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Among them, the total amount of money invested in the development of new weapons by the army alone is as high as 100,000 yuan, which is much higher than the research invested in the navy ships in the same period, which is also what Lin Wendong has always complained against; in his view, the navy is the foundation of Australia in the future, and only when the navy is developed and strong can the army be useful.

However, Xu Renguo, chairman of the executive committee, as a former army officer and once served as the commander of the army, has a somewhat different view from Lin Wendong on this point, and the navy of various countries at this stage should be the strongest in terms of combat effectiveness, and the second should be the English, because England will gradually replace the Dutch maritime supremacy.

Although the English had the ability to become the hegemon, it did not mean that their ships were more advanced or even faster than the Dutch, and similarly, although the Dutch defeated the Spaniards, it did not mean that their ships were better than the Spanish.

From these aspects, the most critical factor is actually the gap in weapons, the gap on the ship is not too big, the key is that the artillery equipped may have different ranges, and the artillery equipped by the Dutch is definitely the most advanced.

Therefore, under such a premise, it is impossible for Xu Renguo to invest more money in the research and development of ships, in addition to this, there is another meaning to build a strong army, that is, military intervention in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty has basically been agreed.

Those who are familiar with history know that in 1644, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains of Guandingding, announcing the official collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only did the committee members agree to the military intervention against Ming, but the leaders of each group also supported it, you know, this is not a simple intervention, but also related to Australia's own interests.

If that land falls under the rule of the Manchus, Australia's better communication and trade with it will inevitably be blocked, and it will also be detrimental to Australia's development, where there is a market that Australia needs, and the manpower and material resources are lacking in Australia.

Because Xu Renguo and Wang Tiezhu were both from military backgrounds, the work on national defense construction was basically carried out by him and several military personnel, including the recruitment system.

Australia lacks population, and the current army recruitment basically relies on preferential welfare benefits, plus some favorable policies, so some new immigrants who do not have any skills will choose to serve in the army for five years, and they will receive a lot of retirement funds after the expiration of the service period. Some soldiers who have performed well also receive a letter of recommendation for employment from the Army Command.

As long as you have this letter of recommendation, whether you go to a state-owned enterprise or a private company in Australia, the boss will be very willing to hire you.

It is precisely for this reason that the army has relied on such conditions to recruit quite a number of people, but from the perspective of long-term national defense construction, it will not work to rely entirely on interests as a link to recruit troops, and it is necessary to establish a complete set of military service systems.

In fact, you don't need to think about it, you can refer to some practices in other countries in later generations, and adult men must serve in the military.

The long-term practice of bundling the interests of recruiting soldiers will increase the government's investment in army building, so it is necessary to implement a compulsory military system so that every adult male citizen has the habit of military service.

The establishment of a conscription system can not only save some military spending for Australia, but also improve the awareness of immigrants about the national government and let them know why they want to carry out the conscription system.

There is no compulsory military system in the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Ming Dynasty mainly relies on two kinds, one is recruited or abundant, and the other is the official army of the guard, the guard army is the main force of the Ming Dynasty, but in the later period, how its combat effectiveness is, as long as you look at the history books.

Hesitating for a long time and lacking training, when fighting, the generals generally bring their own family members with them at most, and these people are the key to fighting.

At present, the population of the entire town of Chang'an is 3,500 people, including naturalized natives, who already enjoy the same national rights, so they must also participate in this compulsory military system.

As soon as the notice was posted, everyone began to discuss it after getting off work, and the guys who have reached the age of eighteen will have to go to the army in the future, so how can it be done, some people immediately expressed their opposition to this.

The Army Command, which had long anticipated this situation, had sent people to squat in various factories and residential areas to answer the question of the system of conscription and why this policy was implemented for these people.

In other words, once a country is exposed to an enemy from the outside, even if it does not have such an army in normal times, it can quickly recruit and build a force that can be used in battle when needed.

Some people understood this benefit after listening to the explanation, and the same compulsory military system was not completely without supporters, and it was written that if you applied for the Army Academy during your military service, you would enjoy priority admission.

Although this army academy has not yet been seen, it has already spread, and this school is dedicated to training officers, what officers, captains, partial generals, guerrillas, etc., this is the officer, although the traditional saying that good men should not be soldiers, but most people who are officers are rejected.

Among the immigrants, there are many guards and soldiers, and they are naturally very enthusiastic about such good things as becoming generals, and many of them used to envy those officials very much.

After the compulsory military system is implemented, an army academy will be established, and the preliminary construction of the academy will be mainly presided over by Fu Helin, who was transferred from the 51st district, which is also set up to cope with the lack of professional and technical personnel training after the expansion of the army in the future.

Fu Helin was appointed vice president of the Army Academy, and Army Commander Ma Dongming was the president of the Academy, the entire construction work was shorter than the construction of the Naval Academy, and the investment was relatively less.

When Fu and Lin finally received the letter of appointment, they were dumbfounded, and they didn't mention the promotion, but they asked him to serve as the vice president of the Army Academy.