Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1062 Wanderers in the war

  As an important seaport city in the United Kingdom, Liverpool was bombarded by Germany like London during World War II, resulting in a large number of civilian deaths.

During the Dunkirk retreat, all the barges, tugboats, cargo ships, passenger ships, fishing boats, motorboats and even private yachts all over the UK were dispatched. These ship owners knew very well that if they did not bring back adult men from the mainland, the UK would It must be guarded by a group of boy scouts.

  Liverpool, which is well-developed shipping, is of course also on the list of conscripts, but it is mainly in London to accommodate those who have withdrawn. Some stadiums have been requisitioned.

  In addition, there is a group of players from the Bolton Club who are responsible for the retreat of the army.

  The British say that football is a game of life and death for tough guys. They originally fought on the court, but they entered the real war because of the war. Many people’s careers ended and even died in gunfire.

  On April 8, 1939, before the start of a match between the Bolton Wanderers Club vs. Sunderland at Macron Stadium, Bolton Wanderers captain Harry Gosling gave a speech to the 23,000 spectators at the scene.

   "Our country is facing a crisis, but as long as we stay calm, we can overcome the difficulties together. We can no longer think about being alone, everyone must take their own responsibilities."

  And just a month before he said this, the German army under Hitler's command had invaded Czechoslovakia.

  He is not just talking about it. During the Dunkirk retreat, he was among the 17 people responsible for the queen, and he alone destroyed 4 German tanks and retired. Afterwards, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant.

  He is still the captain of the Rangers when the war is not tight, but in the increasingly tight war, football can no longer be his main "job".

After   Dunkirk, Gosling and his comrades participated in the defensive war on the English mainland and also went to the North African battlefield.

  In 1943, the 53rd Corps attacked Italy under the leadership of General Montgomery. At the end of the year, Gosling was hit by shrapnel in the back and died.

  He is the only Rangers player who has not returned alive, but he is not the only player who died in the war.

When the war was over, for the first time standing in a green stadium with no air defense warnings, no bomber screams, and wounded tents, amidst the cheers and applause of the spectators, they continued to play professional leagues. Perhaps only those who have experienced it can understand that feeling. .

  Wartime Prime Minister Churchill believed that football had a positive effect on boosting the morale of the entire country. Therefore, during the war, the England team also organized friendly matches against Scotland and Wales.

  One of the games against Scotland was held in Glasgow. Even though the city was one of the main targets of the German airstrikes, the game attracted as many as 78,000 spectators to watch.

  The charm of football is beyond words. Perhaps the Beatles have left many marks in Liverpool, but in a restaurant near Liverpool’s Chinatown, Pomona heard the diners talking about the game tonight.

Anyone who has got a ticket is trying to find a ticket everywhere. Places such as restaurants and bars are often places where news circulates. Although Pomona doesn’t understand the odds they’re talking about or what the inside information says, but She still finds it very interesting.

  Her lunch is mussels, and Liverpool is also the harbour. Just when the waiter put her order and white wine on the table, a person sat opposite her.

   "Hi, Mrs. Smith." Ma Yujiao of the triad said with a chic smile, and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

   "Hi, Mr. Ma." She said with a polite smile.

   "Are you alone again?" he asked.

   "How about you? Are you alone?"

   "Where have you been, you haven't seen you for a month?"

  "London is a big city, what are you doing in Liverpool?"

"Every time the moon is full, there will be disturbances. The last time was London Chinatown. I am worried that this time it will be Liverpool's turn." He took a puff of cigarette and let out the smoke slowly. "It seems that I guessed it correctly. Things will happen when you see you, don't you watch the Dream of Red Mansions today?"

   "I find the people here are more interesting than books, do you threaten players to kick match-fixes?"

  Ma Yurong laughed.

   "Why do you think so?"

   "I don't know, but it's like a gang thing."

   "Then what do you think you British will do?"

  She suddenly felt that she had opened a bad topic.

"You white people like to conquer, but you don't know how to rule. In 1858, the Indians were forced into an armed rebellion by you. There is a'Happy Palace' there, which is very magnificent. After the red soldiers who suppressed the rebellion entered the palace, I was busy looting the first thing, and then I dropped the exquisite porcelain and mirrors to the ground, and then took them after falling, and then continued to fall, just as they did it for the purpose of listening to the scream, do you think this Is this kind of behavior civilized?"

   "It's the 21st century, Mr. Ma."

"It's the same when white people and Chinese people arrive in the New World together. As long as the white people hear a little bit of trouble, they will leave their jobs and abandon all property rights to pan for gold. The Chinese are not as reckless as you are. We steadily built our own business. I started to be jealous of us. If there were no people like me, you would still have to make an inch. Even this restaurant used to belong to a Chinese-owned shipping company that handled trade between China and the Far East. They also made it for British shipping during World War II. Contribution, but after World War II, the Immigration Bureau repatriated a large number of Chinese seafarers on the grounds of cracking down on opium smoking. It is clear that the opium trade is legally regulated by your country. Why did your country start to crack down again?"

   "I am a wizard and I don't participate in Muggle affairs."

"Liverpool is the earliest immigrants. These people are not as comfortable as the current overseas students. The biggest danger of opium is that it makes people confused, loses judgment, makes people confused, and does not know what is right. We China There is an old saying, "The birds do the best to hide their bows." Those seafarers will be slandered and repatriated if they are not praised, but you have ruined their reputation in order to protect the interests of the shipping companies opened by your compatriots."

   "What do you want from me? Apologize?"

"I have read a comment in the London Pictorial,'We can set up colonies in the most remote places, we can conquer India, we can pay the largest debt in history, we can spread our reputation, our reputation, we are rich Our wealth reaches every inch of the world’s land, but we can’t clean the Thames. The flush toilet is a great invention, but if you live in London in the summer of 1858, the stench will probably torture you so you can’t sleep. , But compared with the sweet smell of opium, that smell is pretty good. This time of werewolf incident is the same as the'Great Stench' incident?"

   "We are working hard to solve it."

  "We do business in the UK. Maybe your country should spend manpower and material resources on ‘cleaning the Thames’ and spend less time and energy on ‘remote areas’.”

  Pomona’s good mood was completely ruined, she even lost her appetite for eating, so she directly put the napkin on the mussel that did not move, then got up and left.

  During World War II, in order to protect the safety of children, they were forced to leave the city and migrate to the countryside.

  London was densely populated at the peak of the industrial revolution. If the feces had enough time to decompose on their own in a sparsely populated situation, the problem would be serious in a crowded city.

In addition to cholera, feces will decompose to produce biogas, which contains hydrogen sulfide, and other toxic gases. Inhalation of these gases can cause burns to the eyes and throat, coughing, difficulty breathing, and water in the lungs. It can cause memory loss, drowsiness, dizziness, and even death.

  Ma Yourong might think she was a civil servant or something, so he complained to her, but he obviously misunderstood.

  After leaving the restaurant, she glanced at the Chinese archway in the distance.

   "It seems that Chinatown will come less in the future."

   She whispered, braving the light rain, and strolling through the damp streets of Liverpool.

  (End of this chapter)