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This can be regarded as a chicken thief comparison. No military branch can compare with the army in terms of threat power. The United States is an exception. The largest airborne army in the world of the Soviet Union cannot send airborne troops to the United States, but it can send them to the United Kingdom. native.After all, the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean cannot be compared.

If it is the airborne troops of ordinary countries, it is not worth worrying about, but the Soviet airborne troops have fifteen divisions and more than 20 people.

Allen Wilson was a little ashamed to raise the ground combat effectiveness of the U.S. military to such a degree. MacArthur is now impatient and wants to call for the use of nuclear weapons to solve the problem.

Norman Brook also mentioned MacArthur, and he came back to his senses a little, "But the US military seems to be very embarrassed now."

"There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the US military. I personally think it is a matter of the commander-in-chief. As we all know, General MacArthur has never been humiliated in Asia." Allen Wilson resolutely maintained the special relationship between Britain and the United States. There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the US military. The human problem is huge.

Norman Brook reluctantly agreed with this statement, and finally no longer entangled in the issue of the combat effectiveness of the US military.

When it comes to MacArthur, it's not that the British Empire cares much about him, but that this is the source of the prime minister's temporary visit.If it weren't for Washington's announcement of the use of nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Attlee would not have rushed to visit the United States.

After the two battles, the disheveled attitude of the U.S. military was simply a script that went straight to the beginning of the war and retreated all the way to Busan. At this time, the United States claimed to use nuclear weapons, so Prime Minister Attlee had to start his own diplomatic mediation.

The United Kingdom is not the only country that has responded to the United States' use of nuclear weapons. At this time, the big powers are also making diplomatic efforts, suggesting that the two sides cease fire and maintain the military demarcation line before the war.

Before Prime Minister Attlee arrived in the United States, it was just when the U.S. military vomited all the victories after the Incheon landing, and when the news of the death of the Eighth Army Commander Walker came, Truman declared a national emergency and asked the American people to make any necessary sacrifices for the Korean War. It was decided to set up the National Defense Mobilization Bureau to expand the conscription plan and arms production, requiring the US military to increase from the current 250 million to 350 million, and to increase the production capacity of aircraft and tanks by five times and four times respectively within one year.

Immediately afterwards, Washington announced the allocation of 200 billion U.S. dollars to support the cost of the war.It was on this occasion that Prime Minister Attlee arrived in Washington.

Alan Wilson estimated that the prime minister's trip to the United States may only be an effort to ensure that the United States will not use nuclear weapons, because the US government has already done everything that should be done before Attlee arrived in Washington.

The current Prime Minister went abroad to maintain peace, which of course aroused the concern of British citizens.After all, the support rate of the current government is very high, and it was only before that Britain was prevented from falling into the vortex of war again.Now Attlee has gone abroad to run for peace again, and has received overwhelming praise from British public opinion.

It is the vast majority, countries like the UK, under the guise of freedom of speech, there is no shortage of complainers at any time.

Not necessarily the Conservatives, since the Conservatives also approved of Attlee's efforts to avoid involvement in the war.

On the other hand, the Conservative Party’s point of attack is that Mr. Churchill, a senior member of the House of Commons, said that if he were the prime minister, he would not only avoid sending ground troops, but would not even send the navy and air force.The Labor Party made compromises in the face of pressure from the United States, and so on.

"North Korea is irrelevant now. I didn't hear of such a damned place until I was 76 years old." Churchill said in a haughty tone in front of all members of the House of Commons.

When Attlee arrived in Washington, the United States was holding a grand funeral for Walker, commander of the Eighth Army.

At this time, Allen Wilson was also busy with his own affairs, preparing for the Brussels meeting, and visiting Audrey Hepburn, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Audrey Hepburn was very happy for this man's return, and he had helped herself too much.

Women have a certain admiration for men. Alan Wilson went to Asia as a commissioner, which made Audrey Hepburn recognize his career. The two had a lot to say when they first met.

"Why do you even ask about the war now?" Alan Wilson was really surprised when Audrey Hepburn asked about the situation in the Far East.

"Others say that it may cause World War III, and I'm a little afraid." Audrey Hepburn was a little embarrassed, "Humanity will perish in this way, right?"

"Ordinary people understand this, but don't the leaders of big countries understand? Our Prime Minister is visiting Washington with this purpose this time." Allen Wilson expressed cautious optimism in front of the goddess, "We Believe in the ability of politicians."

I don't know what's going on, Alan Wilson feels that what he said now is a bit hypocritical, and he doesn't believe it the least.He believed in the aristocratic class, in the autocratic monarchy, and did not believe in the so-called ability of politicians.

But that's not all, because after he returned to China, he got data from Whitehall. Last year, the UK's fiscal surplus was 200 million pounds, which seemed insignificant compared with the US$[-] billion figure that the US had just allocated.

But this is already the largest single-year surplus in post-war Britain, and now Prime Minister Attlee's largest nationalization expenditure has been completed.Even if the military spending must increase due to increased pressure from Europe, it will not cause a fiscal deficit.

In general, Alan Wilson believes that Prime Minister Attlee, who has already visited, will also take a breath when he sees the 200 billion US dollars in war expenditures that Washington has just allocated. What if it is replaced by the United Kingdom?

If the United Kingdom sends troops, even if it is only a symbolic dispatch, the surge in expenditure will not be a small number.The fiscal surplus in the past year was only [-] million pounds, and it will soon turn into a deficit.

"Audrey!" Alan Wilson expressed his close thoughts, wanting to dance ballet with Ball Flower.

"I hate it, I keep thinking about this every day, and I just came back." Audrey Hepburn whispered with a red face, "You will affect my image in my heart."

Alan Wilson showed with practical actions that it doesn't really matter whether the image is image or not.The atmosphere between the two gradually warmed up, Xiao Bie Sheng was newly married.

At this time, because of the death of Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army, a new commander was taking office. Ridgway and MacArthur, who arrived in Japan, had a detailed discussion. Also present were Lieutenant General Turner Joy, the commander of the Far East Navy and the Far East Air Force. Commander Lieutenant General George Sturtmeyer.

Before noon, Li Qiwei's mind was filled with answers to all kinds of questions he could ask, and all the information that others thought he needed.At twelve noon, Li Qiwei had already left for Haneda Airport, preparing to fly to Korea.

At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, Li Qiwei stepped off the plane and stepped onto the tarmac of Daqiu, trembling slightly under the bright winter sun.

It’s almost the same as Alan Wilson who just arrived in Brussels. After all, it’s the end of December now. Although the climate in Europe is good, it’s not comparable to Malaya, which is on the equator. Alan Wilson, who has only returned to Europe for a few days, is always in the Reminisce about the glorious sun of British Malaya, especially at this time of year.

It is a good thing for Alan Wilson that the United States is inseparable from the war. The United States is very important in this world, and the Soviet Union is also very important, but it would be great if there were no United States and the Soviet Union.

The economic cooperation part of the current Brussels Conference does not include him as the Colonial Commissioner. Naturally, other important civil servants in Whitehall are in charge. What he is responsible for is the part about the Second Berlin Conference.

At this time, Attlee, who had already arrived in Washington, was conveying the concerns of European countries about Truman's previous remarks on the use of nuclear weapons, and asked Truman to clarify his previous remarks and control the scale of the war.

Attlee had succeeded in this, and Truman's tentative remarks had been fed back, so to Attlee's face, Truman insisted that this was a police operation with some mistakes.

Chapter 586 Agree in principle

At this time, Attlee, with a face of approval, said in his heart that I admire you for being similar to Churchill. The same face-saving and suffering. Churchill in the past also felt that the British Empire was still at its peak and wasted without restraint. Last pound.

Of course, history will not simply repeat itself, but if the Americans insist on proving that the U.S. military is invincible, anyway, the British army did not participate in the war. As the British Prime Minister, he has no reason to object.

"Of course, Congressman Churchill still agrees that the United States is willing to shoulder greater international responsibilities around the world. It's just the direction of Europe. I can say bluntly that if Britain alone confronts the Soviet Union, it will exceed the national strength of the United Kingdom at this stage. The United Kingdom wants it very much." Stabilizing the situation in Europe is also inseparable from the help of the United States."

Knowing that Truman had passed 200 billion US dollars in special expenditures to support this so-called police operation before he got off the plane, Attlee expressed envy on the surface, but in fact he was really envious.

Several years of world wars have fattened up this American country across the Atlantic Ocean. Attlee knew in his heart that the current British army is still relying on the accumulation from previous wars. The military is gone.

Truman also made definite assurances to Attlee, as well as to the general concerns of European countries at present.The use of nuclear weapons is just a misunderstanding, and the United States will not use nuclear weapons.

But Attlee mentioned other issues, such as the legal seat of a certain major country in the United Nations, and the fact that a certain major country and the Soviet Union are not purely dependent, and Truman couldn't listen to them all.

At present in the United States, the Republican Party is talking nonsense, and the originator of the Internet celebrity, Emperor Mai, keeps saying that President Truman's situation is not very good, and his approval rating has been declining.The situation forced him to show determination to face the difficulties, and he could not show even a little concession.

Apart from the promise not to use nuclear weapons, Attlee received nothing. This also reflects the current national power comparison between the United States and the United Kingdom. In name, the two countries are still equal allies, but it is an indisputable fact that there are strong and weak countries.

At present, asking the United States not to use nuclear weapons is itself the biggest purpose of Attlee's visit. As for the others, he has already stated Britain's proposition, and there is nothing Truman can do if he refuses to listen.

In Brussels, Belgium, opposite to Alan Wilson, who was holding bottled water, was Maggins, the Lord of Sheffield, who was also drinking afternoon tea. The meeting on economic and trade cooperation was of course a part, even the main part, of the meeting.

After all, the Brussels Treaty Organization is not all colonial countries. Countries like Sweden have a neutral policy and have not participated in common defense.People just come here to discuss business.

The current situation in Northern Europe is similar to history. Sweden is armed and neutral, Finland maintains its sovereign independence and does not form an alliance with the West. Norway, Denmark, and Iceland promise not to pose a threat to the security of the Soviet Union. The balance in Northern Europe is conducive to maintaining regional stability and peace.

The Nordic balance strategy is completely different from the scene after the Cold War when the whole of Europe was bitten by Russia. In the final analysis, the Soviet Union was too strong.

The current Sweden is not weak. With the end of World War II, Canada began to reduce its military strength. After all, it is not wise to rely on the United States to develop its military strength. However, because of the hostility between the two camps, Sweden’s military expenditure is increasing year by year.

The Swedish Air Force is currently the fourth largest air force in the world, after the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. The number of aircraft also exceeds that of France, ranking fourth in the world.The number of first-line fighters remained above one thousand.

Why did Alan Wilson know this? Because although Sweden is a neutral country on the surface, it shares its defense plan with the United Kingdom in private, and Sweden generally entrusts Denmark and Norway to handle the part of the neutral work that is not armed.Friendship with the Soviet Union goes to Finland.

Generally speaking, the Nordic balance is based on Sweden, which is more inclined to Western Europe. There is currently no NATO, so the military technology needed for Sweden's armed neutrality is mainly provided by the United Kingdom.

In terms of the domestic atmosphere in Sweden alone, Britain has greater influence than the United States and the Soviet Union.Sweden brought Norway and Denmark into the Marshall Plan, but they still refused to mention military cooperation.

At this time, the United Kingdom came up with an idea: since the three Nordic countries will never join the military bloc with the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, they should simply let the three of them form a group by themselves. This idea was supported by the British Foreign Office and the army. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, a small country like Denmark can also say no to the Soviet Union.Moreover, no one in the Western camp is the enemy of the three Nordic countries, so if this defense alliance can really be achieved, it will not be hostile to itself.

Therefore, the UK should try to match defense cooperation among the three Nordic countries.However, the military proposed that this defense alliance must receive assistance from the West, otherwise it would not be able to effectively resist the Soviet Union.

This is the end of the current wooing of Northern Europe. Britain and Sweden maintain defense cooperation, especially in the field of navy and air force.

Maggins is the British representative in charge of the European Economic Conference. During the busy working hours, he sat with Alan Wilson.

Seeing Alan Wilson holding a glass of bottled water, Makins couldn't help joking, "Alan, why have you been in Asia for a long time, and you don't even have the habit of drinking afternoon tea?"

I didn't either!Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, looked at Lord Sheffield's gradually thinning hair, and said calmly, "I think Chinese people like to drink boiled water, so I tried it too. After all, it's not a bad thing to do as the Romans do."

Most men in the UK suffer from hair loss, and it's not just in the British genes that they like to lose their hair.

In fact, foreigners who have settled in the UK will soon join the ranks of hair loss.The water quality in the UK is very calcium-rich!

For his own personal image, Alan Wilson could not appear in front of Vivienne, Heidi, Ingrid and a series of women with a smooth forehead.So he doesn't drink the pure natural groundwater in the UK at all.

The two chatted with each other, and Maggins said that with the Marshall Plan taking effect, British industrial products are under more and more competitive pressure, and exporting is not as easy as it was in previous years.

"This is also the original intention of Whitehall to recognize the development plan of Malaya. European countries are in ruins, and the cost is lower than ours, while our labor cost is considered very high in Europe. I believe that the textile industry is the most directly competitive. "Alan Wilson expressed optimism when he said that, "Once the situation in Malaya improves, European countries will find that it is useless for the UK to seize the market at the cost of pressure."

"I hope so!" Maggins nodded and said, "In the current situation, the Netherlands and Belgium are recovering very quickly, Germany is not far behind, and France is a bit slower."

"The French are busy fighting, and a lot of military supplies are provided by Malaya." Alan Wilson said directly, "I know about this, but I will discuss this issue with the French in my meeting. But I am sure the French will not listen to me."

"You want to hand over the French to fight? It's a pity that you don't have the authority to command the Malaya army." Makins smiled slightly, taking Alan Wilson's words as a joke.

"If the French are willing to ask for help, I can help the French communicate with General Bilton and dispatch battleships to blow up Saigon to ruins. It depends on whether the French are willing."

After taking a sip of the bottled water he brought with him, Allen Wilson said, "But it's best to do it yourself when the French are retreating, planting explosives to destroy Saigon City. Maybe it can make the Vietnamese sober."

"Alan, if the British Empire had to evacuate from Malaya, what would you do?" Makins opened his mouth and asked.

"I have other ways. If it doesn't work in the end, of course I will." Alan Wilson chuckled.

On the last day of [-], it was finally the turn of Alan Wilson, who had been waiting for the meeting to discuss colonial affairs. , the suzerain country involved should take greater responsibility.

This kind of occasion is very suitable for my country. My country usually does bad things first, and then prohibits them from continuing to do bad things. For example, the recent uproar about the surrender of the black American army has basically nothing to do with the UK.

Although the early triangular trade was related to Britain, Britain was also the first country to ban triangular trade.When the United Kingdom banned the triangular trade, it was nearly 50 years before the Civil War. After that, the black problem in the United States had nothing to do with the United Kingdom. It was the Americans themselves who did it under moral pressure.

At the beginning of the meeting, Alan Wilson expounded on the British colonial policy, saying that at an appropriate time, the colony would become an independent country on the premise of avoiding the recurrence of the tragedy of the Partition of India and Pakistan.

"Of course the UK will remember its responsibility to the friendly countries present. So I want to hear everyone's thoughts." Alan Wilson started the colonial meeting with a very moral benchmark.

Its main purpose is to gradually integrate African colonies into modern society over the next 50 years.

In principle, Britain is willing to see the colonies become independent immediately, but objective facts cannot ignore the backward living environment of the current colonies, especially the African colonies. At this stage, Africans cannot manage themselves. responsibility to temporarily manage them.

The French first came back to their senses and said that France, like the UK, also dislikes the current situation in principle, but the objective environment has to continue to be responsible to the end. "Those tribes belong to different languages, and they can't even communicate with each other. We A one-sided departure might lead to a war.”

"It must be in the midst of war." Alan Wilson corrected calmly, and the representatives of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Portugal also nodded, saying that their own countries are also helpless with this kind of problem, and can only use time to teach them slowly.

"Dear partners, in principle, we all agree that this situation cannot continue. However, the objective facts are in front of us, and we still have to shoulder common obligations." Alan Wilson said compassionately, "We can't just ignore them, right? .”

Chapter 587 The Movement of India

"Of course!" Representatives from other countries said in unison, pointing out that overseas territories are poor and backward, and must have basic self-management and economic circulation to be truly independent.

Alan Wilson smiled and listened to the representatives of these countries complaining. To be honest, he did not expect that the law of crows standing on pigs would appear so soon.Even if he came to complain about the third world, he might not be able to find so many words.

In essence, this meeting is not restraining another country present. The proposal put forward by Alan Wilson is actually used to restrain the United Kingdom.

As we all know, Britain was the first country in Europe to allow its colonies to be independent, and it almost followed the trend.

Most of the efforts to protect the traditional influence of colonial Britain were concentrated before the Suez Canal War. After the Nassau Agreement in [-], even superficial engineering was not done.

The first collapse of British Africa will inevitably affect other European countries.Just as the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the doomed collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe, Britain cannot stand it, and neither can other European colonial countries.

In history, Britain was the first to be unable to withstand it, so this meeting is to come up with a framework for common advancement and retreat.Then let the colonies be independent at the same time, or don't let them go.Any colonial country, including Britain, should not try to jump ship first.

The meeting on the first day had set the tone for the next few days. After the meeting, Maggins listened to Alan Wilson's proposition and said with some arrogance, "This is not to put us in the same position as the UK and other countries. Are you up?"

"Dear lord, we can negotiate on an equal footing, but nothing can be negotiated in the end." Alan Wilson said with a smug smile, "This person has a lot of talk, every country has different ideas, and no one will be able to back down when the time comes." Come out. God knows how long it will take for the French to fully Frenchize their overseas territories, and I don’t think they will even think about it in 50 to [-] years.”

"What about the Portuguese? Anyway, as I remember, the Portuguese government does not recognize colonies, and on the current subcontinent, because of the high-quality iron ore in Goa, the development of Goa is quite good now. The Portuguese are profitable in Goa , how easy is it to quit?"

Alan Wilson mentioned the attitudes of several countries. As far as Portugal alone is concerned, as long as Salazar is not dead, there should be nothing to worry about.Salazar had at least 20 more years to live.At that time, it was the 70s, and it was enough to fish.

"In this way, if we want to abandon a colony in the future, we have to take into account the attitudes of other countries." Makins asked back with a slight frown.

"Yeah!" Alan Wilson nodded with a smile. This framework is mainly to put Britain into it.

Of course, the current UK will not think that there is anything wrong. From time to time, the current UK is still trying its best to maintain its influence, and it will not think of the future of the UK's free landing movement.

"The overseas colony commissioner is very urgent for me to do this well." Alan Wilson said with a heavy-duty attitude, "I can't live up to the expectations of my colleagues."

This was the proposition that the Colonial Commissioner had made at the Zanzibar Conference.It was only formally proposed at the Brussels meeting, which also represented the collective interests of overseas civil servants.

A package plan on how to develop Africa, support education and enrich entertainment is the main agenda of the second day meeting.No demand can create demand.

The UK's thinking about this is that, starting from the aspect of sports, Africa has been at the bottom of the world for hundreds of years, and its self-esteem has been extremely fragile.In theory, it is easiest to stimulate self-esteem through sports competition.

As for the French, they said that they will definitely promote the financial support of French.Alan Wilson agrees.The French have always been obsessed with the promotion of French.

Not to mention the long history of European court languages, culturally, France has been sparing no effort to protect and expand the field of French, and has continuously introduced French norms to ensure the purity and accuracy of France. as an official language.

People think that French is widely used in diplomacy, law because French is precise, however that is not the case.French is actually much more vague than English.But this also happens to be the advantage of French.

Diplomatic laws are never precise, they require a lot of room for ambiguity.Diplomatic rhetoric and legal provisions, in the case of ambiguity, must rely on the agency to make an interpretation.The power of interpretation gives them an advantage.This is why French is popular in diplomatic settings.

Simply put, it is a good language for speaking.The French are obsessed with the promotion of French, and even abolished the variants of Chinese characters in Vietnam and recreated a set of alphabets, which shows the generality.

However, regarding the Vietnam incident alone, Alan Wilson does not think that the French did something wrong, and there is no such thing as the alphabetization of Vietnamese characters, which will cause much trouble.

As a very mature language, French wants to create a set of characters for a nation is a piece of cake.

The disadvantages of Vietnamese alphabetization only exist on the network of a certain big country, and its main function is to find a reason to laugh at Vietnamese people.

It is the Korean language that has always caused problems because of immature writing. The attitude towards Korea and Vietnam is different, which fully reflects the dislike of the poor and love of the rich.

The minutes of this meeting on the development of the colony, of course, were handed over to the French for publication.Alan Wilson believes that the French will definitely come up with one, one after another, full of public declarations filled with rhetoric.

In principle, the public declaration is that the six countries of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands have noticed the needs of overseas territories and are starting to improve them.As for how to improve, people in overseas territories don't need to know yet.

And each country also has its own development plan. This meeting is just a joint declaration, but it will not interfere with how the colonial countries do it. Territory independence, before making such a decision, the understanding of other colonial countries must be obtained, especially Britain and France must understand each other.