Chapter 762 National Self-Determination

"The Royal Navy is in Tokyo Bay, right?" Smith was stunned and then asked, "Are you demonstrating or joining the war?"

Despite this question, Smith thinks it must be the former? Will Britain enter a war on behalf of another country? Isn't that a joke? The United States understands Britain just as farmers understand fertilizer. This is something that Britain will never be able to do.

"The Royal Navy is only helping France to put pressure on the North Vietnamese guerrillas not to act rashly." Morrison's answer was as expected. Britain was indeed not so generous as to go to war for the sake of the French.

The Royal Navy appeared in the waters of Tokyo Bay out of solidarity with the free world to help calm the pro-Soviet forces occupying a large area of ​​North Vietnam and prevent the situation from deteriorating and affecting the negotiations at the Geneva Conference.

Smith accepted this explanation. He also knew that the real Secretary of State Dulles was endlessly focused on the Korean issue at the critical moment of the Dien Bien Phu battle. By the time it was time to talk about the Vietnam issue, the Dien Bien Phu defenders could no longer hold on. .

The French were actually dissatisfied with this and believed that the United States' actions at the Geneva Conference were too selfish. It was only because of the national strength of the United States that I refrained from saying anything.

"Of course, we are for the unity of the free world." Smith was just Dulles' deputy. Dulles himself had returned to the country, but at this time he also promised to take care of France's interests as much as possible.

Although the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended with the defeat of France, the enemy camp could not be allowed to take advantage. At worst, we must strive for a north-south partition. This is the bottom line, blocking the two main directions of pro-Soviet forces spreading around the world, and at the same time expressing the solemn stance of the free world.

It would not be a good thing for today's free world to really take off the French people's pants. The United States also hopes to have some important allies towards Western European countries, rather than fools who cannot help at critical moments.

It is undeniable that there is also an arrogant voice in the United States that believes that the United States' era has come and will last for a long time.

But there are also voices that believe that in the face of a powerful enemy like the Soviet Union, the advantage of the United States is these powerful allies, which are better than those allies of the Soviet Union that have little sense of existence.

If Alan Wilson were here, he would definitely understand that history is not a simple repetition. He still remembers that when the United States was in power, the public opinion in the United States only needs to take stock of the advantages of the United States. In three words, the United States has the support of strong allies. .

In the face of opponents that have grown up, this kind of statement is both factual and emboldening. Just like Britain before World War I, it was also willing to repeat Britain's broad alliances around the world to prevent the Germans from acting rashly.

But to be honest, this kind of alliance system is useful, but you can't expect your allies to become suicide squads without taking action.

In the end, Britain had to go out and fight the Germans personally, which was inevitable.

It can be said that Britain's participation in the two world wars can be regarded as exhausting its national power for hegemony. As for the United States in later generations, as far as Alan Wilson is concerned, in his memory, the United States continues to encourage its allies to become death squads, while itself hides behind to support them.

But there is another side to the United States. The United States is full of military virtue and often needs some less powerful countries to serve as stepping stones. Americans are the experts in attacking the third world.

This provocative move in Tokyo Bay should have been part of the Tokyo Bay incident initiated by the Americans.

The difference is that not everyone in North Vietnam has a gun, let alone a few torpedo boats competing with the Royal Navy. After several days of contact, Alan Wilson knew that the waters of Tokyo Bay were calm.

Task force exercises are of course useful. They can at least boost the morale of the free world. This is especially true for the French who still control many places in South Vietnam.

At this time, Alan Wilson took a few Australian newspapers to see what the public opinion was in this country with a similar status to the Anzai Protectorate. As expected, he sang praises for the British Royal Navy's actions in Tokyo Bay, thinking that this was An act of justice.

The waters of Tokyo Bay are calm and calm, and it is not a volatile weather. The British face the Atlantic Ocean, which is known as the Ocean of Storms. Once it sails at full combat status, as long as the waves are slightly bigger, the deck will feel like it may be submerged by sea water at any time. , so in terms of warship design, British designers have made all levels of Royal Navy ships highly seaworthy, surpassing any current country in this regard.

At least there are no consequences of de-industrialization in the UK at present. The routine practice of later generations that all problems are caused by the water does not exist in this era.

It is also quite convenient to replenish the task force in Tokyo Bay, and Xiangjiang is not very far away. It is considered safe at the moment and can support cruises for a period of time. At least it will not be a problem to persist until the Geneva Conference has a result.

"Pamela is coming back soon!" Princess Margaret was sitting on Alan Wilson's lap, bleating to scare her brother-in-law, and picking at the rope with one little hand. She didn't know what she was doing.

"You're back, you're the one who's in trouble, right? What are you doing now?" Alan Wilson pretended to be serious, but his serious look was not normal at this time. Who let the murder weapon be held.

"Go, it was you who seduced me." Princess Margaret exhaled like a blue breath, and continued to frame her maliciously.

An imperial commissioner with a promising future was so angry that the royal princess dared not speak out. After a long time, the princess decided to clean up. After a while, she wiped her hands and walked out, looking thoughtful.

The two of them did not break the last window, but they were one step closer. What made Her Royal Highness angry was that this courageous brother-in-law showed hesitation on this point, which was very dissatisfying.

The thoughtful princess leaned directly into Alan Wilson's arms and sighed quietly, "What should we do now?"

"I'm just thinking about what to do now. I didn't think I was a princess when I seduced her before." He reached out and knocked the princess on the head. Alan Wilson kept talking, saying that he had taught the princess to take the right path, but the princess did not listen to discipline. .

"Pamela is not suitable to know about this." The brother-in-law and sister-in-law spoke in unison almost at the same time. Then they were stunned, looked at each other and smiled. They did not expect to reach a consensus so quickly.

Knowing that his wife was already busy with the biological company, Alan Wilson also remembered his original intention of making some contribution to the British military industry and started to get busy.

In a field that starts very early and ends up with no results, I am not targeting anyone in the field. The British judge the ugly, but after entering the 20th century, except for naval armaments, most other fields failed in armament, and achievements were rare. Everyone used smoothbore cannons, and the rifled cannons used by British tanks were only one of them. example of.

He very much wants to prevent the British military industry from taking detours. After all, things are different now. Britain's wealth accumulation has been exhausted through two world wars. For example, before the First World War, the two-power standard was used to kill the German High Seas Fleet. I can only think about it.

Saving costs and spending a small amount of money to do big things will definitely be a dead end for the British army in the future. He cannot just watch a bunch of failures enter the British army, and then retire after serving for a few years.

It's just that Alan Wilson wanted to help the British military industry avoid detours, but it was not easy. He couldn't think of any eye-catching works in the British military industry in later generations. Vertical take-off and landing was considered a success, but that was because of the British The large aircraft carriers were decommissioned and the cargo was produced. Now that Britain has large aircraft carriers, there is no need to consider it.

"Is it bad that I copied American weapons because of the special relationship between Britain and the United States?" Alan Wilson touched his chin. Although he had only seen a lot of photos of American equipment, he could only copy a shell at best, but this is what Britain The biggest problem with conventional weapons in the past decades is that even those made with good technology are surprisingly ugly.

In the end, the imperial commissioner made the following judgment: Copying the shell is not considered plagiarism. Britain's technological level is not bad, and it must have its own technical core to support it.

This is the result of Alan Wilson's days and nights of hard work before Pamela Mountbatten returned.

After working hard for the British Empire, what do some minor accusations of plagiarism mean? The design drawing he made first was undoubtedly his original work, so what can be said about it.

When Alan Wilson recalled some armaments development trends and wrote a diary to record.

The war of words at the Geneva Conference has not stopped. The security issue in Indochina and the consideration that the United States must side with France have made this issue a battlefield.

For Britain there was a question of both wanting and wanting without offending the hostile camps. Alan Wilson, who was trying to figure out which armament to copy from the Americans, helped the Honorable Foreign Secretary.

Foreign Secretary Morrison expressed his position on this issue, starting from national self-determination and speaking out for the partition of the North and the South and the status of Cambodia and Laos. “Many former colonies have a very taken-for-granted idea, that is, they believe that territories managed by the sovereign state are It naturally belongs to them. This idea is shared by Indians and Indonesians, and it makes no sense.”

"How to deal with this matter while accusing the colonial power of the mother country while expressing its territorial ambitions after independence? Our British ideas are not complicated. We must ensure the independent entity status of Cambodia and Laos, otherwise there will be no discussion. Even the French If we leave, the war will continue.”

"The UK must have ideas about specific measures." Molotov asked after hearing this.

"It's not that the UK has any idea, but it is to witness the independence process of the French territory under the fair judgment of the international community. I think this is not a very excessive request, unless the Soviet Union objects?" Morrison nodded slightly, "I believe it , the Soviet Union also recognized this move, all for the sake of peace."