Chapter 70 Hamburger

"Of course!" Pamela Mountbatten took the telegram, stuffed it into her arms and thanked her with a smile, "Well, thank you."

After speaking, Pamela Mountbatten, who was holding a telegram, jumped and left the Governor's Mansion. Sir Barron shrugged helplessly. He still had a lot of things to do, and he still needed to contact the chief executives of the provinces.

Lord Barron was fine with getting food from British India to solve Europe's difficulties. To put it bluntly, the British Empire has been doing this for more than a hundred years. The question is whether the food in British India can meet domestic demand.

If not satisfied? It's not impossible, Sir Barron can only increase his strength for the sake of the overall situation.

In fact, up to now, the rainfall in British India has been relatively low. Although there has not been a famine that has a wide range of impacts, under the drought, the food accumulation in British India will be left after this year. Very doubtful.

The rainy season in British India this year has come two weeks later than expected. Don’t underestimate the half-month period. This is already a serious problem. If you don’t deal with it well, food prices may skyrocket this year.

Because Alan Wilson was already in Europe, he naturally didn't know that there were signs of famine next year in his memory. He only knew that famine swept across Eurasia in the second year after World War II ended. The famine encountered in the Soviet Union is the most famous, and few people know about the famine in India.

Of course, what is India, who cares how many people starve to death? The Soviet Union is a thorn in the side of the United States, Britain and France. If there is any disturbance, the United States, Britain and France can't wait to broadcast everywhere with big speakers.

It is also because of the famine that the lives of the Soviets are more important than Mount Tai, and the lives of the Indians are worthless. Who cares?

India is originally a country with hungry people, and most people are facing the days of not having enough to eat in peacetime. Anyway, I can't get enough to eat, so why should I extravagantly expect good weather?

Pamela Mountbatten was still carefully holding a telegram to see things and think about people, and Alan Wilson entered another round of busyness. Sometimes he wondered if he had done all the work of the civil servants of the British Empire.

After receiving the task of liaising with British India, he left Berlin immediately, and took advantage of his free time in the past few days to go to Hamburg, an important port in the British-occupied area of ​​Germany.

To be precise, Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, second only to Greater Berlin, which is occupied by the four-nation partition.

It is also Germany's most important seaport, import and export center, such an important city, and the Ruhr area, the German industrial center in the British-occupied area. It can be seen that the UK must have taken advantage of the distribution during the Yalta Conference.

Of course, Alan Wilson hopes to make good use of this important legacy that the British Empire won at the Yalta Conference. Therefore, reflecting my hardworking nature, I came to Hamburg while I was busy.

As for the current situation in Hamburg? To be honest, it is very bad. Because of its important status, Hamburg has always been the main target of the British Air Force's strategic bombing, which is used to deter the support of the German people for the war.

Strategic bombing is a large-scale mixed bombing of incendiary bombs and bombs, the purpose of which is to cause a fire in the whole city. The bomber formation arrived over Hamburg, and after dive-bombing over and over again, they dropped high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs on the city of Hamburg like raindrops. In an instant, Hamburg was engulfed in flames, and large buildings were ignited. Huge sea of ​​flames.

During the continuous bombing, the British and American bomber formations dropped 10,000 tons of bombs, killing more than 40,000 people. In terms of power alone, they are not much worse than the little boy who is about to be put into use.

"I didn't expect the situation in Hamburg to be so bad!" Sitting in the military vehicle that picked him up, Alan Wilson couldn't help sighing that the damage in France was almost an order of magnitude worse than here.

Hamburg is full of ruins,

And the closer you get to the port, the more serious it is. Looking outside, the surviving German people are much more miserable than the current citizens of Greater Berlin.

"Liaison officer, this is the current situation here. The cleaning work is very slow! And the food problem has already appeared." The captain who came to pick up Alan Wilson said with a wry smile, "I really don't know what to do."

"Is there a lot of black market transactions? This is the case where the order collapses." Seeing the situation here, Alan Wilson told the truth in his heart, he doesn't want to go back to Berlin at all now, what about the Potsdam Conference, what about leaving a name in history , It's all bullshit, he just wants to exchange a cigarette for a dragoon in this paralyzed city.

"Yes, Liaison Officer, the black market is rampant. Food and cigarettes are currently the most in short supply. Even a classical piano can be exchanged for potatoes." fight."

"That's really a tragedy!" Alan Wilson couldn't help but frowned, and said emotionally, "Perhaps the continuous strategic bombing of Hamburg was indeed a cruel decision."

The captain who came to pick up Aaron Wilson also tacitly said nothing. He was just an ordinary officer, and naturally he couldn't remain indifferent when he saw the tragedy in Hamburg. Pat Alan Wilson on the shoulder.

How did the simple captain know that Alan Wilson did not have such a thing as a conscience. When the Great Bengal Famine broke out, he sent many telegrams to Sir Barron in New Delhi. He sent the telegrams for the old Wilson. The wording was similar to the telegram that arrived in New Delhi yesterday. .

Alan Wilson arrived in Hamburg. On the one hand, he heard that Ali Khan’s cargo ship carrying grain from India had arrived in England and was heading towards Hamburg. Ali Khan’s London housekeeper, Alim, also came with him, so he came to Hamburg to greet him. Another purpose is to see what heritage can be found in the British-occupied area.

Under the guidance of British soldiers, Alan Wilson first went to the British Army Command in Hamburg, and then visited Field Marshal Busch, the commander-in-chief of the German Army in Northwest Europe. Are there any German troops in Germany? In fact, there are, in the British-occupied area.

Montgomery placed the German troops under the jurisdiction of Field Marshal Busch, commander-in-chief of the German Army in Northwest Europe. Cooperating with Marshal Montgomery to maintain the stability of the British-occupied area, the British-occupied area can be said to be under the control of the British-German coalition forces. Marshal Busch's chief of staff and staff are located in the headquarters of the British Army.

Montgomery is in Greater Berlin, receiving praise and honors from all parties, and the Potsdam Conference is about to be held. The current daily work in the British-occupied area is presided over by Lieutenant General Ronald Weeks.

The reason why the energetic Allen Wilson is so hardworking is of course to come here to buy the bottom.