Chapter 909 Missile Race

"Ever since the British multinational industry was hit hard by the United States under the Lend-Lease Act, I have understood that the real rich people have become these nobles again. But they are not without threats, such as high inheritance taxes." Alan Wilson just talked with Meet the 14th generation heir to the Duke of Hamilton.

Roberts, Commissioner of the Dominion of Nigeria, nodded with deep understanding, “I didn’t expect them to be so powerful.”

"The Duke of Hamilton is the first family in Scotland. You will understand if you think about where the North Sea oil is. Although the Duke of Hamilton has nothing to do with North Sea oil, he certainly feels it more deeply than other families."

Alan Wilson spread his hands to his colleagues, "The wealth of the great nobles mainly comes from land. They cannot take the land away, but they are always looking for opportunities to invest their working capital."

Therefore, the tax haven in Newfoundland can only solve part of the problems of the nobles.

No one can move the land under the names of these families. As long as these nobles are unwilling to sell the land, they will inevitably be hit with inheritance tax. It is just a matter of time.

Pamela Mountbatten took advantage of this. They are all old nobles with hundreds of years of inheritance. It was too late for Mountbatten to rise. It was only when he was General Mountbatten that he accumulated wealth through marriage. It is not necessarily It fell to Pamela Mountbatten, the youngest daughter.

Without the constraints of land and the protection of Alan Wilson, such a road to wealth was created.

Nowadays, in the eyes of these centuries-old aristocrats, Pamela Mountbatten spent a few years to surpass the accumulation of their times. This kind of impact can only be seen after hearing that there is a second Persian in the Gulf of Guinea. When the potential was revealed, it completely exploded.

If oil did not exist in the Gulf of Guinea, these nobles would really eat Alan Wilson's heart alive. Cracks will also appear in the aristocratic forces tied up by Pamela Mountbatten.

But Alan Wilson knew that it was just a little late. Oil exploration took several years, which was normal from a cyclical perspective. If these local nobles were anxious, it would be entirely due to Pamela Mountbatten's appetite. Hold it in your mouth.

Everyone's path to success is different. How can it be so easy to copy a bunch of Mountbatten Groups.

"Forty-eight million pounds, I think plus the funds of the Dominion of Nigeria itself, and the policies we have formulated. It should be enough."

Alan Wilson and Roberts, holding cigars in their mouths, walked around the former Lagos Governor's Palace. "In terms of tapping potential, you can barter when necessary. Money cannot solve all problems. Especially for backward areas, if it still doesn't work, After the war, Britain also implemented a rationing system and issued some food stamps to minimize consumption, and all excess agricultural products were sold in Europe."

"Implementing the policy of unified purchase and marketing of grain,

Including food plan acquisition policy, food plan supply policy,"

After hearing this, Roberts suddenly became enlightened and praised, "What a great idea, so can we extend this kind of bills to all aspects, not just limited to food. Through these bills, we can grasp the economic context of the Dominion."

"Roberts, your talents are not limited to being a Dominion Commissioner." Alan Wilson chuckled, and then emphasized, "However, this method can only be used in a period when the foundation is very poor, and cannot be used as a conventional method."

At this time, Alan Wilson did not know that he had transplanted food stamps to Nigeria. Until the end of his life, the stamps had not disappeared from Nigeria.

The negotiations with the representatives of the nobles and the demarcation of the exploration area naturally have Moral Roxton to worry about. It is not easy for Alan Wilson to interfere as an official. Although it is a well-known fact that he has a clear mind, he should also avoid suspicion.

He can only do the work of mobilizing public opinion, positioning the development of the Niger River Delta as the foundation of Nigeria's power, and reinforcing the ideological stamp of the past.

Goebbels said that a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. Who doesn’t understand such a simple truth? It's just that only the nouveau riche like the Germans seem to have discovered some great truth and speak it directly.

The guidance of public opinion hegemony is extremely important. Alan Wilson firmly believes in this. It is not only useful for the living, but also for the dead. In Chinese history, who was the most egregious official who bullied orphans and widowed mothers and usurped the throne? The Sima family, Yang Jian or Zhao Kuangyin?

In fact, it was Yang Jian and his son who had a good reputation in later generations. Long before Yang Guang ascended the throne, his father Yang Jian had already slaughtered all the heroes who supported him in usurping the throne. While suppressing the old officials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and attacking Nanchen, he slaughtered all the famous officials in the world. The giant cities of Yecheng and Jiankang.

In the process of usurping the throne, Yang Jian killed more people than the Sima family, and the difficulty of unifying the world was easier than that of Wu and Shu faced by the Jin Dynasty. After successfully usurping the throne, he immediately purged his supporters and was more determined than Emperor Hongwu. In traditional Among the people who knew him, Yang Jian's evaluation was the lowest among all the usurpers.

But in later generations, the reputation of Yang Jian and his son was much stronger than that of the Sima family. The fundamental reason was that after the collapse of the Jin Dynasty, it really collapsed. After the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin came out to clean up the mess, resisted the Turks' attempt to move south, and even pushed back to the grasslands.

If there were no people like Li Shimin, would the Turks succeed in moving south? The evaluation of Yang Jian and his son will leave the Sima family by a dimension, so how important it is for someone to clean up the mess.

Alan Wilson's current role is to pick up the pieces as the sun never sets on the Empire. When there was not a drop of oil in the Gulf of Guinea, he claimed that the second Persian Gulf had been discovered. This was also for the sake of the overall situation.

The so-called turning one's hand into clouds and turning one's hand into rain, Hedy Lamarr saw clearly when accompanying this man, and sighed, "Germany seems to be no match for Britain, and its loss was not unfair."

"Oh, it has been ten years since the war ended, and you have just realized this problem that everyone knows." Alan Wilson couldn't help laughing and said, "Germany's power is not as good as that of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. To be able to fight like that is already a It’s a miracle. Whether it’s World War I or World War II, Germany is bound to lose.”

If Churchill hadn't used two battleships to collapse the Russian Empire, and if the Russian Empire had received a steady stream of foreign aid, Germany would not have lasted four years in World War I. As for Germany during World War II, its national strength was actually not as strong as Germany during World War I.

"Okay, I know you are patriotic." Hedy Lamarr glanced at Alan Wilson and muttered angrily.

"You can talk, you can be patriotic." Alan Wilson held Hedy Lamarr's hand, "Well now, I want to invite big stars who have turned from darkness to light to ride on a rocket."

Hedy Lamarr's eyes seemed to be dripping with water, and she whispered meaningfully, "No matter how powerful the rocket is, it will be swallowed by the black hole."

The imperial commissioner did not believe this evil. How could the crystallization of human wisdom be swallowed by a mere black hole.

"Bang bang..." The Wumaila launch site command center said that the successful test launch of the 5,500-kilometer blue light missile plunged everyone in the command center into a sea of ​​joy.

Turing, the owner of the data computing center, also smiled with relief. After the researchers at the data center calmed down a little, Turing said, "The project is far from successful. Under the current conditions, the blue light missile cannot be carried out. Simply zoom in.”

Turing reported the success of the blue-light missile's 5,500-kilometer range experimental project to the Governor of Australia and Alan Wilson in Africa, and also expressed his doubts. If amplification continues under the current conditions, the engine of the blue-light missile may not be able to bear the huge missile body, and the probability of failure will greatly increase.

"Either replace the engine, or you have to figure out something about the fuel." Alan Wilson muttered to himself.

In terms of fuel, solid fuel and liquid fuel have different benefits. Solid propellant missiles have a simple structure, small size, easy maintenance, high reliability, fast combat response, and few support and auxiliary equipment. From a combat perspective, its technical and tactical The performance is obviously much better than that of liquid propellant missiles.

Of course, this does not mean that liquid propellant is useless. It also has advantages and has not withdrawn from the stage of history. For example, the liquid rocket engine can be started and shut down at will, the thrust can be adjusted, and the shutdown time can be accurately controlled.

This feature is very important for the mother cabin of the separately guided multiple warheads, because when releasing the warheads, the terminal booster rocket engine must continuously start and shut down, so liquid propellant must be used. In addition, the liquid rocket engine has large thrust and is more suitable for heavy intercontinental missiles with large payloads.

For example, nuclear submarine platforms are very suitable for solid fuel missiles. The problem is that the UK currently has almost no research on solid fuels. It can only count on Rolls-Royce's rocket engines to make breakthroughs.

At the same time, thousands of miles away at the White Sands Test Site in New Mexico, the United States, many generals from the Pentagon have arrived at the command center. This is the first test of the Atlas strategic missile. In the context of the news of the successful test launch of the British Blue Light missile, this If an intercontinental missile that the United States has high hopes for is successfully tested, it will be of great significance, and the entire launch site is full of expectations.

You must know that the range of the Atlas strategic missile is almost twice that of the Blue Light missile. Once successful, it will leave the United Kingdom far behind and quickly close the gap with the Soviet Union in the field of intercontinental missiles.

Accompanied by the countdown of the mechanical sound, everyone in the Baisha Proving Ground held their breath, with their hearts in their throats.

The countdown ended, and the Atlas strategic missile poured out its tail flames on the launch pad, and finally lifted off the ground little by little.

But before people could start celebrating, the Atlas strategic missile that had not completely left the launch pad directly hit the launch pad, and then exploded directly. Flames and thick smoke raged, and the huge sound made everyone's ears rumble.

The first launch of the United States' first intercontinental missile failed.

"Continue to experiment and improve while testing." The White Sands launch site immediately received the Pentagon's attitude.