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"It's nothing. Seeing the launch of the nuclear submarine makes me feel a little bit emotional." Alan Wilson adjusted his mood. "Actually, the motivation for my colleagues and I to work is that such scenes always appear."

"Well, me too." General Mountbatten nodded happily, "Me too, this is just the beginning, the queen invited me to visit Windsor Castle, let's go and see together."

"It's such an honor." Alan Wilson immediately agreed after hearing this, after all, they are a family.

Although the Imperial Commissioner always collects black money and raises a concubine, even Princess Margaret of the royal family... But it is all for the benefit of the British Empire, and he has a clear conscience.

Knowing that his son-in-law's driving skills are very average, Mountbatten let Alan Wilson experience the treatment of a special car of the Admiralty.

"The Dreadnought nuclear submarine is a start. We use the construction and verification technology of the Dreadnought to accumulate for the construction of the next level. The next step will be a long-distance voyage to verify reliability." General Mountbatten did not hide anything from his son-in-law, "If If you think the Malayan colony is unstable, how about making Singapore one of the stops."

This was a benefit Mountbatten gave to his son-in-law, Alan Wilson, who was working as the chief executive of Colonial Malaya.The visit of the nuclear submarine Intrepid may deter potential enemies of the Malaya colonies.

"That's great." Alan Wilson agreed, but what he wanted to ask more was the idea of ​​the next-level nuclear submarine. "Since the Intrepid nuclear submarine has an experimental nature, the next-level nuclear submarine is already under planning."

"If you are not Pamela's husband, I even suspect you are a spy." Mountbatten said with a smile, "There are ideas, and the difference in the use of nuclear submarines is still under discussion. The budget is still a big problem. It cost around £2000 million."

"This is about to catch up with the heavy aircraft carrier that started construction." Alan Wilson was taken aback. The heavy aircraft carrier that is currently under construction is the USS Enterprise without nuclear power. How much tonnage is a nuclear submarine?Four to five thousand tons of stuff.

"After all, it is a new field. Our accumulation of surface ships and cost savings are useless on nuclear submarines. Many aspects of equipment and nuclear reactors are new things, and it is very difficult to reduce costs." Mountbatten shrugged and complained. Said, "Don't expect a much cheaper cost than surface ships."

The cost of a battleship manufactured by the United Kingdom was the same as that of a heavy cruiser manufactured by the United States.

That relies on Britain's long-term experience with surface ships.But times have changed. In new warships, the cost advantage has dropped a lot, but it can still be built cheaper than the United States.

But on nuclear submarines, Britain is also a toddler, and it is unrealistic to save costs.

It is not impossible to do it at all. Batch construction can always share the cost. As long as the construction period is not long, the cost can be reduced.

Of course, this is General Mountbatten's explanation. Alan Wilson is deeply skeptical about this. He remembers that American warships are more expensive than each other. Could it be that the British can make one cheaper than one in the construction cycle?

He didn't know that the United Kingdom had really achieved this in history. It compressed the construction cycle of the first-class nuclear submarine within two years, resulting in a decrease in construction costs.

Arriving at Windsor Castle, Alan Wilson entered the state of spectator again, thinking about another issue that Mountbatten talked about before.Although Mountbatten did not mention the different uses of nuclear submarines, he certainly understood that this is the difference between attack nuclear submarines and strategic nuclear submarines.

Attack nuclear submarines are mainly used for attack, so attack nuclear submarines are equipped with a series of weapons, such as submarine-launched torpedoes, missiles and torpedo tubes, and attack nuclear submarines sail faster than strategic nuclear submarines, and are also faster than strategic nuclear submarines. Dive deeper, and the displacement is smaller than that of strategic nuclear submarines.

Under today's technical conditions, the weapons carried by attack nuclear submarines are torpedoes.

Attack nuclear submarines mainly perform reconnaissance missions, while strategic nuclear submarines mainly perform duty tasks.Since the intercontinental missiles carried by strategic nuclear submarines can strike outside the theater, strategic nuclear submarines can guarantee the safety of the sea as long as they cruise within a safe range.

The only thing that is certain now is that the USS Nautilus has already entered service, and no one knows whether the nuclear submarine on the Soviet side has been built, and the British nuclear submarine Intrepid has only just launched.

It will take a few years before strategic nuclear submarines are generally in service. It is not ruled out that discussions have already been held within the militaries of various countries.

However, strategic nuclear submarines, which mainly attack with long-range missiles, face another dilemma. Today, when land-based missiles frequently fail, there is still no reliable missile that can be equipped with strategic nuclear submarines.

Since Mountbatten said that the difference between nuclear submarines is only under discussion, there is no reason to think that other countries have recognized the difference between attack nuclear submarines and strategic nuclear submarines.

Before leaving London, Alan Wilson decided to help his father-in-law to be at the forefront of the times. He himself was too far away from the submarine experts, which required Pamela Mountbatten to find someone to make an argument, and he would give the result of the argument to Mountbatten. The general knows.

On July 19, the French National Assembly voted. After the war, Maurice Bourget-Maunuri, the No.[-] chairman of the post-war French Council of Ministers, announced that he would develop oil resources in the Gulf of Guinea. The news aroused discussions throughout France.

Three days later, France's Total Oil and Gas Company officially announced that it had signed a contract with the French government for the development of oil and gas in the Gulf of Guinea.

Only one day later, in Madrid, the capital of Spain, the Spanish oil company announced that it would develop oil resources in Equatorial Guinea.

And call on the Spanish government to discuss with Britain, France, Portugal and other countries to clarify each other's mining areas and conduct diplomatic negotiations.

"It seems that things have changed in a not so good way." Alan Wilson is still in London. His previous fears have become a reality. He released the existence of oil resources in the Gulf of Guinea in order to attract local funds to fill the funding gap for the development of the Nigerian Dominion. .

But inevitably, this kind of public information attracted France, Spain, and Portugal, which also had colonies around the Gulf of Guinea, and even Portugal was the first among several countries to do it because of Margaret's work and cooperation.

Fortunately, there is really oil in the Gulf of Guinea. If this is a scam, Alan Wilson dare not think about what will happen to him in the end.

At this moment, the Africans around the Gulf of Guinea did not feel that they are back, and the colonists are all back.

Chapter 912 Africa is under my pen

Alan Wilson has some impressions of the name of Total Oil and Gas Company. The largest oil company in Africa in later generations, France has never let go of Africa. It is not surprising that Total has such a status.

As for the news from Spain, the world wars have been going on for so long, and Spain, which once seemed to be liquidated, has passed the most difficult period and joined NATO two years ago.

Although following the example of Mexico, which the United States wants to establish a separate sect, it has been fighting against Spain, but it has not succeeded in preventing Spain from joining the United Nations. Spain's international isolation environment is over.

Even Spain has survived international isolation, and Portugal's Salazar is naturally more at ease.

At present, there are at least four colonial countries around the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of Africa. Although Equatorial Guinea is small, its location is extremely special. It is only normal for Spain to want a share of the pie.

At the beginning, Alan Wilson, who just wanted to raise funds for the development of the Nigerian Dominion, released the news of the oil in the Gulf of Guinea, but he did not expect to trigger a chain reaction.

Even at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, Ismay, the permanent undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifically mentioned this matter, but the tone of the mention was quite strange, "The Franco regime said that it would talk about the division of the Gulf of Guinea, Prevent conflicts. And it has already received the support of the Salazar government. Paris has not moved yet, but it is estimated that there will be no opposition, all because of the news you released."

"Dear Sir, I was also considering the development of the Nigerian Dominion. I didn't expect such a chain reaction." Alan Wilson shirked responsibility with a straight face, "You know, the development of the Nigerian Dominion, the demand generated , which is very important for the UK, which is undergoing an economic crisis cycle."

"Of course I understand. I didn't expect such a lively thing to happen in my short career as executive secretary." Sir Ismay paused when he said this, and asked suddenly, "If you were in my position, Leading the four-nation negotiation this time, will you choose to reject or promote good-neighborly and harmonious relations?"

This good-neighborly and harmonious relationship almost made Alan Wilson laugh, and said directly, "Of course, the harmonious relationship with European countries is more important, but we must also admit what Washington's reaction is."

"Washington is currently most concerned about the intercontinental missile test, and the economic stimulus policy. One is related to the face of the United States, and the other is related to people's livelihood. Both are very important."

Sir Ismay talked about him left and right, and his attention was still on the issue of steel products. "So you are in favor of starting negotiations with France, Spain and Portugal on the oil interests in the Gulf of Guinea?"

"Yes!" Alan Wilson nodded without the slightest hesitation about the question.

"Then make preparations. I will leave this job to you." Sir Ismay said indifferently, "No problem."

"Although I work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I am now a high commissioner of a colony." Alan Wilson was taken aback, and smiled wryly, "It seems that it is not appropriate to do diplomatic work."

"The Colonial High Commissioner was directly transformed into a diplomatic ambassador after the independence of the colonies. Especially the African colonies, the name remains the same and they are still called the High Commissioner." Sir Ismay raised his eyebrows, "I don't have enough energy, I was going to NATO As the secretary-general, it’s just that the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can’t leave for a while.”

"And this incident itself was caused by you, and it is only appropriate that you should solve the subsequent impact."

"I just think about the work of the Malaya colony and the launch plan in Australia." Alan Wilson readjusted his mentality and agreed, "Since the executive deputy minister wants to train me, I will try my best to handle the matter satisfactorily."

"As much as possible may not be enough." Sir Ismay corrected calmly, "Actually, you are the executive deputy secretary-general of the Overseas Assets Management Committee. You are already dealing with various places, so it is more suitable for you to work hard on diplomatic work."

"Then I will stay in London temporarily and wait for representatives from the Three Kingdoms to come to my door." Alan Wilson said.

"No, the negotiation venue is set in Paris. It's better not to let the French who have a lot of things come to your door." Sir Ismay shook his head and said, "This way the French will not feel disadvantaged, and it will also take care of the fragile self-esteem of the French."

"Could it be that the French are so fragile that they are taken care of like this?" Alan Wilson was a little puzzled, "Why do we take care of them? From [-] to now, have we taken care of them less? Even the French Expeditionary Force in Vietnam We helped deliver it."

"This is also one of the reasons." Sir Ismay smiled knowingly, "France's tough attitude towards the colonies is very gratifying. Letting the French occupy the diplomatic home court advantage is nothing."

"Don't we have the upper hand?" Alan Wilson muttered reluctantly.

"Normally not many, and it's been a long time." Sir Ismay was also caught up in memories, "For example, the Battle of Waterloo in [-]."

Paris is the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at least at this time. It is very normal for Alan Wilson, who has a heavy responsibility, to come to Paris because of work. The same is true...

In terms of personal hobbies, although Alan Wilson is a literary youth, he also likes watching football games. There is no need to hide this kind of normal hobby. He is also a literary youth and likes watching football games. Showdown, he is Ingrid. Veteran fans of Bergman.

"I really want to suffocate you." Ingrid Bergman held the man's head in her arms and said in a vicious tone.

"You want our two daughters to have no father." Alan Wilson, who had struggled out of the mountains, raised his head. Although he was facing the heavy oppression, he said without changing his expression, "I ask myself, are all the women close to me? Do my best, it can be said that as long as I have a stutter, I would rather drink water by myself than let you have enough food, and now I am facing this fate."

"If you didn't have the responsibility of a man, I would have thrown you aside a long time ago. You can still be so cheap." Ingrid Bergman said angrily, "You don't look like a high-ranking official at all, that's all you care about thing."

"What else do men care about? It's all a waste of energy." Alan Wilson took a deep breath, causing Ingrid Bergman to tremble and sigh unconsciously.

"The most admirable thing about you is that you are as hard as a piece of iron." Ingrid Bergman squinted at the man, "Woodpecker Pictures will always open the door for you."

"I want to be the leading actor." Alan Wilson stretched out his arms and hugged Ingrid Bergman's body, and said with something in his words.

A few days later, the diplomatic conference on the rational development of oil resources in the Gulf of Guinea officially started. This time the conference attracted the attention of many countries. Before the conference officially started, Alan Wilson and the representatives of the other three countries firmly refuted the A slur on par with the Berlin Conference of [-].

"The independence of the Nigerian Dominion has reached the final stage. This is an irreversible fact. In fact, it is precisely to preserve the interests of the Nigerian Dominion after independence that the UK will attend this meeting and talk about it."

Alan Wilson faced questions from reporters from major newspapers in formal attire, "Britain suffered a loss on the issue of demarcation and did not want the bloodshed after the Partition of British India to repeat itself. In fact, Lagos and I have always maintained Communication. The British position is to get a fair solution acceptable to all parties, especially not to cause war."

"The UK is willing to take responsibility and cannot leave these complex issues to post-independence Nigeria."

Alan Wilson used the tragedy after the Partition of British India to justify Britain's participation in this meeting that will determine the fate of West Africa. This justification was recognized by France, Spain and Portugal, who all said that this was a decolonization meeting .It was very different in nature from the Berlin Conference of [-].

Diplomats from the four countries have unanimously framed the meeting as an orderly post-colonial retreat.

If the United States does not insist on squeezing in, this set of rhetoric is enough to handle it.

Washington will have doubts about the purpose of this meeting, and finally put pressure on it to participate in this meeting. The name is that the United States is willing to witness the end of the colonial era.

According to the explanation from Paris, France once objected to the United States’ participation in this meeting, and the Soviet Union may also ask to participate, which may increase the influence of the Soviet Union in Africa. However, the United States was unmoved and must attend this meeting. What are these colonial countries talking about?

It has to be said that the United States' distrust of its allies has deeply hurt the feelings in the free world.

So, under the witness of the US representative, the decolonization meeting outside kept talking, and fell into a state of spitting and flying from the very beginning. The four countries refused to give in to each other, and fought with each other, focusing on the oil resources in the Gulf of Guinea. ...

Spain's Equatorial Guinea has the smallest area, and Spain has reached the point where it has nothing to lose, so its attitude is the toughest. Portugal also stands by Spain to jointly deal with France, which is the strongest in West Africa.

Facts have proved that the concerns of the United States are justified. The decolonization conference announced to the outside world is no different from the Berlin Conference.

Washington is worried that several colonial countries are playing tricks, and these countries are really playing tricks, even the presence of the Americans does not hide it.

Alan Wilson didn't say much, he just upholds the principle of neutrality, and supports whoever has reason, "Everyone knows that the Nigerian Dominion has entered the stage of independence, and the UK's participation in this meeting is only for a fair result. Regarding the Gulf of Guinea The issue of demarcation is mainly to listen to everyone's ideas."

Alan Wilson said it nicely, but he has brought into his heart the role of Lloyd George. I can change the future destiny of an African country by drawing a line in Africa.

Chapter 913 I'm Pro-American

In his heart, Alan Wilson's thoughts are the same as those of the three Latin countries, but on the surface, he insists on Nigeria's independence, maintaining the post-colonial era, and don't let the Soviet Union take advantage of the loopholes.

Of course, this is for the Americans to listen to. This suspicious ally insists on listening, which also makes this four-nation meeting a little weird.

But to be honest, Alan Wilson took this meeting as a diplomatic achievement, and the United States' insistence on squeezing in was not beyond his expectations.

From the very beginning, Alan Wilson had had the whole idea of ​​the demarcation issue in mind, and had another issue ready.Prepare to have a good discussion with the Americans to hide the true purpose of the United Kingdom.

In the meeting on the first day, everyone was basically talking, which was also expected by Alan Wilson.

At the Berlin Conference in 100, countries fought with each other for more than [-] days before they reached a compromise plan and then divided up Africa.

This meeting involves the oil interests in the Gulf of Guinea. Of course, it does not need such a long time, but it is normal to talk about it for dozens of days. Nothing is ever done overnight. Even the big things can be discussed for several years, not to mention The rights and interests in the Gulf of Guinea involved this time are not trivial matters.

"Britain's attitude is nothing more than to safeguard Nigeria's interests after independence. It can be concluded that the oil in the Gulf of Guinea will not affect Nigeria's independence, while the attitudes of France, Portugal, and Spain are obviously much more conservative, and they never mention the independence of the colonies. question."

After the first day of the meeting, the representatives of the United States who participated in the meeting and listened to the meeting conveyed the basic attitudes of various countries to Washington. It is still Eisenhower’s term. The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is an old friend of Allen Wilson, Joseph Wray Mound McCarthy.

McCarthy saw familiar names from the document, and decisively gave precise arguments, "Britain's policy is still a set of orderly retreat, slowly peeling off the colonies, and at the same time preventing this behavior from impacting the British mainland. And France, Spain And Portugal, there is no tendency in this regard, and the United States should encourage the United Kingdom's move at the diplomatic level."

Only McCarthy can make such professional judgments, because he knows his British friends very well.

His British friend was knocking rhythmically on the door of a luxury apartment. Following a series of slight footsteps, Greta Garbo opened the door from the inside, looked at this man with unsurprising eyes, and took the initiative to post With a kiss of victory, he stretched out his hand and dragged the man in, closing the door behind him.

"You are a high commissioner of the colony. It seems that you always forget your job. If you don't stay in Malaya well, the whole world is covered by you." Greta Garbo brought out bread from the kitchen and placed it in front of the man.

"This is all the country's training for me. I am responsible for supervising the overseas assets of the United Kingdom, which is also my job." Alan Wilson directly stretched out his hand and gobbled it up, and said vaguely, "Malayan colony has a mature team to manage things. On the contrary, it is not difficult, of course, in terms of location, it is extremely important to the current British Empire."

"The United States must be preventing Dad from dying." Greta Garbo teased, "Why don't you go to the film company and come to me?"

"Getting along with you is very comfortable." Alan Wilson said truthfully, "I can discuss things with a very reassuring attitude. This is exactly the environment I need now. It can also be pleasing to the eye."

Greta Garbo gave Alan Wilson a blank look, but she didn't catch these words. The short summary is that she lives so well and doesn't cling to others.

Although it has been manufactured for a long time, it has been well maintained, but it has been placed on the booth for a long time, so it can still be regarded as a new car, and the test drive experience is very good.Of course, classic luxury cars also have high requirements for drivers. Once the owner shows up, they need to clean the car frequently.

"Americans are generally arrogant. If you fool them, you can't completely exclude them." Greta Garbo lay in Alan Wilson's arms. "You once said that the United States is an agricultural empire. And you Take away all the food in Nigeria, and see that the United States has no policy in this regard. Britain should not come forward, let the local black leaders go by themselves."

"The United States seems to have formulated a foreign food aid policy in the past two years." After listening to Alan Wilson, he really wanted to slap himself on the head. Going to do it.

Azikiwe has contacts in this area, because Azikiwe himself has the experience of studying in the United States.At the threshold of independence, Azikewe, who is likely to become the father of the nation, has ties with the United States, so there are conditions for asking for assistance.

"Whitehall asked me to come to Paris for a meeting. I didn't expect to have unexpected gains." Alan Wilson, who had already had a preliminary idea, lowered his head and found Greta Garbo's red lips accurately, and whispered, "I will take good care of you today. .”

"My requirements have never been low." Greta Garbo looked back and responded, and the domineering spirit of the first screen goddess was undoubtedly revealed.

Earlier, Allen Wilson predicted that the United States might get involved, and the topic he was going to divert the attention of the United States was the maritime dispute between British Newfoundland and Iceland.It is well known that Iceland has a small population and is dependent on fishing.

What's wrong with this?Originally, Iceland would fight the cod war with Britain because of this, but now, Iceland's main competitor is the royal territory of Newfoundland armed by Allen Wilson.

At that time, Alan Wilson ended his tenure as the chief executive of Newfoundland and sold several destroyers to Newfoundland. It was also to alleviate the backlog of British warships. It is impossible for several destroyers to pose even the slightest threat to the United States and Canada.

But Iceland is definitely an exception, that is already an irresistible existence of Iceland.

Newfoundland has successfully transformed and completed the transformation from a brave man to a dragon. On the one hand, European ocean-going fishing boats are strictly prohibited from entering the waters of Newfoundland, and they are expelled to Iceland, another large fishing ground. On the other hand, Newfoundland fishermen have updated their fishing boats. After that, it can also go to the ocean, and fishing boats from European and European countries have joined in the plundering of Iceland's fishery resources.

The current situation is that the relationship between Newfoundland and Iceland has taken a turn for the worse, replacing Britain's role in fighting the cod war with Iceland, and becoming the object of Iceland's hatred.

It seems that it has nothing to do with the current issue of the demarcation of the Gulf of Guinea, but in fact it has a lot to do with it.Alan Wilson was prepared to use the conflict in Newfoundland and Iceland to reconcile with the intervention of the United States and Britain.Afterwards, the concept of the [-] nautical mile territorial sea and the [-] nautical mile exclusive economic zone was proposed.

So after the meeting in the next few days, Alan Wilson took the opportunity to complain to the Americans who were watching, "This kind of demarcation issue is the most difficult to solve, even the maritime disputes between Newfoundland and Iceland cannot be resolved, let alone around the Gulf of Guinea. There are so many colonies belonging to different countries. If there is no plan that can see the past, these countries will fight after independence.”

"And we all know that the war environment is also an important way for the spread of communism. Britain is very worried about this. If it leaves suddenly, many places may be taken advantage of by the Soviet Union. The Nigerian Dominion is the most populous place in Africa. If Falling into the arms of the Soviet Union is going to be in big trouble."

In Alan Wilson's mouth, the importance of the Nigerian Dominion has been raised to an incomparable position.