Chapter 265: Still Bad Oil
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Simon couldn't say a word, thinking about the wife he had just taken, and the two daughters who were waiting to be written, Simon almost vomited blood, and he couldn't say a word angrily.
"Smack......
Churchill slammed his big pipe on the table, and then looked contemptuously at Simon, who couldn't say a word:
"You, what are you, am I not telling the truth, if Britain is defeated and surrendered, do you think the Germans will spare you war criminals? All of us here will be hanged by the Germans, will your property, your women, still be saved? Absolutely not. ”
Silence, deathly silence, what Churchill said, though harsh, was also telling the truth.
At this time, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer was not as angry as he was just now, and finally held back a sentence for a long time.
"Now we have 60 million pounds on our books, and I have invested the rest of the money in weapons research and development and production, and it is true that there is no money, and now I say that this 60 million pounds will be used to carry out Churchill's plan."
The current exchange rate is 1 pound to 4 dollars, which is almost 240 million dollars, and 1 gram of gold is only sold for 1 dollar in 39 years, which is a lot of money.
Of course, Churchill knew the current financial situation of Britain, and now Churchill is in charge of Britain's weapons research and development and production, and these funds have basically hollowed out most of the British budget, and Churchill saw that the hard-pressed Chancellor of the Exchequer was willing to come up with 60 million pounds, so he was not noisy or noisy, and he thought that the British Chancellor of the Exchequer was really cheap, Churchill did not scold him for refusing to give money, and Churchill obediently took out the money after a while.
The problem of funding is solved. The rest is the work of MI6, and of course the Foreign Office also has to contribute, and they began to discuss specific action steps.
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September 28, 1939
It was destined to be a turbulent day, on which the Soviet Union was stationed in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia one after another. The successive stationing of Soviet troops in various countries and the establishment of new governments essentially caused the three countries to completely lose their independence. The three Governments must act in accordance with Moscow's instructions or the will of Moscow's representatives in the implementation of any important measure. The three Baltic states were outraged by the Soviet Union's coercion and forced them to sign a treaty of mutual assistance, lacked trust in Stalin's leadership, and were worried about the future of the three Baltic states.
The Soviet Union had already effectively annexed the three Baltic states, and the Soviet Union had sent troops to protect the three Baltic states.
Since the war has begun, the major powers have their own plans, therefore. The annexation of the three Baltic states by the Soviet Union did not cause much international repercussions. Germany was busy on the Western Front at this time. He had no time to look eastward, and he did not want to sever ties with the Soviet Union prematurely. When the three Baltic states asked Germany to mediate, Germany's attitude was that "this is purely a matter for the USSR and the Baltic states" and that "Germany has no intention of interfering in the political affairs of the Baltic states." The attitude of Britain and France was also negative. The British and French armies were deterred by strong force against the Germans. Neither the power nor the time to take care of the three Baltic states in Eastern Europe. The actions of the USSR in the three Baltic states could only be left to their devices.
German exercises on the Romanian border were also in full swing, with the sound of artillery and the roar of armor. And the lure of British and French interests was also thrown at Romania, and the British bid was 60 million pounds in compensation for Romania to blow up the oil fields themselves.
The tricks of various countries have been shown, and the choice depends on the Romanian dictator Antonescu, who has military talent and administrative organization ability, but Romania's backward industrial base and scientific and technological strength make Romania a typical agricultural country, and Antonescu must choose the most beneficial side for Romania in the current situation.
What is the most beneficial for Romania, the actual situation of each country is different, the needs will be different, Romania now needs security the most, this is the most important, not long ago, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria have sent troops to occupy a lot of Romania, in the final analysis, Romania does not have a strong armed force, although Romania is a neutral country, but the surrounding evil neighbors are still eyeing Romania.
As for who can protect Romania more, this does not need to be considered much to know, Germany can protect Romania the most, and now Romania is already a neighbor of Germany, if Romania refuses Germany's request, it is likely that Germany will immediately start a war against Romania, and Romania's demise will be a matter of minutes, don't expect Britain, France or the Soviet Union to send troops to help Romania, there is no such possibility.
On the other hand, Romania can obtain technical support from Germany to achieve basic industrialization of the country, although Germany cannot give Romania the most advanced technology, but some basic industries will still support.
In this case, Antonescu could only choose who to choose, of course, only Germany, the British and French money temptation and the Soviet Union's invasion of the three Baltic countries did not give Romania a choice, and the arms for oil plan between Romania and Germany was quickly finalized.
Germany paid not only for the arms it had captured, but also for the sale of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 to Romania, and for the construction of factories for Romania, which would pay for these expenses with oil.
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Germany's success in Romania has greatly reduced its dependence on Britain, France and the Soviet Union for oil, and Germany is now vigorously expanding its fuel synthesis plant, the raw materials are of course coal and Polish natural gas, as long as the coal and natural gas are sufficient, Germany's synthetic fuel oil will soon reach four million tons a year, plus Romania's six million tons, as well as orange dry diesel, and three million tons of diesel fuel for Germany every year, Germany can have 13 million tons of fuel, which can basically meet two-thirds of Germany's all-out war and civilian oil needs.
But Germany still has a shortfall of seven million tons, and this does not include the fuel lost in the war, which means that if Germany starts a full-scale war, there will be at least seven million tons of fuel per year.
For example, Germany occupies France, and France only has five million tons of oil production, while France's civilian oil consumption is 10 million tons, and these five million tons need to be imported, but Germany does not have many sources of oil imports.
The other is the oil wells secretly drilled by Germany, hundreds of underground secret drilling wells are progressing very quickly, Hitler has high hopes for these oil wells, and now they have been drilled to shallow oil aquifers, and by the second half of 41 years, they should be able to produce oil, and it is conservatively estimated that Germany's local oil production will reach 10 million tons.
There are not many problems with the source of oil in Germany, but it is necessary to ensure that the German oil refineries and synthesis plants are not bombed by the enemy, otherwise the German tanks are like scrap metal. Germany's narrow territory and poor resources were too limiting for Germany's strategic choices.
At present, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union are all exporting oil to Germany, and the limit of Britain and France is 5 million tons per year, and the limit of exports of the Soviet Union is 4 million tons.
…… (To be continued......)
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