Arthur was not surprised that a nuclear weapon, or atomic bomb, was nearing completion.

To be honest, although it took the Americans ten years to develop the atomic bomb, if the Manhattan Project was officially established, it only took the Americans about three years.

The development of the atomic bomb in Australasia has been going on for more than a decade since the end of World War I.

Under the premise of monopolizing most of the uranium mines in the Congo, if the progress of the development of the atomic bomb in Australasia cannot usher in rapid growth, it can only be said that the ability of the scientists who developed the atomic bomb is not good.

In fact, with the help of the whole country, the development of the atomic bomb was not as easy as imagined, but it was definitely not as difficult as imagined.

A few years ago, the extraction of uranium-235 was completed, and the main attention of the nuclear weapons research and development group was also focused on safety and detonation devices.

It is very important to express a certain caution about this unprecedented weapon.

The raw material of nuclear weapons, uranium ore is inherently highly radioactive, not to mention the specially extracted nuclear material.

If caution is not taken in the development of nuclear weapons, any accident will be a heavy blow to Australasia.

The good news is that before each experiment, theoretical physicists led by Albert Einstein will conduct a large amount of data calculations to ensure the safety of the experiment.

So far, Australasia's nuclear weapons development has been steadily progressing without any surprises.

According to the Nuclear Weapons Research Laboratory, the first nuclear test in Australasia is expected to take place by the end of this year.

If all goes well in the nuclear test, the first nuclear weapon, the atomic bomb, will be born next year.

Arthur was looking forward to it. Even if the atomic bomb could only be dropped by an aircraft for a short period of time, it would still be a very lethal and taboo weapon.

This weapon was an extremely important aid in the war effort, and was the hope that Australasia would be able to defeat the island nation without too many casualties.

As long as Australasia can successfully settle the island nation and look back at Europe, the war in Europe is not destined to last too long.

No matter how strong Germany is, it will not be able to withstand the siege of many countries. What's more, Germany in this world, if it wants to expand in the periphery, has encountered much greater resistance than in history.

Historically, before the outbreak of World War II, Germany relied on the appeasement policy of Britain and France to annex the Sudetenland and Austria, and finally completely detonated the entire world war when it marched into Poland.

But in this world, the Sudetenland and Austria belonged to a united Austrian empire.

Although the strength of the Austrian Empire was also limited, it was by no means the historical Czechoslovakia, which was despised or even excluded from the Conference.

The challenge of cutting a piece of meat from Austria, or even directly annexing the entire Austrian Empire, is very great.

And now the Austrian Empire has formed an alliance with France. This also represents the fact that it is impossible for Germany to get its historical territory before World War II.

Whenever Germany wanted to expand in Austria, World War II would follow.

The smaller the land and the smaller the population, the less of a threat it poses to Europe and Australasia.

Moreover, for reasons that are different in timeline and history, the German Hitler of this world came to power earlier, and the persecution of the Jews was even earlier.

Many Jewish capitalists and scientists had already moved abroad, which would also affect Germany's progress in military science and technology.

It is to be expected that Germany in this world will never be as strong as it has been in history.

Even if Arthur intended to allow Germany to consume the strength of Britain and France, Germany would not have been able to hold out for as long as it had in history.

Although there is no United States, Australasia can basically replace the role of the United States. Moreover, the many countries that the United States has divided into also have a certain amount of industrial production capacity.

In particular, the Great Lakes Republic, the most central country, has inherited the Great Lakes Industrial Zone, and its industrial strength can be said to be more than half of the United States, which should not be underestimated.

With Germany weaker and Germany's enemies stronger, Arthur did not feel that he would lose the war.

What is now to be fought for is the extent to which Australasia will gain in the war, and the extent to which Britain and France will be weakened in this war.

The good news is that because of the island nation's justifiable excuse, Australasia can not interfere in the European theater in the early stage, and can still sit as a major country in the war.

After all, the strength of the island nation should not be underestimated, and the higher the casualties of Australasia and its subordinate countries in the face of the island nation, the greater the contribution to the war.

Feeling that war is not far away, although military technology is advancing, Arthur still has a certain urgency.

Thinking about the war, Arthur issued an order to all R&D departments of military science and technology, requiring these R&D departments to devote 200% of their energy to the research and development of military science and technology.

In particular, aircraft, tanks, artillery, firearms, etc., are all used on the battlefield and can be improved more quickly.

Especially in the war with the island countries, aircraft, artillery and firearms are definitely the mainstream weapons in the war with the island countries.

As for tanks, one of the reasons why Australasia is currently equipped with a small number of tanks is that there are not many opportunities to use tanks on the battlefield with island nations.

Between Australasia and the island nation, there are islands and archipelagos of all sizes. Although tanks can be useful in larger areas, the role of smaller islands is not obvious.

On the contrary, it is an aircraft that can play a role in any area, and its role is much higher than that of a tank in a short period of time.

Moreover, because the iron and steel industry is not very strong, coupled with their backward research and development of tanks, their tank strength is not strong.

If Arthur remembers correctly, in the history of the island nation in World War II, there were a lot of so-called iron tanks.

One of the great advantages of these tin tanks is that they are thin and large, and they can be easily destroyed by Australasian tanks.

As long as it can occupy air superiority and sneak attack the navy of the island nation with missiles in a naval battle, Australasia can easily win this war with the island nation.

If the people of the island nation swear not to surrender, then Arthur can only adopt the method of the Americans and bomb the cities of the island country with nuclear weapons, so as to bring nuclear peace to this small island country.

If you really can't do it, dropping an atomic bomb on Mt. Fuji will be a solution. Anyway, Mount Fuji hadn't erupted for a long time, and Arthur felt that Australasia needed to solve this security risk for the island nation.

Just as Arthur's eyes were on when Germany would break through the limits of Britain and France, the Germans did act.

However, Germany neither resumed military production nor abolished the Rhineland demilitarized zone.

Germany's first move was to focus on the internally divided states, which was the greatest restriction imposed on Germany by the French.

Because of the numerous states within the German Empire, the power of the imperial government was in fact greatly restricted.

It is said to be an imperial government, but in fact it is equivalent to the royal government of Prussia. Because there was the Kingdom of Bavaria in South Germany, and the Kingdom of Hanover in North Germany, as well as a large number of large and small principalities.

Even Arthur's own family, the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, controlled by the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, had an army of more than 5,000 men.

This divided situation was one of the important reasons for limiting Germany's military strength. The total number of German land forces was already limited to 150,000, not to mention that the quota had to be divided equally with the states.

The largest of them, the Kingdom of Bavaria, had more than 30,000 soldiers, which was nearly half of the imperial government's army.

This was a serious provocation to the majesty of the Reich and a major factor in Germany's inability to unite against foreign enemies.

Such a problem was clearly visible to Hitler, as the de facto ruler of Germany.

Therefore, his first action was set on the largest state in South Germany, the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The current king of Bavaria is the son of Ludwig III and King Ruprecht.

The king was born in 1869 and is now 64 years old.

Hitler's first move was to set his sights on Germany's largest states, largely because King Ruprecht's throne was unsecure.

Although he inherited the throne from his father, Ludwig III, Ludwig's throne was not a normal succession.

Ludwig III's father was Prince Regent Prince Lütpold, who forced the Diet to change the constitution and make himself king of Bavaria.

When Ludwig III became King of Bavaria, it was November 5, 1913, on the eve of the outbreak of World War I.

Unfortunately, after the crushing defeat of Germany in World War I and the outbreak of the Bavarian Revolution, Ludwig III fled with his family, becoming the first monarch in the German Empire to lead the escape.

The usurpation and the desertion of the people, the two bad reputations combined, already know Ludwig's support in Bavaria.

Although Ludwig III retained his throne because the French wanted to weaken Germany, his rule in Bavaria had lost support.

The king, who had been successfully restored after World War I, had neither the support nor the trust of the people, and died of depression on October 18, 1921.

His son, the then aged Crown Prince Ruprecht, succeeded him as King of Bavaria.

Although King Rupresit had a much better reputation than his father, Ludwig III, the government had already formed a force and could not be willingly loyal to the royal family.

Moreover, Ruprecht's age is also a big limit. At the time of his coronation in early 1922, Ruprecht was already 53 years old, which is considered an old man in Europe.

The government had no idea that the aging king would be able to hold on to the throne for a few years, and naturally it would not be possible for him to give up power for no reason.

For more than a decade, King Luprecht and his cabinet fought for a long time, but still failed to regain power.

There is no way, the Kingdom of Bavaria should have perished in World War I, and it should be the Bavarian Free State that should be welcomed.

If it weren't for the French forcibly renewing the kingdom's life, I'm afraid that the current King Rupresit would still be the head of his exiled royal family in a foreign country.

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