Chapter 507 Six Military Regions

After the cabinet meeting, all departments in Australasia became busy, preparing for the respective tasks of each department mentioned in the four-year plan, and also accumulating political achievements for themselves. New 𝘹.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The development of Australasia in the past ten years has been relatively smooth. The country's various construction projects have been very effective, and each cabinet government has accumulated a lot of political achievements.

But having said that, this also means that the requirements for each cabinet government have become more stringent.

With the development going so smoothly in the past and now, if any mistakes are made in the work of the ministers of various departments, it will be in sharp contrast with the performance of each previous government. Even if the mistake itself is not serious, it will be in this comparison. The bottom is magnified many times.

This principle is equivalent to the famous theory of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha immediately.

When a good person does a bad thing, because it is too different from his previous behavior, it will be magnified many times, and the good person will become a bad person.

If a bad person does a good thing, it will also be magnified because of the large difference from his previous behavior, and the bad person will become a good person.

While every previous government in Australasia has been blameless, the first government to make a mistake will also suffer unprecedented criticism.

However, the current Australasian government is controlled by Arthur, and it is still difficult to cause problems.

After all, the general direction of the government's development has been determined. No matter how out-of-the-box the government is, it can only make small-scale adjustments based on the general direction. This is innocuous to the entire development plan and is destined to not have much impact. many.

When it comes to the work of the Australasian government, what Arthur attaches most importance to is the adjustment of garrison zoning by the Ministry of National Defense. new

After the Ministry of National Defense is restructured, there will be a check and balance between the power of the original staff department. Whether this kind of checks and balances is beneficial to the development of the country will take some time to verify.

But the good news is that there is still room for trial and error in Australasia. With Arthur's control, and since war is still far away, it is possible to try out a system suitable for Australasia.

With the Ministry of National Defense responsible for expanding the army, the General Staff has not been idle and has started discussions on the division of Australasian military garrison areas.

Australasia is so large that it is destined to be divided into several military regions for garrisoning.

Previously, Australasia was garrisoned in a manner divided into the mainland and the colonies. Most of the main troops were in the mainland, and colonial troops and garrisons were stationed in the colonies.

Now, the General Staff has decided to adopt a more advanced division of military districts. Each military region has its own headquarters and staff, and all have deployments of the navy, land and air forces to ensure the combat effectiveness of a single military region.

The first one to be determined was naturally the local military region.

The mainland military region only includes Australia. The garrison is: 1-5 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division, 1 artillery division, and tank divisions, totaling 135,000 people.

In addition to the local military regions, there are also a large number of overseas military regions, including:

New Zealand Military District: 10,000 infantry.

Pacific Military District: Contains two Pacific territories, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia, and is stationed in the 8th Infantry Division with a total of 16,000 people.

New Guinea Military District: Contains the entire New Guinea colony, with 31,000 infantry troops stationed.

Northern Military District: including Sulawesi, the Royal Territory and Timor, stationed with 10 infantry divisions, totaling 1→

Persian Gulf Military District: Contains the entire Persian Gulf territory, stationed with 11-12 infantry divisions, 3 cavalry divisions, and 2 artillery divisions, totaling 55,000 people.

As a result, the entire Australasia was divided into six military regions. Each military region had its own headquarters and staff, and each had the configuration of the navy, army and air force.

Of course, it is impossible to have a large-scale naval presence in every military region. In fact, there are only three naval forces stationed in the Home Military District, the Pacific Military District and the Persian Gulf Military District. The others only have some small-scale patrol teams, the number of ships is not too many, and the tonnage is around a thousand tons.

As for the air force, it is stationed in every military region, and each military region has a large number of air forces.

Although Arthur has no plans to equip aircraft on a large scale, the number of existing aircraft in Australasia has exceeded 1,500, and Arthur naturally equipped all of them to the military region without hesitation.

Of course, some aircraft are all equipped in the local military region because it is inconvenient to expose them.

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The remaining 500 or so first- and second-generation military aircraft, with an average of 100 aircraft stationed in each military region, can be considered to have certain air defense and air combat capabilities.

The purposes of the six military regions are different, but some implications can be seen from the ratio of the navy, land and air force.

The first is the Pacific Military Region, which has a relatively large number of navies stationed there. There are a large number of Pacific islands here, and in addition to the need to defend against the United States in the eastern Pacific, it is necessary to have a certain number of navies.

Needless to say, the Persian Gulf Military Region is the most important oil-producing area in Australasia, and its economic value is even countless. Australasia naturally cannot lose this area.

The last one with a large-scale naval presence is the local military region.

The Home Military District is responsible for the defense of the core areas of Australasia and can also protect the coast of Australasia.

For any country, the defense of the homeland is the most important, and it is inevitable that the homeland has the largest number of sea, land and air forces.

The Pacific Military District is responsible for the Pacific Ocean, the Persian Gulf Military District is responsible for the Indian Ocean, and the Home Military District is responsible for the surrounding territorial waters. Cooperation between the three major military districts can also stabilize Australasia's maritime rights and interests.

Splitting a large army into various military regions can also facilitate management between each military region.

If nothing else goes wrong, when the deployment of each military region is completed, the military region commander will most likely have the rank of lieutenant general to ensure that the military region commander has command authority over the division commanders of each division.

Of course, the rank of chief of staff of a military region is slightly lower, most likely around major general.

In order to maintain the distinction from military region commanders, the military ranks of the Minister of Defense and the Chief of General Staff will also be raised to the level of general.

This is also the benefit that the expansion of the army has brought to many officers. As the positions of senior officers increase, the promotion of some people is inevitable.

As the Minister of Defense and the Chief of General Staff are the two highest-ranking figures in Australasia (second only to Arthur's nominal Marshal-in-Chief), their levels will naturally be raised accordingly.

Speaking of Arthur's rank as Marshal of the Armed Forces, in special times it is really more than just a title.

As the Marshal-in-Chief of Australasia and the subject of military allegiance, Arthur has the right to take control of the army at special moments, and at any time, whether it is the Ministry of Defense or the General Staff, their big plans must go through Arthur approval.

This is also the power restriction that Arthur, as the monarch, brought to the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.

Although Arthur usually would not interfere with the operation of the army, as he controlled this sword of supreme power, he did not have to worry about the military ostracizing the monarch like in Germany.

The reason why William II was ignored was generally because the Junker aristocracy in Germany was too large and had a long history.

Even if there is still no outbreak, the Junker nobles have controlled all aspects of Germany and have already become a huge force in Germany.

Australasia naturally has no such troubles. But in the future, many people will be born into the nobility due to military merit, and these new nobility will also be firmly in Arthur's hands.

Without Arthur, Australasia's new nobility would not be recognized by other countries, and the new nobility would have no power.

This is completely different from the traditional nobility in Europe, and it is also a trade-off in Australasia to prevent the nobility from becoming bigger and stronger.

It is impossible for these new nobles to grow into a huge class without Arthur's support.

If they want to gain continuous power, they must rely on Arthur's rule.

This is also good for Arthur. After all, with more people's support, Arthur's royal power will be more stable.

With the development of aircraft, one thing can be discovered, that is, aircraft have become very popular in Australasia.

Of course, the popularity here does not refer to the popularity among the people, but the popularity among the military and government.

Especially as aircraft have spread to major military regions, it has become inevitable to frequently establish airports between military regions.

This is also a good thing for Australasia. After all, aircraft can indeed speed up exchanges between armies, and the current safety performance of aircraft has been guaranteed. At least the air crash rate has been reduced very low, and basically no accidents will occur.

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