British Civil Servant

Norman Brooke also asked about his management experience in Malaya, not the overseas commissioner's meeting in Kuala Lumpur. But it is also concerned with the interests of the British Empire.

The two were not over yet, but the Korean War, which was apparently not very intense, was discussed.

Because Alan Wilson himself is in Asia, Norman Brooke takes this subordinate's opinion very seriously.

"According to the public information in the United States, the U.S. budget is still in surplus this year." Alan Wilson expressed his thoughts from the public information, "Although it is not as exaggerated as the first few years after the war, it can be judged that the The war had no significant impact on U.S. national strength. I'm not saying the war didn't work, but it's true that it's not a big problem for America."

This is completely true. After the war, the United States had a fiscal surplus until 1957. It is really not that difficult for the current United States to afford a local war.

"In this way, the World War is really a huge accumulation for the United States." Norman Brooke frowned slightly.

"Dear Sir, the influence on the United States is not very big, but the world is not a static development. The United States is only fighting against the second power of the Soviet bloc. When the United States is at war, the Soviet Union can always develop."

In fact, the problem here is that while the United States is fighting, the Soviet Union can hold back its development. Although this war did not affect the national strength of the United States itself, the Soviet Union could use this time to narrow the gap.

Fortunately, the United Kingdom has not been involved in this war, which is considered good luck compared to the same period in history. In the original history, Britain's participation in the Korean War turned Britain's finances, which had just turned surplus, into deficits again.

The national strength of the United States is there, and it's okay to overeat the World War II Dabu Pill and bleed a little. Britain itself was bleeding heavily in World War II, and this time it directly brought down the Labour cabinet.

Talking with Norman Brooke, the cabinet secretary, about the impact of the Korean War on the United States is actually a very important thing.

Britain is also assessing whether the war will have an impact on the national strength of the United States, if there is a significant impact. Will it affect the strength of the entire free world?

Although there is some gloating in their words, but from the perspective of the whole world, once the United States is hit hard, who can stop the Soviet Union from liberating the world?

The judgment given by Alan Wilson is that after this war, the national strength of the United States will not be depleted, and it is not the national strength that is lost, but the time for other countries to recover from the war. In other words, the United States is still as strong, but other countries can also take a breather from the ravages of the world war.

Norman Brook nodded, believing this judgment, and once again said that he would pay attention to the Olympics. In the end, the two ended their conversation.

After returning home, as an honest husband, Alan Wilson naturally told Pamela Mountbatten the whole thing.

"The national strength of the United States has not been lost in a war. No wonder you have been so vigilant about this country." Pamela Mountbatten sighed softly after hearing this, and there was some envy in her words.

Once upon a time, this role of confronting any challenger head-on also belonged to Britain. But it seems to be gone now.

"If the United States suffers a big loss, maybe it will shrink in the future. This is not necessarily a good thing!" Alan Wilson opened his mouth and said this to his wife with the thought of fortune and misfortune.

The war that caused heavy damage to the United States and transmitted the force of the war to the homeland was, of course, the Vietnam War.

The strength of the United States was greatly weakened in the Vietnam War, and it was plunged into an unprecedented economic, financial and political crisis at home. After Nixon took office, foreign policy was adjusted. In 1969, Nixon proposed in Guam the "New Asia Policy" of the United States shrinking the front, Vietnamizing the Vietnam War, and using Asians to fight Asians.

Public opinion called it "Nixon Doctrine". It was the United States' adjustment of its overseas obligations, its relations with its allies, and its general policy toward China and the Soviet Union. That is power plus negotiation. This is the short-term end of the US hegemony decline and containment strategy, and it is also an important adjustment of the US strategy.

This time in the Korean War, the United States only gave up part of the dividends of World War II, and its strength was not lost. Naturally, he has no memory of re-involving in the war in Vietnam. If it really hurts the United States this time, maybe the United States will be more cautious about intervening in the Vietnam War.

In general, there are good and bad, and things are mostly played out in a double-edged sword mode. If the United Kingdom knew that the thirteen North American states that were independent at the time treated itself like this, even if they killed all the Americans, it would not be possible for them to become independent.

Even in that time period, national leaders may not necessarily see future trends. Take the German reunification as an example, not only Europe, Britain, France and Italy think that the Soviet Union is just a minor problem, and it is not easy to adjust to curb the ambition of German reunification.

Even the United States of the period did not think that the Soviet Union would collapse. The United States only thought that the Soviet Union could accept the coward and be the second child. This was already the United States' greatest wish at that time.

In the last year of the 1980s, President Bush delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of Texas Agricultural University, proposing a new policy toward the Soviet Union formulated by his administration after more than three months of review and deliberation. Calling it the "Beyond Containment" strategy, it was declared a radical change in U.S. postwar policy toward the Soviet Union.

Its main purpose is to actively develop relations with the Soviet Union, strengthen cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union, and draw the Soviet Union into the international family and integrate it into the international community.

"As for our British policy, it is defensive, and we can delay the colonies as long as we can. If we can't delay, we must withdraw, but we must maintain our influence in the Persian Gulf and Malaya. It doesn't matter if we lose the African colonies." Ren Wilson said to his wife, "The defense against the Soviet Union is that the Soviet Union cannot be allowed to cut off the Eurasian continent on land. Otherwise, it is like the consequences of the Ottoman Empire's participation in World War I, turning an encirclement situation into an anti-encirclement situation of the Soviet Union. This is consistent with the strategy of maintaining a presence in the Persian Gulf."

The strength of the Allies and the Allies in World War I is actually obvious. If the Ottoman Empire did not participate in the war, Imperial Russia would not be the first to be defeated. The participation of the Ottoman Empire in the war was equivalent to the consequences of the Soviet Union’s southward cut off the Eurasian continent. Directly tore up the encirclement net of the Allied countries against the Allied countries, but instead caused imperial Russia to be surrounded by the Allied countries group.

"It would be great if the war the United States fought this time had the effect of the Boer War." Pamela Mountbatten still brooded and was not so satisfied with the weakening of the United States by the Korean War.

"We have to maintain the current military strength as much as possible and wait for the next opportunity." Alan Wilson comforted his wife softly. It is also a good thing that the United States does not have a long memory. Isn't there still the Vietnam War.

In the matter of maintaining military power, the Minister of the Sea, Mountbatten, has an absolute right to speak. It is a coincidence that the two Malta-class aircraft carriers that managed to escape disarmament have been officially completed after adding inclined decks and steam catapults. .

Originally, in mid-1951, the aircraft carrier that had been in construction for many years at this stage could leave the factory, but the camouflage of the inclined deck and the steam catapult caused a delay in the construction period.

Now this heavy-duty aircraft carrier with a full-load displacement of 60,000 tons, at the same level as the Midway class, is finally long overdue and will be officially unveiled at the end of February.

"Double-ship island design? Sloped deck, angled deck steam catapult!" Alan Wilson followed General Mountbatten and rushed over to see this heavy aircraft carrier that had never appeared in history. But it finally came out.

Because of the installation of steam catapults, the deck is longer than the original, and it is 300 meters long. But it can be said that there are modern aircraft carriers, and this heavy aircraft carrier that has not yet met the public already has it.

After World War II, the weight of carrier-based aircraft, whether it is a new type of jet or a propeller, is rising in a straight line, and the landing speed of the jet is much higher than that of the propeller, which means that the new carrier-based aircraft has more momentum when landing. Bigger and harder to stop, that's what the sloping deck is all about.

Like the target Midway-class aircraft carrier, the most conspicuous difference between the Malta-class aircraft carrier is that it should have been designed decades later. Alan Wilson secretly asked his father-in-law, "Is there an official name?"

"I originally wanted to name Malta and several islands in the Mediterranean. But it hasn't been decided yet." General Mountbatten's eyes didn't leave for a moment, the aircraft carrier, which was about to meet the public, replied absently.

"Since it's the two ships in this batch~www.wuxiaspot.com~ it's better to call it the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets to give an idea. Anyway, he can think of it when he sees the twin ship island. , Britain's two aircraft carriers in the twenty-first century. In fact, in addition to the different eras, the two aircraft carriers themselves have the projection factor of the Malta-class aircraft carrier.

"Eh?" General Mountbatten pondered for a long time after listening, and finally said, "Actually, it's not impossible."

The conventional-fueled aircraft carrier has a dual-island structure, which means that the multiple power systems of the warship will use different exhaust kits without necessarily sharing the same chimney. This means that the design of the exhaust system of such an aircraft carrier will only be simpler than that of a single-island aircraft carrier, thereby reducing the difficulty of design and construction.

The United Kingdom adopted this kind of involvement, but also considered the factor of working hours, but after the war, the United Kingdom had no money, so this advantage was not brought into play. The United States has a lot of money and is not entangled in such details of innovation.

After Mountbatten returned to the Admiralty, he immediately started a discussion on the naming of the new aircraft carrier, and was very much in favor of the name Queen Elizabeth. Because this is the beginning of a new era for the Royal Navy, as well as the celebration of the Crown Prince's coronation.

General Mountbatten said so, how could others object, and finally unified their opinions.