Baldwin the Clever

The losses suffered by the various branches of the Benz Automobile Factory were certainly bad news, but Arthur was not the one with the biggest headache at the moment.

After all, Arthur only owned half of the dividends and profits from the branches. Most of the actual shares were in the hands of the local nobles and capitalists.

At least Arthur had nothing to worry about with the automobile factories in Britain and Germany. Those British and German nobles were even more concerned than Arthur and would never sit by and watch the factories go bankrupt.

As for the Benz Automobile Factories in Australasia and the United States, Arthur could accept losses of this scale.

After all, the automobiles were merely piled up in warehouses. Once they had been stored for a few years, they could still be sold to the Americans at their original price.

At worst, they could carry out mass layoffs like other American enterprises. Most of the workers were Americans anyway, so after the layoffs, it would be the US Government that had the headache.

As for the main factory, there was no need to lay off workers.

Household automobiles could temporarily stop being produced, while the automobile factories could begin building military trucks.

They could take advantage of this period to strengthen the mechanization of the Australasian Army. In Europe and the United States, where roads were relatively well developed, military trucks could still play a considerable role.

Yes, Arthur had already begun planning for wars against the United States and Europe.

That did not mean Arthur intended to take the initiative and go to war with certain European countries or the United States, but the necessary preparations had to be made.

History had already shown that Germany, having its crisis shifted onto it, would