The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 922 - 687: The Heir to the Throne_2

And the CA1928 105mm semi-automatic artillery piece was actually developed collaboratively between Australasia and Germany as its predecessor, the GA1906 model.

This was a large-caliber semi-automatic artillery piece modeled after the M1897 cannon and was, overall, quite successful.

But after all, it was a product from over twenty years ago, so the CA1928 105mm semi-automatic artillery was essentially a new product improved by the Royal Military Factory.

If nothing unexpected happens, the next large-scale war should see the Australasia Army extensively equipped with CA1928 105mm semi-automatic artillery, M1928 150mm howitzers, M1922 75mm semi-automatic artillery, and CA-2 27mm anti-aircraft guns.

The first three types of artillery are meant to suppress enemy forces with firepower, while the anti-aircraft guns are specifically designed to combat enemy airplanes.

In addition, Australasia’s light and heavy machine guns can also be modified into anti-aircraft guns, effectively providing a certain degree of air defense firepower.

After all, true air defense relies on one’s own airplanes, and securing air superiority over a particular area is the real key.

Rather than shooting down planes with artillery and machine guns, Arthur clearly preferred to directly eliminate enemy planes with his own aircraft to achieve complete and utter air superiority.

Sure enough, as soon as the news of the two artillery pieces was released, it immediately caused a frenzy among the army units.

Because the number of the military had increased significantly, it was impossible to equip all units with these artillery pieces at once.

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Beyond the already existing few divisions, the new army units would undoubtedly have to compete for these weapons and equipment.

Given similar levels of training, the side with more new weapons and equipment would surely have stronger combat capabilities.

As for a suitable candidate the position of the Royal Commando special forces commander, Arthur did not have a good choice for the time being.

After much consideration, Arthur still felt that the former Prime Minister Kent was quite suitable. Although Kent’s political career was much longer than his military one, this did not mean that Kent was weak in military affairs.

As the first Minister of Defence of Australia, Kent himself graduated from a Military University and had undergone frequent advanced studies at various universities, making him a rather versatile talent.

Entrusting the special forces temporarily to Kent for training and management, Arthur was quite reassured.

They could replace him with a more suitable candidate in the future; after all, training special forces was also a learning process for Arthur, so it wouldn’t hurt to let Kent, a Military University graduate, have a try.

After all, before the official training of the Royal Commandos, the task was to select the most suitable individuals to become special soldiers from among the hundreds of thousands of troops.

But this was something Arthur was pleased to see, as it began the process of diminishing royal power in some areas ahead of time.

Despite this, the training of the several princes had been very successful so far. William, the nominal heir to the throne, had shown considerable talent and had even been acknowledged by Arthur as a potential good ruler.

But that didn’t hinder Arthur’s steps in weakening monarchical power, which was something that had to be completed before he abdicated.

Compared to Arthur’s limited and purposeful weakening of monarchical power, if the next ruler were to do so, it was likely to be under duress.

By that time, Australasia might end up like the Netherlands when it established its constitutional monarchy, with the monarch losing power overnight, almost all of it.

Instead of that, it was better for Arthur to weaken monarchical authority beforehand and define the king’s power within a manageable scope.

If the future monarch had the capability and prestige, they could completely obtain higher powers through the system established by Arthur.

If the future monarch’s abilities were subpar, their royal power would be greatly restricted, and they would carry out the role of a constitutional monarch securely and stably.

In doing so, it would be possible to empower the wise monarchs and disempower the mediocre ones, thus making the position of the royal family even more solid.

Looking at the framework and foundation that Arthur would leave for future monarchs, it appeared feasible for Australasia to become one of the Powers and remain stable for several hundred years.

As long as they didn’t compete for the position of world superpower, the Australasian Royal Family would also remain stable.

As for matters several hundred years in the future, those were unpredictable for Arthur, and naturally, it was impossible to make advance preparations for such a distant time.

On the other hand, a few hundred years of rule might be sufficient; after all, the later generations of monarchs wouldn’t have much of a blood relation to Arthur.

At least for the present Arthur, how to handle his children who had already come of age was of utmost importance.

Both William and Anna Miller were born in 1909 and had reached 18 years old, definitely qualifying as adults.

About the division of Titles of Nobility for William and Anna, Arthur had not yet decided; indeed, creating such titles was a headache-inducing problem.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a matter of deciding titles for several sons all at once; at least there was time to plan and prepare.

Arthur was quite confident in William’s abilities; the next King of Australasia was essentially going to be William.

It was also decided to create a title exclusively for the heir to the throne, like the Prince of Wales in Britain.

The Crown Prince would automatically receive this title, which would also represent the Crown Prince, specifically designated for the next successor to the throne.