"Bring it here!" Alan Wilson hurriedly stretched out his hand, took the document and asked at the same time, "Have you responded to the proposal for cooperation between Germany and Italy on the Eurofighter?"

"Not yet, Deputy Secretary." Wick replied directly, and then he stepped back and left the Office of the Deputy Secretary without hearing the following.

"If the French news is true, this is really a big deal." Alan Wilson flipped through the document and said to himself.

Since 1958, with the continuous expansion of the organization of the Arab Liberation Army, the high level of the Arab Liberation Army has made an overly optimistic estimate of the situation and began to give up guerrilla operations to conduct regular operations. loss.

That's when reports surfaced that the potential source of Algeria's resistance was bottoming out.

At present, France has invested a total of 1.5 million troops, and has also undergone partial mobilization. For Algeria, whose population has not grown but declined after years of war, this number has exceeded the upper limit of its capacity to cope. .

Even according to the most optimistic estimates, in the case of national resistance in Algeria, it can only deal with the millions of French troops. This is already the lowest proportion of guerrilla warfare. After de Gaulle's partial mobilization, the situation today is almost complete Doomed.

The Algerian war, if it was what the de Gaulle government said, really made decisive progress. The potential future brought about by this result has to be well deduced.

The book area of ​​Algeria is close to 2.4 million square kilometers, and the mainland area of ​​France is 550,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to nearly 3 million square kilometers of direct control land in France.

At the same time, unlike the history in his mind, the rivalry between the successful independent Algeria and France ultimately hindered France's control over French Africa, while the failure of Algeria to become independent will inevitably strengthen France's control over the nominally independent French Africa. To what extent is debatable, but strengthening is certainly the right thing to do.

Such France is a powerful country spanning both sides of the Mediterranean Sea, with three million direct territories, and its influence has been extended to the interior of Africa, and its influence has also been greatly enhanced.

It can’t be said that the Roman Empire that spanned the Mediterranean was resurrected, and the resurrection of a Western Roman Empire is also very fatal.

Arriving at the home of Marshal Mountbatten, Alan Wilson met his wife's sister Patricia, who came to visit her mother. The two nodded and greeted each other, "Father is in the study."

"Patricia, thank you." Greetings to the genuine sister-in-law, Alan Wilson was not polite and went straight to the study. He believed that the full-time commander of the British Army should also get the news.

Mountbatten may not be able to fight the war, but as a military leader for so many years, he still has a strategic vision.

Does the commander have to fight? Slim, who has the toughest record in the UK, is not the marshal promoted by Mountbatten.

As the No. 1 figure in the military, Mountbatten had indeed just received the news. He knew his intentions when he saw his son-in-law entering the door. Before Alan Wilson opened his mouth, he asked directly, "Aren't you evaluating that the French can't win this battle?"

That's certainly not what Alan Wilson assessed, but the whole of Whitehall and the Cabinet.

Because France was killed by Germany in World War II, and it was also disgraced in Vietnam. Algeria has made little progress after so many years of fighting. It is indeed the mainstream attitude in the British government that France will get out of Algeria sooner or later.

"We didn't expect that the French would stick to the end, and would rather continue to fight with partial mobilization." Alan Wilson clearly distanced himself from the relationship. Someone said that the French couldn't win, but it was definitely not him.

Besides, it’s not the UK that thinks so, the United States also evaluates it this way, and the reference is also that it was killed by Germany in World War II, and the Vietnam War was disgraced. I feel that France can no longer be regarded as a military power.

"France has quelled Algeria's resistance, and our situation is very difficult." Marshal Mountbatten frowned, "The territory of three million square kilometers is ten times that of the British mainland."

"Algeria's effective land is less than 500,000 square kilometers, and the rest is desert. Of course, with the French mainland, there are nearly one million land use, which will indeed greatly enhance France's national strength." Alan Wilson explained, In fact, it is not so exaggerated, but it is explained in this way, which is mostly comforting.

Take the United States, the best landowner in the industrial age, for example, not all of its land area can be used. Alaska, which is 1.72 million square kilometers, is excluded first.

In the continental United States alone, there is also a large amount of land that cannot be used. There are also a lot of tundra in the Soviet Union. The same is true of a powerful country and a certain big country.

But even so, what Alan Wilson said about effective territory is still a comfort. Britain and France are colonial countries, so the territory cannot be counted in this way, and the maintenance of traditional influence must also be considered. France is not far from Africa.

"It seems that Malta has become extremely important now. The strength of the Mediterranean Fleet needs to be strengthened." Mountbatten did not know if he had heard his son-in-law's explanation, and he talked about the countermeasures from a military point of view.

From now on, whoever says the Royal Navy should be downsized will be betraying the country here in Mountbatten. The United Kingdom wants to ensure control of the Mediterranean Sea. Now that the two camps are opposed, of course they will not regard France as an enemy country, but maintaining a naval power above France is inevitable.

Malta is an island located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, known as the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, it is also a strong support for the British control of the sea in the Mediterranean Sea, and this strategically important island was naturally snatched from the French.

Alan Wilson knew in his heart that if France were defeated in Algeria, the value of Malta would of course still exist, but it was not necessarily a place that must be preserved, but now the result is that France has become a major power across the Mediterranean, and Malta's status has once again become prominent. .

"Gibraltar, Malta. Cyprus." The few words that Mountbatten revealed had outlined the British arrangement in the Mediterranean in front of his son-in-law.

Is a person's mistake a mistake, and a group's mistake a mistake? When the prevailing view within the British government was that French insistence in Algeria would ultimately fail, no one thought it was a mistake.

However, France's victory in Algeria is naturally not a matter for the French family. In the past, the independence of the British from the vast colonies may be strived for. If it is impossible, it is not impossible to let go.

Now, important colonies must be preserved. Otherwise, with France controlling Algeria so close, how can Britain have a foothold in Europe?

Prime Minister Aiden immediately held a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Africa. In fact, the main discussion was the follow-up influence of France. At this moment, the good news of Algeria has spread all over France.

After the defeat in World War II, the defeat in the Vietnam War, and in Algeria, France finally ushered in a hearty victory.

Although some of the Algerian rebels have fled into the desert, the Algiers military has shown that the organized resistance has been shattered, and the remaining fish that slip through the net will not cause major incidents.

Under such circumstances, the whole of France was plunged into a boil, no less than the liberation of Paris by the French in 1945.

"Ingrid, guess what, our men won't be able to fall asleep at this time." Heidi Lamarr asked Ingrid Bergman with her back to Ingrid Bergman, applying cream to the mirror.

"How would I know." Ingrid Bergman put her hands on her chest, but this posture set off her strong strength.

"He definitely will, maybe he's busy with it now." Heidi Lamar was quite satisfied with herself in the mirror. She had also lived in France for so many years, how could she not know what the French think of Britain .

The results of this time came, just look at the streets of Paris, how many people held up the photo of Charles de Gaulle.

In the French National Assembly, while de Gaulle confirmed the victory in the face of the various parties in the National Assembly, he emphasized again, "I said that when Algeria is absorbed into France, it will certainly ensure the citizenship of the local people, they are all glorious France. Citizens, with all the rights of French citizens. There may be some differences from native French citizens, but I believe that this problem can be solved.”

“In such an event, even if you have all political, economic, military, and diplomatic advantages, don’t think that violence and coercion can be the only effective means to resolve conflicts, and only use the thinking of public security to deal with ethnic conflicts and national conflicts. Splitting is probably not going to work."

"In the next five years, the army will gradually leave the management scope and return to Europe to protect the prosperity and stability of France. Of course, this is not to ignore the importance of the army~lightnovelpub.net~ The reconstruction and development of Algeria still requires the army to play a positive role. "

De Gaulle's speech in the French National Assembly was known to the French through television and quickly spread all over the world.

"The Soviet Union, and the countries in its camp, slammed the so-called victory of France."

"The United States has not expressed its position yet, but from a special channel, the United States is also asking the United Kingdom's attitude on this matter."

"As for the Third World side, India proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as a solution to the problem. Indonesia's Sukarno expressed his support. For the time being..."

Sukarno? When Alan Wilson reported to Rabo Butler again, when he saw the name, he thought you should take care of yourself, and still have time to express your position on North Africa?

"The Prime Minister is also discussing this issue these days." Rabo Butler asked, "Alan, you have been working overseas for a long time. Do you think British East Africa has potential for development?"

"Basically not!" Alan Wilson thought for a moment and replied, "Especially Nyerere is ready for independence. It is a trusteeship, and we have no reason to prevent local independence. After independence, British East Africa will be fragmented."