Chapter 893 – Team Turing

“Those two monsters, but I believe that Britain still has a huge advantage over France at the moment.” Alan Wilson was muttering so after reading the reports from, TASS, AP, AFP and Reuters.

Compared to the state system and mobilizing power, there is no country that can compare with the USSR at present. If you compare it to financial resources and investment at any price, Britain is nothing in front of the United States.

It’s a lot like Churchill saying, “On one side of me sits the great Russian bear, on the other the great North American bison. In the middle sits a poor little British donkey.”

But the consequence of rolling up was that France followed through earlier than it otherwise would have, easing Britain’s embarrassment in the face of the U.S. and the USSR, and Britain’s dilemma could have been greatly alleviated if it had not weaved its dreams so big, and had merely managed to hold France down by a head.

“Alan.” While thinking this, Harold Wilson pushed his way into the room, interrupting the Colonial Commissioner who was caught up in a state of nocturnal sky-watching, “The first batch of researchers from the mainland coming to Australia, I believe, will arrive in a few days.”

“That’s great news, Minister.” Alan Wilson stood up and took the reports from several major news agencies out to Harold Wilson in passing, “The movement on rocket launches now suggests that not only are we taking it very seriously, but so are the major powers.”

Just moments ago, Alan Wilson had been lamenting Britain’s dilemma in the face of two monsters, but now was fearless and had to give the minister a confident attitude at this time.

“France?” Harold Wilson muttered to himself with a hint of incredulity as he looked at the report in his hand.

“France!” Alan Wilson nodded his head expressionlessly and spoke, “We have to recognize that France’s philosophy in chasing the dream of a great nation is something that should be respected.”

When Harold Wilson saw France, it was almost as if he saw the manifestation of a weak link in imperialism.

But in Alan Wilson’s eyes, the real weak link among imperialism is embarrassing to say ……

Mentalizing that I, Great Britain, have my own national conditions here, Alan Wilson borderline hinted, “Actually, if the competition is set at the level of pressing France head on, it should be quite simple.”

“Why?” Harold Wilson asked rhetorically without understanding, “France doesn’t seem to have as good a base as we do.”

“Precisely so Minister, precisely because France’s foundation is inferior to ours, in every way there is very poor. That’s why we are sure of ourselves, after all, the United States and the Soviet Union are a bit overpowered.” Alan Wilson spread his hands and said, “We know France as well as the French know us.”

Harold Wilson, seeing the serious look on the face of the Deputy Secretary General in front of him, said uncertainly, “That’s a bit worldly.”

“Yes, Minister, but we generally call that diplomacy.” Alan Wilson squinted and grinned, “From what is publicly available at the moment, the resources that the United States and the Soviet Union are going to be committing will be far greater than Britain’s countless times over. We will try to make as few mistakes as possible, but we can’t make up for the huge material gap. Without mentioning anything else, the Soviet Union is really strong in resource consolidation, as proven by countless examples in the past.”

“You mean copying?” Harold Wilson absorbed the meaning of those words and took out a cigar and lit it.

The cigar was a souvenir from Pamela Mountbatten, a cigar whose value would skyrocket once Cuba changed color.

Harold Wilson was never seen in public with a big pipe and an image of intimacy. In private, however, Harold Wilson’s big pipe served much the same purpose as MacArthur’s, but was merely part of the persona. The difference is that one is meant to be personable and the other is meant to be pretentious.

“Eh? It could also be called reverse engineering, the norm for latecomer countries to catch up, and is not limited to any particular country. There have been countless similar examples that have arisen amongst human civilization, and in the last hundred years, both Germany and the United States have also gone through that stage, and now the Soviet Union is in the middle of it.”

Without waiting for Harold Wilson to reply, Alan Wilson continued at length, “The U.S. and the Soviet Union have large populations and vast landscapes, and their technology is largely on the same level as ours, so it’s really hard to fight against them. The colonies, while populous, are not a quality laboring population, and among many of the colonies in Africa, the colonial subjects are so mixed up that they literally don’t know they’re alive, and that part of the population is not going to be able to do much to help, and make a very low level of contribution.”

Once again let Harold Wilson did not put the words out of his mouth, Alan Wilson continued, “and like China, India, like the same volume on the advantages of the country, in the short term there are still a lot of lessons to be made up, the basic level and the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom is far away from the short term is not worth worrying about, so can and the United Kingdom in the field of aerospace competition in the country is only a similar person, is France. ”

“And the biggest reason why the UK is going into the EEC and taking a leadership role is to stop the French from leading the organization and thus using the population and industrial capacity of the upper European countries to turn the tables on the UK. Once that happened ……”

“The upheaval of civilization, the holocaust of England.” Harold Wilson was full of gravity, as if envisioning such a future.

“Sincerely, Minister.” Alan Wilson wore a satisfied smile, recognizing the minister’s perceptiveness, before further emphasizing, “If suppressing France is one of the goals in the space program, this goal will not be difficult. Once we are unable to win the competition with the United States and the Soviet Union in the future, we will still be able to use this to appease the citizens, and at least partially succeed without causing the ruling party to lose support.”

The concern of politicians is performance, and the root of performance to emerge is support, in terms of approval ratings. Alan Wilson provides the bottom line on where Harold Wilson should set the British space program upon his return to London.

Harold Wilson, as a Cabinet Minister, would not stay abroad for long, even if Australia had a deep dog-licking mentality towards Britain, and for that reason had been a strong supporter of the British space program, with an appropriation of twenty million Australian dollars passed by Parliament.

A personal visit to the launch site, expressing the British government’s interest in spaceflight, is about to leave. For the rest, the responsibility is unclear. The space launch site of course has a special person in charge, but there is still someone up there who has to manage it, and in addition to the British appropriation, Australia also contributes to the support.

And the British side of the managers, after the Whitehall comprehensive private fund-raising, in fact, mainly the Mountbatten Group’s contribution. Together with the Malayan colony’s share of the overseas funding, the decision was finally made that Alan Wilson had the power of administration, and in order to check his administration, it was necessary for Field Marshal Slim, the British Governor in Australia, to supervise it on behalf of the British government.

At the same time Slim, as a Field Marshal, also represents the attitude of the military in a certain sense, and is also in line with the value of the aerospace industry for both civil and military purposes, especially this side of the military.

“So much for the minister’s role.” Returning to Perth, Alan Wilson, rushed to his wife Pamela Mountbatten, “He can’t be of much help with the rest of it, limited by the level of expertise.”

“Looks like you’re doing a pretty good job of leading.” Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband’s expression and said with understanding, “It’s like you said, politicians value votes.”

“Actually, the power of a country has absolutely nothing to do with that stuff.” Alan Wilson snorted a laugh and said with a cold sunshine, “Scotland’s votes and England’s votes are all votes, has it changed Scotland’s longstanding under-appreciated situation? What changed Scotland was the discovery of North Sea oil. In the same way, Western Australia is where it is today, and it wasn’t the governments on the East Coast who had the mercy to share their cake with Western Australia, it was the discovery of a bigger cake in Western Australia.”

“In the future, there might be a scene where the citizens of the three major cities on the East Coast will be scrambling to come and live in Perth.”

“Will?” Pamela Mountbatten was a bit disbelieving after hearing this, at least now she felt that the southeast of Australia was still a bit stronger than the Perth neighborhood.

“It’s important to look at things through the lens of development. Again don’t think a place can stay strong forever, and the so-called high quality population isn’t much more noble in its pursuits.” Allen Wilson gave a categorical answer.

The Great Lakes and the Northeast of the United States have both been the strongest areas of industrial base and resources in both countries for some time. In the days when they were strong, can one ever think of the impact of changes in the general environment?

Hasn’t the so-called high quality population become the face of low quality and rednecks? The difference is only that the system is different, one dissatisfied only muttered a couple of words, the other easy to understand the king, once a high-quality population, in one-tenth of the country’s population, to bear one-third of the total population of 20 million layoffs, when nothing.

In terms of the distribution of minerals in Australia, the dominance of Western Australia is enough to cause a change in the general environment within Australia, while the southeast of Australia, said the meteorite came before the Tyrannosaurus Rex is a bit too much, but can not cope with the mineral value of Western Australia crushed.

The more conscientious the mineral contracts signed by Pamela Mountbatten and Australia, the greater the advantage of Western Australia.

Because the Australian government and the Western Australian government, too, have to split the bill. The more minerals discovered, the stronger the Western Australian government’s financial strength, and financial strength will bring changes in every aspect.

The biggest beneficiary of this wealth, of course, is still sitting on a rocket, Pamela Mountbatten, she at least will not be like the later generations of that Australian tycoon, the biggest hobby is to put a group of ladies of the same status as his wife on a collar, as a dog on a lead.

Before Harold Wilson left Australia, guided by the Colonial Commissioner, who was bent on helping the Minister achieve political success, he had already, on the surface, made the transition from know-it-all to space enthusiast.

Just then, the first British researchers to arrive in Australia from home arrived in Perth.

“Turing?” Alan Wilson, who had followed over to see the minister set up his persona, saw a familiar face.