Chapter 842: His Majesty the King wants to see your Prime Minister
On November 25, 1943, as the battle of Cassino and Sicily began to rage, a frost was unprecedented across the United Kingdom.
Many crops and fruit trees in the UK have frozen to death, but the worse thing is that before this frost disaster came, many parts of the UK had a long drought without rain.
As a result, there is a shortage of food and drinking water throughout the UK.
Therefore, for a while, even the king and Churchill were personally trying to save water, and at the same time, the group of transport planes carrying grain rushed from other places was because of the unpredictable weather in Europe, and the north wind was often raging, so it was a high-risk matter for the US military to transport grain planes to the east and west of Britain and other severely affected areas for food relief support.
So no matter how the official propaganda on their proclamation was to tell people not to waste food, that saving food is the most powerful weapon against the German army, no one was willing to accept it with a smile.
For this reason, in those hard days, a kind of pie called Woolton pie gradually became popular.
These Woolton pies are made by mixing vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, flour and onions to make pies. At that time, many people in Britain did not like such vegetarian pies, but in modern society, these vegetarian and nutritious pies are very popular with those who like to maintain their health.
Of course, in addition to these vegetarian foods, there are also many British people who go wild hunting to fill their stomachs.
However, at this moment, Prime Minister Churchill was in an irritable mood, smoking a cigar while watching the casualties of the German army's earlier missile bombardment of the British mainland, and the current frontline battle in Cassino and Sicily.
Of course, regarding the shortage of water and food for the British people, he was also anxious to communicate with President Roosevelt, who was thousands of miles away.
"Damn the Germans! Damn Hitler! ”
"And the damned Scourge, and those damn missiles of Hitler!"
When Churchill looked at the 80,000 people and soldiers killed by Hitler's missile bombardment, and the growing problem of lack of food and water, he couldn't help but lose his temper and cursed one after another.
As for him, there was not a single person around him, not even the secretary beside him.
Because everyone was blasted out of the room by him, waiting outside for his orders.
Because he now needs to calmly read all the battle reports on the front line and the information of natural disasters alone, and then he needs to find ways to solve these headaches.
"It seems that the battle situation on the front line is relatively stable now, so I have to find a way to solve the problems of lack of food and water resources now!"
"It's going to have to be a good communication with President Roosevelt, it's all those damn northerly winds, and if it weren't for these damn bad weather, the food and drinking water I asked for from Roosevelt would have already been delivered to the hardest-hit areas!"
"Damn! Is God going to embarrass us in the British Empire? ”
"Why is it that a natural disaster like this is not in Germany itself, but on a large scale!"
When Churchill read all the information, he suddenly said in a depressed mood.
Then he smoked his cigar even more frantically, and paced up and down the office, his mind quickly thinking of all sorts of flashes of countermeasures.
"It seems that I need to convene an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the solution to this mess, and at the very least, I have to find someone who has a dark nest to bear the responsibility for the natural disaster!"
"For the peace of the people of the Empire, and to quell the riots that are about to stir up!"
In the end, Prime Minister Churchill secretly made up his mind.
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!"
"The king has sent someone to let you enter the palace to meet him!"
At this moment, a secretary general who was outside knocked on the office door quickly, and then reported urgently.
"Hmmm! The king wants to see me? ”
Hearing this, Churchill was puzzled.
"Yes! The personnel he sent are still waiting for you outside the Prime Minister's Palace! ”
"Looking at them, it seems that His Majesty is in a hurry to see you! So instead of calling, he directly dispatched people and drivers to pick you up! ”
The Secretary-General said timidly.
“......”
After hearing this, Churchill had some bad premonitions in his heart, and he frowned deeply and remained silent.