s: The last day of this month, please vote Washington, White House.
The news that Britain and France discovered oil fields in Libya did not keep it secret for long.
They didn't keep it secret for long, and everything that needed to be known was known.
Banazar, the president of the Zentraedi Star Consortium, ran to the White House early this morning.
He excitedly shouted to President Cactus: "Mr.
President, we have received definite news that Britain and France have discovered a large oil field in Libya."
Everyone in the United States knows that the Zentraedi Consortium may not control the largest number of oil fields, but their related technologies are the most advanced in the United States.
Even the Rockefeller Consortium, a long-established conglomerate that made its fortune in oil, has to hold its nose to introduce their technology. and equipment.
The same is naturally true for exploration technology.
No one will forget when they discovered the oil fields in Mexico.
The high-yield oil wells that Zenith Star started with were bought from Rockefeller, because Rockefeller also spent a lot of money drilling wells, but found all the oil wells.
Their experts believed that there could be no oil in that place.
In order not to lose it, they transferred the pieces of land and oil extraction rights to Zenith Star.
As a result, Zenith Star found a large oil well as soon as they took over, which made Rockefeller's face swell.
Therefore, the U.S. government’s plan to find oil to provoke a war in Europe cannot avoid the Zentraedi Group.
Zenith Star Group also participated in the entire process because it had this kind of technology.
Originally, they were looking for an offshore oil field in the North Sea, but Garner was worried that the temptation was not big enough.
After all, offshore oil production technology was not yet perfect at this time.
Of course, he was assuming this based on the level of the United States.
So he wanted to continue looking for an onshore oil field, but not long after, Balnazar brought such exciting news.
Cactus Garner felt that happiness came too suddenly.
He took a few deep breaths to suppress the urge to laugh wildly, and asked eagerly: "Is the news accurate?"
"Very accurate.
You know, we still have some connections in Libya.
This was sent back by our chess piece in Libya.
He participated in the British and French exploration operations throughout the process.
And we also received the same information from another channel, our The intelligence officers bribed BP technicians and obtained their original exploration records," Balnazar said proudly.
As he spoke, he patted the suitcase next to him, pushed it in front of Garner, and said with a smile: "Look, this is it.
You can let the experts verify it again."
"Mr.
Sis, thank you so much.
You have made great contributions to the United States."
Garner held the other party's hand tightly, and his face turned into a smile.
"The North Sea and Libya, these two super large oil fields, will definitely make the Europeans fight."
Banazar said: "Mr.
President, I hope that after the war, our Zenith Star Group will have priority for these two oil fields."
"Of course, Mr.
Sis, this is the reward you deserve."
Garner agreed without hesitation.
Of course he knew that these plutocrats are all useless people who don't get up early, and there is no benefit.
Nothing will happen to you.
"In addition, I hope that the reconstruction project of the West African Railway will also give us the Zenith Star Group.
As you know, our Zenith Star has the most advanced technology.
If we join, the West African Railway will definitely be faster and better Done," Balnazzar continued.
Since the launch of China's broad gauge, all the major powers have expressed concern about it.
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Later, they saw that this broad gauge is really easy to use, so the major powers, especially those on the mainland, also started to use broad gauge.
The first is Germany.
For convenience, they adopt the same 2500 mm gauge as China, so that they can easily connect to the Asia-Europe railway network.
With German intervention, the Allied bloc's younger brothers also adopted this gauge.
Therefore, the countries of the Allied Powers Group were the first countries besides the People's Revolutionary League countries to adopt the 2500 mm gauge.
Then there is the Soviet Union, but they are worried that after the railway is completely merged with the People's Revolutionary Union, it will cause hidden dangers to strategic security.
In addition, this is a revisionist track gauge.
How can the great Soviet follow revisionism?
So the bearded man thought Once opened, a 2550mm rule was established.
Next up is France.
Their opinions are very different.
Some say 2,500 mm is needed to merge with the Asia-Europe Railway.
Some say 2,000 mm is enough.
Others want 3,000 mm for satellite deployment.
Everyone has come up with more than a dozen This plan has been debated in parliament for several years.
In the end, it was decided to use a 2500 mm gauge, mainly to use ready-made designs from China.
Yes, the Gallic Chicken originally wanted to be arrogant and build a brand new track gauge to show the style of a great country, but when they put it all together, they found that the cost of doing so would be too high.
Do you want face or lizi, that is the question.
In the end, their arrogance gave in to reality, because they spent too much money to build the Maginot Line, and the landlords had no food left.
On this issue, the British are actually very entangled.
They are also short of money now.
This is not the time before World War I, when the British Empire was at its peak and had everything it wanted.
After the First World War, there were colonial riots that lasted for more than ten years, and now the cattle have become sick cattle.
Besides, after detailed discussion, their experts believed that there is no such wide railway in Britain, so if transportation capacity is really needed, we can go by sea.
Anyway, Britain is surrounded by sea, and sea transportation is very convenient, and it is not like those mainland countries.
So Britain decided to adopt 2140mm in its own country.
This gauge was the Metropolitan Railway that they had planned before but later discontinued midway.
What is called a 7-foot wide gauge is actually 7 and 14 feet, or about 2,140 millimeters.
However, in the colonies on the continents of Australia, Canada and India, they were left to do whatever they wanted, and the locals did not interfere.
As soon as Australia and Canada combined their efforts, they decided to adopt China's ready-made standard, the 2500 mm rule, which is very convenient.
As for India, it's a mess.
Each autonomous state is doing its own thing, and there is no unified standard.
Finally, there is the United States.
Before the economic crisis, the United States was still the world's largest railway power, with a railway operation history of 420,000 kilometers.
It was not until 1929 that China caught up.
However, these more than 400,000 kilometers of railways are not of the same gauge, ranging from 600 mm gauge to 2800 mm gauge, with more than 20 types.
In fact, this is also a common thing in this era.
Even in the same country, each railway company has its own set of standards.
It would be crazy if they could unify them.
After seeing the benefits of the Chinese-style gauge, the U.S. government is also preparing to reunify the gauge domestically and change it to broad gauge.
But there is a problem here.
At this time, all railroads in the United States are privately owned and do not belong to the state.
Yes, broad gauge is indeed good.
It is of course possible to change the gauge now, but who will pay for it?
Renovating more than 400,000 kilometers of railway is not a small number.
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Over this issue of who will pay, the gentlemen are quarreling in Congress.
The sky is dark and the earth is dark.
They raised this issue in 1916, but they continued to argue from 1916 to 1928.
They argued for more than ten years without any result.
It was not until the economic crisis broke out that many railway companies went bankrupt.
At this time, the U.S. government had the opportunity to acquire these railways at low prices and implement a plan to unify and replace the national track gauge, which was their "Pan American Railway Plan."
This is also one of the achievements of Ghana’s New Deal.
It has to be said that taking advantage of the economic crisis to unify the country's railways is indeed a brilliant idea.
Investing in railways is a huge profit growth point and can also create a large number of jobs.
It is good for the government, consortiums and ordinary people.
In this way Where can I find good things?
They also made many plans for wide gauge.
Originally they wanted to use an eight-foot plan of about 2440 mm.
Later, when they learned that Canada next door directly adopted the 2500 mm gauge, they immediately changed to the same gauge out of some consideration.
Distanced.
Anyway, there is not much difference between 2440 mm and 2500 mm.
China’s existing experience can also be used.
It would take too much effort and time to establish another set of standards.
Many large American conglomerates have expressed support for the government's plan.
You know, if the entire United States changes track gauge, it will cover 400,000 kilometers.
Even if some of the redundant railways will be merged, it will still be at least 300,000 kilometers.
How big of a business is this, not to mention the three states in West Africa?
, there is a blank piece of paper there, it really makes people’s blood boil just thinking about it.
Now the domestic cake in the United States has been divided up by the predators, and the three states in West Africa have not yet started to move.
Now the major financial groups are operating in the White House, and they all want to get more.
The Zenith Star Consortium is no exception, and they also want to share more of the cake.
Garner smiled and said: "Well, the Zenith Star Group is indeed very technologically advanced and you are welcome to join.
However, the specific share still needs to be discussed.
You know, many people are watching now, and one family will definitely not be able to finish it all."
Building railroads is of course a good thing, especially for the United States in the midst of an economic crisis.
However, it is precisely because of the unified track gauge and other increased public expenditures that the U.S. government owes huge debts.
It is impossible to repay this huge sum of money in normal times.
If Europe does not fight, the US government will declare financial bankruptcy in a few years.
Fortunately, now that two giant oil fields have been thrown out, we are not afraid that the Europeans will not give up.
God is indeed blessing the United States, Garner couldn't help but think proudly.
Hanking, Presidential Palace.
"Commanders, the latest information.
Germany and Italy have begun secret preparations for war," Director of the National Intelligence Agency Huo Jinsi said with excitement.
"Currently, the German and Italian navies have stopped taking vacations in the name of joint exercises, and the ships are undergoing maintenance.
The Allied air force is currently gathering troops in Germany and Italy and is dispatching to southern Italy and northern Germany.
Now secret mobilization has begun within the Allies."
Foreign Minister Kafur also said with a smile: "Today Germany claimed that the North Sea is high seas and its sovereignty does not belong to any country.
The private carving up of North Sea oil fields by the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway is intolerable to Germany."
"How did the British react?"
Zhang Lizheng asked.
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"The British claim that this division is based on the principle of extended ownership of the continental shelf, which is reasonable and legal.
Therefore, the North Sea oil fields should be shared by the four countries of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
The implication is that although Germany is also a coastal country on the North Sea, But according to the laws of continental shelf extension, you don’t have a role here, hahahahaha,” Kafur explained with a laugh.
"This is the distribution map of the North Sea oil and gas fields we obtained in the UK.
According to the above distribution, the Germans really have no share."
Huo Jinsi immediately took out a distribution map of the North Sea oil and gas fields and put it on the table for everyone to see.
Sure enough, those oil and gas fields are far away from the German coast and not adjacent to the German continental shelf.
"The Germans are really unlucky.
Look, the nearest oil field is also on the coast of Denmark.
The mustache will definitely not be able to bear it.
It's good, it looks like it's really going to start a fight."
Wen Desi smiled happily.
Zhang Lizheng smiled and said: "Hahaha, it seems that those oil and gas fields have made Germany unable to sit still."
Wen Desi nodded: "There is no other way, just natural gas.
They have plenty of coal anyway, but the Germans are too short of oil.
Their own oil can only meet 12% of their needs.
Even with coal-to-oil technology, It can only satisfy about a quarter.
After all, their coal-to-oil technology is immature, the cost and energy consumption are too high, and it is impossible to produce it on a large scale.”
Kafur continued: "Also, Italy extended an invitation to Britain and France to return the Libyan colonies.
There is no doubt that their request was rejected by Britain and France."
Zhang Lizheng smiled and said: "Of course.
Before this, Britain and France might have agreed out of appeasement policy.
But now that the Libyan oil fields are about to be exploited, not to mention that it is impossible for the British and French governments to agree.
Even if they are willing to agree, those big capitalists It’s impossible to agree.”
It's very obvious, all the intelligence shows.
An unprecedented war is about to break out.
This will be the first war on earth over oil resources.
"In this case, we will wait and see.
Oh, the aircraft engine technology and rocket technology proposed by Germany last time can be sold to them.
Also, the cloud explosive bomb they hope to get can also be sold, but the technology is not available for the time being.
Come on, they can't defeat the Maginot Line without this."
Wen Desi didn't forget to add fuel to the fire.
Some time ago, when Mustache visited China, Wen Desi invited him to watch the People's Liberation Army exercises.
In this exercise, the People's Liberation Army showed how to crack open a turtle shell.
This time they did not use those traditional means, but used an unprecedented new weapon, the cloud explosive bomb.
The seemingly indestructible defensive fortress, in this new bomb In front of him, he was as fragile as tofu.
It's not that the defensive fortress itself was destroyed, but that all the people and weapons and equipment inside were destroyed.
If there are no people left, no matter how strong the fortress is, it will become a decoration.
Sure enough, when Mustache saw it, his eyes immediately lit up.
The French Maginot Line was a thorn in the side of the Germans.
It was a super tortoise shell that could not be chewed through by conventional means unless an extremely high price was paid.
And this price is so high that the Germans find it unbearable.
Because according to the deductions of the German General Staff, in order to open a gap in the Maginot Line, at least 300,000 to 500,000 people and thousands of aircraft must be lost.
In the history of the original time and space, the Germans did not touch the French Maginot Line, but bypassed Belgium.
But the main plane is different.
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The French have connected their defense line directly to the coast of Belgium, and there is no way around it.
If you want to clear the French copy, you must directly eat Maginot, or land on the coast.
As for the landing operation, the Germans have not considered it at all, let alone the North Sea.
Opium Niu is not a fool, and their navy is not a decoration.
Unless they annihilate the British navy again, don't even think about it.
The Mediterranean side is also unlikely.
Whatever the Germans can think of, the French can naturally think of it, because with the Maginot Line, the British are watching the North Sea, and now their focus is on the Mediterranean coast.
The French have deployed 30 divisions on the Mediterranean front line, and have also deployed various permanent fortifications at locations suitable for landing.
Germany's current force projection capability can only send up to three divisions at a time.
Landing from here is not asking for death, isn't it?
No matter how crazy the Germans are, they don't think they can fight ten of them.
The emergence of cloud bombs is undoubtedly another bright spot for the Germans.
Therefore, Mustache was eager to get this kind of thing, but Wen Desi directly refused at the time.
He claimed that this was a weapon that was still being tested.
China did not have the equipment itself, so it was impossible to sell it.
This reaction tickled Mustache, and they had mentioned it several times.
Now Mr.
Wen finally relented.
Soon, German Ambassador to China Taudmann was summoned by Foreign Minister Kafur.
Kafur told him that considering the traditional friendship between China and Germany, China is willing to work with Germany to develop new weapons such as cloud explosive bombs as part of bilateral military cooperation.
In addition, the aircraft engine technology, rocket technology, and high-temperature resistant alloy technology that Germany hopes to obtain can also be transferred.
Tao Deman was overjoyed and quickly notified China to send people over for negotiations.
Mustache was overjoyed when he heard that things had turned around, and quickly sent someone to fly over overnight to discuss it in detail.
Because of President Wen's approval, this negotiation went very smoothly.
A week later, a train loaded with cargo sailed from China to Germany, carrying 3,000 cloud explosive bombs of various specifications, including 300 heavy-duty ground-penetrating bombs specially prepared by Mr.
Wen for Mustache.
At the same time, a train worth real money also sailed from Germany to China.
"It's only 120 tons of gold and 3,000 tons of silver.
I bought so many good things.
It's really cheap."
When receiving this batch of gold and silver, Liu Yang, chairman of the Federation of Finance and Finance, couldn't help but muttered.
Moscow, Kremlin.
After seeing off the German ambassador, Prenyakov pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Comrade Stalin, what do the Germans want to do to actually encourage us to attack Sweden?"
"Hahahaha, they want to attack the French."
Stalin lit his pipe happily and explained to his beloved general with a smile: "They signed a non-aggression agreement with us again this time, just to free up their hands to deal with the Allies."
"What do you mean" "Very well, let's just watch dog eat dog in these capitalist countries.
Sweden, a hateful country, dares to aid the Finnish puppet government against the great Soviet Union.
This is intolerable.
Scandinavia should have intervened long ago.
Red flag," Stalin said with a smile
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