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"Hankey, Boris, I don't know what it is about coming to London this time." Alan Wilson gave a warm hug as soon as he saw the person coming. Hankey is a member of the Newfoundland Commission, and Boris is a tax haven The direct person in charge, "Wouldn't something happen to Newfoundland?"

"Sir Allen, look at what you said, everything is business as usual in Newfoundland." Boris smiled. Compared with a few months ago, he finally got rid of the feeling of self-compassion and actual embarrassment. It can be said that he has been reborn. General changes.

Alan Wilson was very enthusiastic, and it was where he tried his best, so he asked how Newfoundland developed after he left.

When talking about the Chinese workers, Boris said that after the departure of this batch of Chinese workers, the Newfoundland Parliament will decide whether to hire the second batch of Chinese workers based on the demand of the European market.

"It's better to change a new batch of people. This is the case with any worker. Once they start to adapt to the environment, they will start to cheat and cheat." Alan Wilson gave his advice after listening.

This reason is of course plausible, but it is definitely not the main reason. The main reason is that changing a group of Chinese workers to improve their lives can expand the base. In the end, he did not forget to emphasize, "Peranakans are not credible, if you continue to hire them , looking for new immigrants, by the way, the Malayan High Commissioner Gerald Edward is in London, you are here at the right time, if there are so many days at night, maybe the other colonial commissioners will leave."

"Thank you so much, Sir Allen! If Commissioner Gerald is here, we can talk." Hankey, who is already the Speaker of the Newfoundland Parliament, nodded happily, "Actually, we come to London, and there are other things to do. things."

"Please say, if I can help, I will definitely help. Newfoundland has no ordinary feelings for me."

"It's a proposal on a five-nautical-mile no-fishing zone. The parliament has passed it. However, there are many ships of unknown nationality near the fishing grounds, and there are even many ships from European countries." Boris said hurriedly, "In our royal territory, only Fishing boats, in terms of tonnage, are incomparable with these fishing boats from afar, not to mention expulsion. This time, on the one hand, I hope that London will be able to test the pressure of ocean-going fishing boats from European countries. On the other hand, I also want to improve Newfoundland itself. Let’s see if we can strengthen our defense capabilities.”

Alan Wilson was quite relaxed at first, but after hearing it, he said with a puzzled face, "Newfoundland Fleet?"

If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have mentioned the idea on the radio one day in Newfoundland. But that is to say casually, it is a habit to report good news but not bad news, and there are always times when you can't find a point of praise.

I really didn't expect that one day, what I said casually would receive feedback. In a trance, Alan Wilson seemed to see the Cod War beckoning to him.

He seems to remember that he was talking about using battleships to deal with poaching fishing boats in the broadcast, and thinking of this, Alan Wilson lowered his voice and said, "Oh, my friends, don't you really fancy which battleship? ? Not to mention the purchase, even the cost of use is quite high.”

Although Alan Wilson does not object in principle, for the population of Newfoundland, it is still unimaginable to maintain a battleship, and it can only be explained by having money and nowhere to burn it.

"How could it be? We just heard that many warships in the local shipyard are in a state of abandonment. Let's see if there is any suitable for Newfoundland, and it is not to fight with anyone." Hankey hurriedly shook his head, saying that if it was actually used to protect fishing, use Not a guy the size of a battleship.

This made Alan Wilson heave a sigh of relief, his frowning brows stretched out, and he said with a smile, "When I go to the Ministry of Defense to see, if it's just to protect the fishing, then you have found the right person. Come to the mainland. Find a more suitable one. The local area has sold several aircraft carriers and battleships only. I can also try to get a suitable price!"

With the current financial problems in the UK, the ability to maintain normal changes is already a burning incense, and it is completely helpless to sell aircraft carriers and battleships everywhere, but the meaning of the existence of words depends on how you say it. It is precisely because of the need to conduct new technology research that the precious naval officers and soldiers have to be used on the cutting-edge warships.

He was the one who sold the German submarines to India. The Junagadh princes admired these German submarines very much, and even these submarines came back once, including but not limited to the wealth of the Junagadh princes, from India. shipped to London.

"I still need to ask the cabinet secretary for opinions on this matter." Alan Wilson said to the two Newfoundland representatives in front of him.

"The cabinet secretary is also in charge of this." Boris was quite surprised, it seems that this has nothing to do with the power of the cabinet secretary.

"Everything in the British Empire is related to Sir Norman." Alan Wilson shook his head slightly, indicating that you don't understand.

It's pretty clear now that Norman Brook is completely different from his predecessor or even his predecessor.

He is interested in everything, otherwise he would not have established so many committees to correspond to the work of various ministers.

It can be said that Norman Brooke, the cabinet secretary, has two characteristics. The first is to establish a deep personal relationship with the prime minister and ministers, and then he uses this personal relationship to clarify the terms of reference with the prime minister and ministers.

So the external performance is that Norman Brooke is almost absolutely loyal to the current government, whether it is the Conservative Party or the Labour Party, as long as you win the election, Norman Brooke will support him wholeheartedly. As for how you won the election, it has nothing to do with him, the cabinet secretary.

But among the civil servants in Whitehall, Norman Brooke has an authority that can be described as absolute power. He will not let the Cabinet interfere in the affairs of Whitehall. Also participated in all cabinet, formalities, including top secret, nuclear war.

So look around without telling Norman Brooke, Alan Wilson doesn't have the guts.

Most importantly, Alan Wilson has the home phone number of the cabinet secretary and can ask for instructions first.

"This matter? Come to the Cabinet Office tomorrow. We're doing carpentry, so that's all for now. By the way, you and Ismay come together." Norman Brook held the microphone between his neck and a saw in his hand. After putting down the phone, he looked at the wood in front of him, as if to see how it would be more appropriate to start.

Ismay was Churchill's chief military secretary until 1943, and later went to British India as secretary. Ismay knows all about the warships built in Britain during the war, even better than the current Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Norman Brooke asked Alan Wilson to go with Ismay, also to hear from the wartime chief military secretary.

Alan Wilson didn't know how the chief military secretary viewed Churchill's various operations during the war. In his opinion, Churchill's skills in the field of micro-manipulation were at least not under Chang Gong. Considering the international influence, it is more than that.

After learning about Norman Brooke's request, Ismay recalled a little and said, "It looks very suitable for a combat-class destroyer. A displacement of more than 2,000 tons is enough for an ocean-going fishing boat. It is also more suitable in terms of firepower, after all. Mainly used for emptying.”

On the eve of World War II, German dive bombers rose rapidly. After the war began, the German "Stukas" successively raided Poland, bombed the Dutch barracks, destroyed the strong fortresses in Belgium, smashed the counterattack of the French tank troops, and swept the beaches of Dunkirk. The British Expeditionary Force, who was waiting to retreat, showed great power as the vanguard of the German Blitz.

Because of the experience of World War I, the British Royal Navy had a huge fleet at that time, but it basically did not have air defense capabilities, but focused on anti-submarine. In addition, for slower targets such as surface ships, Stuka was definitely a deadly threat. , as long as a heavy bomb is enough to scrap a large and medium-sized ship~lightnovelpub.net~ The British government held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures. As part of the "Wartime Emergency Destroyer" plan, Churchill supported the construction of anti-aircraft destroyers to combat Class destroyers came into being.

When Churchill proposed the construction of anti-aircraft destroyers, Ismay was his chief military secretary, so he was very familiar with this batch of destroyers.

The "Battle" class air defense destroyer is the product of the war, but due to its late arrival, it basically failed to accept the baptism of World War II. It was originally designed to deal with German bombers, but by the time these ships gradually entered active service after 1944, the Allied forces had entered the counter-offensive phase in Europe, and the "combat" class was no longer useful.

Like many ships in the Royal Navy today, the performance is very good, almost brand new, but behind the times.

There are two batches of 38 combat-class destroyers, of which 24 are completed and in service, and the remaining 14 are not unfinished, but not in service. Some of them have been dismantled and five are abandoned. state, the four are used for other purposes.

"The five destroyers are in the shipyard. It can be said that they have been completed, but they are not in service." Ismay said, "I think if Newfoundland needs it, it is quite suitable. This is not an ordinary emergency warship. The construction standard is based on the capital ship, but it is not born at the right time. It is not suitable to keep it in the shipyard all the time, if it can collect some funds, it is still acceptable.”

"Alan, you heard it too, we don't expect to recover the cost. After all, Newfoundland is a royal territory, and the price can be negotiated." Norman Brooke ordered after listening, "You take the representative of Newfoundland to the shipyard. Look, if Newfoundland is interested, I'm sure the Prime Minister is happy to make it happen."