Rise of Australia

Chapter 306
As time entered the end of 1911, people all over the world finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally passed a disaster year full of crises and frequent conflicts.

What happened throughout 1911 was basically not good news for all European people.

The second Morocco crisis made the confrontation between the two major military blocs in Europe a reality, and the contradiction between Britain and Germany deepened, which further promoted a more aggressive naval arms race.

And more importantly, the participation of all European powers in this naval arms race also means that these powers have a clear understanding that the war is not far away, and they are preparing for the war.

In addition, the major European powers are also stepping up the expansion of the size of the army.From the 30 military expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Italy, to the 50 military expansion of France, Russia and Germany, all of them prove that the current situation in Europe is very serious, and war seems to be on the verge of breaking out.

The crazy expansion of the army and navy by these great powers has also ushered in an explosive growth of their military enterprises.

One of the most obvious examples is the Krupp factory, a famous German military enterprise. In 1873, there were only 9000 employees, but in 1902 it grew to 4.3.As of the end of 1911, the number of employees at the Krupp factory had reached 7.

The British military industry is also very large, with more than [-] people engaged in the military industry.

The British military industry has two major characteristics. One is to give priority to the development of warship and merchant ship manufacturing, which is also in line with the characteristics of the British Navy.

The second is that private military factories occupy an important position, which is different from the royal military factories in Australasia.

Among the military factories in Australasia, the Royal Military Factory of the royal family occupies 80.00% of all the military factory market in Australasia[-]. Only a small share of weapons that some military factories are unwilling to produce will be produced by some private military workshops .

In addition, the arms industries of France, Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are also very large, and the number of armaments and soldiers of these great powers is also benefiting from the very large military industries.

This can also be seen in Australasia.There are currently 1.5 people working in the military industry in Australasia.

If you count the aviation research lab and agricultural machinery factory hidden in the dark, the number of military industry practitioners has exceeded [-].

Compared with the expansion of the standing army, the number of reserve troops brought by the major European powers is even more exaggerated.

In addition to the British Empire, the focus of European powers' military expansion is actually the army.

This has also led to the exaggeration of the armaments and soldiers of the major European powers so far.

At present, among all the European powers, Russia has the largest number of soldiers, with 110 million regular troops and 565 million reserve troops.

The second largest is France, with 71 standing troops and 500 million reserve troops.

Germany is next with 70 standing troops and 490 million reserves.

奥匈帝国拥有40万常备部队和300万预备部队，意大利拥有38万常备部队和180万预备役部队，大英帝国拥有25万常备部队和120万预备役部队。

Although major European countries have already announced military expansion, the progress of military expansion is also different.

At present, the most successful military expansion should be Germany and France.Germany and France have so far called up more than 20 reserve forces to join the standing forces and have launched long-term training.

The progress of military expansion is relatively slow, and it should be the Tsarist Empire with the largest number of reserves.

I have to admit that the decay of this country is shocking.Even though the military expansion has been announced for several months, so far only tens of thousands of troops have been recruited, and even these tens of thousands of people have not yet arrived at the scheduled training place and are still on the road.

If the military expansion of these great powers is completed, then during the future war, Europe may usher in an epic war with tens of millions of soldiers, and the loss to the major European countries will be immeasurable.

In addition to the confrontation between the two major military groups in Europe, the shadow of the Balkans is already very dense.

The Balkan states are either preparing for war or are preparing for war.

In order to prepare for future wars, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Mendenegro and other Balkan alliance countries have announced their military expansion. The armies of Bulgaria and Serbia have exceeded 30 and 20 respectively. It has also exceeded 3.5 people.

Behind the Balkan Alliance is the support of the Tsarist Empire, and the weapons and equipment they need to expand their army are naturally purchased from the Tsarist Empire.

For this reason, the Tsarist Russian Empire phased out some weapons currently being equipped and sold them to the Balkan countries at a price slightly below the market price.

The Tsarist Russian Empire, on the basis of the previous order of 15 rifles, ordered [-] rifles and tens of millions of rounds of ammunition from Australasia to prepare for domestic military expansion.

This also made Arthur feel the huge profits of selling arms.Even if the war has not yet started, European countries are only preparing for war, and only Russia has ordered weapons from Australasia, which has made military factories earn hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars.

If the war really breaks out and all European countries lack weapons, the profits from the arms trade will expand to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Australian dollars.

For this reason, Arthur also generously gave tens of millions of Australian dollars to the Royal Military Factory, so that the military factory can produce with all its strength, and reserve at least one million rifles, hundreds of millions of rounds of bullets, and tens of thousands of guns for future wars. Artillery and million rounds.

Anyway, Australasia has both British-made weapons and German-made weapons in the country, as well as weapons and equipment developed and produced by Australasia itself.

In Europe, British and German weapons are more popular, and there is basically no difficulty in exporting weapons.

Arthur was even thinking about whether the first two generations of aircraft could be built in large quantities and sold on a large scale if countries used military aircraft in World War I and showed that they valued aircraft.

Anyway, Australasia's military aircraft has been researched to the third generation, and research on the fourth generation is already in progress.

As long as the fourth generation of military aircraft is successfully researched in the future, the sale of the first two generations of military aircraft to major European powers will not affect the aircraft research in Australasia. It is impossible to catch up with Australasia.

The cost of these aircraft is tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of Australian dollars, and the profits brought by large-scale sales to European countries are not lower than arms exports.

　Please take a leave of absence for five thousand words today, happy May Day!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)