British civil servant

That was also the place where the Imperial Japanese Navy defeated the Imperial Russian Navy in the Tsushima naval battle, but for Marshal Vasilevsky, the naval battle decades ago was not what he wanted to talk about.

The next thing is what he wants to say, "Comrade Malinovsky, your task is to attack the Japanese-occupied Korea and rush to the Korean Peninsula and the nearest Tsushima Strait to the Japanese mainland. Don't worry about other things. Annihilate The Japanese army on the peninsula is also collecting ships that can cross the sea on the peninsula, and is deciding whether to proceed with the next step based on the progress of the occupation.”

"Understood, Vasilevsky ruled." Malinovsky was born in Osad and is now the commander of the Transbaikal Front Army. He arrived in the Far East after the end of the European War, later than Marshal Vasilevsky. one year.

After revising the combat plan, Marshal Vasilevsky set the main target of the Transbaikal Front Army led by Marshal Malinovsky on the Korean Peninsula.Cover the Soviet Union's attack on Hokkaido!

Without mentioning how the Far East Command will affect the revision of the operational plan, the Potsdam meeting is still going on.Even Allen Wilson was still operating in the dark. Originally, he thought that when the issue of the war against Japan was settled, his work would be over.

Facts have proved that he, a civil servant in British India, is still relatively naive in dealing with the issue of black-box operations. Once such things like black-box operations start once, there will inevitably be countless times.

Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges shattered Alan Wilson's innocence in just two sentences. If the official talks at the Potsdam Conference were not over for a day, there would be no reason for the private bargaining with the Soviet Union to end.

Seeing Alan Wilson's surprised look, Edward Bridges explained indifferently, "During the Munich meeting, it was like this. The negotiating object changed, and the British Empire was still the party."

"But I have nothing to say. Isn't the war against Japan over?" Alan Wilson smiled wryly, "I can't have dinner with a Soviet woman at the magenta bar every day. Isn't this a waste of national resources."

"Yeah..." Edward Bridges recognized Alan Wilson's understanding of wasting national resources and gave him encouragement, but he answered the question without changing his original intention, "But we generally call this diplomacy... "

Isn't this too sophisticated?Alan Wilson couldn't laugh or cry, and said with a bitter face, "Sir Edward, I shouldn't have too much contact with the Soviets. I still want to make progress, and I want to make progress too much. If at the Potsdam Conference, I secretly conduct black box with the Soviets The matter of the operation, if people know about it in the future, it may cause trouble for my future."

"All your actions are for the benefit of the British Empire, and all words and deeds will be archived." Edward Bridges said calmly, "There is no possibility of leakage, and no one can verify it."

"But elections are coming soon, what if the next government finds out?" Alan Wilson also knew that this kind of thing should not be said nonsense, so he deliberately lowered his voice.

"Is the opposition party coming to power? Do you think our respected prime minister and foreign minister said to the leaders of the initiative and the opposition party? You have betrayed the interests of your loyal allies? Don't worry, you are our people." Edward Bridges eyebrows With a pick, he raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "In the past few days, I said that you have dealt with the affairs of the British-occupied area, so let's go."

Chapter 96 American Mission

To be honest, Alan Wilson really has nothing to say, and there is nothing that the Soviet Union does not know about what can be said.In this case, he must always take care of the interests of the British Empire. He is not a Soviet cadre.

But obviously Edward Bridges didn't know the keyboard warrior attributes in Alan Wilson's heart, and he was not good at wasting time doing nothing. He still asked a civil servant who wanted to make progress too much, and wrangled with the Soviets.

Just when the topic had shifted from post-war reconstruction to the fashion trends of Soviet women, Fultseva, who was also not a professional diplomat, took the initiative to help Alan Wilson find something to do, "Should we talk or see it on the ground?" , is going to be handed over to the German fleet of the Soviet Union."

"Of course there is no problem, but I need to ask the higher authorities for instructions." Alan Wilson stretched out his index finger and pointed at the upper level. This is a good thing for him. If we continue, the topic of discussion will expand to the postpartum care of sows .

In the evening, Alan Wilson reported to Edward Bridges, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary that the Soviet Union mentioned the request to inspect the German fleet. Edward Bridge sighed, "The Soviets are really direct. They don't want to wait."

"The United States and the Soviet Union are very anxious in this negotiation. The United States eagerly asked the Soviet Union to send troops, which gave the Soviet Union a chance to speak up." Alan Wilson's tone was not friendly. In his vision, the rest of Germany 80 tons of merchant ships should be used to contribute to the trade between the British-occupied area and British India.

Once these merchant ships were in the hands of the Soviets, they would never be used to fight against Japan, because Japan was about to surrender.The transfer of the fleet is not good for the British Empire, but the Americans have agreed, so he can't stop it.

Looking at the division of occupied areas, you can see that the best coastline and industrial areas in Germany are in the British-occupied area, and the American-occupied area is an inland occupied area. Therefore, the British Empire will bear the potential loss of the German fleet when it is handed over.

This is why Alan Wilson would rather let the speed maintainer of the British Empire warships, General Mountbatten, send the Asian fleet to help the Soviet Union, rather than agree to the Soviet Union for the German fleet.The U.S.-occupied area has no German fleet at all, and the Americans are of course generous.

However, Alan Wilson didn't take advantage of the Americans. If the Soviet Union really showed its determination to do whatever it takes to successfully occupy Hokkaido, it would not be a loss when measured by the value of Hokkaido and the value of the German fleet.

"Allen is still very young, and he doesn't know that diplomacy has trade-offs." Upon hearing this, Edward Bridges calmly rounded up Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Robert Eden.

Said that Alan Wilson was an unintentional mistake, and then changed the subject, "Since the Soviets are so eager, you can accompany the Soviet representatives for a trip, and the meeting is temporarily put on hold. Anyway, in the British-occupied area, where we are, everything Things are much more convenient."

This time the Potsdam Conference was held in the Soviet-occupied area. The cabinet secretary meant that when he arrived in the Soviet-occupied area, the initiative returned to the hands of the British. At the same time, he said that he had something to discuss with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. He stood up and turned to Churchill. Said, "Prime Minister, I will send Alan off."

Leaving the room, Edward Bridges' voice changed, and his eyes behind the lens became indifferent, "Alan, although you didn't say it clearly, your tone just now and your evaluation of the United States and the Soviet Union are unacceptable." Take it."

"Sir Edward, what's wrong?" Alan Wilson frowned and thought about it, but found nothing wrong.

"With regard to the operation of the war against Japan, dissatisfaction with the United States and the Soviet Union is not a problem in itself, but the current situation is that the only remaining German fleet is indeed in our hands, and the Americans are indeed generous. What the United Kingdom held in their hands was given to the Soviets." Edward Bridges said slowly, "If the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary think deeply about this result, they will think that you are secretly paying respect to the respected Prime Minister and The eminent foreign secretary is dissatisfied."

"No way?" The corner of Alan Wilson's mouth twitched, can this be associated with it?Is it too imaginative?

"So why do you think that all public documents at the government level are written in that kind of very neutral and boring vocabulary that can't be read at a glance?" Edward Bridges smiled slightly and nodded to himself Dao said, "That's the reason. In colonies like British India, you don't need to care about this kind of wording. Good is good, and bad is bad. The British Empire is the ruler. To implement the policy of the empire, you can use any means, but Local is different."

"I see, sir." Alan Wilson corrected his mistakes, even though he thought Edward Bridges was making a fuss, but the leader of the civil servants had good intentions, and he could feel it.

"Since the Soviets want to hurry up, I will accompany them to the port." Edward Bridges nodded in satisfaction, agreeing to Alan Wilson's attitude of correcting his mistakes, "Leaving Berlin for a few days is not a bad thing. "

Edward Bridges' own considerations in the future, since it is a black-box operation of one matter, there is no reason to change things...to change generals.

And the leader of the Soviet Union's representative to the British-occupied area was Fultseva, who also had the same illness as Allen Wilson.

In the official meeting, the delegations of the three countries publicly recognized this matter, showing the transparency of the entire Potsdam meeting.

Fortseva, who was about to set off from Berlin to the British-occupied area, may be the first time to go deep into a place controlled by imperialism, and she was a little nervous. "What is our itinerary? Does Marshal Montgomery want to see us?"

"Marshal Montgomery has been a bit busy recently." Alan Wilson puffed his cheeks, but he was telling the truth.

Marshal Montgomery, who had confined himself to Tactical Command during the war, was on a European tour, and suddenly seemed to be enjoying the cheers of the crowd.He maintains correspondence with many organizations and individuals: football clubs, charities, and anyone who will write to him.

He is always willing to attend various ceremonies held in various countries, whether it is to accept the title of honorary citizen of the autonomous city, or to give a speech at a grand assembly, or to become an honorary doctor at Oxford University or Cambridge University, he always refuses to come, All participate.A casual look at his schedule will illustrate this point.

Perhaps in the eyes of other diplomats, accompanying Fultseva to the British-occupied area is still a good job.With a beautiful Soviet lady, in the British occupation zone, maybe something will happen, especially the Americans will definitely think so.

Chapter 97 Election

Alan Wilson didn't expect anything to happen with Fortseva, after all, the other party was a member of the Soviet delegation.Breaking through national taboos for a little in-depth communication may bring a great future into it. This is not a wise choice for Alan Wilson, who is dedicated to pursuing progress.

And the other party is not good at fooling around. Now the occupied areas of various countries in Germany are in ruins. The areas occupied by Britain, France and the United States in the west have suffered heavy bombing, which looks more miserable than the agricultural areas in eastern Germany.He wanted to let the Soviets see the prosperity of capitalism, but there is really no such condition at present.

On the military plane heading to the British-occupied area, the atmosphere of the British representatives and the representatives sent by the Soviet Union was somewhat awkward.Finally, Alan Wilson had to say a few words to Fultseva. At least on the surface, everyone was still an ally. This was the case before Japan surrendered, which was not conducive to the unity of the allies.

The first impression of the Soviet representatives who arrived in the British-occupied area was the German soldiers in the British-occupied area. Fultseva said dissatisfiedly, "You rearmed the German soldiers?"

"It's not about arming, it's just releasing prisoners of war to form an auxiliary force to maintain the stability of the British-occupied area." Alan Wilson admitted Fultseva's accusation, and dragged the United States into the sewer by the way, "Ordinary prisoners of war follow orders to fight and liquidate If the Soviets knew something about the US-occupied area, they would know that a large number of German military officers in Bavaria had regained their freedom, and it would be even more extreme there. You can send someone to take a look..."

The British Empire's hostility to the Soviet Union was just for fun, and if it was really anti-Soviet, it would be said that it was the Americans.Sure enough, under the backdrop of Allen Wilson's rotten tactics, the hostility of the Soviets was immediately transferred to the Americans.

Regarding the liquidation of German criminal organizations, Alan Wilson raised his hand in favor. The American-occupied area is the base camp of former high-ranking German officials, and Himmler's beautiful daughter is also there.Let the Soviets bite the United States, and the British Empire can take a friendly and neutral attitude to watch.

"The British Empire has fully complied with the Geneva Convention. As for whether and how much you, the Soviets and Americans, will abide by, the national conditions of each country are different, and we cannot interfere." Alan Wilson sneered at Fultseva.

"You mean that the Soviet Union deliberately abused German prisoners of war and let them disappear naturally?" Fultseva asked dissatisfiedly, "You imperialist countries have clean hands? What a joke."

"To be precise, what I said only refers to the United Kingdom, not including the United States. It is your freedom to make people disappear, but if it is operated by us, it will have to go through democratic discussions to come up with a resolution and make a final decision." Alan Wilson Raising eyebrows, this is already the British-occupied area, and he doesn't have to depend on others like he was in Berlin.

The lives of the prisoners of war in the British-occupied area are guaranteed, which is not a bad thing. If enough labor is preserved, the British-occupied area will have the foundation to take off first. This will allow the UK to occupy a greater say in the future merger.

Fundamentally speaking, the British-occupied area still has a lot of advantages. It is an important industrial area in Germany, the most densely populated area, and the area with the most ports.As long as it recovers first in other occupied areas to form a siphon effect, Britain will benefit greatly.

The siphon effect exists everywhere, even in South Asia. India has long been the wealthiest country in South Asia. Don’t look at India as poor in the eyes of other people, but Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal around India are all relatively poor. India is still poor.

Once the siphon effect takes the lead, it is difficult for the latecomers to catch up.Not to mention that the British-occupied area itself is the most populous part of Germany. Once it first gets rid of the depression, it will have an impact on the American-occupied area and the French-occupied area.At that time, Britain will have more confidence when negotiating with the United States on the German issue.

It’s still a little early to think about this now. Alan Wilson brought Fultseva and other Soviet representatives to the British Army Command to apply for identification.

Because Montgomery was enjoying the welcome and applause from various European countries, until the end of the celebration, he was only a nominal head of the British-occupied area, and Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks was in charge of the specific work of the British Army Command.

The last time Alan Wilson came to Hamburg, he met Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks. The other party still had an impression. After learning about his intentions, he asked, "Is it the Soviets? To receive the German merchant fleet? "

"I'm afraid that's the case!" Alan Wilson shrugged and said helplessly, "I came here to assist the Soviets in receiving them. It was the United States that put pressure on us and exchanged the German fleet for Soviet concessions on some issues."

"Americans don't do good things." Ronald Weeks didn't look very happy when he heard that.Everyone is wary of the Soviets, but it doesn't mean that the United States, Britain and France are in harmony here.There should be a lot of filth, but it's not so obvious.

"There is no way. The Soviet Union is an obvious enemy, and the United States is a suspicious ally. They are all concerned about our huge wealth in the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson said that the bad things about the United States will be accepted as soon as they are good. For the future of the British Empire, he still has to do With a look of joy, he handed over the German fleet to the hands of the Soviets.

Now Alan Wilson is not as resistant as he was in Potsdam. In fact, staying with the German fleet can only serve as icing on the cake, and it is also beneficial to give it to the Soviets.

Britain's local shipbuilding industry is well developed, and Germany has lost these merchant ships, but the demand for Germany as a whole is still there.Maybe it will also be good for the British shipbuilding industry, and maybe it will deepen the British control over the British-occupied areas.

Even if the 800 million-ton fleet retained by Britain is not supplemented by the German fleet, it can still transport colonial products from all over the world to Europe without delaying the reconstruction of Europe.

Compared with Europe, for the citizens of the UK, the first general election after the war is more important.The glory of the British Empire is important, but the series of consequences brought about by the war cannot be diluted by the glory of the British Empire alone.

While Alan Wilson led the Soviets to point and point at the German fleet, it was also the same time when Prime Minister Churchill was struggling with his fingers at the Potsdam Conference but was unable to do what he wanted.The first general election in Britain after the war officially kicked off. On one side is the Conservative Party, the ruling party that led the British Empire to victory in World War II, and on the other side is the Labor Party led by Clement Attlee.

Clement Attlee challenged Churchill at the Potsdam Conference in his claim to restore a happy life for British citizens and nationalize important industries. On July [-], the first general election after the war began.

Chapter 98 Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill

If nothing else, the Labor Party will give Churchill a surprise at the Potsdam Conference.Alan Wilson has no doubts about this, and this does not mean that if the Labor Party comes to power, the British Empire will be sold without even underwear left.

The relationship between the Labor Party and the Conservative Party is very similar to the relationship between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the United States. One is implicit and the other is direct, and they all do the same thing.Especially on the colonial issue, Attlee and Churchill only differ in details.

The changes in the attitudes of the two parties towards the extensive colonies of the British Empire are actually the same, a line of resolute maintenance, key support, limited persistence, partial abandonment, and full retreat.

In fact, except for British India, Attlee did not give up any colonies when he was in power.In the case of British India, it is really necessary to force the country beyond the national power of the United Kingdom, so it has no choice but to give up.

Moreover, the disarmament in Britain in the 50s actually took place after the Conservative Party regained power.

In the streets of London, Labor supporters chanted their support for Attlee's claims, "a high and rising standard of living, lifting all out of poverty, and an educational system that makes it possible for every boy and girl to develop their talents "

"Voting for the Labor Party is the beginning of the fall of the British Empire. Only Churchill can make Britain great again."

If Alan Wilson hears it in China, as a die-hard fan of the king, he will definitely punch the other party, plagiarizing blatantly, where is the face of a gentleman?

It's a pity that he is not in the country, but accompanied Fultseva to count the remaining German fleets in major ports in Germany.He has adjusted his mentality and tried his best to complete his task.

"I thought you would be reluctant, after all, the German fleet is in the hands of you British." Fultseva was in a good mood, but coughing from time to time was a bit unpleasant.

"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. A fleet of this size is still not in the eyes of the British Empire." Alan Wilson swollen his face and pretended to be fat, and said stubbornly, "As a continental country, the Soviet Union doesn't know anything yet. It’s called a century-old navy. Without 20 years, the Soviet Union would not be able to compete with Britain at sea.”

"That's right, it's hard to see." Fultseva covered her mouth with a chuckle and teased, "Then why did you listen to the Americans and give us the German fleet?"

The Americans will pay the price for this, Alan Wilson thought silently in his heart, took a deep look at Fultseva and walked away.

Although the Breston Forest system is a good help to stabilize hegemony, it also has certain limitations.Under this system, although the United States is the leader of capitalist countries, Britain and France are also capable of keeping the United States from going too far.He remembers that in the ten years from the 60s to the 70s, Britain, France and Germany took advantage of the United States to fall into the quagmire of the Vietnam War and successively launched financial attacks on the United States.

The U.S. really insisted on the same thing in the West. After the dollar was tied to oil, it kidnapped the whole of Europe at the same time.

"This is the British-occupied area!" Alan Wilson, who had walked two steps, suddenly turned around and muttered, "What are you Soviet people looking like?"

Although Germany's commercial fleet has grown from 500 million before the war to 80 tons today, it is still a huge gain for the Soviet Union, a purely continental country. Who made the Soviet Union's shipping really stretched.

It is only slightly stronger than the three defeated Germany and Italy, less than the leaders of Britain and the United States, and even worse than France, which threw its rifles away.

From Fultseva's cautious actions, Alan Wilson can also judge that the Soviet Union should attach great importance to this batch of German fleets to be handed over.

At the same time as the handover was taking place here, at the Potsdam Conference, the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union were still engaged in a series of confrontations.Questions about the border between Germany and Poland, as well as a part of East Prussia and the former Danzig Free Area that were not under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Union, were under the jurisdiction of the Polish government.Britain and the United States agree to establish diplomatic relations with the Provisional Government of Polish National Unity.

Britain and the United States also agreed to cede Königsberg and the surrounding area to the Soviet Union as punishment for Germany starting the war.In this way, through the Potsdam Conference, Germany's borders were officially changed to what people in later generations are familiar with.

Poland lost the original West Belarus and West Ukraine, which were incorporated into the territory of the Soviet Union.

With regard to the issue of German compensation, it was determined that "the Soviet Union's claim for compensation will be satisfied by confiscating assets in the Soviet-occupied areas of Germany and corresponding German foreign investment."In addition, the Soviet Union can also get 15.00% free of charge and [-]% paid in goods from the industrial facilities demolished in the Western occupied areas as compensation.

In other words, the British-occupied area could not skip the treatment of being blood drawn by the Soviet Union.The British delegation stated that although the Soviet Union had agreed to Poland's proposal, the Polish government-in-exile must return to Poland and fairly participate in Poland's post-war reconstruction on the basis of democracy.

This is a black-box operation. Alan Wilson and Fultseva have already made a proposal. Britain uses reasonable and legal excuses to allow the Polish government-in-exile and its supporters to return to Poland. As for how the Soviet Union is willing to deal with it at that time, with what How to deal with it is the business of the Soviets themselves.

Stalin had even figured out a solution and was going to send Marshal Rokossovsky to wait in Poland for the return of the Polish government-in-exile. Marshal Rokossovsky was a Polish.

During the process of handing over the fleet, Alan Wilson suddenly said, "In fact, the Soviet Union can use the Yugoslavia issue to put pressure on the Americans to see if they can exchange the four-nation occupation of Berlin."

After the refugee incident in Yugoslavia, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the Soviet Red Army had blocked the Austrian border and spoke for Yugoslavia at the Potsdam Conference, which made Truman very embarrassed.

This kind of move is very reasonable. More than 20 people from Yugoslavia did go to the US-occupied area. The Soviet Union occupied the reason, and turned the already nominal occupation of the four countries into the Soviet occupation of Austria.

The Potsdam Conference reached a stalemate again on the Austrian issue.Stalin said that Austria's current status quo should not be changed for the time being, which made Prime Minister Churchill very dissatisfied. What made Churchill even more uncomfortable was that he seemed to be becoming a former prime minister.

Churchill, who is in Potsdam on the heels of his victory over Germany, is trailing Labor in the elections that have now been counted.If this trend continues, the Conservative Party will lose the general election, and the regional form of some delayed counting of votes is not optimistic.

Two days later, the results of the general election came out, and Churchill became the former Prime Minister of the British Empire gloriously.

"Which side are you civil servants on?" Fultseva heard the election results discussed by the British, and asked in a provocative tone after seeing Alan Wilson.

"Winner." Alan Wilson straightened his back and replied with a quote from Stalin, "The victor is not to be blamed."

Chapter 99 Welcomes the new Prime Minister

"You are already a mature bureaucrat, and you are really flexible." Furtseva chuckled, and then coughed a few more times.

"Don't you forget to ridicule the imperialism you speak of when you are not feeling well? Bureaucratic problems exist all over the world. Don't think that there are any exceptions when you go to the country." Alan Wilson glanced at the other party, and he had to take medicine when he was not in good health, " It seems that with the current progress, we will be able to make a list in three or four days, and I believe that the people you accept are already on their way."

As for when the Soviet Union will fight against Japan, it is impossible for Alan Wilson to know, but it should be earlier than in history.

Now I believe that the British delegation at the Potsdam Conference is also ready to welcome the new prime minister.As for Churchill, who was supposed to be an adviser to the Potsdam Conference in history, he still appeared at the conference.

At least for now, Alan Wilson doesn't have to worry about being found out for his gaffes a few days ago. The prime minister has changed, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about what the former prime minister thinks of him. Even if he cares, he will have enough time to make up for it in the future.

It is still too early to conclude that Churchill will not be able to make a comeback. Historically, after Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, in order to commend Churchill's achievements, Churchill was prepared to be canonized as the Duke of London, but Churchill refused.

Rumor has it that Churchill gave up the duke for his son, which is complete bullshit.

Churchill's son is also really unlucky and has to take the blame. If Churchill's son wants to enter politics, he can give up his title.The real reason is that for Churchill himself, accepting the Duke of London will only affect Churchill himself.

If he accepts the title of Duke of London, he will no longer be a member of the House of Commons, but a peer of the House of Lords, and then he will not be able to speak in the House of Commons, because he is not a member of the Commons.

The farts of well-known figures have been interpreted from different angles. The general election in front of us has already explained how British citizens view Churchill now, and the results speak for themselves.