After figuring out this layer, Fang Yan also knew why the old Ziano, who was the deputy minister of the navy, came to Germany on behalf of the Italian government. At present, just over half a year after the armed coup d'état, there are still many anti-fascist forces in Italy; Mussolini, who was skilled in scheming, would only reuse party members loyal to him on these key matters, and Ciano Sr. was the only choice to replace Mussolini, who was also foreign minister, to visit abroad. Therefore, for the seemingly absurd perfunctory words of old Chiano, Fang Yan, a time-traveler who has insight into the inside story, is convinced, the other party has no reason to know that he knows these secrets, and it is impossible for the other party to lead him by the nose.

Fang Yan didn't speak in a hurry, but first cast his puzzled gaze on the double-ponytailed girl beside old Ziano who had never spoken; In his opinion, it is quite unreasonable that the old Ciano, who came to Germany with a mission, carried such a drag oil bottle. Seeing Fang Yan turn to look at herself, the delicate girl was not as shy as she imagined, her pair of emerald green eyes just stared at Fang Yan's face, smiling on her face, as if she had found a delicate toy worthy of her own careful appreciation.

"This is my youngest daughter Sylvia, who is self-willed, and if she has to come to Germany with me on a trip after this holiday, I can only take her with me. Since I have a lot of schedules this time, I can also find a little time to spend with her for fun. Seeing that Fang Yan turned his gaze to his side, and there seemed to be doubt on his face, Old Chiano immediately explained. He gently touched the girl's head, his expression was full of tenderness and love, Fang Yan saw it in his eyes, and only felt that the other party seemed to live for this daughter in the second half of his life.

While we were talking, the warm and mellow coffee had been brought by the waiter. The elder Ciano gave the waiter a five-lira bill as a tip, and the latter smiled in surprise and thanked him. Although the value of the Italian lira fluctuates often after leaving the gold standard, sometimes by more than 30%, it is undoubtedly much more popular than the current scrap paper mark. For this ridiculous and sad scene, Fang Yan could only sit in place and watch silently; Once upon a time, Germany behind the Mark was the strongest and most powerful presence on the European continent, and the narrow Italy was just a bug in southern Europe, but now it ......

"This time, France and Belgium brazenly sent troops to your country, the Ruhr, which provoked unanimous condemnation from peace-loving and justice-loving people all over the world; Not only Italy, but also Britain and the United States have demanded that France withdraw its troops from the Ruhr and resolve the current crisis through peaceful dialogue. Under pressure from the international community, France and Belgium will not stay in the Ruhr for much longer, and as soon as they withdraw, it is hoped that the current malignant expansion of your country will be halted. Old Ziano took a sip of the long-tasting sweetness in the cup, and said lightly. He paused, took out a business card with exquisite workmanship from his jacket pocket, and then handed it to Fang Yan: "If my expectations are good, the shipyard to which the little brother Jonas belongs has also easily repaid its debts in this mark devaluation and made a lot of money, right?" My family also owns several companies, and when your country's monetary system returns to normal, we may be able to cooperate in many areas. ”

Fang Yan took the business card handed by the old Ciano and carefully read it through the brilliant afterglow of the sunset; To his surprise, the business card was written in German, and the owner's position in the Italian government was not mentioned, as if he was deliberately avoiding something. After thinking for a moment, Fang Yan suddenly understood in his heart. This close friend of Mussolini's came to Germany this time with no intention of really mediating the Ruhr crisis: first, he had just entered the political arena and was not good at this kind of extremely skillful diplomatic game, and second, because of Italy's limited national strength, it had always only been able to wave the flag and shout on major diplomatic issues in the world, and his arrival was more to show the attitude of the Italian government. In this case, the elder Chiano's focus naturally shifted to business. He himself was a nobleman from the Kingdom of Italy, and his family had a rich family, and this kind of business card written in German was also used by him to make friends with the industrial and commercial giants in Germany!

Although Fang Yan was quite disdainful of Lao Chiano's action of talking about business for himself and taking his family to travel at public expense, for him, Lao Chiano's business attitude was just in line with his objective needs. In Fang Yan's plan for the future of Germany, whether in terms of resources, military strength, or technology, Italy will be an indispensable and important link; And he can use this man with a great background in Italy to turn his ideas into reality.

After the giant ship entered the 20s of the 20th century, a new round of industrial revolution led by the rapid development of the internal combustion engine has replaced traditional coal in many fields with oil as a new energy source. In the military field, which is at the forefront of human science and technology, the importance of oil was vividly reflected in the world war in the 40s. Whether it is warships, airplanes, tanks, trucks, motorized troops, and other large and medium-sized combat equipment, all of them use oil and its refined derivatives as the source power, and it is no exaggeration to say that this black viscous liquid is the blood spring on which a country's body depends.

However, for Germany, which lives in a corner of Central Europe, this internal combustion engine revolution triggered by its own family has plunged itself into an unprecedented abyss. There was hardly any oil to be found in Germany itself, which severely limited its potential in the event of war. On the other hand, Germany, which had already carried out a comprehensive mobilization in 1944, was absolutely suppressed by the Allies in all areas of land, sea, air and space, because the sudden decline in the attendance rate of technical weapons due to fuel shortage was almost decisive, the most typical example of which is the air force. At the end of 1944, Germany produced more than four times as many aircraft as it did in the same period in 1940, but it could use only one-twelfth as much fuel. If the German fighter planes could take to the air without fuel restrictions, the Allies would have to pay a terrible price to maintain their strategic bombing of Germany!

The fuel ratio of the German army and navy is slightly better than that of the air force, but its combat power is also severely constrained in this environment. The weakness of the German army on the battlefield due to the lack of fuel also intensified the strategic bombing of Germany by the Allies, thus creating a disastrous vicious circle. In fact, this is precisely the problem that Fang Yan planned for Germany to win the war by relying on the navy to win the war, and before it can be implemented. In the new era, it is no longer possible for naval ships to use coal as fuel, and the huge advantages of heavy oil boilers in the lightweight body and the all-important floor area miniaturization are the general trend of naval shipbuilding; If the German Navy wants to win, it must at least have oil to get this group of oil tigers out to sea!

Historically, Germany had only two sources of wartime oil: the Ploiesti oil fields in Romania and imports from the Soviet Union. With the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Romania became Germany's only source of oil, and it could only supply Germany's war machine with a maximum of 6 million tons of black lubricant per year. This number seems to be a lot, but when it is diluted to Germany's huge navy, land and air force, as well as domestic chemical production, it is simply an embarrassing situation of too many monks and too little porridge. Although Dr. Bergeus invented the industrial liquefaction of coal in 1926 and Germany established a large coal-to-oil chemical system before the outbreak of World War II, its peak production was only about 15,000 tons per day, and this did not include the heavy oil needed for warships. Therefore, the most direct and effective way to solve Germany's oil shortage is to open up a new source of oil. Fang Yan has taken all the factors into account, and this oil depot is located in Libya, North Africa.

In 1912, Italy seized Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, formerly under the Ottoman Empire, through the Italian-Turkish War, and merged the two into a single colony. After more than a decade of operation, they have established themselves in this land, keeping millions of indigenous people under the terror of bayonets. However, these foodies of the Apennine Peninsula do not seem to have done much meticulous research on the newly conquered land, which was historically a barren and barren land until the eve of World War II. In fact, this land is buried with extremely rich reserves of oil, totaling more than 6 billion tons; According to Fang Yan's memory, Libya's oil is almost all shallow oil that is easy to exploit, which is simply an abandoned treasure trove!

A large-scale exploitation of Libyan oil would greatly improve Germany's oil woes in Central Europe, and would be enough to build up ideal oil reserves before the war, if not fully meet its strong demand. And even after the outbreak of war, the oil fields in Libya are fully capable of being saved. The performance of the Italian Navy in World War II was actually remarkable, and it is not to be confused with the army; With the right technology tree and the right strategy, the Italian Navy was able to defeat the lone British Squadron after the defeat of the French and turn the Mediterranean into their inland lake.

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