British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 1032: The visit of the cultural czar

Because of the value of the British pound, the export price of British industrial products will be surprisingly high. The British solution is the Imperial Preference System, but it must also be admitted that since World War II, the scope of the Imperial Preference System has gradually shrunk. If it weren't for Alan Wilson, the process would have been faster.

Pamela Mountbatten didn't know the role of her husband, but she heard her husband talk about the disadvantages of the high value of the pound.

Such a high currency value of the pound has a great positive effect on the financial sector, and it is a disaster for the manufacturing industry.

From this point of view, the British auto industry is dominated by mid-to-high-end cars, and low-end cars are very rare because of the national conditions. If you don't take the luxury route, you can't get close to the people even if you want to.

The transfer of industries is also something that has to be done. At any rate, the exchange rate of the Asian pound in Malaya is more normal.

There is only so much domestic demand in the UK. Although the purchasing power of the British is now comparable to that of the US, the gap in population size is more than three times. Sooner or later, the local auto industry will have to go out.

If we can form a division of labor for local production of luxury cars and Malayan production of mass models, local cars are mainly exported to the emirates that are lying to make money, and Malayan cars take care of the third world. This problem will not be solved, at least there will be no problems in the short term. , As for walking and watching in the future.

Pamela Mountbatten also came here with sincerity, and offered a capital injection price of 15 million pounds. This is already a sky-high price for Land Rover. Just over 200,000 units, the high-end status of the British auto industry is so puzzling.

Land Rover is already considered a very popular car in the UK. It has been produced for more than ten years from World War II to the present, that is, it has passed the milestone of 200,000 vehicles. It is not an exaggeration to describe Pamela Mountbatten as a capitalist with a conscience.

Maurice Wilkes was also extremely shocked. Even a wholly-owned acquisition would still be sufficient, not to mention that the Mountbatten Group only needs a relatively majority of shares. "Do you want the Land Rover brand?"

"That's natural. I have always been adhering to the concept of helping British entrepreneurs develop, and I don't pursue mergers and acquisitions." Pamela Mountbatten seemed to have the halo of the Virgin Mary shrouded in her body.

If it were any one person, the chances of being considered a liar by Maurice Wilkes are higher, but the check for fifteen million pounds is here, "Miss Pamela, you are the most generous person I have ever seen." people."

"Mr. Morrison, you are not the first person to say that." Pamela Mountbatten smiled slightly and began to get up, "Making money is only a part of our life, the most important thing is to bring the achievements of technology to thousands of households I have been working hard for this goal, and my husband is also very supportive of my career.”

Alan Wilson, who supports his wife's career, is accompanying Marshal Mountbatten to Chobham. Britain is such a large land area, and Chobham is in a small town not far south of London. It is not difficult to go there.

The name of the Royal Armored Research Institute is very famous, but Alan Wilson immediately felt that the meeting was not as famous as it was.

The Chobham in his imagination couldn't match the inconspicuous appearance in front of him.

Marshal Mountbatten handed over the information to the researchers of the Royal Armored Research Institute, and Alan Wilson did not forget to brush up on the sense of presence, "The test in Australia originally wanted a ceramic interlayer test, but due to insufficient basic conditions, the test site was poor and could only be tested." Forget it, I have to say this is a pity."

Allen Wilson just reminded him on the sidelines, without saying that ceramic materials must be useful.

Otherwise, this group of scientific researchers would probably ask him for data, and this group of science students can do such a thing.

"So that's it." The scientific researcher who has little attainment in speaking skills nodded, and expressed his gratitude with a head shape of the local support center. "Perhaps this will open a new door for the development of armor."

Alan Wilson said in his heart that he hoped so, just don't end up producing an outdated weapon system with top technology. It is well known that Britain is especially good at manufacturing such the most advanced outdated products.

The Chobham armor is only the earliest composite armor in the free world. The first application on tanks was the Soviet Union on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain. The Soviet Union's investment in composite armor aviation was also due to the existence of the British Chieftain series tanks.

Because of the development of main guns, tanks have also taken a detour for a while. Various new ammunition such as chemical energy armor-piercing bullets, hollow-charge armor-piercing bullets, and armor-breaking bullets have developed rapidly. The penetration ability of homogeneous steel armor of 700-800 mm Puts any armor in the shade.

Therefore, many western tanks basically gave up heavy armor protection, almost gave up armor protection, and turned to extremely high mobility as a defense. A large number of crispy tanks are in the research and development sequence of various countries.

The Chief is the only iron baby in the free world at the same time. Except for the composite armor, the rest are the third-generation main station tank standards, which are heavier and more powerful than the active Soviet tanks.

The disadvantage of Soviet tanks in terms of tonnage made the Soviet Union invest a lot of energy in composite armor and finally made a breakthrough. This can avoid adding more water and surface, and finally compete with the free world to see who has more mouse tanks. Keep Soviet tanks The concept of achieving the same combat effectiveness with less weight.

The same is true for the United Kingdom. Once the composite armor is successful, the tonnage will drop to a certain extent, and the power of the Chieftain tank will be much more generous. To a certain extent, it can solve the heart disease of British tanks.

The Chobham composite armor may not come out so soon, but isn't there still data on the plug-in reactive armor?

In the later Syrian civil war, the warring parties even hung stones on the tanks, which were just as useful. Can you confuse the Soviet Union before the Chobham composite armor appears? Probably enough, the Soviet Union is an expert in tanks, and it may be able to confuse the United States.

How to deal with a bunch of crispy tanks in hand? Of course, it is an external reactive armor. It maintains mobility when it is not attached, and it is ready to complete the tough battle when it is attached. It does not need to be as extreme as British tanks, and it has spring like crispy tanks.

But I believe that other countries will realize in the future that the line of the chief tank is correct, and the hollow big bra is not advisable.

If it is not time, Marshal Mountbatten is going to take his son-in-law to see the TSR.2 attack aircraft project.

Alan Wilson is indeed very interested, but he can only say that he will watch it later, "The Soviet cultural delegation is about to arrive in London. After that, I will go to Somalia to guide independence. I am still very busy with work, Pam. La is also busy with business affairs, and if possible, Albert and Pamela may need to be taken care of by the marshal for a while."

The most important thing is the last sentence, if the youngest son had not been weaned, he would have ended up with his older siblings.

"No problem, both of you are busy." Marshal Mountbatten readily agreed, and he did not compare with the eldest daughter's family. The eldest daughter has nothing to do, and the eldest son-in-law is not so busy in the House of Lords. Yes, it was really busy.

"It's a wonderful thing." Alan Wilson couldn't help but sigh on the way back to London. The main opponent of the TSR.2 attack aircraft in history is none other than Marshal Mountbatten, the number one figure in the military.

When the TSR.2 attack aircraft project was established, it was at a time when the United Kingdom was shrinking sharply, and the size of the British army was also shrinking again and again.

The army, navy and air force will spit on each other for my stagnant military spending. Marshal Mountbatten couldn't even keep the Royal Navy he was born in, let alone the Air Force project.

Of course, the failure of the TSR.2 attack aircraft project was also caused by the United States. After the war, the United Kingdom has been deeply in debt. The United States has used the International Monetary Fund to kill how many military projects in the United Kingdom.

In the final analysis, there is no money to make troubles. The smaller and smaller colonies and the increasing pressure on military expenditures make any British military projects have to be carefully calculated.

On the eve of the visit of the Soviet delegation, Whitehall has been paying attention to the movement of the United States, collecting information as much as possible to find out the real thinking of the United States. The basic principle is that the United States expresses its position, which means the United States is in a hurry, and the United States does not express its position, which means that the United States is in a hurry. Urgent~lightnovelpub.net~In fact, in private, McCarthy changed his extremely conservative position uncharacteristically, saying that Britain and the United States can have a good talk, and the real enemy is the Soviet Union. This statement is surprising.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this. Alan Wilson’s masterpiece of conspiracy theory, the World’s Unsolved Mysteries series, the agency fees in the US market have all entered the pockets of the McCarthys. Not a decimal.

Pamela Mountbatten has achieved great success and acquired a majority stake in Land Rover. Alan Wilson couldn't help joking, "If it was in the United States, this good news would cause the stock market to skyrocket."

If the 21st century is even more serious, new energy vehicles will be the next hot spot, and any PTT car project will dare to go public to collect money.

"It cost another fifteen million pounds!" Pamela Mountbatten said pitifully, "I don't know when I can earn it back."

"Trust me, it will be soon." Alan Wilson patted his chest and promised that in the future, the Middle East must be filled with Land Rovers, and Toyota will be fucked. The British sphere of influence can only run British-brand cars.

At the end of April, led by Fultseva, a member of the Soviet Central Presidium, the Moscow Red Flag Song and Dance Troupe took the Tu114 airliner and landed in London. Among the British diplomats who came to greet them, they saw that this airliner was exactly the same as the Comet airliner. , I couldn't help but be a little surprised, but why does it smell like a bomber?

Fortseva seems to have carefully dressed up, wearing work clothes that can show off the beauty of women, and stepped off the passenger plane of the same model as the Tu 95 step by step. Alan Wilson wondered, why did the Soviet car still turn on the double flashing lights when it was moving forward? He was so shaken that he wanted to blink to make up the frame.

Fultseva's eyes are good, and the corner of her mouth curled up when she saw Alan Wilson, who was dazzled by the high beam, from the corner of her eye.