Chapter 130: Mercedes-Benz

The radio continued to fulfill its duty, playing the Emperor of Japan’s reading of the Imperial edict of the end of the war, “I am deeply in view of the world situation and the present state of the Empire, and wish to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation, I hereby inform you and your subjects that I have ordered the Imperial Government to notify the U.S.A., the U.K., China, and the Soviet Union that it is willing to accept its joint proclamation …… ”

Snap! Can be Allen Wilson this keyboard warrior angry, did not hesitate to count a valuable item in Germany at this time to turn off the radio, this is not Bushido ah, should be the local duel, 100 million jade.

Once Japan surrendered, the U.S. has the energy to point the finger at Europe again! As the liaison officer’s assistant Mark entered the Hugel villa, was to see his boss tense face, staring at the radio cross-eyed.

Compared to the Americas, which were in the midst of a frenzy, the European side’s reaction was much more subdued, with London having no particular impression of the far east and only publishing official articles.

As for the British civil servants and the military in the British-occupied territories, who were already at work, they had no time to react to the Japanese surrender. The resumption of work was more difficult than had been imagined.

“Liaison Officer, it’s a telegram from the Under-Secretary.” Mark held the telegram out in bewilderment, wondering why his superior was like this, and if he had seen Alan Wilson’s reaction to the Japanese surrender, he would probably have been even more puzzled.

“Tim’s telegram?” Alan Wilson asked rhetorically, seeing Mark nodding his head and picking it up, it was a telegram from Tim Brand, Deputy Secretary General of the British Occupation Zone, complaining about the inventory and assessment of the British Occupation Zone, and of course a few other things, as well as the temporary difficulties.

The main difficulty is the lack of manpower, in fact, the British Occupied Territories have been considered the least difficult occupation of manpower. For Field Marshal Montgomery, quickly released the captured German soldiers and built up a force to assist the British occupation forces.

The prisoners of the French Occupation were in France for post-war reconstruction, while those of the American Occupation were held inside the Rhine camps.

But even so, more than the vast ruins of war, the first thing that had occurred in Germany, which had already suffered demographic damage, was a shortage of labor, and this, as the most important part of Germany, the British-occupied zone was not an exception.

Germany’s population ratio was already out of proportion, which was the main reason for the introduction of Turks into the Federal Republic of Germany after the war.

But the introduction of foreign labor, which the FRG’s government could do, could not be done by Britain instead of Germany. If Britain did so, in the future, if Germany had a conflict with its local citizens because of foreign immigrants, Britain would become a punching bag for the Germans.

That’s why when the refugees from Mihailovich arrived in the British-occupied territories before, none of the high-ranking officials in the British-occupied territories thought of keeping these refugees, and neither did Allen Wilson.

“The difficulty in manpower is only temporary, in fact, I believe that the Under-Secretary-General actually has a solution, which is to mobilize German women to participate in the labor force to supplement the shortage of male labor. Sending me a telegram is just out of courtesy for me to agree.” Alan Wilson read the telegram and replied, “Of course I agree, men and women are equal, as if I heard a saying when I was in Xiangjiang, women can hold up half the sky.”

“So Liaison Officer? I’ll just call the Undersecretary back.” Mark understood what Alan Wilson meant and said? “Actually keeping those Yugoslavs? It would alleviate the labor shortage, and it just so happens that there are a lot of men among those refugees.”

“We as foreigners can’t propose such a hated solution. Of course if the Germans themselves want to eat shit, we can applaud and watch the fun from the side again.” Alan Wilson shook his head slightly and said? “I’m sure German women can do a good job of rebuilding after the war? Germanic women are tall and not at all inferior to men.”

The surrender of Japan did not idle Allen Wilson for even a minute? at Villa Hugel, who was still in the mindset of being outwardly calm and collected, but inwardly panicked as hell? Waiting for an answer from the previous German business representatives.

Waiting in the process? Sending telegrams became his most frequent business, and many of them were re-sent with the previous telegrams re-sent in a different phrase, especially those sent to New Delhi.

Sir Barron was reminded not to forget about the Isthmus of Krakatau and the Japanese prisoners of war. At last Villa Hugel welcomed the first company representative who had gone and returned? Schuyler, a representative of Mercedes Benz, was the first to return.

Alan Wilson was overjoyed? Immediately met with this first company representative who was the first to take the crab, and if he was not representing the occupying power, he would have wanted to open his mouth first to ask Mercedes-Benz how it was considering the matter.

“Mr. Wilhelm Giesel asked me to represent him? s gratitude for Mr. Allen’s efforts to save German companies.” Schuler waited for a while after sitting down and spoke, “I also brought a very nice gift, the railroads have not yet been restored and the roads are in bad condition, I believe that it must be very hard for Liaison Officer Allen to run around in the Ruhr area, and most importantly wasting time is shameful, so this is a gift that you must like very much, I don’t know if Mr. Allen can come out with me to take a look at it. ”

Wilhelm Giesel was the chairman of the board of directors of Mercedes Benz, former chairman to be exact, and luckily for him than the head of the Krupp family, Mercedes Benz, which made military trucks, wasn’t as conspicuous as the Krupp family, and hadn’t been taken into custody as of yet.

Offering a bribe? Ready to give away a car? Alan Wilson’s spirit lifted a bit, but just a car? It didn’t seem like much, and spoke up, “That’s not good, is it? I can ride in a military vehicle.”

“Liaison Officer Allen? Just come out and see for yourself.” Schuyler had gotten an insight into the greed of this British liaison officer, in fact all British civil servants in the British Occupied Territories were currently greedy, it was just a matter of how much or how little.

William Giselle had already been channeled to find out if Allen Wilson, who had stepped in to negotiate with the German companies, was worth showing goodwill or not, and prompted by equally greedy British civil servants, Mercedes-Benz had learned that Allen Wilson, belonged to a very promising investment.

Deeply respected by the current British civil service chiefs, now make the pull together is logical.

Led Alan Wilson out of the villa, came outside on the lawn, Schuler directly uncovered the canvas, a in 1945 can be called luxury Mercedes-Benz sedan, appeared in front of Alan Wilson.

This sedan is full of muscular beauty, and different from the sedan of later generations, the body is the ultimate pure black, very eye-catching. At first glance, it was a rare and precious product.

And Schuler’s words even more confirmed Allen Wilson’s conjecture, “I don’t know if Liaison Officer Allen has heard of the Mercedes Benz 770K bulletproof car?”

“I’ve heard of it, this this ……” Allen Wilson rare stuttering up, pointing at the sedan in front of him but his mouth can not keep up with the brain, in the middle of the second period of time he has heard of Mercedes-Benz 770K bulletproof car’s fame, Hitler as a Mercedes-Benz company’s loyal fans, Beer Hall Riot Jailed Hitler, prison letters abbreviated in the biggest wish, is to have a Mercedes-Benz sedan of their own.

This wish was realized after he became Chancellor of Germany, due to the love of Hitler, Mercedes-Benz is very proud of this, and created an exclusive car for Hitler himself-770K.

“Oh, I didn’t realize Liaison Officer Allen knew so much about Germany, I think I probably understand why you were in charge of supporting German businesses in the British Occupied Territories.” Schuler said this with a twist of words and said, “Unfortunately, the Mercedes Benz 770K bulletproof car, a total of only seventeen were produced and given to the high ranking German officials and foreign heads of state at the time, and there should still be one in Moscow right now. We no longer have it in our hands.”

“What you have in front of you is a Mercedes-Benz 770K2 bulletproof car, of which a total of eighty-eight were produced. Equipped with the same engine and mechanical supercharging, it puts out two hundred and thirty horsepower at three thousand two hundred RPMs, and is otherwise configured the same as the Mercedes-Benz 770K bulletproof car, with bulletproof steel plates on the inside walls of the doors, special steel wire-woven bulletproof rubber sheeting in the tires, and a couple of pocket pistols that can be kept in the dark inside the car for protection.”

Schuler spoke eloquently, “Even for this type of sedan, there is only one left in Mercedes-Benz now. And with the production line at a standstill, there won’t be a successor. I don’t know if this gift is liked by Liaison Officer Allen.”

“This gift is too expensive.” Alan Wilson withdrew his longing gaze and refused in an unfaltering tone.

The unfaltering refusal was the firm refusal, Schuyler took Allen Wilson’s performance in his stride and changed his tone to say, “Now it’s just a trophy, there’s a car in the hands of the U.S. Army that was Hitler’s own car, and now it’s used as a substitute for the car as well, it’s not even that big of a deal.”

“So!” Alan Wilson swallowed a mouthful of spit, if properly preserved, it must not be worth a thousand or eight million dollars in a few decades? This is not a car, it is also almost a pile of gold.

“This is Mercedes Benz, a private gift to the representatives of the occupied territories, to show Mercedes Benz’s determination to cooperate with the UK to revive the German economy, Mr. Allen don’t misunderstand.” Schuyler spoke from the side and opened the car door, tsked under his breath, “This is also to manifest the Anglo-German friendship.”

You can give it to the Queen for demonstrating Anglo-German friendship, can’t you? Giving it to Alan Wilson would be a bribe, but Alan Wilson, who was already occupied by greed in his mind, easily accepted Mercedes-Benz’s good intentions, and he did need a means of transportation as he was running around the Ruhr for the British Empire.

“I know in my heart that Mercedes-Benz is very willing to participate in the post-war reconstruction!” Alan Wilson curbed his greed and inquired what Schuyler’s purpose was, “You can just kick it out if you have any difficulties.”

“With such an understanding liaison officer in the British occupied zone, I believe Germany’s economy will recover immediately.” Schuyler started with a small compliment, then said, “Mercedes wants to resume its automobile production business.”

“It can’t be done.” Allen Wilson gave a dry refusal despite the bribe, then turned his words around, “Things have to be done one step at a time, any hasty moves will backfire.”

Oh? Schuler frowned, and heard Allen Wilson say, “Business has to be restored slowly, it can start with automobile repairs, if Mercedes Benz can give the British Occupation Forces’ military vehicles the convenience of repairs, I believe that the day of restoring the business isn’t that far away, start from the basics.”