This year marks the 19th anniversary of Australasia's founding, and there won't be much to celebrate on National Day.

Although he took control of the two countries last year, Arthur decided to hold a military parade next year, the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The last 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was not celebrated much because of the war, and it was a pity in general.

On the 20 th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, no matter what, a grand military parade will be held to celebrate with the country and the people.

The good news is that there is still a full year to go before the parade, which is enough for the military to select the soldiers for the parade and go through more rigorous training during the year to prepare for the next parade.

In order to show the importance of this military parade, the Philippines and El Salvador will also participate in the parade, and Arthur will even invite great powers such as Britain to participate.

Australasia is definitely one of the top three countries in the world at the moment, and it is understandable to hold such a grand ceremony.

Of course, the current parade is only in the preparatory stage. As for the scale of the parade, the size of the troops participating in the parade, and the specific process of National Day activities, it is up to those government officials to consider.

Compared to the parade, Arthur clearly attached more importance to the British's proposal for a complete partition of the entire Persian Gulf coast.

As mentioned earlier, there are currently only three powers left on the Persian Gulf coast, namely the British, Australasian and Persian Qajar dynasties.

Needless to say, Britain and Australia were two countries, and the only purpose of the British proposal was precisely in Persia, which had recently undergone changes.

Previously, because of the Russian war, Russian power had basically withdrawn from Persia, and only the British were still in control of the region.

According to the previous treaty between Britain and Russia, the northern part of Persia belonged to Russia, the southern part belonged to Great Britain, and the central part was a buffer zone between the two countries.

And now, after the withdrawal of Russian power, the British naturally set their sights on central and northern Persia.

Yes, now the Qajar dynasty in Persia has not fallen.

In fact, if you understand the history of Persia during this period, you can understand the real reason why the Qajar dynasty did not fall until now.

The establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty in history was actually the result of the Anglo-Russian game in Persia. Britain attempted to take full control of Persia, while Soviet Russia at that time declared that it would renounce all unequal Russian interests in Persia and support Persia and Britain in their struggle for independence.

This instantly turned Persia into a pro-Russian and anti-British stance, and the British had to find ways to change this outcome.

But now there is no competition between the British in Persia, and the British do not need to support an agent, but aim at completely controlling Persia.

A map shows that the geographical location of Persia was very important to the British, and this is the real reason why Russia and Britain have been in a long-standing rivalry over this land.

First of all, look at the geographical location of Persia, the south coast is close to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, which is a very advantageous outlet to the sea.

To the east is India, the most important region for the British, and to the west is the Mesopotamian Plain, the richest region in the Middle East, and connects the Middle East and India.

If they could control Persia, the British would be able to establish spheres of influence from India to the Middle East, from the Middle East to Egypt, and from Egypt to South Africa.

A fully connected colony would not only greatly strengthen British control over these areas, but would also make the British colony more secure.

After all, the British are most worried about the problem of India. As long as Persia is controlled, India's stability will be greatly improved.

India's geographical location was also very important to Russia before it. It is an outlet to the ocean without going through the Suez Canal, and it is also an excellent ice-free port in the hearts of the Russians.

However, because of its proximity to India, the Russians were no match for the British, even if they had been competing with the British for a long time in this land.

Now that the Russian forces have withdrawn, Britain can no longer control its ambitions. For the British, a Persia that was completely under their control was what the current Persian Empire should be.

Of course, in order to pull Australasia and solve the opponent of Persia as soon as possible, the British also decided to take advantage of the situation to clean up some indigenous forces in the Middle East and completely control the entire Middle East together with Australasia.

Britain was already the largest country in the Middle East after acquiring the lands that had been divided from the Ottoman Empire.

If this purge of the natives was completed, the British would have established a stretch from Persia to the plains of Mesopotamia, then around the Arabian Peninsula, and eventually in the sphere of influence of the Sultanate of Oman.

This also meant that the British would control most of the Middle East, with the exception of the Persian Gulf coast of Australasia and parts of the interior.

The sphere of influence assigned to Australasia is the current Emir State of Rashid, a landlocked indigenous state located in the heart of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula.

The scope of this indigenous influence is actually quite large, covering an area of millions of square kilometers, and it also has an indigenous population of hundreds of thousands.

The real reason why the British generously ceded this land to Australasia was because they felt that this land, which was mostly desert, did not have much value, and they could not sell sand to make money!

Compared to this desert, if they can control the plains of Persia and Mesopotamia, which is equivalent to half of India, it is the area that the British really care about.

Arthur was still very interested in the proposal of the British to form a coalition to clean up the natives.

Although the value of the entire Emir state of Rashid is really not high, there are still some areas close to the coast of the Persian Gulf, and there is a high probability that there will be oil distribution.

This is the land that the British took the initiative to send to their door, and they only need to pay an army to fight together to obtain this land, and Arthur naturally will not refuse.

In fact, it is easiest to fight these natives. On the premise that weapons and equipment are comprehensively crushed, as long as it is not too wasteful, it can be suppressed by firepower alone, and the war can be won with relatively low casualties.

This is not the era of cold weapons. With planes overhead, it is difficult for the side with inferior weapons and equipment to win.

Moreover, whether it is the Qajar dynasty in Persia or other indigenous forces in the Middle East, the internal cohesion is not too high, and it is definitely not monolithic.

Persia, in particular, has been infiltrated and corrupted by the British for a long time, and has even become a semi-colony of the British, and it is relatively simple to occupy.

That being said, Arthur made his own request, which was to put the British in charge of the logistical supply of the Australasian army.

No matter who the war is with, as long as it is a war, the cost must be low.

In actual combat, the soldiers' marksmanship was definitely not so accurate, and most of the bullets were actually wasted.

But this is also a helpless thing, you can't still ask the soldiers to aim carefully on the battlefield before they can shoot, so why do you need to suppress firepower?

Most soldiers even aim hastily when they fire, after all, reality and games are not the same.

The characters in the game can survive several shots, but if a soldier is shot in reality, there is a great possibility that he will lose his combat effectiveness, and even risk dying if he does not handle it well.

Of course, this has to be on the premise of not hitting the point. If you are unlucky and hit the vital point, then you can only gloriously announce that you and the bullet are exchanged for one.

It's not uncommon for people to be able to grit their teeth and fight back after being shot, but they are definitely rare in the army.

This is also the reason why Arthur vigorously promoted the concept of firepower as king in the army. While the worship of firepower can lead to some waste and high military spending, it is much better than causing a large number of casualties.

In the past, Australasia lacked manpower, but now that the population has risen, it will definitely not abandon the concept of firepower.

After all, there are ways to make money, and even more so for a country. But the loss of manpower is a loss for any country, and no war in Australasia will be piled up with human lives unless it is absolutely necessary.

Of course, the human lives here are the lives of the Australasian people, not the Aboriginal and Filipino people who preceded it.

Australasian lives are precious, but Filipinos are different.

Like the natives of the Dutch East Indies, the Filipinos are very productive and have a high population growth rate.

Arthur has already benefited from the Philippine government's conduct of a comprehensive census. While it's unlikely to be a single-digit number, it's at least much more accurate than the Philippine government's current estimates.

According to the situation of the Philippines, the current population is definitely at the level of 10 million, and the annual population growth rate is not low.

In addition to being a market for the general public, these people are also cannon fodder and manpower in the war, which is the value of the Philippines to Australasia.

Of course, this operation in Persia will also bring the Philippine army, and even the Philippine army is the main force in Australasia.

After all, the British did not want casualties, and so did Australasia. Instead of letting the Australasian and Persian fight to the death, let the Filipinos and Persians compete for force.

Anyway, the current Philippines has entered a state of peace, and instead of letting these Philippine troops stay in the Philippines and do nothing, it is better to transport them to Persia to fight, and it can also improve the combat level of these Filipinos.

With this war, he can also take the opportunity to support a few Filipino officers close to Australasia, so that Arthur can better control the Philippines.

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