Chapter 222 Cooking Wine and Talking About Heroes

Commander of the First Cruiser Fleet of the Mediterranean Fleet, an outstanding representative of Gao Fushuai, General Mountbatten was in a good mood and showed full adaptability to the new position.

The British Royal Navy is powerful and has different establishments in different periods, but the Mediterranean Fleet ranks among the top three at any time.

If the Royal Navy is downsizing now, there will only be three major fleets left, and the Mediterranean Fleet will also be retained. The current Mediterranean Sea is still firmly under the control of the British Empire, playing an important role in connecting the mainland with the colonies.

Although he no longer had the high position and weight during the war, Mountbatten is still complacent and has expectations for his military career.

Compared with Mountbatten, the general's family members are not very comfortable. Pamela Mountbatten has been in a very low mood since returning to China, which made Edwina Ashley very worried.

In the end, through the cliché of the eldest daughter Patricia Mountbatten, I realized that the younger daughter is in love, or that Alan Wilson who almost left the image of a classic civil servant.

Considering her husband's mood, Edwina Ashley also wanted her daughter to forget about that man at first, and even revealed the fact that British civil servants openly bought sex on the streets of France.

However, all of this was of no use. Pamela Mountbatten quickly figured out the ins and outs, and resisted her mother's behavior of helping the evildoers.

So as a mother, Edwina Ashley showed a fully flexible stance and stopped interfering with her deeply affectionate daughter, saying that she was actually very optimistic about Alan Wilson, and it was entirely your father's fault to stop it.

Then he took his daughter to the British-occupied area of ​​Germany, expressing that he wanted to see how his son-in-law looked and whether the company mentioned was very developed. Cleaning is life-threatening. But there is also no favor with Germany.

I came to the British-occupied area with the pleasure of revenge. On the one hand, I can see what is going on in this country that wants to exterminate the Jews. On the other hand, making money is soaked in the blood of the Jews.

If some well-known German companies before the war became part of their wealth, it would be considered revenge in a sense.

The family is currently separated in two places. Edwina Ashley took her two daughters to Germany, while Mountbatten is in the Mediterranean Fleet, enjoying the warm sea breeze in the Mediterranean.

At this time, the tentative telegram from the cabinet reached the Mediterranean Fleet and was sent to Mountbatten.

There were no specific questions in the telegram, but a general question about General Mountbatten's current living conditions, such as how he was eating, sleeping well, and whether he was as strong as a cow? Are you adapting to the new position, how do you get along with your colleagues, etc.

Regarding the cabinet's care, General Mountbatten of course gave a positive reply, saying that he got along very well with his colleagues, ate well and slept well, was very adaptable to the Mediterranean environment, and was in good health. He could continue to serve the British under any circumstances Empire service.

This reply arrived in London, and after gathering information from other sources, Prime Minister Attlee knew for sure that General Mountbatten was in good health, so he first ruled out the possibility of rejection due to physical reasons.

Not long after arriving in the Mediterranean Fleet, he was already fully familiar with the situation, which shows that his communication skills are very sufficient.

"But how can we come up with a very irresistible reason for Mountbatten to return to British India? After all, his return was also approved by the cabinet." Stretching out his hand to scratch his smooth scalp, Prime Minister Attlee smiled very embarrassedly Speak out, "Edward, you also agreed at the beginning, will it affect your prestige?"

"We are just executors, how can there be any prestige." Edward Bridges said that there is no such thing as prestige in civil servants, and then changed the subject, "However, General Mountbatten is a nobleman, it is best to come from Think about it.”

"Good idea, it seems that many war heroes have already been knighted, but as the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian Military Region,

General Mountbatten has not yet been commended, which is very unreasonable. Prime Minister Attlee's eyes lit up, and he continued following Edward Bridges' train of thought, "We must commend Mountbatten's achievements in Southeast Asia, especially British India." "

"This is also a matter of course, I believe there will be no objection." Edward Bridges agreed.

The Governor's Mansion of British India is calm as usual. The civil servants here will have a better tomorrow for British India. Naturally, they don't know what happened in the far west around Governor Wavell's resignation.

When waking up every day, everyone cares about the things under their feet. After all, this is where everyone lives.

"Alan, who do you think is more suitable to manage India, Patel or Nehru?" Sir Baron talked about the recent situation. But it is not fake, the current British Indian civil servants are indeed sitting in the crater to work.

"It's hard to say, it's like a lunatic managing a mental hospital." Alan Wilson shook his head. "One of these two people represents the secular, pro-Soviet, and potential socialist. The other is a Hindu conservative with a huge family power. A businessman. In terms of family background, Patel is much stronger than Nehru, but in terms of image, Nehru is more suitable."

"It's really a difficult question. Hitler has proved that we can't just look at the problem based on whether it is socialism or not. Patel's position is obviously tougher, and he usually regards himself as an iron-fisted leader." Sir Barron nodded in agreement Said, "On the issue of the state, Patel is actually more difficult to deal with, right?"

"It should be like this, Sir Barron." Allen Wilson said with a wry smile, "It's only superficially different. Nehru actually thinks the same way, but he doesn't appeal publicly like Patel. Fortunately, these two people , more normal than Chandra Bose."

As for Patel, if it wasn’t for the later generations of Modi who created the tallest statue in the world, Alan Wilson would never have thought of him, just like many people know that the German Chancellor is Merkel, but few people Knowing who the president of Germany is is like.

What Modi did was nothing more than to balance Nehru's influence. After all, the old fairy's party was the opponent of the Congress Party.

It is a pity that when the BJP fought for independence in India earlier, it really didn't know where it was squatting. It couldn't find a person who could carry the flag of its own party, so it took the leader of the Congress Party, Patel Lifted out.

Patel is one of the four founding leaders of India and one of the founders of the Congress Party, who was born in rural Gujarat. He is also known as Gandhi's right-hand man along with Nehru. From Modi's point of view, erecting a giant statue of Patel is also to regain the balance of India's political image project, hoping that Indians can forget about Nehru.

As the leader of the BJP, Modi needed to find political support for the opposition Congress Party, and had conflicts with Nehru, so Patel, who had a good reputation, was selected.

The name Patel, from the perspective of caste, can be understood as the village head, but it is not a high caste.

However, the village chief is the most grassroots manager. The power of the surname Patel can be said to be very powerful, far surpassing Nehru, whose hometown is in Kashmir and who does not have much support from his family.

As far as the current Big Three of the Congress Party is concerned, Gandhi is a saint, and a saint is just a profession. Apart from being more expert in hunger strikes, Gandhi’s idea of ​​managing the country is to turn India into a large rural area. This level is obviously not acceptable.

As for Patel, after this saintess incident, Alan Wilson no longer expects anything from Modi's old senior. A senior is a senior, and the old fairy's senior level is just like that.

Although Patel's ideas are similar to liberalism in terms of propositions, when Alan Wilson thinks of the basic conditions in India, the Republic of China with a similar population is very liberal under the leadership of Chang Gong.

A colony with such poor basic conditions has no accumulation and relies on big landlords and big merchants to develop its economy.

The top is the Korean chaebol. In the end, Patel’s supporters should never reach the strength of the Korean chaebol, but they definitely have a life that even the Korean chaebol envy. After all, India is supported by the caste system.

Compared with his predecessors, Nehru is already a very sober and normal person in the present British India.

Compared with Gandhi, who can do nothing but go on a hunger strike, and Patel, who turned black and white and said that he only came forward in exchange for a chance to be fined, Nehru is worthy of a politician.

Now let the British Empire choose. If British India cannot stay, at least it must be handed over to a normal person.

So this Patel, who seems to be very appetizing to the UK, is still not favored. What if India crashes?

Moreover, although Patel's proposition has the appetite for capitalism, it is very tough on Tubang's proposition. This is not a good candidate for Alan Wilson who wants to pull Tubang out.

"Patel's popularity seems to be very high now, so we have to think of a way." Sir Barron looked at Alan Wilson, expressing that Patel's life should not be too comfortable.

"I heard that Ms. Vivien Leigh is very concerned about the tragic fate of the Saintess group, and wants to make a documentary. If time permits, we will release this film throughout British India, which will embarrass Patel. , but he said that was only a small part of the behavior."

While the two were discussing the situation in British India, there was a sound at the door. Edel pushed the door in and nodded at Alan Wilson, then said, "Sir Barron, the telegram from London is for Governor Wavell."

"It seems that our governor, whether to stay or leave, is in the telegram." Sir Barron smiled and opened the telegram, looked at ten lines at a glance, and said with a smile that was not unexpected after a while, "We should prepare Farewell ceremony."