Chapter 1279 Nehru’s Funeral

The army generals are not surprised. Taking into account the balance of services, the current British Chief of Defense Staff will take turns to take charge. Currently, it is the air force generals' turn.

This will not change depending on whether the prefix has Royal. Also, although the Army prefix does not have Royal, anyone who knows something about the British Army knows that many units in the Army are prefixed with Royal.

Alan Wilson remembers that in the 21st century, the pitiful size of the British Army was revealed. Most of the remaining troops were troops with royal prefixes.

"This Sir Hull, does he have any connections with us?" Alan Wilson leaned forward and stared at his wife and asked. Obviously this matter is very important.

"In South Africa, De Beers serves as my representative." Pamela Mountbatten introduced her connections in this area with a tone of "I know it all."

"That will be easy!" Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I believe that the marshal will have a harmonious relationship with Whitehall by then, and I will naturally try my best to maintain it."

There are two sources of influence on the British military. One is the influence exerted by the United States on the special relationship between Britain and the United States. Of course, that was the original history and does not exist now. The other is Whitehall.

The reason is very simple. Whitehall's large overseas colonial administrators also need to be protected, so they will naturally not cause trouble to the military in this regard.

The presence of him as Cabinet Secretary in the UK is equivalent to opening a panoramic map in 1945. Many mineral deposits discovered in later generations were grasped at the beginning. Pamela Mountbatten's richest woman also became famous because of this. Come on, without the wealth accumulated by his wife, how can he be bound to move from one weak noble class to another.

Of course, during this process, Alan Wilson did not deny that he betrayed several unrelated countries to divert the attention of the United States and the Soviet Union. But there is nothing we can do about this. Sacrifice is inevitable. It is better for others to sacrifice than for Britain to sacrifice. It is like hearing that Nehru was critically ill. Alan Wilson counted his fingers and it seemed that he had lived a few more months, but It seemed that there was little hope of surviving until 1965.

There will be another fierce battle in the Indian political arena. When she mentioned this to her wife, Pamela Mountbatten had a strange look on her face, "Don't you always look down on him?"

"It's not that I don't look down on him, I look down on the man who annihilated 100 million enemies and transferred to India victoriously." Alan Wilson sighed. It is undeniable that Nehru really brought development to India. As for that person, forget it and would rather Killing three thousand by mistake will never let one go. After a while, Richard will tell Duke Chang that even this sentence by Duke Chang is not qualified.

Everything was chaotic, and many things needed to be handled by Alan Wilson. Chang Gong had nothing to complain about. He didn't only do this in Malaya.

He has done this operation of turning right at the left light many times.

There were no exceptions throughout the British colonies, whether they were in Africa, Asia or the Middle East, they were all treated equally.

Is there any standard for the worst country in the world? Some people say that the countries that have diplomatic relations with a certain big country are all poor friends. This is actually not true. The real fact is that you can check which country is still in contact with Scam Island.

For example, the most honest institution is the gang, the most distinctive food is soil, and Haiti is a model of democracy.

I wonder if Fortseva can still recall that her man gave the cultural czar a suggestion to establish a smuggling network centered on Cuba. One of the core of that suggestion was to help Haiti reach the United States. The United States planted a time bomb. Being next to myself, I really don’t know what I’m thinking.

Haiti around Cuba is just the worst example, such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. They can all be moisturized, and there is nothing that cannot be moistened.

There are also land countries such as Honduras and Nicaragua nearby. The potential is definitely sufficient, and of course the one with the greatest potential is Mexico, which is currently developing quite well.

The life of the richest woman is very monotonous. With her husband by her side, Pamela Mountbatten clings to Alan Wilson as usual. She knows that her husband cannot stay too long, "Life is so boring."

"How about you find a way to order a battleship? Do you still have the drawings of the Vanguard? You can consider building a guided missile battleship." Alan Wilson suggested with a smile, "The military has a thinking called an arsenal ship, but it suffers from the The cost is prohibitive for most people. It might be interesting if it is built based on the Pioneer’s drawings.”

"The cost is ten million pounds." Pamela Mountbatten said pitifully, "Obviously you want to see the big toy, but I don't know what it is."

After a moment of arrogance, Pamela Mountbatten agreed to build a big toy for her husband in the name of patriotic donations from British immigrants in Western Australia.

The words of the richest woman cannot be wrong. Ellen Wilson does have a soft spot for Su Kirov. At this age and status, she wants to satisfy her personal hobbies. Pamela Mountbatten has the financial resources, so why not do it? The Soviet Union can hold back Kirov, so what's wrong with Britain building another Vanguard? No problem.

The Kirov-class battlecruiser is less than 30,000 tons, so it is not a problem for the Vanguard to scale up. At this time, Alan Wilson's plagiarism skills are needed. Using the Vanguard as a blueprint, but taking into account the aesthetics, the UK, as a former radar power, can also try a passive phased array radar on this warship.

If you think about it carefully, it is not such a luxury to use such a large hull for technical verification. It can be done in the name of technical verification and judging the superiority of the aircraft carrier battle group and the arsenal ship route.

There is no need to refit the Vanguard. There is no need to refit the previous battleships. It is better to build another one based on the drawings.

As long as Pamela Mountbatten can create this demand, Alan Wilson will pass this plan in Whitehall. The donation only needs to reach half of the construction cost, and the cabinet has no reason to refuse the remaining part.

"Let's go, let's take you to ride the rocket." Alan Wilson was in a good mood and sent a sincere invitation to his wife.

"Ten million pounds for a rocket is so expensive." Even though she said this, Pamela Mountbatten still jumped up and followed, not only without any reluctance, but with great interest.

Before leaving, the sketch with traces of Blade Sea and Kirov was left to Pamela Mountbatten. He wanted to wait until the US election was announced before returning, but the plan did not change quickly.

Nehru, who lived for half a year longer, passed away at this time. As Alan Wilson said, either nothing happened or everything was rushed. Before 1962, the leader of the Third World and the leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, who was widely respected by all countries in the world, although his dreams in the Himalayas were shattered, his own popularity still existed.

Dignitaries from various countries expressed their condolences. The British, American, Soviet and French countries were already preparing to send important figures to India. Alan Wilson, who was about to return to China to take a look at the progress of Richard's settlement of the CPM, weighed the time and took his wife directly there. Arriving in New Delhi, the British delegation also included Field Marshal Mountbatten, the last Governor-General of British India.

British India was under the rule of India more than ten years ago. When he appeared in New Delhi at the same time, Alan Wilson was filled with emotions for a while. The glorious days were finally gone.

Marshal Mountbatten obviously didn't think so, and went directly to his son-in-law, "What kind of ecstasy soup did you fill my daughter with? You insisted on building some kind of guided missile battleship."

Alan Wilson originally had questions in his head, but after hearing this, he said confidently, "She is my wife, so it is normal for her to listen to me."

The Cabinet Secretary said in his heart that although you are also one of the very important men in Pamela's life, you are only one of them. He is the man who will stay with her for the rest of her life. Isn't that obvious to whom?

"Marshal, technical verification is inevitable. In fact, the construction cost of 10 million pounds is not expensive compared with technical verification. Now is not the time for World War II. The cost of aircraft carriers is lower than that of battleships. The cost of heavy aircraft carriers now has exceeded It is several times higher than that at that time. If we know the correct path, the verification fee of 10 million is only a small amount. Moreover, the emergence of guided missile battleships, even if it is verified that it is not worth developing, it may lead competitors astray."

While in India, Alan Wilson had to follow the local customs and start debating scriptures like the Indians. "I even had a name for it, called Mountbatten."

It is Whitehall that influences the military, not the military that influences Whitehall. Otherwise, wouldn’t Britain become a military government? As Cabinet Secretary, Alan Wilson was perfectly justified.

"You can't spend money like this even if you have money." Marshal Mountbatten was heartbroken, feeling pain in his heart at the waste of his daughter and son-in-law. When he was young, how could he be like this young man now? But the first car I bought was a Rolls-Royce, I raced in a destroyer, I gave some advice on ice aircraft carriers, I gave the warship a new paint job, and what else was there?

"Yes, yes, the marshal is right." Alan Wilson disagreed and said to himself, you dare to do so many things with a fortune of five million, what happened to his wife paying ten million pounds for the construction fee?

The outcome of the argument between the two had long been decided, because Pamela Mountbatten stood on her husband's side. Marshal Mountbatten regarded this matter as an episode since he started from his position of strength.

I was concentrating on preparing to attend the funeral of my old friend Nehru. The old friend gradually changed his mind, like leaves falling in the wind. He will also retire next year.

The funeral procession carrying Nehru's body slowly passed through the streets of New Delhi. One and a half million citizens stood on both sides of the street to express their condolences to their beloved leader. In the funeral procession, Nehru's body was half covered with the Indian flag and surrounded by flowers. He wore a high-collared white coat with a red rose logo on the buttonholes. The funeral procession passed by buildings symbolizing British rule in the past, including the Government House.

"An era is over!" Looking at the endless funeral procession, Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh. In any case, the Nehru era was really the era of the most national pride in India.