Chapter 1273 Tokyo Olympics

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"With regard to matters in the Americas, we still have to follow the advice of the Americans and mainly adopt a soft attitude. We can release some positive signals when necessary."

What is the actual value of Falklands? I can’t say it’s completely useless, but it certainly doesn’t have much value.

Although later generations said that there were certain reserves of natural resources, it was not known whether they had mining value. Just like Russian natural gas helps the European industry, American natural gas can only increase the cost of European industry. What if it is not cost-effective to extract it?

The Falklands War was just the product of shifting conflicts between two leaders who were under pressure from public opinion at home. Even though Mrs. Thatcher was re-elected several times, when privatization was carried out, the wave of protests she faced was no better than the wave of protests in the United States in the 1970s. Smaller, until the news of death came, there were countless British people celebrating.

From this point of view, the Falklands Islands should be kept for now, and the dispute should be shelved to let them dry out. Maybe they will be used in the future.

The operational method is not difficult for the UK. First of all, it must establish the ideological stamp that the UK will not use force because of the Falklands and Argentina. After the vast majority of Argentinians understand this. It will be up to the Argentinian patriots to hold the national flag to express their patriotism. Alan Wilson will naturally lead British public opinion to continue to let it go.

It sounds like there are still a lot of steps, but in fact it is not difficult. If there is no Argentine Patriot, he can hire a passionate young man out of his own pocket. As for controlling local public opinion at the beginning, it is very simple.

While the two were discussing the cold handling of the Falklands issue, Frank, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, pushed open the door and left, "Sir, you called me?"

"Oh, Frank, we are all colleagues, don't call us strangers." Alan Wilson smiled and pointed to another chair. When the other person sat down, he asked, "About Turing, President of the Royal Interstellar Society and Chairman of the Semiconductor Association. Sir, the issue of the required financial subsidies requires the Ministry of Finance to adopt an attitude and promote it in a professional spirit. Is there any problem?"

"In fact, the Ministry of Finance has never been very appreciative of subsidies. Of course, the Secretary-General is concerned about this issue, and we will implement it." Frank backed away tactically, "I will convince my colleagues."

"The basic rule of the Ministry of Finance is that if you are poor, be honest, and if you want to play tricks, be smart." Alan Wilson smiled slightly and said to himself, "Isn't that right?"

"Just like how we treat workers, we must not let them do whatever they want, otherwise it will not be a good thing for the country." Frank changed the subject, "But since it is Her Royal Highness the Princess and her husband who are benefiting society, we believe that the financial performance of semiconductors Subsidies and funding for Galileo? That won't be a problem."

“It is reassuring that the Ministry of Finance has this attitude.

"Alan Wilson scratched his scalp and seemed to let go of the huge stone in his heart. "The international situation is unstable this year, so we must be careful. Protecting our interests overseas and making the right decisions, there's no doubt it's tough. "

"Japan's industrial competition? By the way, the Tokyo Olympics will start next month, and the secretary-general's wife should be quite busy now." Frank said this, and it was another good opportunity for Newfoundland to make a fortune. Behind the carnival of Newfoundland residents, there are also other beneficiaries. "By the way, where has Madam been in the past few days? I didn't hear the Secretary-General mention it."

"We went to Lisbon. As for Japan? Hum!" Alan Wilson said disapprovingly, "Apart from the so-called demographic dividend of tens of millions, Japan has nothing worth paying attention to. Do they think they can puff up their chests through economic rise? Then let We'll see. But President Park Chung-hee of South Korea should be a ruthless character."

In Alan Wilson's previous life, the process of growing up was the process of Japan's continuous decline. In fact, as long as the United States is a little stricter, Japan will not be able to reach the status of its previous life.

Geographically speaking, Japan during the Cold War lost its original market and source of raw materials, which was a certain major country. The southward strategy Japan later adopted was the so-called flying goose strategy.

Just look at how far Japan is from Southeast Asia and you will know whether this strategy is reliable. China, the Soviet Union and North Korea in the Far East are all hostile camps, and South Korea, which is right next to Japan, has worse basic conditions than Japan.

If Japan's flying goose strategy hits the center of Malaya, Malaya will have advantages in most areas except for its demographic disadvantage. There was no Malaya in the original history, but now there is...

This colony is tailor-made for Japan and South Korea, and it is also a rebalancing of the Asia-Pacific in a sense.

With his supreme authority, the climb of Japan and South Korea will be full of thorns, but Alan Wilson still thinks this is a good thing, isn't there a saying? No pain No gain.

As long as Park Chung-hee dares to send troops and use the blood of Koreans in exchange for support, the United States will definitely benefit South Korea.

There is a saying that there is a Japanese overseas, just listen to it. People who say this may not know that a certain major country's overseas investment is initially estimated at 8 trillion to 10 trillion US dollars, and that is not just Japan.

The tactics of freezing foreign exchange and confiscating assets that were originally used on Russia were not prepared for Russia at all. What problems can Russia's hundreds of billions of assets solve? It is not enough for the United States to fill the hole.

Who would count overseas investment as their own? Since the Second World War, Britain has been the largest capital exporter for decades. If you calculate it this way, isn't the UK so powerful that it is immeasurable?

But the fact is that British public opinion has completely followed American public opinion recently. Although there is a reason why the female CEO stuffed her hands with pounds, the fact that people see is that British public opinion dances with the United States, and the American war is loud. At one point, the British media said that the United States was invincible, and the United States said that it should be calm and calm, but the British media said that the outside world was full of Viet Cong.

At least in terms of public opinion, the United Kingdom is now subservient to the United States, but it has not forgotten to rush to develop semiconductors and the Galileo project. Both projects are cooperating with the French.

Taking advantage of Indonesia's changing colors and providing Australia with an opportunity to build aircraft carriers, it has launched a new aircraft carrier, which also enhances its own united front value. Don't let the United States, because of its weakness in the Vietnam War, start targeting Britain. It's not like there aren't many people who are easy to bully, including Latin America and Japan.

After the two senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance left, Permanent Undersecretary of Defense Marks also came. The life of the Cabinet Secretary-General is so simple and boring.

Magins came this time to explain that he had cut the first steel plate for the new aircraft carrier customized by the Australian Navy. The two chatted for a long time on this matter, "Alan, in fact, the Ministry of Defense has always been controversial. The aircraft that deserves more reliance are anti-ship missiles."

"Huh?" Alan Wilson opened his mouth. This was really a difficult question. He thought about it and said, "For Britain, the aircraft carrier battle group should be more important."

The ideas of the United States and the Soviet Union in sea confrontation are also completely different. The Soviet Union's idea of ​​​​building an army is an arsenal ship idea, while the United States uses a traditional aircraft carrier battle group idea. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, just because the Soviet Union was the loser of the Cold War did not mean that the Soviet Union's arsenal ship idea was wrong.

These are the old warships in Russia that negate the cutting-edge warships of the Soviet Red Navy at that time.

After several generations of anti-ship missile development, the Soviet Union has increased the range of anti-ship missiles to 550 to 750 kilometers.

What is the combat radius of the American Super Hornet fighter jet? Seven hundred kilometers! The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft is far worse than that of land-based fighters. When the U.S. Navy faced the Soviet Red Navy in the 1970s, it was impossible to hit you if you couldn't hit me. That's why Aegis developed.

With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the arsenal ship faction seems to have been completely defeated, and the advanced productivity aircraft carrier battle group represented by the United States seems to have dominated the world.

However, several countries have successively tested hypersonic missiles. In particular, a certain major country has mounted anti-ship ballistic missiles on warships called destroyers but defined as cruisers by NATO. This has suddenly increased the range of anti-ship missiles to more than 1,000 kilometers, proving that This debate is not over yet. The carrier-based version of the F35 has a combat radius of just over a thousand kilometers.

So Maxkins asked such a question, how should Alan Wilson answer? How does he know which of the two factions is more reasonable? It is much easier to increase the range of the missile, and the missile does not need to consider the return journey.

The difficulty with anti-ship missiles is not knowing where the enemy is. After all, it is more difficult to detect enemy warships than increasing the range over 500 kilometers.

"For Britain, the aircraft carrier battle group is important." Alan Wilson waited until Markins left and recalled what he had just said. There was nothing wrong with it. How much would it cost to replace all the platforms that were finally built? Not to mention that the UK cannot afford to replace it, nor can the United States.

Pamela Mountbatten went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, to attend the completion ceremony of the Land Rover production line. Together with Salazar, she delivered a speech on New Portugal, praising the alliance between Britain and Portugal that had been established as early as the Spanish Armada.

Portugal responded with great enthusiasm to the completion of the Land Rover automobile production line. The poorest country in Western Europe finally waited for the conscience of its British ally.

The Land Rover production line was settled in Portugal, which shows that the United Kingdom still has the ability to deal with weak people. The Portuguese are happy, but it is not a big event internationally. In October, the Tokyo Olympics begins, which is also the case for Newfoundland residents. A day of eager anticipation.

On the same day, Emperor Showa attended the opening ceremony to declare the opening of the 18th Olympic Games. The National Stadium, which can accommodate 75,000 spectators, was packed, and the Self-Defense Forces flew jets to depict the five Olympic rings in the sky.

When "Atomic Bomb Boy" Yoshinori Sakai trotted into the venue holding the Olympic torch, the audience stood up and paid silent greetings - this 19-year-old Japanese college student was born in the suburbs of Hiroshima on the day the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It was the first time that an Asian country hosted the Olympic Games. It was not only a major event for Asia, but also a major event for Japan.

"Maybe the Japanese are very proud?" Pamela Mountbatten, who was watching TV with her husband at home, said to her husband teasingly, "Can you use Malaya to contain Japan?"

"Then who knows, just like I don't know if Japan will eat nuclear bombs again in the future." Alan Wilson smiled broadly, "We'll see!"