Chapter 563 – I Can’t Breathe
“The French are unbelievable!” Makins was furious that the French were ungrateful.
“Do you think of France as a servant nation?” Alan Wilson looked surprised and persuaded, “The French are thinking for their own interests, no matter how ridiculous the idea is, they think they are right. Let’s take our time to grind this out, it seems like the French are stubborn, but I’m sure if we talk about it more, it will always work.”
Alan Wilson was calm, not angry because of the French’s lack of cooperation, he was an adult anyways. Knowing that matters of national interest cannot be considered from personal feelings.
If you think in terms of personal feelings, there is no gain except to get anxious and angry. Take the Chinese military fan group as an example, it is difficult to find a country that they can see eye to eye, they are all people who hate to wipe out the world one day at a time.
In the eyes of some military fans, the world is full of anti-Chinese countries, and not a single pro-Chinese country exists. If they can influence national policy, they can fight with the US and Russia in a day. As for the consequences of the fight, what the heck, just enjoy it.
Now Europe on land can only rely on the French, the Americans can see this clearly, Allen Wilson has no reason not to see, although because of political instability, resulting in France looks chaotic, but when it comes to colonial issues such a big thing, France still has places that can help Britain.
The key is that France is strong enough, the potential of mainland France is greater than the whole of Australia, background France can be said to be the best piece of land in Europe in terms of natural conditions, as for Australia that is the world-renowned rotten land. Australia’s habitable land is also just a bit bigger than New Zealand.
In a few decades, after the de Gaulle makeover, France is even more of an absolute core of Europe, quite a bit stronger than the UK, which is left with only the financial sector and some watchdog industries, and even better than Germany, which is known for its manufacturing industry.
Also for example, France itself does not use conventional submarines, but France does sell the world’s most advanced conventional submarines, and customized, sold to Pakistan’s submarines are ordinary configuration, designed for Australia’s short-finned barracuda class is the world’s configuration of the highest level of conventional submarines, the unit price is sold for more than two billion U.S. dollars, twelve more than thirty billion. The main reason is that the US doesn’t build the thing, and Russia builds them at an average level.
Do not look at Germany and Japan seem to be more famous in the manufacturing industry, Germany’s conventional submarines also sell well, but Germany can not build France short-finned barracuda class that level of things, because that is the nuclear submarine “conventionalization” of the design, Japan’s conventional submarines can be considered advanced, but the distance between the French, the distance between the German and French It’s even farther than the distance between Germany and France.
As for soft power and other things are not mentioned, the French cuisine is the world’s most influential cuisine, there is no one. Other cuisines are roughly equivalent to Britain in the twenty-first century in the special relationship between Britain and the United States in front of French cuisine.
The original history in 1950, the Anglo-French alliance in history has ended, originally in the post-war Anglo-French embrace warmth, the United Kingdom also supported France as a permanent member.
The alliance was to counter the Soviet Union in the open, and the US in the shadows. But Britain’s debt problems were so severe, and its previous plate so large, that it had to rely on US aid, and followed the US from the fifties to the Suez Canal War when it gave up the treatment altogether.
And now it is different, Alan Wilson can be sure that he is in this world, the Anglo-French alliance did not end.
Britain and France still supported each other in many things, so when Britain had been able to clearly foresee that the world pattern centered on Western Europe was about to be torn apart by the combination of the United States and the Soviet Union.
As a representative of that world pattern, Britain naturally wanted to give the Western European countries more say, and thus it was precisely in Britain’s interest to make France, which had paid great sacrifices for the war and had not surrendered during the war, a country with a special status.
Originally, the French Communist Party had gained momentum after the war, and this exclusion of France from the post-war political landscape of the world was undoubtedly giving them a gun for their seizure of power.
As for the USSR, which was entirely worthy of solidarity as long as it wasn’t completely in the same pants as the United States, then the USSR would have absolutely supported France in achieving a special status in order to push its influence right up to the Atlantic coast and to make it easier for France to nauseate Britain and the United States.
For the U.S., if the U.S. took the initiative to come down against France’s acquisition of a position in the post-war landscape, it would not only lose face internationally, but would also undoubtedly push France eastward as well, whereas if the U.S. took the initiative to come down in favor of France, the French would likely become a staunch ally of the U.S. on the continent of Europe, and would be able to fend off the USSR and keep the U.K. at bay, while assisting in keeping an eye on Germany.
So René Plivin made the Americans very embarrassed, the Americans also have no way, Allen Wilson also have no way, France as the world’s power for hundreds of years, may not have topped, but as long as the stand there, there will be no one to go too much to offend.
“How about this, just tell the Americans to wait, René Plivin has only been in office for a month, and his predecessor was even in office for only ten days, and now France is changing leaders faster than changing diapers. We can wait a bit for the right negotiator to come along before we talk.”
After half a day’s meditation, Allen Wilson took out the word procrastination again, but this response also showed that his attempt to come over and gild the lily was a failure, although it wasn’t considered a complete failure because of the results of the merger of the British and American occupations.
But in a short time, he is not in the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, reflecting his own place in the matter of the opportunity.
Alan Wilson, after all, is the Commissioner of British Malaya, this time to accept the call to return to London, it is impossible to stay for several months, there are still things on the Malayan side.
Britain and France now have their own problems, although Britain is politically stable, but too much stability and traditionally treat the colonies a little conservative, Allen Wilson from time to time to return to the country, but also with my own experience to prove that the situation is not a small good, but a great good.
Although France in the key issues, will not let go because of the chaos of politics, but the chaos of politics will certainly affect the ability of the military, politicians are always scrambling for power, the army can not fight a good war.
Makins also knew that Alan Wilson looked to be pessimistic about getting results in the short term, and spoke, “It seems that this matter is not as easy as we thought.”
“There are pros and cons, the French do not recognize it, then the responsibility is not ours.” Alan Wilson was very open-minded, while the Soviet Union was certainly an enemy, was the United States necessarily an ally? If Britain believed in the Americans so much, why did it desperately try to pull France along with it in the immediate aftermath of World War II?
Though in the end, the historical warmongering ended up in bankruptcy because the UK still fell to the US. But wasn’t this realm still not bankrupt? Without the needs of Vietnam, Gerald Edward’s work in Malaya would not have been completed without a scare.
Returning to London, Alan Wilson, then began to formulate the military alliance issue, may be taken advantage of by the United States, at the same time to give a personal opinion, is the bogeyman to make the United States to focus more attention on France.
It’s not like it’s a slur, can’t you see that France’s current president of the Council of Ministers, René Plivin, is calling for a European Army?
The United States certainly do not want to see the emergence of the Army of Europe, then out of containment of the French Republic to prevent the emergence of the Army of Europe on the point of view, once the NATO thing to talk about, the focus of military forces in Europe in France, is logical.
Alan Wilson is well aware that it is easy to put American military bases in, in trying to get rid of them will be difficult.
And also pointed out that the US might offer a seemingly fair program in exchange for Britain, such as mutual military presence. But Britain’s mainland is small and America’s mainland is vast, so even if they were to station troops with each other, it would be Britain that would lose out.
This reminder is by no means unfounded; in fact, the general public does not realize that in the twenty-first century there are foreign garrisons within the United States as well. The only garrison within the United States is called the British Army in the United States.
Britain and the United States mutual military presence is nominally absolutely equal, provided that Britain can maintain the current strength. Otherwise the mutual garrisoning will sooner or later evolve into the unilateral garrisoning of Britain by the United States.
Allen Wilson and Pamela Mountbatten get together less often, but fortunately both are in the rising stage of their careers, each has their own busy.
Hearing her fiancé talk about the difficulties he faced after returning to Europe, Pamela Mountbatten also softly relieved.
“It is not so pessimistic, in fact, as long as the United States can reverse the situation in the Far East, when the bottom line is more powerful, maybe the attitude of the French will change.” Alan Wilson in turn comforted his fiancée, now the North Korean army is overwhelming, and eventually the allied forces were forced to retreat to the area of the Nakdong River near Pusan, forming the Pusan ring defense circle.
The current international opinion is that the United States is now the world’s biggest North Korean blowback, stating that the North Korean army is an elite unit under the tutelage of the Soviet Union, and that the United States is practically fighting a part of the Soviet army, except that these Soviets are Asian faces.
And now that the U.S. military has constructed its defenses and U.S. troops are being deployed all over the world, it will never be driven overboard by the North Koreans. The tide will be turned in a matter of days.
“The only downside, may be that after the Americans turn the situation around, they may give back all the words that we connoted the American army’s fighting power before.” Alan Wilson pointed out the cynicism Britain might face next.
“In that case, we might as well enter the war.” Pamela Mountbatten’s face fell in displeasure.
“Although the Americans have molded the Korean army into the most professional army within Asia. But the real winner is not yet them.” Alan Wilson wasn’t worried at all and said to his fiancée, “Just you watch, the United States in a few more months won’t be able to become a professional center blow, even more excessive than blowing North Korea today.”
“Great prophet, show your fiancée what your head is made of.” Pamela Mountbatten stood up and held Alan Wilson’s head.
I can’t breathe! Allen Wilson felt the pressure on his face, and with a swinging face, he cried out in his mind.