Chapter 1422 – Familiar Royal Navy

The current task of the Far East Combined Operations Command was to monitor the Soviet Red Navy and the US Navy along the way out of the Bay of Bengal and wait until they had crossed the Strait of Malacca before reporting back to Whitehall.

As well as reporting on the end of the Indo-Pakistani war, the UK mainland has divided its efforts to report on the end of the most dangerous standoff since the Cuban Missile Crisis, all as if it had nothing to do with Britain.

London was playing dead as Burma called for British influence to stop the refugees, and Britain was making overtures to India as Sikkim called for mediation.

The Royal Navy also did not show up during the Bay of Bengal standoff, and Britain, which was like an outsider from start to finish, also reassured the Soviet side, while on the contrary the Americans, who plunged headlong into the Bay of Bengal, were the other side that was being watched out for.

Now that the Indo-Pakistani war is over, the most dangerous time has passed, the Red Navy or keep a close eye on the most dangerous opponent is the proper thing to do.

It was expected that it would take some time for the American and Soviet fleets to leave from the Straits of Malacca, and in this time period, Britain still had to play dead.

Finding a moment, Alan Wilson put in a call to Singapore and spoke with Commander Wolsey, the commander of the British forces in the Far East, inquiring about the operational readiness of the Royal Pacific Fleet. Together with the battleship Vanguard, plus the King George V class, a total of five battleships were ready to go to sea at any time; Penang was still the home port of the Eagle-class carriers, but the two Centaur-class corvettes were in Kiang Kong.

Malaya’s battleships are more than that, but the remaining three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, whether or not they can still go to sea is a fog, it should be fine to go to sea, but what if there is a fight?

A heavy aircraft carrier fleet, a fleet of five battleships and auxiliary ships, plus the Andaman Islands military base, not to say how strong, but against the Indian Navy is still no problem.

It is true that the Royal Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet can not be compared, the establishment of warships are the first two fleets do not want the old warships, but it is, in addition to the United States and the Soviet Union, and the French Navy can be compared to the French Navy, not to mention the Indian Navy.

Perth, Australia, as well as the Eagle-class aircraft carriers of the other Ark Royal, as well as with the experimental nature of the missile battleship Mountbatten Admiral, two people discussed that do not need to use, the current force is sufficient to complete the task.

Even an aircraft carrier plus five battleships in formation is 300,000 tons, and the tenth of the world’s top ten navies is now the Brazilian Navy, with 70,000 tons of gross tonnage.

India is simply not in the ranks of the top ten, today’s Navy top five U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France, the fifth place is Australia, in addition to these five countries, from the sixth onwards are less than 100,000 tons of total tonnage.

Do not look at this time the Indian Navy played a remarkable, but essentially the Pakistani Navy is too weak, there is no Soviet Red Navy over, the United States sent over the task force, can easily send the Indian Navy to the bottom of the sea, the Eagle-class aircraft carriers, although not as big as the Enterprise, but the Andaman Islands itself is an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

Lt. Admiral Worthy saw no difficulty in dealing with the Indian Navy, but in Allen Wilson’s instructions not to take the enemy lightly, he nevertheless said that he would be prepared to prevent a gutter situation from arising.

Although theoretically the Indian Navy did not dare to compete with the Royal Navy, but also can not really think in accordance with the premise that the other side does not dare.

“I heard that the Ganges River into the sea before by Pakistan cloth mines, do not know whether the Indian Navy cleaned up, we can not ask New Delhi, otherwise it may cause India’s vigilance.” After hanging up the phone with Lt. Gen. Worthy, Allen Wilson once again placed the call to Alyssa’s office, “Hurry up and load up a boatload of worn out shoes and socks and go to the Bay of Bengal to check it out and make sure that the mines are cleaned up.”

Vulcan Strategic Bomber Wing’s military base is in Australia, the air force does not need to be notified, the airplane this thing flies fast, wait until the operation starts in the notification, let the strategic bomber wing into the Andaman Islands on the line, a few phone calls down, the supreme authority has a sense of pride named advantage in me.

“Geez, it’s been a couple days getting around.” In the critical moments before killing off the forbidden zone, Allen Wilson decided to take it easy on himself, and by the way, put aside the controversy of the verbal sparring with Kissinger.

Regarding the move of Britain to stay out of this confrontation from start to finish, the US was very unhappy, and Kissinger, who was not in a good position, was especially unhappy.

But this kind of thing are communicable, for example, Kissinger secretly ran behind the bamboo curtain this matter, if you do not want to leak out now, delayed Nixon and a major power détente the big plan. Then Kissinger should shut up and stop provoking the Anglo-American special relationship at this time in an irritated manner.

If Kissinger is able to do this, then Britain can also pretend not to know that Kissinger has concealed from the U.S. Congress and made a move of a similar nature to that of the foreign passages.

Seeing that it was already 1972, an election year, it was better to do more than less.

Relationship between the position of a major power, Nixon certainly can not hide, but certainly need time to deal with, otherwise the night is long and dreamy will also be the opponent to take advantage of, but apparently, at least now according to the public information, Nixon has not been released to ease the rhetoric.

Alan Wilson estimates that Nixon is now evaluating, to take a moderate approach to running for president in the end is more good or bad, once made a judgment, Nixon will be publicly for the moderate approach to sing the praises.

While a ship full of donations from Malayan subjects set out with good intentions, Alan Wilson was busy as hell trying to maintain his position as husband’s equal with the ladies.

Everyone else was easy to deal with, princesses were harder to deal with, especially around New Year’s Eve, and the rules of the royal family were always a bit much, but like the most important thing in fishing is patience, Alan Wilson was never lacking in patience, and how could he do without it when he’d been working tirelessly for decades to get Britain to hold on to her position as a world power?

“The rules of the royal family are still really many, or to be a commoner is good.” Alan Wilson stroked his sister-in-law’s cheeks, and by looking at his expression, he could tell how much he respected the authority of the royal family.

“You’ll be damned if the Queen finds out.” Princess Margaret threatened softly, in turn following Alan Wilson’s motion to get on her hands.

“What are you doing?” Alan Wilson grabbed his hand but didn’t push it away; he didn’t think he’d ever seen Her Highness so forthcoming.

“Touching you. ” Princess Margaret tried unsuccessfully to feign a bashful tone in reply. The man’s heated expression made her heart race. “I was just curious about how your beard felt to touch.” She smiled slightly. “Now I know.” She drew her hand back to her thigh. “They tickle me so much.”

She felt like a fool. And the other woman didn’t take her unease well, just looked dumbfounded. It seemed her boldness had really startled the social eunuch.

She let out a soft breath; he probably thought of her as a shameless female entrant with no morals, and she certainly acted like one. What was wrong with her? Usually she wasn’t this aggressive.

She wondered what Alan Wilson might think, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the man’s upper arm, but people were sentient, and the soft, light, butterfly-like touch was maddening. She glared at his chin to voice her apology. “Usually I’m not this curious or forthcoming.”

“How do you know?” The question surprised her enough that her gaze shifted to his face, only to see amusement in his eyes; was he making fun of her?

“I always remembered the way you kissed me and loved it when you kissed me again. It’s a shameful confession, isn’t it? I’ve always lived a sheltered ……”

His mouth gagged her explanation. The kiss was gentle and undemanding until she wrapped her arms around his neck, her whole body soft and glad to meet him. He couldn’t help himself, the kiss became intense, hot and powerful, wonderful and exciting.

She felt as if she were melting in his arms, loving the taste of him, the feel of his tongue rubbing against her and his lips lording it over her again and again. She loved the low growl that came from deep in his throat and the rough minerals and tenderness with which he held her.

“I’ll make a call to the Semiconductor Institute first, before I disrespect Turing too much.” Alan Wilson had a guilty conscience at the moment and thought it was better if there were no surprises. He didn’t like the idea of something bad happening that was an accident if it wasn’t an accident.

But for Margaret’s gesture of goodwill, this was something that could not be refused, he had done so much for the country, it was only right to accept some rewards, it was completely deserved alright.

Even if he is in a gentle place, Alan Wilson’s eyes have never left the Bay of Bengal, this time he is ready to bring his talent to the warm South Asian beaches, naturally, there can be no mistake.

This New Year is full of joy for Indians, in fact the whole world is immersed in the joy of the New Year, except for Pakistan, which savors bitter defeat.

Malaya’s largest naval base, Penang, is also in the midst of lights and colors, nightfall almost motionless all year round steel behemoth raised the flag of St. George’s, the Eagle-class aircraft carriers as the core of the aircraft carrier fleet, the core of the battleship battleship battleships as the core of the avant-garde, accompanied by cruisers, destroyers, submarines, a cluster of departure from Penang military port.

Accompanying the departure of the fleet were combat troops drawn from various ministries, fifteen thousand in all, ready to be landed at Manga**.

“Tell Aliberto that Rahman cannot be released now.” Alan Wilson cold face holding the microphone said, “Rahman is not in Bangladesh, let’s say that we have accepted the invitation to stabilize the situation in Bangladesh, he was detained by Pakistan, India is unable to ask for proof.”

The Pakistani High Commissioner, in fact, was about to meet Ali Bhutto to set out Britain’s views on the future situation in Bangladesh, while temporarily preventing Rahman’s release.

The fleet was in the eastern waters of the Andaman Islands, heading north along the waters off Burma, and two days later, in the evening, appeared off Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with the Vulcan strategic bomber wing already in position in the Andaman Islands by the time the figure of the fleet appeared.

The huge fleet, flying the Royal Navy’s St. George’s flag, was familiar to many of the admirals of the Indian Navy, who at one time had fought under that flag, but now the uncertainty of the purpose of the huge fleet worried them.