Australia - HOI4 - Summer 1936


The summer has finally arrived and my Construction research has been completed.
I select Electronic Mechanical Engineering next because this eventually leads to RADAR and Computer technology. Only being able to research two technologies is frustrating. The UK and Germany can research four items simultaneously.
Finally I have accumulated 150 PPs and I choose to change my Economy Law from Civilian Economy to Partial Mobilization.
 This will switch a portion of my consumer support to the war effort....
….and there we now have a fifth Civilian Factory supporting the construction in Queensland. It might not look much but now only 131 days are required to complete the new factory. A couple of months ago it was 381 days! That is a quantifiable difference.
The next 70 day Focus period is over
 and I proceed as planned with the Western Australian Government Railways which will increase the infrastructure in the south and west of the nation.
At least the Olympic Games completed in Berlin and by the way the history books are wrong. Hitler did not leave the stadium when Jessie Owens won his medals.
Because the 18th of August is my birthday I decided to start forming a new unit - the 6th Infantry Division.
My man pool dropped by 10,000 but nothing else will happen because we don't have the equipment it requires. I've also arranged for it to be assembled in Darwin.
Research finished and this time for Concentrated Industry I.
I select to upgrade the Infantry Equipment because the troops still have equipment their parents used in the Great War.
 It will take a while to arrive but we are in no hurry.
Finally another 70 day Focus period is over. The Soviets have completed the Great Purge and Stalin has executed most of his capable officers. Not very smart.
 In Australia we only improved our railway system but our Officer Corps is intact.
I select the South Australian Housing Trust as planned and am already looking forward to the 2 new Civilian Factories.
When this National Focus arrives I can then turn to Australian Independence. See you all soon. It's time for a frostie….



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