In the long run, the industrial level of Australasia can still be ranked as the fourth in the world, only after the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Germany's industry was affected by mass destruction and looting after the war, but it still has the foundation of being the second-largest industrial power in the world. In 1918, its steel production output was maintained at around 8 million tons, only second to the United States and Britain.
What is more exaggerated is that even though the United States' industrial level has stagnated for several years, the combined industrial scale of Germany and Britain still cannot match that of the United States.
It must be admitted that this country has already beco a superpower in industry and economy before World War I and World War II, which laid the foundation for the United States to beco the world hegemon in the future.
Even if the United States is limited at this ti, it still can surpass the total industrial levels of Germany and Britain, which shows how exaggerated the United States' industry is.
If it were the historical United States that profited enormously from World War I, there would be no need to play. With its military power and international influence greatly enhanced, the severely damaged Britain could not stop it.
However, there is so good news. It will take a long ti for the French to restore their industry and economy, and the industries and economies of Britain and the United States will also stagnate in a short period.
This is the best ti for Australasia to catch up with powerful countries like the UK and the US, and even to establish the foundation of being the world's third-ranked power, just below the UK and the US.
For the United States and Britain, there is an even more serious economic crisis waiting for them.
Australasia can avoid the heavy damage caused by this economic crisis if it takes precautions in advance.
At the sa ti, the upcoming World War II is another excellent opportunity. Europe's weakening during World War II is inevitable, and Australasia will also benefit from it.
If Australia can weaken the United States' strength as much as possible during the economic crisis before World War II, maybe Australasia will be the only beneficiary.
Under such a great opportunity, Australasia has the hope of reversing the situation, dominating the world after World War II, and ascending to the throne of world hegemony in one fell swoop.
Of course, it is still a long way from that mont, and even the hope is quite slim.
The main task of Australasia at the mont is to speed up developnt and surpass the French during their recovery period, laying the foundation of being the third-ranked power only after the UK and the US.
After deciding on a four-year plan for the new Cabinet Governnt's developnt, the next step of the Cabinet eting has beco the competition for budget allocation among various departnts.
However, the current financial budget of Australasia is still quite abundant. Not to ntion the annual compensation of up to 120 million Australian dollars, which can already support most of the governnt's expenditures.
The financial budgets of most departnts are formulated according to their tasks in the four-year plan, and the corresponding budget is obtained based on the number of tasks.
In the four-year plan, the Public Security Departnt is rarely ntioned, which is actually because the security environnt in Australasia is very good.
However, Arthur's requirents for the current Public Security Departnt are more than these. He has a new plan for the organization and division of the Public Security Departnt.
In the future Australasian Governnt, the role of the Public Security Departnt is still essential.
After all, once the country enters a peaceful period, the role of maintaining national order will shift from the military to the Public Security Departnt, and the departnt's tasks will increase significantly.
Considering the current scale of the Public Security Departnt, there is not enough manpower, nor can it et Australasia's security needs in various aspects.
Based on this premise, Arthur has put forward new requirents for the Public Security Departnt.
Secretary of Public Security Robert has successfully won re-election in the Cabinet election, which is good news for Arthur. After all, Minister Robert is more familiar with the environnt of the Public Security Departnt and can better implent Arthur's requirents.
Australasia's Public Security Departnt is different from a purely Police Departnt, being fully responsible for the security environnt of Australasia during peace ti.
Therefore, Arthur divided the Public Security Departnt into several modules, with the departnt overseeing the Police Departnt, Rescue Departnt, Ard Guard Departnt, and Comprehensive Departnt.
The scope of the Police Departnt is simple, covering the normal range of police duties, including handling various criminal cases, civil disputes, and more.
The Police Departnt also includes comprehensive, civil, criminal, and traffic police units, which are already very similar to the police departnts of later generations.
The aning of the Rescue Departnt is also simple, handling various crises in an ergency, such as natural and man-made disasters.
The role of the Rescue Departnt is more like the Fire Departnt of later generations, and it is separated from the Police Departnt to improve the police's efficiency.
The Ard Guard Departnt is a completely new departnt in Arthur's plan, responsible for Australasia's coastal defense, counter-terrorism, and riot control, and so on.
The biggest difference between the ard guard departnt and the police departnt is that the ard guards will be equipped with heavy firepower weapons, specifically designed to deal with larger cases and protect national security.
The ard guard departnt is divided into land ard guards and sea ard guards, responsible for protecting the country's border defense and coastal defense.
In Arthur's plan, a large number of small warships will be allocated to the sea ard guards. These warships will typically be patrol boats and gunboats weighing tens to hundreds of tons, but a certain number of warships weighing over a thousand tons will also be equipped to give sea guards certain combat capabilities.
Without deploying regular warships, the sea ard guards will be a crucial part of Australasia's coastal defense, not only responsible for patrolling the sea, but also acting as pioneers during critical monts.
The large-scale establishnt of sea ard guards is a natural developnt, as Australasia-controlled regions spanning the Persian Gulf, Australia, and the Pacific Ocean have vast ocean areas that require extensive patrolling by nurous small warships.
After all, no matter how large the navy becos, it is not destined to cover all of Australasia's sea areas.
To protect the security of these sea regions, it is necessary to have small-scale, small warship-equipped mariti patrol forces.
With the added ard guard departnt, the importance of the security departnt has increased significantly.
After hearing Arthur's plan, Secretary of Public Security Robert's face visibly lit up with excitent.
According to Arthur's plan, the importance of the security departnt will be on par with the Ministry of Defence during peaceti, and even comparable to warti importance.
Although the Ministry of Defence's importance during warti will far exceed that of the security departnt, during peaceti, the security departnt's power will expand significantly.
Since the security departnt previously only consisted of police responsible for maintaining the country's security and handling various cases, it seed to have little else to do.
But now, maintaining the country's border defense is one of the critical tasks of the security departnt, making it a powerful ard force in Australasia, allowing Minister Robert to stand tall among the Cabinet.
The last departnt in the security division is the Comprehensive Police Departnt, which covers a wide range of jobs, filling so gaps in the police force.
So civilian jobs, such as personnel for organizing archives, the security departnt's finance staff, forensic doctors, police force allocation, and so on, are all covered under the Comprehensive Police Departnt.
The expansion of the security departnt represents a significant step forward for Australasia in national security, while changes in the Ministry of Defence mark the full expansion of Australasia's military power.
Arthur has modified the warti Ministry of Defence system, separating the General Staff Departnt from the Army, Navy, and Air Force departnts, while the three services still belong to the Ministry of Defence.
The Ministry of Defence is responsible for military expansion, reorganization, downsizing, and the procurent and assembly of weapons and equipnt, essentially covering most aspects of the military's logistics, and having significant command authority during peaceti.
anwhile, the General Staff Departnt is responsible for the appointnt of middle and senior military officers, the garrison and deploynt of the military, warti command, the distribution of warti supplies, and more. This organization is responsible for the appointnt of officers during peaceti and the full takeover of the military during warti.
According to the plan, Defence Secretary Raul holds the rank of Lieutenant General, as does Thomas, the newly appointed Chief of Staff and forr Brigadier General of the First Guard Division.
Next, Arthur will focus on cultivating talent in the military, seeking opportunities to train them and find more talent for Australasia's General Staff.
As the organization controlling the entire military during warti, the General Staff must store so of Australasia's exceptional military talents to ensure that any decisions made during warti are correct.
After the General Staff Departnt's separation from the Ministry of Defence, so army school graduates will also go to the General Staff Departnt for training before entering the military.
As an organization that can control the promotion of middle and senior military officers, the new General Staff Departnt is expected to be well-received by a considerable portion of students and officers.
The new Ministry of Defence and General Staff Departnt will share power, with the General Staff Departnt responsible for the military's garrison and the Ministry of Defence responsible for logistics. These two organizations can restrict each other, preventing military power from being controlled by a single organization.
Although the power of the General Staff Departnt will expand dramatically during warti, the financial power of the military will still be controlled by the Finance Departnt, preventing a situation similar to Germany's from occurring.
Regardless of Hindenburg's contribution to Germany, Arthur certainly does not want soone like Hindenburg to appear in Australasia.
Military power undermining monarch power is sothing that monarchism is unwilling to see, and sothing that Arthur strives to prevent.
After all, the current situation in Germany has proven that military governnts' extremities do not benefit the country.
If Wilhelm II were still in power during the later stages of the war, Germany would still lose, but the outco might not be as disastrous.
At the very least, Wilhelm II would weigh the pros and cons and seek an honorable resolution when realizing that victory in the war was no longer possible.
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