"Okay!" John and Powell nodded at the same time. On the other side, the Governor of British India and General Mountbatten were also discussing their own affairs. Pamela Mountbatten, who was on the side, was obviously not very happy.

Because General Mountbatten was looking forward to the day he returned to Europe, and he has been active for it. Now that the war is over, he still feels that he is more suitable for the country than living in British India.

For this reason, after the surrender of Japan, in addition to accepting the surrender, Mountbatten was still inquiring about whether the mainland remembered him.

"Let's wait and see!" Governor Wavell said, don't be impatient. There are still a lot of things going on in the mainland. The war is over, it doesn't mean that the impact of the war will disappear soon.

On the other side, Alan Wilson is also talking about his own affairs. Whether the British Empire is in the hands of politicians or civilians is a good question.

Alan Wilson knows himself that if the UK is limited to the British Isles, the UK is indeed in the hands of the elected government, but if we are talking about the entire British Empire, it is undoubtedly in the civil service system.

Basically, elected politicians are local, while the British Empire has civil servants all over the world.

Ordinary politicians will not go to the colony to serve at all. What if they have just arrived in the locality and the local elections are held in advance? Party rotation? Isn't that when you just got there and you're going back?

Of course, the emergence of aircraft as a means of transport is not good news for overseas civil servants. Politicians are more free to come and go than ever before.

During World War II, the civil servants in British India faced a shortage of manpower. Apart from handing over some unimportant jobs to Indians, they could only think of ways internally.

To tap the internal potential, students like Alan Wilson who are in British India will naturally become a backup force.

This is also the beginning of Alan Wilson's career, and it is a memory worth cherishing in retrospect.

Without the interference of annoying politicians, no one can hinder the civil servants of British India and unleash the shackled potential of India.

There are nearly 600 princely states in British India. The small and medium-sized princely states have limited ability to resist the Congress Party. The only ones that can really be counted on are the princes of Hyderabad and Mysore.

Similar to having a vast area, there are not as many as 600 self-contained and powerful native states. Including Kashmir, there are a total of 15. Among them, Hyderabad is the strongest, and Maharaja Ali Khan has enough financial resources.

Leaving aside Kashmir, Nehru will never let go. That is the birthplace of the Nehru family.

Although the Hyderabad state is strong enough, it has a disadvantage, that is, it has no access to the sea and is surrounded by the British Indian province. The Mysore state is next to the Portuguese Goa, Hyderabad and Mai Between the kingdoms of Sol, there is a nominally similar isthmus, which seems to be separated from the land of the slender neck in the northeastern part of India in later generations.

But this kind of isolation is only symbolic. As long as Hyderabad and Mysore have a common position, that administrative isolation is almost equivalent to non-existence.

"I haven't seen Pedro for a long time. Do you still work in Goa? If so, find a chance to meet." Alan Wilson started the communication with such an opening remark.

As early as the Brussels Conference, Alan Wilson had seduced Portugal with the issue of Portuguese Goa.

The effect is very obvious. The garrison of Portuguese Goa has reached 20,000 people. Obviously, the close ally of the British Empire is shouldering international responsibilities.

Once the situation deteriorated, Alan Wilson even wanted to keep a back-up, not to withdraw part of the British army stationed in India to the mainland, but to stay in Portuguese Goa and continue to exist in British India in name.

Naturally, the three local commissioners discussed that, regarding the glorious future of the entire British India, after half a year, there will definitely be some changes in the entire subcontinent. Powell mentioned one thing, the French India seems to be shrinking.

"The French are the most untrustworthy." Alan Wilson justly began to accuse, which was a precursor to fleeing. At a time when colonists around the world were about to unite, the French wanted to surrender.

Alan Wilson's accusations are completely ignored. The fact that there are only a few enclave cities in French India, with such small interests, the French do not need to go into troubled waters.

Now think of keeping the colonists directly united? How to calculate the account of robbing French India during the Seven Years War? But if France has a land as large as Portuguese Goa in British India, it will not want to slap the **** and leave.

Although he knew that it would be unreliable to rely on the French, at a critical moment, Alan Wilson still hoped that the French would be stupid again and play a certain role in covering the subcontinent issue for the United Kingdom.

"We still have to give the French a little benefit. For a day in the subcontinent, France can help us a lot even if it's only symbolic." Alan Wilson sighed, "It's really disappointing that there are no Portuguese people who have international responsibilities. "

"When it comes to Portugal, Alan, you have attended the Brussels conference and you should know the cause and effect. When Portugal announced an increase in troops in Goa and Belgium announced its support for the return of the Netherlands to the East Indies, it was really exciting to hear the news. "John said happily, "The Dutch troop carrier stopped in Mumbai for a short time, which caused many people to stop and watch. Even those from the Congress Party were silent."

"I didn't expect that one day, we would need the armies of other countries to help us complete the shock and deterrence." Alan Wilson shook his head with a wry smile and said, "But something is better than nothing. We need to measure the material resources of India and win the favor of other countries. At this moment, European countries need to be closely united and stand firm so that they will not be taken advantage of by those two bastards. But in a short time, there is one **** who can't reach us, just be careful of one bastard. "

John and Powell nodded in agreement, and turned to talk cheerfully about the Dutch warship firing in Jakarta at the end of October, and the whole of Jakarta became a sea of ​​fire. I believe that it will surely form a certain degree of shock and deterrence to the resisters.

"Let's not talk about this topic, it's a Dutch problem." Alan Wilson opened the topic casually after hearing that thousands of Jakarta citizens were killed in the indiscriminate shelling.

The strength of the Dutch navy is not worth mentioning in Europe, but that is in Europe. As a country that has the East Indies as a colony, the Netherlands' navy, no matter how poor, is not comparable to the colonies.

Regarding the bombardment of Jakarta, Alan Wilson just mentioned it casually at the Brussels meeting. He never thought that old imperialist countries, even if they were lonely, would still have this cruelty and really put it into practice.

It was the Netherlands who were shelled, and the Indonesians who were shelled. This incident has nothing to do with Alan Wilson from beginning to end.

Besides, now we are talking about British India, what about the Dutch, isn't that a digression?

The only British aspect of the whole thing is that two ex-British warships were also involved in the shelling.

The United Kingdom supports the Netherlands' return to Asia, but considering that the national strength of the Netherlands may be uncertain, and because the war has ended, the Royal Navy has a number of warships that need to be retired, so it leased the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship Warrior to the Dutch Navy for use.

Although the Warrior is a battleship during World War I, its 30,000-ton displacement and 15-inch main gun are not fake. In the battle of Songhu, the soldiers within the range of the main guns of the battleships had the most say in what would happen to the coastal cities in the face of such main guns.

The rest of the fleet was used in the Far East Fleet of British India to select a few light warships and hand them over to the Dutch Navy for use.

Alan Wilson has no objection to this. If British India becomes independent, many of the warships of the Far East Fleet will definitely be left to India as a legacy.

Speaking of the whole thing, what is quite surprising is that the battleship Warrior was actually leased to the Dutch Navy. Although it is not for sale, it can be seen that the United Kingdom is absolutely serious about supporting other colonial countries and sharing firepower for itself~lightnovelpub.net~ This is very different from history, and can be regarded as very proactive, of course, this is also the same as the British horse. to Asia plan. Based in British Malaya, supporting the Netherlands and France in the war, it is possible to make money.

"It's better to let the Portuguese carry the flag and go around Jakarta. That's even better!" Alan Wilson brought the topic to Portugal again, "Goa now has more than 20,000 Portuguese defenders, and it's okay to keep them. It's a waste, it's better to carry the national flag and go to the East Indies to brush up on the sense of existence and show the unity of European countries. If you have time to communicate with the Portuguese Governor's Office, you can say that the old friend is back. The issues that were not settled in Hyderabad before can now be done. Let's talk."

"Then I'll find time to talk to Pedro." John nodded. "I don't know when the submarine will arrive? Lord Salaman Khan is very much looking forward to this. When I first talked to him, there were still some Reluctantly, but I figured it out later, if the territory of the native country cannot be kept, the money will not be kept sooner or later."

"Salaman Khan's idea is very correct." Powell nodded in approval, and then said, "Then my side is to maintain a close relationship with Goa, train with the Portuguese army, and expect Portugal's support when necessary."

"When it is necessary in the future, it can only be done secretly now." Alan Wilson corrected, "After discussing with the Congress Party, I will go and have a good talk with your esteemed Maharajas when I have a chance."

"Talking to the Congress Party? What?" John said with a look of surprise, "Alan, but Nehru drove you away."

"Don't talk about such endless rumors, I have always respected Mr. Nehru very much." Alan Wilson flatly denied, "The Congress Party is the close brother of civil servants."