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Chapter 841: Great Britain has Nanyang (First update, please subscribe)
The General Assembly meetings are broadcast via television.

The Soviet representative's ruthless ridicule was broadcast throughout the United States through television. For a time, the whole country was silent.

The irony from the Soviet Union made all Americans feel unprecedented humiliation!
The Americans, who were slapped hard in the face, felt as if they had suffered a great humiliation.

"There is no doubt that this is the second Pearl Harbor!"

Faced with the fierce reactions from the media and the public, Eisenhower finally realized one thing - he had ignored the fragile self-esteem of Americans!

Now, it is no longer a matter of satellites, but a matter of America’s loss of face!
The White House immediately held a closed-door meeting to study countermeasures and ultimately decided to replace the US Navy.

"Okay, stop arguing about whether they are Nazis or not! Leave it to that guy von Braun!"

Eisenhower said bluntly that although he had no good feelings towards the Nazis, he had no other choice now. The whole of America, and even the whole world, was laughing at him, or rather, laughing at America.

"But, Mr. President, even if we give the satellite to Braun, the problem is that we don't have a suitable rocket at all."

Navy Commander Robert Kenny said bluntly.

"Using a female corporal rocket to carry a satellite weighing no more than three pounds, it's simply not worth mentioning."

This rocket was developed by the Navy, so Robert naturally had some understanding of its performance.

"Now, do we have any other choice? Now the entire free world is waiting for our satellite, they are looking forward to our satellite!"

Eisenhower now wanted to pull the Air Force Commander over and ask him who gave him the courage to hinder the US ballistic missile research.

In fact, there is no need to find the Air Force Commander, you can just ask him, because it was his aversion to the Nazis that led to many German scientists, including von Braun, being excluded from military projects.

However, that was in the past, and now the United States must continue to try satellite launches.

Let alone cooperating with von Braun, there is no problem even if they cooperate with the devil. Just like they cooperated with the Soviets during World War II, now they are just cooperating with a different partner.

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Sometimes, the failure of others is your own opportunity. While Americans were still immersed in their failure, in the Prime Minister's office on Downing Street, Churchill, who had been seriously ill since suffering a stroke last year, said to Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Eden while smoking a cigar.

"Anthony, you have to go to Nanyang in person. We need to understand Nanyang's "space program". That guy must have rockets in his hands. I swear to God! He has a lot of Germans over there."

Facing the Prime Minister's solemn words, Anthony said,
"Prime Minister, if he has a rocket, why doesn't he launch a satellite?"

Anthony's question made Churchill stunned. Yes, why didn't that guy launch a satellite?
Churchill, holding a cigar, frowned. He still rarely asked about domestic affairs as before, and all issues in this regard were handled by ministers alone. He focused his main attention on foreign policy. As in the past, Churchill, who tried to restore the glory of the empire, continued to pursue the "policy of strength" and paid great attention to the research of atomic energy. He and his colleagues believed that only by possessing nuclear weapons could "the Great Britain of the past be restored."

This was even the reason why the Attlee Labour Cabinet failed.

Although Attlee obtained atomic bomb technology and even some precious plutonium by signing a secret agreement and cooperating with Southeast Asia, he ended up paving the way for Churchill - one month after he took office, Britain tested its own atomic bomb.

However, a year later, the United States tested a hydrogen bomb at Bikini. Churchill naturally decided to develop the hydrogen bomb, but he received many authoritative warnings. British physicist Tizard, who served as a government adviser, asserted that Britain should not research and manufacture atomic 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 regard ourselves as a powerful country, then we will soon no longer be a great nation. Please learn from the fate of the great powers in the past, and don't be like the poor frog, who swells up because of pride."

These calls were ignored. Last year, after the Soviet Union tested their hydrogen bomb, Churchill decided to go all out to develop the hydrogen bomb. According to the agreement, Nanyang was also a cooperative research partner of the British hydrogen bomb program. In fact, Britain was very happy to cooperate with Nanyang. After all, from a financial point of view, the atomic bomb program seemed to have cost Britain a lot of money and ceded a lot of benefits. Even in Malaya, Nanyang became a half-suzerain.

It seems that a lot of price was paid, but in fact, Britain still got the advantage. Without the help of Nanyang, Britain would have to spend at least 4 million pounds on the atomic bomb project, while the actual expenditure was only 1.5 million pounds. In Malaya, it was because of Nanyang’s intervention that the Malayan rebellion was quelled, and Britain saved at least more than million pounds. In general, both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party are very supportive of cooperation with Nanyang.

After all, such cooperation is really a bargain!

Who doesn't like to accomplish great things with little money?

Now that there is an opportunity to take advantage of Southeast Asia in the aerospace industry, how could the British make a mistake?

Based on the principle that it would be foolish not to take advantage of an opportunity, Churchill was still very willing to cooperate in this regard. After all, Britain also needed ballistic missiles to bomb the Soviet Union. Otherwise, how could it maintain deterrence against the Soviet Union?
"Maybe they haven't developed a suitable satellite yet..."

Churchill said bluntly.

"I know that guy. He must have a rocket, otherwise he wouldn't have given a speech about going into space three months ago. The German..."

Churchill said, taking a puff of his cigar.

"The artificial satellite program should have originated from the Germans, and Nanyang must have also conducted research in this area. Perhaps due to funding 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 pool the power of the entire Commonwealth."

As he spoke these words, Churchill looked out the window and spoke in a longing tone.

"Anthony, tell me, if Britain becomes the second country in the world to launch an artificial satellite, what kind of changes will it bring to Britain?"

"At least the people will be very happy!"

Anthony said bluntly.

“All their doubts about the government will also disappear!”

People's livelihood issues are difficult to deal with because the Labour Party did not fulfill their promises and made the British Empire lose face. Therefore, the British people abandoned the Labour Party, but the Conservative Party also had a hard time. Of course, the Conservative Party allowed the British people to regain some face, but the British still needed bread and houses.

So, now people are not satisfied with the Conservative Party. In this situation, the Conservative Party also needs something to divert people's attention, and artificial satellites are a very good choice.

Most importantly, it doesn’t cost much.

"That's right!"

Churchill said.

"It is not only nuclear weapons that can restore the glory of Great Britain. Perhaps, space is also a very good choice. It can enhance the self-confidence of the British people."

Of course, what’s more important is to let the whole world see that our Great Britain… is still pretty awesome!
(End of this chapter)