Chapter 236 Drought Warning

Pamela, who is in love, has a remarkable feature. She absolutely does not doubt any of Alan Wilson's words, even if it is a punctuation mark. I understand, but perfectly presented the instructions on the telegram through the words of civil servants.

As a civil servant, the first thing Alan Wilson needs to study is people's hearts, and he has imagined several de Havilland's reactions and countermeasures. At present, Alan Wilson may still be immature in dealing with some old-fashioned officials, but he can deal with a technical Engineers, it is still not a problem.

The meeting between Pamela Mountbatten and de Havilland was like being instructed by Alan Wilson remotely. He was indecisive when things happened, and the civil servants' speech skills avoided the important ones and changed the topic.

The sketch of the Boeing airliner in Pamela's hands is different from the jet aircraft that de Havilland has begun to design. In de Havilland's design drawing, the turbine engines are installed in the wings close to the The position of the fuselage, this layout comes from the layout experience of the piston engine, which can keep the aerodynamic components of the wing, fuselage and empennage simple.

Although the reliability of early turbojet engines was greatly improved compared with piston engines, it was limited by the metallurgical technology at that time, and its reliability was not as high as later. Debris from a failure of a turbojet engine's high-speed rotating parts can jeopardize the aircraft's structure, throw it off balance and cause vibrations that can be enough to cause a catastrophic crash.

Engines buried in the wings made maintenance difficult. It was later considered a failed design.

"In the application of new technologies, the most important thing is safety. Confidence is invisible and intangible, but once an accident occurs, it will be too late to improve. In this era, the technologies of many powerful countries are comparable. How to ensure efficiency? It is very important to pay equal attention to safety." The meaning of Pamela Mountbatten's words is very clear, especially reliable...

In Alan Wilson's telegram, the metal fatigue problem was mentioned. This problem severely damaged the Comet airliner at a critical moment, causing Boeing to catch up from behind.

For example, the Comet airliner initially used square portholes, and passenger planes using pressurized cabins have taken off and landed many times, and cracks caused by metal fatigue will appear at the corners of the square portholes. Later, the portholes of passenger aircraft were round or designed with large rounded corners in order to reduce stress concentration and improve metal fatigue strength.

All this made Pamela Mountbatten firmly remember, and she was not ashamed in de Havilland. But the most critical reason is that Pamela's identity played a big role.

No one knows the name of General Mountbatten. De Havilland himself was knighted for his meritorious service and is now part of the aristocratic circle, but his status is far from General Mountbatten's.

In addition to identity, what de Havilland valued was Mountbatten's authority because of his identity. De Havilland was actually an arms company that was promoting the British rocket project by absorbing German rocket technology.

The biggest market for arms is undoubtedly the army. General Mountbatten is a great nobleman and has become a general in the army. As Mountbatten's daughter, Pamela is of course treated differently.

If someone else came to his company and told De Havilland to join the team with money, he would have been kicked out long ago. But General Mountbatten's daughter is different. There are some gossip that General Mountbatten is a popular candidate for the next Governor of British India after his death.

For reasons such as these, de Havilland did not refuse Pamela Mountbatten's proposal, and even heard that Pamela's sister was planning a wedding, and expressed his willingness to attend the wedding, while also planning to meet some powerful people.

As a pure second generation of power, de Havilland can fool the opponent, but if this second generation of power shows ability, that is another problem.

Soon Pamela told the micromanager thousands of miles away of the cause and effect of the incident via telegram.

The call back was also quick. The multi-dimensional and cross-field compliments from her fiancé made Pamela as sweet as eating honey. She wanted to wait until after her sister's wedding and follow her father to take office.

In the Governor's Office of British India, Alan Wilson, who was reading the telegrams from various provinces, picked up the phone and asked Edel from the secretary's office to come in, and said, "Edel, in the name of the Governor's Office, issued a drought warning to the whole of India. To remind the provinces and states, as well as the two parties of the National Congress and the Muslim League, to pay attention to the signs of drought this year, not to be too tough, but to do the duty of the Governor-General."

"Okay, I understand, assistant." Edel nodded and said, "From the current signs of drought, what is the approximate range?"

"Edel, the future is unpredictable. To be honest, I don't know." Alan Wilson shrugged, "It might rain in two days. Who knows how Mother Earth arranges this year."

The Governor-General of British India officially issued a warning, indicating that this year’s rainy season has been delayed by ten days, and there is a possibility of famine in the subcontinent. Representatives of all parties discussed countermeasures and remained vigilant against the current situation.

The rainy season is delayed by ten days, which does not seem to be a big problem, but in the busy farming season, these ten days are fatal. Once the rainfall shortage reaches a certain level, the disaster will multiply every day that passes.

What did a pond full of green algae look like the day before? The answer is that half of the water surface of this pond is covered with green algae, and after this day, the whole pond will be covered with green algae.

Just like the change of temperature, the temperature of minus 10 degrees seems to be very low, but in fact it is completely within the tolerance range of the human body, and after minus 20 degrees, the temperature is dropped by one degree, which can make a person feel at ease with the world. full of new realizations.

Alan Wilson officially issued a drought warning for the subcontinent from the Governor's Office after a delay of about ten days in the rainy season in previous years. This can be regarded as breaking a precedent, showing a completely different attitude from when the Bangladesh famine occurred a few years ago.

After the British Indian Governor's Office issued a drought warning announcement, the chief executives of the provinces responded immediately, and in the name of the provincial chief executives, they issued drought warnings and work instructions for drought relief in their provinces.

The earnest tone is limited to the announcement, as for the Muslim League and the Congress Party, it is discussed, absolutely without any coercion, expressing the spirit of the British Indian Governor-General's Office to rule by doing nothing.

In this way, if the drought resistance fails, the responsibility can be shirked. It's not that the Governor's Office did not give an early warning, but that the local snakes in the two subcontinents are really not cooperating, which has delayed the Governor's Office's disaster relief work.

So far, there have been water shortages in some places, if the rainy season comes a month late. This year's subcontinent is destined to be difficult.

Regarding the current biggest drought relief work of the Governor's Mansion, with Sir Barron's permission, the Governor's Mansion is brightly lit at night, indicating to the public that the Governor's Mansion is in a busy working state.

Time passed day by day. On the fifth day since the first drought warning was issued, the Governor's Office issued another announcement stating that it would fight the drought in the subcontinent. This time the wording was much stricter.

The wording is also more serious, and the style of the painting has changed almost overnight. Some newspapers have also begun to remind residents of some cities in Mumbai, Calcutta and Bangalore that the drought may be inevitable. Before taking some measures, I hope that the general public will not panic and believe in the seriousness of the Government House.

This announcement, which hopes that the general public will not panic, has an extremely obvious effect. The citizens who were not very panicked at first were completely panicked because of this official announcement, and they flocked to grain stores one after another. It became the most crowded place, and gossip began to circulate that people feared a repeat of the Bengal Famine.

Who made the Governor's Mansion advocate inaction and governance regardless of famines over the years? This time, I suddenly found out that I had been non-violent and non-cooperative with Indians, and instead began to panic.

It was able to remind the British emphatically that the drought this time must not be underestimated. This panic buying has caused the price of food in major cities to rise to varying degrees.

But in fact, the current drought actually only affects a small part of the area, far from serious.

As for the actions of the Governor's Office and the provinces, they are still focusing on issuing early warning announcements, and there are no substantive anti-drought actions. Coincidentally, many chief executives have stored a large amount of grain in their hands.

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"Not surprisingly, from what we know so far, Punjab has been slightly affected. It's hard to imagine that a place with little precipitation and dry climate has an unusually stable climate and has become the granary of the subcontinent." Alan Wilson held Punjab The provincial telegram reported, "However, the main residents of Punjab are peace believers, followed by Sikhs, and there are not many Hindus. The Congress Party has no influence on the granary of the subcontinent."

"In other words, if the drought affects a large area this time, it will be very difficult for Hindus." Sir Barron frowned helplessly, "If it is really because of religious reasons, the number of deaths has increased?"

"Oh, will it?" Alan Wilson said with an unbelievable smile, "Wouldn't this make several religions enmity? I believe that the leaders of all parties should take the overall situation into consideration."

"Maybe maybe not." Sir Barron said indifferently, "It should be reminded, we have already reminded that when dealing with this drought, we did not hide anything, and even took the initiative to speak out to guide, next we It also calls for the unity of all denominations."