Chapter 126 – Good Things Come in Pairs

The spreading shockwave spread from the center of the explosion to all directions in a sweeping manner, destroying all obstacles, be it houses, trees, or life.

The people who had just raised their heads because of the light were permanently blinded at the first moment, their eyes turned into liquid and flowed out from their empty sockets, and outright death was a blessing at this time.

Then the shockwave with high temperature, began the second round of harvest, in this era of Japan’s predominantly wooden houses, the unstoppable fire, exacerbated the power of the nuclear explosion, Hiroshima has become a piece of hell.

People around the center of the blast, exposed to the direct rays of the fireball vanished into thin air, leaving only the so-called atomic shadow. They were lucky compared to the people further away, who at least died painlessly.

Those who did not die outright only received greater pain, their bodies suffering severe burns.

And the houses of the inhabitants burst into flames, melting even the tiles, granite, and glass. Many exposed pedestrians were reduced to ashes, and the iron bento boxes they carried with them were twisted beyond recognition.

As the shockwave spread, the city of Hiroshima had been leveled to the ground, collapsed houses and deadly fires causing secondary injuries to these wounded, all of which Colonel Tibbs could not know, for him it was just an important mission, only this time the bombs dropped were a little more powerful.

But for the Japanese residents of Hiroshima, as the first application of nuclear bombs in the middle of a real war, the destructive power will be remembered by the survivors for the rest of their lives, if they manage to survive.

Noticing the sudden cessation of broadcasts from Hiroshima Station, the Japan Broadcasting Association’s control operator in Tokyo tried unsuccessfully to re-establish the signal on another telephone line. About twenty minutes and minutes later, the Tokyo Railway Telegraph Center discovered that the area in which the telegraph had ceased to work was confined to the northern part of Hiroshima.

Unofficial and confusing reports came in from a number of small railroad stations within the city, indicating that a terrible explosion had occurred in Hiroshima. These reports were all sent to the Imperial Japanese Army Staff Headquarters.

The military base made several attempts to contact the Army control station in Hiroshima, but received no response. Officers at the staff headquarters were puzzled because, according to their understanding, there was no large-scale air attack on Japan at that time and Hiroshima did not have such a large amount of munitions stored.

The Imperial Headquarters immediately sent a man to Hiroshima to investigate, and about three hours into the flight he and the pilot saw a huge cloud created by the explosion.

The remains of Hiroshima’s soldiers and civilians were being burned. When the plane arrived over the city, their minds were filled with questions. They saw the city still burning and a thick cloud of smoke covering the entire area. They landed in the southern part of the city and the officer reported back to Tokyo and immediately began organizing a rescue operation.

“Everything living is completely burned, and the whole city is in the midst of a heat wave that defies description.” That’s how a telegram sent to Army Staff Headquarters described the scene on the ground in Hiroshima.

Faced with the fire and radiation, the surviving Japanese fled to the river for shelter, but it was ordinary fire there, but a new type of weapon beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and the water could not put a stop to such flames, and the deaths still continued, and finally so much so that the river was also filled with bodies floating in the river.

President Truman, who had been waiting for news, learned of the success of the mission and the confirmation of the Japanese intelligence intercepted by the Allied eavesdropping department, immediately could not wait to hold a press conference at the White House, saying cheerfully, “Just now, the United States of America used a new type of weapon never before seen into the war, first of all, we would like to thank God’s blessing. This weapon, costing two billion dollars, will deter the forces of evil from ever having the thought of starting a war.”

President Truman is excited, the power of the nuclear bomb in actual combat has been confirmed from the tragic situation in Hiroshima, no longer only exists in the test site of the theoretical data, now the United States has the nuclear bomb as the bottom card, in the world can be said, no longer need to accommodate other countries, the Soviet Union or even the United Kingdom, can not stop the United States to lead the world.

“If Japan does not accept our terms, they may expect a devastating rainstorm to fall from the air, a sight never before seen on Earth. Sea and ground forces will follow the air attack, they have not seen such volume and energy, and they have clearly understood our ability to fight.”

Truman’s aggressive speech was immediately recorded by the major media reporters gathered at the White House in the White House and quickly spread around the world.

Alan Wilson, who was working like a hard-working bee, also saw the huge news of Japan being nuked in the newspapers that followed, which even delayed his good mood for afternoon tea for a long time before he sighed helplessly.

“Isn’t that a good thing, Liaison Officer?” Mark asked with some curiosity when he saw Alan Wilson’s expression of disbelief.

“I don’t care how many people die in Japan, they are the enemy anyway. The point is that a nuclear bomb can not only threaten Japan, it can likewise be used to threaten any country, including but not limited to the so-called allies.” Alan Wilson looked at his work aide in the British Occupied Territories, hoping that the other man would understand what he meant.

This was something he was sure Prime Minister Adderley could also understand, otherwise he wouldn’t have secretly invested huge sums of money in developing Britain’s own nuclear weapons even when the local economy itself was not doing well.

This kind of weapon is better than having it yourself, otherwise the United States should have honored its previous commitment to share nuclear weapons with the United Kingdom, instead of going back on its word and turning Churchill into a joke.

“It won’t happen, will it? We’re allies!” Mark didn’t dare to use too much of an affirmative tone, “In saying that at the moment there is no conflict between the UK and the US, the US has no reason to threaten us.”

“When you negotiate with the Americans, they have nukes and we don’t, the end result is that we concede more.” Alan Wilson looked straight into Mark’s eyes and shrugged, “America is nothing more than a rebellious son who misses his own father’s legacy.”

Now one could only hope that Prime Minister Adderley, whose illusions had been poked and prodded by Truman long ago, would quickly push the Alloy Tube program into gear after the Hiroshima nuclear bombing, and ideally everything would go well the sooner the better.

The British Occupation Trade Commission has been put to work in the British Occupation Zone, Allen Wilson can understand that these civil servants sent here, will have a rare opportunity to exercise.

British-occupied areas are now similar to the colonies, do a good job a great job, if really can not bring the British-occupied areas of the economy back to the right track, will not be blamed by the domestic, who let the conditions here is really too bad it.

Because the basic conditions are here, the probability of civil servants coming to the British-occupied territories being penalized is very low, but there is the benefit of enhancing their resumes, so many people are eager to come to Germany to work. Mentally, they saw this work experience as a stepping stone!

In other words, those who came were all strong soldiers, and they all belonged to the same category as Alan Wilson, who wanted to get ahead too much in his heart.

Is hesitating to immediately start the dung in the gold rush trip, or first receive the raw materials of British India in the middle of the consideration, Ali Khan’s British steward Alim, through the telegraph contacted him.

Allen Wilson directly decided, first go to Hamburg, to settle the matter of Hamburg, and then walk through the Ruhr area dung in the gold rush.

“Mark, get in touch with the Military Council side and find out how many owners of German businesses are among the prisoners.” Alan Wilson greeted the little horse boy over and handed the other party a task.

He himself immediately borrowed a military vehicle and headed to Hamburg, while mentally grumbling to himself that he was simply busier than the Prime Minister.

Right now he then had to deal with the Yugoslavian refugees, and Mihajlovic had already led his own men, contacted the Croats and Slovenes, and set off again from Bavaria, ready to move from one victory to another.

It wasn’t that he connoted Mihailovic; going to Rhodesia was better than facing Tito’s iron fist, right?

As for Mikhailovich’s comment that he hated to kill back and fight Tito to the death. He does not think that the leader of the Fatherland Army is the opponent of the heavenly descending fierce man.

However, after the African continent, it is possible that Mikhailovich, the leader of the bandits who was finally killed, will be transformed into a heavenly warrior in another environment.

“The Maharajah is very pleased with Commissioner Allen’s performance at the Potsdam Conference, I didn’t expect Commissioner Allen to be so young, but he has already made a name for himself at such a major international conference, and it’s true that talent is talent wherever it goes.”

Just met, Alim butler came up with a meal of rainbow farts, this Allen Wilson is to listen, his own role in the Potsdam Conference, simply an underground worker, even if it is not the top top secret bar on the earth, but also not a South Asian soil state maharajah can know.

Can reach out not to hit the smiling face of the people, Alan Wilson see through not to say through, the same to express their own miss Ali Khan, “Now Germany is a piece of wind and water, depending on who is here first to find the value of it. With my longstanding relationship with Hyderabad, I will never let Maharaja Ali Khan down.”

Opening his mouth was also a lie, Allen Wilson had gone from New Delhi to Hyderabad to take up his post and finally had to go back to Europe, and in between he had only stayed in Hyderabad for a period of three months, the long standing friendship was absolutely a fart.

“Commissioner Allen, the tobacco factory freighter you asked for reported safe and sound by telegraph through the Suez Canal as it was crossing the Suez Canal, and I believe it won’t be long before it comes to arrive in Germany.” Arim tapped his head with an apologetic look as if he regretted not starting with the news and informed Alan Wilson of the good news.

“Oh God, that’s great news.” Allen Wilson said with a raised eyebrow, “I hope the trade between British Occupation and British India is off to a good start.” The big speech was made with total disregard for the fact that the machinery had been dismantled.

The moody little bee carried on its merry bustle, and within a couple of days the news that the U.S. had succeeded in dropping the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki again came back to the U.S., and at the end of the World War, managed to come up with a good thing.