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When Angel Jack arrived at Port Hedland, Port Hedland was still a small fishing village, and the entire port together had only one or two thousand people.

"Angel Jack" arrived in Port Hedland, it has only been two years, and in Andrew Wood's concept, even if "Angel Jack" hires some miners, the current population of Port Hedland should be only one or two thousand people, and in any case, it will not reach the scale of 100,000 people.

That's why when Timothy revealed this number to Andrew Wood, Andrew Wood was so surprised.

As if to give Andrew Wood enough time to digest, Timothy did not continue, and fell silent in the small corner for a while.

"What about even 100,000 people?" It took a long time for Andrew Wood to react, but when he talked about the number "100,000", he couldn't help but swallow his Adam's apple: "Even if there are 100,000 people, just those Indians, our National Guard can fight ten at a time, no, twenty!" ”

To be honest, although Andrew Wood is a member of the budget committee, Andrew Wood's math is really not very good, the National Guard of more than 1,000 people, even if one person can fight twenty, can only withstand 20,000 people, if you want to take back Port Hedland, then Path's National Guard needs to fight a hundred.

As for the Indians, after the world war, the huge Indian regiment has become a joke of the Commonwealth.

The Indians sent more than a million troops to Europe in the world war, but they achieved very little, let alone the Anzac Corps, which numbered only 300,000, and even compared with the Canadian Legion, which numbered less than 100,000, the Indian Legion was clumsy.

"It's not Indian, I really don't know if you've been to Port Hedland, there are less than 2,000 Indians in Port Hedland now, and I even doubt that there are any Indians who have entered Port Hedland other than the first batch. Look at the current Port Hedland, where all the Annamite, Korean, and Chinese people are there, can you still say that our National Guard can fight ten at a time? "Timothy is really not angry.

How to put it, except for some elites, most Westerners have a poor geographical concept, and now if you take a map of Australia and look for someone on the street to point out the location of Port Hedland, it is estimated that you can find a hundred people and get a hundred answers.

Not only geography, but also many Westerners are poor in mathematics, not to mention the 100,000 level, let them calculate addition and subtraction within 100, it is estimated that 99 out of 100 Westerners fail, and the rest depends on calculators.

"I, it's true that I haven't been to Port Hedland, but it seems like you haven't been either, so how do you know?" Andrew Wood has a different focus than Timothy.

"Regardless of how I know, it's the truth, do you still have the confidence to take back Port Hedland?" Timothy was already mourning more than his heart was dead.

"No," Andrew Wood was not stupid, and a simple balance of power could tell, but then added, "If it's really like you say." ”

"Yes, like I said." Timothy was very sure.

Indeed, as Timothy said, in the current Port Hedland, there are indeed 100,000 people, and they are mainly Annam and Koreans, and there are many Chinese, but usually the Chinese will disguise themselves as Annam and Koreans.

In the eyes of Westerners, the facial contours of Orientals lack three-dimensionality, that is to say, all Orientals in the eyes of Westerners are big pie faces, so Westerners can't tell the difference between Orientals, and in the eyes of Westerners, Orientals all look similar.

After another long silence, Timothy was not in a hurry, slowly drank the wine in the glass, raised his hand to find the bartender and asked for another glass, and continued to sit there and savor it slowly.

"Even if it's 100,000 people, it can't be all soldiers, and if we ask Melbourne for help, Melbourne won't sit idly by." Andrew Wood finally found a silver lining.

"It's hard to say, Port Hedland has an all-for-all model, similar to Switzerland, where there are less than 5,000 regular troops, but the miners are not bad at fighting, at least they are not strangers. As for Melbourne, forget it, Melbourne is unreliable, for Melbourne, whether Western Australia is under the management of the government of Perth City or under the management of Port Hedland, there will be no shortage of taxes payable, and if Port Hedland is directly in contact with Melbourne, maybe Melbourne can get more. Timothy ruthlessly shattered Andrew Wood's hopes.

In fact, Port Hedland is not as strong as Timothy said, nor is it as weak as Andrew Wood thinks, in the current Port Hedland, there are about 20,000 people who have received military training from Lanfang veterans, and the training intensity is not low, similar to the regular army, if it really fights, it is estimated that Port Hedland can pull up about 30,000 to 50,000 troops at any time, including 20,000 combat units and 10,000 to 30,000 logistics troops, of which these logistics troops can also be pulled up if they are in a critical moment.

As for Melbourne, as Timothy said, Melbourne is not necessarily on anyone's side if Paz does tear up his face with Port Hedland.

"Angel Jack" is British, so the conflict between Paz and Port Hedland is actually a civil war in Australia.

In that case, it doesn't matter who Melbourne is on.

And at present, Melbourne is also undergoing large-scale urban construction, the reason why the Australian government is still in Sydney and has not moved to Melbourne is because Melbourne has not yet been built, so Melbourne is also the time to use money, and once Port Hedland uses the gold dollar offensive to Melbourne, Melbourne may even support Port Hedland, and then Paz will lose any external help.

In fact, both financially and in terms of strength, the city government of Pass is no longer the opponent of Port Hedland, which exports millions of dollars of ore every day, which is very clear to the city government, so Paz will be blushing.

As for Timothy, Timothy also doesn't want Port Hedland to overturn the city council, so he will tell everything he knows.

Come to think of it, if Port Hedland and the city of Perth had remained in the same situation, "Angel Jack" would have been writing Timothy's cheques constantly. And if Port Hedland and Paz turn their backs, then this financial route will be cut off, which is the most unacceptable to Timothy.

"If you say that, should we just let Port Hedland continue to be so lawless?" Andrew Wood was indeed angry, but had no idea how to solve the problem.

"What's the way to do it, you can't beat it, the British can't be trusted, Melbourne can't be trusted, and the **** guard is even more unreliable, do we have to vote?" When Timothy said this, his mood was really sad, even if he was carrying a check from "Angel Jack" in his pocket, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"But what if you don't get Port Hedland back? That's 10 billion Australian dollars—" Andrew Wood's expression was really a little distressed, as if someone was going to take 10 billion Australian dollars out of Andrew Wood's pocket.

Just six months ago, a company from the United Kingdom gave the total value of mining in the Pilbara region, estimated at more than $10 billion.

10 billion Australian dollars!

Not to mention Australia, the whole world was shaken by this news, and since then, acts against "Angel Jack" have occurred frequently.

"What if it's $100 billion? If you have a life to earn, you have to have a life to spend. Timothy sneered.

"What do you mean?" Andrew Wood was suspicious.

"Let me tell you this, do you think that the current Port Hedland is only Angel Jack's alone? Look at the mining machinery used in the Pilbara region, where did you buy it from? Look at the cargo ships coming out of Hedland Harbor, where are all those ores transported? Look at the nationality of those ships, don't you understand? Timothy really hated the urge to pour the wine on Andrew Wood's face.

"Where?" Andrew Wood really didn't know anything.

Timothy had to take a deep breath before speaking, and then count to ten, so that he could suppress the anger surging in his heart: "The mining machinery used in the Pilbara area is all imported from the 'Invincible' company, and the cargo ships that undertake the freight all belong to the Lanfang Royal Transport Group, as for the destination of those ores, almost all of them are Lanfang's Wanghai Prefecture, now you understand, right?" ”

"Ming, understood, Lanfang, French—" Andrew Wood suddenly realized.

"Invincible" company, which is a construction machinery company belonging to the French Renault Group, although this company is not well-known, but occupies a large market share. As for Lanfang Royal Transport Group, the whole world knows that this is Qin Zhiyuan's company.

Then the question arises, since France and Lanfang are both deeply involved in Port Hedland, then the question now is whether the French and Lanfang people will help if Paz makes a move on Port Hedland.

"Think about it, that's 10 billion, we know this news now, the French and Lanfang people also know, and it is likely to be earlier than we know, so the relevant layout should have been started two years ago, so now there will be as many as 100,000 people in Port Hedland, now, do you still think Port Hedland is hand-to-hand?" If that didn't convince Andrew Wood, Timothy was ready to end there.

Andrew Wood does recognise the seriousness of the problem, but that's $10 billion, and no one would be tempted by such a fortune.

(To be continued.) )