Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

Albert Edward stood on the bow of the "Invincible" aircraft carrier facing the sea breeze. The rising sun reflected the waves and dyed the vast sea with gold, and the Port of London was in sight.

The home port of the British Empire aircraft carrier was Portsmouth Naval Port. However, they were ordered to make their victorious and returning fleet call at the Port of London first today, August 10, 1982.

As for the reason, it is because the British royal family and government will be here, London, the capital and heart of the empire, for them to wander at sea for four months, and have achieved the greatest victory in the history of the British Empire's foreign war since World War II. The army, hold a grand welcome event!

And the reason for choosing this day is, of course, that today, also hosted by the British Empire, the time-honored, all-blue star's top aerospace event-the opening day of the Van Paul Aviation exhibition.

Since 1920, the Royal British Air Force began to host its annual air show at Hendon Base north of London, except for the 8 years interrupted by World War II, the Van Paul Air Show has gone through more than 60 years of spring and autumn.

Today, the venue of the air show has been moved from the Hendon base to the Van Paul base in the northwest of the City of London. The time has also changed from being held every year to once every two years, and it has become the largest Blue Star and the largest number of exhibitors. One of the largest aerospace events.

Aerospace vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers, and aviation enthusiasts from all over the world gather here. Not only are there displays of various civil aircrafts, dazzling aerobatics, and more, Bluestar’s major The arms group, especially the military aviation group, is showing off its strength.

Here, of course, it is also a good place for arms buyers from all over the world to open their purses and buy them.

Choosing today to let their triumphant fleet dock in London is undoubtedly to show the muscles of the whole world and proudly announce: The British Empire is still strong and tenacious, not to be insulted!

Of course, this is also a live advertisement. Look, our British armament is still advanced and easy to use. Although it is a bit expensive, it has been tested in actual combat. Just a few days ago, it was hit by the so-called "South American duo". Argentina I'm crying, don't miss it, everyone passing by...

In the sound of the salute, Major General Sandy took the lead and walked off the gangway first.

Of course, this honor should belong to him. As the frontline commander of the Falklands battle, despite all the setbacks and blows, he and his lads have gritted their teeth and won the final victory. The price is a bit disastrous, but victory is victory, without any moisture, Falkland Islands is firmly in the hands of Britain again, and Argentina has been dying of lessons.

From now on, apart from the so-called "ball king" who is short and fat, what can the world remember about this country?

Albert Edward walked down the gangway with the officer corps vigorously, passed through the noisy crowd and countless waving "meter" flags, and walked to a middle-aged couple and hugged them gently. a bit.

"Father, mother, I'm back."

The mother smiled, pinned a medal to his chest, carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes, and then looked at him with love, while the father patted him on the shoulder. .

This unusual couple is, of course, the most distinguished couple in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland-Her Majesty Queen Eliza and her soul mate, Her Royal Highness Prince Philip.

The noisy crowd fell silent for an instant. People watched this scene in astonishment, exchanging inquisitive glances, until someone shouted excitedly: "That's our prince, His Royal Highness Andrew. He also participated in the Battle of Falkland Islands. Now He is back from victory!"

"Wow"

Everyone on the scene instantly understood that their beloved Her Majesty Queen Eliza had personally sent his son, His Royal Highness the Duke Andrew, personally to the battlefield where flesh and blood flowed and woven together!

This is the love of the country at home!

Someone shouted excitedly: "Long live Queen Eliza!"

This shout immediately ignited the emotions of all the people present. The slogan "Long live the Queen" one after another, countless hats were thrown into the sky, salutes sounded in good time, ribbons flew, and the British Empire reached the summit of glory at this moment!

This is a time of national celebration. All the soldiers who have returned alive have received their due glory, and all the dead soldiers have also received the honor of grief behind them. All the Britons present are smiling sincerely, but in the crowd Among them, there was a man who was worried.

After attending the triumphant welcome party for the soldiers, the Iron Lady returned to her official residence, No. 10 Downing Street, Westminster District, London.

She took off her professional formal attire, put on a light home suit, and then sat behind the huge desk, lost in thought.

The Falklands War ended with the complete victory of Britain. This should be something to celebrate. She herself did not hesitate to give applause and smiles to all the soldiers who participated in the war. However, the price paid after this victory was really too big.

In order to win this battle, the British expeditionary fleet paid a heavy price, losing 6 ships, including the two latest class 42 destroyers, and losing 34 aircraft, including the Sea Harrier vertical take-off and landing jet fighter. There were 10 helicopters of various types and 24 helicopters, and there were more than 1,000 casualties.

Although the loss on the other side was even greater, even the dictatorship President Katieri had to step down sadly, but his own losses were real, and it is not a hundred years ago that the victorious country could unscrupulously file a claim against the defeated country. , Britain took a huge expense to get back the Maldives, but it was just a Maldives. There was no compensation for war.

Is it possible to initiate a national war against Argentina for war compensation?

According to calculations by the Ministry of Finance, in order to win this battle, the direct losses before and after Britain have exceeded 1 billion pounds!

And the indirect loss caused by this is only greater!

This made the already stretched budget of the British government even worse.

That’s not to say, in order to prevent Gaul from continuing to sell advanced weapons including the Flying Fish air-to-ship missiles to Argentina, the government led by the Iron Lady had to make concessions to Gaul in certain aspects. Concessions are actually economic benefits that are visible or invisible but actually exist!

The British Empire did its utmost to resist Hans during World War II. When the fruits of victory were divided after the war, the later U.S. and Soviet Russia picked peaches, just like a hero who has passed his prime and got sick again. Although his life is fine, it is definitely not as good as before.

Now with this hard-won victory, the hearts of the Chinese people have been mobilized, and the chances of her Conservative Party winning in the next year’s general election will be greatly increased. Of course, this also means that she will serve this country. It takes more effort.

Although the Falkland Islands have been steadily taken back, considering the actual economic benefits, this enclave, which is thousands of miles away from the mainland, must be a loser. There is almost no decent industry on the island, let alone any economic benefits. In order to protect it against another sneak attack, a large army must be stationed on it...

Counting it down like this, in addition to saving face, there is really no immediate benefit in taking the island back.

Of course, after surveys, the seabed near the Falkland Islands contains relatively small oil reserves. However, it must be a company willing to invest and develop there, and which company will not be afraid that the sea area will be due to the sovereignty of Falkland Islands. The dispute breaks out again? After all, although Argentina's army surrendered, they did not admit that the island belonged to Britain at all!

An oil rig is a fixed asset with a huge investment. Who wouldn't be afraid that this huge investment will be swamped by some unforeseen factors?

Therefore, the development of oil resources there is still far away.

In fact, the importance of Falkland Islands is far less important than that of the smaller islands in the east. After all, it has grown into one of the economic centers of all of Asia, and it has the highest per capita GDP among the so-called "Asian Four Little Dragons". .

Iron Lady's eyes penetrated the ocean again, focusing on a small island in the east.