Chapter 747: The Soviet Unions Proposal to Join NATO
The French may have forgotten how French India and New France disappeared and became British India and New England.
The British army is limited by the size of the British population and cannot fight large-scale wars. It often needs a helper to help. This is also one of the reasons for the continental balancing policy, but it does not mean that the British army's combat effectiveness is very poor.
The impression that the modern British army has poor combat effectiveness mainly stems from the fact that the British army in Asia was defeated by the Japanese army. But then again, it seems that the French army was so glorious in World War II.
"The French are as unreasonably arrogant as ever." Alan Wilson, at General Bilton's headquarters, also learned the news from the British advisory team in Vietnam.
At the same time, I also got a general idea of the attitude of the United States, because at this time in 1954, there was already an American advisory group in Vietnam. Compared with the British military advisors, the American military advisors were obviously more attentive.
"It's not a good comment." General Bilton actually wanted to complain about the French, a propaganda that was reversed from the Napoleonic era. But after all, he is a general who has seen fifty, and he cannot be like a young man like Alan Wilson who can't control it.
He changed the subject and said, "What do you think, can France achieve its goal?"
"If it enters the rainy season, the French's solitary and deep deployment will be terrible." Alan Wilson pointed out that the weather in Southeast Asia is an unfavorable factor for air transportation. "Every Frenchman dies and one less one is lost. This is not the case with the Vietnamese."
In fact, in terms of the number of casualties in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the French still achieved an exchange ratio of one to four. The Vietnamese killed more than 8,000 people, and the number of wounded was at least several times higher. But the outcome is not a simple exchange ratio.
This elite force mobilized by the French army was besieged and surrendered, and France lost its ability to strategically attack.
General Bilton also fell silent. France's predicament may be partly, if not entirely, something that Britain will encounter. What if Britain encounters a similar thing one day?
"I heard that nuclear landmines are being studied in China. To be honest, it is not an advanced concept. No matter how powerful it is, it is still a landmine. The threat to the Soviet Union is limited. Even if it is deployed in the Federal Republic of Germany, London will soon find that it has no effect. Still
It's better to leave it in Malaya!" Alan Wilson did not change his nature of attacking the Third World, and he was quite disapproving of the ideas of some domestic military institutions.
"Give you the right to use nuclear landmines!" General Bilton asked meaningfully, "Do you dare to use it?"
"I don't answer hypothetical questions, but a population of 10 million is actually not that many in my eyes." Alan Wilson did not answer this question directly. He said that he dared to use it, not to mention whether General Bilton would think he was bragging.
, what if it gets leaked?
The future head of the British civil service is a man who regards nuclear weapons as conventional weapons, which may hinder his progress.
"In order to prevent the situation in Vietnam from happening again in Malaya, what we need to do is to be more vigilant in any small things that may cause unrest. And we need to build Malaya. Ordinary people have pots and jars and are no longer alone.
After that, the scruples will increase. I dare not tell you everything. The vast majority of people do not dare to really abandon their wives and children and start a revolution when their heads are hot."
In fact, this is what he did. As a commissioner, he always spoke soft words but did hard things. There were not many people who dared to violate the laws of British Malaya, whether it was the Qing Law or the Peace Law.
Instead, the British Malaya Colony Management Regulations were implemented. This regulation, which colonial residents often encountered, was an important measure to manage the colony.
For this reason, British Malaya built a large number of temporary detention centers to detain people who violated the management regulations. For the purpose of saving space, the internal settings of these temporary detention centers imitated the pigeon cages used by the lower class people in Xiangjiang in later generations.
During the detention period of half a month to three months, the focus is on allowing the detainees to have a three-foot-long loess land to live in.
Such a room can hold at least several times the number of prisoners. As for why this is done.
Because Elu Wilson had the experience of being imprisoned in his previous life, he knew deeply that the so-called labor could only intimidate a rebellious person, and that mental torture lies in control!
A pigeon cage one meter wide and two meters long can do this. For these short-term prisoners, British Malaya does not require them to do any work and contribute profits. They can just stay in it and lie down.
Already.
A person can endure it for three to five days, but once he is locked up in a pigeon cage for a long time, he will be extremely eager for freedom. After he comes out, he will definitely have a clearer understanding of the word "free world".
Due to cost self-sufficiency, felons are generally used to serve these temporarily detained prisoners. Allen Weir is the Chinese I saw last time at Qingshan Detention Center. He is a prisoner who is about to be released and is coming out to experience the free world in the last few days.
Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and said, "As for the situation in Vietnam, either we can improve the economy, which France cannot do, or when we can't stand, we should think more about how to scratch the ground. It's not in vain."
A colonization.”
There is an all-pervasive system of short-term detention as a deterrent, but ultimately economic development is the foundation.
The ugly face of imperialism by the Imperial Commissioner is enough to make the majority of righteous people in the world denounce it, but he doesn't care and has not publicly stated it. Who knows?
Immediately, Alan Wilson, who knows military affairs better than me, summarized the remarks of the allies and wrote a report to London on French military operations. When it came to Vietnam, he stated that there was no limit to the Soviet Union's support for North Vietnam.
, the supporters are mainly Chinese.
In fact, this is exactly the case. Khrushchev himself was not very enthusiastic about foreign aid. North Vietnam was supported by China in the early days. The Soviet Union was not interested in the situation in North Vietnam and was unwilling to provide assistance.
The Soviet Union’s initial assistance was due to China coercing Big Brother to do something. The Soviet Union’s support for North Vietnam came after the United States intervened in the Vietnam situation. As the United States became more involved, the Soviet Union’s assistance increased.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! During the Brezhnev period, the Soviet Union quickly surpassed China and occupied the vast majority of aid to Vietnam. In fact, from this point of view, Vietnam followed
It was normal for the Soviet Union to leave. Who asked the Soviet Union to give more? It was the Big Brother.
Then Alan Wilson changed the topic and said that British Malaya was different from Vietnam. He had enough reasons to believe that even if France ultimately failed in Vietnam, it would not affect the stability of British Malaya.
The report also presented several shortcomings that the United States believed the French military had as evidence to improve the professionalism of the report. In fact, the Americans were not optimistic about the French military's military operations.
"Why is your telegram so long?" Princess Margaret was very dissatisfied. She felt that her fingers were sore. The novelty of being captured by her brother-in-law as a labor force had worn off, and she began to express her small dissatisfaction.
"Isn't this a test of your abilities?" Alan Wilson said as if he was doing good for you. "You have to be a useful person to society, so that you can gain the recognition of the people. You can't act arbitrarily just because you are a princess.
You must know that this is not 50 years ago, when monarchy was still the mainstream, and now the royal family must be more friendly to the people."
"What does this have to do with you ordering me to work?" Princess Margaret looked unkind, feeling that her brother-in-law was full of lies, but Pamela Mountbatten always accepted these lies. It was really unreasonable.
This report, which condensed Alan Wilson's key words, was like a stone in the Foreign Office Building in London. This is because when the French army was deploying troops to build a fortress in Dien Bien Phu, something happened in Europe that made the free world panic.
matter.
This matter is the Soviet Union joining NATO. The Soviet Union really seriously and formally submitted its application for membership to NATO, claiming that for the sake of "world peace", NATO needs to accept the Soviet Union as a member of NATO.
After the establishment of NATO, although the countries of the free world repeatedly claimed that NATO was formed not to target any country but for the sake of world peace, anyone with a discerning eye could see who the so-called "not targeting any country" was actually targeting.
Andrei Gromyko, one of the later Soviet giants, was already the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Soviet Union at this time. He made a suggestion for the Soviet Union, that is, the Soviet Union joined NATO to test the reaction of the other side.
The biggest possibility is that the United States uses various reasons to shirk the Soviet Union's membership application. With this as a background, NATO will have to tear off its carefully decorated makeup. All "world peace" is fake, and the United States leads
NATO will also have to postpone its annexation of "CED".
If, in turn, the United States shows a positive attitude towards the Soviet Union joining NATO, then this will completely change the pattern of NATO. As the saying goes, "The best way to break an alliance is to join it." Once the Soviet Union joins NATO, to put it bluntly, NATO will
Like the United Nations Security Council, it became a place where the United States and the Soviet Union quarreled and fought.
Two amendments to the Soviet Union's draft treaty on European collective security: It also proposed that the United States would not be excluded from formal participation in the pan-European collective security system. If NATO is really to maintain world peace, then the Soviet Union will consider participating in the organization.
Therefore, London currently has no time to pay attention to what military actions France will take in distant Asia. Instead, it is racking its brains to think of reasons to resolve such shameless suggestions from the Soviet Union.