Chapter 537 – Mountbatten, Minister of the Sea

“This?” Lim Lian Yoke said with a desire to speak and a gathering of courage, “This also has the credit of the colonial government represented by Mr. Commissioner.”

“There is, but it is not a decisive role; this is Malay land, and the Chinese as well as the Indians are the latecomers we introduced. Of course you can deny it and bring out a supposed record from hundreds of years ago that proves that the Chinese came to Malaya long ago, but what does that prove?”

Alan Wilson scoffed recklessly, “The Boers in South Africa also say they arrived in South Africa before the blacks did. This kind of statement can just fool themselves, spreading it around is a joke. Damage to the overall image of the Chinese, if a similar statement is valid, the Indians can have something to say, Jura Kingdom but ruled Malacca, you Chinese ruled?”

“Do not understand the place to go back and look at the history textbook I wrote, the world history section, than navigation, not to mention compared to Europe, far worse than the Arabs, and even the Indians.”

“Mr. Lin, I’ve worked in British India before and am very good at dealing with the claims of some ancient civilizations. About the Jura Kingdom, there is the Congress Party in Malaya, ask them if it’s true.” Alan Wilson showed Lin Lian Yu the way forward, “Malaya is a colony of the British Empire, and its future fate depends on London.”

“Commissioner, it’s a telegram from New Delhi, we’ve finished translating it, it’s from your fiancée, Ms. Mountbatten. The matter regarding the Umbrella Corporation has been finalized and she will be making a trip over immediately.” The secretary at the door said as she pushed her way in holding the telegram.

“Thank you, but in the future don’t read it out in such a public setting, I will read it myself.” Alan Wilson said in a tone of caution, “It is after all my private business, and it is not very good to do so on such occasions.”

The general idea of the telegram was that Umbrella Medical had successfully taken root in India with the license he had previously reserved.

There was also a portion of it that dealt with the question of the belonging of the Andaman Islands, and as Pamela Mountbatten was the daughter of the last Vice-King, similar complaints were heard.

“Heh! So the British Empire is taking over the world just to have a voice in India?” Alan Wilson sneered and said, looking at Lin Lianyu, “Mr. Lin, in fact, it turns out that the idea of certain native-born Chinese should be the same as Nehru’s or and Indonesia’s Sukarno’s, not only do they want us to roll away in disgrace, but also leave behind the colonies that have come out of countless conquests and amalgamations, and ideally, they also want to leave behind the reparations.”

While Lin Lianyu was silent, Allen Wilson turned his words around and said, “But I believe that the Chinese who come to Malaya within five years should not have such thoughts, and I have already solved this matter from the root, the first chapter of the opening chapter of the history of China, and we are the glorious Chinese. The Chinese, like the British, are outsiders. One day we won’t be able to stand on our own feet and will take you all away at the same time, in fact I could have done without talking to you at all, told you unions to stand aside, and looked for an agent directly from among the Chinese immigrants within five years, and it’s not as if I don’t know you, I was none other than the local administrator when the Chinese laborers traveled to Newfoundland before.”

Although it’s not good to get the word out, but out of the consideration of clarifying each other’s bottom line, Alan Wilson felt that it was better to make it clear that he could abandon the MCA at any time and support a force that could help the British Empire stabilize Malaya.

The new immigrants thought little of the fact that just a few years ago they could not even eat, and were more reliable than these old Chinese who had already taken root.

And he had been in contact with tens of thousands of Chinese workers, not to say that they complemented each other, but they worked well together. And Newfoundland still needed Chinese laborers in the last two years, after all, Newfoundland’s per capita level had already surpassed that of mainland Britain. Completely free from the debt problem, and Malaya’s standard of living is only one-sixth of that of mainland Britain, going to Newfoundland to work is still attractive.

Going there once and coming back again would add another 10,000 to the base, and with all the ethnic groups in British Malaya all together adding up to only 10 million people, 10,000 supporters that could be pulled together was not a small number, and it was 10,000 per year.

In this case, the value of the MCA is actually not very large, he is only looking at the previous organization is still considered a somewhat positive role, so he did not take a tough attitude. If the existence of an organization is one where the negative effects are greater than the positive ones, or if the positive effects are not enough, then it should be eradicated.

At Kuala Lumpur Airport, the military plane carrying Pamela Mountbatten landed, and the Queen of Sarawak finally descended on loyal Kuala Lumpur, which Alan Wilson, who had taken the time to come over and wait, was also given a gift.

“Me, an overseas commissioner driving a Rolls Royce? Isn’t that a bit?” Looking at the Rolls Royce Silver Soul sedan that had been sent over from thousands of miles away, Allen Wilson opened his mouth somewhat hesitantly.

“This is a customized bulletproof seat, and it’s not because this place is always infiltrated by Indonesia?” Pamela Mountbatten face cold, open mouth counting Allen Wilson, “When my father how like Rolls Royce you know? The first time he drove the new car, it broke down.”

“It’s hard not to be excited about the badge alone. But darling, of course I’m happy.” Alan Wilson remembered that he still had a Führer’s car of the same model in Germany, and it was actually nice to drive it over here.

The problem of being infiltrated by Indonesia actually lessened quite a bit; East Malaysia was relatively easy to infiltrate by Indonesia, and that was because of the presence of armed forces loyal to Indonesia in Kalimantan after the partition of the Dutch East Indies. But this was also lessening with the emergence of numerous Chinese settlements in the key infiltrated areas of East Malaysia.

Allen Wilson believed that the situation in Kalimantan would be stabilized as Dutch repression increased.

Knowing that Allen Wilson’s driving skills were sparse, Pamela Mountbatten directly drove the Rolls Royce Silver Soul out of the airport and followed Allen Wilson’s directions to arrive at the Commissioner’s Office.

“Lieutenant General Walker is still at the Office, knowing that your plane is about to arrive, I am putting the Commander here to go to the airport.” Alan Wilson rambled on, indicating that this might be disrespectful to the Garrison Commander.

“Uncle Bilton well? I’ve seen him before at wartime military conferences.” Pamela Mountbatten sniffed, “I’ll express my apologies for you well, by the way, father has left the Mediterranean fleet to return to the mainland, and has been appointed Fourth Sea Lord, but is very much troubled at the moment.”

Between two people chatting, has arrived at the office, not long after Bilton Walker Lieutenant General came in, Pamela Mountbatten first got up good-natured question mark, “Alan is to the airport to pick me up, and did not intend to leave, very sorry.”

“Nothing, young people.” Bilton Walker spoke with a tolerant color, “I just heard what transfer, congratulations General Mountbatten is one step closer to the goal of the first Minister of Maritime Affairs.”

“Is it true that the Admiral will be staying on the mainland from now on?” Alan Wilson inquired as he poured a glass of water and handed it to Lt. Admiral Bilton.

“No, the process can’t be changed, and if all goes well, Admiral Mountbatten is one step short.” Lt. Admiral Bilton thought for a moment, “If things go well under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Sea Minister and are widely recognized by his colleagues, the next step for Admiral Mountbatten would probably be to be a fleet commander, a Mediterranean fleet commander, or a Pacific fleet commander. And then be First Sea Lord to head the Royal Navy.”

“Father could be upset about logistical supplies as well as financial issues right now.” Pamela Mountbatten shook her head helplessly, “I remember father’s complaint now, it was something along the lines of, I’m only in my forties, and everyone thinks that all the other Admirals are in their fifties and sixties, so I can still wait.”

“Pamela! Don’t say things like that.” Alan Wilson reminded his fiancée, knowing that Admiral Mountbatten was not a fan of the position of Fourth Sea Lord, and was supposed to go straight to Second Sea Lord.

But as if it were a similar complaint, all the other commanders of the same rank were indeed older, and Admiral Mountbatten was indeed very young, and it really wasn’t appropriate to be second in command of the Navy directly above everyone else.

“If there are any problems, just say so and see if I can fix them.” Alan Wilson spoke.

“There is a big logistical problem, father said the gap is not small.” Pamela Mountbatten repeated General Mountbatten’s own complaints.

Upon coming to the Navy Department to take up his post, Mountbatten had been amazed at how bad the logistics were. One hundred and fifty thousand Naval Reservists should be available on call, but all the Navy’s warehouses only had uniforms and paraphernalia for 40,000 men. There was no munitions reserve, and no plan to engage any; there was not even enough minesweeping equipment to equip the existing minesweepers.

“Uniforms? Utensils? Tents? Towels? How simple these things are, if the Admiral places an order as Minister of the Sea, I can quickly order them to be manufactured, but the minesweeping equipment will have to be figured out from within the country.”

Alan Wilson mused, “A lot of things are simple, it’s just a matter of cost. It wouldn’t cost much to manufacture it in Malaya and ship it over, think of it as a training exercise.”

“Can you fix it, dear?” Pamela Mountbatten’s arm around her fiancé caused Lt. Gen. Bilton to cough, prompting the young man to be mindful of the occasion though not incomprehensible.

“No problem!” Alan Wilson said as he continued the topic he had previously discussed with the Garrison Commander, “The ship carrying the nuclear weapons left the harbor before I took office, after all, it is a hazardous material and was not transported by air. I estimate that it will arrive in the next few days, two days ago because of India’s sovereignty over the Andaman Islands, I even thought about the hegemony nuclear test site on top of the Andaman Islands. But on second thought the idea was abandoned, after all, the current threat to Malaya’s stability is the newly independent Indonesia, and in order to be more symbolic, the General was requested to invite the military representatives of the nearby French, Dutch, and Portuguese colonies to come and visit, to show solidarity.”

“As for myself, I invite the MCA, the Malayan National Congress Party and the Nine Sultans to observe. Be deterred!”