Chapter 844 Munich Expert

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With the PPT aircraft carrier plan in hand, Alan Wilson began to introduce it emphatically, and connected the basic facts of its blockade of Indonesia, saying that the UK very much hopes that Australia can shoulder the responsibility of being the protector of the South Pacific.

Menzies nodded frequently. This is also the general public opinion in Australia. The British still understand Australia very well. The person who doesn't understand has just stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party and gone away.

Menzies is of course very willing to accept Britain's latest aircraft carrier. First of all, Australia really needs it. Australia, which occupies a continent to itself, actually has a similar geographical environment to the United Kingdom.

It can even be said to be even worse. The population of European countries is about the same as that of the United Kingdom, while the population of Indonesia is almost ten times that of Australia. The two sides are so close, Australia can't wait to sleep with one eye open and staring at Jakarta.

As Alan Wilson said, the Bamboo Curtain in the eyes of the United States and the Bamboo Curtain in the eyes of Australia are not the same country at all.

"Australia is also very worried about the spread of bamboo curtains." Menzies said with a pun.

"As the minister in the cabinet who supports arms sales said, Australia should have enough maritime power to protect itself." Alan Wilson did not worry about who the other party was looking at, and continued, "But dear Prime Minister, There are some reasons why neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Permanent Secretary came here this time, but I was entrusted to talk to myself."

"Oh? Commissioner Wilson, can you tell me directly?" Menzies was very interested. In fact, it was not common sense for Alan Wilson to talk to him himself. The reason why Menzies was willing to meet was really because of Governor Slim and Margery. In the face of the special princess.

"That's right, because the UK currently has a plan to sell aircraft carriers to India." Alan Wilson began to explain that if the latest aircraft carrier to be built is publicly sold to Australia, it may have a negative impact on the sale of aircraft carriers to India. Things had an impact, and then it was logical to start promoting the buy one get one free thing.

The United Kingdom will select a Tejas-class aircraft carrier and sell it to Australia. Of course, the sale is only in name. In fact, the United Kingdom will send the Tejas-class aircraft carrier as long as Australia pays for the modification.

Although the Tejas-class aircraft carrier is larger than the Giant-class aircraft carrier to be sold to India, it will not cause a gap for the Indians. It is essentially the same generation of aircraft carriers, only larger.

And now the cva01 aircraft carrier, which is almost a PPT, is hidden under the Glory-class aircraft carrier.

Conducted in secret. Britain and Australia must keep plans to sell new aircraft carriers secret.

"Dear Prime Minister, there are currently a large number of aircraft carriers in the Royal Navy that have not yet found a seller. If potential sellers feel that the UK favors one over another, it may affect the sale plan." Alan Wilson explained solemnly, "And new aircraft carriers must have one The construction period is set, and it will be delivered naturally after the construction is completed.”

"So that's it." Menzies accepted this explanation. After the war, Britain was indeed constantly looking for sellers to sell its aircraft carriers. This was not the first time that Britain had done this. At the end of World War I, Britain was selling its aircraft carriers. Battleship.

Now of course Britain also wants to sell its battleships with huge maintenance costs, but the key is that no one buys them.

Who doesn't know that the era of battleships has passed. The role of battleships in Britain is limited to threatening colonies and coastal island countries, and it is even more useless to other countries.

Menzies promised to keep this arms sale top secret, and it was worth it. Australia can rebel against other countries, but it will never do so to the United Kingdom and the United States, and the United Kingdom is Australia's largest investor.

In fact, since 1945, the UK has been the world's largest investor every year. It is true that the British government has no money, but it does not mean that there are no beneficiaries of the UK's hundreds of years of world hegemony.

When Pamela Mountbatten went to sea, she dug a large iron ore in Australia and became a millionaire. Then she became unstoppable. The Mountbatten Group, which rose like a comet, naturally attracted British capital to swarm in and invest in large quantities. Australia, this seemingly desolate and wild land.

U.S. capital has reaped such huge dividends from World War II, and the U.S. economy has been bullish after the war. Staying in the U.S. is the biggest benefit. Naturally, it has no interest in going overseas. Now that Eisenhower has begun major infrastructure construction again, if this wave of dividends is not used up, the U.S. Capital will not leave the country on a large scale.

Endorsing Britain's actions after World War I, Menzies certainly believed Britain's rhetoric about selling aircraft carriers to India.

The first logical chain is established, and the rest will naturally be believed.

Moreover, compared with India, Britain wants to sell a new aircraft carrier that is about to be built. This result is enough to satisfy him. Happiness is all about comparison.

As far as Menzies is concerned, this arms sale has been approved, but it must be appropriated by Parliament. Fortunately, Alan Wilson has come up with a solution, using the guise of Tejas-class aircraft carrier conversions to cover up de facto arms sales.

"Dear Prime Minister, there are also matters about uranium mines, entrusted by the cabinet, and the relationship between my wife Pamela. Regarding the mining and ownership of uranium mines." Alan Wilson paused at this point, waiting for Menzies The answer is that he has not forgotten the purpose of coming to Australia in the first place.

"The previous exploration contract signed by the government and the Mountbatten Group is of course valid. And Britain needs uranium mines to strengthen the power of the free world. Of course we will not object." Menzies reiterated that he would not set any limits on the issue of uranium mines. Obstacles, especially to the UK, would allow the parties to sign a contract immediately.

Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief. As for arms sales, of course he knew that such arms sales were not decided by Menzies alone, and Australia was not his own, so he calmed down and left the Prime Minister's residence to wait for the good news.

He thinks it is not a problem. Australians are a poor version of American thinking, and there are greater external threats. In particular, it needs the support of countries with the same culture and race. Today, the United Kingdom still retains its Asian colonies, which is also the target that Australia very much wants to win over.

"It looks like the talks were going well." When Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband coming back, she immediately asked how it was going.

"Menzies' attitude relaxed when the Bamboo Curtain threat was mentioned." Alan Wilson chuckled. Security issues are Australia's top priority, especially when many minerals are discovered one after another.

"Bamboo Curtain, China can't reach Australia at all." Princess Margaret joined the conversation and wanted to talk to her brother-in-law.

"The Bamboo Curtain in the eyes of Australians is not the country you are talking about. There is a much closer one." Alan Wilson corrected, and then emphasized, "Also, it is best for us not to conflict with China. I don't want to colonize Malaya. It’s unstable, Australians think blood is thicker than water, don’t think the Chinese don’t have similar thoughts.”

"I know." Princess Margaret replied softly, "For the stability of Malaya. You seem to be very afraid of China."

Alan Wilson answered this question from the side, "Our conflict with China is not as simple as it seems on the surface. Don't think that in the war a hundred years ago, the expeditionary force came to have an armed parade."

According to British statistics, the expeditionary force and the Qing army fought more than a dozen times, and the entire war was won with the death of sixty or seventy people. He left East Asia almost unscathed.

But during the Opium War, the British troops marched without any damage, but why did they keep actively asking the Qing Dynasty to negotiate? They all came across the sea to fight, going from one victory to another. How could they be more proactive than the Qing Dynasty in seeking peace?

The British death statistics are indeed only sixty or seventy, but the expeditionary force reported more than two thousand losses in the category of deaths from illness and shipwrecks.

This is very spiritual. The British Expeditionary Force did not go deep into the inland at all. The battle location was either Guangzhou or Zhenhai, not a small place. Could it be that plague broke out in all major cities in the Qing Dynasty at that time? Or is it the biological and chemical weapons per capita of our Qing Dynasty?

Take the US military as a comparison. The US military has very strict standards for soldiers killed in action. First of all, dead soldiers must have their identities confirmed, such as corpses and important items marked with their names. This has led many US soldiers to engrave their names on their helmets, military boots or rifles to avoid being treated as missing.

In addition, the soldier must die on-site. If he dies in a field hospital, it will be regarded as an accidental death or death after injury. It is not related to the death in battle, and naturally he will not receive full pension.

In the US military, only those killed in action will receive pensions from the military, while the remaining deceased can only receive compensation from commercial insurance companies.

Lieutenant General Walker of the U.S. Army overturned and died on the road during the retreat. In the end, he was not included in the list of U.S. military casualties, but was counted separately as "traffic accident deaths." The son of US Army General Van Fleet was shot down in an air battle and was eventually listed as missing.

There is no doubt that the British army won the Opium War, but sixty people were killed in battle and more than two thousand died of illness? Went to the African rainforest?

However, in front of Princess Margaret, Alan Wilson did not question the glorious achievements of Great Britain, and just pretended that they all died of illness. It is possible that the Europeans who carried the virus and infected the Indians encountered the unnameable virus in East Asia.

After waiting for two days, the matter of uranium mines first came to light. This was originally the purpose of his coming to Australia, to find the cheapest uranium mines for the UK, so that the UK could save costs as much as possible when expanding its nuclear arsenal.

It was just that the uranium mine had not yet begun to be discussed in depth, and the sale of the aircraft carrier was implicated, so he hurriedly returned to London. On his return to London, Pamela Mountbatten remained in communication with the Australian government.

When Alan Wilson came back, he happened to settle the matter on behalf of the British government, together with the Mountbatten Group and the Australian government, and his original purpose of coming to Australia was achieved.