Chapter 1172 The Calm Before the Storm
Timaya sneered and said, "If this plan came from someone else, maybe there is still a possibility to discuss it, but once you participate, the situation is completely different. In just ten years, you were promoted from a major to a lieutenant general, and you sat on the throne of the chief of staff. What are you? Did you command a battle with real bullets? Isn't it because of your beautiful face and eloquent mouth. I resigned once for your promotion. Unfortunately, it didn't stop you from going straight ahead." Official luck."
General Timaya was the former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army and has always had objections to India's military adventures. Until he was replaced last year, the current Timaya is actually no longer a powerful general.
Unlike Lieutenant General Kaur, an upstart, Timaya spoke fiercely at this time, but there was not much approval.
This angered Kaur, who had low qualifications, thinking that he was relying on the old to sell the old, "You better understand that this is a war meeting, not a parliament that can conduct personal attacks at will. My letter of appointment was signed by Prime Minister Nehru himself. For this reason, you should resign as much as possible, but this time, no one will persuade you to take it back."
When Kaul was promoted from major general of the Fourth Division to chief of staff, Timaya strongly opposed him, thinking that he was exaggerated, full of fantasy, and had no actual combat experience. He was indeed incompetent for a position second only to chief of staff. .
But Nehru categorically vetoed his opinion and directly signed the letter of appointment. For this reason, Timaya asked to resign in a fit of anger.
Nehru retained Timaya at the time, but in the end he did not change his appointment. Last year, Timaya was dismissed from the post of Chief of Staff of the Army.
Timaya is not opposed to the offensive, but this plan, which is full of loopholes and whimsical ideas, made the chief of the army's general staff feel the fear of the doomsday, showing a courageous forward policy? In his eyes, it's just a pile of shit.
Even if Mountbatten returned to India to formulate a combat plan, he would not be so wishful thinking.
This is a moment in which the fate of the country will be decided, and he cannot be silent any longer. He volunteered to participate in the combat meeting, and he came forward to state a lot of reasons. However, he got some comfort from Lieutenant General Singer's sympathetic eyes, and the rest were indifferent cold eyes and a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Admiral, you are no longer the chief of staff." Lieutenant General Kaur said with a sneer, "I asked you to attend the meeting just to be polite, not to criticize India's brave actions. Don't you feel ashamed that you are so cowardly?"
As if he didn't hear it, Timayah said to Minister of Defense Menon: "Mr. Minister, wake up from your dream! The enemy is not vulnerable, and he will never fight back. Think about the Korean War. I don't want to say it, but I can't help but say that they are stronger than the Indian army."
This last sentence angered all the senior generals present.
Immediately, scolding sounded from the oval conference table: "You are not worthy of being a soldier!"
Menon just blinked his thick eyelids, without even raising his head, he waved and said, "Go, you are really old."
The last effort of the former chief of staff was ignored, and the eyes of all the Indian generals who participated in the meeting were full of disgust, which made Timaya exhausted all his strength. Defense Minister Menon let him leave, which was the last straw that crushed him.
Timaya stood up tremblingly, and left the meeting room of the Ministry of National Defense that did not welcome him. No one cared about the place where he had served for more than ten years, let alone retain him, and faced the old general who had been kicked out indifferently.
When approaching the door, he suddenly turned around and shouted majestically: "You sons of bitches, you will be shot one by one."
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Alan Wilson, who had gone to Whitehall for leave, returned home and sent his family members and mother-in-law Edwina to the airport. Pamela's sister, Patricia and his wife also came out to see him off.
And in his hand, he held the telegram sent by Wick to him, the ambassador to India, and the content of the Indian defense conference was in the hands of Allen Wilson in one night. Before leaving British India, he had consciously planted mines.
Of course, it has been cleared up by Nehru a lot, and as time goes by, its role will become smaller and smaller in the future, but this high-level meeting record of the Indian Ministry of Defense still appears in his hands.
On the way to the airport, Alan Wilson kept watching the content of the meeting. In the waiting hall, he disclosed the situation to Marshal Mountbatten and the Patricia couple.
"War seems inevitable?" Mountbatten is very interested in India. He said that he is the last governor of British India, although this is not a very memorable journey. "When will it start?"
"Maybe right away, maybe a few days later. I don't know!" Alan Wilson forgot when the war and the Cuban Missile Crisis officially broke out, but it was either two days earlier or two days later. The difference is not big.
"If a war is really going to break out, what is our position in the UK?" Patricia's husband, John, was also attracted to the attention, and came over to ask, "The world is so dangerous, I want to leave."
"Dear senator, I just pretend I didn't hear it. You'd better not do something that would shame the House of Lords." Alan Wilson said with a cold face, his tone was a little indifferent, "For this matter, if it wasn't for this time, we could provide all support, except help. But not now!"
The mascot of the House of Lords did not know the inside story of the government, but Mountbatten already knew about Cuba, otherwise he would not agree to his daughter taking Edwina away in the name of his mother's recuperation.
"Marshal, maybe we should formulate a plan to rescue India. Let's talk about it later." Alan Wilson raised his wrist, revealing an unpretentious Patek Philippe. He was about to board the plane, and the waiting hall was not a good place to talk about it.
Pamela Mountbatten took care of the children and looked relaxed, but in her eyes she was just a husband pretending to be relaxed. His eyes were full of reluctance. When the time came, Pamela Mountbatten called to her husband and wanted a parting hug.
This scene made Edwina and Patricia couldn't help laughing. Even so, Pamela Mountbatten still didn't care, and waited on the spot with her arms until Alan Wilson walked over. She hugged her man and whispered in her ear, "Why don't you come with me?"
"What de Gaulle act?" Alan Wilson moved his hand down his wife's back, and lightly patted Pamela Mountbatten's buttocks and replied in a low voice, "Do as I told you, this is a good opportunity."
Pamela Mountbatten smiled. She is not an unforgettable beauty, but she smiled brightly at this time, and nodded vigorously, "I will start when I get there."
After hugging for a while, there were not a few onlookers. Alan Wilson let go of his wife's body, and the two waved at each other like a lucky cat. Pamela Mountbatten took the child into the passage.
Alan Wilson watched his wife disappear without moving, which was both superficial engineering and instinct. If you can't even do this, how can you make a living in front of so many movie queens?
At this time, Alan Wilson released the state of looking at his wife, and went directly to Mountbatten's house by car. It was Patricia who was driving, and she joked about the scene just now, "You two have such a good relationship."
Alan Wilson didn't feel embarrassed at the ridicule of the serious sister-in-law, "Marriage requires the hard work of both husband and wife."
Pedestrians in London should still do what to do. They don’t know the truth of the world at all. This kind of ignorance may also be a kind of happiness. Alan Wilson took half a day off to send his family members to the plane.
Most people in this world don't even know that there are two conflicts brewing, but as an insider, Alan Wilson must clarify his father-in-law's attitude, "How ignorant people are, they don't know anything."
"Alan, what do you think India's forward policy will lead to." Mountbatten asked, "Since you have learned the inside story, you must have a way to deal with it."
as a result of? Allen Wilson said in his heart, of course he was beaten to the ground, and the prestige accumulated since independence melted like ice and snow. All the leaders of the third world and the leader of the Non-Aligned Movement are all goodbye.
"This matter has to be involved. It's not for India, but an opportunity to demonstrate British influence." When Alan Wilson was speaking, he really wanted to ask how much of the rags left over from World War II in Britain.
"You don't seem to agree with India's combat effectiveness." Mountbatten could see that his son-in-law was insincere.
"No!" Alan Wilson, who is well versed in the ways of two-faced people, denied it categorically, but felt sorry for his conscience. He really couldn't open his eyes and talk nonsense on the Indian issue. He added, "For thousands of years, when the Indian army was at its most combative, it was called the British Indian Army. The last time it was named in history can be traced back to the time of Alexander the Great."
"This question is not important, Marshal. The point is that this is an opportunity to enhance British influence. If the Soviets used any forward policy, it would be a terrible sight to think about, but what about the Indians? We still have to prepare for the defeat of the Indians and hope for a miracle."
"But if the miracle doesn't happen, we have to consider how to maximize the interests of the UK. This requires a good attitude from the Ministry of Defense. Of course, I don't think it is a problem for the respected Minister of Defense, Mr. Profumo."
Ever since Profumo was involved in the Soviet spy case, he has been completely controlled by Alan Wilson, just like the prime minister controls Han Xiandi.
The world at this time is like the calm before the storm. There are two conflicts that can shock the world are brewing, the Cuban Missile Crisis that shocked the first and second worlds, and the decisive battle on the top of the Himalayas that shocked the third world.
And people all over the world still don't know anything about it, and they don't even know that there are ambitious people who still want to make a fuss about such a dangerous event.