"I'm thinking of a suitable reason." Slim smiled bitterly, "Well, I'll make a battle plan to prove it."

"That could not be better." Pamela Mountbatten expressed her gratitude, expounding the benefits of the partition of New Guinea from the military field, which can be said to be a heavyweight proof, especially the British marshal himself. persuade the Australian government.

Military planning does not have to be implemented, war is always the last option, and the separation of New Britain, the island of New Guinea, has the military advantage that it can allow New Guinea to be checked and balanced one day after independence.

The current Australian Governor is a genuine British field marshal. Slim's military journey can be described as twists and turns, and he has had conflicts with almost all of his superiors, except for Mountbatten, the commander of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia.

With such a relationship, there is no reason for Pamela Mountbatten to come to the door to request that Marshal Slim, who is about to resign as the Governor of Australia, has no reason to refuse.

Because of World War II, the British Empire has become a thing of the past, but the current remaining power is still a behemoth for Australia. Australia's security still depends on the United Kingdom for at least part of its security, especially considering the importance of the existence of the Malayan colony.

During World War II, New Britain was once an important base for the Japanese army to go south and an important springboard for threatening Australia's security. Therefore, a war broke out. The competition for New Britain lasted for two years until Japan officially surrendered.

Australians must have a fresh memory of the battle, and this plan was to illustrate the benefits of dividing New Guinea and New Britain from a military perspective.

Pamela Mountbatten is doing other things. If you want to say that Australians feel insecure about Asia, she has contributed a lot. She frequently mentions the history of the Japanese army's southward movement, which is almost a compulsory course every year.

The gathering to commemorate the outbreak of the war and the important battle time cost the Mountbatten Group a lot of public relations funds.

But the PR dollars were worth it, and Pamela Mountbatten easily gathered a group of MPs and opened the revolving door for them.

It is not only Australians who can open the revolving door to Australian parliamentarians. The UK can do the same. Pamela Mountbatten does not know about the 21st century. There is also an example of going to the UK to become a senior civil servant after the Australian Prime Minister stepped down, but the revolving door has already opened. The destination is different but the reason is the same.

With her hands waving pounds, Pamela Mountbatten conquered these MPs with her wealth and billions of dollars, and is willing to provide support for this, "The heavy aircraft carrier has been completed, and the No. 2 ship belonging to Australia is also under construction in an orderly manner. If If all goes well, gentlemen will be able to meet it in no time."

"The quality of construction in the UK is unquestionable." Six or seven Australian MPs immediately scrambled to show their favor.

"The same is true of strategic vision." Pamela Mountbatten said with a gentle smile that she did not praise properly.

At a Cabinet Office meeting, Alan Wilson, who was emaciated because his wife left London, was listening to the Ministry of Defense's fighter procurement plans and requirements. Since the US F-104 fighter jet entered service last year, the Ministry of Defense is discussing whether to compare the F-104 fighter jet. performance data, and make requests to suppliers.

F-104 fighter jet? This type of fighter made Alan Wilson cheer up. He was actually not very familiar with various fighters in the early days of the Cold War, especially the first and second generation fighters. But this one is an exception.

Who doesn't know the famous name of the coffin in the air? F-104 fighter jet crash rates are: 32 percent in the Federal Republic of Germany, 31 percent in the Netherlands, 37 percent in Belgium, 37 percent in Italy, 45 percent in Canada, Fifteen percent in Japan, undisclosed in the United States.

Not to mention this typical failure, even the ghost fighter, the leader of the second-generation fighter, is not so advanced.

The Phantom's design is based on the expectation that future aerial combat will be a showdown of long-range missiles, with the warring sides unable to see each other. So why do fighter jets need air-to-air artillery and air combat performance?

Unfortunately, the technical limitations of early missiles such as the Sparrow radar-guided missile and the restrictive rules of engagement meant the Phantom had to engage in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat with smaller, lighter MiG fighters.

The entire second-generation fighter jets, because of the advanced concepts, have various design arrangements, resulting in strange shapes of this generation of fighter jets, but in actual combat, it turns out that they cannot meet the requirements of actual combat, because the combat mode and previously expected have been A lot has changed.

High altitude and high speed are not the main scope of air combat, so the performance advantages of second-generation aircraft are not the decisive factor in determining air combat.

"Frank, the development of a new fighter jet must have put a lot of pressure on the Ministry of Finance, right?" Alan Wilson, who had returned to his soul, suddenly said.

"Oh, Alan, of course." Frank smiled, not knowing what Alan Wilson meant.

"After all, it's not easy to spit out the money from the Treasury Department." As soon as Alan Wilson said this, his colleagues in Whitehall laughed out loud, and the heated discussion just now became relaxed.

"It's all taxpayer's money." Frank coughed softly, sticking to his duty as a lowly society official.

"There is such a saying, but I believe the Treasury Department doesn't think so." Alan Wilson frowned, "We all know that the use of new technologies costs money, and it costs a lot of money. The current situation It's not clear, there may be a new minister this year, so it's too early to talk about it, of course we're not turning a blind eye to the innovation of new technologies, but we need to think more safely. Money needs to be spent where it matters, isn't it?"

Alan Wilson, who didn't think of how to use this flying coffin for the time being, tried to put things off and waited until he had a clear idea and started the operation.

There is no problem in thinking this way. Although he himself is not the permanent under-secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, the chief of staff of the British Armed Forces is Marshal Mountbatten. If he understands it, he can discuss it with his father-in-law.

After the meeting, Alan Wilson and Frank said hello, not intending to trouble the Treasury. Frank agrees with this explanation, since the true permanent secretary of the Treasury is also the cabinet secretary.

Not to misunderstand Frank, Alan Wilson considered analyzing the value of the flying coffin, and even the entire second-generation fighter. What countermeasures can be taken to allow the UK to obtain the greatest benefits.

It's not easy, because the rewards for each attitude are different, but it's almost impossible to get them all.

For example, it is very easy for the UK to refuse to fly coffins, but the UK will develop its own second-generation fighter jets because of this. The second-generation fighter jets as a whole are a failed generation. It is just a failure from one failure to another failure.

Looking at the United States on the other side of the ocean, Alan Wilson not only does not want to reduce the number of second-generation fighters, but also hopes that the more the better, 10,000 are too few to fight for the day and night, so it will be troublesome to upgrade.

Can we skip the second generation fighter? There must be sufficient reasons. Who will fill the vacant position? The United Kingdom is second to none in the world in the field of engines. It is not a big problem, but can it keep up in other aspects?

"Using large transport planes and carrier-based aircraft to squeeze the Air Force's military spending? Selling a loophole to the United States?" Alan Wilson touched his chin and pondered hard in the Office of the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He had to say that he thought of the old road of military warfare.

This is of course harmful to a country, and it is not the case that the US ICBM program is lagging behind.

But I also have to admit that if you want to squeeze the funds of the second-generation fighter, when you have no choice, this trick is not impossible.

Once the UK's share of second-generation fighter jets is squeezed, the alternative is to buy American fighter jets. However, this is diplomatic work, and Alan Wilson, as the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has a hundred reasons why this deal cannot be negotiated.

From the perspective of the United States, the lack of British second-generation fighter jets is undoubtedly a big flaw. The United States can use this to coerce Britain to make concessions on some issues of interest.

But only Alan Wilson himself knows that this is not a flaw in the United Kingdom, but a flaw in the United States. If the United States threatens the United Kingdom with this, the future is quite wonderful.

It was a good idea, but Alan Wilson wasn't sure he could do it, as he brooded. At this time in Canberra, the capital of Australia, Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies was holding the military operation plan formulated by the Governor-General Slim, "Governor Slim's military plan is indeed quite reasonable~www.mtlnovel. com~ As the ruling party, we have to think more long-term. Today, the island of New Guinea is managed by Australia, but what if one day it has to become independent and become an enemy of Australia? We must learn from the United Kingdom and leave some in our hands. weight to prevent this future from happening.”

Hearing what the Prime Minister said, the ministers of the Menzies government, who had been opened by Pamela Mountbatten's revolving door, immediately agreed, "We have always admired London's sensitivity to strategic issues and its long-term vision in times of crisis, which is worth learning from. "

The island of New Britain was separated from New Guinea to serve as a British forward base for the security of Australia. The adoption of this resolution is a certainty.

An ebullient telegram arrived in London from Canberra. Alan Wilson, who was holding his wife's telegram, listened to the report from Wick, Secretary of the Permanent Undersecretary. I'm going to talk to him about the appointment of the High Commissioner for the British Oceania Territory."

"Do you have time for Sir Norman?" Alan Wilson picked up the phone and said, "The personnel arrangement in the Oceania Territory, I want to hear Sir's opinion, okay, I'll go there right away."