The ambassador soon came, first listened to Briand's frustration and reprimand, and then asked René to repeat the request just now, the ambassador nodded in a good manner, while saying that he was sorry for causing so much trouble to the esteemed Prime Minister, and said that he would immediately contact the country to find out the problem, and asked him to be given five days. Briand felt that the attitude of the Italians was not bad, and half of his anger was gone, so he took the initiative to add 2 more days, giving the ambassador 7 days to investigate—after all, it was far away in North Africa.

In fact, the truth of the matter became known after the ambassador returned to the embassy, and when he went to be reprimanded just now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent him a telegram. Contini went straight to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first explaining the specifics and then asking them to buy as much time as possible.

How much time do you get? Strive for the pipeline breakthrough time, and the pipeline will be able to produce oil in another 5 days.

This is of course a strict violation of the legal procedures of the country, and Contini, who is only the president of the coalition group, cannot interfere with the normal functioning of the government, even if he is the secretary general of the fascist group and has the title of parliamentarian. Even if he is treated as a government official, he should not dictate to the diplomatic system. However, it is probably only the rigid Germans who will abide by this dogma, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will never care whether Contini has command authority anyway, they only know that the leader has given orders to cooperate with the president as much as possible.

That's enough with this phrase!

Italy is the world of the leader now, and it will be the world of the president in the future, and no one can offend the president. Besides, the president did not make very excessive demands, only said that it would be delayed for a few days, and told them the truth - the Italian Army did not have troops to cross the border, it was the self-defense of the oil guards, which was a corporate act, and the government was inconvenient to interfere...... That's enough!

The ambassador understood and did not talk about the country, and said bluntly, "Understood!" ”

Hurry up!

Prompted by this slogan, the final phase of the pipeline construction was in desperate demand, and Contini sprinkled twice his salary, worked around the clock, and finally connected all the pipelines on the night of the fourth day. On the 5th day, with Thoth's order, the crude oil pumped out from the oil wells entered the pipeline, and the dark crude oil bubbled into the oil pipe, and ran continuously along the pressure in the direction of Tripoli - of course, it will take some time to reach the exit, the crude oil is not water after all, the liquidity is not so good, and some secondary pressurization is required in the middle.

But to Contini and Toth's relief, the quality of the tubing work is not bad, and there are very few infiltration points along the way, even if there are ones, they will be repaired quickly.

"President, what are you going to do next? The French won't rest on their laurels! "I'm worried that they're going to hit or even shut down the oil ......fields soon," said Toth, worried.

"It's very likely, so I'm prepared." Contini pointed to the person behind him who was filming the film and taking the photo, "Look, this is the reinforcement I brought here." ”

"Reinforcements? Troops? Toth was a little surprised, "I can't see it......"

"You'll understand, doctor, your specialty lies in organizing production and completing projects, and it's not your specialty to engage in conspiracy research and countermeasures, just watch it." Contini smiled confidently, "Don't all the workers be evacuated for the time being, leave some for emergency repairs." ”

On the evening of October 31, the Italian ambassador made an official reply to René and Briand: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Your Excellency the Minister, after in-depth communication and careful investigation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military of the country, and the request for verification by the Governor of Libya, Mr. Truz, the reply is as follows: The Royal Italian Army has never crossed the border between Libya and Algeria, let alone carried out the military mission as you mentioned......"

René suppressed his anger: "According to you, you mean that the French government is deceiving itself?" ”

"I didn't say that, Your Excellency." The ambassador smiled slightly, "In order to prevent omissions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also contacted the office of the United Group in Libya, and the other party said that a group of Algerian militants did come to the oil field to cause trouble, but they had been expelled and eliminated by the oil guards, and the situation had already happened once some time ago, because the Algerian Governor's Office said that they did not have enough troops to suppress it, so the United Group could only send additional security forces......

Briand and René looked at each other, indicating that this explanation might be true: the Italian army was busy clearing out the Libyan guerrillas, and how could they take care of Algeria's affairs? Maybe it was the daring oil guards who did it. What's more, didn't people also say it: the governor's palace said that the troops were insufficient and there was nothing they could help, so they had to go up by themselves.

"How many oil guards are there now?"

"I don't know much about this, there are always 1 or 2 thousand people, right?"

"There are so many people?" Brian was startled.

"Your Excellency, the area of the oil field area is not small, and the allocation of 1-2 thousand people is less than 1 person per ten square kilometers." The ambassador shrugged, "What do you think would happen if there was only one policeman within 10 square kilometers of Paris?" ”

was robbed by the other party, and Brian's face immediately couldn't hang up, but the ambassador's words were also right, which made it impossible to refute. In fact, there is a clear change of concept here, how many people are there in 10 square kilometers of Paris? How many people are there in Algeria?

"Also, the government of the country believes that since this is a matter of enterprises, it should be treated with caution, and our government is also very concerned about protecting the legitimate rights and interests of its own enterprises, and we do not want to see the relevant issues complicated and politicized......" After explaining this, the ambassador's task has come to an end for the time being - he knows that the follow-up will definitely not be over, and now it depends on how the president will take over, to be honest, he is also very interested.

"What do you think about this?"

René muttered for a long time: "The tribal armed attack on the oil field is indeed a fact, and the news media have reported it, so it is reasonable for the other party to respond like this, but reasonable does not mean that the United Group can do anything wrong, let alone the whole thing, I tend to think that the whole thing was done by the oil guards, but it is a bit hasty to directly deduct the crime in the past, I think it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive investigation of this incident and give a convincing conclusion." ”

"And then?"

"On the grounds of violating the safety of the lives and property of the Algerian tribal people and indiscriminate use of force, we will announce the closure of these oil fields of the United Group until the other side complies!"

"Yes, just let Bastian do this, and I'll see the conclusion in ten days!"

"President, the Governor's Mansion has sent someone to investigate, and he has aggressively accused us of being involved in the bloodbathed tribal forces, and has also threatened to shut down oil field production."

Contini smiled slightly: "I know, this is inevitable ......"

"What now?"

"Wait and see......"

While Bastian was in full swing investigating, another group of men arranged by Contini also set out, and it was the brave who set off, Gian, who found other tribes.

"I know you went to fight those oil fields some time ago, and to be honest, I'm not ......worth it for you," Ji'an was obviously a little familiar with the tribesmen, "The French bought you to do the damage, but they only paid a little money, but we can help you the most." ”

"What helps?"

"Guns, ammunition, Briand vests, Sickert cocktails......" Gian showed off the inventory he had brought with him, and said, "You don't want to be independent, then you should go and fight the French, what do you mean by us?" We're just an oil field owner, and if you become independent in the future, we can give you this share of the French......"

"But you've taken too much."

"Dude, we explore the mines, we buy the equipment, we dig the oil wells, we lay the pipelines, and we hire the workers...... You don't have to do anything, you have a third of the harvest lying at home, and if you don't want to exchange oil for hard currency, is there anything so cheap in the world? ”

"Yes, too...... What do you want us to do? ”

"Go and create a few events to awaken the indomitable fighting spirit of the Algerian people, and let the French see that you are still fighting for the nation and for freedom!" Ji An waved his hand heroically, "As long as you are willing to do it, these 100 rifles, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 200 vests and 500 cocktails are yours...... No money! ”

The leaders of the tribe looked at each other, and their eyes turned red - this is not a small number.

"Okay, it's done, for the sake of friends!"

On November 8, the Governor's Office issued a circular accusing the United Oilfield of hastily using force against the local Algerian people, violating the regulations and relevant regulations of the Governor's Office, and shutting down the United Oilfield. On the contrary, they also complained to the French government about the failure of the Governor-General's Office to effectively suppress local law and order and its dereliction of duty.

"Let you complain about my dereliction of duty, and then you accuse me of insecurity!" Bastian spoke viciously at the Governor's Palace, "Someone, send troops to seal the United Oil Fields for me." ”

"My lord, how many people are sent...... The oil guards are said to be heavily armed, and if there are few people, I am afraid that they will ......"

"Let's be a regiment then."

A regiment was sent out here, and the other side was ready, and the brave and commandos who came from the country dressed up as Algerians and began to pounce on Algiers - one regiment less than a regiment, and Algiers' defenses were very empty!

On 11 November, while Brian was still thinking about Bastien's closure of the oil fields, Contini whispered to the door when an urgent telegram suddenly sobered him up: there had been a terrorist incident in Algiers, terrorists had attacked the Governor's Palace, and Bastien's car had been blown up with roadside bombs...... The Governor himself is seriously wounded!

"What?" He was shocked, "The Algerians are in a commotion again?" ”

The Minister of the Interior, who came in a hurry, frowned and said, "How can it be such a coincidence, there must be a reason here!" ”