Chapter 762 – National Self-Determination

“The Royal Navy is in Tokyo Bay, right?” Smith was stunned then spoke up and inquired, “Is it a demonstration or are they going to join the war?”

Despite the question, Smith thought it must be the former? Britain would intervene in a war for another country? Wouldn’t that be a joke? America knew Britain as well as farmers knew fertilizer, and Britain would never do such a thing.

“The Royal Navy is only helping France to put pressure on the guerrillas in North Vietnam not to do anything rash.” Morrison’s answer was not unexpected, and it was true that Britain was not so righteous as to go to war for the sake of the French face.

The Royal Navy, which had appeared in the waters of Tokyo Bay, had gone over to help out of free-world solidarity, to calm the pro-Soviet forces that had taken over a large part of North Vietnam, and to keep the situation from continuing to deteriorate and jeopardize the negotiations at the Geneva Conference.

Smith recognized this explanation, and he also knew that the legitimate Secretary of State Dulles, at the critical moment of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, on the Korean issue endlessly, by the time you should talk about the Vietnam issue, Dien Bien Phu defenders have not been able to hold out.

The French actually resented this in their hearts, believing that the U.S. had acted too selfishly at the Geneva Conference. It was only because of America’s national strength that they held back.

“Of course, we are for the unity of the free world.” Smith was only Dulles’ deputy, and Dulles himself had already returned home, but by this time he had also promised to be willing to try to look after France’s interests.

Although the Battle of Dien Bien Phu had ended due to France’s defeat, it was important not to let the opposing camps take advantage. At worst, a north-south partition should be fought for, a bottom line that would block the two main directions of attack for the proliferation of pro-Soviet forces around the world, while demonstrating the Free World’s stern position.

Really picking off the French would not be good for the free world right now. The U.S. attitude toward Western European countries is also one of wanting allies who carry some weight, rather than fools who can’t help at critical moments.

Undeniably, there is also a voice of arrogance within the U.S. that America’s time has come and will last a long time.

But there are also voices that believe that in the face of a great enemy like the USSR, the US has the advantage of these not-so-strong allies over those of the USSR that have little presence.

If Allen Wilson is here, he will certainly learn that history is not simply repeated, he can remember the United States in the period of the Sleeping King’s reign, American public opinion as long as the inventory of the United States’ advantages, three words are not away from the United States has a strong allied support.

In the face of the opponent has grown up, this kind of speech on the one hand is the fact, on the other hand also has the role of boldness. It’s like Britain before World War I, and the willingness to keep repeating Britain’s extensive alliances around the world to keep the Germans from doing anything rash.

Truth be told though, this alliance system is useful, but you can’t expect your own hands-off allies to be the daredevils. At the end of the day Britain still went down personally to fight the Germans in blood, it was unavoidable.

It can be said that Britain to participate in the two world wars, but also for the sake of hegemony exhausted the national strength. The United States of America in later years, as far as Alan Wilson is concerned, in his memory, the United States is still constantly encouraging the allies to do death squads, they hide in the back in solidarity.

But the United States also has another side, my great United States of America’s martial virtues abound, often need some not too strong countries to do stepping stones to the third world punch punch out of the insiders, but also the Americans.

This provocative move in Tokyo Bay should have belonged to the American-initiated Tokyo Bay incident.

The difference is that now the North Vietnamese can not do everyone has a gun, let alone raise a few torpedo boats and the Royal Navy to compete, after a few days of liaison, Allen Wilson knows that the waters of Tokyo Bay a calm.

The task force maneuvers, of course, served a purpose, at least to boost the morale of the free world. This was especially true for the French, who still controlled quite a bit of South Vietnam.

At this very moment Alan Wilson took a couple of Australian newspapers to see what the public opinion was in a country with a status similar to that of the Anzacs and, unsurprisingly, sang the praises of the Royal Navy’s move in Tokyo Bay as an act of justice.

Tokyo Bay waters are calm, not a lot of change in the weather, the United Kingdom facing the Atlantic Ocean with the title of the stormy ocean, once fully loaded combat status sailing, as long as the waves are a little big, the deck makes people feel that at any time may be the sea water over the same, so in the design of warships, British designers to make the Royal Navy at all levels of the ship has a strong seaworthiness, at this point surpassed the current state of any country.

At least there are no consequences of de-industrialization in current Britain, and the latter-day routine of all glitches as soon as you hit the water doesn’t exist in this day and age.

In Tokyo Bay’s task force supply is also quite convenient, Xiangjiang is not very far, the current is also considered safe, can support a period of time cruising, at least adhere to the Geneva conference has a result is not a problem.

“Pamela is coming back!” Princess Margaret sat on Alan Wilson’s lap, staggering and scaring her brother-in-law, one small hand picking at it not knowing what she was doing.

“You’re the one who’s embarrassed about being back, aren’t you? What are you doing now?” Alan Wilson pretended to be serious, only at this time the color of seriousness is not normal, who let the murder weapon was held.

“Go on, it’s all because you seduced me.” Princess Margaret exhaled her breath, and her movements were non-stop for malicious planting.

A promising imperial commissioner, at this time, but by the royal princess dared to say, a long time, the princess decided to clean up, a while before wiping clean his hands and walked out, looking puzzled.

Two people did not break the last windowpaper, but the more on the difference between that step, let the Princess indignation, this bold brother-in-law, in this point showed hesitation, which is very dissatisfied.

If the thoughtful princess, directly leaned in Alan Wilson’s arms, sighed quietly, “now what to do ah?”

“Only now do you think about what to do, you didn’t think you were a princess when you seduced before.” Reaching out and knocking the princess on the head, Alan Wilson chattered on, stating that he had long ago taught the princess to walk the straight and narrow, but the princess did not listen to the discipline or something like that.

“Pamela is not fit to know about this.” Uncharacteristically, brother-in-law and sister-in-law spoke almost simultaneously, then froze and smiled up at each other, not realizing that they had achieved a consensus so quickly.

Learning that his wife had already been busy with the biological company, Alan Wilson also remembered his original intention to make a small contribution to the British military industry and began to busy himself.

The field that started early and ended up with little result, I am not targeting anyone in Great Britain. People aesthetic I Great Britain ugly, after entering the twentieth century, in addition to the naval field of armaments, other areas are armament failures are the majority of the results of the phoenix, people use smoothbore guns, British tanks with a line gun is just one of the trivial example.

He very much wanted to make the British military industry less detour, after all, times are different, the accumulation of wealth in Britain has been consumed through the two world wars, like before the First World War, with the two strong standard pile up the German high seas fleet can only think of things.

Saving cost to spend small money to do big things, is bound to be the future of the British military dead end, he can not stand by and watch a bunch of failures into the British army, and then served for a few years and then retired.

Just Allen Wilson wants to help the British military industry less detour, but it is not easy, he can not think of the latter days of the British armaments and what eye-catching works, vertical take-off and landing is considered a success, but that is because of the British large aircraft carriers decommissioned, get out of the cope with the goods, and now the United Kingdom has a large aircraft carriers, then do not have to think about it.

“I copied the American weapons, out of the special relationship between Britain and the United States is not good, right?” Alan Wilson stroked his chin, although he just saw a lot of photos of American equipment, at best he could copy a shell, but this is the biggest problem of British weapons for decades, obviously the technology is not bad to make things are ugly and surprising.

In the end, the Imperial Commissioner made the following judgment, copying the shell is not considered plagiarism, the British level of technology is not bad, there must be their own technical core to support.

This is Pamela Mountbatten before returning, Alan Wilson showed that his day and night labor results.

In order to the British Empire to bow and die, some small plagiarism scolding has counted for what? He first came up with the design, there is no doubt that it is his original, what can be said.

While Alan Wilson was reminiscing about some trends in armaments and writing a diary to take notes.

The war of words at the Geneva Conference continued unabated, with the security of the Central and Southern Peninsula, and the consideration that the United States had to side with France, giving the issue a battleground.

For Britain there was the problem of wanting both, while at the same time not arousing antipathy in the rival camps. Alan Wilson, who was figuring out which armaments to copy from the Americans, helped the Honorable Foreign Secretary.

Morrison, the Foreign Secretary, took a stand on the issue, speaking for the partition of the North and South and the status of Cambodia and Laos from the point of view of national self-determination, “There is a very taken-for-granted idea in many of the former colonies that the territories administered by the suzerain powers naturally belonged to them, and that idea is very much unjustified in the case of the Indians, and in the case of the Indonesians. ”

“What to do about this matter of blaming the suzerain state for colonization while waxing lyrical about post-independence territorial ambitions? Our idea in Britain is not complicated, the status of Cambodia and Laos as independent entities must be guaranteed, otherwise there is no way to negotiate, and the war will continue even if the French leave.”

“Then there must be ideas in Britain as to the exact measures to be taken.” Molotov asked rhetorically after listening.

“It’s not that England has ideas, but it’s the process of witnessing the independence of the French territories under the impartial judgment of the international community. I don’t think that’s a very excessive request, unless the Soviet Union objects?” Morrison nodded slightly, “I’m sure the Soviet Union also recognizes such a move, all in the interest of peace.”