[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-rise-of-australasia":3,"chapter-the-rise-of-australasia-the-rise-of-australasia-chapter-960":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Rise Of Australasia",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1597057,2064,"Chapter 956: 713: Army Reforms_3","the-rise-of-australasia-chapter-960",960,"\u003Cp>Chapter 956: Chapter 713: Army Reforms_3\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Australasia had essentially ceased research on battleships and maintained a level of aircraft carriers almost comparable to the British.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, the biggest threat to the British was not Australasia, but the Island Nation that once built the mightiest battleships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Islanders had different ambitions, and their warship numbers certainly exceeded those stipulated in the Naval Limitation Treaty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the British were entirely focused on combating the United States at the time and turned a blind eye to the occasional treaty breaches by the Island Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with the Americans out of the picture, the British naturally had no more reservations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Britain, anything could be tolerated except the risk of being threatened in naval terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was foreseeable that once the division of the United States was completely dealt with, the British would turn their attention back to the global situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, given the British knack for playing a balancing policy, there was a greater chance they would disrupt the relationship between Australasia and the Island Nation, forcing Australasia into an unwanted competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, there was a high likelihood of this happening. For the British, if the Island Nation and Australasia fought each other, it would solve two potential threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the British could simply focus their attention on the situation in Europe, firmly securing their position as the world’s supreme power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for nations in other regions, there were none that posed a threat to Britain at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, aside from Europe, Asia, and Oceania, the only region with powerful nations was North America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that might not hold true in a few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur didn’t believe the British would miss the opportunity to carve up the United States, especially considering it had previously gained independence from Britain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Britain couldn’t completely annex the American territories, in line with their balance of power policy, they would certainly support several states in the Americas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was good news for Arthur. At least it meant his plan to support a new America could proceed, and he could claim an extra share in Central America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, based on new army organizational charts, the size of the Australasian Army was set to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously each infantry division had only 16,000 men, whereas the new divisions were increased to around 17,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numbers in both artillery and cavalry divisions saw certain changes too, which meant that the Australasian Army’s total strength was expected to exceed 270,000 men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An army of 270,000 was sufficient for Australasia. After all, without warfare, maintaining too large an army was a heavy financial burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, while sustaining this 270,000-strong army, it was still crucial to focus on reserve personnel training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military training for university students and certain eligible male citizens was deemed necessary, becoming an unavoidable topic for all male citizens of Australasia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, not even William, the heir to the throne, was exempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur was already selecting the military unit for William’s service, where he would serve incognito in the unit of Arthur’s choosing and demonstrate his abilities for at least two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would be a test for the future monarch. After all, if one couldn’t manage relationships with soldiers, how could one deal with the crafty officers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Arthur was still around, the officers seemed honest, but with a new monarch, various true faces would gradually emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A qualified Crown Prince needed to be not only politically adept but also deeply trusted by soldiers, or at the very least, well-liked enough to earn their loyalty to the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traditionally, given a nation that valued the navy, the likelihood was that the Crown Prince would choose to serve in the navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As with Britain, if the British Crown Prince served in the military, he would likely choose the Royal Navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was the Royal Navy that maintained Britain’s dominant status; the British Army’s combat effectiveness was just barely acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Arthur, what he most hoped for was that William would serve in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least for the short term, there wouldn’t be much development in Australasia’s navy. Apart from the construction of a few aircraft carriers, the main battleships wouldn’t see significant changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was still important to maintain good relations with the British, at least before the outbreak of World War II.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur certainly did not want to become a central figure in World War II, especially not of the villainous sort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if one were to consider it slyly, Arthur did hope the war would erupt as it did in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the current situation was very different from that in history, without a complete United States to help Europe win the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also meant that if Germany were to trigger World War II, the resistance against the Germans in the early stages would be just Britain, France, and Russia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of these Powers had its own significant issues, which meant defeating the German onslaught would require them to shed even more blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scenario would be favorable for Australasia, granting Arthur the chance to reap greater benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as the Malacca Strait, which Arthur desired: the British would never relinquish it unless there was an exceptional crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, should India ever face a threat, apart from their native land and India, the British would certainly be willing to give up any territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, India was the British Empire’s crown jewel, and without it, the British Empire’s crown would lose its luster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was by no means a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claim to the British Empire’s throne was through the Indian Empire; without India, the British Monarch would be merely a King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, one could see from the fact that each British Monarch was referred to as either a King or a Queen, that outside of the British themselves, not many countries were willing to acknowledge that crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Europe placed much more emphasis on jurisprudence than other regions; without legitimate jurisprudential succession, even if you’re the leading superpower, other countries would not recognize the monarchy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1023,"2026-06-06T09:31:58.107Z",1,"novelbin.me","3d0f724e6400d29fb98e3a151f9505ded6665dccd47f6cfda81e6dc5baf5c835","the-rise-of-australasia-chapter-961","the-rise-of-australasia-chapter-959",1367,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-rise-of-australasia-cover.jpg"]