Chapter 1031 Capital Injection Into Land Rover

"Six-party talks?" Aiden looked at one set of deputy ministers after another and said with some humor, "Which six parties?"

"Britain, France, the United States, Germany, and India, this is the idea that emerged after learning that the minister's visit to India was a complete success." Of course, Hedy Lamar is partly responsible for this, but there is no need for others to know.

The Six-Party Talks in Iran decades later will be similar to the Six-Party Talks proposed by Alan Wilson. Of course, China is missing and replaced by India. It must be admitted that at this time, India does have more international prestige than other countries.

Even if the United Kingdom wants to invite China, the United States will oppose it. In the Six-Party Talks, Britain, France, and Germany will definitely be more inclined to India, and the Soviet Union can at most be anyone.

The United States has been hostile to India since the 1970s. Although it feels uncomfortable with India's attitude toward the Soviet Union, its view of India is actually quite good compared with its genuine Soviet allies.

Aiden pondered for a moment, "British, French, American, Soviet, German and Indian? Things seem to be getting more and more complicated."

"If there were only Britain and the United States in the world, first of all, the United States would never be able to grow bigger. But now, without other countries, the United States would have taken action against the United Kingdom long ago. Although it is not beneficial to the United Kingdom to complicate things, the United States insists on destroying the United Kingdom. There is nothing we can do to squeeze Iran out." Alan Wilson sighed, "Sometimes we have to talk to the enemy, and occasionally let some good people admit their mistakes and correct them."

"Of course, this is just a filing, and filing can be implemented or not, but as a diplomat, necessary preparations must still be made. If the United States can stop it and let the Iranian oil crisis settle smoothly, we don't need to make things so complicated. , but if you have to prove to your father that you have grown up, then don’t blame us.”

Alan Wilson's face was heavy, and seemed to be full of helplessness. After all, he was a pro-American permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The reason why he was in such trouble was not because he had any prejudice against the United States, although he did have it, but because he had a prejudice against the United States. The United States went too far and did not save any face for the United Kingdom.

This look also resonated with the three people present, especially Macmillan. Now that Britain is no longer the world hegemon, the United States continues to humiliate the old father. It is indeed a bit too much. He eats meat and leaves a mouthful of soup for others to drink, but he is so unkind.

Even if they are living in different places, if Britain knows the situation it is facing today, it will definitely harvest the United States eight times in advance.

But isn't it true that a father is showing his father's love by beating his son? How can a son treat his old father like this in turn?

"Ms. Fortseva from the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union is coming soon. Do we need to inform the Soviet Union now?" Eden asked Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke.

"This can be informed to the Soviet Union through formal channels." Norman Brooke said with a slight smile, "Let's wait and see how Washington will react when the Soviet delegation visits the UK."

Alan Wilson, who went to Africa to personally contribute to decolonization, was in the same boat as the French.

Of course, France is not without good news. France successfully tested a nuclear bomb two months ago. The French government had proposed the idea of ​​developing nuclear weapons as early as the year when the British nuclear weapons were tested. This idea was included in the agenda of the cabinet meeting of the Mendès-Franc government. When Faure came to power, he decided to develop the production of element 94 and prepared a factory for separating isotopes.

Schiller's cabinet then developed a five-year plan for nuclear energy testing. At the end of the Fourth Republic, the government of Félix Gaillard decided to build the first atomic bomb. After de Gaulle returned to power, he accelerated the development of nuclear weapons in order to compete with the United States and break the United States' nuclear monopoly.

By 1960, all this work came to fruition. In February, France successfully tested its first nuclear bomb in the Sahara Desert, breaking the nuclear monopoly of the Big Three during World War II. De Gaulle's independence took a big step forward.

When the weather got warmer, Pamela returned to London with her three children in Perth, and brought back experimental data on composite armor and external explosive reactive armor.

There are also bills for scrapped Centurion tanks, showing that she sacrificed so much for this country.

"Six cars were scrapped, and three hundred thousand pounds were lost." Pamela Mountbatten held the bill like a frustrated little daughter-in-law, which she was originally.

"Who said there are no conscientious capitalists in this world? My wife and this country have sacrificed too much." Alan Wilson held his wife's face and kissed her. "The entire British Army should be grateful for this sacrifice."

The ex-factory price of the Centurion tank is US$135,000 in US dollars, which is about 50,000 pounds in pounds. Don't think that the price is cheap. The Centurion is a tank from the end of World War II. Among tanks of the same era, only the King Tiger costs more than the Centurion tank.

Speaking of King Tiger, there is actually one in the Hellman estate, kept as a collection, and placed in a warehouse with the same Mercedes Benz that the Führer received when Alan Wilson contributed to the British occupation zone.

When Pamela Mountbatten came back this time, in addition to bringing back experimental data on composite armor, she also had some business matters to discuss, such as talking to Land Rover about capital injection, inspecting the British air-conditioning and refrigerator industries, and subdividing and moving them to Malaysia. Ya.

The richest woman is still quite busy. A huge loss of 300,000 pounds made her want to recover the loss.

One thing that the existing British colonies have in common is that they have a hot climate. Whether they are in Africa, the Middle East or the Far East, they are all near the equator. In addition, Australia itself has a very hot climate, and Australia's low pressure has many famous names.

Depending on this reality, the manufacturing industry in Britain or Malaya should turn to refrigeration equipment. Technically, there is no problem. Britain, a well-established imperialist country, cannot even manufacture refrigerators and air conditioners, but how advanced it is. That's not necessarily the case. The technology can only be said to be available, but not advanced.

The well-known electrical brands in Europe are either in France or Germany. Alan Wilson, a well-known local air-conditioning brand in the UK, has never heard of it. There seem to be several refrigerator brands such as McLaren, Lamborghini and Aston Martin in the refrigerator industry.

There are no resounding mass brands, so my suggestion to my wife is that the UK is not very strong in this area, so just get the technology and transfer it directly to Malaya for production, and use standard setting and patents to secure the production base.

"As for Land Rover cars, dear, if Maurice Wilkes's conditions are too harsh, we can follow the example we discussed with Mr. de Havilland and open a new production line under the Land Rover brand." Alan Wilson hugged his wife's delicate body Follow the guidance and say, "Leave the design to me, you trust me."

Currently, Land Rover's most popular model is the Land Rover Defender. It has a boxy appearance, but it looks a lot like the Mercedes-Benz G G from a few decades later. It looks very tough, and its fuel consumption is probably impressive.

Alan Wilson believes that although he can only copy shells, he can completely reduce the dimensionality of ordinary models.

It may not be suitable for use in cutting-edge weapons, but there is no problem at all when used in family cars, and there is even a surplus. Cars of this era don't care about streamlined shapes.

Currently, Land Rover only has one model: the Defender. If it launches a new series, for example, wouldn’t it be possible to invest in the Southeast Asian market?

It doesn't matter if the wealthy sheikhs in the Middle East are dissatisfied. He has also seen Range Rover, and the finished product is almost the same.

You don’t even need a Range Rover, just activate your connections in the Middle East and buy a Land Rover Defender.

"I don't trust you enough? I have given you three children. This is the greatest trust." Pamela Mountbatten looked resentful. If the children hadn't been there, she would have let her husband see whatever she said now. See the beauty within.

After a long separation and a wedding night, the couple split up. Alan Wilson went directly to the Ministry of National Defense and walked into his father-in-law's office with the full set of composite armor and plug-in reactive armor data that Pamela Mountbatten had brought back. .

Pamela Mountbatten went to Land Rover headquarters to discuss capital injection with Land Rover founder Maurice Wilkes.

The principle of composite armor and external armor is not complicated. Simply put, it is the plywood of daily life, with one layer of glue and one layer of board glued together. Even the Mountbatten Group can obtain better protection than conventional homogeneous armor in Australia. Once the British local scientific research force is put into research, it will not be a problem.

The secret of composite armor lies not only in the special elasticity of armor made of other materials, but also in the ingenious combination of armor made of other materials and steel armor. The high elasticity resistance of composite armor. The materials used as armor sandwich layers, such as alumina, zirconia, etc., not only have high hardness, high temperature resistance, and thermal shock resistance, many times higher than steel, and can effectively resist armor-piercing metal bullets. The impact of the jet.

Under high-speed impact, the solid material turns into a rheological state, and its plasticity is greatly increased, just like a high-pressure faucet flushing mud.

"I'll ask the Royal Armor Institute in Chobham to confirm it. If the authenticity of the data is really confirmed, then the material issue of composite armor is worthy of careful study." Marshal Mountbatten held up information that was like a heavenly book to him. , although he didn’t quite understand, but his innate confidence made him agree immediately.

"Jobham? Royal Armor Research Institute?" Alan Wilson heard this and wondered, isn't this the official birthplace of ceramic armor?

When the work was done here, Pamela Mountbatten also showed her ordinary side at the Land Rover headquarters. After the wholly-owned acquisition was rejected, she instead proposed the idea of ​​injecting capital and opening a new production line. .

"Mr. Morrison, it is normal for you to have doubts. Mr. de Havilland also had them many years ago. But look at de Havilland today, who wouldn't want to cooperate with a strong ally?" Pamelamon Button said with a gentle smile, "I can help the Land Rover get out and get out faster."