Rise of Australia

Chapter 300 Large-scale military expansion of various countries (ask for a monthly ticket!)

According to the Navy Act announced by William II, Germany will build three battleships and one battlecruiser every year during the three years from 1912 to 1914, and strive to allow the German Navy to have more than 1914 dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts before the end of 17 , 5 battlecruisers, 22 pre-dreadnoughts, 32 cruisers, 114 destroyers and 30 submarines.

This naval bill has four more battleships than in history, which also means that in the next three years, Germany will build 1.33 more battleships per year compared to history.

The Navy Supplementary Act announced by the Germans, which officially began in early 1912, quickly attracted the attention of the British who attached great importance to German news.

Not long after the Germans announced the Navy Expansion Act, that is, on October 1911, 10, Churchill, who had just exchanged positions with Secretary of the Navy McKenna, became the new Secretary of the Navy of the British Empire.

The politician who once served as the Minister of Commerce obstructed the increase of the Navy's budget, but at this time faced the Germans' Navy Supplementary Act, and proposed tit-for-tat: For every major warship built by the Germans, the British must build two.

Churchill did do the same in history, which also caused the UK's naval budget from 1912 to 1913 to be twice that of Germany, with a terrifying 4408 million pounds.

Churchill publicly stated that if the Germans build three main battleships every year, then the British Empire will build four main battleships and two battlecruisers to maintain an overall advantage over the German navy.

The two most powerful countries in the world are competing in the navy, and the naval competition in Europe has entered the hottest state.

France, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire announced their naval expansion plans one after another. In addition to the Tsarist Russian Empire, which had already placed orders for warships in Australasia, the European powers moved one after another, and warships were like dumplings.

In addition to these European powers, there are actually two other great powers that are also focusing on the development of dreadnoughts.

The island nation's dreadnought ship has already begun to take shape. Their first dreadnought ship design was named the Hanoi-class dreadnought ship.

But even if it is the earliest battleship Hanoi, it may have to wait until early 1913 if it wants to be built.

In fact, the island country has been unable to have its own dreadnought ship for a long time, which also made the island country that had barely obtained the status of a great power because of the Russo-Japanese War almost give up its status to others.

Even many Europeans are more willing to regard Australasia as a great power. After all, Australasia is also a Western country with three dreadnoughts.

Of course, Australasia's military strength is not yet worthy of the status of a great power. The reason why some Europeans say this is nothing more than ethnic and racial discrimination.

But it cannot be denied that the current Australasian navy has reached the level of great powers.The main battleship has surpassed the tail of the crane like Italy, and the number of dreadnought ships is second only to Britain and Germany.

In the corners that many European countries don't care much about, the development of American dreadnoughts has also begun to take shape.

The South Carolina-class battleships of the United States are the same warship design as the battleship Dreadnought era.

However, due to the delay in determining the design plan for too long, this also caused the two South Carolina-class battleships to be about three years behind the battleship Dreadnought.

The U.S. battleships South Carolina and Michigan were completed in January and March last year respectively, and have officially joined the U.S. Navy this year.

However, the design of the South Carolina-class battleship is not so amazing compared to the battleship Dreadnought.

The power of the South Carolina-class battleship is only 16000 horsepower, which also causes the speed of this class of battleship to be only a little over 18 knots, which is far from the 20 to 21 knots of the Intrepid battleship.

Therefore, the South Carolina-class battleship can also be regarded as an old-fashioned battleship with enhanced firepower and armor, and there is still a long way to go from the real dreadnought in terms of speed.

The second dreadnought design of the United States, the Delaware-class battleship is the true dreadnought of the United States, and it is also the first battleship that the US Navy has received a budget without specifying the displacement.

The battleships Delaware and North Dakota were both completed in April last year, and both have joined the US Navy.

The speed of the Delaware-class battleship has been able to reach 21 knots, which is also the current standard speed of the dreadnought.

Of course, the American dreadnought design does not stop there.

The Florida-class battleship is a powerful battleship improved by the United States based on the Delaware-class battleship.

The United States plans to build a total of two battleships, the USS Florida and the USS Utah, both of which were completed in early September this year, and the navigating test phase has already begun.

Of course, the battleships that the United States plans to build, as well as the latest Wyoming-class battleships.

There are also two Wyoming-class battleships planned, the Wyoming and the Arkansas.

The completion time of these two battleships will wait until around September next year. If nothing else, this should also be the last dreadnought design of the United States.

From the U.S. warship construction plan, it can also be seen that the current U.S. ambitions are not small.

Barely counting the South Carolina-class battleships, the United States currently has a total of six dreadnoughts that have been built and two dreadnoughts that are planned to be built. The current number of main navy is well-deserved third in the world.

If Germany was not too close to Britain and the United States was too far away from Britain, I am afraid that the main conflict of World War I would be the conflict between Britain and the United States.

The potential currently demonstrated by the United States is actually greater than the threat Germany poses to the United Kingdom.

But there is no way. Compared with the United States, which is far away from the Atlantic Ocean, Germany, which is just under the face of the British, is the confidant of the United Kingdom.

After the British understood the ambitions and potential of the Americans, the United States at that time was no longer something Britain, which had been seriously injured in two world wars, could resist.

This also led to the colonial order maintained by Britain and France for hundreds of years, which was easily eliminated by the United States and a new country.

Under the indoctrination of the concept of freedom and democracy, the order of the colonies collapsed in an instant, and various ethnic groups in the colonies demanded independence one after another, and Britain and France were instantly beaten back to their original forms.

For Arthur, the enemies of Australasia were not the British Empire and the German Empire, which were very powerful at present.

Arthur has always been very clear that although European countries are powerful, with the development of time and the two world wars in Europe, the decline of Europe is inevitable.

The potential shown by the United States, as well as the superior geographical location of the United States, is doomed to be the biggest enemy of Australasia.

Among other things, the liberal and democratic concept of the United States dismantling the British and French colonial systems has also done some harm to Australasia.

No matter how fiercely European countries fight, after all, they are related to each other. To put it bluntly, everyone is a family.

But the Americans are different. They are not a monarchy, and the relationship with the major European royal families is not very good.

It is not good news for the European royal family to make such a country a world hegemon.

When necessary, unite the European monarchies after the war and form an alliance of monarchs to fight against the United States. Only in this way can the development of the United States be limited, at least the colonial system will not collapse so quickly.

In early October 1911, at the request of various cabinet officials, a cabinet meeting for Australasia was formally held.

What this meeting is discussing is actually the more intense warship race and arms race that broke out in European countries at the end of September.

To put it bluntly, the arms race among European countries is already preparing for war.

All countries understand that war is inevitable, which is why the arms race is still insisted on despite the huge cost.

"Your Majesty, do we also have a new round of naval expansion plan?" At the conference table, Minister of Defense Raul asked expectantly.

Although Arthur rejected the Ministry of National Defense's request to expand the navy, the army was expanded not long ago. The Ministry of National Defense believes that the opportunity has come. Now it is to raise the armament of Australasia to the level of a great power and seek the status of a great power. when.

"Let's talk about the situation in Europe first! In addition to the naval expansion plans of various countries, do you have any information on their army expansion plans?" Arthur did not directly reject Minister Raul's proposal, but jumped to a topic, ask.

As the monarch of a country, although Arthur can actually say some things, it is better to avoid saying them directly.

If the proposal of naval expansion is directly rejected in front of Minister Raul, it will dampen the enthusiasm of the radicals and the offensive.

Although it is not planned to expand the naval power on a large scale for the time being, if it makes the Australasian government move towards isolation and pacifism, it will not be worth the loss.

After all, if Australasia wants to achieve a real rise, it will inevitably have great conflicts with the pseudo-power island countries and the biggest enemy, the United States.

Therefore, the blood of the government is very necessary.Let the rest of the cabinet government reject the proposals made by the cabinet ministers!

"Your Majesty, according to the news released by other countries, at present, major countries in Europe are already plotting to expand their armaments. Russia has publicly announced that it will expand its army by 50. Although Russia's progress has been very slow, if you count the They already have a standing army of one million, and their army will reach a terrifying 150 million. I'm afraid the Germans will feel a little uncomfortable." Foreign Minister Andrew reported with a respectful face.

Arthur clicked his tongue and couldn't help but admire the Russian's movements.

Australasia's expansion of an army of 10 people has to carefully calculate the domestic population's burden and funding, and also take into account the reserves of officers and weapons and equipment.

Fortunately for the Russians, they already had a standing army of one million, and now they have directly expanded to 50. The number of troops has even reached the sum of the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

If you only talk about the number of troops, Russia is really the well-deserved No. [-] in Europe.

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