Chapter 925: Naval Marshal Mountbatten

In fact, the British military attached more importance to nuclear submarines than to aircraft carriers, and Mountbatten thought so too.

Otherwise he would not have made a personal trip to the United States to facilitate the transfer of nuclear reactor technology from the United States, for which he paid nearly ten million pounds.

The Cabinet also knows that the nuclear submarine is a life preserver for Britain, and for this reason has never put obstacles in the way of the nuclear submarine program.

So after a short period of communication, the report, which was definitely described as professional, was approved by the Labor Cabinet. It wasn’t easy, either; the UK had recently been made to look bad by the Icelandic Prime Minister, who was visiting European countries to lobby for the lifting of the embargo on Icelandic cod.

But this kind of move to protect the interests of British fishermen is still very effective in solidifying support for the Labor Party. It also gave the Airdrie cabinet a reason to continue to hold out.

The embargo on Icelandic cod in the EC market has been devastating for Iceland. The whole of Iceland is now in dire straits, and even Washington, as a result, is calling for free world solidarity.

“Iceland can just eat the cod it catches itself.” When he bumped into the defense minister flirting with the matter, Mountbatten looked calm, knowing that it had something to do with his son-in-law.

“Well, let’s not talk about it.” Earl Alexander saw through it, and there was one more thing he wanted to inform Mountbatten about, regarding Mountbatten’s own personal future.

Mountbatten had always facilitated the Three Services Joint Warfare Command, for which the Near East, Middle East, and Far East Joint Warfare Commands had been established separately before, but things hadn’t gone well, and the naval coloring on Mountbatten himself had been too obvious. Involved in the contradiction between the military services, the military services will naturally not back down.

Otherwise, just look at the performance of the U.S. Air Force in the intercontinental missile program, you will know how terrible the military conflict is.

However, Mountbatten himself came from the royal family, the identity of the never problem, the cabinet also knows at this time, Britain should focus on the power, not like the original as each military branch to talk to themselves.

It was here that Earl Alexander hinted that he wished to bring this about, and a few years earlier, in connection with the reform of the leading institutions, Mountbatten proposed the abolition of the staffs of the various services and the creation of a united joint planning staff for the three services, of which he was to be the permanent chairman.

However, this objective was not realized in London because of passive resistance from the service chiefs of staff.

Mountbatten then put it into effect for overseas garrisons by establishing the Joint Near East Command in Cyprus, the Joint Middle East Command in Aden, and the Joint Far East Command in Singapore. This new command structure played a large part in improving the rapid reaction capability of the British Army.

The abolition of the various military staffs would leave a number of generals out of position, but after the establishment of the three major commands overseas. The increase in efficiency brought about has moved the cabinet.

The Labor Cabinet has always wanted to control military spending, and since there is no way to do it for the time being from weapons and equipment, it is only logical to streamline the military’s structure and save money, which is exactly in line with Mountbatten’s previous call.

“The Cabinet, in principle, proposes to abolish the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of the Air Force, and the Ministry of War, and establish a unified, authoritative Ministry of Defense.” Count Alexander was very happy to say to Mountbatten, “In principle, you are the most suitable to lead this department.”

As the Minister of Defense he was of course happy, a unified Ministry of Defense would give him more status as the Minister of Defense. Of course he also knew that there was a huge amount of resistance, so having Mountbatten, who had extremely deep connections in the military, to lead this department would probably reduce a lot of resistance.

“That would be great.” Mountbatten dryly agreed, it wasn’t that he didn’t guess that the defense minister was hoping that he would step in to reduce the resistance, but that was exactly what he had been aiming for all along.

“I believe that under your leadership, the British Empire’s armed forces will see a new beginning.” Earl Alexander said very happily, “Only you, too, will be able to integrate the various branches of the military. The Prime Minister and I are looking forward to it.”

As for the report submitted by Mountbatten on the development of attack nuclear submarines and strategic nuclear submarines, it was naturally greatly appreciated by the cabinet. The construction program has also been put on the agenda.

“Father this time for the marshal conferral ceremony, I am definitely going back.” Pamela Mountbatten pushed the door in while holding her swaddled son in one hand, while her eldest daughter followed behind her pulling Princess Margaret’s hand step by step.

“General Mountbatten’s promotion to Field Marshal is a big deal.” Princess Margaret nodded her head in agreement, “It does warrant a trip back.”

But the bedroom was empty, obviously the brother-in-law in the Princess’s eyes was not there, Pamela Mountbatten’s eyes were sharp enough to see the telegram on the table, from Kuala Lumpur, “There has been a great deal of fallout about the Malay killing of a local woman and her black husband, I don’t know what to do about it.”

“You’re back.” While his wife and sister-in-law were reading the telegram, Allen Wilson came in from outside with a breezy look on his face, and in the face of his wife’s question said directly, “I’ve been to the telegraph office.”

“Because of this.” Pamela Mountbatten inquired, tilting the telegram in her hand, “What’s going on.”

“The Malayan colony is currently the most important British overseas territory, positioned as a production base, how can it work without a market? Should Malaya be allowed to digest all the products on its own? It’s still not counting on the markets of the Commonwealth and the EEC.” Alan Wilson shrugged his shoulders and said, “Kuala Lumpur also has some British African colonial institutions in place, there are some black employees, as you all know, blacks don’t know what it means to be a gentleman, even when confronted with a sow they can boast of flowers, they have no sense of morality and can do anything for the sake of their crotch, and not everyone can be immune to flowery language. ”

“And then?” Princess Margaret inquired, “What happened after that?”

“The Malayan colonial administration decreed that women marrying out of the colony were to follow their men to live in other colonies. It is possible that some of the black African employees were unaware of this. In order to stay on and have a de facto relationship with a local woman, anyway. Then it was discovered. The Malayan colonies were conservative again.” Alan Wilson said indifferently, “The woman was found out and the two were stoned.”

“And the Malays are racist?” The corner of Pamela Mountbatten’s mouth quirked, coming up with a big hat.

“It’s extremely normal to ostracize outsiders, let alone blacks.” Alan Wilson said in disbelief, “This time it’s a bigger deal, the Malays are besieging the British East Africa office. That’s what I’ve just called back about.”

“It seems you already have a response.” Pamela Mountbatten asked absentmindedly as she held her son in her arms and nursed him, “It should be all right now.”

“Let’s just say it’s now.” A very wry smile appeared on Alan Wilson’s face, only to flicker away.

He had already given the Executive Office his own opinion on how to handle the situation in the middle of his return call, and that opinion was to spread the news to the public, just to say that there were also Chinese women who were being pestered by Africans, which was his original version, and it was estimated that after a couple of paraphrases, it would turn out to be that blacks were starting trouble with Chinese women, or that blacks had raped underage girls. I’m sure it won’t be long before a big story comes out of Kuala Lumpur.

“Stoned to death because of a relationship between a man and a woman? That’s horrible.” Princess Margaret spat out her tongue, “It’s just because of this matter, it’s not such a cruel tactic.”

“It’s a big deal for pacifists. The British Empire should respect the customs of different peoples.” Alan Wilson replied in a serious manner, “So you know why I’m fine with running to Singapore when I’m a high commissioner? Just for fear of something like this, not to mention the Malayan colonies looking at blacks as savages.”

“My dear, you seem pleased.” Pamela Mountbatten fed her son and looked at him with satisfaction at his flushed face, looking up she saw her husband looking like he was about to get into trouble and couldn’t help but inquire.

“I’m not, don’t you talk nonsense.” Allen Wilson denied it, all in good humor said his current state.

What was it to let the main local ethnic group vent their grievances? Without venting, how could he take the opportunity to test out whether the ethnic groups in the Malayan colonies were reliable? In the future, he also expects to mobilize the newly established Chinese armored division to quell the chaos when something happens in one of the colonies. So even if this matter has nothing to do with the Chinese, he still has to spread rumors that it has something to do with the Chinese.

When the time comes, maybe the main force to suppress the riots in the African colonies will be these Chinese.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, father’s marshal ordination is going to take place. We should make a trip back, it’s been too much to be away from the mainland, it’s been my sister Patricia taking care of my parents.” Pamela Mountbatten sought her husband’s advice.

“It’s a big deal, we should make the trip back.” Alan Wilson threw his hands up in favor of the idea, isn’t it time to write this essay on my district governor father? My father-in-law, Field Marshal Mountbatten?

In this era, Europe and the United States also emphasize family, although it does not reach the point of filial piety, Pamela Mountbatten has this kind of idea in normal.

For Alan Wilson, how does he see his father-in-law become a marshal, needless to say? Who would not mind if their backer was not big enough?

Allen Wilson couldn’t deny that he was such a vulgar man and felt supreme off honor for it.

Mountbatten’s promotion to the rank of marshal was held after the New Year, and the husband and wife, who had already returned to London, together with the Patricias, witnessed Mountbatten embarking on the peak of his military career in the commissioning ceremony.

“The quest of many people’s lives is something that is within their reach.” Alan Wilson inclined his head and whispered to his wife.

Pamela Mountbatten gave her husband a blank look and an exasperated whisper, “You don’t think my father is qualified enough to be a marshal.”

“No, I don’t even think it’s too late.” Allen Wilson said softly, “Should have been promoted sooner.”