Although the Bombay Sailors' Rebellion was a farce, its impact was far-reaching, prompting Britain to finally seriously consider whether India's colonization could be sustained.
If possible, Britain is really unwilling to give up India's human resources. Although India's non-violent non-cooperation movement has affected India's work efficiency to a certain extent, there are not many people who respond to non-violent non-cooperation. Most Indians
Not willing to change the status quo.
The people in India who are clamoring for independence have no experience in running a country. The situation in India is extremely complex. Can Indians do things that even the British cannot handle?
"If we want to expel British power from Asia, this is our best chance." Alvin is ready to make a move. The United States and Russia have already taken action. It is unreasonable for Southern Africa to stand aside again.
If the First World War was to weaken Britain.
Then World War II was a partition feast against Britain.
India is just the appetizer, the Suez Canal is the main course.
In Alvin's opinion, both the American and Russian methods are too rough and the effect is not good enough.
If Alvin had been allowed to take action, the British and Indian colonial governments would have been in dire straits by now.
"There's no need. India is just a sleeping maggot, and sooner or later the British will be intolerable." Rock is really not in a hurry. Britain's departure from India is a foregone conclusion. The only suspense now is how far Britain can go.
Unlike Alvin, Rock knew the direction of history. Even without the participation of southern Africa, Britain would be forced to give up its colonial rule in India in just one or two years.
The British are not stupid. They are not ignorant of the interference of the United States and Russia. The reason why they are pretending not to know now is that they are forced by the situation.
The more anxious the United States and Russia are, the closer Britain will get to southern Africa, which is definitely a good thing for southern Africa.
"Shouldn't we be proactive and win favor with the Indians?" Alvin still doesn't know enough about India.
"Why do you want the favor of the Indians?" Rock was surprised. Even if southern Africa helps India, the Indians will only thank God.
Alvin frowned, as if he realized something.
"Do you think that India, with its hundreds of millions of people, is an extremely vast market and will have many cooperation opportunities with southern Africa in the future?" Rock couldn't just watch Alvin fall into the cesspit of India.
"Isn't it like this?" Alvin has expectations for India.
Although Indians are a bit lazy, that's not because India is undergoing a non-violent non-cooperation movement.
As long as India gains independent status, Indians' enthusiasm for work will be stimulated, and then India will enter the fast lane of development like southern Africa.
Ignoring the character of Indians, India does have great potential.
Although India is not very large, Alvin knew that India has more arable land than southern Africa.
Although Southern Africa is large in area, there are also many forests and protected areas that are not suitable for development. After discounting 20% or 20%, the arable land area is actually about the same as that in the United States.
India's arable land area reaches 600 million hectares, which translates to 2.4 billion acres. With such a large amount of land, it can support India's population even if it doubles again.
"Remember, when doing business with Indians under any circumstances, you must ask the Indians to pay the full price." Roque is rarely so absolute, but he must treat India this way.
Although Alvin did not understand, he was greatly shocked. When he returned to the Bullard branch in Cyprus, he called Walton, the intelligence director in charge of Indian affairs, over.
After Walton learned about Alvin's confusion, he expressed his bitterness.
"Your Lordship is right, the Indians always have various ways to destroy your trust. Every piece of intelligence we obtain in India must be cross-compared multiple times to prove the authenticity of the intelligence. The Indians want to
Money, you can even make it up yourself——" Walton's words reminded Alvin of Brad's talented intelligence analyst Juan Garcia.
Juan was hiding in a hotel, and relying on newspaper news and a travel guide, he was able to analyze the British intelligence to almost 90% accuracy, and the British suffered a great loss.
After arriving at Bullard, Juan Garcia has risen through the ranks and is currently the chief intelligence analyst in Bullard's office.
Although Juan Garcia also made it up, he made it up so well that people have to believe it.
The Indians are simply making things up, and even deliberately exaggerating in order to defraud funds. The annual cost of verification spent by Bullard's office is much higher than the cost of obtaining intelligence.
"Indian officials also have no bottom line. If they can get something worth a thousand dollars, they want a kickback of 1,001 dollars. This country is rotten from top to bottom. If the British want to give up on India, I will not be surprised at all, because the British
The benefits in India far outweigh the costs of colonizing India." Walton was also familiar with the situation in Britain.
India is known as the most dazzling pearl in the crown, and its status is much more important than southern Africa.
During the two world wars, Britain carried out self-defeating raids and plunders on India. It was clear that it had no intention of leaving any way for India to survive, and it also completely shattered India's illusions about Britain.
"If we strengthen the education of Indians, is it possible that the situation will improve?" Alvin has not given up yet. He is not a person who gives up easily.
The British initially believed that Africans were hopeless, but under the management of southern Africa, Africans were still very efficient.
So is it possible that the reason why Indians are lazy is because the British are not good at management.
"No one has ever tried this. India has too many people." Walton told the truth. Indians are very flexible.
Indians living in the UK are easier to manage, work more seriously, and integrate into modern society more easily than native Indians.
If India does not abolish the caste system, it will be similar to a slave society and will never rise.
The caste system is only one of India's problems. If India wants to develop, it must unify its writing and language, carry out land reform, break the influence of religion on Indian society, eliminate hatred, change its population structure, and so on.
Rock also traveled to southern Africa.
If he traveled to India, Rock would also have to carry a bucket and run away.
"Is there no hope for India?" Alvin was puzzled. No country has ever been as thoroughly rotten as India.
Italy was bad enough, but after overthrowing the rule of the king and the fat bald man, it immediately burst into vitality.
Looking back, Germany after World War I was in bad enough condition. With a mustache, Germany became one of the most powerful countries in Europe in just a few years.
India--
Walton didn't speak, he couldn't see where there was hope.
Winston also saw no hope. When the Bombay sailors first started going on strike, Winston suggested that George VI take the toughest measures to resolutely suppress the striking sailors.
George VI did not adopt Winston's suggestion. The royal family was under enough pressure during this period, and George VI did not want to make matters worse.
After the British government fell into a serious financial crisis, Attlee turned his attention to the royal family, hoping to reduce royal funds and spend more money on social welfare.
This suggestion was strongly opposed by the royal family. No matter how difficult it was for the British government, the annuity that should be given to the royal family could not be less than one penny.
If Attlee can't do it, then someone else should become prime minister.
As the news spread, there was once again a big discussion between the British government and the public about whether it was necessary to retain the royal family.
The House of Lords, representing the conservative forces in the UK, insists that the king is a symbol of the country and must not be abolished. Once the king is lost, the Commonwealth will lose the basis for its existence.
Once it loses the Commonwealth, Britain's international status will plummet.
There were even louder calls in the House of Commons to depose the king.
At present, all mainstream international countries are democracies. Only the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, which is out of place among a large number of democratic countries.
Once Britain becomes a complete democracy, it will get rid of the heavy burden of the royal family, travel lightly, and face increasingly cruel international competition with a more relaxed attitude.
Most members of the Conservative and Liberal parties believe that retaining the royal family is better for the United Kingdom.
However, there are more MPs who support the abolition of the king. George VI came to Cyprus in the hope of shifting the focus of public opinion and reducing the intensity of discussions about the royal family.
At this time, if George VI ordered a forceful suppression of the Bombay Navy, it might be the straw that broke the camel's back.
"What else can maintaining our rule over India bring us?" George VI personally preferred to allow India independence and completely get rid of the burden of India.
In the past twenty years, India has been fighting for independence every few years, and George VI has become extremely annoyed and cannot bear it.
In the view of George VI, Indians were ungrateful. Without British colonization, India would not be a unified country at all.
In order to make India look more like a country, Britain has invested heavily in India over the years, building railways, factories, schools, hospitals, etc. The British Prime Minister cares more about India than Britain.
But what was exchanged was the Indians' indifference.
King George VI now wanted to see whether India would become the most powerful country in the world, as the Indian National Congress Party said, if it were truly independent.
This is just like the British delaying India from becoming the most powerful country in the world.
It can only be said that Indians are too ignorant of themselves.
"Without India's human resources, it will be difficult for us to meet future challenges." Winston did not dare to say anything, let alone talk about war.
"Now that Indians are non-violent and non-cooperative, how can we improve the enthusiasm of Indians for work?" George VI had already considered changing his prime minister. Compared with Attlee, Winston was better able to safeguard the interests of the royal family.
During World War II, when Britain was at its most difficult, Winston did not touch the royal family's cheese. Compared with Attlee, there was a huge difference.
Attlee had only been Prime Minister for a few days, and he began to think about reducing the royal family's funding.
If Attlee is allowed to gain a foothold, the royal family will be abandoned. Whether it will be sent to the guillotine depends on Attlee's mood.
"Kill all those who support non-violent non-cooperation!" Winston said with murderous intent. All supporters of non-violent non-cooperation are in trouble. If you want them to start work, they will start work too, but they won't work.
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Every few years in the UK, a general strike breaks out across the design industry.
The British government has accumulated rich experience in dealing with strikes.
When it comes to strikes in the UK, the British government is very familiar with it, using public opinion offensives and bribery to divide them. Almost every strike ends hastily.
Regarding the non-violent non-cooperation movement in India, the British government also spent a lot of money in an attempt to divide and disintegrate the leaders of the non-violent non-cooperation movement.
What the British never expected was that the leaders of the Indian non-violent non-cooperation movement would not refuse bribes from the British government.
But looking back, it was still the same as it should be, as if everything had never happened.
The British government also has a backup plan. Since it has received money and failed to do anything, the British government will announce the relevant situation, destroy the reputation of the other party, ruin the other party's reputation, and kill the chicken and scare the monkey.
Something even more unexpected for the British happened.
After the incident was announced, the person who took the money and did nothing was not only not abandoned by India, but became a hero to Indians.
Indians do not think it is shameful to take money and do nothing.
On the contrary, most Indians believe that money is earned by one's own ability, so why should they help the British when they get money?
The British colonized India for two hundred years, and this amount of money was regarded as compensation paid by the British.
"No, we can't do that." George VI did not want to add fuel to the fire. The American experience was good, but it was not suitable for Britain.
When dealing with the uncooperative Indians, the United States simply raised the butcher's knife and almost killed all the Indians, gaining possession of the Indians' land without any effort.
Even if George VI did this, he would have to create enough British people to fill India first.
The UK pays so much attention to India's human resources because there is no one there.
If the population was sufficient, why would Britain colonize India?
"Then split India into countless small countries, just like India before." Winston's plan is also a desperate plan. Once split, India will completely fall into internal strife.
Freeing India is easier said than done.
The British colonized India for two hundred years, and now India has no ability to retaliate.
But when India has the ability to retaliate, who can guarantee that the Indians will not come knocking at the door by then.
Why the United States would rather give money to let the Philippines become independent? A large part of the reason is to calm the grievances of the Filipinos and break up peacefully.
Britain now has no money to appease India.
Therefore, it is necessary to completely eliminate the hope of India's rise and avoid India seeking compensation from Britain in the future.
"This won't work either. We still need India to counter the expansion of Southern Africa's power in Asia." In the eyes of George VI, India still has value.
This is normal, a person can still be a physical education teacher after death, let alone a country as big as India.
Southern Africa was deliberately trying to expel British power from Asia.
The UK is unwilling to let go in vain. If India can prevent the expansion of southern Africa, then it is worthwhile to let India go. ()
