Apart from firepower, Alan Wilson doesn't think there is any problem with the Vanguard. This battleship is the last class of British battleships, and all indicators are top-notch. The small firepower issue is the least important in the current era.
options. It’s not about going to war with the United States. It’s enough to scare the third world countries.
There will be no battleships visible to the naked eye in the future. It is certainly worth being happy that this afterglow of the cannon giant ship era has the opportunity to fall into the hands of Alan Wilson.
Originally, the retirement of the Vanguard marked the end of an era. The Royal Navy, with battleships as its core, had fought for four hundred years of sea power for Britain. The sailing battleships witnessed the rise of an empire on which the sun never sets. The Vanguard witnessed this.
The decline of empire.
When the gun barrel of the "Vanguard" was cut off and the mast was knocked down, it marked that Britain handed over the sea power that it had held for four centuries to the emerging United States. Although it is not perfect, the "Vanguard" is still a grand and continuous one.
The development history of British battleships came to a successful end.
But now the Admiralty is looking for ways to preserve the size of the Royal Navy, which shows that Britain has not given up its sea power, even though the current size of the U.S. Navy has surpassed that of the Royal Navy.
As for whether battleships can still keep up with the times, Alan Wilson thinks there is no problem. This world is not just the United States and the Soviet Union, but also a large number of less powerful countries, waiting for the Vanguard to exert its remaining heat.
"One more thing, the commander of the Far East Joint Operations Command may need to be replaced. Lieutenant General Bilton may want to join NATO." Pamela Mountbatten then mentioned another thing, which is very important to the Malay people.
It is even more important for the sub-colonies.
"So?" Alan Wilson said he was surprised, but not particularly surprised. Lieutenant General Bilton was the commander of the garrison before he took office. It is normal to change positions after such a long time. "Who is the successor?"
If he sat in Malaya and never moved again, wouldn't this mean that Lieutenant General Bilton was on the bench?
"Lieutenant General Sconce, David Scarce." Pamela Mountbatten knew that her husband was interested and immediately spoke with familiarity.
Alan Wilson was startled and said uncertainly, "A subordinate of Marshal Slim, the division commander of the British Indian Army?"
Pamela Mountbatten nodded, "This is also approved by Marshal Slim. Lieutenant General Scones has served in Asia and has some understanding of the local situation. He also visited Malaya when he was surrendered in Singapore."
"That's really good." Alan Wilson sighed. Since he had served in the British and Indian Army, it meant that he was a former subordinate of his father-in-law, so cooperation would not be a problem.
As for the former garrison commander Bilton, he has been promoted very high. He was returned to Europe to join the British Army in Germany and became part of NATO. This is also a good thing for him.
"The military also recognizes the importance of the Malayan Colony. After all, although you never feel dangerous, the threat is objective." Pamela Mountbatten expressed implicitly that the military was worried about the Malayan Colony.
Alan Wilson had nothing to say. He could understand what the military was worried about and who it was worried about. Bamboo Screen!
Although he is not worried and thinks London is making a fuss out of a molehill, he will not object to this arrangement.
Once the Vanguard joins the Pacific Fleet, the temperament of the entire Pacific Fleet will be exactly like that of the previous era. The Pacific Fleet, with eight battleships as its core, would have been lost if the Prestige-class battlecruisers had not been dismantled after the war.
It will be more interesting.
Looking at the fleet west of the Suez Canal, with heavy aircraft carriers as the core, it is difficult to imagine that both belong to the same country's navy.
This is just like modern Britain, which is in the same contradiction. Economically, the post-war Britain has embarked on a journey of healing under the leadership of the Attlee cabinet, but its results are obviously still not as impressive as those of the United States.
Although the UK withstood the US gold and dollar offensive, other European countries did not.
The Marshall Plan was still quite powerful, allowing the U.S. economy to continue to grow rapidly after the war. After Eisenhower came to power, the United States started major infrastructure construction again, and now the entire country is really thriving.
In terms of finance, the United Kingdom, which was the first to establish a financial market and has long played the role of the world's financial center, is more worthy of a "rich talent" in this regard. The United States, which has made great economic progress in the past century and gradually replaced the United Kingdom in the world's financial world, is also
We have a large number of outstanding talents.
It’s no wonder that some voices believe that Britain’s relationship with the United States is like that between Greece and Rome. It will inevitably give up its long-standing world hegemony.
Alan Wilson also knows that with the current situation in the UK, only God can do it if he wants to trample the United States under his feet again.
What he wants now is independence. It's a bit ridiculous to say that the once empire on which the sun never sets now has the goal of being independent and requires extra efforts to achieve it.
At least compared to the current France, isn't it still acceptable? The Algerian War is no longer a trivial matter. Just a few months later, the French garrison in Algeria has doubled again, reaching 400,000 people.
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Paris has used practical actions to show that it is absolutely serious about suppressing the colonial French government.
Based on the dispersed and concealed characteristics of guerrilla warfare, the French army determined the tactics of "key encirclement and suppression, mobile search, and airborne assault."
At the same time, in view of the fact that the National Liberation Army's equipment mainly comes from abroad, it has strengthened the border blockade. It has established multiple land and sea blockades on the borders between Algeria and Morocco, Tunisia and the Algerian Mediterranean coast, and deployed heavy troops to guard them, and dispatched motorcycle units.
and aircraft patrol day and night.
For security reasons throughout Africa, Britain also began to secretly help. The Mediterranean Fleet was, to a certain extent, tasked with cutting off other countries' aid to Algeria from the sea.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although it has nothing to do with Britain on the surface, Britain is actually extremely concerned about France's suppression of Algeria.
In turn, France's attention to North Africa also stemmed from the entry of Britain and the United States into North Africa during the World War, which led France to see the power of other countries in North Africa for the first time. Britain was okay, but the role of the United States made France very wary.
The area of activity of French monopoly capital is shrinking, but on the other hand, French capital is becoming more and more concentrated, and it needs a way out.
It is not difficult to understand why the French government is trying its best to maintain and consolidate its colonial rule in various places and actively carry out "development". In particular, the three colonies in rich North Africa-Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are increasingly regarded as its
The lifeblood of.
Now that oil has been discovered in Algeria, France cannot give up. Compared with Britain's influence in the Persian Gulf and the news of the discovery of oil in the North Sea, France has become even more eager for Algeria's oil resources.
Although French land has the best agricultural basic conditions in Europe, it does not have many resources. It is also because of this reason that it fought desperately with Germany for Alsace and Lorraine.
In modern society, oil resources have become more and more important. France originally had little influence in the Persian Gulf, so naturally it cannot let it go now.
"Perhaps the oil we discovered has, to some extent, exacerbated the suffering of the Algerians." Alan Wilson joked with his wife when talking about this matter.
"There is no way." Pamela Mountbatten didn't care. Anyway, she had the money, and the French had the final say on the rest.
Alan Wilson was all smiles. He felt that Malaya's oil resources should be put on the agenda. This would further increase the importance of the Malayan colony in the eyes of London.
Compared with the blanket search in the North Sea for several years, it should not be difficult to find oil resources in Malaya. Just search around Brunei. The scope is much easier than searching for an elephant in the North Sea.
However, there is no rush to arrive. Malaya's military strength needs to be strengthened, at least until the Vanguard arrives.
As for when to go back, he couldn't do it in the past few days anyway. Alan Wilson still had to be a good father for a few more days, so he found that his daughter was a little strange to him now, which was not a good thing.
Pamela Mountbatten now has a question that is similar to Anna's question, and that is the discussion about the second child plan.
"Sometimes there is nothing you can do if you are too charming. Excellent genes are remembered by others!" Alan Wilson said quite narcissistically.
One hand accurately grasped the man's ear, Pamela Mountbatten said with a cold smile, "I would like to hear how many people care about your excellent genes."
"I'm talking about you, my dear." Following his wife's hand, Alan Wilson didn't panic at all and kissed his wife's red lips directly, and his hand was placed where it should be placed with ease. Pamé
Ramon Button is a very hygienic woman, very smooth!
In this situation, the imperial commissioner wanted to sing loudly, "Ride on my beloved ocean horse..."
Sometimes it's not that Alan Wilson is incapable of resisting beauty, but that there are bad people among the masses who always attack his weaknesses. Among those who want to corrupt excellent officials, there is even a princess of the day.
Alan Wilson actually has a lot of things he wants to implement, but his current position is in the colonies. If he can return to Whitehall one day, these ideas can be realized. After all, the content of "Flying Together" can be richer.
A telegram was sent from Perth, and Pamela Mountbatten immediately shared it with her husband, "My exploration team has discovered a large uranium mine in Australia."
"This is very important to the country. If the Australian government doesn't know yet, it should first block the news and ask the cabinet for its opinion." Alan Wilson sighed secretly. The world's largest uranium mine has been discovered. Australia's mineral resources are completely a gift from God.
Food is available, but the configuration is opposite to that of France, and agricultural conditions are really poor.