Chapter 42: The Symbol of the Civil Service
With a dull sound, the military plane hovering over Berlin for a long time finally landed, which made the pale-faced Alan Wilson breathe a sigh of relief, he had even made up the scene of the military plane being shot down by the German forces that had not surrendered, or the anti-aircraft artillery of the Soviet Red Army, but it was finally safe.
"Why is your face so ugly?" Ivor had already gotten up, and when he saw the frightened Alan Wilson, he couldn't help but tease, "It seems that we don't take a plane when we go to France, which is just right for you." β
"It's still far from being safe, we all know that air defense and air defense are ten defenses and nine air, and even if the air defense forces are prepared, they will not shoot down more than five percent of the bombers each time, but this does not delay the bomber pilots to live for no more than three months, because the air raid is not a single one." Alan Wilson took a few consecutive breaths to calm down, and secretly sighed that he still had to avoid taking a plane, so he dragged two heavy suitcases off the plane.
Because of the Battle of Berlin, the whole city of Greater Berlin is full of ruins, although some of them have been urgently cleared, but it only plays a better role than nothing, many buildings that look tall seem to fall down with a gentle push, and the shape is like Picasso's abstract paintings that are difficult to understand.
and the British soldiers who greeted Berlin, Alan Wilson and other eight people found a place to rest, and there were barracks of British soldiers around, and safety was not a problem.
"What is the situation in Berlin now?" Alan Wilson asked the commander of the force, who shrugged, "Actually, we've only arrived for a day, and we're not familiar with a lot of things. However, it was very popular, and the inhabitants of Berlin seemed to be frightened by the Soviets. β
"Then we should not sympathize with them, who let them start a war and lose it? The Soviets treated them as they should. Alan Wilson sneered, he himself was a man who lacked sympathy, and he could pretend in Paris, even if France was a suspicious ally, not in Berlin, and in the victorious atmosphere of the end of the war in Europe, at least for a short time, it was politically correct to punish Germany from top to bottom, and as for later, talk about it.
There is a reason why Berliners are afraid of Soviet soldiers, depending on what German soldiers did in the Soviet Union, and it is only natural that the Soviet Red Army attacked Berlin for bloody revenge.
In later generations, some of the German baguettes deliberately blamed the SS for the crime, which was a complete fart. Did all the SS soldiers go to the USSR? With only 200,000 troops capable of fighting, how did they cause more than 10 million civilian casualties in the Soviet Union?
Even if the Soviet Union killed all 20 million Germans in the occupied areas and made them disappear from the world, he would have no problem.
"This is a temporary residence, and we will tell you to move in after we clear the residential area." Alan Wilson was sent to the place, and the British second lieutenant gave a military salute to leave.
"Wait!" Alan Wilson took a box of cigarettes out of his pocket and handed it to the other person as a thank you.
"Thank you so much." The second lieutenant was overjoyed at first sight, and now Berlin was short of supplies, not to mention cigarettes. This gift was really a surprise, and I accepted it with a smile.
The Deutsche Mark is already a piece of waste paper, because order has collapsed, and the banknotes of any country are affected. Now the most valuable thing in Germany is no longer money, but cigarettes, which have long been ruined in Germany, cigarettes do not know where they come from.
A cigarette can ensure that a person can eat enough for a day, and at that time, a large number of male laborers in the country were arrested, and German women were quite worthless, and two cigarettes could be exchanged for a woman.
After a short time, a group of guests were welcomed to the temporary residence, and it was the front-line reporters of the major British newspapers who came to witness the German surrender ceremony, and many of them did not want to miss the historic scene, so they flew from London.
Someone's face became strange as soon as he saw Alan Wilson himself, wasn't this the one who was reprinted by the major newspapers in the country, the diplomat who traded skin and flesh with French women on the streets of Paris? However, although not all of them are in the photo, there are a few naked French women who are in good shape......
"Gentlemen, what's wrong with you?" Unable to stand being stared at by the strange gaze, Alan Wilson asked rhetorically with a stiff face. He didn't know that he had become the most famous civil servant in Britain and had a wide range of people.
The photograph of a woman handing money to a Parisian woman has become a classic image of the civil service of the British Empire.
"It's okay, it's okay. We're just curious about Mr. Allen. One of the reporters wanted to ask how Alan Wilson was frozen by the image of buying spring on the streets of Paris, and whether he was really going to buy spring and was photographed. But after thinking about it, it was not in line with the gentleman's demeanor to ask directly, so I decided to find an opportunity to ask privately in the future.
Many reporters asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs whether there was a specific process, and Alan Wilson said that he was also waiting for the notice.
When asked about the destruction of Berlin by the Soviet Union, Alan Wilson said with a serious face, "At present, the Soviet Union and we are allies, and it is not suitable for a conflict on the surface on such a victorious occasion." As for the destruction of Berlin, I will only say one thing, Hitler was the German FΓΌhrer who was elected by the people, and it was the Germans who supported Hitler in leading them to war, and when the snow-capped mountains collapsed, not a single snowflake was innocent. β
As a diplomat with the right outlook, Alan Wilson made it clear that he could be hypocritical to anyone, but not to the Germans, and that was a matter of principle.
"Revenge for this kind of thing, we in Britain do not retaliate against ordinary people, this is our British gentlemanly demeanor, this is an honorable thing, but if other countries want to vent their anger because of the invasion, it is also understandable." Alan Wilson praised his homeland, and finally emphasized, "There is also a trivial reason that the Soviet Union is not easy to mess with, and justice is a cost." β
The reporters all looked surprised, and agreed that for the sake of the overall situation of the unity between the Allies, they should not look for trouble at this time, and their professional ethics should not allow them to ignore the overall situation at such a grand victory ceremony.
You said that you said that we couldn't afford to mess with the Soviet Union, didn't everyone understand? Don't talk that nonsense......
In the midst of the joy, the reporters from the UK said goodbye one after another, and Alan Wilson also began to open the suitcase, and took the wrong one, and opened the suitcase full of cigarettes. Looking around like a thief, he quickly pushed the suitcase back, and opened another identical suitcase, which contained a lot of things, except for half a box of cigarettes and a change of clothes, and only the documents that he hadn't had time to read.
Work is still important, took out a document that he didn't have time to read from Paris, and opened it, Alan Wilson frowned and muttered, "Yugoslav Fatherland Army, a marginal man in World War II." β