Chapter 886 Brownian Motion Bullets
"We have conquered so many countries for more than a hundred years. Is this just to allow Indians to blossom and bear fruit everywhere?"
Alan Wilson and the Persian Gulf Commissioner, who were accustomed to the local area, looked at the noisy Indian community not far away and felt very uncomfortable. "John, there must be Indians in Sudan. They were almost forgotten last time."
"Yes, but not too many, a community of several thousand people." John suddenly looked at Alan Wilson and lowered his voice, "What are you going to do?"
"Let them return to where they came from." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and relaxed. "With a few thousand people in a community, we can still do something like this. Right?"
"It's not difficult." John and Alan Wilson turned around and disappeared into the Indian community in Aden, as if they had never been there.
In the following days, commissioners from all over the country arrived in Aden to express their congratulations to the new Persian Gulf Commissioner and Alan Wilson. As everyone already knows, Alan Wilson's level has been raised one level, taking an important step in his official career.
More than twenty colonial commissioners gathered at the Aden Administrative Office. The Aden Conference officially began. Alan Wilson was not polite and directly took out the work instructions from Whitehall and said, "Thanks to the efforts of my colleagues, during the World War Ten years on, the UK no longer has to hang its head and be held hostage financially by dubious allies. Whitehall is very pleased with our work and the next stage will involve some changes in strategic direction."
"Change is something we don't like, and I don't like it either, but gentlemen I believe they all understand that when doing things based on national interests, some adjustments are inevitable."
"Deputy Secretary-General, let's be honest, everyone wants to know what the adjustments will be." Ingram asked.
"Then I'm sorry. In terms of overseas troops stationed in Germany, in addition to the British troops stationed in Germany within the framework of NATO, there are currently three major military garrisons. The three major joint operations commands are the Near East, the Middle East and the Far East. Their headquarters are respectively in Cyprus, With Aden and Singapore at our feet, British Africa is actually not important on the strategic map, regardless of the huge area of British Africa."
At this point, the real purpose has been revealed. Among the three major joint operations commands, the Near East is the strongest. In a sense, the Near East Joint Operations Command, where the Mediterranean Fleet is located, can be said to be a part of NATO, not a separate one. The British garrisons are different in the Middle East and Far East.
Compared with the interests of the Middle East and the Far East, British Africa is definitely in a secondary position, regardless of the fact that the area is much larger than the latter.
"The huge funds in our hands are to support the troops stationed in the Middle East to stay here forever. We regard the British African colonies as the rear area, and the Middle East and the Far East are the front lines. This is what Whitehall means. I hope gentlemen can understand."
The current deployment of 800,000 British troops, plus British Africa, means there are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the colonies. Of course, they are not large in number, and cannot be compared with the French army in Algeria.
Most of the colonial commissioners who came to Aden were from British Africa. It was Alan Wilson's job to get these colleagues to accept this fact and take responsibility. Policy had turned. Britain must invest its little economic power in important projects. direction.
Although Britain has recovered now, its economic strength cannot be compared with that before the war. It can only put its limited foreign investment in more important places, with the Middle East and the Far East ranking before Africa.
"There is no need to be depressed, it may be embarrassing to say. But the situation in Africa still depends on whether France can stabilize. If France stabilizes, the African colonies will have enough time to adjust, and there is no need to worry about challenges coming soon, while the Far East and The Middle East is different. Challenges can happen at any time." John followed Alan Wilson's thinking and said, "The situation in Africa is still very stable. The areas under my and Alan's jurisdiction are the really uncomfortable places."
"Who doesn't know the importance of the Persian Gulf? We know it, the United States knows it, and the Soviet Union also knows it. To be honest, the national power of the United States and the Soviet Union is greater than that of the United Kingdom.
Our advantage lies in the accumulation of our fathers. It is already very difficult to stabilize, and we cannot continue to ignore the interests of the United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East. "
"Well, although I can't agree with everything, it's also for the sake of the overall situation." Unlike others, Ingram worked as a commissioner in British West Africa, which happened to be the most densely populated place in Africa. He felt that suppressing the local desire for independence was more important. "Before coming, Nigeria's political parties had already stated that they would submit opinions on the establishment of an autonomous territory."
"A place with nothing but people." Although Alan Wilson's words are a bit slanderous, Nigeria is not nothing but people, but it is also true that there are not many resources per capita. The largest country in Africa in later generations is all supported by population. He directly gave his own suggestion, "Follow the procedure and list a five-year buffer period. If the situation is eased, some of the local garrison will be transferred to the East African colonies."
"Will Whitehall agree?" Ingram knew that Alan Wilson had just come out of London and must know what Whitehall meant.
"Whitehall's opinion is to follow the procedures." Alan Wilson nodded, "negotiate the settlement of pounds, and the rest will be done in accordance with the precedents of British India and Sudan. In Nigeria, nationalized enterprises and local elites formed a In terms of interest alliances, the main consideration is not to let Nigeria’s autonomy impact the local economy.”
"I understand. I will pay attention to this aspect after I go back." Ingram nodded and stopped talking.
"The strengthened layout in the Middle East requires at least 200 million pounds of funds. The Ministry of Finance means to provide 15 million pounds of support. Let us figure out the rest ourselves." John felt a little embarrassed when he took out the document. After all, he is now in a position of asking for money and is a little short of breath.
Sure enough, the huge gap in needed funds and Treasury allocations left the conference room buzzing. When you spend money, you are happy, but when you take out the money, you have a different face.
"Can your jurisdiction replace the important economic value and status of the Middle East?" Alan Wilson asked rhetorically. Seeing that everyone was silent, he said, "So, this is such a simple truth. The Far East and the Middle East are lost, and the cabinet evacuates all Colonies don’t hesitate. If Africa’s difficulties are the four arithmetic, our two problems are simply calculus.”
This is not a complaint, this is an obvious fact. Alan Wilson must make this fact clear to his colleagues, "I don't think this is enough. From the perspective of British interests, the investment of 200 million pounds is no different from no investment. The United States organizes the Middle East Don’t say you didn’t see the country’s actions to blockade the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union’s countermeasures.”
"The recent troubles in Poland and Hungary are a good opportunity. Now the Soviet Union has no time to pay attention to the Middle East. Our pressure mainly comes from the United States, and the United States at least will not break up with the United Kingdom openly. It depends on whether we can rely on it secretly. The former foundations of the British Empire safeguarded British interests."
All the colonial commissioners nodded in approval. Although they were not in Europe, they had heard about the current events in Poland and Hungary. They watched with excitement to see how the Soviet Union reacted to the anti-Soviet voices in the two Eastern European countries.
Things in Hungary mainly stem from two people. The current tension in Hungary is only reflected at the government level. The discord between Rakosi and Nagy, as well as the opposition between their followers, have not yet affected to the people of Hungary.
This incident had nothing to do with Alan Wilson, but he remembered that the Soviet Red Army suffered nearly a thousand casualties due to the incident in Hungary. The Soviet Red Army stationed in Eastern Europe was normally an elite division, far from being comparable to the KGB border guards stationed in the Far East.
Could the isolated incident in Hungary alone cause such heavy casualties to the Soviet army?
But the truth has long been submerged in the fog of history. The winner of the Cold War was the United States. No one can find out whether the United States had any influence on the Hungarian incident.
The world is not peaceful. While the meeting in Aden is still being held, at the Woomera launch site in Australia, de Havilland, who has just arrived here after leaving the UK, looks solemn and looks at the huge blue light missile. The first finished product has been manufactured. The first experiment will be held today.
When the matter came to a close, de Havilland was somewhat worried. Of course he wanted to prove his talents through the success of the blue-light missile, but he was also an out-and-out novice in this field.
After several years of preparation, he still had to come in person for the test launch of Britain's first ballistic missile.
Also coming to the Woomera launch site was Australian Governor Slim, the British marshal. and the Australian Defense Minister and Army Commander.
Pamela Mountbatten's figure appeared and greeted de Havilland, "I didn't expect you to come in person, Dear Mr. de Havilland."
"I already regret it, madam. I didn't expect to receive so much attention." De Havilland said with a wry smile, "With Marshal Slim and the leaders of the Australian military, what should I do if it fails?"
"Then continue testing, this is a strategic weapon. I absolutely support continuing." Pamela Mountbatten remembered her husband's words, this is a life-saving thing.
The body of the blue-light missile glowed with metallic luster. It is a behemoth, with a designed maximum take-off weight of up to 68 tons, a very large volume, uses liquid fuel, and the engine used is Rolls-Royce's RZ.2 rocket engine.
As the countdown began, everyone at the observation position also held their breath. Finally, the huge blue-light missile was successfully ignited, and the huge missile broke away from the constraints of the earth's gravity and flew into the blue sky.
Just as everyone was preparing to celebrate, the blue-light missile began to move irregularly, terminating those who wanted to celebrate. Finally, it exploded in the sky with Brownian motion and became a large firework. The ignited fuel fell like fire rain. toward the ground.
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