Chapter 1203 – Rhodesian Royal Domain

Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was better than the Lightning fighter that had already been disfavored by the British Air Force when it was first introduced. The J-8II, a beautiful man of the air, was still worth copying.

Although this fighter is a second and a half generation at best, it can still be considered a success compared to the Lightning fighter. When the J-8II was introduced, a major country was not considered an air power, and also belonged to the category of fighters that had already fallen behind just after its introduction.

But that was in comparison with the US and Soviet third-generation aircraft, excluding the idea that the J-8II had to console itself against the F22 in tough times, just by virtue of the era in which the J-8II was introduced, it completely hung on to the Lightning, which was also a high-altitude, high-speed fighter.

Alan Wilson happens to, as it happens, have fond memories of a certain great power’s aerial beauty, even more than the later J-10.

Showdown, when the keyboard warrior to prove that the J-8 II can fight the F22, there is also a place for today’s Foreign Office permanent undersecretary, if the United Kingdom can not avoid the second generation of aircraft to do technical reserves, it might as well be on the aerial beauty of the man.

Alan Wilson is probably aware of the pulse of fighter development, simply put, one generation and two generations of aircraft for most industrialized countries are not a problem, if you want, Brazil in Latin America, South Asia, India can try, such as the light fighter.

What really stops the average country from forming a big filter is the third generation, it’s already pretty tough for Britain and France to get Typhoons and Rafales into service. By the time we got to the fourth generation, even Russia was starting to struggle.

In the era of second-generation aircraft, European countries can try, such as if the Lightning fighter is not too general, has been doomed to change an environment such as India to work, Alan Wilson would not want to, to take out the J-8 II, after all, copying is always bad.

“This is the result of Pamela’s design?” Field Marshal Mountbatten took the design sketches, looked at them with some suspicion, and then his words changed, “But to be honest, it does look very beautiful.”

Field Marshal Mountbatten also bowed to the beauty of the man in the air under the face, which has to say that the British traditionally ugly aesthetic, obviously enough technical reserves, performance indicators are also good, but out of the weapon is how to look how awkward.

“I am also very shocked that Pamela’s industry has been able to contribute to the country.” Allen Wilson decisive, completely ignoring his richest wife, only just got the design of half a month, and only now has just been demonstrated, theoretically is really very good layout.

When bureaucrats and capital combine, it will appear in front of the situation, Allen Wilson with a picture dare to come to the British three military commander in chief, it is not incomprehensible, Allen Wilson represents the bureaucrats, Pamela Mountbatten represents the arms dealers, Field Marshal Mountbatten on behalf of the military, the family can be formed into a perfect logic of the closed loop.

“A full-metal semi-monocoque fuselage with air intakes on both sides, and a flat-tailed, dual ventral fin aerodynamic layout under triangular wings. Far more than the layout of the previous Lightning fighter, in fact this fighter, if not all, can be considered part of the next generation of fighters, this has been demonstrated, and most of the experts from the integrated Joint Aircraft Manufacturing Body think so.”

“Sounds good. The Air Force really doesn’t appreciate the Lightning fighter, either.” As Mountbatten spoke his eyes fell back to the sketches of the airborne beauty, how it looked.

A very famous thing about the Lightning Fighter, was that it was known for its traditionally weird British design, to say where there was a specific problem, no one could say, but just by looking at it, one would think that this fighter was weird.

The Lightning fighter does not satisfy the air force, there is another way is to foreign procurement, but this is not good for the current British aviation industry, everyone knows that foreign procurement, will hurt the domestic aviation industry, the United Kingdom is not no aviation industry, on the contrary, Britain’s aviation industry is still quite strong.

Strategic bombers, strategic transport aircraft have already reflected the value, after these few months, also proved that these types of aircraft are the UK needs, not to mention, in a major country after the announcement of the ceasefire, the Vulcan strategic bombers will be to support India’s news, has been spread, the dissemination of the scope of strict control within India, this is another problem.

“A fighter that looks good, is in itself a testament to aerodynamic, layout excellence. It’s just weird to look at, and it’s not going to be comfortable to fly.” Alan Wilson said all the right things about the airborne beauty, “Most importantly, the company that produced it is extremely reliable.”

“Reliable? Yes, very reliable indeed.” Marshal Mountbatten froze, but had to recognize it, could his daughter be unreliable? If he denied it, wouldn’t that mean that he, an active British Field Marshal, was unreliable as well? “But bring out the prototype, otherwise the design will not be convincing.”

At the critical moment, Field Marshal Mountbatten still believed that his family’s interests were overlapping with the country’s interests, and decided to give his youngest daughter’s a chance to use it for the benefit of society.

Pamela Mountbatten, who had swallowed half of Britain’s airlines in a single takeover, finally had a chance to prove whether Lockheed’s path was viable. This is the chance to prove that the Lockheed way works. Only helicopters, composite armor is ultimately a small fight, copying the F15 road is not smooth, many aspects of the F15 to manufacture is indeed facing enormous difficulties.

Pamela Mountbatten has said before and Alan Wilson, the F15 program has been too big a step to the egg.

Allen Wilson for his wife to retreat to the second best, and the aerial beauty of the man copied, but also can not be helped, always have to be realistic a little.

Britain’s Commander-in-Chief of the three armed forces look favorably on, plus early because of the underage male-female relationship has been controlled by the Secretary of Defense Profumo, as long as Pamela Mountbatten can get the prototype out of the way, Allen Wilson is convinced that the air beauty of the man will appear in the skies above the United Kingdom.

To say that the biggest gain for Britain from the Cuban Missile Crisis was not the finalization of a big arms sales deal in India, nor was it taking the opportunity to bomb the uncooperative tribes in Kenya. The former is no more than an arms sale, and the latter has only a delaying effect.

Although Kenya was the home base of the previous British Africa program, with the presence of white communities, it was still impossible to achieve long-lasting peace and security compared to the local black population.

The biggest gain has to be the seizure of Lubumbashi’s Northern Rhodesia, now that the Cuban Missile Crisis has settled and the Battle for the Roof of the World has been laid to rest, it is also time to count the fruits of war.

This mineral-rich colony, covering an area of nearly 900,000 square kilometers, all white and with a small total population, was due for a bit of a new-age special relationship with the British mainland.

This was agreed upon long ago, and now is the time to surface. Allen Wilson and Grace, those men, belonged to a relationship where they had caught each other in a bunch of shit.

On this day, Grace rolled through a number of stops and arrived in London accompanied by George Weir, the High Commissioner of Northern Rhodesia, Allen Wilson and the other looked at each other with a mutual understanding.

Allen Wilson knew where Grace was coming from, and Grace knew that Allen Wilson knew where he was coming from. The only predominantly white colony in Africa was about to accomplish a major transformation.

“Parliament and military organizations like Ustasha and Chetnik can only keep one.” Alan Wilson nodded his head in greeting at George Will before laying out the terms to Grace, “Always have to reassure London, don’t you think?”

Grace frowned, it was still a difficult trade-off for him and spoke, “Why didn’t Sir Alan say so before? I was not prepared at all.”

“I am also afraid that you are not well controlled, how can you put London at ease? If you retain the parliament, the military aspect will be taken care of by the British garrison, and if you retain the military organization, the air power will have to be handed over. Otherwise, if you guys go back on your words, it’s not good for each other if something unpleasant happens again in the future.”

Alan Wilson sighed and said, “I know it’s a tough decision, but I can’t help it.”

“Keep Ustasha and Chetnik! Give the air force to the British garrison.” Without much thought, Grace cut in, “We can do without the Parliament, but our own organization must be preserved.”

“Good!” Alan Wilson nodded and picked up the phone, “Dixon, is the minister there? There is a sort of good news that will be a strong addition to the minister’s glorious resume. Sincerely, well, I await the good news.”

The vast majority of the terms, which had been previously negotiated, posed no impediment to either side. For these Slavs of Northern Rhodesia, what peace of mind was there in a parliamentary sort of thing, as opposed to Ustasha and Chetnik not being interfered with.

The population of Northern Rhodesia is so small now, what is the use of having a parliament? It might as well be practical.

The time had come for something to come out of this extreme sublimity, which had even alarmed Aiden, who was preparing for the Anglo-American summit; was Northern Rhodesia, such a landlocked colony, going to officially become an integral part of the United Kingdom as well?

“What great news, I’m sure the citizens will be very happy.” Aiden happily muttered to himself, although he could not, on an economic level, compare with the post-war Labor Prime Minister, Aidley, but on another level, reawakened the prestige of Britain’s world power, and after the end of the Anglo-American Summit, it was time to open the general election.

On December 3, the Conservative Cabinet formally accepted Northern Rhodesia’s application to become a Crown Dependency. After a discussion at a cabinet meeting, the fact that Northern Rhodesia was on equal footing with the Crown Dependency of Newfoundland was recognized, and a treaty was signed.

In the process, no matter whether the voice of doubt from Washington or Moscow, Aidan blocked through, and established on a legal level the fact that Northern Rhodesia would not be separated from England.

From this moment on, the possibility of independence for the Crown Dependency of Northern Rhodesia, no longer existed. The name was officially changed to the Crown Dominion of Rhodesia, to distinguish it from the colony of Southern Rhodesia.