The Rise of Australia - Chapter 966

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The perspective comes to Germany.

The war between Australasia and the island countries is over. If we talk about the most nervous country, it is definitely Germany.

Although Australasia is thousands of miles away, the weapons they used on the island battlefield are too terrifying, which is definitely a means to influence the European war.

After learning that Australasia has such weapons, the German government has two plans.

The first plan is to develop powerful weapons similar to Australasia, and then use them on the European battlefield to directly end the war.

The second plan is to speed up the attack on other European countries and try to end the war in Europe as much as possible before Australasia sends more troops and uses such weapons against Germany.

The two plans are carried out at the same time. No matter which one succeeds, or both plans succeed, Germany will be invincible.

As for the result that both plans fail, for the current German government, that is completely unthinkable.

After all, with the integration of the industries of Czechoslovakia and Austria, as well as the military technology of Austria and Poland, Germany’s current military technology talents are definitely at the forefront of the world.

If Germany cannot develop weapons like Australasia, then it can only be said that Australasia’s military technology and talent pool are far ahead of Germany.

In this case, the failure of the war due to technological progress can be accepted.

However, the Germans do not believe that Australasia, which was once just a colony, can achieve a great leap in military technology in less than 40 years.

Even the German Empire during World War I did not do this, so how could Australasia do it?

Arthur is not worried about other countries’ possible development of nuclear weapons.

First of all, Australasia once monopolized nearly half of the nuclear physics talents in order to develop nuclear weapons. Although countries have increased their training of talents in this area after reacting.

But at present, Australasia’s talent pool in the field of nuclear physics still accounts for about one-third of the world’s talents, which is the real reason why Australasia’s nuclear weapons can be put into use now.

As long as a country occupies more than one-third of the world’s talents in a field, the achievements it has made in this field are absolutely world-leading.

Because it is basically difficult for two countries in the world to each control one-third of the talents in an industry. After all, other countries are not fools. The importance of talents is understood by countries in any era.

Arthur is happy to see that Germany may strengthen its attack on other countries.

Especially the war against Russia. The two countries have entered a white-hot stage. The two ongoing battles, whether it is the Battle of Moscow or the Battle of Sudalingrad, are large-scale battles with a total number of more than one million.

Especially the Battle of Moscow, which brought together large troops and elites from both Germany and Russia, with more than four million participants, and cumulative casualties of more than one million. On average, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people died on the battlefield every day.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike the Battle of Moscow in history, the Battle of Moscow in this world took place in the summer of the northern hemisphere, and the surrounding area of ​​Moscow was not that cold.

This resulted in the logistics of the German army barely keeping up, which was comparable to the logistics of the Russian army.

At present, what Arthur most hopes to see is the massive consumption of Russian manpower.

Compared with colonial empires such as Britain and France, countries like Russia are more terrifying.

Because Russia has almost no major weaknesses, they are rich in mineral resources, have a large population, and their land is connected.

Britain and France are different. No matter how powerful they are, their homeland is always limited.

More importantly, the colonies of Britain and France are far away from their homeland, and it is difficult to localize the colonies.

This means that Britain and France have natural weaknesses, and their threat to Australasia is not as great as that of Russia.

While looking forward to Germany’s response, Arthur turned his attention to South America, which is still neutral.

There are many countries in South America, including regional powers such as Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

Although they cannot be compared with the great powers, the three South American countries can still compete for the second strongest position in the world, that is, the top 16 in the world.

Especially Brazil, with the demise of Austria and Poland and the fragmentation of the island country, it seems to be a potential future power.

The land area of ​​South America is as high as 17.8 million square kilometers, and the resources are naturally rich.

Venezuela’s oil reserves and Brazil’s iron ore reserves are among the highest in the world; natural gas is mainly distributed in Venezuela and Argentina; coal is mainly distributed in Colombia and Brazil; bauxite is mainly distributed in Suriname; copper metal reserves are over 100 million tons, ranking first among all continents.

Chile’s copper reserves rank second in the world, and Peru ranks fourth; bismuth, antimony, silver, saltpeter, beryllium and sulfur reserves are among the highest in all continents; tin, manganese, mercury, platinum, lithium, uranium, vanadium, zirconium, thorium, diamond and other minerals are also abundant.

Coupled with Argentina’s black soil, South America is the perfect place for mineral resource imports in Arthur’s eyes.

After all, South America has been the back garden of the United States in history. Now that the United States is gone, it is only natural for South America to become the back garden of Australasia.

Of course, Arthur’s ambitions are not that big, and it is impossible to forcibly control the rise of South American countries.

But it is inevitable to establish cooperation with South American countries and import a large amount of mineral resources and oil from South America.

Speaking of South America, we have to mention this only pure land in history during World War II.

Except for Brazil, which colluded with Germany in the war, other countries remained neutral during World War II.

Because the eyes of major powers were on the European battlefield, South America had a very good opportunity for development during World War II.

However, it is not so easy for Arthur and Australasia to stay out of trouble.

Only by letting South America fall into the vortex of war can Australasia seek more benefits in South America.

Speaking of which, although South America looks more peaceful, the actual gunpowder content is not much less than that of the Balkans.

Although the independence of South American countries has not been long, there have been countless wars caused by land and resources.

Even more famous is the small naval arms race between South America. The conflict and competition between Brazil, Argentina and Chile have lasted for decades, which is no shorter than the current European war.

Considering the good relations between Argentina and Chile and the British, and the current cooperation between Brazil and Germany, a two-on-one just war between South America is not impossible.

On October 3, 1937, the Australasian government and the British government launched a new round of talks.

One of the topics of the talks was about how to deal with Brazil, which was supporting Germany in the war.

Although the Brazilian government did not explicitly support Germany, their import and export trade with Germany not only did not stop because of the war, but became closer and closer.

Brazil has now become Germany’s largest import and export partner outside of Europe, and Brazil is also Germany’s most important importer of materials.

Nearly half of the merchant ships attacked by the British that transported materials to Germany were from Brazil, which is enough to show Brazil’s current relationship with Germany.

For such a country that still maintains relations with Germany, in the eyes of Britain and Australasia, it is a potential enemy.

The reason why Germany’s materials can still hold up is probably due to Brazil’s contribution.

How to deal with this traitor Brazil? The best way is to keep Brazil busy so that he has no time to deal with trade with Germany.

This has to rely on the remaining two powers in South America, Argentina and Chile.

Especially Argentina, which is a neighboring country of Brazil, and the competition between them is more intense. With the support of Britain and Australia, I believe that the Argentines will be interested in a war with Brazil.

Although the scale of this war may not be large, the troops invested by both sides are at most hundreds of thousands. However, for the countries in South America, this is already a large-scale war.

The Australasian government also mentioned the division of spheres of influence in South America to the British.

In the division of spheres of influence, neither Britain nor Australasian considered the interests of the French.

But this is normal. After all, the losses of the French in this war have been very huge, and the war performance is quite poor. It is also very normal to be despised.

Regarding the division of power in South America, the British are not willing to give up Chile. As mentioned before, the British need Chile’s minerals very much, and Argentina is not so important in comparison.

As a matter of course, Australasian has obtained the sphere of influence of Argentina. Although this does not allow Australasian to directly control Argentina, some economic actions against Argentina will also be tacitly approved by Britain.

Arthur was basically quite satisfied with this division of spheres of influence. In the long run, Argentina’s development potential will exceed Chile’s.

Although both countries are relatively narrow and long lands, Argentina’s land width is much wider than Chile’s.

From the map, Chile is like a thin and long toothpick. Such a land shape is very easy to be threatened, and its own development potential will be severely restricted.

Argentina is different. Argentina not only has one of the four major black soils, but also has more land area, and its own development potential is even stronger.

As long as the Argentine market can be penetrated, Australasia’s industrial development will be greatly helped in the future.

After completing the division of spheres of influence, Australasia also started its own action, which is the plan to promote the war in South America.

If you want to promote the war in South America, Argentina is absolutely indispensable, and its importance is even higher than Chile.

After all, Chile and Brazil are not adjacent, which also means that it is basically impossible for the two countries to go to war.

Argentina’s agriculture and animal husbandry are also quite developed, and grain and meat exports are Argentina’s pillar economy.

Since the outbreak of World War II, Argentina has earned a lot of income in World War II through cooperation with Britain and France, and successfully reversed the crisis of unsalable agricultural products since the Great Depression.

This situation has appeared in many countries in South America. Although they did not actively join the war, they all maintained good relations with European countries and were the main agricultural and meat product partners of European countries.

However, unlike Brazil, whether it is Chile, Argentina, or other countries in South America, most of them chose the Allied Group headed by Britain, France and Australia.

This is actually normal. Although Germany’s strength in the war was still very strong, its navy was very weak.

Correspondingly, it is difficult for Germany’s influence to cross the Atlantic Ocean to South America.

The British have an extremely powerful navy, so it is not surprising that the British influence spreads throughout South America.

Here we have to mention the two countries that once colonized South America, Portugal and Spain.

It is worth mentioning that these countries in South America seem to have chosen a completely different path from their former masters.

Brazil, which was once colonized by Portugal, chose a completely opposite path from Portugal, that is, to cooperate with the Germans.

Argentina, which was once a Spanish colony, chose a completely opposite path from Spain, cooperating with Britain and Australasia.

The war plan in South America is being prepared, and at the same time, Arthur is not idle.

The disposal of the islands and archipelagos ceded by the island countries has become the most concerned issue of the current government.

In theory, it seems unnecessary to set up administrative districts for these newly annexed lands separately.

But if all these lands are included in the rule of the Pacific Territory, the scope of the Pacific Territory will become larger and management will be more troublesome.

After a vote by the government, it was finally decided to incorporate these occupied islands into the North Pacific Territory and bring them under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fleet.

At present, the population on these islands is not large, and it is not too troublesome to manage them.

Moreover, most of the people on these islands are islanders. After Australasia officially takes over these islands, the first thing to do is to completely expel these islanders and introduce Australasia immigrants.

The second thing is about the handling of the Straits Settlements.

North Kalimantan was incorporated into the United Great Sultanate of Kalimantan, and the remaining Straits Settlements, that is, the northern shore of the Strait of Malacca, will exist as a separate administrative region.

Speaking of which, Australasia currently has complete control over both sides of the Strait of Malacca, which is equivalent to complete control of the Strait of Malacca, which is very important for the country’s future strategic layout.

In Arthur’s layout, the newly occupied Straits Settlements must also be localized and will become a new state of Australasia.

Only when all colonies are localized, will Australasia not be affected when the colonial empire collapses in the future.