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After all, the storm surge has only passed for a few days, and the Netherlands still has a large area of ​​land soaked in sea water.

"At present, it seems that after this storm surge, the citizens of the East End have reached a new high in support for the current government. They have also accepted the London reconstruction plan. According to the survey of the Ministry of Reconstruction, there is little resistance from public opinion."

"The most important thing is that the United Kingdom is still in a state of emergency, and the Labor Party in Congress is also dominant. It is indeed rare in politics that all conditions are in place!" Norman Brooke agreed after hearing this, "The citizens of the East End are more inclined to the Labor Party. , if this reconstruction plan is successful, it is estimated that the Labor Party will become the most stable vote base for a long time."

"We consider matters beyond party interests, and only consider whether it is good for the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson said this, took out a stack of documents, and pulled out a sheet from it, "This is the disaster relief supplies issued. I communicated with the Ministry of the Navy, and General Mountbatten used to manage the naval logistics, hoarding a large amount of logistics materials needed by the navy, many of which were made in Malaya, and this time it can be distributed.”

"The Admiralty? That's right, you should know everything about the Admiralty." Norman Brook couldn't help laughing, "The place Admiral Mountbatten managed really has no secrets from you."

Unintentionally, when Mountbatten was transferred to the Fourth Sea Lord, his position was clearly in the logistics field.Of course, the Great British Dragon Aotian cannot be based on common sense. In the end, Mountbatten experienced the feeling of the First Sea Lord in advance, and he took care of everything.

As for the logistics of his job, Mountbatten also worked hard to fill the logistics of the Royal Navy Reserve with a quota of 15 people. This time the storm surge came in handy.

This time, the intrusion of seawater did not spread to the urban area. In fact, there were not many affected citizens, enough to supply the logistics warehouse of 15 reserve troops, and a little out was enough to meet the demand.

At this moment, the Ministry of National Defense is working with the Ministry of Reconstruction to distribute these materials to the more affected blocks in the Eastern District.

"About this reconstruction plan, I decided to take responsibility for it by division. Generally speaking, as an overseas commissioner, you cannot always pay attention to the reconstruction project in London. However, I heard from Barron that you have formulated a large-scale construction project in British India. plan." When Alan Wilson wanted to explain, Norman Brook signaled to be calm, "I know which major construction plan was not implemented because of the Partition of India and Pakistan, and this is not your reason."

"This is my luck. If it is not divided, the British India of 400 million square kilometers must be very disobedient now." Alan Wilson opened his mouth to explain his views.

Norman Brook picked up the phone, "Operator, call William Penney, Burke Trend, Armstrong, Lawrence, Frank, and Douglas to Whitehall No. 70."

Norman Brook is all big names in Whitehall today. In addition to the ambassador to the United States, Burke Trend and Armstrong are both senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, and Frank is the Secretary-General of the Trade Council.

It can be said that it is not an official, but a government scientist William Penney. Of course, he is a zoologist first.

The reason why he can become a member of the chief scientific adviser is that Norman Brook believes that William Penney can only provide some general scientific advice to the prime minister and the government.

To put it simply, among scientists, William Penney, a zoologist, is more in line with the basic principles of laymen managing experts.

But this time the London reconstruction project after the smog incident just needs such a zoologist to endorse the plan formulated by Whitehall from an environmental point of view.

"After the smog incident, the government has decided to start the reconstruction plan. Although we immediately encountered a storm surge. But this successful resistance has greatly encouraged the citizens of London." Norman Brook changed the topic, "especially On the premise that the Netherlands is submerged in seawater."

Although it may be detrimental to the unity of the free world to say it, the basic truth is so true.

Instead of focusing on Holland, Norman Brooke said to several Whitehall officials who were rated as promising, "My idea is to advance the district. The smog incident and storm surge are both affected by the East End. The biggest loss. People in the Eastern District are also looking forward to the government's decision."

"Each of you is responsible for a district. Burke Trend is responsible for the West End, Armstrong, you are responsible for the North End, the South West is for Lawrence, Frank Southeast, and for Douglas, you coordinate the work of your colleagues from the center. The Central District is small. , but there are also many historical buildings, and the workload is not so small.”

Since the outbreak of the smog incident in early December, Alan Wilson and his daughter returned to London for a full moon. Now another month has passed, and the freighter carrying cement and steel from Malaya has set off.

The London reconstruction plan, which the Cabinet Office is responsible for advancing and the Cabinet is responsible for supporting, was finally officially launched at this time.

At this time, the United Kingdom did not forget to let the British troops stationed in Germany help the Netherlands with disaster relief, to show the mercy of the top students.

The most important work in the field of diplomacy at present is to evaluate the just sworn in US President Eisenhower.After all, the special relationship between Britain and the United States is so important.

For the president who was born in the military, will he intensify the conflict between the two groups, or will he take some other measures.At present, the British Foreign Office is still quite uncertain.

Alan Wilson, who is temporarily in charge of the reconstruction work, has been working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is very normal to formulate policies toward the United States with his colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He even received a telegram from McCarthy after the storm surge.The connection between the two has never been broken!

"Because President Eisenhower is a soldier, the possibility of intensifying conflicts is smaller. Compared with the Democratic Party, the Republican Party itself is very restrained in its foreign policy." Alan Wilson said to Sir Ismay, "We only need to Think about who came up with the expansion slogan of Manifest Destiny, and which party was in power in the United States during World War I and World War II, and you can easily judge this point.”

"Eisenhower is of German origin. Wouldn't he adopt a drastic response to the ongoing Berlin crisis?"

"It seems that the Rhine Camp was built by Eisenhower." Allen Wilson said to the colleague who raised objections, "We cannot estimate how many prisoners of war died abnormally, but the more German they are, the more he will avoid suspicion."

Allen Wilson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today is considered to be the person who knows the Rhine Camp best, because he once checked, who asked him to return to Europe for a short time in [-] to work?He's been dreaming of grabbing some American braids!Prepare for the Nassau Accords, which may or may not occur.

It was also for this reason that he investigated the massacres of the Korean War, all for the British to accumulate some leverage.Of course, whether these bargaining chips are useful depends on how much imperial heritage Britain can leave.

Sir Ismay nodded, and seemed to be inclined to his own opinion. Alan Wilson added again, "We also need to know that the Republican leader Taft is an isolationist through and through. Now the influence of the Taft family is in the The Republican Party is still going strong."

Eisenhower ran for President of the United States.During the period, he told the isolationist Taft that he would withdraw as long as Taft was willing to pledge support for NATO, but Taft refused.

After leaving office, he opposed the moon landing plan, believing that wasting money has no benefits.Opposes the missile defense program, arguing that immaturity hampers offensive power.

In addition to knowing that Alan Wilson knew that the president struck hard at Britain and France during the Suez Canal War.He couldn't think of any other major international events related to Eisenhower, raising the number of nuclear bombs from [-] to [-]?In fact, the impact on other countries is limited.

After the discussion this time, Ismay will send the evaluation document to Foreign Secretary Morrison.It is believed that the new president of the United States may be interested in maintaining the current situation to a certain extent.

As for Alan Wilson, taking a break from his daily work hours to send telegrams to Bonn, Paris, Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, he was used to the norm.

Alan Wilson was delighted that substitute Heidi Lamarr had arrived in London, such was the life of the Nakadoka.

"I also received a telegram from Los Angeles. The crew has already brought the scheduled actors to Europe." Heidi Lamarr squinted at Alan Wilson and said.

"What script?" Alan Wilson asked stupidly after listening to the endless words.

"Temporarily set as Roman Holiday, the leading actress is Hepburn." Heidi Lamarr asked meaningfully, "Are you happy now? Or anxious? Or both?"

"Eh!" Stretching out his hand and scratching his scalp, Alan Wilson had a troubled expression on his face. He really has two moods now.

Chapter 700 Hepburn is back

"People can't be too greedy!" Alan Wilson sighed, but what's the point of living if a man doesn't care about politics?Compared with these two points, smoking and drinking are minor problems.

Some mistakes cannot be made. For example, in front of a woman, you must never mention another woman too much.

"Your little brother, I'm so lucky to be with you in this life." Heidi Lama, who was fiddling with the tools of the crime, glanced at the man, "I'm really getting bolder, the beautiful legend of Sicily is still editing, so I'm in such a hurry urged me to come over."

"I'm worthless, and I've only pursued so much in my life." Alan Wilson gave Heidi Lamarr a knowing look, and swore, "But I promise, I'm absolutely sincere to you, the biggest May Hisaishi make you happy all your life."

What he said was absolutely sincere, even a movie queen would not be able to tell the truth from it.Besides, Heidi Rama has always played the role of a vase. This time, she has shown her utmost sincerity to the movie The Legend of Sicily.

While hot with Heidi Lamarr, Alan Wilson, who was played once by the Dragoons, is already avoiding talking about work in front of any women.

Furthermore, Heidi Lamarr has a criminal record and once defected from Germany to the free world.It is not impossible to leak his current job to the United States.

Especially now that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working out the impact on the new president, Eisenhower, on the United Kingdom and the United States.

In fact, in terms of domestic affairs, Allen Wilson remembered that American industry would reach its peak during Eisenhower's tenure.This is due to the increase in demand brought about by the large-scale infrastructure construction implemented during Eisenhower's tenure.

He was also the last president of the United States who still took infrastructure construction seriously. Since then, the United States has started to run towards the unfortunate thing that Marx said, "capital has no way to engage in material production, and it is unwilling to engage in material production. It always wants a faster, easier way to make money."

The United States has entered a bottleneck since the 60s and is struggling, except for the impact of the Vietnam War.There is also the question of whether to continue industrial investment or to take the financial route.

Finally, in the 80s, Reagan made a choice and chose the route of financialization.It is impossible for a country to be both a financial center and a world factory.The smaller the population, the more difficult it is to have both.

Britain once faced this problem. In fact, during the Cold War, the Labor Party has always wanted to ensure that it has a certain strength of industry, and at the same time it wants to be a financial center.The proposed response plan is a wave of nationalization, using the state to cover the industry, and at the same time shaping London's status as a financial center.

Finally, during the period of Mrs Thatcher, who was at the same time as Reagan, Britain also gave up its domestic industry.It is much easier to be a financial center. In the past, there were so many links in industrial production, material technology, and marketing. The workers would make troubles from time to time. This capitalist industry is really tiring.Well now I just need to create complex and confusing trading rules that are beneficial to me, wait for leeks to come, and use the hegemony of the US dollar to cut off the country and the world, and cut the longs and shorts. Wouldn’t it be beautiful?

In the UK now, Alan Wilson is also helping the local financialization in a certain sense. It is doomed not to last long if you eat at both ends. Some industries do not have any profits. After nationalization, forcibly retaining them will only make the hole bigger and bigger.

Now that the transfer is started, it can still be guaranteed to be under the control of the London government. When it comes to the day when capitalists vote with their feet, the UK will not be able to control what is transferred and what is not transferred. Once it starts, it will be like the sea wall in the Netherlands this time. , a thousand miles away.

"Six factories in 130 are on the transfer list, and there are supporting factories related to machinery, automobiles and shipbuilding. Seven factories in 220 must be kept!" Alan Wilson brought the investigation report of the East District to the No. 70 cabinet in Whitehall office.

He came back from thousands of miles, originally to go back to the mainland to dig a corner. Britain has one foot in the [-]th century and the other in the Victorian era, which is as funny as the later generations of the United States having Silicon Valley and Black Lives Matter at the same time.

"Will it cause unemployment?" Norman Brook frowned slightly. "The population in the Eastern District is poor. Transfer one-third of the factories?"

"Dear sir, industrial upgrading is a matter of time." Alan Wilson shook his head helplessly, "but at present, the reconstruction plan itself can absorb a batch of labor force, and the reconstruction plan will be completed in three to five years. No one thinks of those If you can’t get rich, you can only bring a burden to the country.”

Alan Wilson thinks that if it is not possible, we can only develop the tertiary industry, which is not completely without advantages.

The biggest advantage is that there will be no such bad things as overproduction in the service industry. If you open a restaurant, will you have to feed the people who eat?Or is it necessary to shave off the client's scalp when getting a haircut?

There will be no such thing as overcapacity in an industry where people serve people. In the United States in later generations, the problem is not caused by the service industry, but the industry is almost transferred, leaving almost only the service industry.

A country like Germany that retains its industrial strength has no problem supporting the country with the service industry.

It is nothing more than a moderate problem. The United States started by transferring industries to Japan, then South Korea, and then Southeast Asia.

Although Allen Wilson said the hype, Norman Brook did not directly agree to it, but still had to conduct an assessment. The transfer of the industry must comply with the basic principles, high pollution and low profit.

Alan Wilson thinks this standard is no problem, isn't everything from easy to difficult?Some transfers are good. No matter how many countries want to be transferred, there is no chance. For example, the powerful country in the 21st century racked its brains to prove to the Sleeping King that I am one of our people, and no one is more reliable than me.

A powerful country always wants to pay a small price and get a big gain.This is very unappreciative!If you can cover the Himalayas and hit hard, one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers will be killed, and a dozen or two million square kilometers of land will be lost to express your sincerity.

Under this kind of unresolvable feud, Washington will definitely feel sincerity, and the old fairy still can't get rid of it.

As for whether the financial industry in the hands of the United States can support 5000 million people, Alan Wilson does not know. He knows how the UK is doing, and there are only [-] million people. The combination of high-end manufacturing and financial industries is more stressful than Americans doing the same. much smaller.

If it doesn't work, you can still immigrate. Australia has a population of less than 1000 million. You can also be a receiver, so that the unemployed people in the UK can start a new life in another place.

After careful consideration, in general, the risk of industrial transfer is preventable and controllable, especially with the help of Australia.

Although many countries will abandon the manufacturing industry due to industrial upgrading, it is not the only way. From the perspective of Germany not only not giving up but even expanding its own manufacturing field, there is no contradiction between the development of the manufacturing industry and becoming and maintaining the status of a developed country.It does not mean that developed countries must abandon manufacturing, or even low-end manufacturing.

Norman Brook left an assessment report, saying that he would hand it over to the cabinet in the near future, and asked Alan Wilson to complete the reconstruction of the East End first, "Alan, I have always been very optimistic about you, and today this may be the only one I have with you. There is not much consensus on Edward. I asked you to retain the post of Malaya Commissioner and handle the reconstruction of the Eastern District at the same time, so that you can consider the issue from multiple perspectives. After all, the cabinet secretary has a lot of work and is not limited to a certain field. You do you know?"

Alan Wilson accurately received this wave of chicken blood, and immediately felt that he had endless strength. Now it is okay for someone to ask him to go to the East District to work as a construction worker himself.

"Does this mean that this reconstruction is an exam?" Alan Wilson thought as he walked out of the Cabinet Office.

The other candidates in charge of the reconstruction are all very powerful officials in Whitehall at present.Of course, he is not dissatisfied with being able to perform on the same stage with these young heroes who are generally around 40 years old.

His age is not only not an advantage in today's Whitehall, but it is also a disadvantage.But if Norman Brooke had been a cabinet secretary for ten years, Alan Wilson would have been in all favorable conditions at that time.

In fact, this is also the thinking of Burke Trend and others. Now everyone is wary of each other, and already feels that the opponent who will lead Whitehall in the future is among the candidates called by Norman Brook this time.

It's just that Alan Wilson has nothing to pay attention to. Who will pay attention to an overseas commissioner whose file age is only 29 years old?On the contrary, the remaining people are all in their golden age of forty or so, and are on a competitive track.

Now people, including Burke Trend, feel that Alan Wilson's role should be, "I thought he was here to assist me!"

When everyone was preparing for the warmer weather to start the reconstruction project, Audrey Hepburn looked out of the window on the flight back and forth between North America and Europe. After spending a year in the United States, there seemed to be some things that made her very distressed. Variety.

Up to now, she still doesn't know how to face this piece of land. The plane landed from the Paris airport, and soon she was picked up by a special car sent by Woodpecker Films.

"That little actor is back!" Heidi Lamarr, who had just finished speaking with Ellen Wilson, revealed the fact that Audrey Hepburn had returned to Europe to the man.

"Oh, it means that you and Ingrid's company have another project." Alan Wilson said pretending to be calm, "Maybe your company will become a representative of European movies in the future."

"Maybe, but that's not what I'm asking about." Heidi Lamarr raised her chin slightly, her phoenix eyes turned bright and said, "Aren't you thinking about going to Paris recently? There are plenty of excuses!"

Chapter 7 and One: Stalin is critically ill

"This matter needs to be carefully considered. I haven't figured out how to deal with it yet." Alan Wilson showed a cautious and brave side. Although he is currently in charge of the reconstruction of the East End of London and has this space to meet Audrey Hepburn, but It is always right to do more preparations.

The difference from the past is that he is married now. Heidi Lamarr and others are easy to talk about, but it would be too wishful thinking to think that Hepburn didn't care.

"Oh, you're shrinking? If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I couldn't believe my eyes." Heidi Lamarr was surprised, "It seems that you really like this little actor?"

"There are some things she still can't understand." Alan Wilson stopped the topic at this point, unwilling to say any more.

These women of equal status to their wives, with the exception of Greta Garbo, have all been married multiple times.Now we all know that marriage and love are not necessarily related.Greta Garbo is still a stay-at-home girl who can stay away for years!

Hepburn was still a young girl who had just entered the film industry, and she must have had a lot of ideas about marriage.

Of course, Allen Wilson could use the incident of the attack on the prisoner-of-war camp in Malaya as an excuse to stabilize Hepburn first.But whether this excuse is solid is still unknown.

As an overseas commissioner, it is very normal for Alan Wilson to carry a pistol on his body.This is also the standard equipment of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, the Webley revolver.

The most famous thing about the Webley revolver is that the owner who wears it complains that this gun can't hit people at all.

There is a saying in the British Army that goes "If you can shoot a target at fifty yards with a damn Webley revolver, I promise you can shoot a target at eight hundred yards with a Lee-Enfield rifle."

This sentence is comparable to the one commenting on the MiG. No MiG fighter can fly to the middle of the Dnieper River.

Alan Wilson believed that this kind of sidearm could only be used for suicide. He found Lord Sheffield and asked him to find a friend to remove the firing pin.

"Alan, you can change to a better gun when you work overseas!" Maggins couldn't help grinning when he saw the Webley revolver. Obviously, he also knew this British Empire standard equipment with many slots.

"God knows when we can replace this kind of pistol. I came to you to ask you to help me remove the firing pin." Alan Wilson said straight to the point, "Isn't this embarrassing for you?"

"It's not difficult at all. I know a few experienced workers." Maggins agreed, but said in a strange way, "It's just your request, I don't understand it. If you don't like it, just don't use it."

"Not being robbed and having guns don't have to be two concepts, otherwise Britain would not have developed nuclear weapons." Alan Wilson shook his glass and said, "The thing about Turing last time was also thanks to your help."

"You're welcome, everyone helps each other." Makins said with a smile, "By the way, the second ship is going to be launched in two days. For the current London citizens, it is a good occasion to boost morale."

"HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier? This is really good news!" Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, so if the problem is not a big problem, when Crown Prince Elizabeth's coronation ceremony is held, there will be two ships with modern aircraft carriers in the review ceremony. A heavy aircraft carrier with all elements appeared on the parade.

Alan Wilson is a materialist, but since the death of King George VI, there has been smog and storm surges in London, it is hard not to remind people of the saying that when a country is about to perish, there will be evil.Even Lafayette Daqing can encounter some good news!

After a few drinks, the two separated. Alan Wilson and Turing met. Heidi Lamarr's frequency hopping patent was actually researched by Turing, and he asked about the feasibility of the progress.

The situation of working during the day and working at night continued, after the double blow of the London smog incident and the storm surge.

On March [-]st, the launching ceremony of the Malta-class aircraft carrier, which has now been officially named the second ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, and the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, has a very important symbolic significance.

In March [-], the two heavy-duty aircraft carriers, which had been under construction during the war, finally stepped off the slipway.At this time, it can be regarded as avoiding the fate of stillbirth in history.

At the same time, the No. [-] ship of the Midway-class aircraft carrier, the USS Midway, entered service in [-], and has been galloping in the ocean for eight years now. The British aircraft carrier of the same class is only late.

"It's not too late for a good meal, as long as you can come." Alan Wilson, who is not serious, also found a good seat early, with a camera hanging around his neck, showing how much he attaches importance to his hobby of photography.

Now I also have a heavy aircraft carrier in my hand. Taking a step back, I can’t fool people with Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter jets. The British breakthrough in the field of vertical take-off and landing is commendable, but if there is no heavy aircraft carrier There is no need for such a fighter with many problems to maintain face.

It is not that the UK has no experience in manufacturing large fighter jets, and the engine problems that plague other countries do not exist for the UK.In this world, the United States is the only one that can pick and choose against the United Kingdom in aero engines.Even the Soviet Union is not qualified to say that the British engine is not good.