Chapter 9 Attending the Military Parade
However, India's feel-good expansionist mentality is still a problem, and the Hindus are mainly suppressing the peaceful religious forces, but India cannot be too strong, and it is better to find something for India to do, which does not violate the original intention of contributing to the world.
Now it is necessary to choose the slightly less disgusting one in front of the two bastards, which is not a good choice question, but I believe that the entire British Empire will not be able to come up with a more suitable way.
"Honorable Maharaja, when do you think this war will end?" Alan Wilson shifted gears and asked a seemingly unrelated question.
This stopped the monarch of Hyderabad, the war has been going on for many years, and the Allies have the upper hand This is something that everyone can see, but when exactly will the war end, who knows?
"Respected Maharaja, only strength will be respected." Alan Wilson made a reserved gesture and said, "Now there are five million troops of the British Empire fighting on various battlefields, they represent the great military power of the British Empire, but the war will eventually end, but their weapons have been manufactured, the tanks they operate, the planes and warships they drive, is an unimaginable military legacy, rather than leaving it rusty, it is better to use the residual heat after the war, so that the British Empire can reduce its losses." ”
"What do you mean?" Ali Khan seemed to have caught something, but his tone was still a little uncertain.
"Dear Maharaja, I want to see the army in Hyderabad as soon as possible." Alan Wilson nodded, confirming Ali Khan's guess, the weapons used by five million soldiers, if you want to boost the army of the princely state, it is not a problem.
As for the army in Hyderabad, it is clear that the religious beliefs of the rulers are clear, and there is no need to think about it to know that this army must be mainly pacifist, and the most fundamental reason is that Ali Khan, the monarch, has the money to afford the flow of these armaments after the war.
"Can you do it?" As a monarch, Mir Osman Ali Khan looked at it with suspicion.
"If the war ends earlier, there will be this time to do it, if nothing is done, the worst outcome will be limited to capture, now answer the Maharaja's question, let some of the armaments flow into Hyderabad, I think it is okay." Alan Wilson replied in the affirmative, feeling that once the war was over, it would not be difficult for some of the armaments to be sold.
Alan Wilson knew that of the 5.7 million troops of the British Empire, there were 2.58 million Indian soldiers, accounting for nearly half, which seemed like a lot. But this is what all the colonies of the British Empire can afford!
Once India becomes independent, it will not be able to afford to raise more than 2 million troops with India's own financial resources. In fact, in the early days of India's independence, it was not known for its military strength, and of course it was not a problem to bully Pakistan.
Moreover, he knows the evolution of the Indian army, which is mainly composed of veterans and generally has a long service life, and a large number of Indian soldiers who fought in World War II even served in the Indian army in 1962.
In 1945, these soldiers in their twenties and thirties were also the main force nearly 20 years later. Being taught to be a man in the highlands, Alan Wilson did not have a high opinion of Indian soldiers, and supplementing the strength of Hyderabad in terms of military strength was also the most effective approach.
Since meeting Mir Osman Ali Khan, Alan Wilson had a goal in mind, that is, to reap the benefits of the independence of British India as much as possible, which will play an important role in his future promotion in the British civil service.
The fact that British India was extremely important and was not part of Britain would actually be very awkward on some level. For example, once the 100,000 civil servants working in British India become independent, how many of them will be able to continue to hold iron rice bowls? No one knew that Alan Wilson certainly didn't want to be in the army looking for a job.
Although the sparrows are small, the princely state of Hyderabad has all the elements of a state, and the whole princely state is the private property of Mir Osman Ali Khan himself, and in order to protect the sanctity of private property, Mir Osman Ali Khan certainly does not care what the entire Hindus are thinking.
It just so happens that as an Englishman, the current commissioner of Hyderabad will likewise not think about what the inhabitants of the colony think. It is very clear that Ali Khan has money and now wants to maintain the status of a private kingdom in Hyderabad. And Alan Wilson, for the sake of money, decided to help the allies of the British Empire for three hundred years.
A few days later, Alan Wilson came to the Hyderabad military camp with a few assistants to see if there was anything remarkable about this private army.
Heavy weapons were the Maxim machine guns, which were widely used during the First World War, and semi-automatic rifles belonged only to the personal guards of Mir Osman Ali Khan himself, and the cavalry units in Hyderabad attracted more attention.
Seeing this scene, Alan Wilson even had a feeling of being in India's military parade, almost showing a motorcycle that could transport away a company, and I don't know what mood Modi was in when he was watching the motorcycle show, anyway, he was not in a good mood as a commissioner.
"Commissioner, these Hyderabad soldiers' Lee-Enfield rifles seem to be very old models." Andy, an assistant who came with him, whispered, "Is Lord Ali Khan showing off his force to us?" ”
"Not really, it's just a demonstration." Alan Wilson didn't look back, what is this? Not to mention that it is now 1945, even in the 21st century, the old and strong Lee-Enfield rifle, which was finalized in 1896, is still the main light weapon of the Indian Army.
After the drill of the Hyderabad private army, Alan Wilson immediately stretched out his hand to applaud, with an expression worthy of being an ally of the British Empire for 300 years, and he was very impressed by the unremarkable performance.
With a stylized smirk, Alan Wilson said to Ali Khan's son, Abara Khan, "The army in Hyderabad is worthy of being a long-time ally of the British Empire, and it is fair to say that this army, which is mainly pacifist, is not inferior in size to the soldiers of the Indian Legion, but if you take into account the current combat quality of the European army, there is still something to be improved." ”
Considering that the army of the princely state of Hyderabad will definitely fight with the Indian army once in the future, he, the commissioner of Hyderabad, certainly has nothing bad to say, what if it demoralizes this enemy of India?