Chapter 553 – The Call of London
“So? What should be done!” Tian Qianqiu and Su Yang were still confused and did not know what exactly was the purpose of the Zhongtang Lord in front of them.
“You all know that war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, right? According to my basic understanding of history, the two places, North Korea and Vietnam, will inevitably have a chain reaction once war breaks out.”
Alan Wilson chucked a piece of meat, this kind of words do not need to say too much, the meaning is enough, “To be honest, the interests of the country and the country are not completely the same, take the United Kingdom for example, the situation in the Far East has nothing to do with the United Kingdom, but the United States is different, the Americans may arm Japan to be put into the battlefield. I know that you Chinese have a grudge against the Japanese, and if this outcome really occurs, it will make Britain’s position very awkward.”
When the two men were in a state of seven in their minds, Alan Wilson’s words changed and said, “And in the perspective of the British Malayan colony, once the United States supports Japan, Japan’s population exceeds that of Malaya by a lot, and even if it is according to the traditions of East Asia, and let’s take the women out of the equation first, thirty million adult men, the same population of British Malaya can’t fight against it all textiles, they must be fast enough, all steel, they produce more, all found along one line, the Japanese will take your jobs, so what to do?”
“Let’s get our hands on the Japanese prisoners of war and kill them.” Tian Qianqiu was silent for a long time, a glint of severity flashed in his eyes, “Is that so?”
“Mr. Tian, there is a misunderstanding. Doing things as the Germans did is just a momentary pain in the ass, and it’s modern times, I can’t protect you if you really do it, even if Japan is a defeated country. Collective executions won’t work, and the vast majority of Japanese POWs, I’ll have to let them go back to Japan once the Americans have spoken.” Alan Wilson smirked, “But? It’s best to go back not as an aid to Japan’s development, but as a burden.”
“Is it possible to farm with one hand? It should be possible, can one hand be a laborer? It should be possible as well!” Reaching for his wine glass and taking a sip, Alan Wilson said after a moment of reflection, “But there may not be many people with such willpower. If you guys can break a leg or an arm of these POWs, that’s actually pretty much it, you don’t need to kill them. You were all soldiers once, you should have basic discipline and organization.”
“This way I can also easily help you guys get off the hook, if you guys kill all the remaining POWs in Malaya right now, I’m here to pat myself on the back and say that I can guarantee that you guys will be safe and sound? You guys can’t believe it either right?”
What Korean War would cause the US to arm Japan is of course pure fart, there are some mistakes Americans would never make, the US would rather have its own dead than have such thoughts.
But now the war has just broken out, a lot of news is very messy, I guess the U.S. political circles are now full of dizziness.
Like the United Kingdom and the United States, a major characteristic of countries like this is that no one is responsible for the indiscriminate release of mouths, and this is especially true of the opposition forces. Similar statements will certainly appear, only appear and pay into action are two different things.
Alan Wilson can pay special attention to the relevant news, take targeted indoctrination, spread in the Chinese community to promote the momentum.
Now it was up to these Chinese newcomers, Chinese leaders who had been to Newfoundland to serve, to be reliable.
The two asked a lot of questions, Alan Wilson an Englishman, it is impossible to just say anything to be trusted, the two are afraid that they really become a knife in the hand, when the time comes to be betrayed, this concern are very normal.
“You want to live a successful life and not be repatriated. And Britain’s aim is to occupy British Malaya for a long time. There is no conflict between us.” Alan Wilson expresses that both sides should trust each other, “Of course you two have misgivings, that’s perfectly normal, and if it’s someone who wants me to be so helpful, I’ll think about it, so go back and think about it, and when you’ve thought about it, come back to me, but hopefully it’ll be soon, and I’ll probably be recalled.”
Alan Wilson had his own things to do, and he was, for instance, now, very keen to share his experiences with the Northern Rhodesian side.
The Slavs of the Balkans were, after all, still more specialized, and might be able to mention some very useful approaches.
Japanese prisoners of war is actually a very good object of anger, first of all, Japan is now a defeated country, the British Empire can not pinch the United States and the Soviet Union, but pinch a defeated country is still easy. But it is easy to take a defeated country. It’s just a matter of playing music and dancing!
The danger of collecting Japanese prisoners of war was also relatively small. Alan Wilson wanted Britain to stay in Malaya, which was of course the goal. But also wanted the colony to be a strong addition to the British Empire.
Not to become a place where the cost of maintaining stability was so high that it couldn’t be a booster. The place was Britain’s and would never be any country’s, he was even going to build nuclear silos, so how could he let another power in.
Defense against the US is necessary, but defense against the Chinese and Indian homelands of British Malaya is equally necessary.
Morally Alan Wilson would of course have no problem if similar moves were made against the Chinese or Malays, he only served Britain and did not care about the feelings of non-British people, the reason it could not be done was the cost.
Considering that Britain had just recently finished signing a treaty for the defense of the Five Nations, the outbreak of the Korean War at this time was a good thing in his opinion. It would be good to sober up the over-inflated America now.
And while the war was breaking out, the Americans needed Britain’s help and most likely would not stand up for Japan. That is to say, Allen Wilson, even if he makes the remaining 100,000 or so prisoners of war in Malaya disabled, Japan can only obediently endure.
Two days later, Tian Qianqiu and Su Yang reappeared, in the middle of the commissioner’s office of the administrative office, the three had a very frank talk about the future, the administrative office of the radio, is broadcasting the news of the fall of Seoul.
“This army was the best trained army in all of Asia, with veterans of the Soviet-German war forming the commanding class. More than three thousand Soviet instructors trained this army …… It could be described as a Soviet army with an Asian face.”
Allen Wilson turned the radio off, expressing little surprise that Seoul had fallen only two days into the war.
As for the description on the radio, he agreed that it was completely true; the North Korean army was indeed much stronger than the South Korean army. And under the tutelage of the Soviet Red Army. Current news is rarely involved in a major power, after all, truth be told, the two are not in the same class at all.
The only disadvantage of North Korea is that less than a third of the peninsula’s population of thirty million is under control. If Alan Wilson remembers correctly, the population controlled by both sides is nine million to twenty-one million, and South Korea has a huge demographic advantage.
But even with this demographic advantage, Seoul fell in two days. Although the war had just begun in two days, the United States had already decided to enter the war.
“Now what a source!” Alan Wilson analyzed with a sincere face, “I wonder how my two friends have considered my previous suggestion. The risk is great yes, but the risk to me is just as great. If it were not for the sake of the British Empire, there would be no need for me to conceive of such a method of asserting dominion over the Malayan colonies.”
“Lord Naktang, you won’t unload on me when the time comes, will you?” Tian Qianqiu said with some misgivings.
Alan Wilson nodded approvingly at this reaction and went to the corner of his office and turned on the listening device, playing the voices of the three men who had just been discussing around this matter and talking about how to clean up the Japanese POWs from the film.
“I said, shared risk!” With his back to the two men, Alan Wilson used his body to block the two men’s line of sight, replaced the film with a blank one, dropped the film, walked up to the two men as a disk, and inquired, “How about half for each of us?”
As for the real one, naturally, it will be destroyed later, he is a civil servant with a unanimously recognized promising future in Whitehall, how can he leave evidence against himself. Only without a serious act, the two Chinese really hard to believe him.
At this time Alan Wilson is not alone in the fight, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman, Pauline Gaudet, Lana Turner, Joan Bennett’s words of wisdom and example, at the critical moment played a decisive role.
The action wasn’t imminent anyway, and two ex-Republican soldiers, all too eager to get ahead, eventually expressed their willingness to stick together through thick and thin.
“I’ve really given too much for the British Empire.” Looking at the film that was cut into two halves by a pair of scissors, and was put into the arms of Su Yang and Tian Qianqiu, Allen Wilson still didn’t forget to remind, “If nothing happens in the end, the two of you must take the half in your hands back and destroy it.”
“Don’t worry Lord Zhongtang!” Tian Qianqiu had a bit of the historical coolie vibe of the same name at this point, “But we need a bit of time.”
“There is plenty of time, after all, there are many POWs involved, and you will have plenty of time to plot before shipping them back to Japan. However, I would suggest that only the two of you know the truth, in fact, as soon as the time comes to repatriate the POWs, and the talk of the US arming Japanese soldiers appears, all you have to do is incite national hatred.”
Alan Wilson, in an old man pose, walked the two men to the door of the Executive Office with his hands behind his back before turning back.
On the Korean Peninsula, every moment there were people who died because of the outbreak of war, Allen Wilson was equally despondent, thinking that there might also be soldiers from the great ally, the United States of America, he was not feeling good in his heart, and decided that he would not eat meat today, picking up the phone, “Prepare a lobster for me, please!”
On the third day of the outbreak of war, Eliza forwarded a telegram from London summoning the High Commissioner of British Malaya back to London.
“Then, if something comes up you discuss it with Ender, telegraph me if you don’t understand it, and don’t treat Andy as you did in British India!” Alan Wilson scanned the telegram and explained at Eliza.