Australasia's industrial development has been smooth, especially with the help of Germany and the United Kingdom, industrial construction has been in a state of continuous growth.

So far, Australia's total annual steel production has reached more than 3.1 million tons, of which 1.7971 million tons of iron and 1.3142 million tons of steel are produced annually.

Although the figure of steel production seems like a lot, it is only just over the level of the last power, Italy, less than half of that of Russia and France, and a little more than a fifth of that of Britain during the same period.

Although he had surpassed the orthodox European powers such as Italy, Arthur still did not have the slightest joy.

Although Italy claims to be one of the European powers, it only sounds more powerful, and its real status is definitely the bottom of the European powers, perhaps a little better than the current island country.

Moreover, it is only the production of steel that surpasses that of Italy, and there is really nothing to be happy about. Australasia is still a long way from the traditional European powers, and if it wants to truly match or even surpass the European powers, it may only be possible to rely on two wars to take shortcuts.

The good news is that Australasia's various industrial construction tends to be in a state of perfection, in addition to the industrial steel industry, various chemical industries, civil industries, machinery factories, glass factories, fertilizer factories, cement factories and so on are also in a state of blooming everywhere.

In particular, the James Machinery Factory, funded by the Royal Consortium, has now grown to become the largest machinery factory in Victoria and the second largest in Australasia, becoming a leader among many private enterprises.

As for the largest machine factory, it is, naturally, the Royal Machinery Factory, which is controlled by the royal consortium itself. Royal Machinery Factory has orders from automobile factories, engine factories, as well as various military factories and other various factories, and the annual production of machinery and equipment accounts for 60% of the Australasian market, with more than 20,000 workers.

All the factories and enterprises under the Royal Consortium have more than 400,000 employees, covering various industries and fields in Australasia, and are the absolute giants of Australasian enterprises.

The royal consortium pays the government tens of millions of dollars in taxes every year, and its own net profits exceed 50 million dollars.

However, Australasian people are very welcome to the various enterprises of the royal consortium, after all, the royal consortium not only provides them with jobs, but any factories and enterprises belonging to the royal consortium, the welfare package and policies are definitely the best in Australasia.

This is also the reason why when Australasian people are looking for a job, the first choice is definitely the royal consortium enterprises and factories.

The good news is that after nearly two years of construction, the initial construction of the Leonora Industrial Base has been officially completed.

The Ministry of Industry is already discussing a list of companies that will be located in the Linora Industrial Area, all of which are undoubtedly Australasian giants in various industries.

Because the purpose of the construction of the Leonora Industrial Base is to build a comprehensive large-scale industrial cluster, this invitation of enterprises will definitely take care of more types and fields of industry.

For example, the chemical industry, agricultural industry, machinery factory, etc., which were vigorously developed by the government before, will be the main target of the industrial base invitation.

In order to demonstrate the importance attached to the industrial base, Arthur and the government decided to divide the entire Leonora industrial base into a city-level direct district, directly under the management of the Ministry of Industry.

The rank of the head of the Leonora industrial base is directly equivalent to the rank of mayor of the capital city of Australasia Africa.

The head of the industrial base is appointed by the Ministry of Industry for a four-year term.

This also represents Arthur's attitude that no one other than the cabinet government has the right to meddle in the Leonora industrial base.

Beginning in January 1910, the initially built Leonora Industrial Base began to invite companies to settle in.

The initial goal is to invite 30 large enterprises and hundreds of small businesses, and to prepare 10 super-large storage areas for these enterprises.

The construction of railways and roads connecting the industrial zone began long before the construction of the industrial zone began, and it was completed before the industrial zone was built.

The current Leonora Industrial Site is not only connected to the Australasian Industrial Railway, but also to the strategic road network, which can quickly reach the east and west coasts of Australia.

It is conservatively estimated that even the first phase of the Leonora Industrial Base could create more than 50,000 jobs and generate at least $20 million a year for Australasia.

All the businesses in the industrial zone are conservatively estimated to generate millions of dollars in tax revenue for the government every year, and even two or three million is not too difficult if the development is a little better.

What if the industrial base is fully built? Create 200,000 jobs? Creating $100 million in production value? Generate tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue every year?

Although these figures are unimaginable, many in the Cabinet government have a vague feeling that they can be achieved, and they are more supportive of the construction of the Leonora industrial base.

Of course, no matter what other people's attitudes are, Arthur attaches great importance to the Leonora Industrial Base, and even instructed the Minister of Industry, Pierre, to visit the Industrial Base often if there is nothing to do, and to complete the construction of the Industrial Base with quality and quantity.

Pierre didn't dare to be careless about Arthur's instructions, and basically went to the Leonora Industrial Base every half a month, lest any accidents happen to the construction of the industrial base and let him bear Arthur's anger.

For the Minister of Industry, Pierre, who has already sat in the position of Minister of Industry for three terms, wants to remain in the cabinet government, and the only way to go further is to go further in the position of cabinet minister.

However, there are not a few cabinet ministers like Minister Pierre, and there are only so many cabinet seats, and there are two people who have already served as prime ministers, so the pressure is not small.

If they can gain Arthur's favor and support, it will be a decisive help for them to go further.

Of course, Arthur didn't know all this, and he wouldn't care if he did.

For Arthur, putting anyone on top is just a matter of words, but why say it?

By this time, Arthur had arrived at the Aviation Laboratory, and all his attention was on the new aircraft in the Aviation Laboratory.

After more than four years of precipitation, the aviation laboratory's military aircraft has also been successfully developed to the third generation, and its performance has been greatly improved compared with the second generation aircraft.

If we only talk about the current manufacturing of aircraft and military aircraft, as well as the degree of scientific and technological mastery, Australasia is definitely the first in the world, and even a large number ahead of the second in the world.

If the second-generation military aircraft can only barely be used in actual combat and initially reach the level of World War I, then the third-generation military aircraft has been equal to or even surpassed the level of military aircraft of various countries in the later stage of World War I.

But is it possible to stop the development of aircraft? It's simply impossible.

Arthur is now focusing more and more on aircraft research and development, and the funding of aviation laboratories is also rising.

However, the aeronautical laboratory is Arthur's private property, so it does not cost government money, but is financed and controlled by a royal consortium.

The current aviation laboratory costs Arthur at least half a million Australian dollars a year, so the aircraft that has been researched and built at great cost is naturally much ahead of the other countries of the same era that have been privately researched.

It is no exaggeration to say that Australasia is currently home to at least two-fifths of the world's aeronautical talent, and this proportion is still expanding.

Other countries want to overtake Australasia in aviation and aircraft manufacturing unless they take control of the remaining thirty percent of the aeronautical talent, and then at a significant cost, possibly within a few years.

But is this realistic? The remaining 30% of aeronautical talents are distributed in Europe and the United States, and they have been more or less valued by local governments and even some countries.

Moreover, there are many patriots among these people, and Australasia has not been able to win over them at a great cost, and Arthur does not believe that any country can control all the remaining thirty percent of them.

Back to the current third-generation military aircraft.

The first is the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft, which is currently the fastest flying and longest-range aircraft among the three types of military aircraft in Australasia.

Like the second-generation aircraft, the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft still adopts the design method of two seats in the front and rear, but compared with the previous generation reconnaissance aircraft, the size has been reduced.

Of course, if you count the two additional auxiliary fuel tanks, the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft is even larger than the previous generation of reconnaissance aircraft.

The maximum range of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance plane without the auxiliary fuel tank reached 700 km, and the maximum range of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft carrying two auxiliary fuel tanks even reached 1,100 kilometers.

And that's not all, the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft uses aircraft engines specially developed by Diesel to achieve an average flight speed of 215 kilometers per hour and a maximum flight speed of 240 kilometers per hour.

The average flight speed of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance aircraft alone has already exceeded the maximum flight speed of the previous generation of reconnaissance aircraft, which is enough to see how greatly the performance of the engine has improved.

Of course, in order to take care of the speed and range, the weapons on the reconnaissance plane were relatively simple, just a MA-107 Maxim machine gun.

However, with the terrifying flight speed and range of the Eagle-3 reconnaissance plane, even if it is faced with an enemy reconnaissance plane or fighter plane, it is still completely fine to run.

Looking at the brand-new Eagle-3 reconnaissance plane in front of him, Arthur couldn't help but have a question: Can the strongest military aircraft in other countries beat the Australasian reconnaissance plane, which is only used for intelligence reconnaissance?

Even if it is only equipped with a heavy machine gun, this is the latest product developed by Arthur's military factory after more than ten years since the last heavy machine gun, and the performance is definitely first-class among heavy machine guns.

In the original history, it seems that most of the military aircraft of World War I were only equipped with heavy machine guns or other weapons, and the equipment method was relatively simple, far less advanced and powerful than the aircraft of World War II.

Thinking about the possibility of a future where Australasian reconnaissance planes slaughtered fighters and bombers from other countries, Arthur couldn't help but laugh, but in the end he held back.

After all, in public, a gaffe would damage the king's prestige.

Anyway, such a scene is not a bad thing for Australasia, and if it happens, let those countries be surprised!

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