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Taking steel production as an example, India reached 170 million tons last year, while the steel production of the Malayan colony supported by the capital of Sarawak, Kuching, reached 800 million tons, on the same level as the British mainland.

In this indicator, the Malaya colony has reached ten times that of India. This is caused by a variety of factors. It is supported by high-quality iron ore in Australia, has steel equipment transferred from the United Kingdom as the foundation, and has markets provided by the Commonwealth and the European Community. wait.

"Your achievements in the first term are very surprising, and my colleagues and I have seen it." Norman Brook pondered for a while and said, "Alan, where do you think the upper limit of Malaya is?"

Of course, the per capita is no worse than Japan!Alan Wilson opened his mouth and said uncertainly, "Portugal should not be a problem."

Norman Brook nodded. This standard is actually not bad, and continued to ask, "If this standard is met, can it calm London's worries and prevent local independence?"

"At least half of the Chinese are not interested in independence." Alan Wilson said firmly, "From the perspective of the situation in Africa, the local Indians generally do not like colonial independence, because for the local blacks, Indians themselves are Outsiders. A similar mentality also exists among the Chinese. I have been strengthening this mentality of the Chinese. The textbooks of the two ethnic groups are different. The education of human origin is that 1 years ago, Malayans came south from ancient China and wiped out the local aborigines.”

"This arrangement is very interesting." Norman Brook smiled and emphasized, "This is also true, isn't it?"

Alan Wilson nodded. Under the light of the supreme authority, this is of course a fact. The two talked about the process of Sudan's independence, and Alan Wilson made a conclusion in the form of a report, "At this stage, there is no result in Algeria. It is better to end the independence of African colonies and wait and see for a while."

Chapter 835 Allen's Grand Blueprint

"This point has also been discussed in Whitehall, and we can take a break. Now the financial pressure is not too great. The operation of the Imperial Preference System and the European Community have initially helped us get rid of the most difficult days." Norman Brooke He nodded and agreed, "Now there is no need to consider giving up the colony to save costs, at least in principle."

"In principle, the only difficult part of the current imperial territory is Nigeria. If our statistics are correct, Nigeria should be the most densely populated place in Africa. Of course we don't want any colony to be independent easily, but we should come up with A plan to deal with it, so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes."

While speaking, Alan Wilson took out a Nigerian investigation report, which contained Nigeria's response plan.

The remaining British colonies in Africa are mainly on the east coast, and West Africa is the weak link of Britain.It was French, the Gold Coast and Nigeria, surrounded by French colonies all around.

Who made Germany defeated? German Cameroon was divided between Britain and France, and 80.00% of the land became French Cameroon.So on the map, Britain appears very lonely in Nigeria and the Gold Coast in West Africa.

However, the natural conditions of the two colonies in British West Africa are not bad, otherwise they would not be able to support the population of more than 2 million Nigerians in later generations, and the population is also Nigeria's greatest value.

The reason why Nigeria has a high status in Africa and has received courtesy from the five major countries is not unrelated to its huge population.

In fact, China entered Africa during the Cold War, and the three key areas where it invested power were Nigeria, the other was Tanzania, one was in West Africa, the other was in East Africa, and the remaining one was Angola, which later caused melee.

Nigeria was chosen because of its population size, which is useful even in modern society.

In addition to China, Nigeria also maintains good relations with other big countries, which of course includes the United Kingdom. In fact, other countries, generally in the new countries after the independence of the British colonies, send diplomats called ambassadors.

But in many African countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, the local British diplomats are not called ambassadors, but high commissioners, high commissioners, and Alan Wilson's position in Malaya.

These ambassadors, called High Commissioners, are distributed among the African member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, including but not limited to.

The main content of Nigeria's filing is how to maintain British influence in Nigeria in case independence cannot be prevented.

Alan Wilson is already very familiar with this set of business, having personally experienced it in India and Sudan.Know what the UK needs.

In later generations, Nigeria was also a country where Britain maintained its influence fairly well. In fact, after the wave of revolution faded, African countries were unable to support the wall with mud, and Britain's influence still recovered to some extent.

Norman Brooke just flipped through it casually, and asked rhetorically, "Is it only about the West African colonies?"

"West Africa is surrounded by French Africa. Even if we don't continue to invest, we won't lose our dependence on Britain in a short period of time. East Africa is different. It needs overseas British troops to continue to be stationed."

What Alan Wilson means is not difficult to understand. West Africa can shrink, and even if Britain shrinks, France will still insist.And Britain in East Africa can no longer borrow the strength of France, and needs to maintain Britain's interests by itself.

Fortunately, before Alan Wilson came back, he went to North Rhodesia, thinking that North Rhodesia could be used as a stronghold for Britain to intervene in Africa in the future.Moreover, the position of North Rhodesia can also be borrowed, and this borrowing is the strength of Rhodesia and South African whites.

Times are changing, and the investment required to maintain a colony is increasing. Compared with Nigeria, which has a large population, East Africa is still relatively easy to deal with.Of course, Alan Wilson also knew that there would be a new player entering the field. The main dangerous area was Tanzania, but he had already supported the Sultan of Sannibal to expel the blacks.

Turning the Sunnybal Islands into an offshore balancing stronghold, Sunnybale currently has garrisons from two countries.

One is the British army, and the other is the Egyptian garrison. Yes, after the end of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium in Sudan, the Anglo-Egyptian two countries reappeared in the same country, that is, Sannibal, which is tasked with keeping an eye on East Africa.

In the event of Tanganyika turning unfriendly to Britain, Sunnibal would block the Tanganyika coastline.

British West Africa will borrow strength from France, the suzerain country of French Africa, while British East Africa with Northern Rhodesia as the core needs the help of South Africa and Rhodesia. The weak point is Tanganyika, and Zanzibar Cut off the connection with Tanganyika, and respond in time if there is a change.

As for the colonies where the British directly stationed troops, they were mainly in South Sudan and Kenya, which was also the original arrangement of the British East Africa.

"It seems that after the independence of Sudan, the African colonies will usher in a period of stability." Norman Brooke is still very satisfied with this blueprint.

The places where he can leverage have already been mentioned, and he has gained a lot from Alan Wilson's trip to Africa.A similar judgment was also made, and the first stage of contraction after the war has been completed.

This may not be the end, but it is considered a half-time break. By the time period of ten years after the war, the British power center has clearly understood that the United States wants all colonies to be independent, but it will not use military means in an environment where the Soviet Union is watching. Come grab it.

It is also impossible for Britain to do everything in its European front against the Soviet Union and its remaining colonies.There may be colonies becoming independent in the future, which is a general trend, but London still has the right to decide when to become independent.

Norman Brooke believed that Prime Minister Attlee would also be pleased with the news that the colonies would be in a period of calm.

"Do you have anything else?" Norman Brook saw that Alan Wilson hesitated to speak, and the cabinet secretary who was in a good mood asked, "If you need support, you can just say it directly."

"Dear sir, the independence of Sudan has entered the process. John, the high commissioner, has directly transferred to diplomatic work, and it seems that he cannot use his ability." Alan Wilson has not forgotten his purpose in coming to Whitehall, to find a comfortable place for his colleagues. Xiajia, "Our old boss, Sir Barron, is already tired of the heavy work, but Aden's work is very important..."

Norman Brook stared at Alan Wilson with a half-smile, and said with a smile, "It turns out that this matter, Barron's position is indeed very important, and a tolerant, open-minded, and capable successor is needed."

"Especially reliable!" Alan Wilson continued following the cabinet secretary's words, "With the current colonial position, compared with Africa, there are colonies of other countries that can leverage, and Asia is much more lonely. The Malaya I manage The Persian Gulf where the Commissioner of Aden is located needs to support each other. I do not deny that John is my colleague. We used to be the Commissioner of Aden. We have the same ideas and it is easy to communicate."

After explaining his reasons, Alan Wilson kept silent. He knew that the final decision was still in the hands of Norman Brook. After a long time, Norman Brook had already considered, "Trust and reliability are mutual, I hope you To live up to the trust of Whitehall."

"We never dare to forget the imperial responsibilities we shoulder." Alan Wilson was overjoyed. Is this an agreement?

"Barron has been working for so many years, and it shouldn't be a problem to persist for a few months. At that time, the Sudanese commissioner will be transferred to the Aden commissioner, responsible for the empire's work in the Arab world." Norman Brooke said with a final word.

Of course, Norman Brook was still concerned about whether the Malayan colony had the potential to surpass the status of British India when it came to shouldering the responsibility of the empire.

"I will prepare some orders." Alan Wilson thought for a while, and used the financial balance of this year to develop the chemical industry. He has not forgotten to take the Formosa Plastics route.

It is a very appropriate way to use wealth to buy the UK's local chemical industry.

"Developing the chemical industry?" Norman Brook hesitated, and said in a vague way, "It seems that the local garrison needs to be strengthened, otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of the local area."

"Sir, I will use five to ten years to establish the chemical industry. Of course, no one can find fault with the legal business." Alan Wilson said that his immediate boss misunderstood. Industry hollowed out.

This is unrealistic. The British government is not the Soviet government. It also does not have money and will not support the development of a place for no reason. Britain will never do the stupid support of the Soviet Union.

"Ten years later, Malaya will, together with Xiangjiang, create an economic radiation belt for the entire Southeast Asia. This will be used by the United Kingdom to jointly control Australia and New Zealand, and it can also bring closer the relationship of the Commonwealth of Nations."

"If it succeeds, it will be really gratifying." Norman Brook listened to Alan Wilson's grand blueprint. It’s considered complete, isn’t it?”

This trip to Whitehall was fruitful. Norman Brooke did not object to the development of the chemical industry in Malaya.And also approved the candidate to sit in Aden after Sir Barron left office.

Then he went to the Ministry of Finance to find Edward Bridges, the permanent undersecretary. Although the relationship between Edward Bridges and Norman Brook was delicate, Alan Wilson did not evade.

Britain's finances have improved greatly, but the Labor Party still hopes to find a way to spend on military spending, at least not to continue to increase.

The countermeasure of Mountbatten, the First Sea Lord, was to reduce the number of troops stationed in the UK and increase the number of British troops stationed in Germany.Whether it works, no one knows better than Edward Bridges.

Chapter 836 The Future of Vanguard

In fact, Mountbatten is only the head of the navy, and to pay attention to the affairs of the British troops stationed in Germany is, in a sense, exceeding his authority.

But when will he not exceed his authority, when he was the fourth sea minister, he did all the work of several sea ministers.Now that he is the First Sea Lord, he naturally takes care of everything about the British military.

"Alan, are you interested in the military?" Edward Bridges was delighted, and answered after listening to Alan Wilson's question. It doesn’t show up on the books.”

"So that's the case." Alan Wilson nodded. In fact, for countries with good foundations like Germany and Japan, the garrison is sure to make money.The investment of the garrison is visible, but the benefits are invisible.

Once the investment is not as good as the income, France may not shrink back because of this, but Britain will most likely abandon the colony.

This is why Allen Wilson feels that among the colonies currently in his hands, Nigeria is likely to be the next one to be abandoned. The population is too large to benefit much, and the evacuated garrison can also strengthen the military strength of other colonies.

Edward Bridges, like the delicate cabinet secretary, inquired about the trip to Africa, and Alan Wilson could only repeat most of it, but there were also new complaints, "The people of Northern Rhodesia complained to me, the local There is a problem with the border, and asking if I can talk to the Belgians is really looking up to me."

The Slavs of Mikhailovich were dissatisfied with the borders of Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo.There is a salient in the south of the Belgian Congo inserted into Northern Rhodesia, and this salient has a size of [-] square kilometers.

Because of the existence of this protrusion, Northern Rhodesia was almost divided into two parts, East and West.If according to Britain's previous thinking, the merger of North and South Rhodesia would not be obvious.

However, the merger of North and South Rhodesia has become a waste case, and North Rhodesia has developed on its own. This prominent part is very uncomfortable.Mikhailovich wants to place the area south of Lubumbashi in the Belgian Congo under the ownership of Northern Rhodesia.

The area seems to occupy a small part of the Belgian Congo, but Lubumbashi is very important. There are two famous copper mines, Kipushi and Ruash, rich in copper, zinc, lead, cadmium, germanium, actinium, Tantalum and other metals, with large metallurgical enterprises.

Let Alan Wilson have a big face to go to Belgium to ask for it, he doesn't have such a big face yet.Allen Wilson can only tell Mikhailovich that there is only one chance, that is, the end of the colonization of the Belgian Congo, to get the chance to get the salient that penetrates into Northern Rhodesia. Don't even think about it at this stage.

"Those Slavs are quite greedy?" Edward Bridges laughed loudly after hearing this, and then said silently, "This matter can mobilize the Belgian nationals in the Belgian Congo. Lubumbashi is from the Belgian Congo. The mining center must be a paradise for many gold diggers. Once the colony cannot be maintained, those people will not be reconciled, and they can provoke the local whites to occupy that place and merge with Northern Rhodesia."

"If that's not enough?" Edward Bridges continued without waiting for Allen Wilson to speak, "You have to know that the official language of Belgium is French, and many French people think that the Belgian Congo is a French-speaking cultural area. You have If we look at the spheres of influence of African countries, we will have different understandings."

Alan Wilson was taken aback. If Edward Bridges hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that the official language of Belgium is French, and there is no cultural barrier between Belgian Congo and French Africa.

From this point of view, plus the more than 200 million square kilometers of the Belgian Congo, the French culture in Africa occupies half of Africa, and France itself accounts for half of the 3000 million square kilometers of Africa. No wonder African French culture is the mainstream. An overwhelming advantage to English culture.

Seeing that Allen Wilson was lost in thought, Edward Bridges said, "Now you understand that the influence of the French in Africa and the colonies of Belgium are only nominally not part of France."

"Sir, I fell into a misunderstanding and forgot that Belgians speak French." Alan Wilson patted his head, very embarrassed.He has the memory of the Rwandan genocide in his head, and he knows that there is a shadow of France in it.

However, they did not connect memory with reality, and ignored that Belgium is a French-speaking culture. Otherwise, how could France exert influence on Rwanda across the independent Congo, a colony of Belgium?

"So in this matter, the French can help in a certain sense." Edward Bridges was happy to be able to give advice to Alan Wilson. Doesn't this young official know everything?

"Thank you sir, I think I still have a lot of shortcomings." After Alan Wilson regarded Belgian Congo as a French colony, he suddenly became enlightened.

I'm not entirely happy, France's foundation in Africa is indeed much larger than that of Britain.

After chatting for a while, he left Whitehall. In fact, Mountbatten was not idle. NATO's North Atlantic show had just ended. At that time, he was still in Northern Rhodesia, talking and laughing with Mikhailovich.

At present, Mountbatten is moving around to save military expenditures. Within the scope of optimization, try not to let the cabinet's tightening of military expenditures affect the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy.

Thinking about avoiding disarmament and freeing up some funds, it is logical to send domestic garrisons to Germany.And that's not all.

After arriving home, Pamela Mountbatten was already busy preparing food. Naturally, Alan Wilson couldn't let his wife do the work by herself, so she also went on a visit to help her, "Don't make my wife too busy."

"It's not very busy, but I just met a few organizers of the women's movement." Pamela Mountbatten said while boiling water, "Are you interested in listening? Those people have caused a lot of trouble for Maggins .”

"What are you listening to? Are you still not convinced?" Alan Wilson was very interested and asked his wife what was going on.

"That's not true!" Pamela Mountbatten pondered for a while, "Maybe I feel a little wronged, by the way, my dear, what do you think of them? Are you really not allowed to contact them?"

"It will be harmful in the long run, no matter how legitimate the idea is." Alan Wilson replied without thinking.

In his eyes, there is no feminism, [-]% female boxing, feminist and female boxing are two sides of the same coin.

Women's boxing is responsible for messing around, and women's rights will not stop it, which is similar to the radicals and moderates of religious groups.Radicals make trouble, moderates pretend to be good people, and the ultimate beneficiary is the whole.

Women themselves have no ability. Power is built on the basis of men's patience. Once a man doesn't want to bear it, the foundation will collapse.

European and American societies are at odds with one another, for example, Eastern societies choose to lie flat, while religious societies choose to forcefully suppress women's rights.These are all different responses.

But whether it is Europe, America or Japan and South Korea, it is based on a certain economic strength. In other words, the living standard is high, Europe and the United States are higher, and Japan and South Korea are worse.

It may not be easy to lie flat on a certain big country, because there is no such foundation, and it can even be said that from the income data, it is between the world of peace religion and Japan and South Korea, so it is possible to choose any route, Once it is found that there is no economic foundation and it is unbearable?Maybe the Taliban will have more and more fans.

If you choose to be a fan of the Taliban, then it will not be a matter of women's rights not taking advantage of it in the future.

"Indeed, it doesn't work when you don't have a financial basis to speak." Pamela Mountbatten said that she gave her husband a blank look. "Especially in front of you, you must have tricks to deal with them, don't you? Tell me."

"Of course there are, but I didn't deal with them. This time it was just a small restraint. If I really acted with an enemy's attitude, I would definitely contact the newspapers to report intensively on women's felony cases in the past year, and to shape men who hate men. The image is connected with the Soviet Union."

Pamela Mountbatten narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked incomprehensibly, "What's the use of this?"

"Honey, power is mutual. Once intensive reports arouse disgust, do you know Jack the Ripper?" Alan Wilson mentioned the possibly most famous murderer in history, "Once emotions are aroused, there may be Just a batch."

Pamela Mountbatten swallowed, as if the name Jack the Ripper terrified her, "It's a good thing you didn't do that."

"I'm just talking casually. Doing this will scare British women." Alan Wilson shook his head and said, "So ordinary homicides cannot appear in the media. Men are more dangerous than women. Once Intensive reporting also has a demonstration effect. If not many people know about it, no one will imitate it. Once there is a long period of negative news about women against men, it will be dangerous for women.”

"You scared me, idiot." Pamela Mountbatten's face was tense, her fists kept greeting Allen Wilson, and she suppressed her voice and complained, fearing to disturb her daughter who was left alone upstairs.

"Obviously you asked me... You shouldn't be too honest." Alan Wilson looked helpless, and bowed his head decisively in front of his vexatious wife, "I was wrong."

It's still early, and there is no need to exercise after dinner. Alan Wilson hugged his wife in his arms and said something to divert attention. The discussion just now was just a fart. Jack the Ripper doesn't exist...

"The Admiralty intends to dispose of the battleship Vanguard to save high logistic costs. My father means that the battleship Vanguard will be transferred to the Pacific Fleet. If possible, can Malaya afford the cost of this battleship?" Pam Lamon Barton mentioned the latest measures of the First Sea Lord to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

"I'm fine. That's the latest battleship." Alan Wilson was ready to accept it with confidence when he heard it. "It can still serve for a long time, which is good for the security of the Malaya colony."

Chapter 837 The World's No. [-] Uranium Mine

Except for firepower, Alan Wilson doesn't think there is any problem with the Vanguard. This battleship is the last British battleship, and all indicators are top-notch.The small firepower problem is already the least important option in the current era.It is not a war with the United States, it is enough to deter the third world countries.

In the future visible to the naked eye, there will be no battleships again. Of course, it is worth being happy that this afterglow of the era of giant cannon ships can have a chance to fall into the hands of Allen Wilson.

Originally, the decommissioning of the Vanguard marked the end of an era. The Royal Navy with battleships as the core has played a 400-year sea power for the United Kingdom. The sailing battleship witnessed the rise of the empire on which the sun never sets. decline.

When the gun barrel of the "Vanguard" was cut off and the mast was pulled down, it marked that Britain handed over the sea power that Britain had held for four centuries to the emerging United States.Although not perfect, the "Vanguard" still drew a successful conclusion to the grand and continuous history of the development of British battleships.

But now the Admiralty is trying to preserve the size of the Royal Navy, which shows that Britain has not given up its sea power, even though the current size of the US Navy has surpassed that of the Royal Navy.

As for whether the battleships can still keep up with the times, Alan Wilson thinks there is no problem. The United States and the Soviet Union are not the only countries in this world, but there are also a large number of less powerful countries waiting for the Vanguard to play its residual heat.

"There is one more thing. The commander of the Far East Joint Operations Command may have to change. Lieutenant General Bilton may have to join NATO." More important for the sub-colonies.

"Is that so?" Alan Wilson said that he was surprised but not particularly surprised. Lieutenant General Bilton was the commander of the garrison before he took office. It is normal to change positions after such a long time. "Who is the successor?"

If he just sits down in Malaya and doesn't move anymore, doesn't that mean that Lieutenant General Bilton is on the bench?