Chapter 634 I Am a Berliner

When the familiar Union Jack fluttered over Berlin, Alan Wilson wondered what Berliners were thinking. Anyway, he knew that there was not much time left for Britain to show off.

The original Board of Trade for the British Occupied Areas, now the Board of Representatives under the Commissioner in Germany, provided calculations of current British air transport capacity, which did not take into account drafted civilian aircraft, as well as air power from Commonwealth countries. The RAF currently has a capacity of one thousand tons per day.

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 in place, we can fill the material gap.”

Alan Wilson was very familiar with Gerald Edward, the commissioner in Germany. 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 it is expected that Gerald Edward does not care. He has now become the commissioner in Germany. If it had not been for 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 bridge of the British and American Air Forces only considered the circulation of goods. By the time the weather turned cooler, it was already half a year later. After a summer of preparations, Britain and the United States had already doubled the capacity of the air corridor.

"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 that the United Kingdom launched 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 U.S. forces in Germany was Curtis LeMay, the main executor of the Tokyo BBQ party. The decision to airlift, which Curtis LeMay strongly supported, concentrated the 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, after Britain first launched airlift,

After receiving feedback from the US military stationed in Germany, Truman decided to join the airlift. He also stated that the US military stationed in Germany should take action as soon as possible. As for the insufficient transportation capacity, air forces from the mainland and the Far East will join in.

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 so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed, "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 the UK with nuclear bombs. But when was that? At that time the Soviet Union did not have nuclear bombs.

Now the Berlin Crisis occurred in 1951, and the Soviet Union already had nuclear weapons. Considering that the Korean War has broken out and MacArthur's rash attitude towards nuclear weapons, Britain is now worried about the United States putting nuclear weapons in the UK.

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? Is this an unnecessary step to increase Britain's value as a Soviet nuclear strike target?

"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 shouldn't try to fool around 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."

"Gerrard, this is a good thing." Alan Wilson wants this kind of bad, which Europeans may think is bad. But Americans and Europeans are different, and McCarthy's move helped solidify his position in the hearts of at least some Americans.

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. The British public opinion is of course mostly positive, focusing on Prime Minister Attlee's rise to the challenge. Britain has the responsibility to protect 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 officials have realized that Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are not players on the same level. But the citizen class has not yet realized this.

In the eyes of British citizens, even if British India is lost, Britain still has nearly 10 million square kilometers of colonies. 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. Britain and the United States signed the Nassau Agreement, and Britain no longer struggled to surrender to the United States.

After six years of recuperation, Prime Minister Attlee, who has always focused on domestic affairs, bravely stood up to support justice. It won support from traditional Labor Party supporters and many compliments from Conservative Party supporters.

It caused shock even in the Kremlin, especially after the Royal Air Force opened the air corridor. This surprised the Kremlin bosses. After all, it is always surprising that honest people suddenly start to fight back.

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 block it or to let it go.

"Then let's take a look. Can the British and Americans afford the demand for more than two million people?"

The end result was laissez-faire. Moscow did not believe that Britain and the United States could support more than two million people through air corridors. Britain and the United States will definitely give in. This is the result of discussions in the Kremlin.

In fact, except for the British mainland, which is already subject to news control, 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 occupied by the Soviet Union. The British, American and French forces in Germany cannot cross the border and open a land passage, right? Not to mention that the United States still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers trapped in the war in the Far East.

However, most European countries still praised Britain's first response to the Berlin Blockade. It is believed that the stance of the United Kingdom, led by Prime Minister Attlee, at a critical moment 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, obviously she had not slept.

"We have to go back before dawn, my dear, do you think this is easy?" Alan Wilson's tone was full of bitterness as he walked forward with 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 in concern, "What does the Berlin crisis have to do with you? You have to come here 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 national affairs, so she stretched out her hands and pressed the man's head into the quilt. It had been a long time since her first visit.

In the central square of Bonn, U.S. Senator McCarthy, who happened to be in Europe for personal matters, delivered what was probably the most important speech in his life to the citizens of Bonn, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Of course Alan Wilson, the knife hunter, was also there, but he was yawning all day long and seemed to be so consumed by the crisis in Berlin 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 United States, Britain and France.

"Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was that I was a Roman citizen. Today, the free world's proudest boast is that I am a Berliner." McCarthy raised his hands in the air, having completely entered a state of selflessness unique to politicians.