British Civil Servant

Chapter 23: andaman islands

Even considering the overall situation, to maintain India's stronger foundation than Pakistan, there are still quite a few places where you can use a knife. You can't create a bunch of small countries that can't keep up with Pakistan. It's okay to cut off some corners.

After saying goodbye to Ali Khan, Alan Wilson took John and the Portuguese representative Pedro back to the place where the British lived. Similar gatherings could not be over in one day, and they could not stay in Ali Khan's palace all the time.

"Commissioner, drink a cup of black tea. I made it!" Alyssa saw Alan Wilson, who was a little drunk, and brought a cup of black tea directly. After a long time with the commissioner, he knew that his boss had some stinky problems, such as drinking tea. It tastes different from the milk tea of ​​the average British, but drinks tea.

"Oh thank you, Alyssa, you've worked hard." Alan Wilson, whose eyes were a little straight, smiled and thanked, "I'm a student of the Oriental Academy, and I've lived in Xiangjiang, and my eating habits are somewhat oriental, thanks for your memory."

"You are my boss, I don't dare to forget." Alyssa sat down with her thighs close together, looking very ladylike, and smiled at the bosses above her, "Actually, you don't have to run back and forth like lightning at all, listen to Some old employees of the office said that the previous commissioner did not work so hard."

"It also takes time. We have no time to enjoy life now. Oh yes!" Alan Wilson took out the briefcase under his feet as if remembering something, and took out the gift from Ali Khan. gift to him.

As soon as she took it out, Alyssa's eyes suddenly straightened, and it turned out to be small gold nuggets. Although his family was good, he had never seen so much gold.

This is not as good as his boss. Alan Wilson has seen a lot of gold, so it seems very bland, "Go and call Andy and the others, divide the gold, and come from New Delhi to South India, is it for the vast majority of people? To contribute to the people of South Asia? Anyway, this is not my purpose. We want to think about our own life and avoid living in poverty in the future, so that is the purpose of our work.”

The gold that Alan Wilson took out was a small gold bar of ten hauls, and a haul is a unit of weight in India. One haul equals 11.7 grams, and ten hauls equals 117 grams.

Of course, this is not all the benefits that Ali Khan gave him, but he just took them out and distributed them to his assistants. Ali Khan's gold was transported by truck, which was nothing compared to his enormous wealth.

Soon the other nine assistants came to Alan Wilson's office. Everyone's eyes were like radars. They instantly saw the gold on the table and couldn't move them away.

"Everyone is here, take a piece and keep it well. This thing is much more useful than rupees. It's hard currency everywhere." Alan Wilson immediately gave his assistants a surprise, and let these assistants share their work in Hyderabad. joy.

As for his own share, he doesn't bother his assistants, and it's really not much. He organizes the alliance of the native countries and even calls the Portuguese to the party. How can it be a small reward to impress Yes, if you want to make him a commissioner of the British Empire, you have to pay extra!

"Commissioner, you are so kind to us." Andy was overjoyed with a small gold bar. "Coming to Hyderabad to work is definitely a right decision."

"Oh, right? Then don't complain behind your back, what is Lightning Allen?" Alan Wilson laughed and scolded, then turned serious, "Compared to local civil servants, we have a certain amount of power in British India. The degree of freedom, but whether you can return with a full reward depends on yourself. Okay, let’s go to rest, you have to work for a few days.”

Commissioner of Hyderabad, who just won the title of Lightning Allen, is not tired, but because of drinking a little wine, his brain is very active. At this time, Hyderabad is in darkness except for a few places. In this era, Except for a few places in the big cities of South India, most of the areas are not connected to electricity.

Under the light, the tireless Alan Wilson opened a map of British India to pass the time, waiting for the sleepiness to strike before resting, "It would be a pity for the Andaman Islands to become independent along with India, and Nehru can't be cheap. ."

Decades later, the Andaman-Nicobar Islands was an overseas joint territory of the Indian Federation, located south of Myanmar, between the Bay of Bengal and the Myanmar Sea, 800 kilometers away from the Indian mainland. An island group in the Central Territory of Andaman and Nicobar, India, located in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal.

In fact, it makes sense whether the Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong to Myanmar or become part of Bangladesh. But it belongs to India, which is undoubtedly a sure-fire British heritage.

The most important thing is that ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Andaman-Nicobar Islands is just on the westward route of the Malacca Strait. As long as ships come out of the Malacca Strait, they can be monitored by military facilities in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands. arrive.

Because of the powerful productive forces that broke out in the United States during the war, in terms of the size of the navy, the U.S. Navy is undoubtedly the world's No. 1, surpassing the British Royal Navy, which was the world's No. 1 before World War II. However, the current strength of the British Royal Navy is also the second largest in the world.

The British Royal Navy is not the opponent of the US Navy, but it also puts the naval power of other countries far away. The Japanese navy is only close to the British Royal Navy in strength, but the main strength of the Royal Navy is not in Asia. After all, in the eyes of the British, Malacca is close at hand; in the eyes of the Japanese, Gibraltar is far away.

The world's first colonial empire is so arrogant, and now Alan Wilson is looking at the location of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, and the idea of ​​​​cutting it off from British India is getting stronger and stronger.

At least right after the end of World War II, when the strength of the British Royal Navy was still there, the status of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was very important, far from being reflected in that little land area.

The Andaman-Nicobar Islands were chosen because Alan Wilson thought it was easier, because India would definitely not build a navy just after independence, and there is not necessarily such an understanding. It's not difficult to cut off an island that hangs out of the sea!

Furthermore, it is also persuasive to the London side. Although the independence of British India is likely to be a certainty, the British colonies are not only British India, but also British Malaya. The Strait of Malacca is still under the control of the British Empire, and the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, which just block the route of the Strait of Malacca, should of course remain in the British Empire.

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