Chapter 222: A Boil for the Heroes

Commander of the First Cruiser Fleet of the Mediterranean Fleet, the outstanding representative of the high and mighty, Admiral Mountbatten was in quite a good mood, and showed full adaptability to his new post.

The Royal Navy was strong, with different establishments at different times, but at all times the Mediterranean Fleet was firmly in the top three.

If the Royal Navy were to undergo a downsizing now, only three major fleets would remain, and the Mediterranean Fleet would be retained. The Mediterranean is still firmly under the control of the British Empire, and plays an important role in connecting the mainland with the colonies.

Although not as powerful as he had been during the war, Mountbatten was still ambitious and looked forward to his military career.

In contrast to Mountbatten, the general’s family is not very comfortable; Pamela Mountbatten has been very depressed since her return home, much to the concern of Edwina Ashley.

Eventually through the eldest daughter Patricia Mountbatten condescension, only to realize that the youngest daughter this is in love, or that almost left the classic image of civil servants Alan Wilson.

Considering her husband’s feelings, Edwina Ashley at first also wanted to make her daughter forget about that man, and even leaked the fact that the Great British civil servant in the streets of France openly buy sex.

However, it was to no avail, as Pamela Mountbatten soon figured out the ins and outs and resisted her mother’s actions of aiding and abetting her husband.

So as a mother, Edwina Ashley showed a fully flexible stance and stopped interfering with her love-struck daughter, stating that she actually thought highly of Alan Wilson and that it was entirely your father’s fault for trying to stop it.

Then took his daughter to the German British-occupied areas, said to see how the son-in-law’s vision, mentioned the enterprise is not very development, Edwina Ashley is a Jew, although not because of the German purges suffered life-threatening. But neither did she have a favorable view of Germany.

Came to the British-occupied area is completely with the thrill of revenge, on the one hand, to see this to eliminate the Jews of the country, now in the end what is the tragic situation, on the other hand, to make money immersed in the blood of the Jews.

If some of the famous German companies before the war, became part of their own wealth, in a sense it is also considered revenge.

The family was currently separated, with Edwina Ashley taking her two daughters to Germany and Mountbatten in the Mediterranean fleet, enjoying the warm Mediterranean sea breeze.

It was at this time that the Cabinet’s test telegram reached the Mediterranean Fleet and was delivered to Mountbatten.

The telegram did not specify any particular problem, but only routinely inquired about General Mountbatten’s current state of life, similar to how well he ate, slept well, and was his body as strong as an ox? Is he adapting well in his new post, how is he getting along with his colleagues, and so on.

For the Cabinet’s care, General Mountbatten of course gave a positive reply, said and colleagues mingled and get along very well, eat well and sleep well, the Mediterranean environment is very adaptable, the body times great, in any environment can continue to serve the British Empire.

This return telegram arrived in London, have gone through the other aspects of the news summary, Prime Minister Edley on the heart of the matter, General Mountbatten’s health is very good, the first to rule out the possibility of refusal because of physical reasons.

Having only been in the Mediterranean Fleet for a short time, he was already fully acquainted with the situation, showing that sociability was very adequate.

“But how do we make a very overwhelming case for Mountbatten’s return to British India, after all, he has the Cabinet’s approval for his return.” Reaching out and scratching his smooth scalp, Prime Minister Airdrie let out a very difficult laugh, “Edward, you all agreed to this in the first place, will it not have an effect on your prestige.”

“We are just executors, where does any prestige exist.” Edward Bridges stated that civil servants didn’t exist that kind of thing of prestige, and then his words changed, “But then, General Mountbatten is an aristocrat, so it’s best to think of a way out of this.”

“Good idea, it seems like many war heroes have already been knighted, but as the Commander-in-Chief of the Southeast Asian Military Region, General Mountbatten has yet to receive a commendation, which is very unreasonable.” Prime Minister Adderley’s eyes lit up and followed Edward Bridges’ train of thought, “It is only right that Mountbatten must be honored, for his achievements in Southeast Asia, especially British India.”

“It is only logical, and I’m sure no one will object.” Edward Bridges agreed.

The Viceroyalty of British India was calm as usual, and the civil servants here who were working for a better tomorrow for British India naturally would not know what was going on in the far west surrounding Governor Weaver’s resignation.

Every day when they woke up, all were concerned with what was going on under their feet, after all, this was where everyone lived.

“Alan, who do you think would be better suited to run India, both Patel and Nehru?” Sir Barron talked about the recent situation, although the top brass of the Congress Party had stepped in and calmed things down, the tension brought about was not fake, the British Indian civil servants now were indeed sitting at the crater of a volcano and working.

“It’s hard to say, it’s like a madman running a mental hospital.” Alan Wilson shook his head, “One of these two represents the secular, pro-Soviet, potential socialist. The other a Hindu conservative with a powerful family, large landowner and businessman. In terms of family background above all, Patel is much stronger than Nehru, but in terms of image, Nehru is again more suitable.”

“What a tough question, Hitler has proved that we can’t look at things purely on the basis of whether they are socialist or not. Patel’s stance is significantly tougher and usually presents himself as an iron-fisted leader.” Sir Barron nodded approvingly, “Patel is actually more difficult to deal with when it comes to Tuban isn’t he?”

“That should be the case, Sir Barron.” Alan Wilson let out a bitter laugh, “But it’s only superficially different, Nehru actually thinks so too, just not as openly appealing as Patel. The good thing about those two, though, is that they always look more like normal people than Chandra Bose.”

For Patel this person, if it is not the latter day Modi old fairy, get out a world’s tallest statue, Alan Wilson simply can not think of this person, just as many people know that the German Chancellor is Angela Merkel, not many people know who the German President is.

Old Immortal Modi did this only to balance Nehru’s influence, after all, Old Immortal’s party is a rival to the Congress Party.

Unfortunately, the BJP, which really didn’t know where it was squatting when India fought for independence earlier, was in the process of failing to find a figure from its own party who could carry the flag, so it lifted up fellow Congress leader Patel.

Patel was one of the four founding leaders of India and one of the founders of the Congress Party from rural Gujarat, alongside Nehru as Gandhi’s right-hand man. From Modi’s perspective, erecting a colossal statue of Patel is also an attempt to recapture the balance of India’s political image project in the hope that Indians will forget Nehru.

Modi, as the leader of the BJP, needed to find political backing for his opposition to the Congress party, and Patel, who was at odds with Nehru and had a good reputation of his own, was thus chosen.

The name Patel, from a caste perspective, can be interpreted as a village headman, which is not a very high caste.

However, the village chief is the most basic level of management, Patel this family name can be said to be very powerful, far more than the hometown in Kashmir, itself does not get the family much power to support the Nehru.

As far as the current Congress triumvirate is concerned, Gandhi is a saint, sainthood is only a profession, Gandhi, in addition to hunger strikes are more insiders, management of the country’s proposition is to turn India into a large rural areas, this level is obviously not work.

And Patel this person, after this saint girl incident, Alan Wilson has to Modi old fairy of this old senior, do not report any expectations, senior is senior, old fairy’s senior level is also that.

Although in terms of advocacy, Patel’s ideas are similar to liberalism, but Allen Wilson thought of the basic conditions of India, the Republic of China with a population of about the same size, under the leadership of the Changgong is very liberal.

A colony with such poor basic conditions, with no accumulation, relying on big landowners and big businessmen to develop its economy.

At best, it is the Korean plutocracy, and in the end, Patel’s supporters, should never reach the strength of the Korean plutocracy, but definitely have the life that the Korean plutocracy are envious of, after all, India has the caste system to support.

Compare the old fairy predecessors, Nehru has been considered a very sober and normal person in the present British India.

Compare with Gandhi who could not do anything except hunger strike, Patel who reversed black and white and said that he had to step in to get a chance to pay a fine, Nehru deserved to be a statesman.

The British Empire was now given the choice that British India, if it could not stay, should be handed over to at least one sane person.

So this Patel, who seemed to be very much to Britain’s liking, still could not be favored, in case India collapsed.

And although Patel’s claim is to the appetite of capitalism, it is very tough on the claim of the Turkish state, which is not a good candidate for Alan Wilson, who wants to pull the Turkish state a hand.

“Now Patel’s voice seems to be very high, something has to be done.” Sir Barron looked at Alan Wilson and said that he couldn’t let Patel’s days get too comfortable.

“I heard that Ms. Vivien Leigh, who is extremely concerned about the tragic fate of the holy women’s group, wants to make a documentary, if time is not too late, we will release this movie in the whole British India, that will make Patel very embarrassed, but he said that it was only a small part of the act.”

Just as the two men were talking about the situation in British India, there was a ringing at the door and Ender pushed his way in nodding at Alan Wilson before saying, “Sir Barron, a telegram from London for Governor Wavell.”

“It seems our Governor, whether he stays or goes, is among the telegrams.” Sir Barron smiled and unwrapped the telegram, looked at it at a glance, and after a moment said, with an unsurprising smile, “It is time to prepare for the farewell ceremony.”