Rise of Australia

Chapter 312 Helping Australia to Resist America
Churchill's words can be said to awaken the dreamer with one sentence, and made all members of the British cabinet have to think about this issue.

What is the purpose of supporting the island nation?Isn't it just to hold the attention of the Russians, and it is also a means to prevent the United States from expanding in the Pacific?

But Russia is currently an ally against Germany. Because of the agreement with Russia, the British government does not intend to assist the island country in a short time.

After all, at present, the help of the island countries is far less than that of Germany, and the British government still needs Russia to hold back part of Germany's troops.

Although the British government can no longer support island countries, this does not mean that it cannot support other countries.

Churchill's words are indeed very reasonable. Britain and Australasia have the same origin, and the main ethnic group in Australasia is also British immigrants.

This also represents one of the most important things to the British government, that is, Australasia, which has a large number of British immigrants, cannot take the initiative to oppose the British government.

Even if the British choose to become immigrants, they still have deep feelings for Britain in a short period of time.

If the Australasian government is directly opposed to the British Empire, I am afraid that the angry British immigrants in the country will make the Australasian government weigh it carefully.

And Australasia and the British royal family also have the same roots. With such a good relationship, isn't it good to support Australasia?
What's more, in the hearts of white people in this era, there will always be some psychological concepts of white supremacy.

Instead of supporting an island country with different ethnic groups and different cultures, it is better to support an Australasia that has the same roots and basically will not become an enemy.

Although the population of Australasia is a major flaw, wasn't the island nation still an ignorant and backward country decades ago?
The British Empire has the ability to support the island country into a country with a military strength that reaches the level of a great power within a few decades, so it is confident that the navy of Australasia will be at the level of a great power, and a new power will be born in Oceania.

More importantly, Australasia's shipbuilding industry has already reached a scale, and it is indeed at the level of the great powers in terms of dreadnought ships.

As long as the population deficiency is slightly compensated and more support is given at the same time, Australasia can grow into a sea power state at the level of a great power at any time.

Although after the rise of Australasia, the Dutch East Indies in the north were doomed to suffer.

But after all, it is a colony of the Dutch, and when it is time to give up, the British government can also give up decisively.

More importantly, in the eyes of the British, the threat of the Americans to the United Kingdom is far greater than that of Australasia after owning the entire Dutch East Indies.

If Australasia can have the Dutch East Indies, it may also make up for a certain population problem and grow into a power that is truly capable of confronting the United States.

Although it takes a lot of effort for this, it is better than watching the rise of the United States after the war in Europe!
Members of the British cabinet looked at each other, seeing the approval and sudden realization in each other's eyes.

Prime Minister Asquith nodded first, and said: "Leaving aside the expansion of the navy, it is indeed a good choice to support Australasia. In addition to disputes in Europe, we really have to guard against threats from across the ocean. In order to prevent the expansion of the American navy from posing a threat to the British Empire, I think it is necessary to support Australasia and cultivate a country capable of confronting the United States in the Southwest Pacific region."

"That's right. Australasia is located in Oceania. It is thankless to expand westward across the entire Indian Ocean. To the east are our and French islands. If Australasia is smart, they will not treat these areas in a short time Interested. To the south is the vast Antarctica. Australasia must not be able to explore such a severe cold zone. The direction of their expansion is only the north. After controlling the Dutch East Indies, if you don’t want to conflict with us If not, their expansion seems to be only in the direction of the Philippines, which happens to have a natural conflict with the Americans." Secretary of the Interior McKenna also said in agreement.

After supporting and supporting Australasia, in the eyes of these British politicians, the Dutch East Indies has become a region that can be completely abandoned, and there is no need to destroy the relationship with Australasia because of the Dutch.

After all, it is the interests of other countries, and it is not as important as the strategic planning of one's own country.

What's more, the ownership of the Dutch colony is really just a thought of the British Empire.

If the British Empire did not acquiesce in the Dutch occupation of this land and did not allow other countries at the level of great powers to get involved, I am afraid that the colonies of the Netherlands have already been occupied by other countries. This is an era of the weak and the strong!

"If we can tie Australasia to the chariot of the Allied Powers by supporting Australasia, it will be a good thing for us." Another cabinet member also said.

"Everyone, Australasia has become one of the important trading partners of the British Empire. They are rich in grain, meat, mineral resources, etc. Such a country is a natural ally for us, and it is a natural ally for the United States. A natural enemy. I support supporting Australasia, and I even think the government should act quickly to tie Australasia to the war chariot of the Allied Powers as soon as possible. This is also good for the conflict in Europe. We will have one more battle Timely material supply places to relieve the pressure on our local material supply.”

Then Churchill said unhurriedly: "Everyone, don't forget that Australasia is currently a naval power with three battleships and two battlecruisers. Although the scale is not too large, it can also bear the burden of our Indian Ocean region. Part of the defense, to solve the naval pressure in the colonial area for us. And it is said that they are building a super dreadnought called the Hope-class battleship for Chile. If they really master the super dreadnought battle technology, their importance is still should be greatly improved.”

The importance of the super dreadnought is as important as the dreadnought a few years ago.As the most powerful battleship design in the world at present, the super dreadnought is destined to be the main force in naval battles, and it is also one of the most important plans in the current Anglo-German naval competition.

If Australasia can master the construction technology of super dreadnoughts, it means that Australasia's naval shipbuilding capabilities have reached the top four in the world, becoming a country second only to the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

If the British Empire gave Australasia a certain amount of financial support and allowed Australasia to expand the size of its navy frantically, would it create a top five navy in the world?
It's hard to say, but there's great hope, too.The combat effectiveness of a dreadnought is comparable to two to three old-fashioned battleships, and the combat effectiveness of a super dreadnought is theoretically comparable to two dreadnoughts.

This also means that Australasia's current naval combat capability has theoretically surpassed that of an island country with seven battleships, and in fact has truly possessed the strength of great powers.

If one more super dreadnought, one dreadnought and one battlecruiser are added, then Australasia's naval strength will surpass that of Austria-Hungary and rival that of Italy.

In the conversations of several cabinet ministers in the British Empire, supporting Australasia has become a sure-fire business.

The more people talked, the more excited they were, and they even planned to immediately start supporting Australasia.

"Okay, everyone. Although I understand the importance and necessity of supporting Australasia, according to our current conversation, it is still necessary for naval expansion, isn't it? The plan to support Australasia will wait until the next time Let’s bring it up again at the meeting, and now let’s solve the problem of the size of the navy, which is the government’s financial concern.” In the end, Prime Minister Asquith ended the conversation dumbfounded to avoid digressing from the topic of the cabinet government.

Seeing that Prime Minister Asquith was not influenced by his words and still wanted to reduce the naval expansion plan, the Minister of the Navy Churchill couldn't help but shook his head, but still retorted stiffly: "Your Excellency, I always believe that reducing the expansion of the navy Not a good idea. If the government is really short of funds, besides issuing bonds, it can also generate a lot of income in the colonies, can't it?"

Before Prime Minister Asquith could answer, Foreign Minister Edward stood up, changed his previous silence, and directly refuted: "I have to say that this is a stupid idea, Minister Churchill. Let's not talk about how we are not To get more taxes while angering the natives in the colonies, I am afraid that as soon as our harsh miscellaneous taxes in the colonies are promulgated, the Germans will publicize the news that we oppress the population of the colonies. If they get in the way, the colonial crisis may break out at any time. Once there is a problem in the colony, not only will the army and navy be used to suppress it, but the financial burden will be even more serious.”

Although European countries used to oppress the colonies tacitly, and pretended to be a gentleman and civilized to the outside world.

But at that time, after all, it was everyone's style. All the great powers united to do this, and which country would refute it?
But things are different now.If only the British Empire did this alone, the Germans' various methods would definitely emerge in endlessly.

If the Germans were determined to instigate rebellion in the colonies, the British Empire would be a little overwhelmed.

Of course, the main reason for this is that there are not many German colonies.

If Germany also has a large number of colonies, then such propaganda will also harm others and itself, and its own colonies will also suffer from the crisis of rebellion.

"Moreover, Minister Churchill. Our proposal is to reduce the expansion of the navy, not to terminate the expansion of the navy. The number of battleships twice that of Germany is really powerless. How about changing it to 1:1.5?" Foreign Minister Edward said. He turned his attention to Churchill again and put forward a more neutral proposal.

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