Rise of Australia

Chapter 271 Development of Industry and Aircraft
The industrial development of Australasia has been going smoothly, especially with the dual help of Germany and the United Kingdom, the construction of industry has been in a state of continuous improvement.

So far, Australia's total annual steel production has reached just over 310 million tons, including 179.71 million tons of iron and 131.42 million tons of steel.

Although the number of steel production seems a lot, it is currently only just surpassing the level of Italy, the last power, less than half of that of Russia and France at the same period, and a little more than one-fifth of that of the United Kingdom.

Although he has surpassed the orthodox European powers like Italy, Arthur is still not in the mood of joy.

Although Italy is known as one of the European powers, it only sounds more powerful. Its real status is definitely the bottom of the European powers, and perhaps it is better than the current island country.

Besides, it's just that steel production has surpassed Italy, and there is really nothing to be happy about.At present, Australasia still has a long way to go from the traditional European powers. If it wants to truly match or even surpass the European powers, it may only rely on two wars to take a shortcut.

The good news is that various industrial constructions in Australasia are becoming more and more perfect. In addition to the iron and steel industry facing the industry, various chemical industries, civil industries, machinery factories, glass factories, fertilizer factories, cement factories, etc. are also blooming everywhere. status.

In particular, the James Machinery Factory funded by the royal consortium has developed into the largest machinery factory in Victoria and the second largest machinery factory in Australasia, and has become a leader among many private companies.

As for the largest machinery factory, it is naturally the Royal Machinery Factory controlled by the royal consortium itself.The Royal Machinery Factory has orders from automobile factories, engine factories, various military factories and other various factories. The annual production of machinery and equipment accounts for 2% of the Australasian market, with more than [-] workers.

All the factories and enterprises under the royal consortium have more than 40 employees, spread all over various industries and fields in Australasia, and are absolute giants among Australasian enterprises.

The royal consortium pays tens of millions of Australian dollars in taxes to the government every year, and its own net profit exceeds 5000 million Australian dollars.

However, Australasians are very welcome to the various companies of the royal consortium. After all, the royal consortium not only provides them with jobs, but any factories and enterprises belonging to the royal consortium have the best welfare and policies in Australasia.

This is why when the Australasian people are looking for a job, the first choice is definitely the royal consortium's companies and factories.

There is very good news. After nearly two years of construction at the Leonora Industrial Base, the initial construction has been officially completed.

At present, the Ministry of Industry is already discussing the list of specific enterprises stationed in the Linola Industrial Zone. These enterprises are undoubtedly giants in various industries in Australasia.

Because the purpose of the construction of the Leonora Industrial Base is to build a comprehensive large-scale industrial cluster, the invitation of enterprises to settle in this time will definitely take care of more industrial types and fields.

For example, the chemical industry, agricultural industry, machinery factory, etc., which the government vigorously developed before, will be the main targets of this industrial base invitation.

In order to demonstrate the importance attached to the industrial base, Arthur and the government decided after discussions that the entire Leonora industrial base would be divided into city-level municipalities directly under the Ministry of Industry.

The level of the person in charge of the Leonora industrial base is directly equivalent to the level of the mayor of the capital city of the African state of Australasia.

The head of the industrial base is appointed by the Ministry of Industry for a four-year term.

This also represented Arthur's attitude. Except for the cabinet government, no one had the right to intervene in the Leonora industrial base.

Beginning in January 1910, the initially completed Leonora Industrial Base officially began to invite enterprises to settle in.

The initial goal is to invite [-] large enterprises and hundreds of small enterprises, and prepare ten super-large storage areas for these enterprises.

The construction of the railways and roads connecting the industrial areas started long before the construction of the industrial areas began and was completed before the industrial areas were built.

The current Leonora industrial base is not only connected to the industrial railway in Australasia, but also connected to the strategic road network, which can quickly reach the east and west coasts of Australia.

It is conservatively estimated that even the first phase of construction of the Leonora industrial base can create more than 2000 jobs and create an annual output value of at least [-] million Australian dollars for Australasia.

It is conservatively estimated that all enterprises in the industrial zone can generate millions of Australian dollars in tax revenue for the government every year. Even if the development is better, it is not too difficult to do 300 million.

What if all the industrial bases are built?Create 20 jobs?Create a production value of [-] million Australian dollars?Create tens of millions of Australian dollars in taxes every year?

Although these figures are unimaginable, many people in the cabinet government faintly feel that these can be realized, and they are more supportive of the construction of the Leonora industrial base.

Of course, no matter what other people's attitudes are, Arthur attaches great importance to the Leonora Industrial Base, and even asked the Minister of Industry, Pierre, to inspect the industrial base frequently if there is nothing to do, and must complete the construction of the industrial base with quality and quantity .

Pierre didn't dare to be careless about Arthur's instructions, and basically went to the Leonora industrial base every half a month, lest there be any accidents in the construction of the industrial base and let him bear Arthur's anger.

For Minister of Industry Pierre, who has served as Minister of Industry for three terms, if he wants to stay in the cabinet government, he can only go further in the position of cabinet minister.

But there are not a few cabinet ministers like Minister Pierre, and there are only so many cabinet seats, and there is competition with the two who have already served as prime ministers, so the pressure is not insignificant.

If they can gain Arthur's favor and support, it will be of decisive help to them to go further.

Of course, Arthur didn't know all this, and he wouldn't care if he knew it.

For Arthur, it was only a matter of one sentence to put anyone in the top position, but why did he say this sentence?

At this time Arthur has come to the aviation laboratory, and all his attention is on the new aircraft of the aviation laboratory.

After more than four years of precipitation, the aviation laboratory's military aircraft has also successfully developed to the third generation, and its performance has been greatly improved compared with the second generation aircraft.

If we only talk about the current manufacturing of aircraft and military aircraft and the level of technological mastery, Australasia is definitely the number one in the world, and even leads the world by a large margin.

If the second-generation military aircraft can barely be used in actual combat and has initially reached the level of World War I, then the third-generation military aircraft has already equaled or even exceeded the level of military aircraft of various countries in the later period of World War I, even if Australasia now stops aircraft If other countries want to catch up with Australasia, it may not be easy in five or six years.

But is it possible to stop the development of the aircraft?Totally impossible.

Arthur is currently paying more and more attention to aircraft research and development, and the funding of the aeronautical laboratory is also rising.

However, the aviation laboratory is Arthur's private industry, so it does not cost government funds, but is funded and controlled by the royal consortium.

The current aeronautical laboratory costs Arthur at least 50 Australian dollars a year. The aircraft researched and manufactured at such a high cost are naturally much more advanced than the aircraft privately researched by other countries at the same time.

It is no exaggeration to say that Australasia has attracted at least two-fifths of the world's aviation talents, and this ratio is still expanding.

Other countries want to surpass Australasia in aviation and aircraft manufacturing, unless they control all the remaining [-]% of aviation talents, and then spend a lot of money, it may be achieved within a few years.

But is it realistic?The remaining [-]% of aeronautics talents are distributed in Europe and the United States, and they are more or less valued by local governments and even some countries.

Besides, there are quite a few patriots among these people, and Australasia can't win them over at a great price. Arthur doesn't believe that any country can control all the remaining [-]% of the talents.

Back to the current third-generation military aircraft.

The first is the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft, which is currently the fastest and longest-range aircraft among the three Australasian military aircraft.

Like the second-generation aircraft, the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft still adopts the design method of two seats at the front and rear, but compared with the previous generation reconnaissance aircraft, its size has been reduced.

Of course, if the two additional auxiliary fuel tanks are included, the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft is even larger than the previous generation reconnaissance aircraft.

The Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft without auxiliary fuel tanks has a maximum range of 700 kilometers, and the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft with two auxiliary fuel tanks has a maximum range of 1100 kilometers.

This is not over yet. The Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft uses an aircraft engine specially developed by Diesel for it. The average flight speed can reach 215 kilometers per hour, and the maximum flight speed can reach 240 kilometers per hour.

The average flight speed of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft alone has exceeded the maximum flight speed of the previous generation of reconnaissance aircraft, which is enough to show how much the performance of the engine has been improved.

Of course, in order to take care of the speed and range, the weapons on the reconnaissance plane are relatively simple, just a MA-107 Maxim machine gun.

However, with the terrifying flight speed and range of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft, even if it faces an enemy reconnaissance aircraft or fighter jet, it is completely fine to run if it cannot be beaten.

Looking at the brand new Eagle-3 reconnaissance plane in front of him, Arthur couldn't help but have a question. At present, the most powerful military aircraft in other countries can beat the reconnaissance plane in Australasia, which is only used for intelligence and reconnaissance. ?
Even if it is only equipped with a heavy machine gun, this is the latest product developed by Arthur's military factory after more than ten years since the last heavy machine gun. The performance is definitely the first-class among heavy machine guns.

In the original history, it seems that most of the military aircraft in World War I were only equipped with heavy machine guns or other weapons, and the equipment was relatively simple, far less advanced and powerful than the aircraft in World War II.

Thinking of the possibility of Australasian reconnaissance planes slaughtering other countries' fighters and bombers in the future, Arthur couldn't help laughing, but finally held back.

After all, in public, a gaffe would be detrimental to the king's prestige.

Anyway, such a scene is not a bad thing for Australasia, let those countries be surprised when it happens!
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