Chapter 797 Russian Imperial Crisis

After hearing the selling prices of the three missiles, Minister Thomas finally breathed a sigh of relief and confidently said to Herman: "Director Herman, the Ministry of National Defense plans to order 2,500 missiles from your company in the next three years. missiles.

Among them, 1,200 air-to-air version Test-3 missiles, 800 air-to-ground version Test-3 missiles, and 500 pigeon missiles were ordered.

According to the selling price you provided, the Department of Defense will pay a deposit of AUD 12 million this year and a final payment of AUD 7 million in each of the remaining two years. How about that? "

The purchase of 2,500 missiles is a figure arrived at by Secretary Thomas after careful consideration. With these 2,500 missiles, Australasia's air force can be further enhanced, and there is no need to worry about whether the island country will surpass Australasia in terms of navy.

During World War II, the island country once carried out a suicide attack on US warships, which was to let the pilots of the aircraft rush directly to the US warships and aircraft carriers.

Such behavior did cause casualties to U.S. warships in a short period of time, but overall it was somewhat effective.

The new generation of Australasian missiles is much more powerful than suicide attacks.

For attacks on warships, even if there is only a one-third hit rate, these 500 pigeon missiles are enough to cause the island country's navy to suffer a lot.

Moreover, missiles can be specifically responsible for attacking large enemy warships. Those small warships can be surrounded and suppressed by the Australasian Navy.

In this way, the missiles can play a greater role. After all, large warships will be larger and their hit rate will be higher accordingly.

As for whether the warships of the island country have the ability to intercept missiles, at least in the next ten years, they basically will not.

In other words, by using missiles that are not that high in cost, the pressure on the Australasian Navy can be greatly reduced.

Within the Pacific, Australasia's only competitors are island nations. This also means that the size of Australasia's navy only needs to be maintained at a level similar to that of the island countries, and coupled with surprise missile attacks, it can define its superiority on the Pacific Ocean.

After hearing what Secretary Thomas said about the missile ordering plan, Sherman naturally would not veto it. After all, this order can also bring a lot of research funds to the Missile Research Institute. As a scientist who attaches great importance to research, Herman will never refuse the funds that come to his door.

While the two were discussing the details of the missile ordering plan, Arthur had already got in the car and returned to Fort St. Arthur.

Arthur was not very interested in the details of the order, so he left it to Minister Thomas and Director Herman to decide the details of the order.

A few days after returning to Fort St. Arthur, Arthur received bad news from Russia. Nicholas II was completely defeated in the war, and a small number of troops were escorting Nicholas II to flee eastward.

This army is the only remaining army loyal to Nicholas II, and its current number is less than 5,000.

This army was escorting many members of the Russian royal family, including Nicholas II, as they fled towards Siberia.

Siberia was even more vast, an area that neither Nicholas II nor his opponents controlled.

At present, the other side has occupied St. Petersburg, which also means that the war is actually over.

Arthur didn't know what to think about this. The failure of Nicholas II was good news for Arthur. After all, Arthur's throne also had a legal source.

However, the legal basis only has a theoretical basis. The stability of the throne depends on the country's own strength and the public's recognition of the royal family.

Judging from Arthur's current reputation and status among the people, even if there is no legal basis, Arthur can still establish an empire of all Australasians.

However, it is unknown how long such an empire can last. Napoleon once established an empire that was all French, but the Napoleonic dynasty did not last long.

After that came the all-German empire established by Prussia, and the all-Austria empire established by Franz, the then emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, both empires claim to have inherited the legal principles of the Holy Roman Empire, and are not countries without legal principles in the true sense.

In fact, Nicholas II's defeat was a bittersweet experience for Arthur.

The good news is that the next Russia will be even more powerful than it was during the reign of Nicholas II. If he is given a few years to develop, he can become an important help against Germany in the future.

But the bad news is that, precisely because the country's potential is greater than it was during Nicholas II's reign, he is a potential competitor for Arthur.

When Australasia defeats the island country, it will inevitably have some conflicts with this country's Pacific Northwest coast.

After all, for a country like Russia with few natural excellent ports, the excellent ports on the Pacific Northwest coast do not want to be wasted.

Even if they defeat the island country, they still have to face an opponent with greater potential. This is really not good news.

After Nicholas II's defeat, Arthur had to make a new plan for the current world situation.

Who is the biggest competitor at present and who will be the biggest competitor in the future must go through detailed planning and formulate certain strategic defenses.

Just like Russia now. Even in the future World War II, it will become an important boost against Germany.

But for this country, it was impossible for Arthur not to take certain precautions. After the demise of the United States, the future world situation is likely to evolve into Australasia and this country as the two poles of the world.

If certain restrictions are not imposed on this country, Arthur does not want to see a confrontation similar to the Cold War occur in Australasia in the future.

This kind of situation, which is very likely to be thrown by the enemy with a nuclear weapon above the head, neither Arthur nor the future monarch would want to happen to him.

In order to prevent such a scene from happening, the best way is to weaken your competitor as much as possible so that he can maintain a certain level of strength but not too strong.

Of course, even if there are restrictions, they will definitely have to wait until later. The most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the Russian royal family and how to properly handle the transfer of legal principles.

When it comes to such issues, of course, a meeting must be held in the cabinet government.

On January 17, 1932, a cabinet meeting was officially held in St. Arthur's Castle, specifically to discuss how to deal with Nicholas II and others, as well as the concept of building a new empire.

To be honest, everyone in the cabinet is actually very happy to see the establishment of a new empire.

When Arthur becomes emperor, they will of course be the most important assistant ministers. Even if you can't rely on such merit to stay in the cabinet position, you can at least get a lot of merit and make your title one step further.

When people strive for this life, apart from the grand goal of realizing their ideals, isn't the only thing left for them to do is to get themselves promoted to a higher position so that they and their family can live a good life?

As long as Arthur can become the emperor, these important cabinet ministers will definitely be able to take a step forward in their titles.

Apart from anything else, it should be indispensable to ensure a hereditary baronetcy. With such a generous reward, which official would jump out and express opposition?

"Everyone, tell me, how to deal with the current situation in Russia?" At the cabinet meeting, Arthur directly entered the topic and looked at the cabinet officials.

Everyone understood that the countdown to the establishment of the Australasian Empire had entered, and they looked quite excited.

Prime Minister Raul was the first to stand up and give his own opinion: "Your Majesty, the Russian royal family must be protected. After all, your Majesty also signed the European Royal Family Joint Declaration. This declaration cannot be violated.

However, when to rescue the Russian royal family and which members of the Russian royal family can be rescued are not something we can decide artificially. "

Regardless of whether Arthur had reached a private agreement with Nicholas II, relying solely on the joint declaration of European royal families that Arthur had drafted at the time, Arthur would not have been able to watch Nicholas II and his family being arrested.

After all, in history, Nicholas II and his family were shot directly during the revolution. This direct massacre of royal members was naturally a direct provocation to the European Royal Family's Joint Declaration and Arthur.

If Arthur just sits back and does nothing, when the Russian royal family is slaughtered in the future, Arthur and many European royal families who signed the European Royal Family Declaration will become the laughing stock of the world.

However, the meaning of Prime Minister Raul's words is also very clear. Retaining the bloodline of the Russian royal family, that is, Princess Scheiana, was an agreement between Arthur and Nicholas II at that time.

But whether the remaining people can come to Australasia safely seems to be something that Australasia cannot decide, but in fact it is within human control.

However, it is impossible for Arthur to directly nod in agreement with such a strategy. Raul naturally understood this, so he looked at the other cabinet ministers.

"That's true, Your Majesty, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Defense Minister Thomas stood up and echoed: "Currently we only have rough information. His Majesty Nicholas II led the royal family and a small army eastward from St. Petersburg. get away.

We can't determine where they are, so we can't carry out a more detailed rescue.

Moreover, it takes a long time to travel from Australasia to St. Petersburg or the Russian Far East.

Even if we dispatch our troops in time, we may not be able to arrive in time to save most of the Russian royal family. "

Minister Thomas's words were to give Arthur a step down and prevent the Australasian army from being suspected and ridiculed by other countries after only rescuing a small number of Russian members.

After finding the steps, Arthur went down the stairs: "I understand the difficulties of this rescue operation. But for us, our friendship with Russia is very important, and we cannot turn a blind eye to the crisis of the Russian royal family. "

"Minister Wellington." Arthur looked at Foreign Secretary Wellington.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Minister Wellington quickly stood up and respectfully waited for Arthur's order.

"Contact all the royal families that signed the European Royal Family Declaration at that time and ask them to join us in testing Russia to ensure the safety of Nicholas II and his family.

At the same time, try to gain the consent of the World Alliance as much as possible to make our rescue of the Russian royal family legal.

On this basis, Minister Thomas, I hope you can form a small army to rescue Nicholas II and his family as much as possible without the outbreak of conflict. "

"As you command, Your Majesty!" Foreign Secretary Wellington and Defense Secretary Thomas said in unison.

Although according to the European Royal Family Joint Declaration at that time, the countries that signed the declaration could legally rescue royal families in danger.

But the problem is that it is still quite difficult to rescue Nicholas II and his family throughout Russia.

Moreover, only Princess Scheiana and a few members of the Russian royal family must be rescued, which requires seizing the opportunity of the rescue.

For Arthur, naturally he did not want to see Nicholas II rescued to Australasia.

After all, there are still a large number of Russian people in Australasia, including a lot of Russian capital.

If these Russians support Nicholas II's restoration, Arthur will inevitably be in a dilemma.

After all, the enemies of Nicholas II's restoration were very powerful, and there were some taboo reasons that made it impossible to achieve.

Rather than creating some trouble for the future, it is better to put an end to such trouble directly. Except for Nicholas II, most other members of the Russian royal family can actually be rescued.

Including Nicholas II's queen, Princess Sheiana, many branch members of the Russian royal family, and some of Russia's last capitals, etc.

These Russian capitals are not stupid. Being loyal to Nicholas II, they can also get some benefits by relying on Nicholas II, and it is even easier to exploit the people's wealth and support.

But if the power is controlled by another Russia, the fate of their capital is hard to say.

There was a lot of conflict between the capitalist Russian government at that time and another Russia, and capital also had a deep understanding of this Russia's ideas and way of doing things.

Therefore, after the complete defeat of Nicholas II, some of the remaining capital in Russia also chose to flee.

When these Russian capitals fled, there were only two preferred places, namely Western Europe and Australasia.

After the demise of the United States, it is true that only Europe and Australia can be considered developed. Due to various reasons, other regions are not so attractive to capital.

The main reason why Australasia has become the most popular region for Russian capital, alongside Western Europe, is that there are many Russians in Australasia.

These Russian capitals are most familiar with the Russians, and they know how to exploit the Russians to the greatest extent legally.

In addition, they are also optimistic about the capital environment in Australasia. Although Western Europe is currently the most developed region, the capital in Western Europe is very powerful and cannot be defeated by the current Russian capital.

After Russian capital went to Western Europe, not many companies were able to take root stably. Many enterprises will be divided up by local capital and become the best nourishment for others.

In Australasia, due to the monopoly and control of various industries by the royal family consortium, Australia does not have such a relatively large private capital.

The best result of this is that companies and capital do not form a monopoly, and they cannot use price increases to squeeze the people.

All walks of life are in bloom and flowers are blooming everywhere. Under such circumstances, the prices of various commodities are bound to not be too high.

Doing so will benefit the people, which is why Arthur wants to put an end to private enterprises that create monopolies in various industries.

Even if Arthur's royal consortium has a monopoly, it cannot squeeze the people like capital does.

But the private sector is different. Even if private enterprises and capital have good intentions at the beginning, they will ultimately be unable to resist the poison of capitalism and interests.

Arthur would not believe that capital could strictly monitor and control enterprises like himself.

For Arthur, Australasia is also his property, and the stability of Australasia cannot be destroyed.

But for those capitals, only the money in their own hands belongs to them, and national interests and stability are nothing in front of their own interests.

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