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Alan Wilson reported to Whitehall, Norman Brooke called back to confirm, and finally made up the arrears.

While he was busy working as a firefighter, the Blu-ray missile project supported by the cabinet did not stop for a moment. After the Turing team assembled the computer, they began to calculate the entire project, which made the project suddenly accelerated.

From the time Alan Wilson left Australia, six consecutive trials were conducted, ensuring a success rate of 70.00% five.In particular, the last three launches were all successful, and the blue light missile is moving towards reliability.

Chapter 897 Lighting up the Lighthouse

"If you have money, you are tough." When Alan Wilson said this, he remembered the fact that Britain owed Jordan a foreign debt. It was a very happy thing, but it was full of yin and yang when he said it.

He gave two suggestions to his old colleague, which can be paid in installments or paid off in one go. After all, Nigeria is the largest colony in British Africa, which refers to the largest population.In a sense, Nigeria can be regarded as the British India of Africa.

This round of privatization will result in the loss of a large amount of state-owned property, and it will be a piece of cake to make up for the arrears of 800 million pounds.

The installment payment is a regular five-year repayment, and the exchange is that Grubb Pasha will continue to serve in the Kingdom of Jordan, and at the same time, the United Kingdom will not retaliate because of the previous friction.

The quid pro quo for a one-off payment is that, on the basis of Grubb Pasha's continued tenure, Jordan must publicly justify Britain's name, especially the recent accusations against Britain by China and the Soviet Union in public opinion, and the Kingdom of Jordan must be cut off.

Similarly, Britain promised Jordan and Jordan’s Arab support countries behind this incident that it would not use any tone to persuade Arabia to follow Britain and the United States to build an encirclement network against the Soviet Union.

Alan Wilson told his old colleague on the telegram that there are not many monarchies in the world, so think of ways to do this.

From his old colleague, Alan Wilson also knew that Jordan's asking price this time also involved the issue of leadership within the Arab countries. As we all know, the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Iraq are actually a family, descendants of the Hashemite family.

From the comparison of the current population size, both the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Iraq are far from the Kingdom of Egypt of Farouk I. Although Iraq has oil resources, it is still extremely difficult to cope with Egypt, which has four times the population of Iraq. .

Although the Kingdom of Jordan has less than 100 million people, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and the royal families of the two countries are still related.

The de facto occupation of the Palestinian land by the Kingdom of Jordan is also recognized by the Kingdom of Iraq and the United Kingdom.

Since the Kingdom of Jordan wants to ask for such a price, there is nothing that cannot be agreed for the sake of balancing Egypt.Egypt is the only one in the Arab world, and it is not in the interests of the United Kingdom.

"In this era, Saudi Arabia is really a little transparent." Alan Wilson flipped through some Middle East intelligence and concluded.

The status of Saudi Arabia in later generations has been strengthened once. The root cause is that Britain withdrew from the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf protectorates controlled by Britain, including but not limited to Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and other small countries with per capita resources in the sky and small populations, have attached themselves to Saudi Arabia. Let Saudi Arabia's status in the Arab world rise.

The combined oil reserves of these small countries are almost equal to that of Saudi Arabia, and the status of Saudi Arabia has been improved after being attached to Saudi Arabia.

At present, Pamela Mountbatten has already entered these protectorates, and it may not be so easy to evacuate in the future.

In the Royal Palace of Jordan, Hussein ibn Talal, as the king who had just ascended the throne not long ago, met John, the commissioner of the Persian Gulf, who also had not been in office for a long time, and Grubb, the chief of the general staff of the Jordanian army and the head of the Arab Legion.

"Your Majesty the King, Britain knows very well that the colonial era has passed, and after the war, it has been adjusting its policies and re-establishing international relations with foreign countries. The independence of British India and British Sudan all proves this." John looked at the same as not enthroned The long-awaited young king said, "Once again, I am the former Sudan Commissioner, and I have not been in office for long."

"But the new type of relationship I was looking forward to has never appeared." Hussein ibn Talal said calmly.

"Dear King, it takes some time. If you don't handle it well, you may think that the British are too bad, but if the United States and the Soviet Union come over, won't things be more troublesome? You give the United Kingdom some space, and the United Kingdom will also I will give you some space in feedback.” John said solemnly, “We have decided to repay the special debts owed during World War II and the early post-war period, which is an expression of sincerity. At the same time, we also recognize the Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Iraq Special state relations."

"Your Majesty, there are not many monarchies in this world anymore. At least Britain has no reason to overthrow you. Other countries may not. Our policies in the Middle East are also constantly being adjusted. The Iran embargo is so big that it will eventually It ended well, the key is that we have to solve the problem candidly."

"I don't think His Majesty the King and Britain are enemies. You have been studying in London for a long time, and you have a certain relationship with Britain."

"If I must take back the military power, I believe Britain is ready for a coup." Hussein ibn Talal looked at the Persian Gulf Commissioner who came from Aden, and said firmly.

"No, we will evacuate Jordan." John glanced at Grub Pasha and replied without thinking.

"Jordan is next to Israel, and will not participate in any encirclement network built against the Soviet Union. I have communicated with Baghdad, and both of our countries have the same intention." Changed, "The strength of the United States' support for Israel makes us have doubts about the United Kingdom. Of course, my desire to regain sovereignty remains unchanged. But I am also willing to give the United Kingdom adjustment time."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the British Empire is undergoing a difficult transformation. During this transformation process, we are very grateful for the goodwill of the countries concerned." John breathed a sigh of relief, "Arab Legion matter, Grab Pasha There is also something to say."

"The Arab Legion will provide training for the Jordanian army, so I have requested military assistance from London. In the next five years, the Arab Legion will complete an orderly integration with the Jordanian army. Because Jordan's population is not large, the United States and the Soviet Union Our experience does not apply to building a small but elite British force to protect the Kingdom of Jordan."

Hussein ibn Talal nodded, but still proposed to add a written guarantee, "Britain is a country that values ​​contracts, so that Jordanian citizens will suppress dissatisfaction with the country's most combative army being controlled by foreigners. .”

"Of course it's okay, there's nothing we can't talk about." John immediately agreed, "My colleague Ahmed Pasha is also very concerned about this matter, and I will communicate with him to settle the debts of Britain and Jordan."

"Ahmed Pasha?" Hussein ibn Talal muttered in confusion, why didn't he remember this person?

"If I were John, I would immediately arrange for a fair-skinned and beautiful English girl to marry the King of Jordan."

Far away in Kuala Lumpur, Ahmed Pasha, who is talking about the Kingdom of Jordan, is talking nonsense to Vivien Leigh.He remembered that the future wife of the King of Jordan was British.

"Won't it look like this? Somewhat?" Ingrid Bergman couldn't find an adjective to describe this matter for a while.

"What? Shame? Shame?" Alan Wilson replied nonchalantly, "This is a normal international exchange. For an ordinary British woman, what's wrong with becoming the queen of a country? It will be published Grab your head."

Isn't this just the ancient marriage, the Han Dynasty used this trick, and it didn't delay the Han Dynasty's rampage to hang and beat the marriage partner.Both the Han and Tang dynasties made peace, but it was just a political method, and it would not delay them from swallowing thousands of miles.

Among the big compradors in Malaya, the one he trusts the most is Su Yang, who has a British spouse, and nothing happens for no reason.

"There's a lot of work here this year, so don't work too hard." Compared to the Swedish luxury cars, Great Britain Treasure is more considerate. Vivien Leigh doesn't care about the British Empire, but only cares about this man who promotes urban construction.

"Vivienne's words are always heart-warming." Alan Wilson said in a daze, "I know it well. After this round of urban construction is completed, the foundation of Malaya will be stable, and the rest will be through the Chinese His personal connections have penetrated to other countries in Southeast Asia.”

"Speaking of this question, there is a Fu Manchu script in the United States." Heidi Rama suddenly remembered this matter, "If you don't like it, I will push it away."

"It's your freedom to shoot or not. But I will definitely not let this series of films enter the Malaya colonies." Alan Wilson already knew what type of film it was when he heard the name.

The image of Fu Manchu really does not necessarily make the Chinese feel good. He is knowledgeable and intelligent, and he takes it as his mission to liberate Asia, Africa and Latin America from the rule of white people.Isn't this the dream of nationalists?An absolute national hero.

It's the image of Shang Qi that really makes people jump. Your father, such a heroic and stalwart figure, gave birth to such a scum who bullied his master and wiped out his ancestors?

"Then let's return this script. Anyway, we never lack scripts." Ingrid Bergman rolled his eyes at the man, "You are afraid that the colonies will be dissatisfied with British rule for this."

"The United Kingdom and the United States don't stand together on everything." Alan Wilson straightened his back, "Recently, the image of Fu Manchu has been brought up again. Is it related to being beaten in the Korean War? Look at the United States. Mind, can you hide it from me?"

It was another New Year, and the colonial government officially launched the construction of the West Malaysia Railway, which had been in the works for more than a month. Alan Wilson attended the groundbreaking ceremony as a high commissioner and announced the official start of the project.

"Thank you, Lord Zhongtang, and Ahmed Pasha." The elites of the two ethnic groups present at the scene congratulated Allen Wilson.

"This is just the beginning. The British long-term plan is to make the Malaya colony a lighthouse in Asia." Alan Wilson shouted with a hypocritical smile on his face. "My job is to light the lighthouse. The West Malaysia Railway is a start."

At the beginning of the new year, four consecutive missile launches were carried out at the Wumera launch site, all of which were successful.

Pamela Mountbatten of Perth told Alan Wilson about the incident, that the Blue Light missile was already trustworthy, and the Wumera launch site was discussing the use of missiles for aerospace projects.

Chapter 898 Convincing the British Commander

This is good news, but Alan Wilson knows that the blue light missile with a range of [-] kilometers cannot pose a threat to the Soviet Union. The UK must not put land-based missiles on its own land, even though it is closer , can threaten the elite areas of the European part of the Soviet Union.

But also the UK's anti-strike capability is not at the same level as the Soviet Union, so even if it has it, it cannot be deployed on the mainland.

If it is deployed in other locations, the range of 6000 kilometers is not enough. If it is deployed in Kalimantan, it must cross the entire East Asia to reach the Soviet Union, which requires a distance of more than [-] kilometers.And then to the European part of the Soviet Union, so the range of the blue light missile is far from enough, at least a range of [-] to [-] kilometers is worth deploying.

However, the body of the blue light missile is enough to launch satellites. As the senior commissioner overseeing the rocket project, Alan Wilson immediately informed the Wumera launch site of this idea through an executive order.

The variant of the blue light missile has two directions. The first is to increase the range and prepare for land-based strikes.The second criterion is exactly the opposite. It is necessary to reduce the size of the blue light missile so that it can be placed in a nuclear submarine.

This was explained in the telegram, and Alan Wilson also informed his wife, Pamela Mountbatten, that he would visit her in Perth some time later.

Pamela Mountbatten, who is pregnant, is not idle. While undertaking the operation of the hydropower system in Western Australia, because of the oil and gas exploitation problem on Timor Island, she is talking with the Australian government and the Western Australian state government about the construction of oil and gas pipelines. The oil and gas resources of Timor Island were transported to Australia.

Although they haven't seen each other for the time being, the husband and wife keep in touch at all times, urging each other and promoting common progress.

Alan Wilson inspired to build a transfer station for the UK that connects the world's mines with the two most densely populated areas in the world.From this point of view, the Malayan colony is the most suitable place.

Geographical advantage is currently the most significant advantage of the Malayan colony, and it is also the only advantage that can be used.

Don’t think about the population size. It is impossible for Malaya to catch up with Japan in the short term. However, Japan’s shabby place has become more dependent on foreign countries after losing Hokkaido, which is good news.

The happiness that people can personally experience can be summed up in four words: basic necessities of life.This one person's activities are closely related. Why do the Japanese and Korean book figures in later generations are very beautiful, but the Japanese and Korean people always feel more tired than the developed countries in Europe.

It is because of the lack of local resources that the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation cannot be suppressed.Japanese agriculture is a laggard. The sky-high price of watermelons is used to protect the interests of farmers, and Japanese citizens also need to pay for it.

Taxis in Japan are quite expensive, and even when female boxing was popular, women took taxis from men as the criterion of whether they loved her. Isn’t the root cause of that is that Japan has no oil and gas resources.

Almost all of Japan’s problems are found in South Korea, but Europe and the United States do not have this problem. Europe has France as an agricultural powerhouse.

As for the U.S., which is the foundation of the agricultural empire, the U.S. is not comparable to Japan and South Korea in terms of food, and the price is lower than that of many Chinese whose total output exceeds No.2 by a large margin.

The cheapness of American food is still based on a lot of waste. With such a foundation, 5.00% inflation is just a joke.

Inflation is doubled again, just like China. If you want to approach the food prices of Japan and South Korea, you have to continue to inflate.

After all, it is a country that claims to be able to feed [-] million people in Kansas. Other countries really cannot compare. Japan and South Korea are considered happy, at least compared to Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

However, the basic conditions of the Malayan colony can reduce the cost of food. After becoming an industrial base, the only shortcoming is food, clothing, housing and transportation. As long as oil and gas resources are discovered, there will be no shortcomings in this regard.

The resource base of the Malayan colony determines that if it can be at the same level as Japan, life must be easier than Japan.

The West Malaysia Railway, which started construction in [-], was reported in the name of the completion of infrastructure construction in the report to Whitehall. Alan Wilson described an exciting scene for Whitehall. The colony just waits to collect the money.

"You asked me to jointly propose with you to absorb colonial soldiers to form a combat force?" Lieutenant General Scons expressed surprise to Alan Wilson who came to the door, and asked, "Didn't your two high commissioners always oppose the establishment of a combat force with colonial subjects?" Troops?"

This is true. Allen Wilson and the former High Commissioner Gerald Edwards opposed the absorption of Chinese and Malays to form combat troops. This is because the British rule has been washed away by the Japanese army. .

"It's different now, General." Alan Wilson showed a flexible attitude, "The combined garrisons all over the world have overwhelmed Britain. We only have a population of 5000 million and a standing army of 80. With the expansion of the Malayan colony The importance has increased, so we can't increase the garrison. Where can we find people, not to mention that we have just transferred some troops to Australia?"

"After this round of urban construction is completed, it has become an inevitable choice to absorb the colonial population to establish combat troops. I prefer to do this during my term of office. This is a very important thing. I don't want to push things to successor."

Alan Wilson worried about the country and the people, "Furthermore, it is not convenient for the Nepalese to use it. With Chinese and Malaya-based troops, it is more reasonable to pay for the military through the colonial government."

Alan Wilson, who came prepared, gave many reasons without stopping. Bearing military responsibility was once the responsibility of British India. If Malaya could not do it, it would not be able to replace British India.

Of course, the times are different. Back then, what Britain needed was a large amount of consumables, which was to maintain Britain's world hegemony.

Now that the world hegemony has been lost, the military responsibility of the Malaya colonies is to protect the vested interests of Britain.So there is no need to build a standing army of hundreds of thousands like the British and Indian Legion back then, and the Malayan colony does not have this manpower.

"The Malays and the Chinese each set up a division. The total number of the two divisions is 3 to [-]. It can probably relieve our great defense pressure. We can use the equipment left over from World War II." Alan Wilson said Come up with your own ideas.

"Isn't it difficult?" Lieutenant General Scone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The high commissioner was still very restrained.I am planning to add the size of the British army stationed in Ma, which should be considered just right.

I heard Alan Wilson continue, "General, what I'm talking about is the establishment of an armored division, not an attached police force."

"What did you say?" Lieutenant General Scone was taken aback. "Allen, I don't understand. You should understand what it means."

"Of course I understand that the British Empire is an important force to rely on when emergencies come." Alan Wilson didn't feel that anything was wrong, and talked, "I have my reasons, and the benefits to Malaya are huge. , and hidden dangers can be eliminated.”

"You have to know how destructive it will be if such a force rebels." Lieutenant General Scone's face was serious, reminding Alan Wilson of the seriousness of the matter.

"The Malayan colony is a coastal colony, and the main cities of the Malay Peninsula are within the range of battleships. Whether the army is strong or not doesn't really mean anything. The sea and air power is in our hands, and there will be no changes."

"And on the contrary, after the colonial resistance movement from the post-war period to the present, we should realize that guerrilla warfare is the combat method that makes us vigilant. Therefore, the attached police force usually conducts low-intensity military tasks, and once the rebellion will intensify Colonial risk. Armored units, trained for combat, are insulated from the habits of attached police units."

Alan Wilson, on the contrary, believed that it was less dangerous to use Chinese to form armored divisions and Malays to form marine divisions.

This is based on historical reference. Taking the Qing army in the Daoguang period as an example, there is no doubt that the British army defeated the Qing army.

Similarly, the British army was completely wiped out when it attacked Afghanistan at the same time.This is not the point. The point is that during the Daoguang period, the Qing army quelled the Zhangger Rebellion and suppressed the Kokand Khanate, which had already declined in Afghanistan, and made it feel like an enemy.

The British army was wiped out in Afghanistan, and it was the same period when the Qing army deterred the Kokand Khanate, which was stronger than Afghanistan.It was only a few years before and after, and then the British army's record against the Qing army was a big victory.

This situation requires careful analysis. When the British army attacked Afghanistan, Afghanistan was in civil strife, and the Kokand Khanate was on the tail, which was much stronger than Afghanistan.

This can be considered.The Qing army was in the combat comfort zone of the British army, and the peace religion countries in Central Asia were also in the combat comfort zone of the Qing army, but the peace believers in Afghanistan were not in the combat comfort zone of the British army.

In the current era, guerrilla warfare is not a comfortable way of fighting for the British troops stationed in Ma.

Indonesia's infiltration of Malaya was due to the garrison of nearly [-] British and Dutch troops, which ensured that Indonesia's infiltration had no effect.

This is already a level higher than the original record of the British troops stationed in Ma. The original [-] British troops stationed in Ma have long been tricked by Indonesian airborne guerrillas with thousands of people.

Even if it is a rebellion, it is easier for the British army to deal with the establishment of armored combat troops in the colonies. It is not that the British army has never touched armored warfare. There are more British troops stationed in Malaysia than tanks, and there are battleships watching beside them.

Lieutenant General Skance of the Far Eastern Joint Operations Command has been listening to the long speeches of the commissioner educated by Whitehall, and finally believes that this set of combat comfort zone metaphors makes sense.

"The general recognizes this, and I finally did not come in vain." Alan Wilson, whose throat was about to smoke, was not polite, and directly took a glass of water in the commander's office to cool down his dry mouth. "This is a precious thing left by France. experience."

Chapter 899 Another Hardship and Another Hardship for the Colony

The British army cannot deal with guerrilla warfare. In fact, no army can deal with guerrilla warfare in a foreign country, unless the explosive troops attack with all their strength, or France mobilizes 80 troops to block it layer by layer.

Then it is necessary to improve the local military level and let it enter the comfort zone of the British army. Therefore, the two divisions prepared must not be stingy, and must be established according to the standards of the British combat troops.

As many tanks as there are in a British armored division, how many tanks should the established Chinese armored division have.What the British Marine Corps uses, what the Malay Marine Division uses.

Heavy weapons are not difficult for the current UK. The Churchill tank has just been out of active service in the British army for less than five years. There are a large number of sealed Churchill tanks in the UK. The Cromwell cruiser tank has only been out of active service for two years. The British army stationed in Malaysia is equipped with The most important is the Centurion tank, and it is completely reasonable to form an armored force with each performing its duties.

"This is a number of opinions formulated by the Civil Administration to recruit local soldiers." Alan Wilson had prepared a series of provisions, including welfare benefits, retirement arrangements, and the crime of destroying military marriages. Treatment of Nepalese, and management of the French Foreign Legion.

After consideration, Alan Wilson considered that the two major ethnic groups in Malaya society are currently conservative in thinking, and the scope of the crime of destroying military marriages can be appropriately expanded, not just to protect active-duty soldiers.

Therefore, the revised standard for destroying military marriages in the Malayan colonies is that a person who has served in the British army is eligible for the crime of destroying military marriages for a lifetime, even if this person has only been a soldier for two years.

As for preventing the mutiny of the Chinese armored divisions and Malay marine divisions that are important to rely on, the military preparations are to establish a group of armed helicopters. Allen Wilson copied the imported products of Apache, and it has been officially named Tiger helicopter gunships. , submitted to the cabinet by the Ministry of Defense, after approval, an order can be placed.

Lieutenant General Scons has become a little numb, how could he not know now that Mountbatten's son-in-law has long been prepared?With a wry smile, "Actually, I thought you were only talented in administrative work, and could turn the colony into Shanghai."

"Eh? Dear General, I am better than Mr. Chang, and he cannot be compared with me." Instead of thinking it was a compliment, Alan Wilson thought it was a great insult.

Scons is a British, and his understanding of Shanghai is limited to what he has heard. If it is not for the Malayan colony, there are mostly Chinese.It is estimated that Scones will refer to the more familiar Mumbai when comparing.

But Allen Wilson knew something about Chang Gong's level. During the Republic of China, the magic capital was so powerful that a special corpse collection team was set up, and the number of unidentified corpses taken away throughout the year was never less than [-].