As the time entered November 1912, the reorganization of the Royal Australasian Society for the Study of Physical and Chemical Studies into the Royal Academy of Sciences was basically completed.

The former members of the research association have also become members of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences.

For these researchers, the change in their status is a good thing. After all, although the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry was also highly valued by Arthur before, the status of these members was not so high.

Now, after becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, they also have the status of the mayor of the city, and they are considered to be in the upper middle class in Australasia.

As long as they can break through the barriers between first-class academicians and second-class academicians and successfully reach the level of second-level academicians, these scientific researchers can be regarded as truly entering the upper class of Australasian society and have an extraordinary status.

Now that the Royal Academy of Sciences has been formed, it is time to begin the large-scale research of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Arthur attended the first plenary session of the Royal Academy of Sciences, highlighting several of the Royal Society's research directions.

The first is the radio technology that Tesla has already mastered. Radio technology is a vital technology for both civilian and military applications.

Radio technology will also become one of the main research directions of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and radio technology, which is dominated by telegraphy, will be the main research direction of Tesla and the Royal Academy of Sciences.

In addition to radio technology, Tesla also wants to strengthen research on alternating current technology. A wide variety of power generation equipment and power generation, as well as electric current transportation equipment, need new improvements.

In addition to serving as Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Tesla was appointed by Arthur as the Chief Designer of the Australasian National Power Project, responsible for adding bricks and tiles to the Australasian Power Project.

As the previous position of the best electrical engineer in the United States and the chief designer of power engineering, Tesla is naturally the most suitable.

It is worth mentioning that the current electricity is already one of the most frequently used energy sources in Australasia.

In big cities like Sydney and Melbourne, electric street lights are also ubiquitous. Electric lights have also entered thousands of households and become one of the most important lighting methods for urban residents.

In addition, electricity and equipment that uses electricity are also widely used in industry.

Although Australasia is separated from the British Empire, the most obvious difference between it and the British Empire is the innovation of equipment used in the industrial technology of both sides.

Many of the UK's old-fashioned factories are still using old-fashioned equipment, including steam-powered. However, in Australasia, many new plants are already using electricity as the main source of energy, and only a small number of plants have to be powered by steam and coal.

Because air conditioners have already been born, some factories in Australasia can even see air conditioners running with electricity in some workshops with hot indoor temperatures.

The meeting identified the main research directions of the Royal Academy of Sciences, which were basically projects of great interest to Australasia.

Of course, in addition to these projects, the Academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences can also decide on their own research projects and apply to the Academy of Sciences for their own research funding.

In addition to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arthur also had high expectations for the technical experts in the arsenals and shipyards.

After the replenishment of European talents, there is currently no shortage of talents in the Royal Military Factories and Royal Shipyards, and there are enough manpower to conduct research on new weapons.

After the meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arthur summoned Browning, who had been working for some time, to discuss the current direction of research at the Royal Arsenal.

Browning's experience with small arms is definitely one of the top talents of this era.

Pistols, light machines, guns, heavy machine guns, submachine guns and automatic rifles, there are almost no weapons that Browning will not design and improve.

Combined with the current Australasian range of weapons, Arthur asked Browning to improve Australasia's pistols and submachine guns, and to find a way to develop a lighter machine gun.

At present, the only Australasian pistol is the AS-1898. More than a decade has passed since the development of this pistol, and it is clearly behind the times.

Browning's prowess in pistols is unquestionable, and for him to improve this pistol, he is definitely the most suitable for the talents of the military factory.

As for the submachine gun, although Australasia currently has a Cassadine submachine gun, the original design of this submachine gun was based on Arthur's proposal, and it can only be regarded as a submachine gun that barely meets Arthur's requirements.

If Browning could improve the Cassatine submachine gun and increase the rate of fire and power of the Cassadine, it would also be beneficial for the Australasian army.

After all, there are many troops equipped with Cassadine submachine guns, in addition to the intelligence officers of the Royal Security Service, Arthur's bodyguards, and the guards of the royal palace are all equipped with this submachine gun.

In terms of heavy machine guns, the need for improvement was not so great. At present, Australasia has the MA-107 Maxim heavy machine gun, which is an advanced weapon improved from the MA-99 Maxim heavy machine gun, and is now a world-class heavy machine gun.

But Australasia has not made any progress in light machine guns.

Although the heavy machine gun is good, it not only requires several people to operate, but it is also a big problem in terms of transportation.

If there is a light machine gun that is lighter in weight and not much weaker in firepower to make up for the shortcomings of the heavy machine gun, it can not only increase the diversity of firepower of the Australasian army, but also ensure that the troops can carry enough firepower weapons during the period when the Australasian army needs to travel long distances.

With the current technology of European countries, Australasia's artillery technology does not need to be improved much.

From 37mm guns to 283mm Krupp jumbo guns, the Royal Military Factory in Australasia is now capable of producing them, and the technology can be trusted.

Of course, although the 283-mm guns look very exaggerated, the Australasian army is the most equipped, and in fact it is still the main artillery family with CA-1-37 mm machine guns, M1897-75 mm guns, GA1902-75 mm rapid guns, Krupp 105 mm howitzers, Krupp 155 mm howitzers, GA1906-105 mm semi-automatic guns.

The M1897 gun is the famous Miss France, and the GA1902 gun is an even more powerful gun obtained by the cooperation between Australasia and Germany to improve the Miss France.

The rate of fire of Miss France is capable of reaching 15 rounds per minute, and the rate of fire of the GA1902 gun is already capable of reaching 20 rounds per minute.

At present, the army of Australasia has been fully reequipped with GA1902 guns, gradually abandoning the previously trusted Miss France.

The GA1906 105mm rapid-fire gun, which is also part of the GA series, is still a cooperative product of Australasia and Germany.

To borrow the principle of Miss France, the rate of fire of this gun was also able to reach 12 rounds per minute.

Coupled with its huge lethality of 105 mm caliber, the three types of rapid artillery, 37 mm, 75 mm and 105 mm, became the most equipped artillery in the Australasian army.

Semi-automatic guns and machine guns with a high rate of fire were used to inflict heavy casualties, while giant guns with a caliber of up to 155 mm and 283 mm were used to bombard and devastate enemy fortifications.

This also allows the firepower of the Australasian army to reach a perfect level in theory, and the artillery of this caliber has been heavily equipped, and in terms of firepower, the Australasian army is not inferior to any country.

Coupled with a wide range of machine guns, submachine guns and advanced rifles, Arthur believes that Australasia's army is among the best in the world.

What's more, in addition to these very powerful firepower weapons, the Australasian army will not save all kinds of ammunition and shells when training.

With a large amount of training and advanced equipment, how can the combat effectiveness of the army not be strong?

Speaking of artillery, the artillery specialists of the Royal Arsenal also received tasks and requests from Arthur.

The largest caliber artillery currently equipped by the Australasian Army is the 283 mm giant gun of the Krupp factory.

But in the navy, in addition to the 283 mm guns, the Royal Arsenals and Shipyards also had 305 mm and 343 mm naval guns at their disposal.

These two calibers correspond to the cannon caliber of the current dreadnought and super dreadnought, respectively, and are the guarantee and source of the powerful firepower of the current warships.

Australasia's 305 mm artillery technology came from Germany, and 343 mm artillery technology came from the British Empire.

Having obtained artillery specialists from the British Empire, as well as France, Austria-Hungary and other countries, Arthur naturally would not be satisfied with the current caliber of artillery.

You must know that during World War I, the British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships used 15-inch guns.

Fifteen inches is almost 381 mm, and this gun caliber will be far ahead of the caliber of warships of other countries, giving the British Empire's navy a unique advantage in firepower.

In fact, in response to the pressure of the German naval race, and in order to consolidate the superiority of British warships in terms of firepower, British Admiral Winston Churchill strongly advocated the installation of larger guns on new warships, namely the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, that is, 15-inch guns, instead of the original 13.5-inch guns.

In later history, the British carried out experiments and manufacturing 15-inch guns at the same time in order to catch up with the schedule, and finally successfully equipped the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships in January 1915, the premise of the outbreak of war, and put them into the war.

Although the time for the British to study the 15-inch caliber main gun was very urgent, the 15-inch caliber main gun studied by the British, because of the good performance of the artillery, coupled with the huge increase in the power of the artillery, led to the construction of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship was very successful, and it also showed good combat effectiveness in the war.

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