While waiting for Speer's arrival, Chen Yanlong was still thinking about another thing, that is, the most fatal weakness of the German army, that is, the lack of fuel. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

According to later historical records: in the last years of peace before the war---- in 1938, Germany needed a total of 7,500,000 tons of oil; Only about a third of this is produced by Germany's own oil refineries, and the other 5,000,000 tons are imported from the United States, Commissioner Nerella and Iran.

After the outbreak of the war in September 1939, its oil imports were blocked by the British and American allies from the sea, and the imported oil was suddenly reduced by half; In 1940, only 2,075,000 tons of oil were shipped into Germany, and the rest of the shortfall had to be solved by the European continent.

For example, about 1,000,000 tons were imported from Romania and 619,600 tons from the Soviet Union; But after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war; Since then, the import channel from the Soviet Union has been abolished, and the United States, which has always supported the Soviet Union, naturally banned the import of oil to Germany.

Of course, even so, Germany is still not in a desperate situation immediately, and Germany's oil reserves before the Soviet-German war were still good; The conquest of European countries seized large quantities of oil reserves in these countries, especially the capture of France, where the Germans obtained 250,000 tons of high-quality aviation fuel.

At the same time, Germany also suppressed domestic civilian fuel consumption, and in the event of a blitzkrieg in Europe; The Germans were supplied by train and mule-drawn to the front, which was also a good way to save fuel.

But even so, in 1940, the German army launched a blitzkrieg in Western Europe to consume 12 million barrels of oil, which of course was only three days of oil production in the United States.

But for the German army, it was a very painful attrition, and the worst thing was that Italy, a small partner, had been losing since it entered the war, and it was also blocked by the Anglo-American Allies at sea, so if Germany wanted to continue the war; Then Italy, the oil bottle, will definitely have to get a piece of the pie from Germany's oil reserves.

And the war has been fought in 1943, and the reserves of the German army have also been depleted, and the main source of German oil at this time is Romania.

German imports of oil from Romania increased from 150,000 tons in June 1941 to more than 400,000 tons in August.

However, contrary to what people know, although Romania is an ally of Germany, it is not the 'cow' of the Germans, when the sharp increase in exports threatens domestic oil consumption, Romania's oil exports have also begun to be reduced, from the original more than 400,000 tons, has been reduced to more than 200,000 tons, and with the continuous defeat of the German army in the war in 1943, Romania has been cut even more, directly providing only 100,000 tons.

As for the issue of oil, although Chen Yanlong can use the exchange system to make exchanges.

But if there were more ways to get oil, he would like it.

Because he now has no energy points in his hands, and even if there is; He also had to exchange a lot of weapons and equipment to increase the strength of the German army.

And with the pitiful energy points he can collect now, I'm afraid that he hasn't been able to exchange enough oil for industrial capacity first; and the war of attrition of the Soviet, American, and British allies with strong resource capabilities, and the planes and tanks that were given were no fuel to use.

Although there is oil in Libya and Iraq, far water cannot save the near fire, and it is not a German-occupied area, and the most important thing is that Germany is now facing a war on two fronts, and it is still in the process of retreat, so how can Chen Yanlong send troops there to get oil.

Even the oil of Denmark and Norway, I am afraid that Chen Yanlong has no way to send troops to occupy and exploit it in the past; As for Africa, which has been driven out by the Anglo-American allies, it is even more hopeless, and can only sigh with joy.

However, it is rumored that there were also oil fields in the territory of Germany in later generations, and it is said that there are 44 oil fields in all of Germany.

In the later generations, RWE (i.e. TWE Rheinland) was able to achieve an average daily production of 33,000 tons in the oil field of Bavaria, Germany.

The French gas company has also begun to exploit the site south of Berlin, but in fact the northern part of Germany is the richest in terms of oil.

For example, the northern state of Lower Saxony produces 1.2 million tonnes of oil per year, while Schleswig-Holstein produces around 2.2 million tonnes per year. Almost two-thirds of the oil produced by the German TÜV Rheinland Group comes from the shallows off the coast of North Germany.

Derek of the Rheinland Group? "Most of the oil produced in Germany comes from the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's largest oil field," Merscher said. This oil field is operated by our company, and our annual oil production is about 2 million tons. ”

However, the well, which was built in 1980 and is 2,000 meters deep, will not be mined out soon.

Derek? "We expect another 30 million to 35 million tonnes of oil to be extracted from existing fields," Mersher said. But there may be some small oil deposits in the surrounding area of this field, with reserves of around 14 million tons. Around the North Sea oil platform, five new reconnaissance drilling wells are already in operation. But TÜV Rheinland is also actively looking for more oil layers on land. For example, in Lower Saxony, there is an area of about 150 square kilometres north of Giffern and about 400 square kilometres in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Plun. ”

Drilling like this is not only expensive, but also uncertain, with only 40% success in Germany.

Drilling alone can cost nearly 30 million euros, in addition to the tens of millions of euros that the German Rheinland Group typically spends on seismic surveys.

As a result of new extraction techniques, there is also a need to consider a re-valuation of existing oil reserves. It is estimated that at least 560 million tonnes of oil are still buried in the ground in Germany, which so far have been too difficult to exploit.

Derek of the Rheinland Group? "We would also like to emphasize that every tonne of oil produced in Germany reduces its dependence on imported oil and also increases the security of German oil supply," Merscher said. But this is only to a limited extent, as only 4% of Germany's oil needs are met by locally mined oil.

Peter Terium, President and CEO of RWE, and Manfred Ander, Chairman of the Supervisory Board? Schneider agreed.

"It seems that if I want to solve the oil problem, I will have to exchange new oil extraction equipment from the exchange system; And I would like to meet the Rheinland Group, which was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Essen, North Rhine-Wester, Germany; In 2010, the group had revenues of 50.72 billion euros, operating revenues of 7.681 billion euros, profits of 3.308 billion euros, total assets of 93.08 billion euros, total share capital of 17.42 billion euros, and a total of 70,860 employees. ”

From thinking about the shortage of oil to the problem of oil exploitation in Germany, Chen Yanlong suddenly came from his later memories; woke up and made up his mind to use German oil; to temporarily solve the problem of oil shortage, while muttering to himself.

At this time, Speer had already arrived at the Berlin Chancellery, and after the communication of the guards and the approval of Chen Yanlong; He entered the Prime Minister's Palace, and not long after, he knocked on Chen Yanlong's door.