Chapter 1296: Chapter 947: Integrating Land, Continuing Localization_2 Chapter 1296: Chapter 947: Integrating Land, Continuing Localization_2 Of course, Arthur’s ambitions weren’t so grand as to forcibly control the rise of South Arican nations.
However, establishing cooperation with South Arican nations and importing a large amount of mineral resources and petroleum from South Arica was inevitably necessary.
Speaking of South Arica, one cannot fail to ntion that in history it was the only sanctuary during World War II.
Apart from Brazil, which had so collusion with Germany during the war, other countries maintained neutrality.
Since the focus of the great powers was on the European Battlefield, South Arica had quite a favorable developnt opportunity during this period of World War II.
However, for Arthur and Australasia at present, it wasn’t so easy for South Arica to keep to itself.
Only by plunging South Arica into the whirlpool of war could Australasia plot for more interests in South Arica.
Admittedly, although South Arica seed relatively peaceful, its actual potential for conflict was not much less than that of the Balkans.
While the nations of South Arica hadn’t been independent for long, the wars caused by land and resources were already nurous.
More notably, there was a minor naval arms race in South Arica; the conflicts and competition among Brazil, Argentina, and Chile had persisted for decades, hardly shorter than the current European War.
Considering the good relations Argentina and Chile had with the British, along with Brazil’s current cooperation with Germany, a two-against-one war of justice amongst South Arican nations was also plausible.
On October 3rd, 1937, the Australasian Governnt and the British Governnt launched a new round of talks.
One of the main topics was how to deal with Brazil, which supported Germany’s war efforts.
Although the Brazilian governnt did not openly support Germany, their import and export trade with Germany had not only not ceased because of the war but had also beco increasingly close.
Brazil had beco Germany’s largest trading partner outside of Europe, and Brazil was also Germany’s most important supplier of materials.
Of the rchant ships attacked by Britain transporting supplies to Germany, nearly half were from Brazil, which sufficed to show Brazil’s current relationship with Germany.
For such a nation that still maintained relations with Germany, in the eyes of Britain and Australasia, it was a potential enemy.
The reason why Germany’s materials were still holding up was likely largely due to Brazil’s significant contributions.
How should they handle Brazil, the double-dealer? The best thod was to keep Brazil busy, so they simply would not have ti to deal with trade with Germany.
This reliance was necessarily on the other two powers of South Arica, Argentina and Chile.
Especially Argentina, being a neighbor to Brazil, their competition with each other was even fiercer. With the support of Britain-Australia, going to war with Brazil was sothing the Argentinians would likely find interesting.
Though the scale of this war might not be huge, with both parties investing a military force of perhaps only hundreds of thousands, for the nations of South Arica, this was already considered a large-scale war.
The Australasian Governnt also discussed with the British the division of influence in South Arica.
In the division of influence, neither Britain nor Australasia had given much consideration to French interests.
However, this was normal, as the French had already suffered greatly in this war and perford quite poorly; being disregarded was quite usual.
About the division of power in South Arica, the British were unwilling to give up Chile. As ntioned before, the British greatly needed Chile’s mineral resources, whereas Argentina was less important by comparison.
Naturally, Australasia obtained influence over Argentina’s territory. Although this did not allow Australasia to directly control Argentina, certain economic actions concerning Argentina would also receive Britain’s tacit approval.
Regarding this division of influence, Arthur was generally quite satisfied. In the long run, Argentina’s potential for developnt was to exceed Chile’s.
Although both countries were rather elongated lands, Argentina’s territory was far wider than that of Chile.
Looking at the map, Chile appears like a thin toothpick, a shape of a country that is very susceptible to threats and severely limits its own developntal potential.
Argentina, however, is different. Not only does Argentina possess one of the four largest areas of fertile Black Land, but it also has a much larger area of land, giving it much greater developntal potential.
As long as one can penetrate the Argentine market, the future industrial developnt of Australasia will be greatly supported.
After completing the division of spheres of influence, Australasia also began its own actions, naly the plan to promote war in South Arica.
To promote war in South Arica, Argentina is absolutely indispensable, its importance even greater than Chile.
After all, Chile and Brazil are not adjacent, which ans that it is basically impossible for the two countries to go to war with each other.
Argentina’s agriculture and ranching are also quite developed, with grain and at exports being the pillars of its economy.
Since the outbreak of World War II, Argentina, by cooperating with Britain and France, earned a substantial inco during the war and successfully reversed the crisis of agricultural products stagnation since the Great Depression.
This situation appeared in many countries of South Arica. Although they do not actively join the war, they all maintain good relations with European nations and are the main collaborators on agricultural and at products.
However, unlike Brazil, whether it is Chile, Argentina, or other South Arican countries, most have chosen to side with the Allied Group led by Britain, France, and Australia.
This is actually quite normal. Although Germany still displayed strong power in the war, its navy was very weak.
Hence, German influence was hardly able to cross the Atlantic to reach South Arica.
As the British possessed an extrely powerful navy, it is not surprising that British influence is widespread across the entire South Arica.
It is also necessary to ntion the two countries that once colonized South Arica, Portugal and Spain.
It is worth noting that these countries of South Arica seem to have chosen completely different paths from those of their forr colonial rulers.
Brazil, once ruled by Portugal, chose a completely opposite path by cooperating with the Germans.
Argentina, once a Spanish colony, also chose a completely opposite path, cooperating with Britain and Australasia.
The war plan for South Arica is in preparation, and at the sa ti, Arthur has not been idle either.
The disposition of the islands and archipelagos ceded by the Island Nation has beco the governnt’s most pressing issue.
Theoretically, if one were to set up administrative districts for these newly annexed lands, it seems unnecessary.
However, if all these lands are included under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Territories, it would further enlarge the range of the Pacific Territories, making managent more troubleso.
After a governnt vote, it was finally decided to incorporate these occupied islands into the Northern Pacific Territories, bringing them under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Squadron.
Currently, the population on these islands is not large, and managent is not very troubleso.
Moreover, most of the inhabitants on these islands are Islanders, and the first thing Australasia did after officially taking over these islands was to completely expel these Islanders and introduce Australasian immigrants.
The second matter concerned the handling of the Strait Colony.
North Kalimantan was incorporated into the United Sultanate of Kalimantan, leaving the remaining Strait Colony, specifically the northern shore area of the Malacca Strait, to exist as a separate administrative district.
Speaking of which, Australasia currently has complete control over both shores of the Malacca Strait, effectively controlling the entire Malacca Strait, which is very important for the country’s future strategic layout.
In Arthur’s plans, the newly occupied Strait Colony is also to be fully integrated, becoming a new state of Australasia.
Only by integrating all the colonies can, when the Colonial Empire collapses in the future, it not affect Australasia.
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