The total tonnage of warships represents the number of warships, while the number of main ships determines the real combat power of the navy.
Currently, the British Empire holds the first place in the total tonnage of naval vessels in the world, reaching up to 2.51 million tons.
Germany ranks second, with a total naval tonnage of 1.17 million tons.
The United States occupies the third place, with a total naval tonnage of 840,000 tons.
France occupies the fourth place, with a total naval tonnage of 800,000 tons.
Russia Nation ranks fifth, with a total naval tonnage of 600,000 tons.
Island Nation ranks sixth, with a total naval fleet of 510,000 tons.
Italy ranks seventh, with a total naval tonnage of 390,000 tons.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire ranks eighth, with a total naval tonnage of 190,000 tons.
Australasia ranks ninth, with a total naval tonnage of 150,000 tons.
Although there is still a significant gap in total naval tonnage between Australasia and the European powers, if only the dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts are considered, the number of Australasian dreadnoughts ranks among the top five in the world.
Even in terms of the real combat power of the navy, Arthur is confident, exceeding the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy.
There is no other reason; these two countries have very few dreadnoughts, and their naval combat power is definitely discounted compared to their naval tonnage.
Even the Island Nation, which currently lacks support from the British Empire, has the tonnage of old battleships from the past, but their planned dreadnoughts have not yet been put into service.
Australasia's three dreadnoughts and two battlecruisers are not necessarily a match for the Island Nation's eight old battleships.
Even if one battleship's combat power is deemed equal to two old battleships, the overall combat power of the Australasian navy would still exceed that of the Island Nation's navy.
It can only be said that technological progress has brought about great improvements in the strength of the army and navy. After the birth of dreadnoughts, the role of old battleships has been infinitely reduced.
After the birth of the super dreadnought, the importance of dreadnoughts has also declined a lot.
How exaggerated is the 10-million-ton food reserve? It should be noted that the total annual food consumption in Australasia will not exceed 3 million tons.
This means that the current strategic food reserves in Australasia are more than enough to feed the entire nation for three years.
During these three years, the food production in Australasia will continue to expand; to put it more affectionately, there is no way they can eat it all.
The good news is that this feels like an era where Australasians have just escaped from poverty and hunger, so food waste is rare.
Large-scale extravagance and waste basically do not exist, which to some extent also reduces people's food consumption.
In 1912, only less than 2 million tons of the food production of 11.58 million tons were exported. In addition to the domestic consumption of over 2 million tons, the government's strategic food reserves increased by nearly 7 million tons this year alone.
Of course, the reduction of food exports from Australasia has little impact on international food prices.
After all, European countries have extensive colonies, and many countries surrounding Germany also export food, so they do not have to worry about food problems.
Even if food prices rise, the increase is minimal, so European countries do not care much.
Even countries like Britain and France would prefer to see such things happen.
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After all, both Britain and France have extensive colonies, and it's just a matter of spending a little more on transportation; they won't be short of food.
However, Germany is different. If it wants enough food, it has to pay high prices to buy from neighboring countries.
Apart from the favorable food prices offered by allies like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the prices in other places will rise slightly, which means more spending.
With tens of millions of people, Germany's annual food consumption is not a small number.
While food exports from Australasia have decreased, meat exports have not decreased much.
After all, Australasia's animal husbandry is too large; there is no need to make articles on meat exports.
Given Australasia's current 200 million sheep, tens of millions of cows, and countless other domestic animals, meat will never be scarce at any time.