The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1062 - 793
Chapter 1062: 793
After a comprehensive ceasefire was achieved in South America, it finally brought a glimmer of peace to the world. Though dark clouds still loomed over Europe, at least not all the political news on a global scale was bad.
Following the end of the Chaco War, the United Kingdom and France also temporarily ended their opposition and shifted towards neutrality for a short time.
The biggest impact of this situation was actually the rapid resolution of issues previously encountered by the British and French.
Whether it was the armed rebellion that broke out in India or the Lone Star Republic’s call for independence, these issues did not significantly impact Britain and France themselves.
Without the support of other powerful nations, these problems could easily be resolved by the strength of Britain and France alone.
This was good news for the Frenchmen. With no worries in the Americas, the French could concentrate their attention on Europe and Africa.
With the supply of resources from three American republics and vast colonial territories in Africa, France’s stockpile of supplies was even more abundant than during World War I, which was why the French had the confidence to oppose Germany and Italy.
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After all, no matter how strong Germany and Italy were, they both had significant vulnerabilities at this time, which were their ports that could be restricted at any moment.
As a central European country, Germany’s ports were either on the Baltic Sea or the North Sea, which could easily be blockaded by the British.
And Italy, needless to say. Also as a central European country, Italy’s ports were all on the Baltic Sea, which could also be easily blockaded by the British.
This actually meant that if the British joined the camp opposing Germany and Italy, the current Germany and Italy would hardly be able to stir up any trouble.
However, unfortunately, because of that damnable balance policy, Britain was not willing to join the Franco-Austrian camp against the German-Italian Axis.
After all, the British saw the current strength of France and Austria as more balanced compared to Germany and Italy.
Even because France was strong and unrestricted, the temporary Franco-Australian alliance was stronger than the Axis Powers.
In Australasia, sensing the increasingly chaotic situation in Europe, Arthur eagerly anticipated the development and the first test explosion of nuclear weapons.
According to historical experience, nuclear weapons were supposed to be the most powerful weapon in World War II, and this was also the confidence and trump card on which Arthur relied to win the war.
What Arthur did not expect was that, while the development of nuclear weapons was still in progress, another very interesting design had been invented first.
As mentioned before, the hit rate of Australasia’s second-generation missiles was very poor, at best only around 30 percent.
After all, the technology of the era couldn’t support overly advanced guidance technologies, and achieving a maximum hit rate of 30 percent was already the result of scientists’ best efforts.
Once various aiming systems and optical instruments are invented in the future, the accuracy of missiles will be greatly improved, eventually turning into super-lethal weapons that can kill with a single strike.
Indeed, in future generations, if nuclear weapons were not used, various intercontinental missiles became one of the weapons with the furthest lethal range and the highest killing power.
What Arthur hadn’t anticipated was that in the field of missile technology, the main innovation in Australasia was not significant, but was instead reliant on animals.
Such a design is quite famous, widely promoted by marketing accounts in later generations; it is the pigeon-guided missile, aimed with three pigeons for navigation.
No matter how the later generations judged such a design, for Arthur, it was a design born in the wrong era.
From the demonstration data and test results of Buhulus Fredrick Skone—who invented this design—it may not significantly increase the hit rate of the missiles, but the intended effect was undeniably present.
In Buhulus Fredrick Skone’s simulation flight results, the pigeon-guided missile had a 55.3% success rate of operation under the condition of pigeons pecking four times per second.
Although this was not the hit probability, it could improve the missile’s hit rate by an additional 10 to 20 percent on the existing basis.
This was just the preliminary pigeon-guided missile, and it only cost the American Government $25,000 in research funds.
In this world, with the large amount of research funds lavished by Arthur, Australasia’s pigeon-guided missile technology was years ahead of the United States, and it also achieved good results.
Clearly, Arthur valued missile technology highly. Upon hearing the positive news about the missile, Arthur immediately rushed to the missile laboratory to see what was so special about this so-called pigeon-guided missile.
The person in charge of the missile development project was Hermann, also a renowned expert in the field of missiles.
Currently, all of Australasia’s missile and rocket development bases had been relocated to the suburbs of the Capital Region, with excellent security measures.
And the even more secretive nuclear weapon development team had their research facilities located in the desert area of Carnegie.
Carnegie was a newly built city in the desert area, with Australia’s Great Sandy Desert to the north, Victoria Desert to the south, and highland mountain regions covering the east and west, basically situated in an uninhabited wasteland.
Not only was this the site of nuclear weapon research, but the vast Great Sandy Desert to the north was also one of the potential locations for future nuclear weapon tests.
