Even Alan Wilson knew that, given Hyderabad's geography and the composition of its population, it would be almost impossible to stop the Indian Army, but it was the most professional army in South Asia at the moment.
He was now clearly more attached to Ali Khan's dogged role than to the Hyderabad commissioner of British India, for the paychecks of British India were dead, nowhere near as much as the wealth of the former richest man in the world had moved him.
Although Alan Wilson was a keyboard warrior in his last life, and in this life he only followed the old Wilson to hear and see the logistics, far less impressive than the Bengal famine left behind.
But he still has a say in these rotten armies of South Asia, not to mention that he is the Commissioner of Hyderabad, now a close associate of the monarch, working hard for the future of Hyderabad's landed states, even if the British Empire was not known for its military strength in terms of land forces.
Hiding the nature of his military illiteracy, Alan Wilson somewhat politically incorrectly made a comparison with the Axis Boss, the Army of the Third Reich, stating that a weapon like the tank was a must for the present Hyderabad Army.
"Europe has already caused two world wars in a span of a few decades, among the birth is ideas and tactics, a sort of consolation for this immense destructive power, the Hyderabad Army must be equipped with enough tanks to be able to deter potential enemies.
What the king of land warfare, infantry Tan Synergy vocabulary constantly from the inside of the mouth, with the surface of the inscrutable, in fact, a face of baffled expression, shocked a number of high-caste officers or not a problem.The religion of peace within South Asia is also caste-specific.
"The world war is now coming to an end, strengths and weaknesses are evident, and what to do with the large quantities of armaments in the future is also a problem.Hyderabad needs these armaments, and in fact quite a few of the Turkish states need them as well, even Ali Jinnah and Nehru," Alan Wilson said as he walked, "but whether for national interest or private reasons, I would prefer these armaments to fall into the hands of friendly people."
"The friendship between Hyderabad and the British Empire has been proven time and again in bloody battles," Abalakhanan spoke half publicly, half privately, "tested by blood and practice."
"I know that, but the London side looks at the issue a bit more comprehensively, these London politicians, never consider issues with morality as the focus, in a sense, I as well as the young assistants brought in will actually still make irrational judgments, while these old men will not."Alan Wilson said with a wry smile, "Anyway, I am absolutely qualified as a friend and will try to defend Hyderabad's interests."
The mention of his own importance to Hyderabad was not a boast, nor was the analysis of the London politicians all an insult; what the British politicians were like was clear when one looked at the rebellious United States, which had an example to follow.
Returning to the British quarters, he discussed the matter with the aides he had brought with him, and not all of them agreed; after all, the question of the status of British India was not understood by all these freshly graduated aides.
"Commissioner Allen, why should we be so attached to a native state?" the female of the ten aides, an aide named Alisa, said incredulously, "and it's not something we can make a decision on, isn't it a good idea to notify the Delhi side?"
Alisa was a year older than Alan Wilson, though not considered an absolute beauty, she was still a rather attractive woman, with long red hair draped over her shoulders, standing in front of Alan Wilson at this time, her white face full of confusion.
"Who else is as confused as Alice?" Alan Wilson pulled out a cigarette and lit it, waving his other hand in a sort of request.
Four aides raised their hands at once, and Alan Wilson nodded his head and said, "Not to hide this matter from you is to treat you as one of your own, and truth be told, you're in the same situation as I am.Many of you don't know so much about the land beneath our feet, and at least not one of you knows that both the Congress and the PMLN are fighting for independence in India right now, right?"
"So what's the point? As long as London doesn't allow it, they can still kick us out," a disgruntled aide chimed in.
"Do you think that after the end of this great war, Britain will still have a chance to breathe like it did after World War I?"The corner of Alan Wilson's mouth curled up slightly."If we really still have that chance, then of course it's a good thing.But will the Americans and the Soviets give us time?"
That's the bad thing about putting a bunch of college students in office; if you put in old civil servants with work experience, all it takes is a rhetorical question and they know what's going on, but not these college students.
Alan Wilson had no choice but to return to the old ways of his former life and analyze the world situation today, with the pressure of the United States and the Soviet Union outside, and Nehru and Jinnah's hair-trigger inside, from his mouth the British Empire is now in quite a bit of internal and external danger, even more dangerous than when dealing with the attack of the Third Reich.
Originally this is the case, even if the British Empire is alone in the face of the attack of the Third Reich, with the support of British colonies, as long as you can get out of the way can not be reenacted the glory of the First World War.
But now in the face of pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union, coupled with the British India internal class and the United Kingdom is not a heart.Want to be strong to protect British India, is almost impossible.
The United States and the Soviet Union has how much national power, now how powerful, which is in the colonies these students can see.
Later history also proved this point, Britain in the matter can not be done, chose a soft landing, let the hands of the colonies in batches of independence, and from the main colonies of British India, is itself the United States and the Soviet Union's compromise, indicating that the world of the British Empire to do the Lord's time has passed.
Even if Alan Wilson knew the future trend, but not the ability to change history, that is the United States and the Soviet Union na.Not to give up British India, these two countries how to believe that Britain has really given up world hegemony.
However, in the process of the British Empire soft landing, the preservation of some geographically important, easy to control colonies, not so cleanly independent, Allen thinks it's still possible.
More than thirty million square kilometers of colonies, retain a few hundred thousand square kilometers of land, this idea is not excessive.
And it's not like the colonial empire was just the British Empire itself; France, Holland, Belgium, and even Portugal were all considered ragged aristocracies.
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