Chapter 898 Convincing the British Commander
This is good news, but Alan Wilson knows that the blue-light missile with a range of 3,500 kilometers cannot pose a threat to the Soviet Union. The UK definitely cannot place land-based missiles on its own soil, although it is closer , can threaten the elite areas of the European part of the Soviet Union.
But the UK's anti-strike capability is not at the same level as that of the Soviet Union, so even if it does exist, it cannot be deployed on the mainland.
If deployed in other locations, the range of 3,500 kilometers is not enough. If deployed in Kalimantan, it must span the entire East Asia to reach the Soviet Union, which requires a distance of more than 6,000 kilometers. Then to the European part of the Soviet Union, the range of the blue light missile is far from enough. A range of at least 8,000 to 10,000 kilometers is worth deploying.
However, the body of the blue-light missile is sufficient for launching satellites. As the senior commissioner supervising the rocket project, Alan Wilson immediately informed the Wumera launch site of this idea through an executive order.
The variant of the blue light missile has two directions. The first is to increase the range and prepare for land-based strikes. The second criterion is exactly the opposite, which is to reduce the size of the blue-light missile so that it can be placed in a nuclear submarine.
This was explained in the telegram, and Alan Wilson also informed his wife, Pamela Mountbatten, that he would visit her in Perth some time later.
Pamela Mountbatten, who is pregnant, is not idle. While taking over the operation of Western Australia's hydropower system, due to the oil and gas exploration problems in Timor Island, she is talking with the Australian government and the Western Australian government about building oil and gas pipelines. The transfer of oil and gas resources from Timor Island to Australia.
Although they have not met each other for the time being, the couple keeps in contact at all times, supervising each other and promoting common progress.
Alan Wilson inspired to build a transfer station for the UK that would connect the world's mines to two of the world's most densely populated areas. From this point of view, the Malayan colony was the most suitable place.
The geographical location is the most significant advantage of the Malayan colony at present, and it is also the only advantage that can be exploited.
Don't think about the population size. It is impossible for Malaya to catch up with Japan in the short term. However, Japan is a poor place. Without Hokkaido, its dependence on foreign countries will become more serious, which is good news.
The happiness that people can experience personally can be summed up in four words: food, clothing, housing and transportation. This one-person activity is closely related to why Japan and South Korea have beautiful book figures in later generations, but their people always feel more tired than developed countries in Europe.
It is because the local resources are poor and the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be reduced. Japanese agriculture is a laggard. The sky-high price of watermelons is used to protect the interests of farmers, but Japanese citizens also need to foot the bill.
Taxis in Japan are quite expensive, so much so that when women’s boxing was popular, a woman would take a man to take a taxi for her as a criterion for whether she loved her or not. Isn’t the root cause that Japan has no oil and gas resources.
Almost all of Japan's problems are shared by South Korea, but Europe and the United States do not have this problem. Europe has France, an agricultural powerhouse.
As for the United States, which is the foundation of its agricultural empire, the United States cannot compare with Japan and South Korea in terms of food, and its prices are even lower than those of China, whose total output exceeds the second place by a large margin.
The cheapness of food in the United States is still based on a lot of waste. With such a foundation, inflation of 5% will be a joy.
If inflation triples again, we will be like China. If we want to approach food prices in Japan and South Korea, we must continue to inflate.
After all, it is said that a country like Kansas can feed 200 million people. Other countries are indeed incomparable. Japan and South Korea are considered happy, at least compared to Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
However, the basic conditions of the Malayan colony can reduce the cost of similar food. After becoming an industrial base, the only shortcoming is food, clothing, housing and transportation. As long as oil and gas resources are discovered, there will be no shortcomings in this aspect.
The resource base of the Malayan colonies determined that if they could be on the same level as Japan, life would definitely be easier than in Japan.
The West-Malaysia Railway, which started construction in 1957, was reported to Whitehall in the name of completion of infrastructure construction. Alan Wilson painted an exciting scene for Whitehall.
After this round of construction is completed, the Malayan Colony will just wait to collect the money.
"You want me to jointly propose with you to absorb colonial troops to form combat forces?" Lieutenant General Scones expressed surprise at Alan Wilson's visit and asked, "Didn't your two previous high commissioners always oppose the establishment of combat forces using colonial subjects?" Troops?"
This is true. Alan Wilson and the former High Commissioner Gerald Edward were opposed to absorbing Chinese and Malays to form combat troops. This was because the British rule had been greatly weakened by the Japanese army. .
"It's different now, General." Alan Wilson showed a flexible attitude. "The combined garrisons from all over the world overwhelm the United Kingdom. We only have a population of 50 million and a standing army of 800,000. As Malaya The importance of the colony has increased, so we can't increase the number of troops stationed there. Where can we find people, not to mention the fact that we just transferred some troops to Australia?"
"After this round of city construction is completed, absorbing the colonial population to establish combat forces has become an inevitable choice. I prefer to complete this matter during my term of office. This is a very important matter. I do not want to push the matter to successor."
Alan Wilson looked worried about the country and the people, "Besides, it is inconvenient for the Nepalese to use it. With the Chinese and Malayan-dominated troops, it makes more sense for the colonial government to pay for the military expenses."
Alan Wilson, who came prepared, gave many reasons without stopping. It was the responsibility of British India to bear military responsibilities. If Malaya could not do it, it would not be able to replace British India.
Of course, times have changed. Back then, Britain needed a massive amount of consumables to maintain Britain's world hegemony.
Now that world hegemony has been lost, the military responsibility of the Malayan colonies is to protect Britain's vested interests. Therefore, there is no need to establish a standing army of hundreds of thousands on standby like the original British-Indian Army. The Malayan colonies did not have this manpower.
"The Malays and Chinese each established a division, and the total number of the two divisions was 28,000 to 30,000 people. This can probably relieve our huge defense pressure. We can use equipment left over from World War II." Alan Wilson said Come up with your own ideas.
"Isn't it difficult?" Lieutenant General Sconce breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The high commissioner was still very restrained. We are planning to add the size of the British troops stationed in Ma, and it should be just right.
I heard Alan Wilson continue, "General, what I'm talking about is establishing an armored division, not an attached police force."
"What did you say?" Lieutenant General Sconce was shocked. "Alan, I don't understand. You should know what this means."
"Of course I understand that the British Empire is an important force to rely on when emergencies occur." Alan Wilson did not feel that anything was wrong at all, and talked eloquently, "I have my own reasons, and the benefits to Malaya of cultivating it are huge. , and hidden dangers can be eliminated.”
"You have to know how much destructive power it will cause once such a force rebels." Lieutenant General Sconce had a solemn look on his face, reminding Alan Wilson of the seriousness of the matter.
"The Malayan colony is a coastal colony, and the major cities in the Malay Peninsula are within the range of battleships. Whether the army is strong or not actually doesn't mean anything. The sea and air power are in our hands, and there will be no changes."
"And on the contrary, after the colonial resistance movement from the postwar period to the present, we should realize that guerrilla warfare is the method of combat that makes us vigilant. Therefore, the attached police force usually performs low-intensity military tasks, but in the event of rebellion, it will intensify Colonial risk. Armored units that have undergone rigorous combat training are insulated from the habits of attached police units."
Alan Wilson instead believed that it would be less dangerous to use Chinese to form the armored division and Malays to form the marine division.
This is based on historical reference. Taking the Qing army in the Daoguang period as an example, there is no doubt that the British army defeated the Qing army.
Similarly, the British army was completely wiped out when they attacked Afghanistan during the same period. This is not the point. The point is that during the Daoguang period, the Qing army put down the Zhanggar Rebellion and made the Kokand Khanate, which had already declined in Afghanistan, feel like a formidable enemy.
The British army was completely annihilated in Afghanistan at the same time as the Qing army shocked the Kokand Khanate, which was stronger than Afghanistan. It only took a few years before and after, and then the British army achieved a great victory over the Qing army.
This situation requires careful analysis. When the British army attacked Afghanistan, Afghanistan was in civil strife, and the Kokand Khanate was on the tail end of a strong force, which was much stronger than Afghanistan.
This can be considered. The Qing army was in the British army's operational comfort zone, and the Peace Christians in Central Asia were also in the Qing army's operational comfort zone. However, the Afghan Peace Christians were not in the British army's operational comfort zone.
In the current era, guerrilla warfare is not a comfortable way of fighting for the British troops stationed in Malaysia.
The nearly 100,000 British and Dutch troops stationed in Malaya ensured that Indonesia's infiltration was ineffective.
This is already a level higher than the historical record of the British troops stationed in Malaysia. The original 40,000 British troops stationed in Malaysia were repeatedly fooled by the thousands of Indonesian airborne guerrillas for a long time.
Even if the armored combat forces established in the colonies rebelled, it would be easier for the British army to deal with it. It was not like the British army had never encountered armored warfare. There were more British troops stationed in the colony than tanks, and there were battleships watching from the side.
At the Far East Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant General Sconce had been listening to the long speeches of the commissioner educated in Whitehall, and finally believed that this set of combat comfort zone metaphors made sense. "Formal offensive warfare is indeed easier to deal with than the elusive guerrilla warfare."
"The general recognizes this. After all, my time was not in vain." Alan Wilson, whose throat was about to smoke, was not polite and directly received a glass of water in the commander's office to cool down his dry mouth. "This is a precious legacy left by France. experience."
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