Chapter 1437 Going and Returning

Early the next morning, the Washington Post reported the incident prominently on its front page, and the Watergate Incident began to be known to all parties.

"Secretary-General, have you heard? There are programs in the American elections." Makins is also a well-informed person and has heard about the Watergate incident in the United States.

"Maxims, let's talk about the next-generation main battle tank plan." Alan Wilson reminded his friend to get to the point quickly. This is where we are, it has just begun.

As the sitting president, it is not a problem for Nixon to suppress him for a period of time. You must know that among electoral countries, the power of the American president is the greatest in the free world. There is a saying that he is called a term-term emperor.

If what is currently reported is true, it is impossible to unseat Nixon. What is reported is just the tip of the iceberg. Nixon's campaign team had planned a series of political conspiracies against political opponents, including planting spies into opponents and other scandals. .

When Nixon learned that the captured thief had been involved in his own political conspiracy, in order to prevent the exposure of these political scandals, he repeatedly ordered his legal adviser Dean to put pressure on the thieves and promised to compensate them later.

The Watergate incident only played a role as an extension, not the entire incident. If it was just reported on the surface, it would not be enough to make Nixon step down.

It’s too early to eat melons. There will be more time to eat in the future. Now let’s take care of things in the UK, such as updating the armored forces in Europe. This is a fatal thing. Once the Soviet Union’s tens of thousands of tanks are released in Eastern Europe, Who is not confused when seeing this?

If there is anything that Britain could use to exploit the Watergate incident, it is impossible to do anything to the United States, but what if we think differently? For example, it is not impossible to export conspiracy theories to a certain major country. It is not impossible that Nixon was pulled down by domestic and foreign political enemies because of the easing of relations.

This kind of thing must be done without hesitation, and it requires someone who has learned both Chinese and Western knowledge and combines the advantages of both ideas to operate it.

It’s still too early now. Let’s talk about main battle tanks. The bidding for shield ships has already started. Pamela Mountbatten is currently following up on the affairs of its shipyards and preparing to share in this round of large orders for the Royal Navy. With a piece of the pie, the problems at sea and in the air have been solved, and now all that is left is the replacement of the main battle tanks.

It can be said that during the Cold War, the tanks in the free world were very distinctive. The United Kingdom continued to pile up weight and made great strides towards the bright road of the Iron Bastard.

But if you think that Britain failed extremely in tanks, you must not take France, our traditional army power, in the eyes. British tanks are iron bastards, and France is the opposite.

The 13 light tank is the first generation tank developed by France after World War II. It is equipped with an automatic loader and becomes the first tank that can automatically load shells. It adopts a swinging turret, is equipped with a 75mm gun, and is driven by a 250-horsepower gasoline engine. It has the characteristics of compact vehicle and good maneuverability.

The tank is light in weight and has thin armor. Compared with other star tanks at the time, the 13 tank has better maneuverability, but its protection and firepower are completely incomparable with other tanks of the same era.

This tank has a total weight of fifteen tons and is equipped with a 75mm main gun. If one day the prosperous India feels that it can do it again and wants to compete on the roof of the world, it can consider this tank.

In the late 1950s, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy planned to jointly develop a new generation of main battle tanks. However, the three countries later had inconsistent requirements and eventually parted ways, each developing its own main battle tank.

So the 30 main battle tank weighing 36 tons was released, inheriting and carrying forward the characteristics of the previous generation, with superior mobility and better protection than nothing.

As for the Leopard 1 main battle tank currently used by the Federal Republic of Germany, it is only a little stronger than the equipment of the French Army. The hope of European ground armed forces really lies in Britain, a traditional maritime power. The British chiefs have supported the freedom of Europe. Sky, as for the brothers Germany and France, let’s not mention it.

This is the situation in Europe.

As for the United States, the hegemon of the free world, it is still using the Patton modification. Once upon a time, who would have thought that the British Empire would stand proudly in the field of tanks in the free world. Now that the Chobham armor has been released, it should be even more important. He puffed out his chest.

Makins, who had a heavy responsibility, immediately agreed and said that the Ministry of National Defense would follow up immediately and come up with a practical plan.

"I also hope that our shield ship construction can be faster, especially in hull construction. As a traditional shipbuilding country, we do not want to compare efficiency with the United States, which has almost no civilian shipbuilding industry." Alan Wilson pondered for a moment, and then mentioned Come to the shipbuilding plan.

After Makins left, the supreme authority remained motionless, with a thoughtful expression on his face, thinking about the current equipment changes of the British army and navy.

The construction of the Air Force's Typhoon fighter jets has begun, and the Navy's shield ships are also under construction. If the construction of the new generation of main battle tanks goes smoothly, Britain will be able to wait for the people in the military for at least twenty years, or even longer. .

The American Eagle, the prototype of the Typhoon fighter jet, has been in service into the 21st century without any problems. The same is true for the Apache, the prototype of the Tiger armed helicopter. The tank platform has also reached a bottleneck period after the third-generation main battle tank. The only possibility is that it needs to be replaced. The only one is the Royal Navy. I have to say that another meaning of the Centennial Navy is that it is indeed worthy of the name and really burns money.

Theoretically, warships can continue to be enlarged with existing technology. Just like the US aircraft carrier is not the largest in theory, it is a sacrifice made to pass through the Panama Canal.

Aircraft carriers can even reach 200,000 tons. In fact, the United States has demonstrated a heavy aircraft carrier of 150,000 tons.

It is precisely because of this possibility of continuous expansion that the navy is a service that requires continuous investment. The shield ship is the first weapon system to be replaced among the British army, navy and air force in the future.

Because the richest woman was holding a meeting at the shipyard, Ellen Wilson took the opportunity to come to Monroe to criticize the Watergate incident in the United States and expose the hypocritical political ecology of the United States.

"Are you criticizing the political ecology of the United States? If you hadn't been so concerned about those poor people in Bangladesh, I would have suspected that you were similar to those politicians." Monroe was lying half beside the man, feeling the friction on her chest The warm palm of his hand, and the muttering on his lips that refused to admit defeat.

"There are too many suffering people in this world. I always feel that my abilities are limited and I can do too little." Alan Wilson didn't notice anything, and said in a tone of thinking about the vast third world, appearing in the dream He was going to talk about these things before. Three days ago at Hepburn, he didn't have this tone at all. He was talking about poetry and distant places...

The supreme authority has a clear conscience. In the situation in Bangladesh, if someone cares about it, it means God has appeared. Who cares whether the purpose is noble or despicable?

If he had not stepped in to meet the short-term reconstruction needs, Bangladesh would have had to wait for twenty years because of this war.

Now that Rahman has returned to Dhaka, he keeps saying that he wants to establish socialism on the Labor Party model. His hard work in benefiting Bangladeshi society has not been in vain.

"I know you've put a lot of effort into it." Monroe took the initiative to kiss the mouth of the supreme authority, which was a sweet treat for a man of the same status as her husband. "Are you satisfied now?"

"It seems to be a little bit worse." Alan Wilson felt it for a while, then expressed his original intention of beating around the bush a little more, I can still stand it.

Alan Wilson once again began to manage the country on his own behalf, replacing the Prime Minister. His areas of concern included but were not limited to the Rhodesian Civil War, the guerrilla war in Portuguese Africa, the economic indicators of Malaya, the reconstruction of Bangladesh, and the Commonwealth. of unity and so on.

By the way, during the Watergate incident, public opinion in the United States is currently stable. Perhaps it is just that it has not yet fermented. Nixon has gained the trust of the Republican Party and is not affected by that isolated incident.

It can be seen from the public opinion in the past two months that the American people still maintain their trust in Nixon. Even Americans do not care, so other countries will not care. Even the Soviet Union found it boring after being hyped for a while, and gradually lowered the interest.

Ellen Wilson, who one day benefited society and benefited ladies of the same status as his wives, was listening to Wick's report on the confrontation at the Paris Coordinating Committee.

"It's extremely difficult to produce some results. Organizations with many member states are like this. Everyone talks about their own opinions and is scattered." Alan Wilson sighed, "In fact, many countries have secretly violated the regulations in the past few years. Of course, We don’t know? Which country is clean for Soviet machine tools to be imported from?”

The Soviet Union, which is being mentioned, is also having a dialogue. At the KGB headquarters in Lubyanka Square, Alexeyev took the intelligence assessment of the Domestic Defense Intelligence Service and the report on the possible reduction of grain production this year, "This is really A big problem. I used to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so buying food might be of some use."

"A few years ago, we purchased grain through the British." Andropov nodded in agreement. "Now there are several major grain merchants in the world, three from the United States and one from Britain and France. Now it's not the most important thing. At this time, it is best not to alarm the Americans."

"I will resolutely complete the mission." Alexeyev nodded, and was about to go to the 12th Department to get his identity back. The 12th Department of the General Administration of Foreign Intelligence specializes in creating identities for going abroad. He used the same one when he went to the UK for a temporary job. With a fake identity, since I am going to the UK again, I should naturally get my identity back.

This is another transaction involving hundreds of tons of gold. Of course Alexeyev is not willing to do this, but the problem of feeding more than 200 million Soviet people is here, and he can't do it even if he doesn't want to.

Alan Wilson also didn't expect that his great son would come back so soon. It seemed that only half a year had passed.