Chapter 1306 The United States Is Trying to Remedy the Situation

"You don't seem to care about the war at all." After Makins finished telling the information about the start of the Battle of Delang Valley, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the supreme authority had no reaction.

"I have just returned to China, Sir. It's not that I don't care about the war, but I really don't care about the Vietnam War." Alan Wilson answered unhurriedly, what is there to care about about the Vietnam War? A superpower traveling across the Pacific to Southeast Asia just to launch a defensive counterattack?

Like the Iraq War, the United States was somewhat aggressive, but the problem was that the Vietnam War was a complete failure. South Vietnam was still there before the U.S. military arrived, but it disappeared after they arrived.

For more than ten years, as long as the North Vietnamese troops did not go south, the U.S. military would definitely not go north. What should we care about?

No matter how big the hot spot is, it has its time. Alan Wilson is now numb to the Vietnam War and wishes he could fast forward to Saigon Iron Fist. "The Vietnam War has nothing to do with us. We just need to cheer for the United States when we should applaud. Now." Obviously, Europe is more important."

"Well, it seems that I focused on the wrong focus." Makins expressed his wrong feelings, and quickly forgot about the information about Southeast Asia and replaced it with the issues that interested Alan Wilson.

The source of funds for the guided missile battleship project was donations from British immigrants in Western Australia, at least in name. This guided missile battleship, which was started after the war and was based on the drawings of the Vanguard, has a strong experimental nature, which has also been recognized Consensus of Cabinet, Whitehall and the Ministry of Defence.

Alan Wilson understood this consensus and piled up the latest technical equipment. Later warships had similar functions. For example, the Zumwalt-class destroyer was equipped with a considerable amount of Zentraedi technology at the time, but its reliability was somewhat improved. Deficient. Of course, the Zumwalt class is also a pitfall. Its biggest role for the U.S. Navy is its sci-fi appearance, and that’s it.

Considering that the United States is trying an all-nuclear fleet, in comparison, guided missile battleships seem to be an evil path. However, Alan Wilson is very clear that the all-nuclear fleet is also a pitfall. All US nuclear-powered cruisers were retired early and gave way to conventional power.

As long as it can really satisfy the US Navy, the Virginia-class nuclear-powered cruiser will not be retired early. Early retirement shows that this thing is not up to standard at all.

In previous discussions, this class of experimental missile battleships abandoned the idea of ​​nuclear power, although the tonnage of the Vanguard class is sufficient to be nuclear powered.

Since it is experimental in nature, many novel design concepts can be tried out. At worst, the final result will be the same fate as the Zumwalt-class destroyer. Anti-ship, air defense, and Galileo systems should all be taken into consideration, and phased array radar is not a new technology. As for the layout of the Aegis radar, Alan Wilson has seen the weird layout of India's Calcutta class, and this is just for him. People who are good at cheating are not a problem at all.

As for how to overcome difficulties inside, that is a matter for scientists.

"The electronic systems of the two Eagle-class ships also need to be replaced, and the steam catapults also need to be modified. This is also a big expense." Makins flipped through the documents and found a place to spend money, "But this is Mountbatten The arrangements made before the marshal leaves office should not be disturbed.”

"If the refitting of the heavy aircraft carrier is disrupted, our country will really be in doom. It must be preserved, and maybe there will be a good place to go." Alan Wilson didn't know what he was thinking of, and suddenly expressed revolutionary optimism. , if he remembered correctly, a certain major country has long been interested in aircraft carriers.

It also bought the USS Melbourne aircraft carrier with its steam catapults not dismantled. Of course, this is not all. After the defeat in the Vietnam War, the United States once very sincerely wanted to express its sincerity and benefit a certain big country. It even prepared to use an aircraft carrier that served in World War II It was sold to a big country, but of course the deal was not finalized due to price reasons.

Benefits in the eyes of the United States and benefits from the Soviet Union are not the same thing. In the eyes of the United States, benefits are considered benefits if they sell you weapons normally, such as US$50 million in labor fees to provide nuclear power technical support for the Dreadnought nuclear submarine.

If by then, the United States has this idea, Alan Wilson can sell the Eagle class to a major country for the same price as the United States sold its World War II aircraft carrier, and also bring an extra set of steam catapults. Wouldn't it be more conscientious than Americans in doing business?

There is no problem with the replacement of heavy equipment of the Royal Navy, such as aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. The status of the world's navies is stable, but the situation with destroyers and frigates is not optimistic.

Once the Mountbatten guided missile battleship is completed, the test weapons on it will also be used in the escort force. After all, the aircraft carrier cannot go to sea on its own. A new generation of destroyers should also be planned, otherwise the cutting-edge post-war aircraft carriers with a bunch of Daddy-class destroyers and frigates will not be suitable.

"Talk to the representatives of the shipbuilding industry. I'm going to take a few days off, and you can go on my behalf." Ellen Wilson had just come back, and now she just wanted to be comforted by the richest woman.

Pamela Mountbatten is going back to Perth soon. He now has to fulfill his obligations as a good husband and spend more time with his wife.

"Actually, your support for the shipbuilding industry is somewhat inconsistent with the original intention of free trade." Pamela Mountbatten wondered why her husband had a soft spot for the navy despite his efforts. Do you have the same naval dream as your father?

"I will support any profitable industry, whether it succeeds or not. Most countries in the world believe that free trade is a good thing, but not the United States. The United States is opposed to free trade, but its methods are different from the Soviet Union. Don't believe me. Look at how many years Boeing banned the Comet passenger plane from entering the United States until Boeing came up with a usable model." Alan Wilson's face was full of contempt, and he did not mention the fact that Boeing crashed several passenger planes in later generations. .

For any airline, this is the inevitable outcome. For example, the Comet airliner in history disappeared like this.

But the United States directly bought Boeing back with $60 billion. What does it mean to be too big to fail? This is!

Many high-end companies in the United States do not defeat their opponents by virtue of their technological content. Instead, they are national treasure companies in other countries that make one mistake and disappear. However, American companies have been surviving with the support of the government. As time goes by, the technical barriers of these surviving companies become stronger, and European companies are no longer rivals.

It is precisely because the United States does this that the United States hates countries with the Soviet system. Because of this, socialism is more skillful.

Not to mention the countries with the Soviet system, the United Kingdom during the Labor Party was in power. Even the United Kingdom was very skilled in industry capital injection and integration, but the Soviet system was not very good at industrial upgrading. It is useful to consolidate existing advantages.

While the United States was conducting its first ground battle in Southeast Asia, Donald, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom who had not seen him for a long time, came to visit again, this time for a purpose that even Alan Wilson did not expect. He was here to discuss arms sales, which almost startled the supreme authority, who quickly asked what he wanted to buy.

"Tiger armed helicopter." Donald specified what he wanted as soon as he opened his mouth. Fierce fighting was going on in the Vietnam battlefield, and the United States soon discovered that armed helicopters were suitable for local battles. This discovery coincided with France's original discovery, but then the US military discovered that the armed helicopters it was currently using were not as good as the Tiger armed helicopters that had blossomed in various European countries.

Of course, the Tiger gunship is the Apache, and of course the Americans find it useful. After learning the other party's purpose, Alan Wilson said with an embarrassed face, "My friend, this is one of the few high-quality weapons produced by Britain in recent years. Its export sales are very good, and it has been exported to European countries and Middle Eastern countries."

The Vietnam War was called a helicopter war because of the local environment. The United States did not pay much attention to helicopters before the Vietnam War because the United States had strong air superiority. If there was any problem, it could just call the air force to solve it. Although the U.S. Army is equipped with a large number of helicopters , but they are mostly used to transport troops. Although the helicopters are also equipped with weapons, they are not specifically used for combat.

As soon as this battle started, helicopters were continuously shot down by Soviet individual missiles. It must be said that when it comes to casualties, the US military has always responded very quickly. The environment in Vietnam and the battle damage suffered by helicopters during troop transports, The US military quickly realized that the United States was deficient in the helicopter field.

Looking back now, it seems that due to the limited size and advantages of the British air force, the armed helicopters used to deal with the Soviet ground forces in Europe were not a second-best solution due to insufficient capabilities, but very useful and quite useful, especially now that the US military is Weapons needed.

The H-21 helicopter still used by the US military is a search and rescue helicopter from 1945. The CH-47 transport helicopter has been equipped with weapons but is not useful. The UH-1 helicopter is currently the most widely used helicopter by the US military, but it is not a specialized armed helicopter. Only then did the Americans discover that the UK is at the forefront in the field of armed helicopters.

"Is that so?" Alan Wilson said to himself that the Apache is of course good. It is simply an evergreen tree comparable to the **52. The United States has been using it from service to the 21st century, which shows its reliability.

"Sir Wilson, everyone in Washington knows that you are the best foreign friend with the United States and even the US military." Donald emphasized, "The strength of the special relationship between Britain and the United States cannot be doubted."

"But I can't let my wife's products become a burden on this special relationship. The sales volume of Tiger armed helicopters is very good. It is equipped with more than 20 countries and has sold more than a thousand." Alan Wilson looked directly at Asked Donald, "This kind of star product? Mr. Ambassador, you know that with the scientific research power of the United States, as long as you think about it, competitors will appear immediately."

The supreme authority does not mean to refuse. It is useless to ban the export of such weapons. The United States is fully capable of producing similar products, but it did not realize it before. He just said this to tell the other party bluntly that this is the Mountbatten Group military industry. The industry's flagship product is of great significance and requires extra money.