Chapter 836 The Future of the Vanguard

In fact, Mountbatten was just the head of the navy. He was concerned about the affairs of the British troops stationed in Germany. In a sense, it was beyond his authority.

But when did he not overstep his authority? When he was the Fourth Sea Lord, he did all the things of several Sea Lords. Now that he is the First Sea Lord, he has taken charge of all the British military matters.

"Alan, are you interested in the military?" Edward Bridges was very happy, and then replied after listening to Alan Wilson's question, "Theoretically it is credible to shift the cost back to the Germans, but from You can’t see it on the books.”

"So that's it." Alan Wilson nodded. In fact, for countries with good foundations like Germany and Japan, garrisoning troops is definitely profitable. The investment in garrisoning is visible, but the benefits are invisible.

Once the investment is not worth the benefits, France may not back down, but Britain will most likely abandon the colony.

This is why Alan Wilson feels that among the colonies currently in his hands, Nigeria is likely to be the next to be abandoned. There is too much population to gain little, and the evacuated garrison can also strengthen the military strength of other colonies.

Edward Bridges, as well as the delicately connected Cabinet Secretary, asked about the trip to Africa, and Alan Wilson could only repeat most of it, but there were new complaints, "The people in Northern Rhodesia complained to me, the locals There is a problem with the border and asking me if I can talk to the Belgians is really looking down on me."

Mikhailovich's Slavs were dissatisfied with the borders between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo. There is a protrusion in the southern part of the Belgian Congo that inserts into Northern Rhodesia. This protrusion covers an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers.

Because of the existence of this protrusion, Northern Rhodesia was almost divided into east and west parts. If the British idea was to merge Northern and Southern Rhodesia, it would not be obvious.

However, the merger of Northern and Southern Rhodesia has been abandoned. Northern Rhodesia has developed on its own. This protrusion is very uncomfortable. Mihajlovic hoped to add the Belgian Congo south of Lubumbashi to Northern Rhodesia.

The area seems to occupy a small part of the Belgian Congo, but Lubumbashi is very important. There are two famous copper mines in the suburbs, Kipshi and Ruash, which are rich in copper, zinc, lead, cadmium, germanium, actinium, Tantalum and other metals, there are large metallurgical enterprises.

Let Alan Wilson go to Belgium with a big face and ask for it. He doesn't have such a big face yet. Alan Wilson could only tell Mihajlovic that there was only one chance, and that was the end of the colonial settlement of the Belgian Congo. Only then could he have a chance to get the protrusion that penetrated into Northern Rhodesia. Don't even think about it at this stage.

"Are those Slavs quite greedy?" Edward Bridges laughed loudly after hearing this and said after a moment of silence, "This matter can mobilize the Belgian expatriates in the Belgian Congo. Lubumbashi is from the Belgian Congo. The mining center must be a paradise for many gold prospectors. Once the colony cannot be maintained, those people will not be willing to do so and can instigate local white people to occupy that area and merge it with Northern Rhodesia."

"If that's not enough?" Edward Bridges continued without waiting for Alan Wilson to speak, "You have to know that the official language of Belgium is French, and many French people think that the Belgian Congo in Belgium is a French-speaking cultural area. Do you have This understanding will be different if we look at the spheres of influence of African countries."

Alan Wilson was startled. If Edward Bridges hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that the official language of Belgium is French, and there is no cultural barrier between the Belgian Congo and French Africa.

From this perspective, plus the more than two million square kilometers of the Belgian Congo, French-speaking African culture occupies half of Africa. France itself accounts for half of the 30 million square kilometers of Africa.

No wonder French-speaking African culture is the mainstream and has an overwhelming advantage over English-speaking culture.

Seeing Alan Wilson lost in thought, Edward Bridges said, "Now you understand that the French influence in Africa and the Belgian colonies do not belong to France in name only."

"Sir, I actually fell into a misunderstanding and forgot that Belgians speak French." Alan Wilson patted his head, very embarrassed. He has the memory of the Rwandan genocide in his mind and knows that there is a shadow of France in it.

But it failed to connect memory with reality, and ignored that Belgium is a French-speaking culture. Otherwise, how could France exert influence on Rwanda through the independent Congo, a Belgian colony?

"So in this matter, the French can help in a certain sense." Edward Bridges was happy to be able to give advice to Alan Wilson. Didn't this young official know everything?

"Thank you Sir, I think I still have many shortcomings." After Alan Wilson regarded the Belgian Congo as a French colony, he suddenly became enlightened.

Not entirely happy, France does have a much larger foundation in Africa than Britain.

After chatting for a while, he left Whitehall. In fact, Mountbatten was not idle. NATO's North Atlantic performance had just ended. At that time, he was still in Northern Rhodesia, chatting and laughing with Mikhailovich.

Mountbatten is currently struggling to save military expenditures. Within the scope of optimization, he is trying not to let the cabinet's tightening of military expenditures affect the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy.

Thinking about avoiding disarmament and freeing up some funds, it is logical to send domestic troops to Germany. And that's not all.

After arriving home, Pamela Mountbatten was already busy preparing food. Naturally, Alan Wilson couldn't let his wife do the work by herself, so he also went on a trip to help, "Don't make my wife too busy."

"It's not that I'm very busy. I just met with a few organizers of the women's movement." Pamela Mountbatten asked while boiling water. "Are you interested in hearing about it? Those people have caused a lot of trouble for Makins. ."

"What do you want to hear? Are you still not convinced?" Alan Wilson was very interested and asked his wife what was going on.

"That's not true!" Pamela Mountbatten pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe she feels a little aggrieved. By the way, dear, what do you think of them? Are you really not allowed to have contact with them?"

"It will be harmful in the long run, no matter how legitimate the concept proposed." Alan Wilson replied without thinking.

In his eyes, there is no such thing as women's rights. It is 100% female boxing. Women's rights and female boxing are two sides of the same coin.

The female boxers are responsible for causing chaos, and women's rights will not stop it. This is similar to the radicals and moderates of religious groups. Radicals make trouble, moderates pretend to be good people, and the ultimate beneficiary is the whole group.

Women themselves have little ability. Power is based on men's patience. Once men no longer want to endure, the foundation will collapse.

European and American societies are at risk of falling apart. For example, Eastern societies have chosen to lie down, while religious societies have chosen to suppress women's rights. These are all different ways of coping.

But whether it is Europe, the United States or Japan and South Korea, the breakup or collapse is based on a certain level of economic strength. In other words, the standard of living is high, higher in Europe and the United States, but worse in Japan and South Korea.

When it comes to a big country, it may not be easy to be flat because it doesn’t have this foundation. It can even be said that in terms of income data, it is between the world of Peace Sect and Japan and South Korea, so any route is possible. What if you find you have no financial foundation and can't bear it anymore? Maybe the Taliban will have more and more fans.

If you choose to be a fan of the Taliban, then it will no longer be a matter of women’s rights not taking advantage.

"Indeed, speaking without a financial foundation will not work." Pamela Mountbatten rolled her eyes at her husband when she said this, "Especially in front of you, you must have some tricks to deal with them, right? Tell me."

"Of course there are, but I didn't deal with them. This time it was just a small restraint. If I really acted with an enemy's attitude, I would definitely contact the newspapers to intensively report on women's felony cases in the past year, and create a stereotype of hating men. The image is being associated with the Soviet Union.”

Pamela Mountbatten squinted her eyes slightly and asked in confusion, "What's the use of this?"

"My dear, the force is mutual. Once intensive reports cause disgust, do you know Jack the Ripper?" Alan Wilson mentioned the most famous murderer in history. "Once emotions are incited, they may appear. Just one batch.”

Pamela Mountbatten swallowed, as if the name Jack the Ripper frightened her, "Thankfully you didn't do that."

"I'm just saying casually, doing this will frighten British women." Alan Wilson shook his head and said, "So ordinary homicide cases cannot appear in the media. Men are much more dangerous than women. Once Intensive reporting also has a demonstration effect. If not many people know about it, no one will imitate it. Once there is negative news about women against men for a long time, it will be dangerous for women."

"You scared me, idiot." Pamela Mountbatten's face was tense, her fists kept pointing at Alan Wilson, and she complained in a suppressed voice for fear of disturbing her daughter who was left alone upstairs.

"You're obviously asking me this...you shouldn't be too honest." Alan Wilson looked helpless and bowed his head decisively in front of his unreasonable wife, "I was wrong."

It was still early and there was no need for after-dinner exercise. Alan Wilson held his wife in his arms and talked about a few topics to divert attention. The discussion just now was treated as a fart. Jack the Ripper did not exist...

"The Admiralty intends to dispose of the battleship Vanguard to save high logistics costs. My father means to transfer the battleship Vanguard to the Pacific Fleet. If possible, can Malaya afford the cost of this battleship?" Pamela said. Lamont Barton mentioned the latest measures taken by the First Sea Lord to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

"I have no problem, that is the latest battleship." Upon hearing this, Alan Wilson was ready to accept it with confidence, "It can still serve for a long time, which is good for the security of the Malayan colony."