British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 1388: flip the table

"The result of this election depends on whether West Pakistan accepts it. I think it is very difficult. Pakistan is essentially controlled by the forces in the west." Handing over the latest general election results to the Prime Minister allows Harold Wilson to have some insight into the latest South Asian situation. learn.

Even if there is a re-election, there will be no change in the results. West Pakistan is still divided into Punjab and Sindh, while East Pakistan is all Bangladeshi. Overall, the population of West Pakistan is at a disadvantage, let alone West Pakistan. Overall, Mountbatten told Ali Jinnah that Pakistan would split sooner or later.

But if British India is preserved as a whole, will it avoid today's results? With the addition of the two parts of Pakistan with a total of more than 110 million Pakistanis, today's South Asia is estimated to be very lively, and it is estimated to be in the same state as the Republic of China. The prime minister is almost a large Governor of Liangjiang similar to Chang Gong.

So the problem of British India is right there. There is only a downward trajectory and no good future. This has nothing to do with the United Kingdom. In fact, if it were not for the United Kingdom, the Church of Peace would only be stronger than it is today.

"Alan, taking advantage of the fact that the election has just ended, we immediately issued a diplomatic document to congratulate Pakistan on the result of its first general election since independence." Harold Wilson said after thinking for a long time.

This is to hope that a diplomatic congratulations can let West Pakistan, especially Yahya Khan, know that the international community has noticed the general election in Pakistan. I hope that Yahya Khan can recognize this result and not push the country into conflict. It is also a congratulation. It is also pressure.

"I will call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately and ask them to send a congratulatory document." Alan Wilson agreed very happily, knowing that the Prime Minister wanted to avoid armed conflict in Pakistan, or a civil war.

The only way to avoid civil war is for West Pakistan to accept the fact that the parties in East Pakistan came to power, at least in theory without escalating the situation.

But this is only in theory. East Pakistan is an exporter of jute and has always undertaken the important task of exporting. The foreign exchange earned has become the basis for West Pakistan's imports. Some people say that 20% of this money is left for East Pakistan. It is too great a contradiction to say that if one does not keep even rupees, no one will be satisfied.

Even Yahya Khan did not dare to make concessions. On the contrary, as the leader of the military government, his choice of armed suppression was almost a certainty.

The letter of congratulations from the British Foreign Office was immediately sent to the capital of Pakistan, and London has officially issued an official document acknowledging the legitimacy of the Pakistani general election.

As the de facto No. 1 figure in Pakistan, Yahya Khan, the chief of the army's general staff, threw the congratulatory letter aside with a heavy face, and directly boarded a military plane and rushed to Dhaka, the central city of East Pakistan. It is already obvious that Yahya Khan will never accept the result of this general election.

At this point, he is ready to give Rahman one last chance, either obediently maintaining the status quo as before, or accepting the suppression of the Pakistani army. This was the last mercy of Yahya Khan.

At this time, in the whole of East Pakistan, countless Bangladeshis flocked to the streets, ecstatic about the results of the general election. They have won the parliamentary majority, and they no longer have to endure the exploitation of West Pakistan. The hard-earned foreign exchange of East Pakistan will also be used. Yu builds locally.

The local Bihari military and police watched coldly, watching the celebration of the Bengalis singing and dancing. Although the Biharis had the same beliefs as the Bengalis, they escaped from neighboring India during the Partition of India and Pakistan. In fact, when the two places in Pakistan are far apart, these refugees who escaped from India are more controlled and entrusted with important tasks. Therefore, the Bihar people are more inclined to the government of West Pakistan.

It was under such circumstances that Yahya Khan’s military plane landed from Dhaka, and Yahya Khan in military uniform went straight to the local government resident without stopping, and asked Rahman, the leader of the ruling Awami League, to come and talk to himself. talk.

Under the persuasion of some assistants, Rahman still decided to come here on invitation, wanting to see what the military leaders mean, whether to accept the election results or not? After all, Britain has issued a diplomatic document congratulating the election, and Rahman's Awami League has also received it.

Yahya Khan did not hide his thoughts, and saw Rahman directly said, "Sheikh, regarding the general election, now that the country is facing the threat of India, it is not realistic to use democratic elections. It is especially not conducive to the construction of the Pakistani army. , I hope you can understand."

"General, this is a fraud, and we have already received a congratulatory letter from London." Rahman said angrily, "Can't you afford to lose?"

"The British don't understand the situation, and they don't know the national conditions of Pakistan." Yahya Khan said unmoved, "I might as well make it clear. From a national perspective, the conditions advocated by the Awami League cannot be Accepted, it may cause unnecessary bloodshed if it has to be done."

Yahya Khan thought he had made his words very clear. As the leader of a large party, Rahman must understand the meaning, "I will leave Dhaka tomorrow."

The powerful chief of staff of the army thought that he had given Rahman a lot of face by coming this time. If the other party did not cooperate, he would be a little ignorant. The local garrison would not let the People's League mess around. Yahya Khan thought he controlled Rahman, just as Eden controlled Nasser.

A day later, Yahya Khan returned to West Pakistan, entered the Congress and declared that the election was illegal, the Congress was dissolved, and the first general election after independence came to an abrupt end.

In London, the Ministry of Defense Building, the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense Makins is making a vowed introduction. Regarding the replacement plan of the Royal Navy destroyer fleet, the Minister of Defense Dennis Healy, the Chief of Defense Staff Sir Charles, and Alan Wilson are watching.

"After the successful launch of the last satellite of the Galileo system, Britain has the ability to maintain real-time monitoring of the whole world. The problem encountered by the Royal Navy at this stage is that the **** fleet has become increasingly unable to adapt to the times, and the old **** Ships must be updated, and how to face the saturation attack of the Soviet Red Navy is a big problem for the Royal Navy.”

Saturation attack refers to the fact that the Soviet Navy proposed that the principle of anti-ship warfare is to fire at the enemy first and attack intensively with missiles.

Therefore, when conducting anti-aircraft carrier operations, the Soviet Red Navy will mobilize cruise missile submarines, conventional or nuclear-powered torpedo submarines and other underwater forces in the predetermined sea area as the first echelon, with the cooperation of multiple surface anti-ship assault groups on the Moscow-class aircraft carrier Ambush to the preset battlefield sea area in advance. The second echelon and the main force will cooperate with submarines to launch intensive missile assaults in multiple ways, in multiple domains, in multiple batches, and in all directions.

The radar system of the 1950s or even earlier was no longer sufficient to deal with such attacks. It could still parry a small number of anti-ship missiles attacking from a single direction, but the number and direction of the incoming missiles were slightly larger, and the number of radars irradiated was limited. It is impossible to guard against one thing and lose another.

"Of course, this problem is not unsolvable now. The application of the Galileo system can be combined with some new applications of the HMS Mountbatten guided missile battleship built a year ago. The radar layout and subsystem application on HMS Mountbatten, Can be used in destroyer upgrades and construction."

"And it is reported that the U.S. Navy is also trying this application. We don't know the specific situation, but I believe the path is similar."

Defense Secretary Dennis Healey said in a tone of disapproval but not approval after listening, "This is a lot of spending, especially in the current situation."

"It is for this reason, my lord minister, that, according to Keynesian theory, the UK should be on top of job creation."

Alan Wilson explained, "Britain has this ability. I have no doubt that the United States is more powerful. But in terms of shipbuilding, the shipbuilding industry in the United States has always been poor. The promotion of the Royal Navy by shipbuilding is different."

The American shipbuilding industry only broke out once during the World War~lightnovelpub.net~ What is the current scale of American civilian shipbuilding? Last year, the scale of shipbuilding was 150,000 tons. It is not a matter of the 21st century that the American civil shipbuilding industry is not good. The fleet of the Greek ship king is enough for the American shipbuilding industry for ten years. This is only Greece. Since the 1950s, the American shipbuilding industry It is living by relying on military orders.

The United Kingdom is not like Japan, which is restricted by the United States, and it is not like the poor production capacity of American civil shipbuilding. Why not use it?

"Although we have transferred some civilian shipbuilding to Penang, we are facing competition from the Japanese shipbuilding industry. At this time, the size of the shipbuilding industry is maintained through orders from the Navy. It is not a bad thing for the United Kingdom. Otherwise, shipbuilding workers will become national burden."

"Not to mention, there is still appreciation pressure on the pound. We need to resolve the appreciation pressure on the pound. The upgrade and construction of the frigate will definitely satisfy the shipbuilders."

Work-for-relief, Keynesianism, Alan Wilson felt that after passing this village, there would be no such shop, and while the British shipbuilding industry was still doing well, he would get on the horse as soon as he could.

"Sir, of course we pay attention to the shipbuilding industry, and we also pay attention to the employment of shipbuilders." Dennis Healey, just then the phone from the Ministry of Defense rang.

Makins went to answer the phone, "Is the Secretary-General there? Something happened. The Pakistani side declared the general election illegal. Diplomats from the consulate in Dhaka said that **** conflicts broke out between the Bangladeshis who took to the streets to protest and the military."

"And then there was the financial summit in Washington, where Japan responded with a bow and apology for our disregard for pro-property rights and currency manipulation."

"Bow down and apologize, and I will not change it." Alan Wilson got up and walked out directly, and turned back at the door, "Makins, complete the construction plan of the destroyer fleet."