In fact, in the long run, Australasia's industrial level will stabilize at the fourth place in the world after the United States, Britain and Germany.

Although Germany's industry experienced a lot of destruction and looting after the war, after all, it had the foundation of the world's second industrial power, and the annual steel production level in 1918 was still maintained at about 8 million tons, second only to the United States and the United Kingdom.

What is more exaggerated is that even though the industrial level of the United States has been stagnant for several years, the combined industrial scale of Germany and Britain is still not comparable to that of the United States.

It has to be admitted that before World War I and World War II, this country had become a superpower in terms of industry and economy, which also created the basis for the United States to become a world hegemon in the future.

Even if the United States has suffered too many restrictions at this time, it can still surpass the combined industry of Germany and Britain, which is enough to see how exaggerated the industry of the United States is.

If it were the United States, which had historically made a lot of profits in World War I, there would be basically no need to play, and the United States, which had greatly increased its military strength and international influence, would not be able to stop it at all, which had suffered serious damage.

However, it is not without good news, it will take a lot of time for the French to recover their industry and economy, and the industrial economies of Britain and the United States will also stand still for a short time.

This is the best time for Australasia to close the gap with powerful countries like Britain and the United States, and even lay the foundation for the world's third power after Britain and the United States in one fell swoop.

And for the United States and the United Kingdom, an even more serious economic crisis awaits them.

Australasia could have avoided a lot of damage from this economic crisis by taking precautions in advance.

At the same time, the next World War II was also a major event. The weakening of Europe in World War II was inevitable, and Australasia would also benefit from it.

If the United States could be weakened as much as possible before the Second World War, that is, in times of economic crisis, Australasia would probably be the only beneficiary of World War II.

Under such a huge opportunity, Australasia has the hope of completing a turnaround, completely dominating the world situation after World War II, and ascending to the throne of world hegemony in one fell swoop.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before that moment comes, and there is even little hope.

Australasia's biggest task at present is to speed up its development, try to surpass the French in the recovery stage, and lay the foundation for its third power after Britain and the United States.

After deciding that the next development plan of the new Cabinet Government will be based on a four-year plan, the next agenda item of the Cabinet meeting will be the competition for the budget of each department.

However, fortunately, the current Australasian budget is still very sufficient, not to mention, the annual reparations of up to 120 million Australian dollars can already meet most of the Australasian government's expenditure.

The budgets of the vast majority of departments are drawn up in accordance with their respective tasks in the four-year plan, and the corresponding amount of budget is obtained according to the number of tasks.

In the four-year plan, the law and order department is rarely mentioned, which is also due to the already good law and order environment in Australasia.

However, Arthur's demands on the current security department are naturally more than that. Arthur has a new plan for the planning and division of the security department.

In the future Australasian government, the role of the security department is still very important.

After all, after the country enters a period of peace, the role of maintaining national order will change from the army to the public security department, and the task of the public security department will be greatly intensified.

At present, the security sector is completely understaffed and cannot meet the security needs of Australasia in all areas.

In view of this premise, Arthur put forward new requirements for the security department.

Secretary of State for Peace Robert was re-elected in the Cabinet election, which was good news for Arthur, as Secretary Robert was more familiar with the environment of the Ministry of Justice and was better able to implement Arthur's requests.

The Australasian law and order is not the same as a police department and is fully responsible for the law and order environment in Australasia in peacetime.

Therefore, Arthur divided the security department into several modules, and the security department would be under the police department, the rescue department, the armed guard department and the general department.

The module that the police department is responsible for is very simple, which is the scope of normal police, including handling various illegal cases and civil disputes, etc.

The police department is also divided into general police, civil police, criminal police, traffic police, etc., which is very similar to the police department of later generations.

The meaning of the rescue department is actually very simple, that is, to deal with all kinds of crises urgently, including various natural and man-made disasters.

The role of the rescue department is more like that of the fire department in later generations, and the rescue department is separated from the police department, in order to improve the efficiency of the police.

The Armed Guards Unit is a completely new addition to Arthur's plan, which will be responsible for Australasia's coastal guards, terrorism and riot control, among other things.

The biggest difference from the police department is that the officers of the armed security department will be equipped with large firepower weapons, which are specially used to protect the security of the country in some relatively large cases.

The armed guard sector is divided into armed guards on land and armed guards at sea, which protect the country's border and coastal defense.

Arthur's plan will equip the maritime armed guards with a large number of small warships, generally patrol boats and gunboats of tens or hundreds of tons, but will also equip a certain number of warships of thousands of tons, so that the maritime guards have a certain combat effectiveness.

In the absence of regular warships, armed maritime guards are an important part of Australasia's coastal defence, not only patrolling the sea, but also acting as a pioneer at important moments.

After all, Australasia's control area covers the Persian Gulf, Australia, the Pacific Ocean and other regions, and the sea area under control is very large, and a large number of small warships are also required to patrol.

After all, no matter how large the number of navies is, they are destined not to cover all the seas of Australasia.

In order to protect the security of these sea areas, it is necessary to have some small-scale maritime patrol forces with only small warships.

The importance of the security sector, which is armed with additional guards, has increased considerably.

When he heard Arthur's plan, Robert, the Minister of Justice, was visibly excited.

According to Arthur's plan, the security sector would be as important as the defense sector, and even comparable to the defense sector in peacetime.

Although the Ministry of Defence is far more important in wartime than the Ministry of Public Security, in peacetime the powers of the Public Security Service are greatly expanded.

After all, the public security department was only a few policemen before, and there seemed to be nothing else to do except maintain national law and order and deal with some large and small cases.

But now, maintaining the country's borders is one of the important tasks of the security department, which also makes the security department a strong armed force in Australasia, and Minister Robert can also straighten the waist in the cabinet.

The last branch of the security department, the integrated police department, has a relatively wide scope, covering a wide variety of positions and filling some gaps in the police industry.

Some clerical jobs, such as archivists, financial officers in the security services, and forensic doctors, police deployments, etc., are covered by the integrated police department.

The expansion of the law and order represents a major step forward in Australasia's national security, while the change in the defence sector represents the beginning of a comprehensive expansion of Australasia's military power.

Arthur changed the structure of the Ministry of Defense's General Staff, the War Department, the Admiralty Department, and the Air Force Department during World War I, and listed the General Staff as a separate one, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force remained under the Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of National Defense is responsible for the expansion, reorganization, disarmament, procurement and assembly of weapons and equipment, basically covering most of the logistical aspects of the armed forces, and has great command over the armed forces in peacetime.

The General Staff Department is responsible for the appointment of middle and senior officers in the army, the stationing and deployment of the army, the command of the army in wartime, the deployment of materials in wartime, and so on.

According to the configuration, Defense Minister Raul has the rank of lieutenant general, and the new chief of staff of the General Staff, held by Thomas, the original commander of the 1st Guards Division, also has the rank of lieutenant general.

Next, Arthur will focus on training some of the talent in the army, looking for opportunities to train them as much as possible, and seeking more talent for the Australasian staff.

As the body that controls the entire army in wartime, the General Staff must have some good enough military talent in Australasia to ensure that any decisions made in wartime are correct.

After the General Staff became independent from the Ministry of National Defense, some cadets who graduated from military academies also went to the General Staff for training before entering the army.

As an institution capable of controlling the promotion of mid- and high-ranking officers, it is believed that the new General Staff should be welcomed by a considerable number of cadets and officers.

The new Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff have two powers, with the General Staff responsible for the garrison of the armed forces and the Ministry of Defense responsible for the logistics of the armed forces.

Although the power of the General Staff would be extremely inflated during the war, the financial power of the army would remain in the Treasury Department, which would prevent the situation similar to that in Germany.

Not to mention whether people like Hindenburg have contributed to Germany, for Arthur alone, he certainly doesn't want someone like Hindenburg in Australasia.

The military power overtakes the monarchy, this is the last thing the monarchy wants to see, and it is also something that Arthur wants to put an end to.

After all, the current situation in Germany has proven that the extremes of the junta are not good for the country.

If Wilhelm II had remained in power later in the war, Germany would still have lost, but the result might not have been so disastrous.

At least Wilhelm II would have weighed the pros and cons and sought a dignified ending when he knew that victory in the war was no longer possible.

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