Theoretically, World War II was a war that was many times more brutal than World War I. In the Second World War, countries will only use more troops, and there will be more casualties on troops and civilians.

Therefore, when preparing for war, Arthur also specially instructed the major military factories and industrial departments to expand production frantically from this time on, and transport all surplus industrial products and weapons and equipment to the warehouse.

As soon as the war starts, there is no need to worry about selling the weapons, equipment, and material resources that have been accumulated.

Not only can it be sold to European countries, so that each country has enough strength to resist the German army, but it can also sell some of it to Asia, which will cause certain difficulties for the expansion of the island country at this time.

Truth be told, as long as the island nation's expansion plans in the rest of Asia fail, the island nation will be a flawed island nation after all.

When war breaks out, Australasia only needs to do everything in its power to block the island's supply lines, and the island's army will automatically collapse.

Even if the island nation still forms an alliance with Germany and Italy, the two European allies who are far away from the world will not have enough means to transport supplies to the island country.

At that time, the small island that nurtures the people of the island nation will also become a prison for them.

When nuclear weapons are developed, Arthur will make the islanders understand why the flowers are so red.

As the term of the current Cabinet Government comes to an end, the development and construction plans they have drawn up are actually coming to an end.

First of all, it is the project of the Lake Eyre Canal, which Arthur attaches great importance to and cares about.

The canal project was launched in 1929 and is expected to cost close to $270 million and take more than eight years to build.

Arthur had thought that the completion of the Eyre Lake Canal would be several years away, but he did not expect that the construction of the Eyre Lake Canal would go much more smoothly than planned.

The Eyre Lake Canal has been under construction for more than three years now. Two of the three sections of the canal have already been completed.

The total length of the canal is close to 150 kilometers, and the length of the canal has been completed so far, which is close to 100 kilometers.

According to the construction department, the canal, which Arthur has high hopes for, is expected to open between the end of this year and the middle of next year.

This is good news for Australasia. In addition to improving the geographical environment around Lake Eyre, the opening of the Lake Canal is also a great help for the transportation of materials in the cities around the canal.

In particular, the Broken Hill Industrial Base, which is about to enter maximum production this year, can transport the materials produced by rail to the surrounding areas of the canal, and then be transported along the canal to other parts of the country and abroad.

The canal's transport capacity is much stronger than that of the railway and the Murray River.

This also means that the canal will complement the Broken Hill Industrial Site and achieve unexpected effects.

During the most of the month of asking about Australasia's industrial production, Arthur also had a full understanding of the state of industrial production in Australasia.

Although the specific scale and data are not as good as the United States in its heyday, the current Australasia is definitely the largest and most powerful industrial power outside of the United Kingdom.

Of course, there is one potential competitor, and that is Germany, which has a lot of restrictions.

Don't underestimate Germany's industrial prowess. Even though Germany's industry was divided up by Britain, France and other countries, the overall industrial scale of Germany remained in a good state.

In particular, Britain and France took the initiative to relax some restrictions on Germany in order to enable Germany to repay its debts every year, and also relocated some heavily polluting industries to Germany.

In this way, although it did divert a large part of the damage caused by the economic crisis, and improved the domestic environment.

However, German industry has gradually recovered, and the level of German industry has now faintly surpassed that of France.

It was the apparent chaos in Germany that obscured these facts, and it was the French who paralyzed themselves to consider themselves the second great power in the world after Great Britain.

But if the French investigate in detail, they will understand that France's industry has long lagged behind Australasia and Germany, and the economy has been left far behind Australasia.

After all, Australasia is the only country that has not been affected by the economic crisis, which has already doomed Australasia's economy to take off in the economic crisis.

Despite the weakening economies of other countries, Australasia's economy can maintain high growth, and it is only natural that it will surpass France.

Although there are no specific industrial scale and economic data for each country, Arthur is convinced that Australasia has become the second largest power in the world in terms of overall strength.

Of course, if restrictions on Germany are fully lifted, Germany's comprehensive national strength may exceed that of Australasia.

After all, Germany has a large population at this time, and it is currently the most populous country in Europe except for Russia.

Although there are no specific data on the population of each country, the general situation of each country is still clear.

After all, the efforts of intelligence work in recent years have not been in vain, and controlling the basic industry and population data of various countries is only a gesture for major intelligence organizations.

In the case of only the homeland, Russia is still the most populous of the great powers.

Even if Russia was devastated by war, and for various reasons, it still could not prevent Russia from standing at the top of the population of the great powers.

The population rankings of each country (the local powers of the Great Powers) are as follows:

The first place, Russia, has a total population of 133 million people.

The second place, the island nation, has a total population of 64.57 million.

In third place, Germany has a total population of 64.45 million.

In fourth place, the United Kingdom, with a total population of 46.37 million.

In fifth place, France, has a total population of 41.85 million.

In sixth place, Italy, has a total population of 40.78 million.

Seventh, Australasia, with a total population of 40.11 million.

In eighth place, Brazil has a total population of 40.01 million.

In fact, it can be seen from the population data that Australasia has gradually caught up with European countries, and the demographic disadvantages are constantly being made up.

Of course, just a population of more than 40 million is not enough. The reason why the populations of Italy and France were limited to 40 million was not only the severe damage caused by the previous World War, but also the fact that their homeland was not large enough to accommodate many people.

Every year, a large number of French and Italian civilians leave the country to become immigrants.

Australasia is different. Australasia can easily accommodate hundreds of millions of people on its own soil and is itself a nation of immigrants, with very few Australasian people choosing to migrate elsewhere.

After all, Australasia is the place with more opportunities than Europe, where the land is well developed.

According to the current population growth data of various countries, within two years, the population of Australasia will be able to surpass France and Italy and become one of the top five in the world.

Britain is not so easy to surpass. After all, the population of the United Kingdom at this time is 6 million ahead of Australasia, and some of the immigrants from Australasia come from the United Kingdom, and the British will interrupt these immigrants at any time.

It is worth mentioning that in the ranking of the population data of the great powers, a new country has been squeezed in, and that is Brazil.

After the fall of the United States, the hegemon of North America, the nations of the world and many Europeans disagreed on the throne of the eight great powers.

In addition to the seven countries of Britain, France, Australia, Islands, Italy, Germany, and Russia, which are relatively stable, the position of the last great power is the most fundamental point of difference of opinion.

Under normal circumstances, the Austrian Empire, which still retains most of its strength, should be the most powerful contender for the throne of the great powers.

But the Austrian Empire at this time was not as strong as it had been. The combined population of the entire Austrian Empire was just over 20 million, far less than Brazil's, which already had a population of more than 40 million.

Moreover, because the Austrian Empire was also a defeated country in World War I, it was not so easy to regain its position as a great power.

In addition to the excellent performance of the German army in World War I, Germany's relatively strong industry is also an important reason for the recognition of Germany as a great power.

The Austrian Empire's industry was not so strong compared to Germany, at least not to the point of being recognized as a great power.

It is precisely because of this demographic data that Arthur is still quite worried about the situation in Europe.

The population of the German island countries and Italy was not small among the great powers, and even ranked among the best.

In Europe in particular, Germany has the largest population of any European country except Russia, which means that Germany can pull together the second largest number of elite troops in Europe.

Although countries such as Britain and France were supplemented by colonial armies, the armies of the natives of the colonies were not as strong as those of native soldiers.

This means that Britain and France have enough colonial populations to constantly recruit large quantities of cannon fodder to consume the living population of Germany and Italy.

Otherwise, Arthur felt that this war might not be won, after all, Germany alone was enough to give people a headache.

The good news is that once the situation in Russia has stabilized, there should be a period of population explosion.

At that time, the population of Russia was growing by about 3 million to 6 million per year.

Now it has been changed to a government that is more popular with the Russian people, and I believe that the Russian people's desire to have children will also increase.

Russia's population has reached 133 million and is growing. It would be very helpful for the whole war to reach 140 million before the war.

After all, population represents the number of armies that can be recruited. 140 million people, if they are desperate to recruit an army, can recruit at least 15 million troops.

The 15 million troops on the Eastern Front would be enough to exhaust Germany from fighting on two fronts in a future war.

Just like the original World War I, through the way of fighting on two fronts, the consumption also consumed Germany.

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