Australia - HOI4 - Summer 1937

First some good news. The amazing Amelia Earhart has circumnavigated the world....an incredible feat!
 14 July is now Australia's Independence Day.
Australia now determines its foreign policy alone.
Also today President Franklin Roosevelt proclaims the Pax Americana - a move designed to deter war between American nations.
It's now time to strengthen the Australian Navy by expanding the Cockatoo Island Shipyards.
The 6th Inf Div has completed its training and needs an assignment.
With the left mouse button pressed I select 3 divisions then left click on the green '+' at the bottom of the screen to create a new army.
I rename it Army of the North and assign LG Alan Vasey as the commander.
General elections are on the 15th of September and I have to make an important decision. Either I continue the current armament programme and suffer a little...
...or I change our Economy Law to Early Mobilisation. I continue as now and take a hit. The current policies are creating jobs.
Good news for a change. The expansion of Cockatoo Island is finished.
The Lithgow Small Arms Factory is next on the agenda. That will bring 2 new MFs.
I assign a third dockyard to producing Heavy Cruisers and start a new production line for Fleet Submarines.
I am now very short on oil so I will trade a CF to import oil from the Dutch East Indies.
Imports are organized as 8 of each commodity so I now have +3 oil surplus.
The good news is that I shall receive a new CF in 40 days.
The various factions in China appear to be uniting in a common front to face the threat imposed by Imperial Japan. First Yunnan,
 then Xibei San Ma,
next the Guangxi Clique...
...followed by Shanxi.
The Government of National Defence is an unstable alliance but will it deter Japan and will it hold?
It does look very impressive...
...and there are a lot resources in the south which would also be good for our economy.
On 26 Sep '37 Sinkiang also joins the alliance. What next for Japan?
None of these Chinese states are a good friend of Australia....
Things are achanging fast in the Far East....until next time.


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