Chapter 777 The United States of America Nanbo Bay
At this moment, Allen Wilson’s eyes on Vietnam, the situation in North Vietnam is no longer salvageable, and South Vietnam is in a mess. There were mountains of warlords of all kinds, including mainly the Binh Trang faction, the Cao Dai call, the Hoa Hao religion, and the Catholic militias interspersed among them.
Neither the Soviet bloc part nor the free world part could be described as optimistic. Now that the French had done so, the situation was even less optimistic, but it was good that this battlefield of more than 300,000 square kilometers could be used to the fullest extent by both camps.
It must be admitted that to make the already poor Vietnam worse, Allen Wilson is not without the slightest sympathy, but some things are like this, knowing that it is wrong, but also to do. I really have a cow when it comes down to it! There has to be something for the forces involved to do, or else it’s not appropriate for the United States to always mull over the legacy of Britain and France.
Can be said, now the British Malaya has been ready to become a big backyard, more than the history is certainly more adequate, and even Allen Wilson has been ready and the Pentagon three or seven points of the heart to prepare, seventy percent or other people, three points have to look at other people’s face, but this is not shameful, making money, not shabby.
In addition to not like Park Chung-hee as with the South Korean army to Vietnam to fight for their lives, Allen Wilson feels that in other areas, he can do better, better psychological preparation, better industrial layout, and even better harboring evil intentions.
If the Vietnam War is over and British Malaya is still not independent, then it can be assumed that the first stage of the wave of independence, should have been passed, and at that time the UK, if it still retains its strength, and even more optimistically France still has some, the two countries will be able to have a good talk with the Americans.
Of course, these are still very far away, now think about it is still too early, just personally observe the forces in South Vietnam, enough Allen Wilson busy, after this period of time, he could not help but sigh, not ashamed to be a small southern China, South Vietnam fart point of the place, simply the same as the gun party, the local forces of the warlords, not less than the camp of the Changgong a little bit, or maybe even more.
In fact, even the current French commander-in-chief Navarre, also on the chaos of South Vietnam has noticed, or would not have made a move to clean up the war potential of North Vietnam, in his view, the French are unable to clean up North Vietnam, South Vietnam against the absolute out of the wind.
“This is expected, but it seems that the United States is still relatively confident.” Alan Wilson salty response, the French seem to retain influence in South Vietnam have illusions, think can, after all, people have the freedom to think.
Allen Wilson knows in his heart, on South Vietnam this kind of infinitely close to the place with the Cannon Party, was a wave of bulldozing is inevitable.
As for which was stronger, South Vietnam or the Cannon Party, it was obvious that Chang Gong was not the ceiling of US allies anyway, and in fact the US favored South Korea, which was starting to stand on its own late in the Korean War.
The fact that some people think Chang Gong is more dependable than South Korea is clearly a filter brought on by ethnic sameness.
At least Navarre’s judgment was certainly more reliable than the delusion that the U.S. thought it could replicate the whole training of the South Korean army, as the French commander-in-chief argued that the idea of expecting South Vietnam to stand alone against North Vietnam was absurdly ludicrous.
Saigon was in military and political disarray, with endless sectarian strife. No one could establish a strong and stable government under these circumstances, and sooner or later the Viet Cong would take control of all of Vietnam.
This point Allen Wilson also agreed with, but did not speak out in favor of it, after all, for the sake of the special relationship between Britain and the United States on the point of view of the United States, the United Kingdom should report encouragement to the optimism of the United States.
“If there are no surprises in the next few days, I’m going to leave, and when the time comes for the South Vietnamese to withdraw their troops, the general can be a guest in Kuala Lumpur if he has the time.” With those words, Allen Wilson put on his suit, nodded and then excused himself.
The United States still had not learned the essence of the British offshore balance, although both are to weed out the strong and help the weak, but the United States chose the object is often too weak, the rebellious son there are still a lot of need to ask his father for advice.
South Vietnam wants to keep it is almost impossible, in case of retention, the United States Pacific Fleet will absolutely be stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, against the Pearl River Delta in the distant future, it is inevitable.
Originally, Alan Wilson’s last few days, he was ready to muddle through with nothing to do, waiting for the withdrawal of North Vietnam to be completed and then leave. But the invitation from the U.S. Embassy made him quite dismayed, could it be that the honorable Mr. Ambassador also wanted to experience the overwhelming style of the Saigon Boxing Champion?
Surprised as he was, Allen Wilson still took the initiative to ride to the American Embassy to see what the Americans had to talk about.
“Mr. Wilson!” The second secretary, whose swelling had already subsided, showed the open-mindedness that America has always possessed, the elegance of treating the powerful I’m coy and treating the weak I’m heavy-handed, and took the initiative to greet the arriving Allen Wilson, “As embarrassing as it is, I apologize for harassing Mr. Wilson’s female companion.”
“People make mistakes, it’s good to know them.” Allen Wilson forgave the other party with tolerance, although Natsume and Yachigusa Kaoru had nothing to do with him, but the other party thought so, he didn’t deny it.
Following the other party, Allen Wilson met the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, McLean, McLean was not very old, turned out to be a banker, there was no fuss in terms of dress, seeing the guest at the door warmly greeted him, “Mr. Wilson, welcome to this place, Mr. McCarthy mentioned you.”
“Joseph is always so enthusiastic, we haven’t seen each other for a while.” Alan Wilson said with a smile on his face, “Because I used to work in British India, I have a certain amount of evacuation experience, so this time I came here to take a look, the previous misunderstanding has already been explained, and I personally have a certain amount of responsibility.”
“Britain and the United States are staunch allies, even so, some misunderstandings are inevitable.” McLean stated that this matter has been turned over, and immediately got to the point, “Mr. Wilson, what do you think about the future of South Vietnam and even the entire Southeast Asia.”
“Well?” Alan Wilson pondered for a moment, “The free world is now being tested as never before, a test for Britain and France, but also for the United States, and there is no doubt that Britain would be happy to see the United States exert a greater and more important influence on world affairs. Great Britain is willing to share some of its experience to assist, but as to specific measures, I believe that the United States does not need the help of other countries and should have them on file.”
“Mr. Wilson is polite, in fact, many officials believe that Britain’s experience in dealing with world affairs is of great help to the current United States, especially so after the Korean War.” McLeak was no better than Allen Wilson when he spoke in official language.
Allen Wilson frowned slightly, he felt that the American ambassador in front of him was also familiar with speaking condescension, not at all like a banker, but rather like a professional bureaucrat, but then laughed openly and said, “The most important thing between allies is loyalty, in fact, if there is any doubt you can tell us directly.”
“From the experience of the Korean War, the idea that we are primarily resisting the Soviet Union, or should we localize our resistance.” MacLean was tempted to say, “That should be unfamiliar to the UK.”
“Of course, offshore balancing.” Alan Wilson nodded, lazily, “All old tricks, but it works.”
“In Southeast Asia, we have to find a leader on our side who must recognize our free lifestyle, who recognizes that it is our lifestyle that represents the trend of the future.” McClain spoke up, “Actually, the United States doesn’t need to be such a strong ally, it just needs to reach the level of South Korea, with basic self-defense capabilities.”
“It’s right to think this way!” Alan Wilson sneered coldly in his mind, but his face was all in agreement, “If we look at the performance of South Korea at the end of the Korean War, South Vietnam doesn’t have much of a problem either.”
Since this U.S. ambassador who had come to Saigon first said so, it was obvious that some of the Establishment at the State Department, the Pentagon, and Capitol Hill presumably held the same view. In any case, it’s good enough to have this result.
It seems that the Korean Army’s Battle of Geumseong, though dusty, finally got the US to recognize the results of the refresher training. Now the U.S. felt that it could replicate its past successes by repeating what had happened on the Korean Peninsula in the central and southern peninsulas, blocking the path of Soviet forces to the south.
Alan Wilson certainly understood in his heart that the United States considered Korea to be a universal example, but in reality it was only a special case.
However, since Washington is confident, out of the idea of maintaining the face of the United States, it is better for him not to sing the opposite tune, which is a good ally.
There are times when a person wants to commit suicide you stop him he is not willing, Allen Wilson can do things is that he himself, as well as the United Kingdom to hide far away, far away from the consequences of the United States crazy output.
Alan Wilson couldn’t help but cross his fingers, “If it’s true what the Korean army has done, the free world can rest easy.”
Hanoi, the number one city in the North, has seen all the French troops contracted to it, and the railroad to it has been blown up. Inside the city, on the other hand, there was a rush of people to the docks, and the cars looked like they were traveling on sawtooths, lurching around so much that they made people dizzy.
Thousands of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, tricycles and even three-wheeled carriages loaded with passengers are crammed into the dusty streets. Pedestrians jostled between trucks and cars, causing drivers to brake sharply again and again.
The crowds ranged from white-looking families of French troops to those who had long cooperated with France and now had one goal in mind, to get out of the city to safety.
The evacuation had begun earlier, and by October 8 the French would have lowered the French flag over Hanoi, while the French troops in the rear stood on alert to prevent the Viet Minh forces on the outskirts of the city from storming the city.
While this was not a given, the necessary preparations should have been made.
In fact, the question of whether or not to pre-empt the city did cause heated debate within the VC, but the British fleet off the coast of the sea defenses watched with concern.