Chapter 501 – Cannonballing Hollywood

By the Krishna River, the dark yellow water flooded out, and the bushes along the river sank into the water, dutifully seized by death. Soldiers unable to break free of their encirclement stared into the yellow water. The eyes were stiff and motionless, as if both eyes were pinned to their faces.

Being one of the numbered great rivers of South India, the Krishna side, even if not as wide as the Ganges, was not something that could be traversed by a single person getting into the water; the so-called good watermen were a minority amongst any group of people.

After days of fighting, the Hyderabad privateers finally scored a landmark victory.

Not all British officials in India have been evacuated, the plan to replace British officials with Indian officials was followed step by step and there are still British officials from the British India period, currently serving in the Indian government.

With the presence of this group of people, although from the beginning of the war for a period of time, all people are not clear about the situation, but after the beginning of the confusion, all people have a general understanding of the current situation.

Relying on the presence of these British officials, although it is not very convenient, Alan Wilson still, after serious concern, clear the situation in the Indian subcontinent.

With sunrise the whole of Calcutta gradually awoke. A nest of mole crickets began to stir, Peter Morgan thought, bland and dull, terrified, afraid of God, and miserable.

It was already seven in the morning. Yet there was a dusky morning light. The cloud hips in the sky stagnated and covered Calcutta, and although the hardware of this longtime center of British India, the first major city in eastern India, was still perfect, after the Indo-Pakistani Partition Capital and the religious vendetta, only he, the vice-consul, knew in his heart of hearts that this major city, one of the few in the subcontinent, was fading from its vitality.

The morning sky of the city took on a sickly appearance, making the white men, unaccustomed to the climate of Calcutta, wake up looking white and pale. Peter Morgan was at that moment looking at himself in front of a mirror.

To the consulate Peter Morgan began to run, he is not a member of that famous family in the United States after all, and stay in India only for the still good treatment, the road, a few women are sprinkling water on all sides, dry dust through the water, wet, sticking to the ground, emitting the smell of urine.

He had come from Lahore, where he had stayed for a year and a half as vice-consul, and then, because of an incident, had been transferred out of Lahore, and the diplomatic authorities in Calcutta had considered that a headache of an arrangement. He is here waiting for the re-arrangement. However, the delay seems to be quite troublesome.

Let him continue to wait in Calcutta. His office work was some sort of organizing and sorting, the very thing arranged for an official in his situation. The residence where he stayed was reserved for officials who were waiting to be transferred in Calcutta.

The biggest change was the end of British India, and other officials had found a way back than he, who was still waiting, and so after several changes Peter Morgan became one of the very few British officials to remain in India.

“Contact the Los Angeles Consulate and inform them that the negotiations between New Delhi and the Portuguese Viceroyalty have failed. The attack on Hyderabad did not go well either, and as things stand the situation is in a stalemate.”

Patel’s purpose in entering Goa was to persuade Portugal that it should not be hostile to India and that it should give up the colony and leave the country.

This is the Portuguese can never agree, from the beginning of India’s independence, Goa’s status is similar to Xiangjiang, become a big country next to the European control of the bridge, this kind of almost exclusive position, of course, the Portuguese will not give up.

Docked in the port of Goa’s two large battleships, as well as the territory of the air force base to give the Portuguese bottom, and Goa’s Viceroyalty heard a small news, the country is ready to buy an aircraft carrier from London, but also to join the Indian Ocean fleet.

How long had it been since the Portuguese Navy had a fleet of this size? The Portuguese on the subcontinent had almost forgotten.

London naturally would not consider, and how Salazar called for scrimping and saving, tapping internal potential to take out such an aircraft carrier, and anyway, as long as he lived, he would fight to the end in defense of Portugal’s overseas territories.

At the UN General Assembly, India’s ambassador to the UN has already protested, accusing the Portuguese of being a remnant of colonialism, of occupying Goa and not leaving it, as well as holding military exercises while India is settling its internal affairs, a gross violation of India’s internal affairs.

The earnestness of the words was so empathetic that the aide next to Alexander Cadogan whispered, “Ambassador, how do we take a stand.”

“We should side with India in terms of traditional friendship, but the traditional friendship with the Portuguese cannot be harmed. We certainly sympathize with the feelings of the Indians, but from a legal point of view what the Portuguese are doing in their own overseas territories is also not to be blamed, it is good that we should give respect to the Indians, but it is just as important to maintain the unity of the European countries.”

Alexander Cadogan looked at his aide and mused for a moment, “The Salazar government is talking to the country about the Giant class aircraft carriers, any stance we take here could hurt our friends, and that would be very difficult.”

Regarding the accusations made by the Indian representative, the Portuguese also made a reasoned rebuttal, stating that the Mughal Empire didn’t even exist when Goa was in the hands of the Portuguese, and had even less to do with the present Indian government, “It is wishful thinking that certain independent countries believe that they have the right to inherit all the colonies of the suzerain state in the region. Even if the suzerain state left all the land to the independent states, it would not be appreciated.”

As soon as the Portuguese ambassador’s words fell, several ambassadors from several countries, including the French ambassador, gently tapped the table to express their support, and the atmosphere of this assembly became scorched.

“There’s going to be another fight!” Alexander Cadogan looked vaguely in the direction of the Soviet ambassador and made a judgment in his mind.

Not all countries in Europe had caught the colonization wave, and many Eastern European countries had not benefited from it and naturally did not want to be slammed by colonialism along with it, not to mention that these Eastern European countries were under the influence of the Soviet Union.

Unsurprisingly, the most frequent situation since the founding of the United Nations has once again arisen, with Eastern and Western European countries once again squabbling over the issue of colonization.

Also unsurprisingly, the American ambassador to the UN, as usual, was engaging in a policy of obfuscation on the issue, unwilling to stand beside his vocal ally.

Allen Wilson, who had a hard time getting his head around the Indian situation, was unaware of another daily outburst at the United Nations. Knowing wouldn’t have been an opinion; the organization basically can’t do much under normal circumstances.

“There are too many people, each with a set of sayings to get anything done.” Alan Wilson grunted and laughed, “It’s still India’s level of organization on military operations that’s so poor. If you can only take out tens of thousands of people in a military operation, how can you fight? Look at their northern neighbor, that size, what kind of weapons not to mention, quantity is sometimes quality.”

“Alan, look at my belly, it’s moving inside.” Vivienne tapped her belly with her finger and greeted the criminals as they observed the scene of the crime.

“It’s a very energetic little one.” Alan Wilson gave a kiss to the belly of the Great British Treasure, full of reminiscence, “It’s so comforting, I’m going to have a baby soon.”

Alan Wilson itself in an unmarried state, as for the other children Fei Wenli did not know its existence, directly in front of Fei Wenli show a handful of first-time father’s joy.

Alan Wilson and because the situation in India clear mood better, of course, he knew that New Delhi can not always tolerate the existence of a country within a country, will also look for an opportunity to Hyderabad to do, but this time did not succeed on the guarantee of a few years of stability, even if only a year it?

It’s all about war, look at East Asia in look at South Asia, East Asia has almost finished the entire subcontinent in six months. This side of South Asia took the same amount of time to compare and contrast in Kashmir, and eventually saw the difference.

Maybe the whole country has been liberated, Hyderabad is still alive and well, this is all a matter of possibility.

Turn on the TV, which happens to be filled with his friend McCarthy, who is questioning Reagan, the invited president of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild, performing a double act.

Reagan at this point in time, although harboring progressive intentions, but itself in front of McCarthy, a senator is still not enough to see. The main character was, of course, McCarthy himself, and the future President of the United States could only play a supporting role.

McCarthy aggressively questioned Hollywood about the cultural aggression of pro-Soviet elements against American citizens.

Reagan, on the other hand, embodied the qualities of a professional actor, changing the subject and looking the other way, portraying himself as the underdog on the one hand, while also showing his weakness on the subject.

“Mr. Ronald, you can’t take a defensive attitude just because of a personal friendship, knowing that this matter is extremely important to the United States.” McCarthy cried out righteously, “We have to guard this free country, and any weakness will be exploited by our enemies.”

“Isn’t that a bit too drastic, Honorable Senator, the people who make the art may just be on the idealistic side and not recognize the dangers themselves.” Reagan stepped back and defended Hollywood, “It may be that there is no sense of alertness to these dangers, but there is absolutely no desire to subvert the great United States of America.”

“Thank you, Mr. Ronald.” McCarthy spoke to the cloud of reporters, “I don’t mind being the villain, because I can’t sit back and watch the country in danger and do nothing. Some dangerous ideas have become embedded in what was once America’s pride, Hollywood, and that is a very dangerous fact.”

Snap! In front of the TV, Alan Wilson applauded with a look of admiration, proud of McCarthy’s determination to defend American interests.