Chapter 64 Introduction of military industry and production lines
"But just a group of industrial experts is not enough. I hope to introduce some skilled technical workers and immigrants from Germany, so as to meet the vacancies in Australia's industrial development." Arthur said with a smile: "At the same time, I hope that Australia can send a hundred international students to Germany every year to enter various universities in Germany. I believe that the German education system can cultivate outstanding talents for Australia and completely solve the loopholes in Australia's basic and mid-level talent vacancies." For
Australia In terms of industrial development, what is lacking is far more than just skilled workers, but also various capable talents and a large number of immigrants.
If you want to build a complete industrial system, you must at least have a large amount of mineral resources and population, so that there will be sufficient workers, laborers, and intellectuals.
In terms of mineral resources, Australia is not lacking at all and is even very rich.
Australia has enough minerals to become one of the world's largest exporters of mineral resources, and there is no need to worry about resource reserves.
But in terms of population, Australia's problems are very serious.
Any one of the current European powers is a superpower with a population of tens of millions. It is precisely because of its population of tens of millions that large-scale industries can be established.
The reason why small countries cannot develop is that in addition to mineral resources and land area, population size is also an extremely important factor.
If Australia wants to rise and build a strong industry, it must have a population of at least 20 million.
Of course, this is Arthur's future goal for Australia. The current plan is only to introduce immigrants to make Australia's population exceed 5 million and move towards 10 million.
"No problem, Arthur. The great German nation is a good source of immigrants, and more German immigrants will also help us establish better relations." William II nodded and said: "There is no problem with international students, either. Any university in Germany welcomes these international students if their grades are qualified."
Arthur's proposal was entirely within William II's plan. For Wilhelm II, who wanted to tie a country firmly to his chariot, it was a good choice to make half of the country's population German.
When half of Australia's population is German, then even if Arthur doesn't want to, he will have to take into account the feelings of all Germans in the country.
Under such circumstances, wouldn’t Australia’s policy naturally lean towards Germany’s side?
"Thank you, Your Highness." When he made his proposal, Arthur knew that William II would not object.
His proposal may even be welcomed by William II. After all, tying Australia more firmly to the German chariot is what William II wants to do.
"Your Majesty, in addition to these, we also want to introduce various military and industrial technologies from Germany. As one of the most powerful industrial countries, Germany has produced various military and industrial technologies that are among the best in the world. We long for these technologies and dream of owning them,” Arthur said with a smile.
The two people sitting in front of him, William II, were extremely conceited and inferior. William II had psychological defects due to physical reasons.
Prime Minister Bernhard is also quite conceited about Germany and himself. In the eyes of these two men, the German Empire is not inferior to any country. This can also be confirmed by Germany's various foreign policies after Prime Minister Bernhard took office.
Because of this, both William II and Prime Minister Bernhard showed quite proud smiles after hearing Arthur compliment the industry of the German Empire so much.
In terms of navy, they may be ashamed of themselves, but in terms of industry, they also feel that Britain is no longer Germany's opponent. "Of course, Arthur. In addition to some core strategic technologies, other industrial and military technologies can be handed over to you by selling production lines." William II said with a smile.
There is a considerable difference between selling production lines and selling technology. Although you can master the production of products if you master the production line, once there is a problem with the production line, you can only rely on Germany's help.
阿瑟并不反对，笑着说道：“我希望能够引进德国步枪的生产技术，以及鼎鼎大名的克虏伯公司的火炮技术。澳大利亚拥有庞大的国土，也需要强大的军队和装备来守卫。”
“步枪的生产线？你是指哪只步枪？”威廉二世皱了皱眉头，询问到。
“当然是贵国新的制式步枪，毛瑟公司生产的1898年式步枪。”阿瑟笑着回答道。
1898年式步枪的威名并不响亮，但他的改进版毛瑟98k步枪却是世界最出名的步枪之一。
“Gew98？阿瑟，据我了解，你应该掌握由原来阿瑟舅舅建造的一家军工厂，其拥有的步枪生产技术并不弱于Gew98。在我看来，兑换Gew98的生产线没有必要，一个国家还是拥有一种制式步枪为好，否则，对于后勤来说也是一个大麻烦。”威廉二世一愣，随即提醒到。
威廉二世所说的步枪是阿瑟军工厂的李恩菲尔德步枪。李恩菲尔德作为英国的制式步枪，在性能和威力上并不弱于毛瑟98k，更不要说是现在的1898式毛瑟步枪了。
在两把步枪的生产工艺和子弹口径都不一样的情况之下，在威廉二世看来，阿瑟这样的行为很没有必要，还会影响澳大利亚军队的后勤。
“没关系，陛下。无论是李恩菲尔德步枪还是Gew98步枪，我认为都是世界上最优秀的步枪之一。两者也能取长补短，或许能诞生出更优秀的步枪，不是吗？”阿瑟笑着说道。
这两把步枪的寿命都很长远，他们的改进型一直沿用到了第二次世界大战以后。
虽然比不上二战后期诞生的各种半自动和全自动步枪，但在这个自动武器并不广泛的年代，这两把步枪就是未来世界40年内最优秀的步枪之二。
况且阿瑟引进Gew98步枪的生产线也并非是为了让澳大利亚军队装备这把步枪，而是在第一次世界大战之时大量出口。
Although major European countries have reserved a large amount of weapons resources for future wars, the consumption of war is extremely huge. Even if major countries convert some civilian factories into military production, they still cannot fill this huge hole.
This also led to industrial countries like the United States that did not participate in the war in the early stage to make a lot of war profits. The export of various resources, including weapons and equipment, food, and medical supplies, became the most profitable way at the time, and it also made the United States earn a lot of money. The abundance of money has laid a certain foundation for the true rise of the United States.
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