Fortunately, after a period of adaptation, the soldiers' accuracy improved significantly.

Several shells hit the fixed area one after another, which also made General Makarov's face very bright.

Although the hit rate of the shells was a bit low before, after all, it was the first time for the soldiers to come into contact with such a warship, and it was already good to be able to master it at such a short speed.

This time I came out in a hurry, or I could have prepared a scrapped fishing boat to test the destructive power of the artillery.

However, the power of the 283 mm guns produced in Germany has long been tested, and although it is not as powerful as the battleship Dreadnought, it is among the best among the current old battleships.

In general, this test made General Makarov very satisfied, and even General Makarov had secretly decided that if the domestic finances were rich, he must push the Admiralty to continue to buy Australasian monarch-class battleships.

Only a new battleship of this class will play a decisive role in future naval battles.

If the Pacific Fleet is armed with two Sovereign-class battleships, the island navy will never be a match for the Russian navy, at least until the number of dreadnoughts is balanced.

After a brief stay in Australasia for a few days, General Makarov returned to the Far East, citing his busy schedule.

Of course, the Russian naval soldiers brought by General Makarov did not return, and their next task was to familiarize themselves with all the equipment and equipment of the battleship on the battleship Petropavlovsk, so that in the future, after the delivery of the battleship, they would be able to build up combat effectiveness more quickly.

After the war, various departments in Australasia were busy. After all, it was approaching the end of 1907, which meant that the annual government review was coming.

While many of the positions are still familiar faces, the fact that the prime minister of the biggest government has changed also means that this government is the new government, and the new government also needs to show their achievements to prove that they are not worse than the previous government.

In particular, the new Prime Minister Walter and the two new ministers will need to show their achievements and abilities, after all, whether they can be successfully re-elected in the next cabinet government.

Compared with these busy cabinet officials, Arthur's life is significantly easier.

At present, there is basically nothing too important in Australasia that Arthur needs to decide personally, and on the basis of the development goals have been set, the ministers of various departments only need to carry out detailed planning and implementation by themselves.

As a result, Arthur has plenty of free time to spend with his family to enjoy the flowers, see the scenery, and travel throughout Australasia.

Because Arthur's royal consortium's current assets have already exceeded 300 million pounds, this leads to Arthur's net income of tens of millions of pounds every year even if he does nothing.

There's nothing more relaxing than this laid-back leisure, at least that's what Arthur thinks.

Of course, the communication between Arthur and Queen Mary has not diminished, and every night Arthur will experience the scenery of two peaks and a canyon, as well as lush forests, and the light and cheerful sounds of birds.

Now that the war is over, Australasia will also enter a period of relatively stable development.

In addition, Arthur's position is stable, and there is no need to engage in some intrigue with the government at all.

This also led to Arthur having enough mood and time to explore the human origin project and produce an excellent heir for himself and the royal family.

After all, the prince of the country is still very important for the stability of the country. Even if Arthur is still very young, the heir must be on the agenda.

After spending more than a month happily and relaxedly, the time quietly came to 1908.

On January 1, 1908, the time came for New Year's Day.

European countries still attach more importance to New Year's Day, and countries also have different New Year's Day customs.

Australasian people are mostly made up of British immigrants, so Australasian New Year's Day is also more British.

If you are located in the countryside of Australasia, you can see people rushing to the well to fetch water on this day, which is also the custom of the British on New Year's Day, to fetch water from the well.

According to British customs, it is generally believed that the first person to get water from the well on New Year's Day is a happy person, and the first bucket of water is also called auspicious water.

In addition to the custom of digging well water, the British also like to have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard before New Year's Day.

It is widely believed that if there is no meat and wine left before New Year's Day, the new year will be a year of poverty.

Therefore, it can be seen that before New Year's Day, Australasian wine and meat are very popular, and the supply is basically in short supply.

After all, in addition to the tradition of wine and meat, the celebration and food on New Year's Day are also a major reason for the consumption of wine and meat.

But Arthur and the cabinet officials were not so lucky.

Because of the time it took to collect the data, the annual government report meeting, which was originally planned for December 31, 1907, was postponed to the next day, the first day of the new year.

After all, government affairs are the most important, so cabinet officials and Arthur can only be forced to give up the rest time on New Year's Day.

Fortunately, if the report meeting could have been held sooner, it would have been possible to return in time for the evening celebrations.

In order not to delay the celebration in the evening, Arthur directly placed the meeting place in the conference room of the Sydney Palace, and after the meeting, he could go to the banquet hall to reunite with his family.

At eight o'clock in the morning, as cheers erupted from all over Australasia, the Cabinet Government's annual report meeting officially began.

The postponement of the meeting by a day was also good for the cabinet officials, who also had more time to sort through the materials they had and to think carefully about Arthur's possible questions and answers.

Of course, the most important thing is the next plan, the rationality of the plan, and the degree of completion of the plan are also important factors in determining their performance in the next year.

After a flurry of useless nonsense and opening remarks, the debriefing of the various departments officially began.

Prime Minister Walter took the lead in summing up, although a war broke out in the second half of the year, the war had no impact on the development of Australasia, but also promoted the development of Australasia's military industry.

Prime Minister Walter's summary can be summed up in one sentence: as before, Australasia's diverse industries are thriving.

After a general summary, the next step is a detailed speech by the ministers of various departments.

The first is the industrial sector, where industrial growth has not slowed down and remains at a high level.

Of course, this is also thanks to the current nationwide construction in Australasia and the contribution of the Benz car plant.

Whether it's various constructions across the country or the Benz Automobile Plant, a lot of steel is consumed every year.

At present, Australasia's annual iron production has reached more than 1.5 million tons, and the annual steel production has also reached 1.03 million tons.

Australasia's industrial scale is now first-class under the great powers, and it has long surpassed the Netherlands, Portugal and other second-rate European countries.

What's more, thanks to the support from Germany, Australasia has gradually made up for the shortcomings of basic industry.

There has also been considerable progress in the chemical industry, which now has dozens of chemical plants.

Compared to the previous year, the number of industrial estates in Australasia has not increased. But the number of workers in the industrial zone has increased by more than 30,000, and the number of natives in the industrial zone has also increased by tens of thousands.

With so many indigenous people working there, it is impossible for industry not to flourish.

Of course, this can only happen if Australasia has sufficient mineral resources.

If Australasia does not have sufficient mineral resources, even with a population of hundreds of millions, it is destined to have too much industrial scale.

After getting Timor, Australasia ushered in a considerable increase in the reserves of gold, manganese, chrome, tin and copper.

Coupled with the abundant mineral resources in Australasia, the trouble of other countries is the lack of mineral resources, and the trouble of Australasia is that the resources are too widely distributed and do not know where to prioritize mining.

Australasia's population has also seen considerable growth. At present, the majority of immigrants in Australasia are British, German and Russian immigrants, accounting for 31%, 30% and 27% of the total annual immigration, respectively.

Immigrants from these three countries alone amount to 400,000 each year. Together with immigrants from other countries, the total number of immigrants in Australasia exceeded 450,000 in 1907.

In addition to immigration, the local population of new arrivals is also a significant factor in population growth.

The government's various policies to encourage fertility led to a spurt of growth in Australasia's native population in 1907.

Of course, in addition to the promulgation of various policies to encourage childbearing, the growth of per capita income is also an important reason for the large increase in population.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of People's Livelihood, in 1907, more than 183,000 newborns were born in Australasia, and more than 30,000 people died.

Combined with the number of immigrants, the total population of Australia grew by more than 600,000 in 1907.

This also allowed Australasia's population to jump from 6.55 million at the beginning of 1907 to 7.15 million.

Seventy-three percent of Australasia's population is British, 14 percent German, 9 percent Russian, and the rest are from the rest of Europe.

Because of the predominance of British descent, when Arthur proposed the concept of Australia as a nation, there was little or no opposition to it.

This has led many immigrants from Europe to be more receptive to the concept of Australasia as an ethnic group, which is not predominantly national.

In addition, various welfare policies in Australasia are aimed at the Australasian nation, which also makes many people have to admit that they are Australasians.

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