"We have fought so many countries for more than 100 years. Is it because we let Indians blossom and bear fruit everywhere?"

Alan Wilson and the Persian Gulf Commissioner, who was accustomed to the locality, looked at the noisy Indian community not far away, and felt very uncomfortable, "John, Sudan also has Indians, I almost forgot about them last time."

"Yes, but it's not too much, a community of thousands of people." John suddenly looked at Alan Wilson and lowered his voice, "What are you going to do?"

"Let them go back to where they came from." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets with ease. "But with a few thousand people in a community, we can still do something like this. Right?"

"It's not difficult." John and Alan Wilson turned their heads and disappeared into the Indian community of Aden, as if they had never been there.

In the following days, commissioners from various places arrived in Aden and congratulated the new Persian Gulf commissioner and Alan Wilson. Everyone already knows that Alan Wilson's rank has been raised one level, and he has taken an important step in his career.

More than 20 colonial commissioners gathered in the Aden Administrative Office. The Aden meeting officially started. Alan Wilson was not polite, and directly took out Whitehall's work instructions, "It depends on the efforts of my colleagues. Ten years after the end, the UK finally doesn't have to bow its head and be financially held hostage by dubious allies. Whitehall is very satisfied with our work, and the next stage will be some adjustments in strategic direction."

"Change is something we don't like, and I don't like it either, but gentlemen believe that they all understand that some adjustments are unavoidable when doing things in the national interest."

"Deputy Secretary-General, you can say it bluntly, everyone wants to know what the adjustment is." Ingram asked.

"Then I'm welcome. In the overseas garrison, in addition to the British troops stationed in Germany within the framework of NATO, the current garrison mainly consists of three major groups, the three major joint operations commands of the Near East, the Middle East and the Far East, with their headquarters in Cyprus, Aden and Singapore under our feet, British Africa is not really important in the strategic map, don’t look at the large area of ​​British Africa.”

At this point, the real purpose has been revealed. Among the three major joint operations commands, the Near East is the strongest. In a sense, the Near East Joint Operations Command, where the Mediterranean Fleet is based, can be called a part of NATO, not a separate one. The garrison belonging to the United Kingdom, the Middle East and the Far East are different.

Compared with the interests of the Middle East and the Far East, British Africa is definitely in a secondary position, not to mention that the area is much larger than the latter.

"The huge funds in our hands will support the Middle East garrison to stay here all the time, and treat the British African colonies as the rear, then the Middle East and the Far East are the front lines. This is what Whitehall means. I hope the gentlemen can understand."

With the current deployment of 800,000 British troops, if you add British Africa, there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in the colonies. Of course, the number is not much, and it cannot be compared with the French army in Algeria.

Most of the colonial commissioners who came to Aden were from British Africa. It was Alan Wilson's job to make these colleagues accept this fact and take responsibility. The policy has been turned, and the British must devote their little economic strength to important direction.

Although the United Kingdom has recovered now, its economic strength cannot be compared with that before the war. Only limited foreign investment can be placed in a more important place. The Middle East and the Far East are ranked ahead of Africa.

"You don't have to be frustrated, it may sound a little embarrassing. But the situation in Africa also depends on whether France can stabilize. If France stabilizes, the African colonies will have enough time to adjust, don't worry about challenges coming soon, and the Far East and The Middle East is different, challenges will happen at any time." John followed Alan Wilson's train of thought, "The situation in Africa is still very stable, and the jurisdiction of Allen and I is the real uncomfortable place."

"Who doesn't know the importance of the Persian Gulf, we know it, the United States knows it, and the Soviet Union knows it too. To be honest, the national strength of the United States and the Soviet Union is higher than that of the United Kingdom now, and our advantage depends on the accumulation of our fathers. It is already very difficult to continue to ignore American and Soviet interest in the Middle East."

"Well, although I can't agree with all of them, it's also for the sake of the overall situation." Unlike others, Ingram was a commissioner in British West Africa, which happened to be the most densely populated part of Africa. He felt that suppressing the local desire for independence would be more The big hardship, "Before coming, the political parties in Nigeria have indicated that they want to submit their opinions on the establishment of a dominion."

"A place where there is nothing but people." Although Alan Wilson's words are a bit slanderous, Nigeria does not have nothing but people, but it is also true that there are not many resources per capita. The largest country in Africa in later generations is all supported by population. Give your own advice directly, "Go through the procedure, list a five-year buffer period, and if the situation eases, transfer some of the local garrison to the East African colonies."

"Will Whitehall agree?" Ingram knew that Alan Wilson had just come out of London and must have known what Whitehall meant.

"Whitehall's opinion is to follow the procedures." Alan Wilson nodded. "Negotiate the settlement of sterling, and the rest will follow the precedents of British India and Sudan. The nationalized enterprises in Nigeria and local elites formed a partnership. In terms of interest alliances, the main consideration is not to let Nigeria’s autonomy impact the local economy.”

"I understand, I'll pay attention to the developments in this regard when I go back." Ingram nodded and stopped talking.

"The strengthening layout in the Middle East requires at least 200 million pounds of funds. The Ministry of Finance means to provide 15 million pounds of support. Let us find a way for the rest." John was a little embarrassed when he took out the document. After all, he is now in the point of asking for money, and he is a little short of breath.

Sure enough, the huge gap in needed funds and Treasury allocations created a buzz in the room. When you spend money, you are happy, and when you spend money, it becomes another face.

"Can your jurisdiction replace the important economic value and status of the Middle East?" Alan Wilson asked rhetorically, seeing that everyone was silent, and then said, "So, what a simple truth, the Far East and the Middle East are lost, and the cabinet is withdrawn from all The colonies did not hesitate, and if the difficulties in Africa are four arithmetic operations, our two places are simply calculus."

It's not a complaint, it's an obvious fact, and Alan Wilson must make it clear to his colleagues, "I don't think this is enough. The investment of 200 million pounds, considering the interests of the United Kingdom, is no different from no investment. The United States organizes the Middle East. The country's actions to block the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union's countermeasures, don't say you haven't seen it."

"Taking advantage of the recent riots in Poland and Hungary is a good opportunity. Now the Soviet Union has no time to pay attention to the Middle East. Our pressure mainly comes from the United States, and at least the United States will not openly split its face with the United Kingdom, it depends on whether we are secretly and can rely on The former foundations of the British Empire have safeguarded British interests."

All the colonial commissioners nodded in approval. Although they were not in Europe, they had also heard about the current situation in Poland and Hungary, and watched how the Soviet Union responded to the anti-Soviet voices in the two Eastern European countries.

The situation in Hungary mainly stems from two people. The current tension in Hungary is only reflected at the level of the government. The discord between Rakosi and Nagy has already been confronted by the followers of the two, and it has no impact yet. to the people of Hungary.

This matter has nothing to do with Alan Wilson, but he remembers that because of the accident in Hungary, the Soviet Red Army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties. The Red Army of the Soviet Union stationed in Eastern Europe is normally an elite division, far from being comparable to the KGB border guards stationed in the Far East.

Could an isolated incident in Hungary alone have caused so many casualties to the Soviet army?

But the truth has long been drowned in the fog of history. The winner of the Cold War is the United States, and no one can find out whether the Hungarian incident has any influence on the United States.

The world is not peaceful. When the meeting in Aden was still being held, De Havilland, who had just arrived here after leaving the UK, had a solemn expression at the Vumera launch site in Australia. He looked at the huge blue light missile. The first finished product had been manufactured. The first experiment will be ushered in today.

When things came to an end, de Havilland was also very apprehensive. Of course, he wanted to prove his talent through the success of the blue-light missile~lightnovelpub.net~, but in this field, he was also an uncompromising one. newbie.

After several years of preparation, the test-firing of the UK's first ballistic missile still allowed him to come in person.

Also coming to the Wumaila launch site was Australian Governor Slim, the British marshal. As well as the Australian Defence Minister and Army Commander.

Pamela Mountbatten appeared and greeted de Havilland, "I didn't expect you to come in person, Mr. De Havilland."

"I already regret it, ma'am, I didn't expect to receive so much attention." De Havilland smiled wryly. "With Marshal Slim and the leaders of the Australian military, what should we do if we fail."

"Then continue to experiment, this is a strategic weapon. I absolutely support continuing." Pamela Mountbatten remembered her husband's words, which is a life-saving thing.

The projectile of the blue light missile is glowing with metallic luster. It is a behemoth, with a designed maximum take-off weight of up to 68 tons, a very large volume, using liquid fuel, and the engine used is a Rolls-Royce RZ.2 rocket engine.

As the countdown started, everyone in the observation position held their breath. In the end, the huge blue-light missile was successfully ignited, and the huge missile body escaped the shackles of the earth's gravity and flew to the blue sky.

Just as everyone was preparing to celebrate, the blue-light missile showed irregular motion, ending the lives of those who wanted to celebrate, and finally exploded in the sky with Brownian motion, becoming a big firework, and the ignited fuel fell like rain of fire. towards the ground.

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