Peshwar Lancers Redux: India
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The Rising Sun's diplomats were pleased with the co-operation they were receiving from the British. Many in the Imperial Army's General staff were wondering as to how the British knew this information. Still the people that had charted the change in direction were pleased with it. The Empire did not need another enemy. Especially when the Russian were emerging from their slumber and prepared to engage the Army of the Rising Sun.
The Tibetan Scouts continued to carry our recon missions into Northwestern China.. One patrol reported spotting strange machines on the ground. One of the camera made by Kodak of Hawaii was with the patrol unit and the patrol was able to sneak close enough to take a picture of them. The Camera was then put in a package to protect it and the patrol then headed home. The intelligence was important. They ran into the newly promoted Captain Montgomery who immediately headed everyone back to Tibet. The film would need to be developed and put in the Hands of British Intelligence. But from descriptions the Captain was sure that these might be the Russian versions of the new air Machines that British Intelligence was so worried about.
The Photos were quickly transferred to the Military Intelligence Command in the Capital of British India. Members of the Royal Air Force and of the Royal Hawaiian Naval Air Service studied the photos and enlargements. A Special Courier took the Negatives to Hawaii where the Special Eastman Kodiak Military Photograph department carefully examined them and enlarged them while ensuring that the detail was retained. The Special Aircraft design Group looked at the photos and compared them to Hawaiian designs.. Within 96 hours a report was on its way back to India with the results of the findings. Lt Thomas RHN was personally carrying the reports along with two armed guards.
Hawaii's King made his first trip out of the Islands. He traveled aboard a special Royal Hawaiian Navy Airship. He would be visiting Ireland and the British Isles. In Britain he would be staying with the Viceroy. The trip was expected to last 2 weeks and no one would know that the King had gone until he was on his way home. He was expected to Make a stop in Jamaica .
The King of Hawaii stopped at the Kingdom's Naval base in Ireland and presented several metals to the Kingdom's military personnel that lived and worked there. Two agents that operated behind enemy lines were awarded decorations to honor their valiant service. In addition three military personnel were promoted to one higher rank..
Upon arriving In Britain the King awarded the Naval Construction Battalion with the Monarch's Unit citation .The unit was awarded it for all of their work in the British Isles from construction of facilities for the Hawaiian Government to assistance to the British in their reconstruction. The Viceroy also awarded the Unit a decoration on behalf of the Empire.
Upon arriving In Britain the King awarded the Naval Construction Battalion with the Monarch's Unit citation .The unit was awarded it for all of their work in the British Isles from construction of facilities for the Hawaiian Government to assistance to the British in their reconstruction. The Viceroy also awarded the Unit a decoration on behalf of the Empire.
The Hawaiian King had had a positive experience and arrangements were being made for him to visit British India. It would be the first visit of a member of the Hawaiian Royal Family to British India. The hope was that it would also signal a close relationship between the two allies that had not been damaged in the last outrageous reaction to the planed wedding of Laurel Kamehameha to King/Emperor Edward VIII. Currently the Queen was quite popular with the people.
The bulk of the British European Population still resided in British India and Sout Africa. There that been some flow back to the British Isles ut it had not effected things.
The Churchill Government was very concern that Russia was about to out the Empire of the Rising Sun from Northwestern China and challenge it for inner Mongolia.
The Churchill Government was very concern that Russia was about to out the Empire of the Rising Sun from Northwestern China and challenge it for inner Mongolia.
British India: Prime Minister Churchill was meeting with his cabinet to discuss the ongoing threat from Imperial Russia. The Empire Great advantage the Airship seemed to be about to come into serious jeopardy . The Airplane was now a serious threat to it. It appeared that technology was moving ahead. Churchill was asking the Air Minister and the Head of the Royal Air Force as to what were the Empire's options.
Air Marshal Harris responded that the newest airship had been designed to go to a higher altitude . Russian aircraft would not be able to reach it. A new light weight armor had also been developed. The Empire had several new heavier than air planes testing but none were in production. He would travel to Hawaii and see where the Hawaiians were with their projects.
Air Marshal Harris responded that the newest airship had been designed to go to a higher altitude . Russian aircraft would not be able to reach it. A new light weight armor had also been developed. The Empire had several new heavier than air planes testing but none were in production. He would travel to Hawaii and see where the Hawaiians were with their projects.
1946 Prime Minister Winston Churchill had retired and turned the job over to the next in line however three months latter in the election the Labor-Indian Congress Party Alliance won control of the Imperial Parliament. Together they held 280 of the 500 seats Prime Minister Atlee gave the Congress Party three seats in the Cabinet including the Home Secretary post.. The Conservatives held 190 seats and the Liberal Party 10.
The new British Prime Minister arrived in Hawaii to seek assurance that the relationship between the British Empire and Hawaii would remain strong. The Labor Party Prime Minister knew Mr Kamehameha and there relationship although somewhat rocky to start off with soon became quite friendly. He met with Mr Trumpet of the Social Democrat Party and got assurances that the party valued the relationship with the Empire. Mr Atlee seemed not to want to poke the bear and had ordered a less agress approach the the Russian occupation of Northwest China. The Hawaiian Prime Minister shared his thoughts on the matter, which was not the same as the British leader.
The Former British Prime Minister was now living in his new home in Great Britain. He had one time believed that he would never again get a chance to go home. Now he was stunned at the amount of progress that had been made. He had ridden the rails to as far north as they went and commented to the Military officer who was his traveling companion that the Military had done a fantastic job in rebuilding the country. There was no shortage of electric power in the country. The Population was over a million now. He would latter get a chance to visit the plant that was working on the new British fighter design, He noticed that some of the people working on the project were Hawaiians. He had seen Hawaiian Naval officers and members of the new Royal Hawaiian Air Force.
Winston Churchill briefly returned to India to become Lord Winston Churchill. He made his final address to Parliament and after dinner and breakfast with the Royal family he left by Airship for the British Isles. There he intended to spend the remaining years of his life. He had been working on a new books The Russian Threat. In it he warned against going with a policy that ignored the threat, which was a dig at the current Prime Minister.
General Ironside informed the Defense Ministry that he would be retiring from the Army and that a new commander would need to be sent to Britain to replace him.
General Ironside informed the Defense Ministry that he would be retiring from the Army and that a new commander would need to be sent to Britain to replace him.