Chapter 236 – Drought Warning

Pamela in the state of love appeared a remarkable feature, she currently absolutely did not doubt any word of Alan Wilson, even a punctuation mark, which led her, the daughter of an aristocrat, in this state of love, even if she did not understand a little, but the instructions on the telegram, through the civil servant discourse perfectly presented.

And as a civil servant, the first thing Allen Wilson needs to study is the human heart, envisioned several de Havilland’s reaction, as well as the response, at the moment Allen Wilson may still seem young to deal with some of the official veterans, but to deal with an engineer who is engaged in the technology, it is still not a problem.

Pamela Mountbatten’s meeting with de Havilland was like being remotely instructed by Allen Wilson, undecided in the event of a problem, civil service discourse, and evasive diversion.

The Boeing airliner sketch in Pamela’s hand, and the jet airplane that de Havilland had already begun to design, there are a few differences, de Havilland’s design drawings, the turbine engine is mounted in the wing close to the fuselage, this layout comes from the experience of the layout of the piston engine, which can keep the aerodynamic components of the wing, fuselage and tail clean.

The reliability of early turbojet engines, although substantially improved over piston engines, was limited by the metallurgical technology of the time and was not as high as later. Debris from the failure of high-speed rotating parts of a turbojet engine can jeopardize the structure of an aircraft, as well as unbalance it and cause vibrations, which are enough to cause a catastrophic accident.

The engine buried in the wing made maintenance more difficult. It was later considered a failed design.

“The application of new technology is most valued for its safety, confidence is something that can’t be seen or touched, but once an accident occurs and then improved, it’s too late in time. Now in this era, the technology of many powerful countries is not comparable, how to ensure that efficiency and safety are given equal importance, is a very important thing.” Pamela Mountbatten words outside the meaning is very clear, especially reliable ……

Among Alan Wilson’s telegrams, the issue of metal fatigue was mentioned, a problem that hit the Comet airliner hard at a critical time, causing Boeing to come on board later, resulting in another example of my Great Britain getting up early to catch a late flight.

For example, the Comet airliners were initially built with square portholes, and airliners using pressurized cabins took off and landed so many times that cracks caused by metal fatigue would appear at the corners of the square portholes. Later airliners with rounded portholes or designed with large rounded corners were designed to reduce stress concentrations and increase metal fatigue strength.

All of this stuck in Pamela Mountbatten’s mind and spoke loudly at de Havilland. But the most crucial reason was that Pamela’s identity played a big role.

General Mountbatten’s great name who does not know it, de Havilland itself was knighted for his merits, and is now part of the aristocratic circle, but the identity of General Mountbatten and the identity of General Mountbatten is too far away.

In addition to the identity, let de Havilland valued or Mountbatten because of the identity of the authority brought, de Havilland company is actually still an arms company, through the absorption of Germany’s rocket technology, is the implementation of the British rocket program.

The biggest outlet for arms is undoubtedly the military, and General Mountbatten, again a great nobleman, has become a general in the army. As Mountbatten’s daughter, Pamela was certainly looked at differently.

If someone else had come into his company and told de Havilland to bring money into the group, he would have been thrown out long ago. But General Mountbatten’s daughter was a different story, and there were whispers that General Mountbatten was the favorite to be the next Governor-General of British India when he died.

Reasons such as these led de Havilland to not reject Pamela Mountbatten’s proposal, and even heard that Pamela’s sister was planning a wedding, and expressed a willingness to attend the wedding, as well as hit on the idea of getting to know some of the powerful people.

A mere second generation of power, de Havilland could fool the other side, but if this second generation of power showed ability, it was a different issue.

Soon Pamela told the Master of Micromanipulation, who was ten thousand miles away, by telegram, what had happened.

The return telegram was also quick, and her fiancé’s multi-dimensional, cross-cutting compliments made Pamela as sweet as honey, and she wanted to wait until after her sister’s wedding to follow her father to his post.

British India Viceroy’s residence, flipping through the provincial telegrams Allen Wilson, copied up the phone to let Ender from the secretary’s office come in, and opened his mouth, ”Ender, in the name of the Viceroy’s residence to the whole of India to issue an early warning of the drought, in the tone of non-compulsory advice, reminding the provinces and the states of the land, as well as the two parties of the Congress Party and the PML-N, to pay attention to the signs of the drought of the current year, and the tone of voice should not be too forceful, but to do what the Governor’s Office is supposed to do.”

“Yes, I understand, Assistant.” Ender nodded, “What is the approximate range in terms of the current signs of drought?”

“Ender, the future is unpredictable. The truth is I just don’t know.” Alan Wilson shrugged, “Maybe it will rain in a couple of days, who knows how Mother Earth has organized this year.”

The Viceroyalty of British India has officially issued a warning indicating that the rainy season has been delayed by ten days this year, and that there is a possibility of famine in the subcontinent, and that the Viceroyalty of British India has expressed its concern at the current situation and has already negotiated a solution with the Congress Party and the PML-N, representatives of all parties in the subcontinent, and is vigilant over the current dynamics.

A ten-day delay in the rainy season may not seem like a big deal, but during the busy farming season, those ten days can be deadly. Once the shortage of rainfall reaches a certain level, the disaster expands exponentially with every day that passes.

What does a pond full of green algae look like the day before? The answer is that half of the surface area of this pond is covered with green algae, and after that day, the entire pond is covered with green algae.

It is also like the change of temperature, the temperature of ten degrees below zero seems to have been very low, but in fact, it is completely within the human body’s tolerance range, and after twenty degrees below zero, the temperature was dropped by one degree, all can make a person full of new understanding of the world.

Alan Wilson officially issued a drought warning for the subcontinent from the Governor’s Mansion after a delay of about ten days in the rainy season in previous years. This was a precedent breaker of sorts, showing a completely different attitude than when the Bengal Famine occurred a few years earlier.

Immediately after the proclamation of the drought warning from the Viceroyalty of British India, the Provincial Administrators responded by issuing, in the name of the Provincial Administrators, drought warnings as well as instructions for the work to be done in their provinces to combat the drought.

The tone of bitterness was confined to the proclamation, and as for the PML-N and the Congress Party it was a matter of consultation, absolutely without any semblance of coercion, indicating the present spirit of the Governor-General’s Office of British India to do nothing.

In this way, if the drought fails, you can shift the blame, not the Governor General’s Office did not carry out early warning, but the current two subcontinent of the ground is really not cooperative, delayed the Governor General’s Office of the relief work.

As of now, some places have already experienced water shortages, if the rainy season comes a month late. The subcontinent was doomed to have a bad year this year.

Regarding the Governor’s Office’s biggest drought relief work at the moment, it was after Sir Baron’s permission to keep the Governor’s Office lit up at night, to show to the public that the Governor’s Office was in a busy working state.

Time passed day by day, on the fifth day from the first drought warning, the Governor’s Office once again issued a proclamation stating that it would fight against the drought in the subcontinent, and this time the wording had been much harsher.

The wording was also much more serious, almost with the feeling of a sudden change in the picture overnight, and also through some newspapers began to remind, the residents of some cities in Bombay, Calcutta and Bangalore, that the drought might not be avoided, and that in order to cope with the occurrence of the Great Famine, the Viceroy’s Office might take some initiatives, and that before that time it was hoped that the general public would not be alarmed, and that it would believe in the seriousness of the Viceroy’s Office.

This kind of hope that the general public do not panic announcement, the effect is extremely obvious, originally not much panic of the public, because of this one official announcement, completely into a panic, have flocked to the grain store, a time of the major cities of the grain store became the most crowded place, gossip began to circulate, people are afraid of Bengal famine recurrence.

Who let the Viceroy’s office in all the years when there is a famine, all promote inaction to ignore it, this time suddenly conscience, has been non-violent non-cooperation Indians, but began to panic.

Surprisingly, the British are able to focus on reminding, this time the drought is certainly not to be underestimated, this some of the rush, leading to the major cities of the food prices have risen to varying degrees.

But in reality, the current drought actually only affects a small part of the region, far from serious.

As for the actions of the Governor’s Office and the provinces, they are still focusing on sending out early warning notices, and there are no substantial drought actions. Coincidentally, many administrators have stockpiled a considerable amount of food in their hands.

“Unsurprisingly, from what we know so far, Punjab has been minimally affected, and it’s hard to imagine that a place with little precipitation and a dry climate has an unusually stable climate and has become the breadbasket of the subcontinent.” Alan Wilson held up the Punjab wire report, “But the Punjab is predominantly populated by Pacifists, followed by Sikhs, and not so much by Hindus. The Congress Party has no influence over the breadbasket of the subcontinent.”

“In that case, if this drought spreads over a wide area, the Hindus would have a hard time of it.” Sir Barron frowned hopelessly, “If it is true that the number of deaths has increased due to religious reasons?”

“Oh, would it?” Alan Wilson said with a disbelieving smile, “Won’t this cause several religions to feud? I’m sure the leaders on all sides should look at the big picture.”

“Maybe it will or maybe it won’t.” Sir Barron said without thinking, “What should be reminded, we have already reminded, in response to this drought, there is no hiding anything, and even took the initiative to speak out to guide, next we have to call for unity amongst the various sects.”