Chapter 356: Chapter 307: Splitting the Military University (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Besides national defse construction, the second phase of Leonora Industrial Base's is also of utmost importance for Australasia.

In fact, the second phase of the Leonora Industrial Base started as early as 9, with initial expectations of completion by 93.

After all, the second phase construction, in terms of scale and planning, was set to significantly surpass that of the first phase of the Industrial Base.

All the factories from the first phase combined could at most provide less than fifty thousand jobs for Australasia, ev at full capacity.

However, upon the completion of the second phase, it alone could create over one hundred thousand jobs.

Combining both phases, the tire Leonora Industrial Base could provide at least 50,000 jobs for Australasia, not only fulfilling the job needs of West Australian State but also extding befits to South Australia.

With substantial governmt and industrial sector funds, the construction of the Industrial Base is progressing faster than expected.

If everything goes as planned, the construction of the Industrial base should be completed by the d of 9 or the beginning of 93, and is set to be operational by 94.

This means that, if World War I took place as it did in history, Australasia would have a super industrial area with over 50,000 jobs ev before the outbreak of World War I. This would further solidify its industrial levels and scale, and able it to export a large amount of industrial products to the European Region.

With the growth of Australasia's population, there would also be an increasing demand for jobs. Various constructions, including the industrial base and other projects, were planned to meet the needs of the Australasian people, besides serving the national developmtal needs.

In preparation for the pottial European War, Arthur also issued orders to the agricultural sector, requesting to expand agricultural production where possible, and temporarily decrease food export.

Aside from the disaster-affected areas with high food prices, food export from all other regions were to be reduced.

After all, the currt food prices couldn't compare to those during war times. It's better to stockpile food in preparation for a pottial war and sell it off after the outbreak of the European War.

By that time, European Countries would have st hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of troops into the war. Their domestic military and civilian factories would have to make way for the war industry, causing a natural decline in food production.

Stockpiling food now for sell-off during war times can also be se as prevting pottial starvation and death due to hunger in Europe.

After all, Arthur is, in the d, a European. How can he stand by and watch Europeans suffer from starvation due to war?

Though the accumulation of food isn't free, it would at least save lives, wouldn't it?

Considering Australasia's annual food production of several million tons, the profit from stockpiling food until the outbreak of World War I would not be insignificant.

Apart from agriculture, Arthur also made some plans in terms of education and healthcare.

Firstly, regarding healthcare, it was becoming increasingly difficult to attract medical talts from Europe.

The major powers of Europe were increasingly protective of important talts in industries such as medical care and the military industry, especially as war was approaching.

Therefore, Australasia had to seize this limited opportunity, attracting as many medical talts as possible before the outbreak of World War I.

Be it skilled doctors or medical scitists involved in research, they were all talts that Australasia needed and was lacking.

The currt Royal Military Academy officially oped in 907 and has now be a for more than four years.

With the graduation of the first batch of graduates from the Royal Military Academy and their subsequt try into the military, the Academy has officially got on track.

However, the mix of studts at the Royal Military Academy is currtly too diverse, with studts from the civilian sector, the military, and ev foreign exchange studts.

After careful consideration, Arthur has decided to separate civilian and military studts, with foreign exchange studts being classified under civilians.

It is ttatively planned that the Royal Military Academy will be divided into the Sydney Royal Military Academy and the Melbourne Royal Military Academy.

The Sydney Royal Military Academy will be responsible for civilian studts, foreign exchange studts, and the cultivation of sior officers.

This means that a bachelor's degree holder from the Sydney Royal Military Academy will ter the army with at least the rank of second lieutant. They could possibly ev achieve the rank of lieutant if they perform well.

These graduates are the backbone of the Australasian army, and they should have no problem being school-level officers, ev if they struggle in their careers.

Although the Sydney Royal Military Academy also admits studts from the military, there are certain requiremts for their military ranks.

Those who are eligible to attd the Sydney Royal Military Academy are usually officers at the rank of lieutant or school-level officers.

They will receive advanced officer training at the Sydney Royal Military Academy. Lieutants can advance their ranks by one or two upon graduation, while school-level officers can usually advance by at least one rank.

In other words, the military studts admitted by the Sydney Royal Military Academy are basically pottial officers who have be idtified for focused training. In the future, they could become top-ranking military personnel, like Brigade Gerals.

As for gerals and army group commanders, that is currtly not something that can be considered in Australasia.

As for the newly established Melbourne Royal Military Academy, its main function is to train junior officers for the military, that is, lieutants, and below.

This makes the recruitmt requiremts for the Melbourne Royal Military Academy very simple. For civilian candidates, a middle school education and normal conscription conditions are required. The requiremt for military studts is to have served for at least a year and to have excellt performance records in the military.

Ev in theory, the Melbourne Royal Military Academy is also op to native soldiers from the Native Division, after all, all the junior officers in the Native Division cannot be Australasians.

Plainly put, the purpose of the Native Division is to serve as cannon fodder and bear the casualties for the Australasian Army.

Australasians do not need to serve as the lowest-ranking officers in such an army. As long as the natives receive some simple training, there should be no problem for them to become a low-ranking officer.

However, ev for the opportunity to receive the most basic officer training, the quota for the natives in the Native Division will not be that much.

Also, these natives tering the military academy will receive strict supervision, and they are forbidd to carry weapons under any circumstances.

The only chance they get to touch a gun, perhaps, is wh the military academy organizes shooting practice every now and th.

After all, the safety of other studts at the military academy and the public must be considered. Ev though these natives are soldiers of Australasia, their loyalty cannot be fully guaranteed.

If an extremist were to escape with a weapon, it would be a significant threat to the security vironmt in Australasia and the safety of the people. It is a risk that cannot occur.