Chapter 1115: Dad’s Back Stabbing

Speaking of the cooperation on the European fighter, Alan Wilson has a certain impression, whether it is the early Raging Wind, or the later Typhoon, the development process, although it can not be said to be smooth, but the final result is that the two fighters are more to take care of the reality of Britain’s needs, and the other cooperating countries more compromised the requirements of the United Kingdom.

In fact, this is easy to understand, Britain in the engine field is not the world’s strongest, but ate decades of the old capital, or one of the world’s strongest, excluding the United States and the Soviet Union, then, the United Kingdom is the only option for European countries, and irreplaceable.

Even fighters are like this, the larger strategic transport aircraft, Britain’s advantage is even more obvious. Alan Wilson remembers that France, while also a nuclear Trinity, was really a nominal Trinity.

Britain’s Triple V bombers were genuine strategic bombers, as were the Belfast strategic transports.

Though later retired and terminated, the UK did for a time be the real deal as a nuclear-armed trinity. France, on the other hand, did not have a true strategic air force.

France’s choices in strategic bombers and strategic transports went as far as to consider being able to intervene in African affairs at any time. France and Africa are separated by the Mediterranean Sea, so it is enough to have a decent transport aircraft to make do.

In the latter part of France, because of the difficulty of manufacturing heavy transport aircraft, and France, unlike the United Kingdom, is not willing to introduce the United States made C17 transport aircraft. Instead, it called on Spain, Belgium, Germany and other European partners to work out the A400M transport aircraft.

As for strategic bombers, the French Mirage IV strategic bomber should also be the strategic bomber with the shortest legs in the world.

So to cooperate on the strategic transport aircraft, Alan Wilson believes that this is France’s initiative. If it were fighters, France would never have asked.

There are two reasons for this, the strategic transport aircraft is important, but it is not insurmountable in the air force.

Fighter planes were deadly things, and France, under de Gaulle’s rule, was certainly guarding against being snagged. What if the cooperation produced a finished product, and at the critical moment the UK came to the special relationship between the UK and the US, forcing France to give in? This is not something that can not be prevented.

In European defense cooperation, France has never carried out multinational cooperation in the field of fighter aircraft, the Rafale and Typhoon are all led by the United Kingdom, on the contrary, in the development of transport aircraft, France has pulled together other countries to jointly develop.

After some simulation, Alan Wilson put this matter involving his own daughter’s industry, let his father-in-law personally in the Ministry of Defense activities, he did the diplomatic aspects of the work, of course, this matter can not be hidden from Rab Butler, the foreign minister.

“There is no doubt that this is a gesture of goodwill on the part of France. Used to counter the American accusations at the foreign ministers’ meeting.” Rabb Butler also understood the crookedness of it, “And it’s the right man for the job, if I’m not mistaken, it’s the airline that the Mountbatten Group has consolidated out of the biggest product it’s putting effort into at the moment, isn’t that right, Ellen?”

“Does the Foreign Secretary doubt it? That I would make a mistake because the Belfast Strategic Transport was Pamela’s brainchild?” Alan Wilson said with a twist, “Actually, to be honest, strategic transports are complex and difficult to develop, and to send one to your door with an ingrate? I mean a close ally sharing the risk is certainly a good thing. Even if it doesn’t turn out in the end, you can still gain experience to reduce costs.”

Rab Butler smiled and shook his head, “Alan, you’re mistaken. I believe that Whitehall’s professional ethics in this regard are fine, and the European cooperation is supported by the Prime Minister.”

This is pure falsehood, there is no Tory Prime Minister who is in favor of European cooperation, only facing pressure from the United States, it is always right to warm up to a group, even if it is with a dubious ally.

At this point in time, Britain would choose to reciprocate France’s overtures with enthusiasm, or because it’s not willing to be held hostage by the U.S., especially with the recent, what with the Americans’ farcical united response to the Soviet threat of Britain and France handing over their nuclear weapons up front.

“Then there is no problem, I will try to reach a wide range of cooperative projects that will benefit Britain.” Alan Wilson made a solemn pledge, “Although with my friendship towards America, it may not be appropriate to do so, but there is really no way around it. Letting America know a little of what Britain is capable of will help a more equal relationship.”

Rab Butler nodded, although he did not understand how the establishment of a more equal relationship in Alan Wilson’s mouth was going to be practiced, and what it had to do with military cooperation, this NATO foreign ministers’ meeting was indeed irritating, except that the French rushed to the front and took the main fire, and in fact, Britain was just as dissatisfied.

Authorized, Alan Wilson followed up with the MoD’s position from his father-in-law.

“Give you a taste, son, of Britain’s long-standing hegemony of public opinion.” Alan Wilson whistled, in the reaction to the stop, Britain set off a public opinion attack is a bull’s-eye, but Kennedy used Germany to deflect the attack on the U.S. government. The first round Britain and the U.S. were sort of a draw, with the Germans suffering a stifling defeat, and Allen Wilson started this time with the flying coffin f104 fighter, which was being heavily fielded in Germany.

“Citing German reports, why Hartmann, the world’s best pilot, opposed the f104 fighter, and why the f104 was nicknamed the Flying Coffin.”

“Every pilot of an f104 fighter has great courage. Reminiscent of the Japanese Kamikaze in the Pacific theater.”

“Staggering crash rate, as failed a design as a suicide torpedo boat ……”

Almost immediately, a starburst of public opinion could start a fire in the eyes of British citizens. Erich Hartmann was a big name, known as the number one ace pilot in the history of world air warfare.

The aura of the body so that Erich Hartmann body shrouded in mystery, in fact, Erich Hartmann is still quite young, born in 1922 is only a few years older than Alan Wilson.

As a soldier, this age is far from the age of retirement, the Honorable Field Marshal Mountbatten are still continue to shine it.

But Erich Hartmann, after examining it, felt that the f104 fighter was indeed a failure, and therefore opposed its introduction in the Federal Republic of Germany, but his vehement opposition could not shake Germany’s determination to try to show friendship to the United States.

At this moment, Britain returned like lightning, a heavenly justice that put Germany in an extremely awkward position. The pervasive British public opinion, so that the Germans also know their own country’s air force, the most relied upon fighter, was the failure of the United States Air Force.

This is not over, the British media to take another step, dug out the F-104 fighters U.S. Air Force service is very little, combat wing fighters have even been retired, not at all as the main fighter used, but a large number of exports to other countries air force.

Now the U.S. Air Force exists F-104 fighters, only used for testing to obtain experimental data. This tracking report directly brought the F-104 fighter into disrepute.

“How dare Adenauer refute that? Does the existence of American troops in Germany preclude the existence of British troops in Germany? If he dares to open his eyes, the High Commissioner in Germany will soon find out if the honorable German Chancellor is lying.”

At the French Embassy in London, Alan Wilson waxed eloquent in front of Seltzer, laughing at the still-silent German government. The entire British civil service left behind in the British occupied territories was in Alan Wilson’s pants.

“It’s still you Brits who are the insiders in this area.” Seltzer exclaimed, “Continental equilibrium? No one understands it better than you Brits.”

“Oh, my friend, that was all in the past. The situation now forces us, to adopt an attitude of cooperation in certain areas, of course I know that both France and England have heavy historical baggage. Cooperation may not be intimate, but basic trust has to be built up slowly. You French people make trouble, we British people persuade the fight, the struggle exists in numerous flexible ways, can not use only one method.”

Alan Wilson said this sipped a mouthful of goji berries, replenished yesterday in Vivien Lei where the energy spent, continued, “recently I have been active, about the progress of cooperation in the strategic transport aircraft. The results have been promising, and both the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are open to cooperation in this area.”

“Of course, we can also cooperate in numerous military fields, such as the field of fighter jets.”

As soon as Alan Wilson’s words left his mouth, the smile on Seltzer’s face slightly stagnated, but he immediately replied, “Personally, of course, I have no problem with that, but like Sir Wilson said, our two countries each have historical baggage, I see that we can have a good start from the top of the strategic transports first, and then gradually expand our cooperation to other fields.”

“Also right!” Glancing deeply at the other party, Allen Wilson said with a smile.

How could he not know that France would not dare to cooperate in fighter jets and foreign countries, which part of the process would really go wrong. Now France is always a prickly situation, the United States in any country to make a little means, France may respond to the hands and feet.

Other aspects can be overcome, but this engine engine? France if the exclusion of the British engine, may make the United Kingdom feel distrusted, but can not be excluded, really something happened to France cried not cry out.

The engine is equivalent to the heart of the airplane, the French do not dare to let the British responsible for the safety of their heart.

The reason why Allen Wilson proposed to expand cooperation to the field of fighter aircraft, only to take advantage of the opportunity to pressure the price, so that France do not have little technology can help Britain, but also always raise the requirements.

Seltzer said he would be sure to inform the French government of Allen Wilson’s views on behalf of Britain, as they were, and went out to see him off personally as he left.

“Diplomacy is so rewarding, so-called one-handed.” Allen Wilson raised his wrist and glanced at the plain, old Patek Philippe that had been out of the factory for ten years; it was still early, and there was no harm in taking a look around.