Chapter 531 Traveling with Hepburn

After sending telegrams to Bonn, Paris and Los Angeles respectively, Alan Wilson took into account that the year was 1950 and wrote a report on the situation in the Far East as the last written report not involving Malaya before taking office. .

In fact, this is not entirely correct. There are still some contents related to Malaya.

If the Korean War breaks out, Britain will definitely side with the United States, and no one can stop this.

At most, it will be the same as in history. It is unrealistic to send tens of thousands of people to deal with the situation and completely ignore the United States and not cooperate.

In his report on the situation in the Far East, Alan Wilson analyzed the possibility of a war breaking out in the Far East based on China's current national strength and historical habits. and countermeasures for various situations that may arise.

In the opening chapter, Alan Wilson stated, "Vietnam and North Korea are important areas where the Central Plains dynasty interfered in history. When it comes to these two places, whether it was a thousand years ago or now, China will inevitably interfere. Even if the Manchu royal family was at the end of its rope, they finally took action at the risk of huge instability."

"So once something happens in these two places, don't expect China to be unresponsive. Fortunately, the French and Americans are currently having a headache."

"As for the Far East that is currently transformed into the Soviet system, it can be inferred from the performance of the Soviet Union in the early stages of the Russian Civil War. What is certain is that its military strength far exceeds that of the defeated artillery troops trapped on the isolated island. In terms of interests in the Far East, the interests of the United Kingdom and the United States are different. . Once something changes in the United States, it is likely to react irritably. Because the United States has just come to the center of the world stage and urgently needs to show leadership."

"Once there is a confrontation between major powers, I can conclude that it will be extremely difficult for the United States to win, or even impossible to win at all. From the British perspective, of course, we must avoid being involved. If it is unavoidable, we must determine whether the scale of the war will intensify the situation in Europe. Reasons taken into account.”

"The British Empire is rampant across the world. The reason why it has not made much progress in the Far East is that the Qing Dynasty is a very powerful dynasty. It has strong control and is even more difficult to deal with than France, which is also centralized in Europe. We have been waiting for decades. But I never found an opportunity to take action. When the opportunity finally came, a world war broke out."

"Europe's long-standing worry is that once the huge population of the East is fully armed, it will be an unimaginably difficult opponent. Now this worry has been partially realized. Once North Korea or Vietnam attracts confrontation between the two countries, then With the support of the Soviet Union, the enemy has almost unlimited manpower, which even the United States cannot defeat."

The analysis of the outbreak of war in Korea or Vietnam, and the estimation of the opponent's possible response, was Alan Wilson's last report to Norman Brooke. Because this report was very important, he handed it directly to Norman Brooke. In Brook's hands, and with the guarantee of the newly obtained position of High Commissioner to Malaya, as long as a war breaks out between the two places, his prediction will definitely have a huge possibility.

"Alan, you are still so cautious. If you think the situation in the Far East is dangerous, why did you keep bringing in Chinese people in the first place? Didn't you put the threat into the territory of the British Empire?"

Norman Brook looked at the report submitted by Alan Wilson, which could be described as very alarmist, and asked directly.

"Dear Sir, can we look for the answer from the history of the founding of the Soviet Union." Alan Wilson said calmly, "It is a well-known fact that the area of ​​Imperial Russia is larger than the Soviet Union. The country established by revolutionaries was not Otherwise the Soviet Union should not be led by Stalin, but by Trotsky who would promote world revolution. Malaya is still far away from the mainland and is outside the radiation of the mainland."

"Then how likely is it that your report will become reality?" Norman Brook frowned.

"Fifty percent, any question has two answers, right and wrong." Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this.

"But as long as a war breaks out in North Korea or Vietnam, it can be 100% certain. I speculate that the United States will not give up. Of course, the same is true for its opponents. I don't care what they do, but I hope that the UK will not be affected. And once the war breaks out , I will try my best to prove in front of the people of Malaya that Britain is not the United States and that the two countries are ultimately different."

"Okay, let me leave this report here first." Norman Brook nodded. He actually didn't believe the authenticity of this report, but sitting in front of him was another oriental expert, so he decided to first Put the report away, maybe you can use it later.

"If the Korean War breaks out, I guess the entire Whitehall will think that no one knows the East better than me." Alan Wilson walked out of the Cabinet Office and said to himself. For a certain country, this was the founding battle, and for him it was the founding battle. The battle of characters.

In Malaya, where he is about to go, there are currently two major ethnic groups, one of which is the Peace Cult. Alan Wilson does not know much about it, but it is not a big problem. If you don’t understand, you can slowly understand it. In his eyes, the Peace Cult and the Chinese have no essential meaning. The difference, if there is really a difference, is that the Peace Cults were beaten even worse by Europe.

The moves to introduce Chinese in recent years are also sacrificing the interests of peaceful believers, so what? That’s it!

After setting a time to take up the post, Alan Wilson notified many of his colleagues who had been in British India, and began to prepare to complete his next work, trying to make a breakthrough with Hepburn.

Needless to say, he wants to get the dream girl in the eyes of countless men in the East and the West. Now that Audrey Hepburn has not become famous, he may take this as his goal.

Prepared to use the last bit of time in London to plan what to do, Alan Wilson returned home. Of course, Pamela Mountbatten was there, as well as a problem child of the royal family of the British Empire, Princess Margaret.

"You're back!" Princess Margaret was sitting in the living room, but first greeted the owner of this house.

"Oh, dear princess, this is very surprising." Alan Wilson's face changed color slightly, then he looked around and shouted, and got a response from Pamela Mountbatten upstairs, which made him feel a lot more relaxed. He said in a friendly manner, "Since you are here, you are welcome and please sit down."

"I heard from Pamela that you are going to Malaya to be a commissioner, and the conditions in such a far away place must be very poor." Princess Margaret sat down obediently and asked, "Actually, what's wrong with staying in London? "

"If you just consider the convenience of life, of course there is nothing wrong with London." Alan Wilson chuckled and said, "Dear Princess, do you want to be a respected princess of a powerful country? Or do you want to be Prince Philip? What about members of the royal family like that? In fact, the power of Britain is not much stronger than that of Greece. Even from a historical and cultural perspective, Britain is not as good as Greece. Can you imagine the consequences of Britain losing all its overseas territories? "

"You can't, and I don't want to either. This doesn't conform to Whitehall's ideas. It probably doesn't conform to Pamela and those nobles' ideas either." Alan Wilson asked himself and answered, "So we have to build a community that is strong enough for ourselves." To ensure that there is no disruption to the functioning of the system, colleagues in Whitehall have made great efforts and have the support of the Prime Minister."

"Are you doing this for the royal family?" Princess Margaret whispered, "No wonder Pamela defends you so much."

"It's just that the general direction is consistent with the interests of the royal family, not for the royal family, but I will always support this kingdom, because I understand that without this royal family, the development of the United Kingdom is far from being even a rival to Canada and Australia."

"My dear, are you back?" Pamela Mountbatten came down from upstairs with a smile on her face and said as she walked, "The princess is here as a guest today. I hope this won't make you angry. I know you like to be quiet."

"I don't dare!" Alan Wilson said with his head held high, "If you wear a skirt, you will be naked. Come down quickly."

It's going to rain. The sky was dark and gray-purple clouds shrouded the sky, making it almost impossible to distinguish the sky or the ground. The air was filled with a pungent smell, and the cold wind seemed to seep into Audrey Hepburn's bones. The branches were rustled by the wind, and the sad sound struck her heart.

She was too busy to stare at the clouds, but she kept noticing them approaching. Driven by a sense of urgency, she checked the engine to make sure it had enough fuel and moved firewood inside the house and onto the porch behind the kitchen.

Maybe her intuition was wrong. Maybe, as the weather forecast said, it will rain heavily all day long.

But she trusted her instincts. This is her third year living in England, and every time before a heavy rain, she always feels the same hair on her back, as if the air is full of energy and nature is getting ready to strike. Whether it was caused by static electricity in the air or some ancient magical sixth sense, there was always some uneasy emotion running up her spine.

She didn't mind being alone. But it is not easy for one person to close all the vacation cabins. Eight holiday cabins, some with more than one bedroom, are scattered along the edge of a scenic, fish-filled lake.

She had to make sure that all the doors and windows were closed tightly against the cold wind; the water valves had to be turned off and the water in the pipes drained to avoid freezing and exploding after the power was cut off. She was certain that the power would be interrupted, it was just a matter of time.

"I didn't expect that I would encounter such weather when I came to Scotland." Although Alan Wilson shouted for God's blessing in his heart, he still verbally expressed his apology to Audrey Hepburn.

"It seems it will be difficult to go back." Audrey Hepburn sighed, feeling that being called out by Alan Wilson for a vacation was a wrong decision. She originally didn't want to go out, but she couldn't bear the man's teasing.