"Not at the moment." Secretary of State Thomas smiled wryly and replied to Arthur helplessly.

No matter how good Australasia's intelligence work is, it will not be possible to get all the information from Europe in the end.

Moreover, the agreement between Germany and Italy is destined to be a very secret content for both countries, and if you want to know the content of this agreement, you must at least wait until intelligence officers enter Germany and Italy to find out the information.

It will take at least more than a month to come and go, which also means that the intelligence window period in this period of more than a month is also the most chaotic and confused time for the situation in Europe.

"It's time for the Chaco Wars to stop, right?" Arthur said suddenly.

The Chaco War was actually a power struggle between Britain and France. In order to win this war, both sides are constantly looking for trouble for each other.

Although the internal friction between England and France is also beneficial for Australasia, it is only if there are no surprises.

The agreement between Germany and Italy was clearly an accident, and it made Arthur determined to preserve the strength of Britain and France to deal with the very likely German-Italian alliance.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Foreign Secretary Wellington hurriedly stood up and asked respectfully.

"Invite Britain and France to convene a peace talk on the question of the Chaco War, the situation in Europe no longer allows for a war among them." Arthur said with a flat face.

For the great powers, such a war can really be started and terminated casually.

The hundreds of thousands of people that Bolivia and Paraguay threw into this war, and the more than 200,000 dead and wounded, were nothing to the great powers, not even a word of regret.

The only blame can only be blamed on their country not being strong enough, and they have another large oil field on their land.

"Yes, I see." Foreign Secretary Wellington nodded.

"If there is any news from France and Austria, remember to inform me as soon as possible." Arthur continued.

After the signing of the agreement between Germany and Italy, the French and Austrian empires would certainly make a move.

If nothing else, within a few days, a fresh Franco-Austrian agreement will be produced, and it will be directly linked to the agreement between Germany and Italy.

If Germany and Italy had reached some military cooperation, the Franco-Austrian agreement would most likely have turned into a military alliance against a possible invasion by Germany and Italy.

"What is the current situation in the army? Can it cope with the outbreak of war at any time? Arthur looked at Thomas, the Secretary of State for Defense, and asked his top concern.

To be honest, Arthur took World War II far more seriously than World War I. First of all, after World War II, the pattern of the world was basically decided.

It is very difficult to grow into a world hegemon after World War II, after all, after all, technology has been very developed after World War II, and there are ultimate hole weapons such as nuclear weapons.

Second, World War II was theoretically the last world war during Arthur's reign. This world war not only determines the fate of Australasia, but also determines whether Arthur's life's work can be realized.

If the army is unprepared but the war breaks out quickly, the early stage of the war will be at a serious disadvantage.

In particular, the strength of Soviet Russia in this era was far less powerful than in history, and whether the German army could be contained was Arthur's greatest concern.

"Your Majesty, 15 infantry divisions, 4 cavalry divisions, 6 artillery divisions and 3 tank divisions can be dispatched at any time, and we are confident that we will defend the security of the motherland." The Secretary of State for Defense, Thomas, immediately stood up, gave Arthur a very standard military salute, and said in a serious and very serious manner.

Arthur rubbed his brow, not very satisfied with the size of the current army. If you wait until the outbreak of war and then urgently expand the army, the effect will not be as good as if you expand the army now and then train for a long time.

But the problem is that if the war breaks out several years later, expanding the army too early will not only cause a huge burden on the country's finances, but will also arouse the suspicion of the European powers.

If it leads to a large-scale military expansion around the world, it may accelerate the outbreak of World War II, which Arthur does not want to see.

After thinking for a moment, Arthur decided to indirectly expand the size of the reserve army in another way: "Starting next year, increase the time and number of times the reservists participate in militarized training each year.

People between the ages of 20 and 35 must participate in militarized training twice a year, and the duration of each militarized training must not be less than half a month.

All the costs of militarized training are borne by the state, and this policy must be strictly enforced, which has a bearing on the number and quality of our reserves. ”

Although the rise of Australasia depended on good relations with Britain and the country's rich mineral resources and land, the country's emphasis on military affairs was also very high.

As long as they enter the university at the age of 18, they will participate in at least one militarized training every year, and the duration of each militarized training shall not be less than half a month.

For adults who are already working, militarized training is conducted twice every three years, for about two weeks at a time.

In fact, this has been able to ensure that most of the people of appropriate age are proficient in the use of the rules and regulations of the army, including some of the more common weapons, when they are called up as soldiers.

It is precisely because of this that the training time of the army can be effectively shortened. In the past, it took at least half a year for a recruit team to recruit soldiers and train them into the army.

If you want to have combat effectiveness, you have to go through at least half a year of rigorous training, be very familiar with all kinds of weapons, and improve your marksmanship.

But now, albeit only for a short period of time, at least 1-2 months of basic training in the formation of the army has been shortened.

Once these reservists have become real soldiers, they only need a brief recovery training to rival those who have been training for a month.

In addition, Australasia, whether it is the civilian or military, still attaches great importance to ideological education and influence.

In all kinds of schools, there will be special political and ideological courses to ensure that the students trained are outstanding young people who are loyal to the royal family and the country.

In the military, the position that Arthur established 30 years ago specifically to train and educate the minds of soldiers has been officially changed to a chaplain.

In fact, no matter how the title changes, the role of the instructor and the chaplain is the same, that is, to educate the soldiers of the army in their free time and ensure their loyalty to the royal family and the country.

In fact, since Arthur took full control of the religious organization in Australasia, the role of the instructor was changed to that of a chaplain.

Unlike the armies of the East, the armies of the West are still more religious believers, and priests are more important at this time.

Priests can be used for religious activities as well as for ideological education in their free time.

With Arthur in control of Australasian Protestantism, there was no need to worry that these priests would break out of his control.

Moreover, under the subtle influence of Arthur, Australasian Protestantism continued to promote the idea of loyalty and patriotism.

With a good monarch like Arthur, the people are not reluctant to spread this kind of thought, and sometimes even take the initiative to add words about loyalty and patriotism to the prayer.

Perhaps the biggest effect of this will be that there will be far fewer opponents of the monarchy in the future. If all Australasian people believe in Australasia, the country will become very stable, and there will be no big internal problems.

"Your Majesty, if these groups of people are frequently allowed to participate in militarized training, will it have an impact on the normal production of our various industries?" Secretary of State Thomas hesitated and asked Arthur.

"The impact is certain, but we have to overcome these difficulties." Arthur explained: "The situation in Europe has become more and more mixed, and we cannot be sure at what point war will break out.

In that case, we must be prepared for the possibility of war breaking out at any time. For the sake of the country, for the sake of the country's more than 30 million civilians, we must even be prepared to go to war tomorrow.

In such a situation, it is necessary to increase the frequency of militarized training to ensure that we have sufficient reservists and reduce the time it will take for us to expand our military in the future.

As for the impact on private production, it will not be too big in the short term. I am more reluctant to see our country suffer heavy losses because of the war than the temporary reduction in the scale of production. ”

"Yes, I see." Arthur said so, and there was no reason why Minister Thomas would not agree.

What's more, the reason why Minister Thomas asked so much was actually to take care of the emotions of the other members of the cabinet.

If the Ministry of Defense frequently organizes militarized training, it will actually have a certain impact on various departments.

The biggest impact should be on the industrial sector. A large proportion of those of appropriate age who need to be militarized are workers of factories and enterprises.

Although these people are militarized training in batches, the duration of each militarized training will not exceed half a month.

However, if large-scale and frequent militarized training is carried out, it will certainly have an impact on the production of enterprises and factories.

The production of enterprises and factories has had an impact, and indirectly the operation of the industrial sector.

The Ministry of Industry's figures will also deteriorate, which is likely to affect the performance of Industry Secretary Joey.

According to the four-year cabinet change, this year is actually a more important year for Industry Secretary Joey.

Joy has served three consecutive terms as Secretary of Industry and has no hope of being re-elected as a Cabinet Minister.

If he wants to stay in the cabinet, he will have to work his way up the ranks to become prime minister or deputy prime minister, as well as the speaker of the House of Representatives and justice.

But the competition for these positions is far greater than that of cabinet ministers, which requires Minister Joy to have more achievements and to have no stains on his previous political career.

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