The later Kra Isthmus is located in a narrow strip of land in Chumphon and Ranong provinces in Thailand. It is the narrowest point in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, only 50 kilometers wide. It is connected to the Indo-China Peninsula in the north and the Malay Peninsula in the south. The area belonging to Thailand is about 75,000 square kilometers.

As for the rest, it is now under the jurisdiction of British Burma, covering an area of ​​30,000 square kilometers. The Isthmus of Kra is the intersection of Myanmar and Thailand.

What is currently known is that part of it is in the hands of British Burma and part of it is in the hands of Thailand, with a total area of ​​about 100,000 square kilometers.

Together with the West Malaysia area, once incorporated into the British colony, the area will be more than 230,000 square kilometers. West Malaysia is only a part of British Malaya, and East Malaysia has more than 200,000 square kilometers of land. If a strong colonial government can be established in Malaya, the employment problem of a large part of British Indian civil servants can be solved.

Apparently, Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges also thought of this. The biggest worry in his mind about the independence of the British colonies was what would happen to the 100,000 civil servants serving British India once British India became independent.

There are only 260,000 civil servants in the UK, and in any case, they cannot afford to employ as many as 100,000 people. Moreover, a large part of the authority of the cabinet secretary itself lies in the colonies.

There are only so many ministers elected. Compared with the scale of civil servants, there is a huge disparity. In the colonies, this disparity has been magnified to the extreme, and it is even more serious than the mainland.

"Alan, sit down and speak slowly." Edward Bridges smiled gently, making Alan Wilson relax, "As far as I am concerned, I have always treated the civil servants who returned from the colony with the same degree of discrimination and no prejudice. Yes. You can see that in Alexander, let's have a good talk about our future."

Edward Bridges took our word very seriously, referring of course to the whole group of British civil servants, "In fact, among the civil servants, what is most lacking is people who protect our interests. You can think of this very much at your age. It’s rare, I can see that you are very fond of that place in British Malaya.”

"Sir Edward, I'm doing this without any selfishness. It's all for the sake of the civilization and order of the British Empire." Alan Wilson took a correct attitude, "We can't give up all the colonies. Once we return to the British Isles, with the resources and The population is always under the shadow of the United States and the Soviet Union, and once it becomes normal, even the original colonies will look down on us, and the consequences are extremely serious.”

"Does Malaya have an advantage over other colonies?" Edward Bridges was not persuaded, but wondered whether British Malaya deserved to be favored by resources, "British India is the most prosperous colony, but we have Evacuation had to be considered."

"The biggest advantage of British Malaya, and the biggest difference from British India, is that the population ratio of Chinese and Malays is close to half and half. In British India, even if we support Jinnah, the population of pacifists is only India. A small part of the Christian population still does not play a role in containment. But it is completely different in British Malaya!”

Alan Wilson knew that the starting point of a better future is today, and he analyzed his excitement in detail, "two ethnic groups with the same population size are in a colony, we have saved a lot of cost from containment. . The colonial government does not consider containment at all, we are judges. We say whoever is right is right!”

Alan Wilson spoke eloquently and deeply believed that this was an advantage for the British colonial government. In other colonies, the British Empire had to bother to provoke ethnic conflicts, but in British Malaya there was no need for this, and conflicts existed naturally.

In the eyes of Malayan natives, the British Empire is of course a colonizer without a doubt, but the Chinese are also invaders on another level.

The most important thing is that now the Netherlands is ready to return to the Dutch East Indies. In a sense, the United Kingdom can leverage on this, and the United Kingdom and the Netherlands can fully cooperate in the Southeast Asia.

And British Malaya is also very important in terms of location, not far from the two most populous places in the world. It is also the most suitable base from the unpredictable considerations of a comeback that are now in the minds of liberal imperialists in Britain.

The benefits don't stop there. British Malaya is not far from Australia. Once a British colony is focused on management, Australia will consider it more when it comes to the United States.

For the British colonies, the cultural influence of the United Kingdom is far greater than that of the United States, but no matter how strong soft power is, there is no hard power. If the British army has a presence in Southeast Asia, it may be able to get some help from Australia, and Australia will not Totally back to America.

"The construction of British Malaya requires huge manpower. Your idea is very good. Are you allocating manpower?" After more than 100 years, the European battlefield has just ended, and the United Kingdom needs to be rebuilt. It is not far away to make Malaya prosperous?

"Marshal Montgomery has reorganized the German soldiers to maintain order in the British-occupied areas." Alan Wilson gave his own answer, "The Japanese military operations in Southeast Asia focused on punishing the Chinese in order to win over the local people. If we put The surrendered Japanese army is handed over to the Chinese to manage, which can save a lot of management costs."

"What are you saying is true?" Edward Bridges' eyes lit up, and he said in a smooth manner, "Given the extent of the damage to the South China Sea by the Japanese army, it should not be excessive for us to temporarily detain the Japanese soldiers to build the area."

"Not too much, Sir Edward." Alan Wilson said with his head bowed.

"This is also for the coming of justice." Edward Bridges nodded to himself, "very reasonable."

"Very reasonable!" Alan Wilson turned on the repeater mode, expressing his determination to stand in the trenches with the cabinet secretary.

"As for letting the Chinese take care of the Japanese soldiers, this is because they look similar, which may reduce conflicts." Edward Bridges straightened his back. "The Chinese are always milder than the Malays."

"I really didn't expect Sir Edward to have such a study on the customs of Asia." Alan Wilson was greatly impressed and flattered as a top student at the Oriental Academy, although he himself had not officially graduated.

"Then, you can send a telegram to Barron in my name." Edward Bridges glanced at Alan Wilson with a look that I liked about you, "I'm going to give the Prime Minister a copy. Economic revitalization plan, and at the same time talk about when, and find a chance to talk with European countries that have a common position."