On August 6, the war in Europe was in full swing, with the Allies and the Allies going to war with each other, involving all six of the world's eight great powers.

The outbreak of war certainly caught people off guard, but the neutrality of a country made many people unexpected.

As a member of the Central Powers, the Italians openly expressed their intention to neutrality to the outside world after Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia.

This also led to the loss of Italy, which had a good naval strength, and the gap between the Allies and the Entente became even wider.

Unless the German army is able to create a huge advantage on land, the war will continue and the tide of the war will be one-sided.

The day after the declaration of war, on August 5, the Australasian Ministry of Defense was already urgently preparing the personnel and weapons needed for the offensive to launch an attack on the German colonies in the Pacific as soon as possible.

The 1st and 2nd Divisions were involved in the attack, two of the most elite divisions of the Australasian regular army.

And in line with the army offensive, there is also the entire Australasian Navy.

Although Australasia's navy also had the task of helping Britain patrol the Indian Ocean, the war had just broken out, and it took some time for the British to mobilize troops, which could give Australasia's navy a certain amount of free time to help with their own domestic offensive.

The lethality of the navy's naval guns is enormous, and in addition, the German colonies basically do not have a large-scale fleet, as long as they are close to the coast of the German colonies, they are the biggest threat to the enemy.

As for the planes and tanks that may be more threatening, at least for now, Arthur has no intention of exposing them.

While Australasia was planning an offensive, the war in Europe was already raging.

Thanks to the well-developed rail and road network in Europe, especially in Western Europe, German and French troops reached the border in a very short time and had already successfully exchanged fire.

Since Germany declared war on France on August 3, in just four days, more than a million German and French troops have been fighting each other on the border, and the blood has been spilled and miserable.

According to rough statistics from Germany and France, in these four days, the casualties of the German and French armies were 27,000 and 35,000 respectively.

If it weren't for the fact that it would take some time to transport all kinds of heavy weapons, and that many troops were urgently redeployed from other areas, it would have not been long before they arrived at the border, and the number of casualties on both sides would have at least doubled.

And on the Eastern Front, the fighting was no less fierce.

Germany had declared war on Russia as early as August 1, and the exchange of fire on the German-Russian border had been going on for almost a week.

On the Austro-Hungarian side, although Austria-Hungary was the latest to declare war on Russia, Austria-Hungary was the first country to provoke a war, and on the border between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, more than 500,000 troops on both sides had been assembled and fought inextricably.

Had it not been for the fact that Franz I had received a letter from Wilhelm II and kept most of the main force for the war against Russia, I am afraid that the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia would have numbered more than a million soldiers.

However, Franz I did not fully follow Wilhelm II's advice. Wilhelm II suggested that Franz I could take defensive measures against Serbia if necessary, but Austrian Chancellor Bechtold believed that Austria-Hungary could capture Serbia with even a small number of troops.

Therefore, the border between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was not only very fierce, but both sides had their own victories and defeats in the offensive and defensive wars, and Austria-Hungary could not gnaw this difficult bone for a while.

In addition to France, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, the four countries that have been fighting, Britain and Australasia are not just verbally participating in the war, the corresponding strategic materials have been frantically transported to Europe, and the British and Australasian expeditionary forces are also in intensive preparations.

The good news is that in the previous two Balkan wars, the Russians took advantage of the opportunity to buy weapons abroad in the Balkans and purchased a large number of advanced weapons and equipment for themselves.

In addition, before the war, the support of a new batch of weapons and equipment from Australasia had just arrived at the port of Vladivostok, which also led to the fact that Russia did not lack weapons and equipment in a short period of time, and the progress of military expansion was also very smooth.

On the premise of having sufficient weapons and equipment, the name of the Russian European bulldozer can be fully brought into play.

Compared with several other European powers, Russia has a larger core population, and it is not too distressing to look at the huge casualty figures.

The current war is still only the home of the six major powers, and the other small European countries have not yet participated.

Judging by the progress of history, many small European countries, including Italy, should be involved in the war within a year.

But the situation is different from history, and Arthur does not dare to guarantee that the timing of these countries' participation in the war will not change, or even not participate in the war at all.

Since the end of July, the trend of war between the two camps has been a hot topic of news around the world.

And when the war really broke out, the whole world was in a stir. All the news reports in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia were about the war.

At this time, even if the US president broke the scandal, it could not take away the heat of this war at all.

After all, this is a war about the situation in the whole world, and it is also a war about the fate of all countries in the world.

Perhaps the only one who seems to be more relaxed about such news is the United States on the other side of the European Pacific.

As the only two major powers that did not participate in the war, because the United States is far away from the European theater, as long as the United States does not take the initiative to participate, this war will basically not affect the United States.

This has also led to a relatively relaxed attitude of the Americans towards this European war, and even a lot of news is not too big of a deal, and many expert sections have been set up to publish various experts' evaluations of the chances of victory on both sides of the war, so as to attract the American people to buy their own newspapers.

I have to say that this trick is really effective. According to reports from no sources in the United States, newspaper sales in the United States have almost doubled since the end of July.

This war has attracted the attention of a large number of countries not only by the Americans, but also by a large number of countries in Asia, which has nothing to do with the war.

If there is one country in Asia that is most concerned about this war, it is probably the island nation that has not long lost its status as a great power.

Although the war does not seem to have much to do with the island nation, after all, Britain, the only participating country with a relationship with the island nation, has also abandoned its alliance with the island country because of the reason for further cooperation with Russia.

But that doesn't stop the islanders from paying attention to the war. For no other reason, Germany also has colonies in Asia, and this colony is of great importance to the island nation, and if it can obtain this colony, the power and strength of the island country can also usher in a lot of growth.

As for why the island countries are eyeing Germany's colonies instead of Russia, there is no way, now the four major powers of the Entente are too popular, even if the island countries have reached an alliance with the United States, they still dare not anger Russia before the Entente weakens.

Unless the Russians are in turmoil, the island nation does not intend to act against Russia in the current situation.

However, there are other actions within the island nation, after all, the chaotic situation in Russia is burning at a moment, and it is impossible for the people of the island country to make a small move.

At present, every government meeting of the island countries has to talk about the situation of the war in Europe.

It is precisely because of the attention of many countries to this European war that many people seem to be unable to keep up with the times if they do not talk about this war.

If someone did not yet know about the outbreak of this war, then there is no doubt that this person would be ridiculed by everyone around him.

In fact, this is also determined by the status of Europe. As the most developed region in the world, Europe is not only the center of the world, but also determines the situation in the world.

The combined GDP of the major European powers alone accounts for most of the world's gross domestic product.

If you don't count the two exceptions of Australasia and the United States, Europe definitely accounts for the majority of the world in all aspects, and even if all the other countries combined, it is only a small part.

It is precisely because of Europe's relatively important strategic position that once the war broke out in Europe, the prices of commodities around the world, including Europe, rose a lot.

Among them, the most affected region is the European region. According to the statistics of European countries, the increase in goods in countries affected by the war is about 15%, and the increase in goods in countries affected by the war is also more than 5%.

You know, less than ten days have passed since the outbreak of the war. If it continues, the impact of the war in Europe on the countries of the world can be imagined.

In addition to Europe, the United States and Australasia have also been affected. Fortunately, Australasia has already stocked up on some industrial equipment in advance, and as for other mineral resources and materials, Australasia can basically produce and sell itself.

The United States and European countries do not have a lot of trade, which also increases the price of some goods in the United States by about 5 to 10 percent.

If it weren't for the suppression of governments, I am afraid that domestic reports of rising prices would continue, and prices would have risen even faster under the premise that people are buying goods in panic.

The impact of rising prices on Australasia is not too great, after all, under Arthur's advance layout, Australasia is in a state of overcapacity, such as more important food production, medical supplies, etc.

Even rising prices are good news for Australasia, even if trade with the Entente countries will reduce the price of a certain amount due to the relationship between allies, but after the price rises higher and higher, Australasia can also get more profits in trade with Britain, France and Russia, and these funds can be used for national development and war.

Arthur's royal consortium can also take advantage of this to make a fortune. You must know that military factories and medical groups are currently very overcapacity. If Arthur hadn't come up with a large amount of money every year to make up for the losses caused by the massive stockpiling, I am afraid that the military factory and the newly established medical group would have collapsed long ago.

And the reason why Arthur worked so hard to hoard a large amount of supplies was not to sell them to Britain, France and Russia in time of war?

Although it is a bit immoral to take advantage of rising prices and sell them to allies at high prices, compared to the historical situation when Britain, France and Russia, especially Russia, could not afford to buy supplies, Australasia was able to provide enough materials of all kinds, which is also good news for Britain, France, and Russia.

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