Chapter 599 – Mountbatten’s Urge to Marry

“It is only father, who is capable of this, who can make His Majesty the King nod his head.” Pamela Mountbatten, with a proud face, expressed compliments to her father, who had returned from Buckingham Palace.

The attitude was that of a good girl, and she knew that Alan Wilson’s response involved the question of reliability in the eyes of Whitehall.

Doing the job well was a plus, if not, it really did bring 30,000 convicts’ heads down. Let alone developing Malaya, and the trajectory of British Malaya would go straight to British India.

“Oh, it is mainly the importance of the Straits of Malacca.” Admiral Mountbatten haughtily withstood his daughter’s praise, “It is the duty of the Royal Navy to keep the sea routes to Asia open and unobstructed.”

“The importance of the Straits of Malacca cannot be overemphasized, and for that reason in the beginning I specifically divested myself of the Andaman Islands in India.” Alan Wilson followed General Mountbatten’s words, “The strait, in British hands, would allow the British Empire to increase its influence considerably. Economically, it could psych out our competitors.”

The blockade of the Malacca Straits was an enduring issue in military forums. Especially since the Galaxy incident is not unprecedented, the possibility is objective.

And now that the Malacca Strait is retained in British hands, there are so many means that can be utilized.

Anyhow, the land in the hand, to and from Japan on board the ship more checks to see if there is no contraband, can slow down the efficiency of Japan’s trade even if it is ten percent, years and years down the road also has a great effect.

Besides, the Suez Canal Britain can currently speak, there is also the Persian Gulf, Allen Wilson can give the British Empire to put a foot on the brakes although it is not yet known whether it can be successful, but how it will not be worse than history.

This kind of choke point is far more important than some pseudo-proposition like the first island chain, which is only literal in both peace and wartime, and even if the first island chain is breached, no one is a match for the US Navy when it comes to the oceans.

All the islands in the Pacific Ocean that can be used as military springboards are all under the control of the U.S. military. The Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific, the Marian Islands in the West Pacific, and the Hawaiian Islands in the center. These three archipelagos form a stable triangle in the Pacific Ocean, in which Midway Island and Guam, the famous islands of World War II, are located.

The Strait of Malacca can be different, the so-called world’s several golden waterways, the most important is the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca, the Panama Canal and the first two compared to say that the number can be.

What’s more, when the Netherlands withdrew, the United Kingdom allowed the Netherlands to give British Malaya several outlying islands in the Strait of Malacca near the Indonesian side, including the Natuna Islands, Tamerlane Islands, the Anambas Islands, the Linga Islands, and the Riau Nai Dat Islands.

From where Britain still has military influence, the Strait of Malacca is only fourth in line, inferior to the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Gibraltar, but as British Malaya’s status rises, the importance of the Strait of Malacca will surely be recognized.

Especially in terms of containing several potential rivals that are on the verge of rising to prominence, such as Japan, South Korea and the Fraud Islands.

Currently the East Indies are pinched east and west, north and south, by Britain, Holland, Portugal and Australia respectively. With the help of these allies with common interests, Alan Wilson believes that potential rivals can be made to slow down and wait for Malaya.

What has given Mountbatten so much joy lately is not just the fact that he had the honor of getting a pardon from the king.

For Mountbatten, it was a show of hands, what made him so happy was something else, the fact that MacArthur, who was dismissed by President Truman out of the blue, endured a send-off from 300,000 people in Tokyo, a welcome from hundreds of thousands of American citizens in Los Angeles, and ultimately opened the Veteran Never Dies Just Fades Speech with a flourish in Washington.

Near the end of the Pacific War, Japan has not yet surrendered before, Mountbatten force immediately launched amphibious landing on Japan to liquidate the country, the Americans said to wait a little longer, one of the representatives of the United States side of the MacArthur.

Japan’s surrender to the great disappointment of Mountbatten, but fortunately in five years after the United States is still in a war, is to let Mountbatten realize part of the wish, both the United States into a war in the United Kingdom to breathe.

The busy Secretary of State for the Sea these days, subscribing to several different American newspapers, was concerned about MacArthur from Tokyo all the way to Washington, watching to see where the narcissist would end up after he was relieved of his duties.

“It’s amazing that MacArthur is still popular.” Mountbatten put down the American newspaper reporting that veterans never die and said grimly, “Actually, I find it hard to imagine how a general who abandoned his troops and just ran away could be so popular, with hundreds of thousands of citizens in their midst, even if it was the president. It seems like Eisenhower didn’t have this kind of scene when he returned home.”

Allen Wilson, who was holding bottled water, glanced at the newspaper in his father-in-law’s hand and said in disbelief, “Once you leave your position, the so-called heat disappears very quickly. Although MacArthur is great at running his personal image, once he’s not in the public eye, the so-called influence fades quickly.”

That would have been true, and Allen Wilson doesn’t say what the final outcome of the war was because there are different standards for judging victory and defeat. But it is a fact that the U.S. did not win it all, and that sort of sets a precedent.

The consequence of this precedent was that the MacArthur faction in the US military was purged because of this unwon victory. To the extent that Eisenhower, who was far less prestigious than MacArthur, later became the president of the United States.

“Can such a good thing happen that goes with the flow?” Mountbatten was jubilant, not at all feeling that he was falling on his sword, and clearly expecting the disappearance of MacArthur from the public eye by the Honorable Secretary of State for the Sea.

“It certainly will, I have no doubt of that.” Alan Wilson spoke with certainty, the two men were in amazing agreement in their malice toward MacArthur.

Mountbatten nodded with satisfaction, suddenly as if remembering something he opened his mouth and asked, “But then again, shouldn’t you be returning to Kuala Lumpur right now to announce the amnesty and draw a perfect conclusion.”

“Whitehall is archiving the original petition materials while making a batch of copies for me to bring back.” Alan Wilson shrugged helplessly, “Three million two hundred thousand copies, so I guess it’s going to take so many days.”

But then again, Alan Wilson really misses, the life in Kuala Lumpur where he worked until two o’clock in the afternoon every day.

Granted, a day’s work in Whitehall probably didn’t involve as much work as the colony did until two in the afternoon.

Somewhat surprisingly, Pamela Mountbatten is much busier than he is as a commissioner, and with the winds of the British Empire’s investment world, Ms. Pamela Mountbatten’s company, more and more firmly towards the Conception model, Pamela Mountbatten is no longer the little girl who was smashed by a few of his diamonds in Delhi and was dizzy.

The relationship between the two was still very much rock solid, but seeing his fiancée get busier and busier was a mixed blessing for Allen Wilson.

General Mountbatten sensed this as well and found an occasion to mention it, “Pamela is now like his mother, and of course the pursuit of wealth is not a bad thing. But my personal advice is that you two settle things down this year; she is also twenty-two years old and deserves a marriage of her own.”

“Honorable Minister of the Sea, I’m actually very surprised in my mind that this came out of your mouth.” Alan Wilson was somewhat flattered, for in the early days of his acquaintance with Pamela Mountbatten, his father-in-law had served more as, a stumbling block in life’s path, and had guarded him as against a thief.

To this day, General Mountbatten even took the initiative to open his mouth, inquiring about the marriage of the two, Alan Wilson almost thought he had heard wrong.

“The way you were acting, you were too much like a person with ulterior motives.” Mountbatten said with a subdued face, “With this look on your face, it really makes it hard for me to hand my daughter over to you, but subsequent events have shown that your feelings are solid, so I have nothing more to say.”

In the evening, Pamela Mountbatten, who had been busy with the company, came home, and hearing the words of the unmarried go, reached out and pulled the man’s face in an open-mouthed gesture, “I thought you’d forgotten about me, and only today did I remember that we’re not married.”

“Mostly because it’s been too hectic, in fact, if you ask me if I’m willing, I’m willing anytime. But now it seems that in the eyes of most people, I seem to have ulterior motives coloring instead of lessening, it seems to be getting heavier and heavier.” Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets and spat somewhat unsurprisingly, “Who made you move firmly towards the crown of the richest man in Britain?”

“Let’s not talk about that, when are you going to marry me.” Pamela Mountbatten sounded a little aggressive, “I’m twenty-two.”

“After dealing with this time in Malaya, prepare for the wedding, it won’t take two months.” Alan Wilson said without even thinking, “You can actually prepare the jewelry, wedding dress and whatnot now. How many guests do you want to invite?”

“Let’s not have a wedding of the century, the Crown Prince did that because of the political implications, and it might not be a good thing for me as a businessman if I spread myself too thin, especially since you’re still a civil servant.” Pamela Mountbatten thought for a moment and made a very wise decision considering Alan Wilson’s job.

It all seemed so long ago since they had gotten engaged in New Delhi, and the two had a deep conversation about marriage that night. It was decided that they must make this year the year of their lifelong engagement.

Things come to a head, Alan Wilson heart has some hidden worries, other women are good to say, Audrey Hepburn how to do?

Thinking so, he even had some trouble sleeping, opened a new round of busy, requesting Catherine Hepburn to send an invitation letter, let Audrey Hepburn go to the United States to further her education.

As for the North Rhodesia assistant, that are standard, I hope that Katherine Hepburn, an actress with white whoring experience, can exert some positive influence on Audrey Hepburn.