British civil servant

Australia and New Zealand also support the development of Malaya, because in Australia's internal discussions, there have been discussions on the development of iron ore, and whether it can be used for industrialization.But the environment in Australia is too harsh, especially the lack of water. It is like a saying that it is better to continue selling mines than to develop industries.

Alan Wilson knew the rhetoric, first of all it was the correct rhetoric, and secondly he spread it through his wife's media.

France's military operations are not only concerned with this geographically not far British colony.In Washington, thousands of miles away, the U.S. military is also extremely concerned. The domino theory has been accepted by the U.S. military.

After preventing the expansion of Soviet power from the Korean Peninsula, Washington was also very concerned about whether the French could contain the development of communist power to Southeast Asia.

At this time, the United States certainly would not have imagined that in the future they would replace the French and listen to the Vietnamese language in the dense forest.But it has expressed an extraordinary concern for the fighting there.

In fact, there are already voices in Washington calling for the United States to help France, copy the Korean War to prevent North Korea from annexing South Korea, and send troops to Vietnam to assist France. Even the report has been handed over to President Eisenhower.

"In the Red River Delta and the outskirts of various strongholds, normal patrols can no longer be carried out. The offensives taken by the French are always at the top of the list, lacking imagination, and limited campaign goals. Unless solid fortifications are built, or excellent fighters appear Otherwise, the French army would avoid a decisive battle with the Vietnamese army.”

"It is absolutely impossible to imagine without daily communication with the French military personnel here. The thinking and practices of the French military staff are as old as before the German blitz. The French Expeditionary Force lacks sufficient training and high-quality military staff staff , lacking the mentality of taking the initiative to attack, even if the United States provides a large amount of arms and supplies, it will not be able to change this situation."

At the White House, President Eisenhower looked at the report submitted by the bureau, and it didn't matter if he looked serious, and finally threw the report aside, "Which person who has only been in China for a long time made this kind of garbage?"

"Ike, danger is possible." Secretary of Defense Charles Owen Wilson looked at the president and said.

"France's incompetence made us send troops? Why do many people regard war as such a simple matter?" President Eisenhower asked, "Actually, the British side is also asking about our attitude?"

Seeing Charles Owen Wilson nodding, Eisenhower continued, "The Korean War has just ended, and we cannot wait to enter the next war. This is irresponsible for the lives of the United States. Stop bringing up the issue of soldiers, I Absolutely will not agree."

When the United Kingdom and the United States were discussing this military operation in France from different perspectives, the French army in Vietnam had already begun to deploy troops, drawing in French soldiers and foreign legions mainly composed of Germans, through Junker transport planes, The soldiers were transported to Dien Bien Phu, inserted into the area where the Viet Minh guerrillas were active, and attracted the Viet Minh to attack.

Then, under the tenacious heavy firepower, they gave the attacking Viet Minh a head-on blow and won the battle.

Through the successful defense of the Battle of Toping-ri, the French army, one of the troops participating in the war, has reason to believe that since the Chinese army could not break through Toping-ri, the weaker Viet Minh would only suffer more bloodshed.

As for the British advisers' doubts about Dien Bien Phu?A joke, the British will fight land wars?

7Chapter 17 Proposal for the USSR to join NATO

The French may have forgotten how French India and New France disappeared and became British India and New England.

The British army is limited by the size of the British population and cannot fight large-scale wars. It often needs a helper to help. This is also one of the reasons for the Continental Balance Policy, but it does not mean that the British army's combat effectiveness is very poor.

The impression of the poor combat effectiveness of the modern British army mainly stems from the defeat of the British army in Asia to the Japanese army, but then again, it seems that the French army was so glorious in World War II.

"The unreasonable arrogance of the French is really the same as before." Alan Wilson was at General Bilton's headquarters and also knew the news from the British advisory group in Vietnam.

At the same time, I also got a general idea of ​​the attitude of the United States, because at this time in [-], there was already an American advisory group in Vietnam. Compared with the British military advisers, the American military advisers were obviously more concerned.

"It's not good to comment." General Bilton actually wanted to complain about the French, a propaganda that was reversed and transferred from the Napoleon era.But after all, he is a general who has seen fifty. He can't be like Alan Wilson, a young man who can't control his mouth, and changed the subject, "What do you think, can France achieve its goal?"

"If it enters the rainy season, the arrangement of the French alone and in-depth will be bad." Alan Wilson pointed out that the weather in Southeast Asia is unfavorable to air transportation. "If the French die, there will be one less. This is not the case for the Vietnamese."

In fact, in terms of the number of casualties in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the French still achieved a one-to-four exchange ratio. More than 8000 people were killed in Vietnam, and the number of wounded was at least several times higher.But winning or losing is not a simple exchange ratio.

This elite force drawn by the French army was besieged and surrendered, and France lost its ability to attack strategically.

General Bilton was also silent. Even if not all of France's predicament, some of it may be encountered by Britain. What if Britain encounters similar things one day?

"I heard that nuclear landmines are being researched in China. To be honest, it is not an advanced concept. No matter how powerful it is, it is still a landmine, and the threat to the Soviet Union is limited. Even if it is deployed in the Federal Republic of Germany, London will soon find out that it is useless. Still It’s better to put it in Malaya!” Allen Wilson did not change his nature of attacking the third world, and he was quite disapproving of the ideas of some domestic military institutions.

"Give you the right to use nuclear landmines!" General Bilton asked meaningfully, "Do you dare to use them?"

"I don't answer hypothetical questions, but a population of 1000 million is actually not much in my eyes." Alan Wilson didn't answer this question directly. He said he dared to use it, not to mention whether General Bilton would think he was bragging, What if it leaks out?

The future head of the British civil service is a man who sees nuclear weapons as conventional and threatens to hinder his progress.

"In order to avoid a repeat of Vietnam's situation in Malaya, what we have to do is to be vigilant in any small matter that may cause turmoil. Another thing is to build Malaya. Ordinary people have pots and pans, and they are no longer alone. After that, the scruples will increase, and I dare not say everything, most people dare not really abandon their wives and children, and make revolution when their heads are hot."

In fact, this is what he did. As a commissioner, he always said soft words but did hard things. Not many people dared to violate the laws of British Malaya, whether it was the Great Qing Law or the Peace Sharia Law.

Instead, the well-known land management regulations of British Malaya were implemented. This regulation, which is often encountered by colonial residents, is an important measure for the management of the colony.

For this reason, a large number of temporary detention centers were built in British Malaya to detain those who violated the management regulations.The internal setting of these temporary detention centers is based on the consideration of saving space, imitating the pigeon cages where the people at the bottom of the Xiangjiang River lived in later generations.

During the half-month to three-month detention period, the focus is on allowing the detainees to have a place of three feet of loess to live in.

Such a room can hold at least several times as many prisoners. As for why it is done.

Because Ai Lu Wilson had the experience of being imprisoned in his previous life, he deeply knew that the so-called labor has limited deterrence to a rebellious person, and the mental torture lies in control!

A pigeon cage with a width of one meter and a length of two meters can do this. For these short-term prisoners, British Malaya does not need them to do any labor to contribute benefits, just stay in it and lie down. up.

One person can carry it for three days and five days. Once locked in a pigeon cage for a long time, you will be extremely eager for freedom.After coming out, I will definitely have a clearer understanding of the four words "free world".

Out of cost self-sufficiency, felons are generally used to serve these temporary prisoners.Allen Weir was the Chinese I saw in the Qingshan Detention Center last time. He was about to be released, and he came out to experience the free world in the last few days.

Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and said, "As for the situation in Vietnam, France can't do it either if the economy is doing well, or when it can't stand, think more about how to scrape the ground, it's not in vain Colonize one."

There is an all-pervasive short-term detention system as a deterrent, and ultimately economic development is the fundamental.

The ugly face of Imperial Commissioner imperialism is enough to make the majority of righteous people in the world criticize him, but he doesn't care, and he didn't say it publicly, who knows?

Immediately, Alan Wilson, who knows the military better than me, summed up the remarks of the allies and wrote a report on French military operations to London. When it came to Vietnam, he said that there was no limit to the Soviet Union’s support for North Vietnam. , the supporters are mainly Chinese.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Khrushchev himself was not very enthusiastic about foreign aid, and North Vietnam was supported by China in the early days.The Soviet Union was not interested in what was going on in North Vietnam and was unwilling to provide assistance.

In the beginning of the Soviet Union's assistance, China still forced Big Brother to bleed a little.The Soviet Union's support for North Vietnam came after the United States intervened in the Vietnam situation. As the United States became more involved, the Soviet Union also provided more assistance.

During the Brezhnev period, the Soviet Union quickly overtook China and accounted for the vast majority of aid to Vietnam.In fact, from this point of view, it is normal for Vietnam to follow the Soviet Union. Who asked the Soviet Union to give more, they are still the big brothers.

Then Alan Wilson changed the subject and said that British Malaya was different from Vietnam. He had enough reasons to believe that even if France failed in Vietnam, it would not affect the stability of British Malaya.

The report also puts forward several disadvantages that the United States believes the French army has as evidence to improve the professionalism of the report.The inside and outside said that in fact, the Americans are not optimistic about the military operations of the French army.

"Why is your telegram so long?" Princess Margaret was very dissatisfied. She felt that her fingers were sore. The novelty of being caught by her brother-in-law as a labor force had passed, and she began to express her little dissatisfaction.

"Isn't this exercising your ability?" Alan Wilson said as if I was doing my best for you, "You have to be a useful person to society, so that you can gain the recognition of the public, and you can't do anything arbitrarily just because you are a princess. We must know that now is not 50 years ago, when the monarchy was still the mainstream, and the royal family now has to be more close to the people."

"What does this have to do with you ordering me to work." Princess Margaret looked unhappy, thinking that her brother-in-law was full of fallacies, but Pamela Mountbatten always accepted these fallacies, which is really unreasonable.

Alan Wilson pointed to his leg, and Her Royal Highness immediately jumped over and sat on the man's lap. Now she said something about squeezing the princess's labor, but then the princess trembled.

Allen Wilson, who had only one hand left, supported the princess's back, and said sternly, "Is it brother-in-law's fault?"

"No, no!" Princess Margaret looked at the man with an expression of impatience, and her gaze became watery.

This report, which condensed the key points of Alan Wilson, was like sinking into the sea when it arrived at the Foreign Office building in London.This is because when the French army was mobilizing troops to build a fortress at Dien Bien Phu, something happened in Europe that made the free world scramble.

This event was the Soviet Union's entry into NATO. The Soviet Union really seriously and formally submitted an application to NATO, claiming that for "world peace", NATO needs to accept the Soviet Union as a member of NATO.

After the establishment of NATO, although countries in the free world repeatedly claimed that the establishment of NATO was not aimed at any country and was for world peace, anyone with a discerning eye could see who the so-called "no country was aimed at".

Andrei Gromyko, one of the Soviet giants of later generations, was already the deputy minister of the Soviet Foreign Ministry at this time. He made a suggestion for the Soviet Union, that is, the Soviet Union joined NATO to test the reaction of the other side.

The biggest possibility is that the United States evaded the Soviet Union’s membership application for various reasons. With this background, NATO will have to tear up his well-dressed makeup. All "world peace" is fake, and the United States leads NATO will also have to hold off on its annexation of "CED".

If, on the other hand, the United States shows a positive attitude towards the Soviet Union's entry into NATO, then this will completely change the structure of NATO.As the saying goes, "The best way to break an alliance is to join it." Once the Soviet Union joins NATO, to put it bluntly, NATO will become a place where the United States and the Soviet Union quarrel and fight, just like the UN Security Council.

Two amendments to the Soviet draft treaty on collective security in Europe: at the same time proposing that the United States would not be excluded from formal participation in the pan-European collective security system, and that if NATO was really about maintaining world peace, then the Soviet Union would consider participation in the organization.

Therefore, London has no time to pay attention to the military actions taken by France in distant Asia. Instead, it is racking its brains to think of any reason to resolve such shameless proposals from the Soviet Union.

Chapter 748 Dien Bien Fu started

If NATO members were marked on a map one by one, even a blind person would be able to see who the organization is targeting.

Even though the Soviet Union didn't have much malice at the time, its ability to easily mobilize thousands of tanks and planes to push westward in one go really made European neighbors sleepless.

"Is that something we should be concerned about? That is something Washington should be concerned about." Alan Wilson listened to his subordinates' answers, and he said why the submission of a report disappeared. It turned out to be a famous scene in history when the Soviet Union joined NATO. Shaking his head and laughing, "If I remember correctly, the commander-in-chief of NATO is Li Qiwei, an American. We have nothing to say. We should not express our views, and there is no need to express our views. That is Washington's business."

In front of his sister-in-law, who is tasked with spying on him, Alan Wilson made a mockery of London's decision-making circles.The British Empire is obviously still a little unclear now. Sometimes it feels that Britain should be hidden behind the scenes, and sometimes it thinks that it is the world hegemony before the war. In short, it is true that it is a bit smart.

"Then shall we give Whitehall a hint?" Richard agreed after hearing this, and immediately proposed this suggestion.

"Should be?...No!" Alan Wilson thought for a while with a long voice, "Unless London is under pressure from Washington, I believe our colleagues will figure it out after a busy time."

He still believes in the integrity of the Labor Party government, and his level of pretending to be dead about the international situation is still higher than that of the Conservative Party.

After a few more meetings, he would be able to understand what choice to make. Compared with the Soviet Union's entry into NATO, which was obviously an operation that deliberately disgusted the free world, he still felt that France's military action was more important.

Richard turned and walked out of the office. Princess Margaret rolled her eyes and waited until the door was closed before asking, "Brother-in-law, the Soviets have embarrassed us."

"Don't feel so good about yourself, it's embarrassing to the Americans." Alan Wilson interrupted his sister-in-law and corrected, "The current job in the UK is to reduce the sense of existence, and calculate how much of the inheritance can be realized. Don't think about other things. In terms of interests, after nine years, the huge debt owed to the United States will no longer be a burden, do you think it is easy?"

"But I read some reports. The Americans have always said that Britain doesn't need to worry about repaying its debts. The Americans are still good." Princess Margaret whispered about the special relationship between Britain and the United States described in the newspapers she had read.

"I have a savings of [-] pounds, and the creditor I owe [-] pounds is not in a hurry to ask me to pay back the money. But what if I don't?" Alan Wilson squinted at Princess Margaret, and the sister-in-law hadn't fully felt it yet. The world's sinister, and that's not a good thing.

Her Royal Highness, who is as white as a piece of paper, is an imperial commissioner who is very worried about future affairs. What worries her most is that Her Royal Highness, who has not experienced much in the world, will be deceived by a pious bastard.

In order to avoid such dire consequences, he must use his prime minister's ability to take some defensive measures.This is a normal protection, and the result is that Her Royal Highness is quite used to this kind of personal protection now.

The Soviet Union's entry into NATO was quite distant to Alan Wilson, and the calm Britain and the United States would find a way to refuse it.As for the consequences, it is nothing more than the establishment of the Warsaw Pact and the formal formation of a confrontation between the two major military blocs, which is the direction of history.

In fact, Alan Wilson still hopes that the United Kingdom will be included in the Warsaw Pact. Although he also knows that the hope is slim, at least compared with the current strength of the United Kingdom and the United States, the United Kingdom probably does not dare to make such a decision, but the seeds have already been planted. One day it will take root and sprout, who can say what will happen in the future?

Although his wife left such a follower, which caused some obstacles to Alan Wilson, Her Royal Highness is an important member of the royal family after all, so she can live in the daytime and at night?

Alan Wilson, who worked hard during the day and at night, still worked diligently to receive guests who came to Malaya from a long distance at night, and there was no way to work overtime. Who told him what his responsibility was.

When Britain and the United States focused their attention on the Soviet Union's accession to NATO, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which Britain and the United States were not optimistic about, had already begun. Airlifted French soldiers had landed in Dien Bien Phu, and heavy equipment including bulldozers had been airdropped in place. Engineers began repairing the main airstrip and strengthening the "fortress".The Dien Bien Phu Valley is composed of several small villages. The terrain is flat, with only a few small hills, and the Nam Yun River flows through the valley.

In the following time, the field headquarters and field hospital were established in the underground shelter just north of the stronghold.Mobile units such as infantry tanks and artillery are also concentrated here.The French army has gathered 5000 troops in Dien Bien Phu.

In Dien Bien Phu, people are digging trenches, erecting barbed wire, laying mines, and strengthening fortifications every day to impress visiting dignitaries.General Naval also took a plane to inspect the fortifications set up by France.

"Since we found in the Korean War that the light infantry broke through the solid fortifications suffered heavy casualties, there are good reasons to believe that since China has little way to deal with strong fortifications, the Vietnamese who lack heavy weapons should be even more helpless."

General Navarre said to his colleague, General Kony, "Inflicting heavy casualties on the Vietnamese, keeping France's interests as a premise, in fact, independence is not out of the question."

The conflict in Vietnam has been going on for nine years, and Paris is really tired of the endless conflict in Vietnam by now.With the idea of ​​concentrating on running North Africa.

"Indeed, if we can preserve the South Vietnamese regime and form a confrontational situation, we will have achieved the situation of the United States on the Korean Peninsula, and we can leave with dignity." General Kony nodded in agreement, and then looked at the wheat field road not far away, "Then let's watch this battle."

"Of course we have confidence in this battle, but out of careful consideration, a retreat plan must also be formulated." While Naval himself expressed confidence, he did not neglect to ask Kony to prepare a secret retreat plan to prevent the situation from deteriorating. .Kony was happy to obey because he had reservations about defending Dien Bien Phu.

It is not that the two top generals have not thought of failure, but the urging of Paris has forced them to formulate risky plans.

It is not without opposition to the war at Dien Bien Phu. Air Force Commander General Fay said that it is very dangerous to rely solely on the air force for supplies. If he guarantees that there is absolutely no problem, it is pretending to be Hermann Göring.

The two also admitted that their objections were reasonable, but there was nothing they could do about it. War was a comprehensive issue, and the Paris government's pressure on the two was beyond the comprehension of these frontline commanders.

On March [-]th, the Dien Bien Phu Valley was thundered like cannons, and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu officially started.The entire river valley was shaken, and the veteran imperialist France launched a world-renowned confrontation with its opponent.

At the beginning, the French army in Dien Bien Phu sent troops to take the initiative to attack and sweep up the nearby Vietnamese army, which showed a rare initiative.

The French army launched a large-scale attack on Fu'an, Vietnam with six mobile groups of about [-] battalions in accordance with the predetermined combat plan. This was the long-planned "Atlanta" operation.

Fifteen battalions of the French and puppet troops participating in the war set off from Nha Trang, a little north, and swept northward along the coastline. An amphibious landing was launched in an attempt to attack the Vietnamese troops on both sides.

In Penang, an important port in West Malaysia, British Malaya, Alan Wilson has already learned that the battle has begun. Although his current priority is to make visitors from afar feel at home, from a colonial standpoint, he still wants to serve The French do something.

The French believed that Vietnam's heavy firepower was insufficient. That was definitely a wrong judgment. He remembered that Vietnam's heavy artillery troops in the Dien Bien Phu Battle surpassed France's.

The example of the Korean War cannot be applied to Vietnam. The French army is far less well-equipped than the US military, and the heavy firepower of the Volunteers is not enough to cover the entire confrontation front. However, it is still possible to assist Vietnam to establish a firepower advantage in the valley stronghold of Dien Bien Phu alone. .

In Penang recently, Alan Wilson, who was mainly accompanying Heidi Rama and others, was very worried about the distant Vietnam War. He asked General Bilton by phone, "Once the French army is defeated, the whole of North Vietnam will be controlled by the Viet Minh." , Maybe the largest city in North Vietnam cannot be kept, can we organize an expeditionary force, and under the cover of the Royal Air Force stationed in Malaya, use battleship formations to enter from the mouth of the Red River and start bombarding Hanoi."

"Alan, your suggestion is really bold." General Bilton smiled bitterly listening to the voice on the phone, "What if the battleship is in the middle of a narrow river and is bombarded by both sides? Battleships are not used in this way! You might as well talk about shelling coastal defenses city."

There has never been an amethyst incident in this history, and General Bilton just said it casually, but Alan Wilson was silent. He was wondering if Vietnam was capable of sinking a battleship?The Amethyst is just a thousand-ton warship. To put it bluntly, a warship of this tonnage would not feel bad as a target ship with the current strength of the Royal Navy.

Just pull out a battleship, and its tonnage can easily exceed [-] times that of the Amethyst. Even if it enters the Red River, there is no need to worry about being bombarded. The only worry is being stranded.

"Actually, bombarding Haiphong City is also a good suggestion. It can deter North Vietnam." Alan Wilson still didn't give up the idea of ​​giving the third world a powerful idea. It can be regarded as an explanation to the French.”

"We can't yet conclude that the French army will be defeated." General Bilton said to himself, whether you are British or French, why are you so concerned about the fate of the French.

Chapter 749 The Soviet Union is not suitable for NATO

"Well, of course I'm not a soldier, so I can't suggest anything for London, I'm just a little worried." Alan Wilson hung up the phone with a sigh, and said after a while, "It seems that I must become a supporter of the domino theory the one."

Once the French army retreated from North Vietnam, it was time for him to wave the flag and shout. He was a little smoky thinking about it. Eisenhower, if it weren't for the last traditional Republican president, the United States would have joined the Vietnam battlefield even earlier.

At the Wake Island meeting during the Korean War, high-level U.S. officials discussed the Indochina Peninsula issue in addition to North Korea.Admiral Radford, commander of the Pacific Fleet, did not understand what the US military in the Indochina Peninsula could and should do.And MacArthur believes that the performance of the French army in the Indochina Peninsula is puzzling. They have 15 of the best soldiers and the highest-ranking commanders here.

Radford believes that the US military must be a strong backing for France.This exchange and dialogue fully shows that the U.S. military is ready to open up a new battlefield in the Far East, which will eventually drag the U.S. into a multi-year war, and it will cost a lot.

It can be said that the U.S. military already had the idea of ​​interfering in the Indochina Peninsula. During Eisenhower's tenure, he restrained the desire of the U.S. to send troops. If the military president hadn't come to power, the U.S. would have dispatched troops sooner.

However, it is not necessarily true that Eisenhower has always been an anti-war stance. When he was president, Eisenhower kept telling voters to guard against the military-industrial complex, but after he stepped down, he still started the days of sending troops to the United States to wave the flag.

Ike withstood the pressure of going to war when he was president, but after leaving office, he still had to eat. He joined the ranks of singing praises for sending troops to the United States. A time has a time of thought. At that time, I believed that Eisenhower also believed , he was right.

When Allen Wilson was looking up at the window and looking into the distance, a pair of white arms embraced him from behind, and Vivien Leigh's pleasant voice came, "Honey, what's wrong with you."

"I was thinking how precious peace is. The years are quiet here, but Vietnam is fighting to death." Alan Wilson never mentioned the battleship bombarding Haiphong City, but expressed his cherishment of peace.