Rise of Australia

Chapter 870 Australasia, declare war!

On June 1936, 6, after a long night of talks between Arthur and the British and French ambassadors, Australasia finally announced its declaration of war on Germany and Italy respectively the next day.

This is definitely a bolt from the blue for Germany and Italy. According to the original world rankings, the German-Italian alliance will directly challenge the top three powers in the original world, and Britain and France will also have an extremely powerful logistical support force.

At noon that day, Arthur faced an interview with the European media and answered directly the question asked by the European media: Why would Australasia, which is far away in Oceania, interfere in the European war?
Arthur replied: "I don't think this is a European war. Look at the countries and regions involved in the war. They are all over Europe, North America and Africa. This is another world war across the globe.

Moreover, whether we comply with the last wishes of our grandmother Queen Victoria or abide by the alliance treaty with Britain, we should join this war to protect the borders of various countries from aggression and protect the people of various countries from the harm of war. "

"But, Your Majesty the Emperor. Because of your order, Australasia is about to face the two great powers of Germany and Italy. Even if we can win the war in the end, it is inevitable to suffer a lot of casualties. Is it really worth it?" A reporter from Italy still asked unwillingly.

"Of course it's worth it." With a serious face and firm eyes, Arthur looked around at the Australasians who were watching, and said word by word calmly: "Australasia does not want war to happen, but it also Never fear war.

If we want peace, Australasia can become a great power outside the European continent and avoid the huge casualties caused by war.

But as a responsible country, I think it is necessary for us to intervene in this war to prevent more families from suffering unnecessary casualties due to this war.

Perhaps one Australasian will fall in this war, but Australasia will not be afraid of war, and we will be a firm guardian of world peace. "

Along with the interview, what Arthur said was quickly published as the latest major news, and was quickly published and reprinted by major media around the world.

The news of Australasia's participation in the war definitely shocked Europe and even the whole world.

This also means that there are only two major powers that are still on their own, one is Russia, which participated in the partition of Poland, and the other is an island country that has an alliance treaty with Germany and Italy and has a competitive relationship with Australasia.

In addition to being shocked that Australasia joined the war so quickly, European countries are also curious about whether the island country will fulfill its covenant with Germany and Italy and directly declare war on Australasia?
In fact, this issue is not only curious to those countries that are still neutral, but also Germany, Italy, Britain and France are very curious and concerned about it.

Whether the island country participates in the war or not is also very important to Europe.

Once the island country joins the war, it will definitely contain a considerable part of the Australasian legions. Australasia can also naturally reduce the number of troops supporting Europe, and Europe has turned into a war between Britain, France, Austria, and Germany and Italy.

But if the island countries did not participate in the war, the situation in Europe would become one of four major powers attacking Germany and Italy. Britain, France and Australia are responsible for containing the German Empire, so Austria and Italy can fight each other to their advantage.

Although Austria is currently in a state of residual health, judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Italian Army, it is completely fine to have a 50-50 draw with Italy.

Even if it had a large number of advanced weapons supported by Britain, France and Australia, it would not be strange for Austria to suppress Italy.

Precisely because the island country's participation in the war was also very important to Europe, the German and Italian governments also contacted their respective ambassadors to the island country and started long discussions with the island country's government.

In order to win over the island nation, Germany and Italy have done their best. If there is a map of the spheres of influence of the major powers, it can be seen that Germany and Italy are not just taking on Britain, France and Austria alone, they are taking on half of the world alone.

If you add Australasia, which has already participated in the war, Germany and Italy have already fought half of the world alone.

The land range of the enemies that Germany and Italy need to fight includes the British, French and Austrian territories in Europe, most of North America, a small part of South America, most of Africa, all of Oceania and part of Asia.

Except for the ice-covered and uninhabited Antarctica, the remaining six continents all have regions or governments that are enemies of Germany and Italy.

In addition to the mainland of Europe, Germany and Italy only have a small part of the African area owned by Italy as a colony.

If Germany's war potential was not too exaggerated, such a war would actually be unequal.

The discussions between Germany, Italy and the island country were not concealed, and Arthur was also paying attention to the news of whether the island country would participate in the war.

To Arthur, it no longer mattered whether the island nation participated in the war.

The island country is Australasia's biggest competitor in the Pacific region, which means that the two countries are destined to have a war.

After all, the ideology of the island country is extremely radical. Because of its small territory and poor mineral resources, they can only choose to expand externally.

On June 6, after several days of preparation, the first batch of weapons and equipment transported to Europe was officially loaded from Australasia.

These weapons and equipment will pass from Australasia through the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, and then directly to the southern coast of France. In order to protect this batch of weapons and equipment, the Australasian Navy will accompany them in the Indian Ocean.

After passing through the Suez Canal, the Royal Navy of the British Empire will cooperate with the French Navy to protect these important weapons and equipment.

According to the agreement with Britain and France, the first batch of Australasian soldiers will leave for Europe by ship in early July.

After friendly negotiations with Britain and France, Arthur was also very generous. Arthur promised to transport 20 troops to Europe every two months starting in July, and to keep the number of the Australasian Expeditionary Force at around 12 before December.

Britain and France are not stupid either. They know that Australasia also controls the Philippines and Kalimantan.

If the troops of the Philippines and Kalimantan are transported, let alone 60, even 160 million will be cannon fodder of little use.

Therefore, in the agreement to dispatch troops to Australasia, Britain and France also specifically mentioned that at least one-third of the expeditionary force should be Australasians.

This also means that before December arrives, Australasia will have to send at least 12 local troops and 20 colonial troops to Europe.

Now that war has been declared, Arthur no longer hides it.

On June 6, Arthur signed a national mobilization order, announcing military mobilization throughout Australasia.

The foreign media who interviewed Arthur that day were also paying close attention to the military mobilization in Australasia.

On the day when the national mobilization order was issued, these foreign media were horrified to discover that recruitment points in various cities in Australasia were already full.

What does this mean? Australasians obeyed Arthur's general mobilization order unconditionally. They may have objections to the war, but they will never oppose the general mobilization order issued by Arthur because of such objections.

A small British newspaper curiously squatted at a recruitment point set up on the outskirts of Sydney.

In the next day's newspaper, the newspaper clearly wrote: "Although the British and the Australasians are very similar, their national beliefs are completely different.

I'm afraid we have to admit that under the leadership of Arthur the Great, the Australasians have become a new and great nation.

Within 24 hours after Emperor Arthur of Australasia issued the general mobilization order, as many as 3.4 people signed up at an ordinary recruitment point in Sydney.

Surprisingly, there are five such recruitment points in Sydney. This also represents a terrifying statistic. About 5 people signed up to join the army in Sydney within 24 hours.

In addition to the admirable national faith of the Australasians, we have to admit that their trust in their emperor Arthur may have surpassed God. "

Because it included key words like Australasia and Arthur, coupled with the extremely exaggerated data and novel ideas published in the newspaper, this newspaper instantly transformed from an ordinary small newspaper in the UK to become the most famous in 1936. One of the newspapers.

Along with the best-selling newspapers of the day, this report was spread to the major colonies of the British Empire, even to European countries and even the world.

In Europe, a term that has become more and more recognized is the title of Emperor the Great for the Emperor of Australasia, which is Arthur the Great.

This not only represents people's recognition of Emperor Arthur's identity, but also represents people's recognition of Arthur's achievements in Australasia.

After many years, Arthur once again became a popular figure among British people.

In addition, Arthur mentioned Queen Victoria's will in the interview, and as a former member of the British royal family, protecting the personal safety and property security of the British people, etc., the British people's favor for Arthur has also increased infinitely.

With the background of Edward VIII some time ago, if Arthur is the King of England at this time, Arthur's prestige will reach its peak.

But alas, Arthur is the emperor of Australasia on the other side of the world. The British people can only maintain a high degree of favorability towards Arthur, and regret that Arthur's father is the youngest son of Queen Victoria, and his right to inherit the throne has lagged far behind that of Edward VII.

Many British newspapers and media even published bold speculations. They boldly guessed that if Arthur had succeeded to the British throne at that time, what would the British Empire look like at this time?

Should we continue the glory of the Victorian era, create a new Arthurian era, or fail in the war and ultimately collapse the empire on which the sun never sets?
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