Imperial Overlord

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In the port of Liverpool, in front of a store that has been operating flour, a salesperson reluctantly placed a sold out sign on the eye-catching door. .

And the dense crowd standing in line at the door let out a painful groan. These people have been standing from the morning to the present without waiting for what they want to buy.

Before, when they wanted to buy flour, they went to the store and bought it. However, more than a month ago, food had been used as a ration material and began to be supplied in limited quantities.

So after that, people who needed food gave up the effort to go to the store to buy flour and started to find ways to buy such supplies.

Later, local people found that even the limited supply of flour began to be in short supply. At this time, everyone was really nervous and began to think of ways to stock up on something to eat.

Compared with London, the people here have not suffered the ravages of bombing, and they are more or less with the mentality that it has nothing to do with them.

But now, they have to face a dire future in which the lack of shipping supplies will lead to a plummeting standard of living.

"Is there no flour? Just one kilogram is enough! I have children at home, and they can't live without food." A man in a gray coat stood at the door of the store and begged the salesperson.

"Sir! We're really out of stock." The salesperson looked bitter. He wanted flour too, but now he couldn't even meet the supply.

Before the war broke out, he had never imagined that a man like him, who was working at a port supply station, could have such enormous power.

Half a month ago, he was still complacent about being able to bring food and clothing to his family. After all, he can deduct a little bit from the sales, and keep the accumulation for himself...

The unfortunate thing happened yesterday, because the transport ship did not arrive for a long time, and the storage materials at their supply station finally ran out.

Originally, a ship would arrive here today, but it has not arrived until now. Therefore, the supply station can only hang a sold out sign to disperse the team guarding the door.

At this moment, even the poor civilians who have material distribution coupons cannot receive the materials they should get.

In the hearts of people in the war years, what they eat may be their only spiritual support... Now that this support has disappeared, can it really not make people panic?

"I have a coupon in my hand! I have a ration coupon in my hand! You want to give me something to eat! My wife and my child are still hungry!" The man held the ration coupon in his hand and shouted loudly.

For him, the minimum living guarantee provided by the government is his last hope. If he doesn't bring back what he eats today, his family will really go hungry.

Maybe other cities still have food, maybe the rural countryside in England can still be self-sufficient. But here in Liverpool, massive food shortages have begun.

"God! What we want to eat! We have nothing to eat at noon today. Are we going to be hungry for dinner?" An old woman frowned and muttered.

Behind the old woman, a few young men waved the ration coupons in their hands and shouted loudly, "You left all the food for yourself, what should we do?"

In the eyes of these poor people, how could there be such absurd food shortages in such a big city? Someone must have deducted food, it must be so!

Once this kind of thinking spreads in people's hearts, it becomes out of control. The people in the line at the back started shouting, which started to make many people feel ready to move.

When the policemen on both sides who maintained order saw this situation, they knew that they were on duty here today, and it seemed that they might be out of luck.

I heard that there was a large-scale fight in Birmingham yesterday, and they were only strengthened here today...

"Hey! Hey! I said! If you don't believe me, come in and have a look! If you can find flour or other food, you can take it!" The crowd to riot.

He seemed to be very experienced. He held his stomach on his hips, and was a bachelor: "You choose your own people! Find ten or eight to come in with me! I'm still hungry myself, who should I ask for reason?"

I have to say that his shouting really calmed the crowd in front of him. The two policemen breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that they met someone who understood today.

But just when they wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, someone in the opposite crowd began to curse: "The boat didn't come, it must have been transported to Plymouth! This is discrimination! This is to take our food, go to Feed London!"

The shout made everyone suddenly realize - yes! What does it mean to be sunk by the Germans? The sinking of the German submarines can sink several ships. In the end, it might be because the bombing in the south was too bad, and these materials were transported to the south to subsidize the refugees!

Thinking of this, everyone began to scold Churchill and the top. However, there will be no trouble for the time being, and the policeman's heart that has just been suspended has fallen back into his stomach.

There was no food to eat, the crowd was reluctant to disperse for a long time, and there was no guarantee that a boat full of flour would come to the dock in the next second.

If such a ship arrives, but you go home early, you will miss an opportunity to redeem the ration coupons in your hand.

In the port of Liverpool, a material statistics officer standing on the dock has no blood on his face.

Compared with the civilians outside who don't know anything, he knows the truth of the matter. There will indeed be three carriers full of American flour unloading in Liverpool today.

It is precisely because of these three long-established transport ships that three days ago, in order to alleviate the crisis in Birmingham, Liverpool used the grain reserves and transported a lot of flour.

As a result, three transport ships have not arrived yet, and there is a food shortage in Liverpool.

What made the official even more frightened was that if the three ships were not here today, what would he use to appease the angry citizens?

"Why hasn't one of the transport ships arrived today?" The officer frowned and asked the lieutenant colonel who was in charge of the matter in the Liverpool port beside him.

The lieutenant colonel was also embarrassed, and explained: "The news I got is because the arms ships of the t fleet have to be merged and transported together to improve safety... So the entire fleet is a little late."

"Late? Temporarily changed flight schedules are just unreliable." The officer was visibly relieved to hear this explanation.

He believed that the fleet was delayed rather than some other accident. In the previous two months, German submarines had caused more delays in ships than in the past year of British shipping.

Moreover, because the German intelligence force "Shadow" got the British shipping plan, it caused a lot of shipping losses, so the British side was recently forced to change a new **** transportation plan.

The new plan was changed in less than twenty days, using scrambled time and a different route.

Although this plan has effectively reduced losses, the negative impact it can bring is that it has caused chaos in the entire shipping system due to hasty drafting.

Ships have to wait on the east coast of the United States for other escorts, sometimes as long as a day, before they are allowed out.

For the United Kingdom, this is tantamount to wasting a lot of transportation power, and it also reduces the efficiency of its domestic material replenishment to an unprecedented dangerous situation.

"Don't be so optimistic. Although our anti-submarine capabilities are increasing recently, the number of German submarines is also increasing." The lieutenant colonel said depressedly, and said to the officer: "It may be that something really happened."

"Where's the telegram?" the British official asked.

After all, it's not a classified military operation, and the other party has no significant force in the Atlantic Ocean, so the transport fleet does not need to be radio silent~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The fleet did not respond... This is very strange, Because even if they encounter enemy submarines, it is impossible to fail to respond. "When the lieutenant colonel mentioned this matter, he felt uneasy.

"Maybe, they encountered interference, such as wind and waves..." Looking at the rare clear sky in the distance, the material officer tried to convince himself and the other party at the same time.

Because the dispatch of the German fleet was too sudden, the news that the enemy fleet had broken through the blockade of the Denmark Strait had not yet reached everyone.

At least with this level of intelligence, it is impossible to immediately notify a lieutenant colonel in the port of Liverpool, as well as an official who manages supplies.

So the two of them couldn't imagine that the long-awaited t transport fleet not only arrived a few hours later than expected, but was also annihilated by the German fleet on the way.

Of course, at this time, they who didn't know what was born were actually lucky. Because there are still a large group of officials who know what happened, and they are about to be driven crazy by this matter.

Churchill stood at the table at the Naval Command, looking at the huge circle in front of him, really not knowing what to say.

It is estimated that the scope of the opponent's fleet... has not shrunk at all, but has become larger than before...

Because in the vast Atlantic, the German fleet has more directions to choose from, and there are more targets to start.

At this time, British Prime Minister Churchill really wanted to grab Dudley Pound's collar and asked loudly - "What the **** are you kidding me?"

Unfortunately, he knew that it would be useless to ask this question, because at this time Navy Commander Dudley Pound was grabbing the collar of the officer behind him and asking the same question... (Imperial Overlord)