Chapter 194: Reception is very important
Next month? Alan Wilson thought to himself that if the Cabinet Mission did not stay in British India for a long time, it would not delay anything, after all, it was an operation involving a large area of land, and the preparation time would take a long time.
Perhaps the Cabinet Mission had left British India, and the operation was just getting ready, so there was no delay.
There is no doubt that the purpose of the visit, the Secretary of State for India, Pesik-Lawrence, was to inspect the environment of the Great Construction, and the main purpose was to listen to the views of the Congress Party and the Muslim League on India's future.
"My father has been assigned to serve in the Mediterranean Fleet." Pamela Mountbatten came to the Indian Governor's Palace with a bitter face and complained to Alan Wilson, "But I don't want to leave India, do I want to talk to my father about staying here." ”
After Alan Wilson heard this, seeing that Pamela Mountbatten was a little anxious, he still shook his head and said, "General Mountbatten left, and you stayed in New Delhi?" ”
"So, what do you think?" Pamela Mountbatten plucked up her courage and said, obviously this determination is not so easy to make, "You can't keep me safe, right?" ”
In fact, Alan Wilson is afraid that he can't guarantee his own safety, not Pamela Mountbatten's safety.
"I'm just worried that the confrontation with General Mountbatten will not end well. She is your father, and given your age, it is very risky to openly disobey your father's opinion. Alan Wilson stretched out his hand for Pamela Mountbatten to sit down and said, "Actually, honestly, in this part of British India, it is completely understandable that your father is not worried about you staying here. I know your heart very well, but because I don't want to leave and fight against your father, I can't. ”
"Do you want me to go?" Pamela Mountbatten asked, staring into Alan Wilson's eyes.
"I don't want to, but I can't ruin your relationship with your father because of this." Alan Wilson is completely truthful, showing that family harmony is still extremely important, and Pamela Mountbatten cannot ignore family conflicts because of personal emotional problems.
Pamela Mountbatten was also hesitant, and as Alan Wilson said, this determination was not easy to make. She was able to muster up the courage to come to the Governor's Palace, which was already very brave.
Alan Wilson can't think like Pamela Mountbatten, saying that it is good to think about things from the heart, he is like the current British India, he wants to seek stability and hope for safety.
"It's like you sent me when I left, and I don't think Pamela should refuse me to send you away." Alan Wilson put Pamela Mountbatten on his lap and said affectionately, "We'll always meet, let's be a test, maybe we'll meet soon." ”
"I thought we could see each other every day, but I didn't expect my father to be transferred." Pamela Mountbatten pouted and grumbled, "Then now I can only follow my father, you have to work hard and pay attention to safety." ”
"Of course, safety is the most important thing." Alan Wilson reached out and took the oath to make a pledge to Pamela Mountbatten.
After a year, the roles of Alan Wilson and Pamela Mountbatten have been reversed, the destination is still Mumbai, and it is still by boat, but the roles of farewell have been reversed.
Compared to General Mountbatten herself, who was elated and ready to leave British India, Pamela Mountbatten looked unhappy. Alan Wilson, who had set off from New Delhi to see him off, could only persuade him to make the girl who was about to leave happy.
Seeing his daughter's unhappy appearance, Admiral Mountbatten became more and more happy, and he was already enjoying his new life in the Mediterranean Fleet, as for the small unhappiness in front of him, Admiral Mountbatten didn't care anymore, his daughter was still young, and once it took a long time, he could always figure it out.
"It's not that I haven't been separated, it's just a test, didn't I leave for more than half a year last time I went back to Europe? True feelings should stand the test of time. In the other car, Alan Wilson was still with Pamela Mountbatten, and it looked like he was about to arrive in Mumbai.
At this time in history, an important reason why the British cabinet mission came to British India was that there was an Indian sailor uprising in Mumbai, and it was sailors, and it seems that many sparks started with sailors.
The Indian sailors at the Mumbai training camp staged an uprising against the racial discrimination of British officers, and the uprising soon caused a mutiny among the entire Indian sailors, and there was a march of 200,000 men in Mumbai in support of the sailors' rebellion against British rule.
The British Viceroyalty of the United Nations Party and the Muslim League took turns to calm down the incident.
However, for now, Mumbai is relatively calm, and there is no shadow of an uprising. Mumbai, of course, has a share in the announcement of the mega construction plan, and as the most important port in British India, Mumbai's real estate plan still has some appeal.
Before General Mountbatten left, Alan Wilson took the daughter's route one last time, and asked General Mountbatten to issue a restraining order to the British troops stationed in India everywhere, which simply means prohibiting racial discrimination, which has been issued to the major military bases in India, I don't know if it is useful, but it has been promulgated anyway.
"Actually, I'm not against Pamela's contact with you." General Mountbatten, who arrived in Bombay and was about to embark on the return journey, also put on a high posture and said to Alan Wilson, "But Pamela is still a little younger in age, if she is two years older, I will definitely not stop it, oh of course I don't stop it now, the appointment order was issued by the London government, in fact, I love this land very much, and I don't want to leave, but as a soldier, I must obey the call of the country, which is the unshirkable responsibility of a soldier." ”
Alan Wilson's face was serious, listening to General Mountbatten's high-profile teaching, and it was not surprising in his heart that a responsible soldier would rush a warship? The time in front of him, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Southeast Asia, was on vacation in British Ceylon, and it was almost time to sit in New Delhi.
It was in New Delhi that Alan Wilson himself owed, and since he had known Pamela Mountbatten, General Mountbatten had significantly less time on vacation.
"The general is so right." Pamela was on the side, Alan Wilson couldn't show too weakness, straightened his waist and agreed with the style of painting, "I also think that from the perspective of living conditions, London is more suitable for Pamela's studies, and the education in British India is still a little worse." I'll definitely find time to go back to see her once I'm done. ”
Alan Wilson opened his mouth and said that he had no intention of letting go of his big licking dog, and would look for Pamela Mountbatten if he had the opportunity.
However, seeing that they were about to be separated by half a world, General Mountbatten was not worried, how could it be so easy to meet, and said easily, "Then Alan, you have to strive to be transferred as soon as possible, the distance is still far." ”
"Give the analysis of the intelligence I gave you to your mother." Alan Wilson saw that the ship was about to sail, and finally deepened the impression of Pamela Mountbatten, so that after Pamela Mountbatten returned to London, she taught her mother about the intelligence analysis of the U.S. stock market.
Pamela Mountbatten's mother was born in a wealthy businessman and is not averse to money, and Alan Wilson, who also went back to Europe, has already had a good impression in front of her mother-in-law, as long as Pamela Mountbatten goes back and truthfully hands over the intelligence analysis of the US stock market to her mother-in-law, she can consolidate Alan Wilson's position.
Moreover, Ali Khan's Maharaja is in London to take care of it, and the most important thing is that Ali Khan has money, and when the time comes, he will lead the needle in the middle and provide some money for Edwina Ashley to enter the US stock market, which is not a problem.
This would also allow friendships to be built through money, allowing Edwina Ashley to naturally lean towards the interests of the princely states, or at least reduce the chances of leaning towards Nehru.
From this point of view, Mountbatten should even thank himself for avoiding Nehru's digging into Mountbatten's corner.
"Although I am reluctant to give up, the time has come to separate from British India." When General Mountbatten heard the whistle blowing, he glanced back at British India with a knowing smile, and said with a lot of emotion.
After the performance, I love this land deeply, and General Mountbatten pulled his reluctant daughter onto the boat.
"Sooner or later, you have to come back to clean up the mess, why do you seem to be out of the sea of suffering?" Alan Wilson watched the ship set sail, the corners of his mouth turned up, he moved his shoulders and asked his assistant, "John happens to be in Mumbai, don't let him wait." ”
The Princely State Commissioner of Junagadh is still waiting for him, Alan Wilson will not be back to New Delhi in the next few days, passing by the plane and steamer, the Cabinet Mission is already at sea, and it will arrive in Mumbai in a few days.
and General Mountbatten's departure was a matter of hindrance, and Alan Wilson also welcomed the arrival of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs on behalf of the civil servants of British India.
Alan Wilson and John also entered the British military base in Mumbai to express their wish that India would have a better tomorrow. It shows the long-term desire of the Viceroy of India to fight against discrimination against Indian soldiers.
After some nonsense about the contributions of Indian soldiers in World War II, the trip to the army came to an end.
"Will the private army of the princely state of Junagad be mixed with anti-British elements?" Alan Wilson was dining with John, the commissioner of the princely state of Junagad, when he asked, "Have you warned Salaman Khan that you should be careful of the supporters of the Congress Party in the army, this kind of thing has always been better to kill by mistake than to let one go, otherwise if something happens by then, the Maharaja will already regret it?" ”
"In what name?" John stretched out his hand and poured his wine as he asked, "And most of the princely armies are pacifists, so it shouldn't be." ”
"Majority is not enough, preferably all. I remember in the Middle Ages, it was scary for the Ottomans to wage jihad. Raising a glass of thanks, Alan Wilson said, "Once the Secretary of State for India arrives, be careful, although the Minister is most knowledgeable about the feminist movement, and we should not take it lightly." ”