Chapter 554 – The Military and Whitehall
“No problem, your honor, it would be better if you didn’t mention Andy.” Alisa’s phoenix eyes flickered as she balked.
“Sorry, originally my itinerary was to meet more with the Malay leaders to talk about the Land Allocation Bill and to give solemn assurances that the ethnic Chinese would never be allowed to take their place, now the pacification is in your hands.”
Alan Wilson thought back for a moment to see if there were any mistakes, now it seems that for the time being there are no, to London to think of it and then send a telegram well. He supported the Chinese is sincere, defense is also sincere.
Definitely will not let the British Malaya appear to take over things, in the final analysis, he does not owe anyone, things have been in accordance with the interests of the British Empire, if the British mainland if the population explosion, still need to borrow the force of other ethnic groups?
Take the matter of cleaning up the Japanese prisoners of war, there is no personal feelings at all.
Once successful, Allen Wilson will start a big arrest operation, all the criminals involved in this matter are arrested, release is possible, but must force the entire Chinese community to the British Empire allegiance.
The underlying reason for this matter is just overly simple, he just wants the Chinese to hand in their surrender, do something that the whole world thinks is wrong, and force the other side to only defend the British colonial rule.
With the dream that by then millions of ethnic Chinese would co-sign to save the murderer’s life in exchange for supporting British colonial rule. Alan Wilson boarded a special plane back home.
Is a special plane, as a colonizer, he must ensure their own safety, thanks to the British Empire’s call, hard-working civil servants after many stops, stepped on the land of London.
Even jet lag did not pour, confused to Whitehall, at this time the Korean Peninsula, the northern army is as strong as a breakthrough. The United Nations is erupting in heated discussions, the United States in South Korea troops have entered the war, of course, did not change the fate of the hanging.
The war that broke out in the Far East naturally also caused a discussion in the United Kingdom, although the war treasury has just begun, but Whitehall is very busy, Norman Brooke because of the previous report, ordered Alan Wilson to return to London.
“It’s like your previous report predicted!” Norman Brooke summoned Allen Wilson in his office, directly into the main topic, “because it involves the relationship with the United States, and the United States has the meaning of the United Nations in the name of the organization of the coalition, the cabinet is discussing this matter, how do you think?”
“It’s not what I think, but it depends on the strength of the Soviet Union’s support, and the size of the war. If it’s just limited to the scope of the peninsula, Britain does have concerns about the relationship with the United States, there is no way to refuse.” Alan Wilson said this with a turn of phrase, “But if it is impossible to control the scale of the war, to put it bluntly, the glory days are back.”
“Alan, this is a big deal.” Norman Brooke gave Alan Wilson a meaningful look.
In the second half of 1945, when the European standoff had ended, the thing that many Brits wanted most to happen was for Japan to do what it said it would do, to have a home front showdown and fight the United States to the death for two years, giving Britain two years of breathing room. To be able to weaken the United States and the Soviet Union a bit, so that Britain could experience the feeling of the United States before the fire across the river.
But Japan did not fight, two atomic bombs to submit, let the British Empire very disappointed.
Norman Brooke was already second-in-command at Whitehall at that time, and of course he was able to recall the events of that time.
But at the moment, it was not quite appropriate to talk like that, relying on the report of Alan Wilson once before he went to Malaya to take up his post, foreseeing today’s situation.
“Once the scale is out of control, will it spread for long?” Though somewhat inappropriate, the honorable Cabinet Secretary did not have it in his heart to look at the Americans as a joke.
“I think we should not be too optimistic, but compared to the Allied Powers when the Soviet Union was established, as long as longer than this Britain earned.” Alan Wilson saw through it without saying anything, ignoring the equally gloating heart of his top boss, “If we had a three year war, we could think about the spectacle of a showdown on Japanese soil. That would not be a bad thing for the British Empire.”
“Oh, would that be such an optimistic outcome?” Norman Brooke muttered to himself with a reserved face, “It is a tragedy.”
“An absolute tragedy!” Alan Wilson agreed ten thousand percent, straining his face in a serious manner, “None of us want the war to break out, but this matter of entering the war at the request of the United States? As we all know, the Royal Navy, the pride of the British Empire, is always ready to do its part for the sake of world peace.”
Theoretically of course it would be best if Britain did not enter the war, but that only exists in theory, Alan Wilson is now discussing how to enter the war intelligently with the premise of entering the war, although the two and a half billion pounds from the Far East is enough to keep London calm, but the dollars from the Marshall Plan, the same can not make London indifferent, so this matter is very complicated.
Britain can make a big fight posture, in order to show the solemnity of the matter, and can even follow the Imperial Russian expedition to Japan’s combined fleet, the opening of the Queen Elizabeth and Warrior battleships. Form a powerful marine strike group to show the power to maintain world peace.
If the Navy is not enough, of course, there is also the post-war much attention, the Royal Air Force, the mainstay of the British Empire. As for the army, Mallu, do not mention it.
But must use the land forces, if the United States must ask for a certain number of ground troops, follow the British Empire south of the Nepalese mercenaries at all times in a state of readiness, I believe that it will be ready to go, and the most important thing is to save money.
It’s not that Britain is prevaricating against a close ally, the point is that Britain really isn’t known for its ground forces. Although Britain might not be afraid of the Soviet land forces if the Soviet Union was also only the size of Britain’s population of fifty million, this was something the Americans didn’t need to know.
After getting news from Ismay, Permanent Undersecretary of the Foreign Office, about the Soviet Union’s absence from the recent UN resolution, Allen Wilson went on to add his own report, “All indications are that the Soviet Union is choosing the Far East as a breakthrough. This is good for the European side, but I predict that once the scope of the war is expanded, the Soviet Union will certainly increase its ground forces in the direction of Europe in order to prevent European countries from helping the United States.”
Britain had only just ended the rationing system not long ago, and definitely did not want the scope of the war to expand.
Unlike the rest of East Asia, Britain had little historical connection to the Korean Peninsula. Many British soldiers could not even find the Korean Peninsula on a map. This is despite the fact that just a few years ago, some British soldiers had encountered Korean soldiers – recalling their brutal treatment by Korean guards in Japanese POW camps.
But even these painful memories couldn’t stop Korea from seeming extraordinarily distant to most Britons.
In the middle of a paragraph dealing with the possibility of ground forces entering the war if they could not be avoided, Alan Wilson solemnly warned that the British position should be in the position of preserving the Korean presence, and never setting foot in the North if the counter-offensive succeeded.
The report was completed, Allen Wilson submitted the report, and then left Whitehall to catch up with the Honorable Secretary of State for the Sea, Mountbatten, because Pamela Mountbatten went to Paris and drew a pie for the French shareholders, and he could only talk to his Honorable Father-in-Law.
In 1945, the representative British figure who wanted Japan to do what she said she would do in a home front duel was Mountbatten, who kept persuading the American troops that they must land in Japan to liquidate the whole country.
“Oh, would it really give the Americans a handful?” General Mountbatten was obviously more interested in Alan Wilson’s words. Although the lack of a local duel in Japan in the first place had dashed his expectations, it would be a good result if he could get it back after five years.
“Honorable General, as usual, it depends on the scale of the war being contained.” Alan Wilson said honestly, “If the Soviet Union hadn’t lost too much of its population, I’d be the person in Whitehall most in favor of an immediate military alliance with the U.S. Countries with a Soviet system are usually stronger than they appear. This is especially true in Asia, where there is considerable poverty, and the Soviet proposition has great appeal.”
This meeting between the sons-in-law certainly paid off, and Mountbatten expressed a willingness to try the reactivation of the battleships Queen Elizabeth and Warrior for transfer to the Far East.
Alan Wilson expressed his gratitude, “Actually, for the colonies generally now, battleships are more of a deterrent than aircraft carriers, and that’s especially true of Indonesia with its strait across the channel.”
General Mountbatten, like the British in general, had no idea what the Korean Peninsula was really like, and as Mountbatten’s son-in-law, Allen Wilson, of course, was obliged to answer, stating that Korea was a part of Japan, and that in the midst of the Second World War, the Koreans had enlisted in large numbers to fight to the bitter end for the Empire of Japan.
As a person who made a will to not even let the Japanese attend the funeral, the current Fourth Sea Lord Mountbatten understood in a second, and his face cleared up, and he said meaningfully, “So that’s how it is, that’s really interesting.”
“Although we all agree that this war has nothing to do with Britain, but if the United States must ask for it. It is also hard for us to refuse.” Alan Wilson had a hard look on his face, “One can only think of a way.”
“The Royal Navy is of course ready to go at any time, let’s start preparing now to go halfway across the world to help the Americans.” General Mountbatten said without even thinking, he felt that the Americans should be able to wait a few months.
“We are helping America after all, that war was more America’s responsibility, and now America thinks it is invincible. We shouldn’t steal the Americans’ thunder, even if we send ground troops, we shouldn’t set foot on the land north of the demarcation line. If the scale of the war is brought under control, let the Americans enjoy the glory of their victory on their own, it has nothing to do with us anyway.”
Mountbatten recognized his son-in-law’s opinion; after all, he was an expert in Orientalism, and the man had set it up with great success, or he would not have been recalled. Within a day of returning to London, Alan Wilson had the military bigwigs and Whitehall harmonizing their views on the war.