Truth be told, Arthur was expecting improvements to air conditioners and refrigerators, but he was far from expecting them to reach the level of later generations.

Although 100 years may not seem far away, the progress of mankind in science and technology during this period is still very exaggerated.

However, it is certainly good news that Australasian life can be made easier with improved air conditioning and washing machines.

In addition to these household appliances, Australasia is already at the forefront of the world in terms of cars, tanks, planes and engines, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the biggest beneficiaries of electrification.

Although Australasia was founded long after the electrification revolution, Australasia is one of the countries that has performed best in the electrification revolution.

Although the help of Britain and Germany is indispensable, Australasia is undoubtedly the epitome of the opportunity to catch up.

Judging from the sales data of automobiles, the number of cars in the world is about 19 million, and the sales volume of Benz cars in Australasia is as high as more than 14.5 million.

What kind of exaggeration is this? At least 76% of all cars in the world are produced at the Benz Automotive Plant.

Although automobile companies in many countries are also catching up, there are not many automobile companies that can pose a threat to the Benz Automobile Plant, and most of them are only challengers, and the position of the Benz Automobile Plant is still very stable.

Even after the next generation of Benz cars is launched, it is believed that the sales of Benz cars will usher in a lot of growth.

Although the world's car sales are declining, Benz Motors is still a gold-absorbing monster in the hands of Arthur, and the annual revenue generated is among the best among all Arthur's enterprises.

Although the economy is growing worldwide, the decline in car sales is inevitable.

If it weren't for the support of famous car companies in their respective countries, I'm afraid that the sales of cars would have dropped even more.

For example, the United States is already vigorously supporting its own local car companies Ford and General Motors, which is why the sales of Ford and General Motors have been rising in a short period of time.

Of course, even with the support of the United States, it will not be able to make an impact on Benz in a short period of time.

After all, Benz cars have been sold for more than a decade, and not only have they set historic sales figures, but they are also known to most people around the world.

Such popularity and popularity are temporarily incomparable to other car companies, which is also a difficult hurdle that needs to be overcome under the premise of R&D technology of automobile companies around the world.

As the time entered August 1921, the Irish Civil War, which had been raging for a long time, finally came to an end.

Since the imposition of military control over the whole of Ireland on May 17, the IRA has been like ants on a hot pan, anxious but helpless.

Because of the victory of the public opinion offensive, there is no country that openly supports Irish independence, which is why the British are confident and bold to implement military control in Ireland.

The British first established the Northern Ireland Parliament, co-opted the Republican Army in Northern Ireland, and divided the internal forces of the Republican Army.

Subsequently, a full-scale sweep of the IRA in Southern Ireland was carried out. Anyone who provides information will be rewarded, and any Irish who is hiding in the IRA will be punished.

This decision separated the Irish neutrals from the IRA, which no one wanted to have anything to do with the British Empire.

After a two-and-a-half-month clean-up, the top brass of the IRA was arrested by the British, and the remaining IRA was naturally leaderless and fell into a state of fragmentation.

It was clear that the small IRA was clearly no match for the British army. Crushed by the advanced weapons of the British army, the scattered IRA was beaten to the ground, and the British soon regained control of the situation in Ireland.

Although during this time, many IRA troops fled to the Irish countryside and became lurking, they had no effect on the situation in Ireland as a whole.

In order to settle the dispute peacefully, and to bring more Irish people under his rule, George V decided to hold talks with Ireland to determine the status of the Irish in Britain and return the Irish to the British Empire in a fair and unified way.

The meeting was held at the end of July and finally came to an end in early August.

On 5 August 1921, a peace treaty was officially announced between King George V and the Irish Parliament, and Ireland would continue to be part of the British Empire under George V.

However, the new Ireland still has considerable autonomy. To satisfy the Irish people, Southern Ireland would form the Irish Free State as a self-governing state and form the United Kingdom with Great Britain.

However, Northern Ireland continued to join British rule and remained part of the British County of Ireland.

Although it had become a self-governing territory, Southern Ireland was subject to the policies of the British Empire, and all senior officials were required to swear allegiance to the British Crown.

What's more, the size of the Irish Free State's army was also severely limited, and the entire army was required to swear allegiance to the crown.

The armament of the Irish army was provided entirely by the British, and in times of war it was subject to British command and transfers.

In addition to this, the King of England was able to appoint a Governor of Ireland to nominally administer all of Ireland, both administrative and military.

Although the Governor of Ireland is the de facto leader of Ireland, the Irish Parliament can also elect its own President of the Senate, and the Governor of Ireland is effectively in a state of rivalry.

Moreover, the treaty provided that the British Empire had the right to establish military bases in Ireland in times of emergency or war until the end of the emergency or war.

Overall, although the Irish administration was given administrative power, the British Empire was able to control Ireland's diplomacy and military affairs without losing this important territory.

The Irish were given the autonomy they wanted, and the administrative and financial power could be controlled by themselves, which was quite satisfactory to some of the Irish.

While there were still those who wanted to seek greater autonomy, or even full military rights, the British Empire was clearly unlikely to agree to such demands.

This also contributed to the contradiction between the Irish neutrals and the Irish radicals, which was good news for the British Empire.

The end of the Irish Civil War was a relief to the British government, and at the same time to Arthur.

It was not that Arthur was worried about the safety of Britain, which was by far the most powerful country even if it lost Ireland.

But if Britain is unable to spare itself because of the crisis in Ireland, it is impossible for Australasia to end the Philippine Civil War.

While the United States is not currently too much of a threat to Australasia, Australasia is also unable to get the Americans to surrender.

If the Americans were in a hurry and start a full-scale war in the Philippines, without the support of the British, Arthur would really not have a good idea whether to join this all-out war.

Fight and win, and enter a boundless war of attrition. However, if it does not fight, it will lose the potential sphere of influence of the Philippines in vain, which is a small blow to the development of Australasia.

The strategic location of the Philippines is still relatively important, not only to uproot the American bases on the west coast of the Pacific, but also to serve as the vanguard base against the island nations.

If World War II had developed as it had historically been, Australasia, as part of the fight against Germany, would inevitably have to compete with the island nations.

Although the island nation has various disadvantages, its military strength is still worth paying attention to.

If the Philippines can keep the islanders' attacks out of the mainland, it will certainly be a good thing for Australasia.

Even if the Filipinos are a little stronger, the war between Australasia and the island country may become a war between the island country and the Filipinos, and Australasia only needs to provide weapons and equipment to the Philippines to drag the island people out of the country.

If there is no Philippines and Australasia is relied on to resist the attack of the island nation, the loss of manpower will definitely be very heavy.

Powerful countries will train their own younger brothers, and under normal circumstances, they will not take action themselves, but let the younger brothers do the work for them.

Arthur naturally had such thoughts. Both the current Philippines and the current Dutch East Indies are within the scope of Arthur's training.

As a neighboring country in Australasia, these two areas with large indigenous populations would be too cumbersome to occupy and would have to expel all of them.

It is more appropriate to support a force close to you than to occupy it.

And because of its proximity to Australasia, this is Australasia's natural sphere of influence, and the influence of other countries is far less than that of Australasia.

As long as you have full control over the economy and military of these regions, you will have full control over these areas.

Cultivating them to be loyal thugs to fight for Australasia is much better than Australasia sending troops for large-scale attrition.

Although these indigenous armies may not be very strong in combat, they are superior in population.

At present, the population of the Dutch East Indies should be more than 32 million, and the population of the Philippines should be more than 10 million, which together can send at least 4 million troops.

Later generations are even more exaggerated. For two countries with a population of more than 100 million people, the combined strength of these two countries can provide at least tens of millions.

As for the tens of millions of soldiers, it doesn't really matter. After all, a war that can make Australasia mobilize tens of millions of soldiers must be no less than a super war at the level of a world war.

In the super war after World War II, because nuclear weapons have been controlled by many countries, it may turn into a war of extermination of mankind at any time.

Such wars are very cautious and generally do not break out unless they are forced to do so.

In any case, Australasia, which controls the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines, is equivalent to two more younger brothers who can provide millions of troops, and can also become a dumping ground for commodities in peacetime, and this deal is not a loss no matter how you think about it.

The geographical location of these two regions is also able to defend against the northern part of Australasia, which is also vulnerable to a possible attack from the north by the United States and island nations.

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