Rise of Australia

Chapter 925: National Education Fostering Institute

When the Lake Eyre Canal was built, it was constructed according to the specifications of 44 meters wide and 11 meters deep, and can accommodate super-large ships of up to 3.5 tons.

Because battleships have been completely cancelled in the Australasian Navy construction plan, the heaviest aircraft carrier currently being built is only the Imperial-class aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 3.13 tons.

This also means that all new warships in Australasia can travel to Lake Eyre via the canal, which will be the safest location for the Australasia Navy.

But it is clear that, at least for Australasia right now, this safe haven will have little effect.

Because of Australasia's achievements in aircraft, the combat effectiveness of the Australasia aircraft carrier has been greatly enhanced.

According to the rough forecast of the naval department, the main force of the Australasian Pacific Fleet can still compete even if it encounters the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet.

If it is a life-and-death battle, the Australasian Pacific Fleet may even have the hope of destroying the Royal Navy's Home Fleet with its missile advantage.

This is already a pretty good result. Although the British fleet is spread all over the world, the Home Fleet is only a relatively strong squadron in the Royal Navy.

But the problem is that Australasia has not only the Pacific Fleet, but also the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Home Fleet, a total of three fleets.

Considering that Australasia has not invested much in the navy, it is quite surprising that it has achieved such excellent results.

The reason why the British Royal Navy is so powerful is not only because of the huge amount of real money that the British invest in the Royal Navy every year, but also because of the hundreds or even thousands of years of foundation that the British have in naval development.

Let’s look at Australasia. It has only been 37 years since its founding, which means it has already achieved a leapfrog development in the navy.

If Arthur had not intended to waste a lot of money on the navy, Australasia would probably have been qualified to compete with the British Empire for the title of the world's strongest navy.

After confirming that the construction plan of the Lake Eyre Canal was effective, Arthur was finally relieved.

This construction project, which cost Arthur a huge amount of money, attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign media.

If this construction fails completely, although it will not have a huge impact on Arthur's status, it will more or less have a certain impact on his reputation.

Although Arthur didn't care about fame, since he had invested a lot of real money, he naturally wanted to achieve some results.

Moreover, once the Lake Eyre Canal Project succeeds, it will definitely bring more changes to Australasia than just a little bit. The improved land area alone is enough to make other countries jealous.

More importantly, Australasia no longer has any shortage of land, and the demands for post-war interests also need to undergo certain changes.

After the improvements, Australia has become a huge land that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people. Together with large islands such as New Zealand, New Guinea, Java and Sumatra, the population that Australasia can accommodate is at least over 5 million.

Of course, the accommodated population mentioned here is not the maximum accommodated population, but an approximate number calculated after comprehensively considering a series of residents' living factors.

If we were to calculate the maximum capacity of the entire empire's population, this limit would have to be at least over 10 billion people.

But then again, Arthur never thought of increasing the country's population to such a large number. Even now, after 37 years of long development, the population of Australasia is only about 4681 million.

Let alone 5 million or 10 billion, even the million population mark will probably take decades to accumulate slowly.

Of course, there is also a more tricky way, which is to quickly establish the position of world hegemony after the war, and then continuously attract immigrants through developed economy and advanced technology, and quickly increase the population through immigration.

But for Arthur and Australasia, this approach has clearly become the worst option.

The United States of later generations adopted a similar approach. Without counting the natural growth of the domestic population, only the annual immigration was counted, and the population growth was a huge number.

But the problem is that although such population growth data is encouraging, it is clearly a hidden danger to the country's security and stability.

The reason why the United States is still stable in later generations is that the United States itself is very powerful. But such stability is only temporary, and the problem has not been solved.

Once the United States is no longer strong, all kinds of problems will come flooding in and will disintegrate this huge country at an extremely fast speed.

Arthur also understood this point. After the country's population exceeded 4000 million and the gap with the great powers was basically narrowed, he stopped attracting a large number of immigrants from abroad.

In the early days, the number of immigrants to Australasia reached hundreds of thousands or even millions each year, half of whom were Russians.

But now, the annual immigration number remains below 30, and they are all high-quality immigrants who have been screened through multiple levels.

At present, most of the domestic population growth depends on the natural growth of the local population. In order to encourage Australians to have more children, the people's livelihood department has racked its brains to come up with various subsidy policies.

It is worth mentioning that the current small umbrella and abortion technology have already been invented and are widely used in Europe and the United States.

The impact of these two technologies on various countries is very obvious. The further decline in the birth rate in various countries is largely due to the invention of these two technologies.

Arthur naturally understood the impact of these two things on the birth rate, but Arthur did not intend to ban them.

First of all, regarding small umbrellas, although Arthur did not explicitly prohibit their use, he also used the media under the royal foundation to publicize that the lubricants used inside would harm the body.

In this way, people will naturally be less willing to buy small umbrellas. The Royal Consortium can invest heavily in and control the corresponding small umbrella production companies, reduce production to a certain extent, and use less small umbrellas.

Although this cannot completely stop people from using small umbrellas, it does effectively reduce the number of small umbrellas used in the entire country.

According to the production and sales data of several small umbrella manufacturers invested by the Royal Consortium, the annual consumption of small umbrellas in Australasia, with a population of more than 4600 million, is less than 150 million.

You have to know that this is the annual consumption. If converted to a day, the daily consumption of the entire country is only about 4100.

The reduced use of small umbrellas will naturally increase the chances of pregnancy.

The technology for abortion at that time was still very backward. Although it was indeed possible, it also caused great harm to the body.

It is still the same method, using a large amount of media to publicize the harm of abortion to the body, and then through the Australasian Protestant method, instilling in the public the idea that babies also have the right to see the world.

In this way, people who are truly in financial difficulty can still choose small umbrellas or abortion to avoid burdening themselves with heavier economic costs.

People who are not in financial difficulties can naturally enjoy a free life without worrying about harm to their health.

Moreover, in order to prevent a small number of people from regretting their births or even abandoning their babies, Arthur joined forces with Archbishop Steed to establish an Anglican orphanage to take in infants and young children.

If the infants and young children were abandoned, they would no longer have any relationship with their original parents after entering the Anglican institution, and would only be loyal to the royal family and religion. If the parents took the initiative to send the infants and young children to the Anglican institution, the expenses of the institution would be recorded and would not be repaid until the infants and young children reached adulthood.

There are generally two ways to repay the debt. One is to join the army or join the church, which can offset the debt.

Another option is to work for a foster home for a period of time until the debt is paid off.

The benefit of an orphanage is that it helps people solve the pressure of raising children and eliminates the burden and worries of having children.

More importantly, because the children who enter the orphanage are basically taught from a young age, the ideological education of these children will naturally be more successful than that of older children.

Although some cases that are not affected by ideological education cannot be avoided, it can also ensure that most children who leave the orphanage are grateful to the royal family and religion in their hearts.

At this time, no matter which method they choose to repay the debt, it will be good news for Arthur and the future royal family.

The children who graduated from the orphanage and joined the army, regardless of their combat qualities, were definitely the most loyal.

Even if he joined the church, the church would still obey the royal family. This was equivalent to indirectly serving the royal family, and Arthur's efforts were worth it.

It has been several years since the establishment of the National Orphanage. Currently, the total number of infants and young children taken in by all the orphans has reached several thousand, which will definitely be a great help to the future royal family.

Coupled with the large number of children taken in by orphanages across the country, with these two institutions and corresponding regulations, the royal family can obtain thousands or even tens of thousands of very loyal talents every year.

Especially the orphanage, this big tree planted by Arthur for future generations, has now almost grown into lush branches and leaves, providing sufficient shade for William and others.

Because these children lack something compared to ordinary children since childhood, they will be more mature. Currently, most of the children who graduated from the orphanage are excellent in their studies. Although there are some who just want to get by, they can be considered talents overall.

The person from the orphanage who is doing the best right now is probably Martin Gregg, whom Arthur pays more attention to.

The orphanages in Australasia have a special rule, that is, orphans in the same batch with similar ages will be given the same surname.

This is the case with Martin Gregg, whose surname comes from Mary Gregg, the then director of the Sydney Orphanage, but whose first name was chosen by himself.

The reason is that Martin Gregg admired Martin, the commander of the 2nd Guards Division who once helped the Sydney Orphanage, and his dream since childhood was to become a soldier like Commander Martin.

Now, Division Commander Martin has become the commander of the 3rd National Defense Army and has reached the rank of general, lieutenant general.

Martin Gregg, with the help of the orphanage, completed his high school education, was successfully admitted to the Royal Military College of Sydney, and graduated two years ago.

The current Royal Military Academy is no longer what it was when it was first established. It now has multiple campuses of various sizes and is a famous military academy in Australasia and even the world.

There are currently three major campuses, namely the Royal Military College Sydney, the Royal Military College Melbourne and the Royal Military College Fort St. Arthur.

The specific admission levels of these three major military academies are different, and the students they admit also vary greatly.

The Royal Military College in Sydney has the widest enrollment scope. Its students come from civilians, the military and foreign countries, and include the navy, army and air force. It is also the largest military college branch in Australasia.

The Royal Military College of Sydney mainly recruits domestic high school graduates, foreign high school graduates and outstanding military recruits. It is responsible for training middle and senior backbone officers of the military and is also the cradle for the training of middle and senior officers in Australasia.

After graduating from the Royal Military Academy in Sydney, one can at least obtain the rank of second lieutenant. Those with outstanding performance can even obtain the rank of lieutenant or even captain, and start sprinting towards the youngest colonel.

The second largest is the Royal Military College in Melbourne, which focuses on recruiting adult male citizens aged 18-28 with a high school education or above, or soldiers who have made meritorious services in the military and meet the promotion requirements.

However, compared with the Sydney Royal Military College, which trains middle and senior-level officers, the officers trained by the Melbourne Royal Military College are relatively grassroots. Ordinary graduates basically obtain the rank of sergeant after entering the army. After military graduates return to the army, the highest rank they can obtain is only second lieutenant.

A simple conversion will make it clear that the sergeant rank obtained by ordinary graduates can generally only serve as squad leader level positions, and the second lieutenant rank of military academy graduates can only serve as platoon leader level positions.

However, the advantage is that it will be easier to apply for the Royal Military College of Melbourne, which is also one of the ways for the military to train a large number of grassroots officers.

As for the Royal Military Academy of Fort Saint-Athel, which was established the latest and is more mysterious, it is the smallest of the three major military academies and has the fewest students enrolled.

Because the purpose of establishing the Royal Military Academy of Saint-Assur was not to train officers, but to train outstanding new generals for the country.

There are only two ways of admission to the Royal Military College of Fort St. Arthur: one is to select the best from the Royal Military College of Sydney, and the other is to select younger and outstanding soldiers from the army.

Unlike other military academies, the study time at the Saint-Assur Military Academy is as long as six years, including three years of theoretical training and three years of practical practice.

As a senior officer training school that Arthur attached great importance to, students at Fort St. Arthur Military Academy must only be citizens of Australasian nationality, and their parents must be Australasians.

Secondly, the applicant must not have any criminal history within three generations, not even petty theft.

Because the students of Fort St. Arthur Military Academy are basically outstanding graduates of the Royal Military College of Sydney and outstanding young officers of the army, these students have reached the rank of second lieutenant or above before entering the military school.

During the six years of 3+3 study, they will successively experience the military career of platoon leader, company commander and battalion commander, and after completing six years of study, they will obtain at least the military rank of major.

This is also the reason why the Royal Military Academy of Fort Saint-Athur is called the General's School, because the graduates of the military academy are generally between 28 and 30 years old, but their military rank can reach at least the level of major.

As long as he doesn't make any mistakes in his remaining military career, even if he doesn't make any great achievements, he can still reach at least the rank of colonel.

If they had some decent merit, these guys who reached the rank of major at a young age could even break through the threshold of colonel to general. Even if it was only the lowest level of general, it was still the rank of brigadier general.

This is already ahead of many people. Even for an officer at the rank of major or battalion commander, if he slowly accumulates seniority in the army, it is impossible for him to get from second lieutenant to major in less than ten years.

But at the Royal Military Academy at Fort Saint-Asser, it only takes six years to complete the huge transformation from second lieutenant to major.

And this is only for ordinary students. If the students perform particularly well, their military rank after graduation will definitely be higher than the level of major.

Martin Gregg, whom Arthur has his eye on, is just such a guy with outstanding performance.

While at the Royal Military College in Sydney, Martin Gregg's performance attracted praise from the then principal and he soon made the list of attention of the Royal Military College at Fort St. Arthur.

After graduating from Sydney Military College two years ago, Martin Greg entered Fort St. Arthur Military College for further studies.

Now two years have passed, and Martin Gregg has become a company commander with the rank of captain, and has gone to Europe to fight with the army.

(End of this chapter)