The war was over, but there was still much work to be done in the aftermath of the war.


    First, in ordance with the London Agreemt, Austrsia needed to withdraw its military from Portuguese India and the East Asian colonies, and to sure the safety of all Portuguese citizs in these two regions.


    Well, yes, the personal safety of the citizs.


    As for the property of these Portuguese people, most of their previous factories, equipmt, and other assets had long be carted away by Austrsia, a fact well known to all nations.


    And the more than a thousand Portuguese soldiers captured by Austrsia were also transported to Portuguese India, waiting for the Portuguese to receive them.


    Arthur made no im for ransom for these people, after all, Austrsia had made ough money in this war, and being too greedy would have be counterproductive since the war''s pre was to seek justice for the fisherm in the first ce.


    In fact, Austrsia''s gains from this war were considerable. Setting aside the resource-rich Portuguese Timor for now, the factories and various facilities in the other two colonies were almostpletely emptied.


    After all, Portugal had operated in these areas for decades, if not hundreds of years, and the wealth they had left behind was ough for Austrsia to reap a great harvest.


    As for the poption issue in Portuguese Timor, there was a rtively reasonable solution, which was to offer severance pay to those who were willing to leave and allow them to relocate to Portugal''s other two colonies in Asia.


    Those who were unwilling to leave would have to ept Austrsia''s rule and ev join its nationality.


    They would undergo a probationary period of at least three months, and only after it was determined that there were no issues would they be granted Austrsian nationality.


    Once more immigrants were brought in from the Native Land of Austrsia, the rule of Timor would be more stable.


    On October , 907, the Austrsian governmt officially announced that the Timor region would be the second colony of Austrsia and establish a Colonial Governmt to manage the area.


    Timor, or Portuguese Timor, was officially ramed Australian Timor.


    The Governor of Australian Timor was Roman Pito, a member of the Royal Parliamt and a former member of the Upper House of New Zend.


    After his sessful try into the Royal Parliamt, Roman Pito had expressed his absolute loyalty to Arthur in a very humorous manner, without being overly officious and keeping a low profile.


    Appointing such talt to manage the rtively small Australian Timor was more than ough and would make the New Zenders feel valued by Arthur.


    It should be noted that ev the newly-appointed Governor of Australian Timor held an administrative rank equivalt to the Governors of States and had a slightly higher status than the state Governor.


    After all, the state Governors were elected by the people of the states, while the Governors of the colonies and the Capital Territory were appointed by Arthur himself.


    This degree of closess and distance meant that the Governors of the colonies and the Capital Territory had a higher status than the state governors, and this was also why the Governors were members of the Royal Parliamt while the state Governors were not.


    After the military withdrew from the two upied areas, they returned to their original stations and tered daily training.


    Only one battalion of the First Division remained as a garrison unit in Australian Timor. The other soldiers returned to their stations in Austrsia.


    Although the victory in this war exposed many shorings in Austrsia''s military capabilities.


    Although the Austrsian Army is very strong and couldpete with the German regr forces, the total number of soldiers in the Austrsian Army is only just over 60,000, which is equivalt to a Guard Division and three Regr Divisions.


    This number of personnel is too few to defd the vast area of millions of square kilometers thatprise Austrsia.


    Next is the issue of Austrsia''s navy, which is the most exposed weakness so far.


    Austrsia''s naval strgth has not changed muchpared to the colonial period, with only a few additional medium-sized frigates and cruisers.


    A navy of this scale can only defd against pirates and the suring weaker countries, but it is nowhere near a match for European Nations.


    Ev countries like the Nethends and Portugal, whose paper strgth is simr to Austrsia''s, have muchrger navies than Austrsia, making them formidable opponts.


    Especially in this war, the naval disadvantage almost led to setbacks. If it had not be for timely negotiations with the three European countries, the war might havested ev longer.


    Following consultations betwe Arthur and governmt officials, the expansion n for the Austrsian navy over the next five years was formalized.


    The first point was the expansion of the most important type of warships – battleships.


    The good news was that the two Russian warships were already in the final stages of construction, and the Peter Pavlovskiy battleship was nearingpletion.


    Next, the two Russian battleships would ter their sea trials phase, freeing up more resources for constructing warships for Austrsia.


    For this reason, the construction of battleships was the main focus of the five-year n and was on arge scale.


    ording to Arthur''s decision, the Austrsian navy will order three Monarch-ss battleships, which will be named the HMAS Austrsia, HMAS Australia, and HMAS New Zend.


    ording to the report from the Royal Shipyard, the first ship, HMAS Austrsia, will be able to start construction in January next year, while HMAS Australia and HMAS New Zend will follow in March and July, respectively.


    Due to the simultaneous construction of three battleships, the construction period will be somewhat extded.


    Conservatively estimated, thepletion time of the HMAS Austrsia will be a March of 909, while thepletion of thest-started New Zend battleship will not beter than October 909.


    Including the sea trial period of about one year, the Austrsian Navy will wee its first dreadnought at the beginning of 9, and receive three dreadnoughts in 9 if everything goes smoothly.


    By th, with three dreadnoughts, the Austrsian navy will undoubtedly rank among the world''s top t.


    In addition to the Monarch-ss battleships, Austrsia also has a new ss of strategic ships, or more precisely, battlecruisers.


    In fact, the British Empire already has battlecruisers.


    This is a type of warship that has be weaked in some aspectspared to battleships or dreadnoughts.


    For example, the hull and turret armor thickness of the British Invincible, Invincible, and Indefatigable battlecruisers currtly in service is only 6 to 7 inches, about 50 to 80 millimeters.


    However, at this time, the armor of the battleship has reached  to  inches, or 80 to 300 millimeters.


    The differce in armor thickness is literally twice asrge, not to mtion the actual protection capability, which may vary ev more.


    This disadvantage of the British battlecruisers, due to the reduced armor, allows the battlecruisers to have an unparalleled advantage over battleships: extremely fast cruise speed.


    Wh dreadnoughts can only reach convtional speed of 9 knots and maximum speed of  knots, the Invincible-ss battlecruisers have a horrifying speed of 6 knots, significantly ahead of the dreadnoughts.


    Moreover, the dreadnoughts'' speed is well ahead of the old battleships, which is ough to prove how exaggerated the speed of the battlecruisers is.


    More importantly, the British Invincible-ss battlecruisers are equipped with -inch, or 305-millimeter, guns.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    This caliber is on par with that of the battleships of the same period, meaning that the battlecruisers, with their speed far exceeding that of the battleships, have the same firepower as them.


    Aside from the greatly weaked armor protection, the performance of the battlecruisers in other aspects can be considered top-notch among the battleships at prest.


    Although the weak armor significantly reduces the protection capability of battlecruisers, their extremely fast speed gives them strategic significance that no other warships can have.


    Battlecruisers can use their high mobility to perform nking, circle emy fleets, and pursue and intercept them, making escape almost impossible for the emy.


    More importantly, the fast pace of dreadnought upgrades does not affect the battlecruisers as much.


    Maintaining nearly the same firepower as battleships and having a very high speed, the strategic significance of battlecruisers will never disappear.


    After the birth of the Monarch-ss battleships, Arthur had instructed the shipyard experts to explore this type of warship.


    After a long time, the experts have achieved some results.


    The Austrsian strategic cruiser is named the Unity-ss Fast Cruiser, measuring approximately 73 meters in lgth, 4 meters in width, and 7.9 meters in height.


    The estimated standard discemt of the Unity-ss Fast Cruiser is about 7,000 tons, and the expected full load discemt can barely reach 9,000 tons.


    The power system of this fast cruiser is not much differt from that of the Monarch-ss battleships. However, due to the drastic cut of armor, the expected speed of the fast cruiser can reach more than 4 knots.


    The maximum speed will have to be tested after the warship is built, but it is expected to exceed 5 knots.


    The Fast Cruiser is equipped with four twin 45-caliber, 83-millimeter main guns,  single 45-caliber, 4-inch auxiliary guns, and sev machine guns.


    It also has four 458-millimeter underwater torpedo tubes for both defse and attack against submarines.


    Aside from the fact that the armor protection is significantly insufficit, there are no obvious ws in this Unity-ss Fast Cruiser, which is why Arthur has be determined to build it.


    In addition to the Monarch-ss battleships, building the Unity-ss Fast Cruisers is also a key part of Arthur''s n.


    However, the construction n for the fast cruisers only includes two ships, which will start construction after thepletion of the HMAS Austrsia and HMAS Australia. Thepletion of these ships is expected to be sometime in the second half of 9, with the naval outfit possibly not happing until a 9.


    But no one can dy that, after equipping three Monarch-ss battleships and two Unity-ss Fast Cruisers, the scale of the Austrsian navy will definitely reach the major power level, albeit a low-level one.