australasia at that time was less than 40 million. It was basically a daydream to develop these lands in a short period of time.

On the other hand, the lands controlled by Britain and France were either the prosperous New York State or the relatively developed oil industry and cotton planting industry in Texas. In short, each had its own advantages.

However, barren areas also have their own advantages.

At least relatively speaking, Peter and George's rule would be more stable, and there would be no need to worry about too many local forces threatening their rule.

In large states like New York and Texas, the internal capitalists and other local forces are crisscrossed. If you want to rule those areas, you must devote a lot of energy and time.

Before seeing George off, Arthur gave George a task, which was to make full use of the vast area and fertile land of the West Coast United Kingdom to vigorously develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

Taking advantage of the vast land and sparse population of the West Coast United Kingdom, it is easy to carry out large-scale farm-style agriculture at this time. There is a lot of land allocated to each farmer. As long as the land is connected, it will be conducive to the development of mechanization.

The extensive use of mechanization in agriculture can not only effectively increase agricultural output, but also save manpower invested in agriculture.

The war is about to break out, and there is no harm in growing more grain at this time. In addition to domestic consumption, it can also be exported in small quantities to foreign countries in exchange for a certain amount of foreign exchange income.

These grains can be exported to the east coast of the United States, where there are more people and fewer areas for planting.

It can even attract more immigrants in the war, but all this depends on George himself.

After George left, Australasia officially entered a state of war readiness.

Arthur has expanded the number of reserve forces to a certain extent. The so-called reserve force is a force that can be organized and has a certain combat effectiveness in the first time when a war breaks out or the country mobilizes.

At present, the total number of Australasia's troops is about 60,000, with 20,000 reserve forces and nearly 2 million recruitable soldiers.

This also means that under extreme conditions, Australasia can at least form an army of more than 4 million.

Of course, if you really don't care about anything, this number can grow infinitely.

But under Arthur's plan, the maximum number of troops that Australasia can deploy is only 4 million. If it exceeds this number, even if the war can be won, it will cause a huge blow to all walks of life in Australasia.

The casualties caused by the war will also cause a sharp decline in the population. By then, Australasia will completely lose its competitiveness as a world hegemon and can only watch the rise of Russia or other countries.

Fortunately, with the two vassal states of the Philippines and Kalimantan, there is no shortage of sources of people.

Under extreme conditions, the Philippines can provide nearly 2 million troops. And Kalimantan is even more exaggerated. If you don't care about anything, the population of Kalimantan can at least provide 5 million to 7 million troops.

In this way, Australasia can command more than 13 million troops in an ideal state.

Such an army size is comparable to the troops deployed by the two major military groups in World War I. If you still can't win World War II, it can only prove that your teammates don't want to win the battlefield.

In the preparation for war, Arthur paid the most attention to the strategic reserve of various weapons.

After a year, the number of light weapons in Australasia has increased to: 2.74 million rifles, 40,000 machine guns, 70,000 artillery pieces of various calibers, 500 million bullets, 47 million artillery shells, 2.2 million sets of infantry equipment, and 22 million grenades.

In terms of heavy weapons, the warehouses are parked with more than 2,250 Cromwell I light tanks, 1,255 T-31 medium tanks and 827 T-31A heavy main battle tanks.

This is the speed when the tank factory has not entered full production. As long as the production is carried out in three shifts and overtime, the output of tanks in the first year can exceed 6,500 per year.

Coupled with the continuous expansion of the scale of the tank factory, Australasia can easily reach the industrial prosperity of Britain and the United States in World War II, with an annual output of more than 10,000 tanks.

Finally, there are aircraft. After a period of testing, the sixth-generation military aircraft was finally announced to have passed the test and officially entered production.

Last year, the speed of aircraft manufacturing was not fast, with an annual output of only about 1,200 aircraft.

But because it was only the first year of the sixth-generation military aircraft being put into production, such a production speed is understandable.

As time entered 1936, Arthur had only one requirement for the Royal Aircraft Factory, which was to triple the production speed of aircraft, at least to increase the annual output to more than 3,600 aircraft.

If it really doesn't work, after the outbreak of the war, Boeing and Douglas Aircraft Company can also produce the sixth-generation military aircraft on behalf of them.

These two companies have mastered the technology of jet engines. As long as the production line is urgently modified, it is not difficult to achieve the production of the sixth-generation military aircraft in a short time.

After all, all the technologies of the sixth-generation military aircraft are in the hands of the Royal Aircraft Factory. As long as the technology is disclosed to Boeing and Douglas, they will be able to achieve the production of the sixth-generation military aircraft.

By then, the three companies will work at full capacity and produce desperately, and the annual output of aircraft will not be inferior to any country.

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