British civil servant

The British Empire was invincible, and Alan Wilson, who was still in Africa, couldn't help exclaiming. He never thought of bringing India into the water, and Macmillan did it. After this time, he must reflect on himself, not because India is not Colonies are worthless.

After a few minutes of thinking, Alan Wilson gave up the idea again.

There are only two years left before the war when India falls to the bottom. Once the war is completely defeated by India, the leaders of the third world and the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement will all say goodbye. In the next two years, it will not be used in the future.

He even had an idea now, which took root involuntarily as soon as it appeared, and the hand that set Heidi Lama's bones stopped involuntarily.

"Be serious." Heidi Rama uttered with grievance. She traveled thousands of miles to Africa to provide logistics support. This man was so careless, wasting all her true feelings.

"Sorry, I remembered some trivial things." Alan Wilson bent down and kissed Heidi Lamarr's red lips. Those trivial things can be thought of later, and the business is done first.

The general plan for the independence of Cameroon has been set. British Cameroon is divided into two parts. The northern part of British Cameroon tends to join the Nigerian Dominion, while the southern part of Cameroon tends to join French Cameroon.

First of all, this is exactly the purpose of Alan Wilson. This survey report is very gratifying. The reason for this difference lies in the development of the Niger River Delta. The early construction of any project is difficult and difficult, and the same is true for the development of the Niger River Delta.

For the Igbo elite, this will increase the strength of the nation, which is of course the best.

But it is not they who pay the price, but ordinary Igbo people in the Niger River, ordinary people make up the vast majority, and it is the same everywhere in the world.

In order to catch up with the construction period, the Dominion army strictly supervised the progress of the development, which even led to the resistance of the local Igbo people.

After all, this kind of thing is like repairing the Great Wall. Qin Shihuang, who is famous for thousands of years, is the vast and hardworking people who paid the price.

People in later generations will not see how painful most people were when they paid the price, but will only see Qin Shihuang's heroism.

For the Igbo people of the Niger Delta, they are the ones who pay the price.

Even during the process of being colonized by the Igbo people, some people formed the thinking of learning advanced civilization, but after all, such people are only a minority among the minority, and the vast majority of people can't understand why they have to live independently but can't live on .

This caused the ethnic groups in British Cameroon to resist joining Nigeria.The northern part of British Cameroon was more willing to stay with the Hausa people of the same faith because it was not affected by the powerful labor brought by the development.

This is exactly what he wanted, and it coincides with Alan Wilson's idea, but in order to ensure the success rate, Alan Wilson still negotiated with the French to let French Cameroon become independent first, and British Cameroon needs to make some preparations to ensure the success of the idea.

If French Cameroon becomes independent first, it must be stated in the constitution as a federal country, and it is best to show a relatively fragile political structure. He even hopes that after independence, Cameroon will be similar to the French Fourth Republic, and change the prime minister if nothing happens.

It is a pity that under the reality that de Gaulle is in charge of France, saying this may make the French mistakenly think that they are insulting the law.

The future of Cameroon was finalized. In April 1960, Alan Wilson sent a telegram to London, and then London and Paris announced at the same time that the trusteeship of Cameroon had officially ended, announcing the recognition of Cameroon's independence.

French Cameroon is directly independent as a federal republic, while the ownership of British Cameroon has been proposed by the British representative of the United Nations as a model of absolute future ownership in the form of a referendum.There are two referendums, joining the Federal Republic of Cameroon or becoming independent. There is no option to join the Dominion of Nigeria.

Of course, on the surface, this helps to maintain the integrity of Cameroon's sovereignty. As for Nigeria's sovereignty, British Cameroon cannot be considered a part of Nigeria just because it speaks English.

Britain's attitude was favored by most countries, even the United States.

"This will even help territorial disputes." Alan Wilson received news from the United Nations, and he was relieved to know that most countries recognized the British proposition. If anything happens in the future, it is not the responsibility of the United Kingdom, but the responsibility of the United Nations. It is the responsibility of most countries in the world.

At this time of universal celebration, the whole world is immersed in the joy of the birth of a new country. The family of the international community has a new member. The US government responded very quickly. It recognized Cameroon on the same day and started to prepare an embassy. The Soviet Union also showed the same attitude.

Alan Wilson, who was exchanging information with Grace, laughed when talking about this matter, "If the British colonies were independent, the United States and the Soviet Union could not wait to intervene, and the United Kingdom might not say anything. But France is different. It is a wrong judgment for the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union to believe that Cameroon’s independence can establish influence. The French will not simply let their influence in the colonies be replaced by other countries.”

"The attitude of the French, it would be great if the British also learned from it." Grace admired the philosophy of the French.

"Grace, the UK can only choose one of national development and colonial influence. Under normal circumstances, it will not use force against colonies that are not particularly important. To be honest, in terms of London's importance, Africa is far from being comparable to Asia. The Middle East and The Far East is ahead of Africa."

Alan Wilson shook his head involuntarily and said, "We are not French, and it is even more impossible to expand the standing army and fall into endless low-intensity wars. Even if the rebels are suppressed, we will still choose new partners to talk about."

Britain, which has such characteristics, is actually at a disadvantage in competing with France for colonies, but who made France fall in love with revolution after the Sun King? The constant change of government will not affect France's suppression of weak countries, but in the face of For the same level of Britain, it is powerless.

"We have communicated with the Belgians. The independence of Belgian Congo will be in June. I will go back to London first. Discuss the issue of Belgian Congo with my domestic colleagues. You can wait for my good news."

"Sir, you want to go back to London? Then I will wait for your good news in Northern Rhodesia." Grace said with a bright light, "Then we are ready to sign a treaty of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen."

Alan Wilson's words are half true and half false. He is going back to discuss the Congo issue with others, but not with people in China. How could he not be present when the cultural tsar visited London?As for the fact that he betrayed Poland, Iran, and this time Congo, it can only be done face to face.

What happened to the betrayal of the Congo?Once the Congo changes color, Britain can justifiably maintain its colonies in British Africa as much as possible.

It can be seen from the fact that the United Kingdom has persisted in the Iranian oil crisis for so long and even invited the Soviet Union to visit. It can be seen that complicating the situation is not necessarily detrimental to the United Kingdom.

If he hadn't betrayed Iran at the beginning, the influence of the United Kingdom and the United States only existed in Iran, and the United States could push the United Kingdom out in a few months. How could it be possible to persist until now?

It is because the power of the Soviet Union exists in northern Iran that the United Kingdom is now using its diplomatic skills to resist and make the Iranian oil crisis so complicated.

Ai Zhongtang is about to betray his country again, and he has already thought clearly about the specific steps for the next struggle with the United States during the manned spaceflight with Heidi Rama.

By virtue of Cameroon’s independence, Alan Wilson arrived in Paris together with an international film queen whom he met by chance and was totally unfamiliar with. It is a matter of course for the materials to be returned to China.

During this period of time, for the benefit of the United Kingdom, he fought day and night in Africa, and his whole body lost weight.

After collecting data in Paris for a short time, Ai Zhongtang's body became worse day by day.

There is no doubt that his trip to Africa this time was a success. He has learned some advanced experience from the French, and is learning from each other. He must always take into account both the goals and the national conditions of the United Kingdom, and combine the advantages Only in this way can we go far and beyond.

For example, the fact that France asked the independent colonies to convert the construction of France over the years into national debt gave him a lot of inspiration, although he did not see from the beginning to the end what the construction of France refers to.

But he knew that the capital of each of the British colonies was in the real estate Xingbang, and these colonies, especially British East Africa, would still need Malaya's production capacity to continue to support construction.

Back in London this time, Alan Wilson found something unusual about the Iranian oil crisis taking so long.

As a result, there have been some changes in public opinion in the UK. The British may not have any aversion to the pressure on the US at first, but after such a long period of time, the heat of the Iranian oil crisis has not dissipated, and some anti-American voices have gradually spread.

Back in London, Alan Wilson immediately reported to Whitehall and the cabinet on the work of Cameroon's independence. At the same time, he expressed the need for an independence referendum in British Cameroon, and gave predictions based on first-hand information.

When seeing Macmillan who returned from his visit to India, Alan Wilson expressed his admiration to Macmillan.The idea of ​​wooing India was promoted by Macmillan alone, and Alan Wilson did not think of it at the time.In retrospect, it was a good move.

"I have an immature idea." Alan Wilson discussed the current diplomatic situation in front of the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, "Why don't we try to facilitate a six-party talk on the Iran issue?"

Chapter 31 Capital Injection Land Rover

"Six-party talks?" Aiden looked at one set of standing deputy ministers after another, and said with some amusement, "Which six parties?"

"Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union and India, this is the idea that came up after learning that the minister's visit to India was a complete success." Of course, this is also partly due to Heidi Rama, but other people don't need to know.

Decades later, the Six-Party Talks with Iran was similar to the Six-Party Talks proposed by Allen Wilson. Of course, China was missing and India was replaced. It must be admitted that during this time, India did have more international prestige than other countries.

Even if the United Kingdom wants to invite China, the United States will oppose it. In the six-party talks, Britain, France, the United States and Germany are definitely more inclined to India, and the Soviet Union is at most anyone.

The United States has been hostile to India since the 70s. Although it feels uncomfortable with India's attitude towards the Soviet Union, compared with its real Soviet allies, it actually has a good impression of India.

Aiden pondered for a moment, "Britain, France, the US, the Soviet Union and Germany plus India? Things seem to be getting more and more complicated."

"If there were only the United Kingdom and the United States in the world, first of all, the United States must not become bigger. Now, there are no other countries, and the United States has already done something to the United Kingdom. Although it is not good for the United Kingdom to complicate things, the United States insists on making the United Kingdom There is nothing we can do to squeeze Iran out." Alan Wilson sighed, "Sometimes we also have to talk to the enemy, and occasionally let some good people know their mistakes and correct them."

"Of course this is just a filing, which can be carried out or not, but as a diplomat, the necessary preparations must be made. If the United States can stop the Iranian oil crisis in a smooth manner, we don't have to make things so complicated. , but if you have to prove to your father that you have grown up, then don't blame us."

Alan Wilson's complexion was heavy, and it seemed that he was full of helplessness. After all, he was a pro-American executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was not because he had any prejudice against the United States, although he did have prejudice, but The United States has gone too far, and will not save any face for the United Kingdom.

This appearance also resonated with the three people present, especially Macmillan. Now that Britain is no longer the world's hegemon, the United States continues to humiliate the old father, which is indeed a bit too much.Eat meat by yourself and leave a mouthful of soup for others to drink, so it's so ruthless.

Even if they get along in different places, if the UK knows the situation it is facing today, it will definitely harvest the US eight times in advance.

But isn't it a show of fatherly love for a father to beat his son? How can a son treat his old father like this in turn?

"Ms. Fultseva of the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union is coming soon. Should we inform the Soviet Union now?" Eden asked Cabinet Secretary Norman Brook.

"This can be reported to the Soviet Union through official channels." Norman Brooke said with a faint smile, "Let's wait and see how Washington will react when the Soviet delegation visits the UK."

Alan Wilson, who went to Africa to personally contribute to the decolonization, and the French are considered to have the same disease.

Of course, France is not without good news. France successfully tested a nuclear bomb two months ago. The French government put forward the idea of ​​developing nuclear weapons as early as the year when Britain tested nuclear weapons.This idea was put on the agenda of the cabinet meeting of the Mendès-France government.When Faure was in power, he decided to develop the production of No. 90 element four, and organized a factory for isotope separation.

The Schiller cabinet then formulated a five-year plan for nuclear energy testing.The government of Felix Gaillard at the end of the Fourth Republic decided to build the first atomic bomb.After de Gaulle returned to power, in order to compete with the United States and break the US nuclear monopoly, he accelerated the pace of developing nuclear weapons.

In 1960, all this work came to fruition. In February, France successfully tested the first nuclear bomb in the Sahara Desert, breaking the nuclear monopoly of the three giants in World War II. De Gaulle’s independence took a big step forward.

As the weather turned warmer, Pamela returned to London with her three children in Perth, and brought back experimental data on composite armor and external explosive reactive armor, as well as a scrapped Centurion tank bill, indicating that she was responsible for this The country has sacrificed too much.

"Six cars were scrapped, and 30 pounds was gone." Pamela Mountbatten held the bill like an angry little daughter-in-law, and she was too.

"Who said there are no capitalists of conscience in this world? My wife and my country have paid too much." Alan Wilson held his wife's face and kissed him. "The entire British Army should be grateful for this sacrifice."

The ex-factory price of the Centurion tank is 13 US dollars in US dollars, and it is about [-] pounds in pounds.Don’t think that this price is very cheap. The Centurion is a tank at the end of World War II. Among the contemporary tanks, only the Tiger King costs more than the Centurion tank.

Speaking of Tiger King, there is actually one in Hellman Manor, which is stored as a collection, and it is stored in a warehouse with the same Mercedes-Benz that Alan Wilson got from the head of state when he contributed to the British occupation area.

This time, Pamela Mountbatten will not only bring back the test data of composite armor, but also have some business matters to discuss, such as talking to Land Rover about capital injection, investigating the British air-conditioning and refrigerator industries, and subdividing them to Malaysia. ya.

The richest woman is still quite busy. The huge loss of 30 pounds made her want to get back the loss.

Today's existing British colonies have one thing in common: the climate is hot. Whether it is Africa, the Middle East or the Far East, they are all near the equator. In addition, Australia's own climate is also very hot, and Australia's low pressure is well-known.

Depending on this reality, the manufacturing industry in Britain or Malaya should switch to refrigeration equipment. There is no problem technically. The United Kingdom, a dignified and old imperialist country, cannot even manufacture refrigerators and air conditioners, but no matter how advanced it is, That's not necessarily the case. The technology can only be said to be available, not advanced.

The well-known European electrical brands are either in France or Germany. Alan Wilson has never heard of the well-known local air-conditioning brands in the UK. There seem to be several refrigerator brands such as McLaren, Lamborghini, and Aston Martin in the refrigerator industry.

There are no resounding mass brands, so the suggestion to my wife is that the UK is not strong in this area, and the technology can be directly transferred to Malaya for production, and the production base should be covered by standard formulation and patents.

"As for Land Rover, my dear, if Maurice Wilkes' conditions are too harsh, we can open a new production line under the Land Rover brand just like when we talked with Mr. de Havilland." Alan Wilson put his arms around his wife's tender "Leave the design to me, trust me."

Currently Land Rover's most popular model is the Land Rover Defender, which has a boxy shape, but it looks a lot like the Mercedes-Benz Grand G decades later. It looks tough and its fuel consumption is estimated to be impressive.

Alan Wilson believes that although he can only copy shells, he can completely reduce the dimensionality of ordinary models.

It may not work on cutting-edge weapons, but it is not a problem to use it on family cars, and there is even a surplus. Cars of this era don't care about streamlined shape.

At present, Land Rover only has the Defender model. He has launched a new series. For example, is it not possible to invest in the Southeast Asian market?

It doesn't matter if the rich chiefs in the Middle East are dissatisfied. He has also seen Range Rover, and it can produce finished products if it is not bad.

You don't even need a Range Rover, you can just mobilize contacts in the Middle East and buy the Land Rover Defender.

"I still don't trust you enough? I have given birth to three children for you. This is the greatest trust." Pamela Mountbatten had a resentful face. If not for the presence of all the children, she would let her husband know what she said now. See inner beauty.

After a long-awaited wedding night, the couple split up. Alan Wilson went directly to the Ministry of Defense, took the data of a full set of composite armor and external reactive armor brought back by Pamela Mountbatten, and walked into his father-in-law's office. .

Pamela Mountbatten went to Land Rover headquarters to discuss capital injection with Land Rover founder Maurice Wilkes.

The principle of composite armor and external armor is not complicated. Simply put, it is the plywood of daily life, which is glued together with a layer of glue and a layer of board.Even the Mountbatten Group in Australia can get better protection than conventional homogeneous armor, and once the British local scientific research force is put into research, it will not be a problem.

The mystery of composite armor lies not only in the special elastic resistance of armor made of other materials, but also in the ingenious combination of armor made of other materials and steel armor.The high elasticity of the composite armor, used as the material of the armor interlayer, such as alumina, zirconia, etc., not only has high hardness, high temperature resistance, and good thermal shock resistance, it is many times higher than steel, and can effectively resist armor-piercing bullet metal The impact of the jet.

Under high-speed impact, the solid material becomes a rheological body, and the plasticity is greatly increased, just like the mud washed by a high-pressure faucet.

"I asked the Royal Armor Research Institute in Chobham to confirm. If the authenticity of the data is confirmed, then the issue of composite armor materials is worth studying." Marshal Mountbatten held the information that was like a book to him , although he didn't quite understand it, but his innate self-confidence made him agree.

"Chobham? Royal Institute of Armor?" Alan Wilson heard, isn't this the real birthplace of ceramic armor?

At the time of the success here, Pamela Mountbatten also showed an approachable side at the headquarters of Land Rover. After the wholly-owned acquisition was rejected, she proposed capital injection and then opened a new production line. .

"Mr. Morrison, it is very normal for you to have doubts. Mr. de Havilland also had it many years ago. But look at the de Havilland company today. Who would not want to cooperate with a powerful ally?" Pamelamon Button said with a gentle smile, "I can help Land Rover go out faster."

Chapter 32 Visit of the Cultural Czar

Because of the value of the British pound, the export price of British industrial products will be surprisingly high. The British solution is the Imperial Preference System, but it must also be admitted that since World War II, the scope of the Imperial Preference System has gradually shrunk.If it weren't for Alan Wilson, the process would have been faster.

Pamela Mountbatten didn't know the role of her husband, but she heard her husband talk about the disadvantages of the high value of the pound.

Such a high currency value of the pound has a great positive effect on the financial sector, and it is a disaster for the manufacturing industry.

From this point of view, the British auto industry is dominated by mid-to-high-end cars, and low-end cars are very rare because of the national conditions.If you don't take the luxury route, you can't get close to the people even if you want to.

The transfer of industries is also something that has to be done. At any rate, the exchange rate of the Asian pound in Malaya is more normal.

There is only so much domestic demand in the UK. Although the purchasing power of the British is now comparable to that of the US, the gap in population size is more than three times. Sooner or later, the local auto industry will have to go out.

If we can form a division of labor for local production of luxury cars and Malayan production of mass models, local cars are mainly exported to the emirates that are lying to make money, and Malayan cars take care of the third world. This problem will not be solved, at least there will be no problems in the short term. , As for walking and watching in the future.

Pamela Mountbatten also came here with sincerity, and offered a capital injection price of 500 million pounds. This is already a sky-high price for Land Rover. From the appearance of Land Rover until now, the production of the entire Land Rover has just After 20 vehicles, the high-end status of the British auto industry is so puzzling.

Land Rover is already considered a very popular car in the UK. It has been produced for more than ten years from World War II to the present, that is, it has passed the milestone of 20 vehicles. It is not an exaggeration to describe Pamela Mountbatten as a capitalist with a conscience.

Maurice Wilkes was also extremely shocked. Even a wholly-owned acquisition would still be sufficient, not to mention that the Mountbatten Group only needs a relatively majority of shares. "Do you want the Land Rover brand?"

"That's natural. I have always been adhering to the concept of helping British entrepreneurs develop, and I don't pursue mergers and acquisitions." Pamela Mountbatten seemed to have the halo of the Virgin Mary shrouded in her body.

Anyone else would have a better chance of being considered a liar by Maurice Wilkes, but here is a check for fifteen million pounds, "Miss Pamela, you are the most generous person I have ever seen people."

"Mr. Morrison, you are not the first person to say that." Pamela Mountbatten smiled slightly and began to get up, "Making money is only a part of our life, the most important thing is to bring the achievements of technology to thousands of households I have been working hard for this goal, and my husband is also very supportive of my career.”

Alan Wilson, who supports his wife's career, is accompanying Marshal Mountbatten to Chobham. Britain is such a large land area, and Chobham is in a small town not far south of London. It is not difficult to go there.

The name of the Royal Armored Research Institute is very famous, but Alan Wilson immediately felt that the meeting was not as famous as it was.

The Chobham in his imagination couldn't match the inconspicuous appearance in front of him.

Marshal Mountbatten handed over the information to the researchers of the Royal Armored Research Institute, and Alan Wilson did not forget to brush up on the sense of presence, "The test in Australia originally wanted a ceramic interlayer test, but due to insufficient basic conditions, the test site was poor and could only be tested." Forget it, I have to say this is a pity."

Allen Wilson just reminded him on the sidelines, without saying that ceramic materials must be useful.

Otherwise, this group of scientific researchers would probably ask him for data, and this group of science students can do such a thing.

"So that's it." The scientific researcher who has little attainment in speaking skills nodded, and expressed his gratitude with a head shape of the local support center. "Perhaps this will open a new door for the development of armor."

Allen Wilson said in his heart that he hoped so, just don’t end up producing an outdated weapon system with top technology. It is well known that Britain is especially good at manufacturing such the most advanced outdated products.