Chapter 556: Spy War
Britain's strategic vision has always been good, with the help of the strength of the navy and the policy of balance on land, single-handedly manipulated the entire European continent for hundreds of years, even the powerful Emperor Napoleon, under the conspiracy of the British, hated and defeated, the entire history of Europe in the past 300 years, or even longer, has been manipulated by the British.
The First World War that was about to start was also the result of the British pushing, starting from finding such an enemy as Germany, around Germany, multiple preparations were carried out, in all aspects, political, economic and military and many other aspects, in the First World War, the situation faced by Germany was the result of Britain's deliberateness, the Allies, there were few decent outlets to the sea, in the First World War, there were almost no foreign supplies, relying on their own storage, compared with Britain, France and Russia could obtain supplies from the United States, and even the entire British colony, Germany was able to achieve such results and make Germany strong.
Even when the war had already begun, Germany even stopped the construction of battleships because it did not prepare enough precious and rare metals, such as tungsten that was traded with Germany in the northwest.
This was a great blow to the German Navy, the battleship, as the crystallization of the entire industrial system, is the most powerful and the largest collection of weapons that human beings can make at present, and in addition to steel, other precious metals are also quite a lot, there are not enough, and the armor mixed with a large number of rare metals cannot play a huge role.
The completion of the Baghdad Railway, and even the emergence of such a huge port in the Middle East, what is the significance of the Middle East and Germany, just think about it a little, you will know that the Baghdad Railway, and even the Eastern Express, are all through the territory that the Entente cannot control, from Germany to Austria-Hungary, and then to Turkey, Turkey itself should be able to be co-opted by Britain, but the irreconcilable contradictions between Turkey and Russia make Britain only able to choose one.
"Chinese, where is there so much money?" A senior official of the intelligence department looked at the report in hand and said with some surprise.
Joseph, the British official in charge of Asian and Far Eastern affairs, glanced at him and took the initiative to say: "China is not the northwest, and even the current China is not without money, and their strength changes almost every year!" ”
Joseph showed China's strength little by little, it turned out that China, as an important part of Britain's export-oriented economy, has been completely lost, in the light industry, military industry, and even part of the heavy industry market, Britain lost 85, France lost almost all, the United States lost 60, Japanese products were driven out of China, just add these up, it is as high as more than 700 million pounds, and this money, most of it, was earned by Northwest and other Chinese businessmen.
The huge number made the senior officials of the British intelligence department almost change color on the spot, and looked at Joseph angrily, Joseph was also very helpless, the report on China, he had submitted it as early as a year ago, but it did not attract attention, and when it was really taken seriously, it was the Beiyang War in 1911, coupled with the current Northwest Russian War, the Northwest has become a behemoth in a short period of time, and it cannot be stopped, 200,000 Russian troops have been defeated and annihilated, and Britain has no way unless it uses all its strength.
"According to intelligence, Germany and the United States are likely to be the private property of Yang Yuanzhao, the controller of the northwest!" Joseph sighed and uttered another astonishing guess.
"What, Demei, you mean, the German German?" Peter, the official in charge of European affairs, said in amazement.
"German-American? The one of sulfonamides? Most of the officials here have heard the name of Demei, and that is because sulfonamides, a life-saving medicinal material, are absolutely necessary for everyone, but the high price makes many people hate and love, and watch him take money out of his pocket.
"Yes!" Joseph nodded, Peter's face immediately changed, he was in charge of Europe, the focus of monitoring was the Allies, Germany appeared such a company, and it is not an old enterprise, it has developed rapidly, of course, it has aroused his attention, according to his intelligence, Germany and the United States operate in the world, the annual turnover will exceed 900 million pounds, mainly sulfonamides, stockings, and various light industrial products, the amount is extremely amazing.
The British will not know what the cost of sulfonamides and various drugs in the northwest is, but they can analyze that if the two are combined, the output value of more than 1.6 billion pounds, even if it is only 10, or even 5 profits, the Chinese will have money to what Cheng dù, in this way, the northwest is absolutely capable of supporting the construction of the Baghdad railway and the port of Basra.
"What should I do?" This is a problem in front of all the British, an official tried to propose, let the Middle East department, increase the speed of attack on them, especially the construction of the seaport, but was opposed, the Middle East, is the intelligence department, the place that received the least appropriation, the previous harassment, has done its best, now Germany and the northwest are two-pronged, Jin Yuan opened the way, wantonly buying, to achieve the previous effect is almost impossible, and it is even possible to expose their power.
The intelligence department had no choice but to hand over this, but the British government and military were attracted by the sudden announcement of Germany, and under the construction of Yang Yuanzhao Tong Guò Harpy, Germany announced the start of a new class of battleship construction plan, larger than the original Bavaria-class, this news immediately caused anxiety throughout Britain, compared to the German High Seas Fleet that challenged the British Navy, the Middle East matter, can not be called a thing.
In the end, this incident that sparked a big discussion in the British intelligence services was only passed by the prime minister, and after the prime minister allocated 100,000 pounds, it was quiet.
Next, the British intelligence services also made efforts in the Middle East, but unfortunately with little success, the method that could have succeeded, because China's crowd tactics did not work at all, and the mercenaries destroyed and interfered with the progress of the project, affecting the construction volume for a few hours at most, or even less than an hour, and Baotou with the help of modern machinery and tens of thousands of people at every turn, made the whole world a little dumbfounded.
China in the Middle East, under the efforts of Wang Xuan, bought the owners and owners of several port terminals, set aside a few fixed berths, among the 100,000 Chinese workers, and even transferred 8,000 people as dock workers, unlike the indigenous people in the Middle East, these Chinese workers show their hard work extremely well, and the amount of work completed every day is at least equivalent to more than 2 times that of the previous workers, plus the help of various machinery, the profit margin of the port is even more than 4 times, and the loading and unloading work itself is somewhat stagnant. Greatly strengthened, shipload after ship of materials, through the hands of these workers, entered Basra, and then transported by various methods to the front line of the construction of the Baghdad Railway, and as for the new port, after the completion of the temporary wharf built in advance, small ships could be loaded and unloaded directly.
The Baghdad railway did not stop for a day, divided into 20 sections, the 2,400 kilometers of railway, divided into 120 kilometers of a bid section, ten directions in parallel, especially after the completion of the prefabricated parts factory, the unique weather in the Middle East, so that the cement parts are completed much faster than the domestic speed, a car of cement parts, like building blocks, placed in various positions, some for most countries, difficult projects, in the hands of Baotou, but as simple as eating and drinking, every day, It's all a new look.
The port is gradually getting better, the British are itching, but there is no way to do it directly, watching the railway extend step by step, after a month of continuous use of small actions, the intelligence services of the northwest and Germany have also arrived, passively beaten, not the habit of the northwest, let alone the habit of Germany, without the full support of the prime minister, just relying on the allocation of 100,000 pounds and the strength of the British intelligence department in the Middle East, there is no way to shake the advantages of the northwest and Germany.
Under the joint strangulation of the Northwest and German intelligence services, the British Middle East intelligence department lost 70% of its strength, if it were not for the proximity of Kuwait and the natural hiding place, maybe even the remaining 3 cities could not be returned, lost most of the strength, and because there was no follow-up, the original strength could not be restored, and the remaining personnel of this part, hidden, could no longer shake the construction of the railway.
The German intelligence department retreated, but the intelligence department in the northwest stayed, and according to Yang Yuanzhao's suggestion, their task was to initially establish a certain contact point and system in the Middle East to prevent the British from returning.
Railways and ports, in a little bit of construction, the northwest sent a large number of personnel, but also sent a lot of study experience, or smart students, they will follow behind the German experts, understand the differences between each other, especially the construction of the seaport, in the eyes of Yang Yuanzhao, the world of the ocean, do not enter the ocean, how to count the rise of China, China's 18,000 kilometers of coastline, the future may be more, such a huge length, the number of natural harbors is countless, not to use it is really a loss, Shanghai Port has unique conditions, and Guangzhou Port has a history of hundreds or even thousands of years, but in the future of China, there can be only these two ports, and we must vigorously build and make use of the entire coastline.
Industriousness and hard work, in the continuous inquiry and learning, these students began their career path, China's first batch of harbor designers, harbor engineers, mostly came out of here, the harsh conditions of the Middle East, not only did not hinder their enthusiasm for learning, but inspired their mood, the blue sea, representing their young footsteps, the northwest began to take root in the Middle East, here has also become China after 1840, the first time to go abroad, in foreign countries have belonged to China's sphere of influence, It's a www.biquge.info, but it's not an end. R1152