Chapter 841: My Great Britain has Nanyang (first update, please subscribe)
The UN General Assembly meeting was broadcast on television.
The ruthless ridicule of the Soviet representative spread throughout the United States through television. For a moment, the entire United States was silent.
The irony from the Soviet Union made all Americans feel an unprecedented sense of shame!
The American was slapped hard, as if he had suffered a great shame.
"There is no doubt that this is the second Pearl Harbor!"
Faced with the fierce reaction from the media and the public, Eisenhower finally understood one thing - he ignored the fragile self-esteem of Americans!
Now, it is no longer a problem of satellites, but that the United States cannot lose its face!
So the White House immediately held a closed-door meeting to study countermeasures, and finally decided to replace the US Navy.
"Okay, let's stop arguing about whether Nazis are Nazis or not! Leave it to that guy von Braun!"
Eisenhower said straightforwardly that although he had no good impressions of those Nazis, now, he had no other choice at all. The whole United States and even the world were watching his jokes, or in other words, watching American jokes.
“But, Mr. President, even if we hand over the satellite to Braun now, the problem is that we don’t have a suitable rocket at all.”
Navy Commander Robert Kenney made it clear said.
“The female soldier corporal rocket can only carry satellites weighing no more than three pounds. It is simply not worth mentioning.”
This rocket was developed by the Navy. Regarding its performance, , Robert naturally has a certain understanding.
"Now, do we have any other choice? Now the entire free world is waiting for our satellite, they are waiting for our satellite!"
Eisenhower would like to pull the Air Force Commander over to question him. For a moment, who gave him the courage to hinder U.S. ballistic missile research.
Actually, you don’t need to ask the Air Force Commander, you just need to ask him himself, because it was his antipathy towards the Nazis that caused many German sciences, including von Braun, to be excluded from military projects go out.
However, that was the past, and now the United States must continue to try satellite launches.
Let alone cooperating with von Braun, even cooperating with the devil, there is no problem. Just like they cooperated with the Soviets during World War II, now they just changed their partners.
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Sometimes, the failure of others is your own opportunity. Just when Americans are still immersed in failure, in Downing Street, in the Prime Minister's Office, Churchill, who has been suffering from illness since his stroke last year, Said to Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Eden with a cigar in his mouth.
"Anthony, you have to go to Nanyang and go there in person. We need to understand Nanyang's "space program". That guy must have rockets in his hands. I swear to God! There are many Germans over there. "
Facing the Prime Minister's confident words, Anthony said,
"Prime Minister, if he has a rocket in his hand, why not launch a satellite?"
Anthony's rhetorical question stunned Churchill. Yes, why didn't that guy launch a satellite?
Churchill, who was holding a cigar in his mouth, frowned. He is still as before, rarely involved in domestic affairs. Issues in this area are handled by ministers alone. He focused his main attention on foreign policy. As in the past, Churchill, trying to restore the glory of the empire, continued to pursue a "policy of strength" and paid great attention to the research of atomic energy. He and his colleagues believed that only with nuclear weapons could "the Great Britain of the past be restored."
This was even the reason for the failure of Attlee's Labor cabinet.
Although Attlee obtained atomic bomb technology by signing a secret agreement and cooperating with Nanyang, and even obtained some precious plutonium, in the end he made Churchill's wedding dress - —A month after he took over, Britain tested its own atomic bomb.
But a year later, the United States tested a hydrogen bomb in Bikini. In this regard, Churchill naturally made the decision to develop a hydrogen bomb, but he encountered many authoritative warnings. Tizard, a British physicist who serves as a government adviser, asserts that Britain should not research and manufacture atomic weapons and nuclear weapons. He wrote in a newspaper article: "We are not a powerful country now, and we will never be a powerful country. We are one of the great nations, but if we continue to see ourselves as a powerful country, we will soon no longer be a great nation. nation. Please learn from the fate of the past powers and don’t swell up with pride like the poor frog.”
These appeals were ignored. Last year, after the Soviet Union tested their hydrogen bomb, Churchill decided to go all-out on the development of a hydrogen bomb. According to the agreement, Nanyang is also a cooperative research partner of the British hydrogen bomb project. In fact, the UK is very happy to cooperate with Nanyang. After all, in terms of funds, the UK seems to have spent a lot of money on the atomic bomb project and handed over many benefits. Even Malaya and Nanyang have become half of the suzerain country.
It seems that it has paid a lot of money, but in fact, the UK still takes advantage. Without the help of Nanyang, the UK would have to spend at least 400 million pounds on the atomic bomb program, but in fact The expenditure was only 150 million pounds. In Malaya, it was precisely because of Nanyang's intervention that the rebellion in Malaya was quelled. The British saved at least 100 million pounds in expenses. Generally speaking, in terms of cooperation with Nanyang, , both the Labor Party and the Conservative Party are very supportive.
After all, such cooperation is really an advantage!
Who doesn’t like spending a small amount of money to do big things.
Now that there is an opportunity to take advantage of Nanyang in the aerospace industry, how could the British make a mistake?
In line with the principle of being a bastard and not taking advantage, Churchill was very willing to cooperate in this area. After all, Britain also needed ballistic missiles to bomb Soviet Russia. Otherwise, how could it be possible? What about maintaining deterrence against the Soviet Union?
"Maybe it's because they haven't developed a suitable satellite yet..."
Churchill said directly.
“I know that guy, he must have a rocket, otherwise he wouldn’t have given a speech about entering space three months ago, the German guy...”
Churchill said after taking a puff of his cigar.
“The artificial satellite project should have originated from the Germans, and Nanyang must have also conducted research in this area. Perhaps due to limited funds or other reasons, they should have made corresponding progress, but ..."
After that, Churchill looked at Anthony and said.
"Anthony, go to Nanyang and tell Li that we can cooperate and concentrate the power of the entire Commonwealth."
When saying these words, Churchill looked out the window, Said in a wistful tone.
"Anthony, tell me, if the UK becomes the second country in the world to launch a satellite, what changes will it bring to the UK?"
"At least the people will be very happy!"
Anthony said directly.
“All their doubts about the government will disappear!”
People’s livelihood issues are difficult to solve because the Labor Party failed to fulfill their promises, and in addition, the British Empire was ruined Face, so the British abandoned the Labor Party, but life was not easy for the Conservative Party. Of course, the Conservative Party allowed the British to regain some face, but the British still need bread and houses.
Therefore, now the people are not satisfied with the Conservative Party. In this case, the Conservative Party also needs something to divert the people's attention, and artificial satellite is a very good choice.
The most important thing is that it doesn’t cost much.
“That’s right!”
Churchill said.
“Not only nuclear weapons can restore the glory of Great Britain, perhaps, space is also a very good choice, which can enhance the self-confidence of the British.”
Of course, the more important thing is to let the whole world see that I, Da Ying... am still awesome!
(End of this chapter)