Chapter 771: Paul the Great

“In fact, there are still a lot of places where France needs Britain’s help right now, and withdrawing from Asia will hopefully help General Mountbatten. You have to realize that in the middle of this current complicated world, the two countries still have a lot of common interests.”

Walking out of the meeting place, Georges Pidoule turned back to the man who had come out to see him off. Pidur turned back to express his gratitude to Pamela Mountbatten who came out to see him off. Diplomats should have a flexible bottom line to deal with all sorts of contingencies, not to mention that he was the foreign minister.

“I have many friends who are French.” As soon as Pamela Mountbatten opened her mouth, it was not unlike the tone of the man behind her.

Georges. Pidur nodded, then raised his wrist to check the time and said, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”

Pamela Mountbatten nodded her head and stood in the doorway to watch George Pidur leave, then turned back to George Mountbatten. Piedur left, then turned back to the building, wanting to share the good news with her husband now.

The telegram, which had traveled across 10,000 miles, only made Allen Wilson feel backwards about one thing, the rapidity of the French withdrawal should have been quicker than it had been historically, and after the contraction from Vietnam, France had not felt that the tactics were incorrect, and was still guided by the military operations.

“It seems that the independence of the Algerians will have to be tested more violently before it is realized.” Alan Wilson muttered, before contacting the Pacific Fleet as per the list passed on by his wife, which of course required a trip to the British Advisory Group’s base to do so.

“Help tell Vivian that I’m going out.” Alan Wilson got dressed and came down just in time to see Charmaine in her cheongsam, and I have to say that the eyes lit up.

One thing about modern clothing that was true of traditional clothing was that it generally didn’t feature men and women on board who looked good. Traditional clothing, regardless of civilization, is very unfriendly to most people.

The cheongsam’s requirements for beauty are more deserved than hanfu can be called harsh, wearing a white cheongsam Xia Meng has the ability to grab anyone’s eyeballs, a good look for a while, Allen Wilson is only reluctant to take back his gaze.

In the face of this kind of aggressive gaze, Xia Meng is also the heart of a sudden, she is a little afraid of this man, her boss Vivien Lei has been considered a very successful woman, in front of this man is as comfortable as a kitten.

“You’re afraid of me?” Alan Wilson was angry and amused that he had something to be afraid of, “I don’t seem to have anything to be afraid of yet, do I?”

If he had time, he really wouldn’t mind breaking bread with Mr. Jin Yong’s dream girl, but he was busy now.

Alan Wilson had to liaise with his father-in-law’s men in the Pacific Fleet, but then again, where weren’t there any of Mountbatten’s men? Probably only Montgomery’s men in England would have more than Mountbatten’s.

The purpose was to make the Tokyo Bay cruise a little more extensive, and it could be considered a rubbing, and Lt. Commander Klein was willing to help, willing to help with the purpose of course with the intention of progress, and it was good to have someone in the dynasty to do the job, or else how could such a young colonial commissioner in front of him do whatever he wanted to do?

This was lost on Lt. Col. Klein, who had only just earned thirty Comet airliners for his wife.

Of course Mr. Lieutenant Colonel didn’t need to know, people pursue different things and think very differently.

George. Rear Admiral Bauer, now Commander of the Cruiser Division of the Pacific Fleet, had been sort of up and down with Mountbatten for a few months among the reorganized Pacific Fleet, which had been transferred from the Mediterranean Fleet at the end of World War II.

Two days ago he received a telegram from Admiral Mountbatten, hoping to be able to facilitate the retreat of France, which is also the instructions of the Admiralty, of course, he has nothing to say about this, and later Mountbatten also mentioned in the telegram, his son-in-law will be contacted to assist the French retreat.

So after receiving Allen Wilson’s telegram, Rear Admiral George Ball was quick to accept it. Rear Admiral George Ball was quick to say that there was no problem.

Even the Commander of the Pacific Fleet was very supportive of the operation. He himself had already ordered the heavy cruiser Devonshire, escorted by the frigate Purple Quartz, to head to the waters of Tokyo Bay at that time.

“The Purple Quartz? That little thing hasn’t been decommissioned yet?” Seeing the familiar name, Alan Wilson couldn’t help but smile bitterly, but once he thought about it, he felt that he was overthinking it, although the Purple Quartz was small, but it was built very close to the end of the year, and it was in service twenty years later than the Devonshire heavy cruiser, and now the Pacific Fleet is clustered with a large number of old fossils, and even at the time when Mountbatten was doing the fourth Minister of the Sea, he specifically set up a well-equipped logistic base in Sarawak to cope with these Old timers.

Battleships older than Alan Wilson’s dad have not been decommissioned, so it’s only natural that this little warship hasn’t been decommissioned.

That said, this kind of thing should be done by a small warship like the Zi Shi Ying, really sending a battleship over wouldn’t work either.

“Thank you, Commander, for your help.” After staying at the advisory group’s military base for a day, Allen Wilson expressed his gratitude to Lieutenant Colonel Klein before leaving, and opened his mouth to ask, “When are you going to return to Malaya?”

“Haven’t gotten orders yet, but certainly before the French leave.” Lt. Col. Klein smiled broadly, which was good to see.

Alan Wilson a senior bureaucrat, and there are many movie queens words, of course, will not be confused by the other side of this I want to get ahead too much look, but the basic reasoning of throwing in the towel he still knows, immediately implied that like Lieutenant Colonel Klein such a talented person, Lieutenant Colonel is definitely not the end of the military career.

In fact, at this time, Hanoi has already seen a wave of escape, some of the local upper class, under the compulsion of the rumors of the advent of the unknown, abandoned their own properties, boarded the ship to the sea, ready to escape to the south, to avoid the Viet Minh army to enter the city to be liquidated.

“Father, really throw away all your estates and go to Saigon.” In the night, on the wharf by the river, the teenager was fondly looking in the direction of Hanoi, the accumulated wealth was all there, the determination to leave the family property behind and go straight away was not so easy to make.

“There’s nothing to be done about it now. Your older brother stays behind to observe, and if there’s no problem, we might be able to come back if we hide for a few months.” The time the man who clearly had the demeanor of the head of the family spoke, the whistles of the ships at the docks had blown.

It was like a signal, and the people at the pier waiting to board the ship were carrying large bags and dragging their families upwards, a scene that looked incredibly bleak in the late night hours. The crowd of course included the father and son just now, the old and strong father, also greeted the children brought by the two concubines, maintaining the dignity of the head of the family.

From the news that the Yue Alliance was going to take over the entire North, almost every day, a similar scene was being played out in the major cities of the North. This was of course fueled by the French army, which still controlled some parts of North Vietnam, spreading true or false news about some rich merchants being hanged from street lamps to advocate this panic in the face of the Viet Minh.

Many landlords and merchants in North Vietnam, this is full of misgivings about the Vietcong’s rise to power in the French army’s beneficial contribution, but also unable to distinguish between true and false first fled in said, of course, there are a lot of people, ready to temporarily settle in the South to leave some relatives, playing to wait and see if it is all right to come back to the idea.

This is a large proportion of ethnic Chinese, on the one hand, because the Chinese themselves from the country out, even the local feeling have overcome.

Naturally whatever makes money makes money, and overall they are a bit richer than the Vietnamese subject ethnic group. There is another aspect, a few years ago the collapse of the Cannon Party, many Chinese have already staged a side of similar things, the Chinese in North Vietnam, even if they did not personally experience, but also heard about it.

The emergence of the wave of flight, Allen Wilson knew a little bit about it, and also said to Su Yang and others, “In fact, these people are more trustworthy than the Chinese buyers in South Vietnam, if you have the spare capacity in the future, you can support them a little more. They have already lost their wealth once, what do you guys have a saying about?”

“Taking someone’s money is like harming their parents?” Tian Qianqiu opened his mouth, wondering if Alan Wilson was trying to say this sentence.

“Yes, that’s the phrase. Coming to South Vietnam they were unfamiliar with the area, they were unable to fight against the local Chinese businessmen, and were in great need of help from outside forces. Vietnam? At least the market of South Vietnam should also be a help for Malaya to take off. Do not systematically focus on the European market, the European market is certainly able to feed Malaya’s industry, this is all based on the current Malay population is not much, you have to be good at discovering new markets.” Alan Wilson smiles and gives guidance, his attitude is absolutely sincere, he just likes to help others.

“And we also have the geographical advantage of being able to ship our products across the Gulf of Thailand.” The person who spoke was called Gu Ke, a name that smelled like a cultural person from the olden times, and is now a representative of the Chinese businessmen in British Malaya, whose main industry is currently selling bicycles, and the sales of the big two-eight bicycles are still good.

“With this kind of understanding, I have great confidence in the local economic development of the management.” Alan Wilson clapped his hands in admiration, giving unstinting praise, “If you can establish rapport, and a win-win relationship, with the Chinese groups in the surrounding areas, I’m sure Britain can win-win from it as well.”

Malaya, a colony, is certainly impossible to match the United States in terms of technological content, but the United States is separated by the Pacific Ocean, and in terms of daily commodities, British Malaya has an absolute cost advantage over Japan and Korea. Now it was just a matter of waiting for the US to take over and create wartime prosperity for Malaya to suck blood.

On this day, Allen Wilson decided to take the national treasure, and the iconic Chinese and Japanese actresses of the era, around with the tacit approval of General Navarre, and why did he need the tacit approval of the Commander-in-Chief of the French Army? It was because he was going to make a trip to the residence of the head of state of South Vietnam, and Bao Dai was the former emperor of Vietnam, which was something that had to be approved by the French.

“The current head of state of South Vietnam? Turns out to be the Emperor?” Vivienne followed the man out, surveying herself at this point, “Wouldn’t seem a bit rude, would it?”

“No, you don’t seem to care about being rude when you meet Her Majesty.” Alan Wilson looked back, those two were not as good as Vivien Lei, he thought he was enough of a feudal remnant, three women were not as good as him.