February-June '36
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A note from Me: This may seem like a long post, but I simply wouldn't have enough to go on if I made it shorter. When we start invading and annexing, posts will get shorter time-wise, but as for now, no wars, no nothing. It should also be noted that, as with all my other games, I am using noneutrality for more realistic gameplay.
Isaacs' had started out the year strong. He rearranged the cabinet, he planned a reconstruction of the army, and he had enacted laws to better suit Australia to modern times. The Australian people loved him. Nothing could go wrong. Then, out of the blue, he decides that he has served his country long and hard enough, that he can retire.
So for the next 2 weeks, Australia was without a head of state, without a leader. Those were the 2 most difficult weeks Australia had experieced in ages.
Then, a prestigious Brigadier General, Alexander, Lord of Gowrie, steps up and assumes command of the Australian nation.
Being a true economist, he finds ways to maximize the factories to their full work potential.
Gowrie had visited Mussolini many times, and even accompanied him on a trip to inspect the Libyan colonial army once. While in Libya he gained the idea of a unique defensive system that few nations could utilize. In Libya, there is only one road along the coast that the invader can use. A small corps of elite men could hold off or even beat an invader 10 times their size, because there are few choices for movement, specifically, go forwards or backwards. By knowing enemy movement, you can plan your attacks accordingly. Gowrie wanted to incorporate this defensive ability into his nation. (If you guys understand this, great, if not I will clarify the defensive tactic in a post) So Gowrie planned to construct the Australian Coastal Highway. The schematics looked similar to this:
Gowrie also recognized the need for a powerful navy, if he was ever to stand a presence in Asia, or anywhere for that matter. So he kindly asked the Commonwealth leader, Great Britain, to give him some X-class heavy cruisers. Normally these transactions were money for ship, but due to the close bond between Australia and England, the cruisers were given for free.
When Gowrie was out and seeking new ships, events occured that shcoked the world. Mussolini, a personal aquantaince of Gowrie's, annexed Ethiopia. Spain errupted in a civil war, and certain nations abstained from important treaties. Gowrie took a mental note of all the events, saving them for future excuse on war.
The times only got worse for the Commonwealth's elite. Due to a marridal affair, Edward VIII was forced into resignation by the English elite. As for the Naval treaty of London, Japan and Italy abstained, giving them the ability to produce very advanced ships. After receiving word of these threatening acts, Gowrie flew to London to have a meeting with the British PM. After 2 hours of debate on what action should be taken against the Italians(Gowrie supporting war of course), the British solemnly invited Australia to join a coalition of the democracy's of the world. This invitation was politely refused.
When Gowrie was to return to Australia, he ordered the pilot to set course for Moscow, as he and Stalin had business to discuss.
Australia's Army was also ready for battle, and was waiting on the bolstering from the other 5 infantry divisions, before departing for British Islands in the Carribean. Here is the OOB half way through the Royal Australian Army of the Americas' Completion.
Australian technology was keeping up with the army as well, with 5 major techs researched in June of '36.
Luckily for the Australians, the crews using these new techs would be professional, thanks to the new Standing Army.
Just as all was going well for Australia, disaster struck. Australian intelligence had found that enemy spies, most likely of some Asian or Eastern European nation, had entered the country and were supporting what appeared to be the Leninist Party. Gowrie hated the Leninists as he, like Isaacs, wanted to bring Communism to the land down under. The Leninists were a Communist-Facist hybrid, something that Australia had no use for. Australian counterintelligence immediately began focussing on removing these spies, instead of raising the people's morale.