The Rise Of Australasia

Starting from September, almost all the powers have fallen into a relatively busy state. This is also a good thing for Australasia, as it is one of the few golden development periods and the best time for Australasia to catch up with old powers like Britain and France. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

As the most important industrial base in Australasia at present, the fourth-phase construction of the Leonora Industrial Base has naturally attracted the attention of Arthur and the entire government.

In fact, when the Leonora Industrial Base was first built, there were only three-phase construction plans, and there was no so-called fourth-phase construction plan.

However, the 550,000 jobs provided by the three-phase construction plans can no longer meet the development needs of Australasia, and building more and larger industrial bases has become an urgent matter.

Compared to the previous three-phase construction plans, the fourth-phase construction plan of the Leonora Industrial Base has expanded the scale by several times when planning.

The previous three phases could only provide 550,000 jobs, while the construction of the fourth-phase industrial base could provide more than 750,000 jobs, which is more than the total of the previous three phases combined.

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For this reason, the construction period and scale of the fourth-phase industrial base will far exceed the current existing construction site scale.

Just the fourth-phase industrial construction alone plans for more than 13,000 acres of land, which is equivalent to 52.6 square kilometers of land, showing the enormity of its scale.

Thanks to such a large-scale land-use plan, the fourth-phase industrial base will have more than 2,500 acres of green space, creating an artificial ecological environment and drainage, environmental protection, and road facilities, striving to minimize the impact on the environment while developing industry.

The remaining 10,500 acres are mostly factory buildings and storage areas, as well as various ancillary areas.

The fourth-phase industrial base has more than 900 standard industrial workshops and more than 120 large storage areas, and the roads have also been widened to facilitate the transportation of materials in the industrial base.

The fourth-phase industrial base is also connected to the train station, ensuring that various resources can be transported smoothly and conveniently to the interior of the industrial base and then further refined by trucks.

According to estimates, the fourth-phase industrial base construction can accommodate 500 large-scale factories and thousands of small factories, with a total of more than 750,000 employees.

Such a large construction plan will also extend the construction time of the fourth-phase industrial base to more than three years.

This also means that it will take at least three years for the fourth-phase industrial base to be truly operational.

It will take even four to five years to put it into full use.

Once the entire Leonora Industrial Base is fully operational, a massive industrial base with more than 1.3 million jobs will be of paramount importance to Australasia.

The current Leonora Industrial Base already accounts for more than 40% of Australasia’s industrial output.

If the fourth-phase construction that has already started is also included, the output of the Leonora Industrial Base can even account for more than half of Australasia’s total output, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the industrial heart of Australasia.

In order to protect such an important area, more than one battalion of troops is stationed near the Leonora Industrial Base to protect the base.

The airspace above the industrial base is a no-fly zone, and there is an air force stationed not far from the industrial base to protect the safety of the airspace above the base.

The good news is that the Leonora Industrial Base is located in West Australia and is relatively safe in the hinterland of Australasia.

Unlike Germany’s Ruhr District, the Leonora Industrial Base does not have to worry about external threats.

Nor will there be any threat to the Leonora Industrial Base by sea, land, or air.

The nearest enemy territory to the Leonora Industrial Base is the Dutch East Indies, but it is more than 2,000 kilometers away.

Current airplanes cannot achieve a range of 2,000 kilometers, and without transit stations and supply points on the way, no country’s aircraft can reach the airspace above the Leonora Industrial Base except Australasia.

Navy can’t pose a threat to the inland industrial base of Leonora. As for the army to invade Australasia, this is also very difficult, as it has to defeat the navy and air force of Australasia first, and then break through the defense of the Australasian Army.

When building the Leonora Industrial Base, one of the reasons for choosing Leonora as the location, besides the relatively rich mineral resources in the area, is that it is located inland and has a higher security factor.

Coastal cities are ultimately somewhat risky compared to inland ones, as if the enemy’s navy is too strong, as long as they can suppress the Australasian navy in the harbor, they can pose a threat to the seaside cities.

The construction of an industrial base requires a large amount of labor, and at this time the indigenous people staying in Sulawesi Island have also come in handy.

The millions of indigenous people on Sulawesi Island are the human resources reserve for Australasia and the reluctant cannon fodder for the Australasian army before the population reaches an ideal number.

With the start of the fourth phase of the Leonora Industrial Base construction, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people were recruited and transported to work in the hard labor near the Leonora Industrial Base.

There is no need to worry about these indigenous people being disobedient, as those living in the tribal areas of Sulawesi Island are easier to control than those who used to be hidden deep in the mountains.

If they disobey, their families living in the tribes will also suffer.

Australasia has never been merciful to indigenous people. Although not as cruel, it is necessary to make an example of some of the native people by punishing them severely.

As Australasia’s development is in full swing, a neighboring region of Australasia is also plotting earth-shattering events.

"Speaker of the Senate, Your Excellency, is there any news from Australasia?" Inside the Philippine Senate Speaker’s Office, a strong middle-aged man with a beard anxiously looks at Manuel and asks.

"Not yet, Edmund. How is the armament of the military? How many people have been gathered so far?" Manuel shakes his head but immediately asks.

"We have already gathered more than 2,000 people who have initial combat capabilities after brief training. Speaker sir, we have a better army than in the Filipino-American war, and with the support of the Australasians, we can definitely defeat those damned Americans," says the strong man named Edmund proudly.

Manuel has participated in the Philippine War of Independence and the Filipino-American War. He has considerable prestige in both the Philippine rebel forces and political circles and is an excellent politician and strategist.

Edmund, the strong man, is Manuel’s partner during the revolutionary war period and now controls the Philippine Independence Revolutionary Army established by Manuel as his most trusted subordinate.

Manuel nods with a smile on the surface but actually sighs in his heart.

Those who are as careless as Edmund don’t understand that Australasia would never be so kind.

Even if the Philippines could drive away the Americans, the ruling power, Australasia would not let the Philippines go easily.

"How is the investigation on the other two forces that I asked you to look into?" Manuel doesn’t say much else but focuses on the topic he cares about.

"I have found out, Mr. Speaker. The other two forces in contact with the Australasians are the Philippine Liberation Army led by Wade Jaddali and the Philippine Independence Legion led by Sandro Botticelli.

The Philippine Liberation Army has about 500 members, and the Independent Legion has about 1,000 members.

They should have also received military support from Australasia. If the Philippines becomes independent successfully, they will become our direct competitors," Edmund answers.

Australasia’s intelligence department would not just find one force to work with. They want to both divert the Americans’ attention and split the Philippines into several forces to facilitate the future rule of the Philippines.

Manuel is undoubtedly the most significant force in the Philippines and holds the highest prestige and status among individuals.

It’s because of Manuel’s extravagant personal experiences that he was one of the leading figures in the Philippine independence movement and rose in the political scene after becoming the Philippine Senate Speaker.

As a result, under Manuel’s call, more than 2,000 soldiers were easily conscripted, far exceeding the 500 and 1,000 people from other forces.

Hearing the intelligence Edmund mentioned, Manuel nods without surprise, but his mind is calculating his plan.

The scale of the military of the three largest independent forces in the Philippines is intriguing.

Manuel’s Independence Revolutionary Army is the largest force, but the other two forces don’t fall far behind, and the Australasians would never let Manuel control all the power.

With the Americans as their biggest enemy, the three independent forces will temporarily unite, working together to resist American rule.

Once the Philippines achieves independence, some hidden problems will erupt between the three forces, causing the Philippines, which should be united, to split into several forces.

How to gain the most say in the Philippine government after independence? To achieve this, it is essential to have Australasians’ support.

Such is the sorrow of weak nations. Sometimes, their fate cannot be controlled by themselves but depends on which power they belong to and the strategy of powerful nations they are affiliated with.