When the familiar Union Jack flag fluttered over Berlin, Alan Wilson didn't know what the Berliners were thinking. Anyway, he knew that there was not much time left for Britain to show off.
The original British Trade Commission, now the Board of Representatives under the Commissioner in Germany, provides calculations of current British Air Force capacity, excluding drafted civilian aircraft, as well as air power from Commonwealth countries. The current Royal Air Force has one day
Thousand tons of transportation capacity.
Including the capacity of civil aviation passenger aircraft in the next two days, it will reach 2,100 tons per day, but this is still less than half of the theoretical demand of Berlin's 2.5 million citizens.
"It seems like it's actually not a big problem. It's impossible for Berlin to have no accumulation at all. It shouldn't be a problem to use the accumulated supplies at the beginning. In a few days, Americans will join in the air transport. Transport planes coming from the Far East and the United States
Once it is in place, the material gap can be filled."
The Commissioner in Germany, Gerald Edward, was very familiar to Alan Wilson. After all, he was his predecessor. Although the current reputation in British Malaya was not good, the Malays believed that Gerald deliberately diluted the Malays.
status of Aboriginal people.
But I guess Gerald Edward doesn't care either. He has now become the commissioner in Germany. If he hadn't encountered this Berlin crisis, he felt that Europe would be more suitable for him.
"Berlin's supplies can only last for one week, and it's already September. Alan, don't you think about Berlin's heating problem?" Gerald Edward's extended question made Alan Wilson speechless.
The historical Berlin crisis began in May. At that time, the air bridges of the British and American Air Forces were only concerned with the circulation of goods. By the time the weather turned cooler, it was already half a year later. After a summer of preparations, the British and American air bridges had already reduced the capacity of the air corridors.
It has doubled several times.
"This is really a problem." Alan Wilson frowned. If you consider the heating problem, this is really not a simple event that is easy to deal with. "I hope winter can come later this year."
On the first day when the United Kingdom started air transportation, the US military headquarters in Germany was also discussing the current air transport capacity of the US military in Germany.
The commander of the U.S. forces in Germany is Curtis LeMay, the main executor of the Tokyo BBQ Party. Curtis LeMay strongly supported the decision to airlift, and centralized one hundred U.S. transport aircraft currently in Germany for necessary maintenance.
Will be added to the airlift on the third day of the RAF airlift.
At the same time, he still said that the existing airports were not enough. Curtis LeMay said to the commanders of the US military headquarters in Germany, "Guys, we should make a decision quickly. No one knows how long the British can last."
time."
At this time, Washington, which was in a quarrel because of the Soviet Union's blockade of Berlin, received feedback from the U.S. military stationed in Germany after the British first launched the airlift. Truman decided to join the airlift. He also said that the U.S. military stationed in Germany should take action as soon as possible. As for the
For the part with insufficient transportation capacity, domestic and Far Eastern air forces will be added.
Gerard Edwards, who received the telegram from London, told Alan Wilson the news, but there was one sentence that made Alan Wilson very dissatisfied, "Truman proposed that B29 bombers be deployed in the United Kingdom to contain the Soviet Union."
"It's already this time, and you're still trying to do something like this." Alan Wilson was furious and cursed through gritted teeth, "If I really want to do this, I have to question who is the biggest, the United States or the Soviet Union.
Threatened."
In the historical Berlin Crisis of 1948, the United States did send 60 bombers into Britain with nuclear bombs. But when was that? The Soviet Union did not have nuclear bombs at that time.
Now that the Berlin Crisis occurred in 1951, the Soviet Union already had nuclear weapons. Considering that the Korean War had already broken out, and MacArthur's rash attitude towards nuclear weapons, it seemed strange that Britain had no objection to the United States putting nuclear weapons in Britain.
Besides, Britain's nuclear weapons have also been manufactured in advance. At this time, can't Britain use its own nuclear weapons to contain the Soviet Union? It must be unnecessary to make Britain's nuclear strike target value for the Soviet Union even higher?
"The Prime Minister has rejected Washington's proposal." Gerald Edward said as if you guessed it right. "I think the Americans might as well modify the bomber, and maybe it can also increase the capacity of the air corridor."
"Anyway, the Americans can't get away with it this time." Alan Wilson said this and revealed the news to Gerald Edwards that McCarthy might give an important speech tomorrow.
To put it simply, McCarthy will be a Berliner tomorrow. When Gerald Edward heard this, he frowned and asked, "To be honest? Even in Germany, McCarthy's reputation is not good."
"Gerald, this is a good thing." Alan Wilson wanted this kind of bad, and Europeans may think it is not good. But Americans and Europeans are different, and McCarthy's move helped consolidate the belief in at least part of the United States
status in people's hearts.
As for the European public opinion in just a few days of the Berlin crisis, it can be divided into two parts, European public opinion and British public opinion. Of course, British public opinion is mostly positive, focusing on Prime Minister Attlee's rise to the challenge. Britain shoulders the responsibility of protecting
Responsibility in the Free World.
It can be said that even in history, before the Suez Canal War broke out, British citizens felt so good about themselves.
Although some high-level government leaders have realized that Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are not players on the same level, the citizens have not yet realized this.
In the eyes of British citizens, even after losing British India, Britain still has colonies of nearly 10 million square kilometers. There are still hundreds of millions of people overseas under British rule.
To be precise, it was when Macmillan became the British Prime Minister after Eden had to resign due to the Suez Canal War that British citizens truly realized that Britain was not the former British Empire. The United Kingdom and the United States signed the Nassau Agreement, and the United Kingdom regarded the United States as
Surrender and stop struggling.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After six years of recuperation, Prime Minister Attlee, who has been focusing on domestic affairs, bravely stood up to support justice this time. Traditional Labor Party supporters supported,
Conservative supporters also had many words of praise.
It even caused a shock in the Kremlin, especially after the Royal Air Force opened the air corridor. It shocked the Kremlin bosses. After all, honest people suddenly started to fight back, which is always surprising.
A large number of British aircraft transported supplies to Berlin through the air, and naturally they could not escape the eyes of the Soviet troops on the ground.
The opening of the air corridor by the UK has also aroused discussions in the Kremlin, whether to stop it or to let it go.
"Then let's take a look at the demand for more than two million people. Can the British and Americans afford it?"
The final result is laissez-faire. Moscow does not believe that Britain and the United States can support more than two million people through the air corridor. Britain and the United States will definitely give in. This is the result of the Kremlin's discussion.
In fact, in addition to the British mainland, which has been subject to press controls, many European countries do not believe that air transportation of supplies through air corridors can meet the needs of more than two million Berlin citizens.
Pessimistic remarks exist on the European continent. After all, the current confrontation is dominated by the Soviet Union. The British, American and French troops in Germany cannot cross the border and open a land passage, right? Not to mention the war in the Far East. The United States still has hundreds of thousands of people.
The soldier is trapped inside.
However, most European countries still praised the UK's first response to the Berlin blockade. They believed that the UK's stance at the critical moment, led by Prime Minister Attlee, gave great confidence to the countries participating in the Brussels Treaty Organization.
Very late that day, Alan Wilson sneaked into the villa of the Hellman family and got in through the key left by the dragoon sisters.
"You came so late!" Anna's voice rang in the dark room. It was obvious that she had not slept.
"We have to go back before dawn, my dear, do you think this is easy?" Alan Wilson said in a bitter tone as if he was carrying a heavy load. He took off his clothes as he spoke, and soon got into Anna's bed, with a smooth and elastic body.
body into my arms.
"It's as if you are busier than Attlee." After a long kiss, Anna gasped and asked with concern, "What does the Berlin crisis have to do with you? You have to come over to join in the fun."
"I didn't come here originally, but I came here to visit your sisters." Alan Wilson said confidently, "Remember to go to the downtown square tomorrow, a friend of mine is going to give a speech."
"We'll talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow! Don't even think about coming here in vain." Anna didn't want to hear about any important national affairs, so she stretched out her hands and pressed the man's head into the quilt. It had been a long time coming.
In the central square of Bonn, U.S. Senator McCarthy, who happened to be in Europe for personal matters, was about to deliver what may be the most important speech in his life to the citizens of Bonn, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Of course, the knife hunter, Alan Wilson, was also there, but he was yawning all the time, as if he was so consumed by the Berlin crisis that he hadn't slept well in the past few days.
Not far away, Pokina, who had short blond hair and only joined the fierce battle late at night, glanced at the eloquent man from the corner of her eye, not caring about the American who was about to give an important speech.
Congressman McCarthy began his speech on resolutely fighting back against the Soviet Union in front of all walks of life in the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. He first expressed his appreciation for Britain's response to this crisis and emphasized the special relationship between Britain and the United States.
Then he entered the formal stage and fiercely criticized the Soviet Union's actions. Simply put, the United States, Britain and France set aside the Soviet-occupied areas to establish the Federal Republic of Germany for the sake of freedom, and the Soviet-occupied areas blocked Berlin to split Germany. The root cause of Germany's division was the Soviet Union, not the Soviet Union.
The United States, Britain and France.
"Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was that I was a Roman citizen. Today, the most proud boast of the free world is that I am a Berliner." McCarthy raised his hands in the air, having completely entered a state of selflessness unique to politicians.