Chapter 918 The Darkest Hour

Alan Wilson has been clearly hinted that he will make achievements in the field of diplomacy in the future. It is very normal for him to read the reports of the Soviet Union's TASS news agency. He can be regarded as one of the first people to know that the first artificial satellite was launched on that day and live in the free world.

Looking at the newspaper with a stern expression, this posture made Pokina very embarrassed. At this time, Dragoon's mood was complicated. On the one hand, she cherished the superior life now, and at the same time, she had achieved such great achievements for her original motherland. I was happy, but I just saw Alan Wilson looking like he was in danger, and he didn't dare to show it at this sensitive moment.

"Are you happy?" After a long time, Alan Wilson put down the report and asked Bokina sincerely.

"No." Pokina shook her head quickly, "Do you think Britain feels threatened?"

"No." Alan Wilson also denied it, adding, "The Soviet Union has long been able to threaten the United Kingdom. The two countries are so close, and it should be the United States that feels the headache now."

Britain has long been targeted by Soviet nuclear weapons, and now it is too late to feel threatened.

So it’s not that Alan Wilson is too crazy to take it seriously, that’s just the situation. It is probably the first time since this year that the United States has felt the threat from the Soviet Union.

If before this, the United States had one eye on the Soviet Union and the other on Britain and France, then from now on, the United States should have focused its main energy on the Soviet Union.

"You were shocked just now." Pokina breathed a sigh of relief, admitting that she was shocked by that expression. "The Americans are being threatened, but you don't seem worried. You seem to be very confident in the technical capabilities of the United States."

"Yes, the foundation of the United States is still quite strong. The reason why it has ended up in this situation is entirely due to systemic problems." Alan Wilson curled his lips to express his contempt for the United States. There is no problem with the strength of the United States, but it encounters conflicts between the services.

It's similar to the contradiction between the Japanese navy and the army. It can't be said to be able to operate like an army aircraft carrier, but its destructive power is not bad at all.

The Air Force's strategic bomber fleet status has led to the US Air Force's opposition to the development of rocket technology.

Why the US Air Force became independent. Because the Air Force's strategic bombers can take off from thousands of miles away to carry out strategic bombing and even attacks. This is something that cannot be included in the Army's combat model.

But if the army relies on the development of rockets and gets involved in space, or even through intercontinental missiles, it can also complete the operational mode of nuclear attack thousands of miles away. So why should the Air Force become independent?

The newly independent U.S. Air Force was very worried about this, so it simply took the attitude of not letting the missiles out of control and not even thinking about budget issues, and frantically suppressed the Army's Ballistic Missile Development Agency.

However, as the Soviet Union’s first artificial satellite was launched into the sky,

The United States will definitely mediate the conflicts between the services, but it will only sacrifice the Army, even if it is stimulated by the Soviet Union and is determined to accelerate development. In the end, the will of the U.S. Air Force prevailed.

Among nuclear-armed countries, only the United States was the first country to develop intercontinental missiles. However, the intercontinental missiles were eventually placed under the control of the Air Force. Strategic nuclear weapons Land, sea and air strategic nuclear weapons in the trinity of land, sea and air are all owned by the US Air Force.

This is the only one among the five permanent members. Regardless of China, the Soviet Union, Britain and France, intercontinental missiles are all assigned to the army.

"I'm leaving Europe and going back to take office." Alan Wilson said to Pokina that he wanted to return to his post. This is not a breakup, although it is inevitable. The main thing is to pay attention to where the British space project is.

Now that he has spent several months formulating a plan to deal with the economic crisis, as well as the maritime demarcation and Iceland's provocation, he has no need to stay in Europe and is ready to return home.

Iceland is extremely unlucky at this time. Regarding some evil colonial empires, Iceland, which is harmless to humans and animals and loves peace, has been bullied by the European Community. Apart from sending people to Europe to explain that they hope to lift the ban , and also hope that Washington can intervene.

It has to be said that Alan Wilson has strangled the lifeblood of Iceland. He was not prepared to fight a cod war with Iceland, but directly banned Iceland's flagship products, and also prepared for trouble in Iceland.

Once Iceland does something irrational to British fishermen on the ocean, Britain will not do anything to Iceland, but the richest area in the world today, the royal territory of Newfoundland, may not do anything. A few destroyers are not an extremely powerful force, and that is in front of Britain and the United States.

The United States, which has high hopes from the Icelanders, has no time to pay attention to Iceland at least now. The news that the Soviet Union launched its first artificial satellite, reported by the TASS news agency, has caused an uproar in the United States.

The Soviet Sputnik, the size of a beach volleyball, was orbiting the Earth every ninety-six minutes at a speed of eighteen thousand miles per hour, beeping from time to time.

The sky is no longer safe, and the so-called powerful air force advantage of the United States has disappeared. For people in this era, entering space is a fantasy. When the news came, many Americans were already in panic.

The U.S. stock market, which was already in an economic crisis cycle, plummeted in response, as if the end of the free world was imminent.

The New York Times asked, "How could the Soviets send satellites into space if they couldn't even build a good refrigerator? How is this possible?"

"This Soviet man-made satellite will stare at us from the sky at any time. The entire United States has been exposed to the eyes of the Soviets. We have no secrets and are visible at a glance." The Boston Globe report intensified the Soviet Union's launch of the first satellite Sputnik panic.

In the public opinion environment of the United States, the Soviet Union is an extremely backward country, not much different from a monkey, and not much different from a colony. What is the United States? Public opinion tells American citizens that the United States is a city on a hill. The United States today is the core force leading the world. The United States is the hegemon in science and technology. Only the United States has so-called technological creativity.

American citizens, immersed in this kind of public opinion, now hear that the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space?

Eric Walker, the president of Pennsylvania State University, spoke seriously to reporters, "We are already a secondary world power."

"I think the consequences are very clear. The Soviet Union will dominate the world." Lieutenant General Doolittle, the Foreign Intelligence Advisor to the President of the United States, lowered his head, his glasses full of worries.

Washington Senator Henry Jackson wanted the president to declare this a day of national disgrace and public peril.

Fulbright of Arkansas said: The real challenges we face go to the very foundations of our society. It involves our education system, which is the source of our knowledge and cultural values. The current government's management plan for academic regeneration is disturbingly far-sighted.

The satellite orbits around in space, a polished metal sphere fifty-eight centimeters in diameter, with four external radio antennas that transmit radio pulses. Its radio signals are easily detected by amateur radio operators, and its sixty-five-degree inclination during orbit allows its flight path to cover nearly the entire inhabited Earth.

Radio monitors all over the world can monitor the signal on it. Listening to the beeping sound in the earphones, countless people in the free world are filled with silence.

The silent people definitely do not include Alan Wilson. He is a walking figure in the special relationship between Britain and the United States. He firmly believes that once the United States adjusts, it will catch up. The premise is to invest more, which simply means spending more money.

In order to reflect his father's love, let his son learn the principles of self-reliance and self-reliance so that he can thrive in the future.

There is no need for Alan Wilson to remind the United States what to do. Only when you realize it can it be your own, and no one else can do it for you.

In fact, what's the big deal is that the United States went from being arrogant and believing that it was ahead of any country in any technology to suddenly going to the other extreme and exaggerating the Soviet Union's advantage in aerospace.

So much so that Kennedy proposed during the presidential election to narrow the missile gap, that is, to deploy a thousand Minuteman ballistic missiles, which far exceeded the ballistic missiles possessed by the Soviet Union at the time.

This is also related to Khrushchev's ability to boast. Starting from 1957, the United States was frightened to death by a series of civil and military attacks.

The first man-made satellite did not actually have any scientific instruments. The only thing that could show its existence was that it emitted beeping radio signals, but other countries, especially the United States, did not know about it.

When we arrived in Persia, the capital of Western Australia, the whole world was still discussing the launch of the first artificial satellite. Public opinion in the United States had reached a boiling point. The two parties were accusing each other one after another. Elites in various industries had to comment on both sides. sentence, otherwise we will fall behind the world trend.

Alan Wilson was not so troubled. He even had an in-depth exchange with Vivien Leigh when passing by Kuala Lumpur. Regarding Pamela Mountbatten's inquiry, Alan Wilson was also very calm, "I happened to come over to ask, our No matter how far the space program has come, the launch of the Blue Light missile was successful this time. Although the range is not enough as an intercontinental missile, it should still be possible if it wants to go into space."

"I don't know what to say in the United States now. They are very manic." Pamela Mountbatten held her belly, "You are not in a hurry at all."

"I think this matter is not as important as your having a baby soon." Alan Wilson licked his lips to express his love for his wife, and asked Pamela Mountbatten's belly, "When?"

"It's just the past few days." Pamela Mountbatten looked happy. This man knew how to say nice things.

"Then I'll wait until the child is born and then go to the launch site." Alan Wilson made a choice after a short consideration. The Imperial Commissioner's mentality is very good. What's the use of being anxious when he is already behind? Just follow the plan step by step.