Chapter 360: Partition of Saudi Arabia
Join the war, just join the war, Yang Feng has come to this point, and there is nothing Yang Feng can do, besides, the Americans have lived happily for so long, and they have made war money for so many years, and it is indeed time to pay a price, he is now looking forward to what the Americans will look like when Japan hits the West Coast again, if you want to talk about Japan's strength now, this is really not too much of a problem, anyway, Pearl Harbor they can definitely take it, the Americans may not know enough about them, Yang Feng is very clear.
After all, this kind of fighter does not have a reassuring advantage over lightning and thunder, and the Americans have much more equipment than China, and if they want to hit the United States or seize Hawaii, they must face the American Army Aviation, and the Americans have 500 twin demons on Oahu alone, and they are not sure of victory even if they add two supers.
So on their latest Yamato-class aircraft carrier, it is a brand new fighter jet, using a large Venus engine, and because of the smooth sea route, using a German-made turbocharger, the performance is better than the Zero, but it is worse than the gale in the original history, but the name is the same.
And the main force of the US Navy is still the Wildcat, you can imagine what the result of this kind of fighter that is very difficult to fight against the Zero Type will be in the face of a gale, this is not to say that the United States does not have the strength to produce better fighters, but the Japanese Navy Airlines in the last East China Sea War The fiasco gave them a wrong impression, so it was not until the start of the war that the P40 and the Flying Snake of the Army Airlines were beaten powerless in front of the Zero, so they hurriedly developed the updated Hellcat, but it was at least half a year before it could be put into use.
Coupled with the self-guided oxygen torpedoes that are said to have begun large-scale production, Yang Feng really doesn't think that the Americans can stop the Japanese at sea, but this is none of his business, and the flames of war are burning to the United States. This is what he is looking forward to the most, of course, he has to think of minimizing his losses, not only Lockheed to move to the East Coast, but even Fox Films must be prepared for this, although he doesn't understand this very well, but Kelly Johnson and these people still listen to the big boss. At least he must have been more experienced in dealing with the Japanese than those members of Congress.
However, the relocation of Yang Feng's enterprises has caused some good-natured ridicule in American public opinion, and in the eyes of Americans, Boss Yang is inevitably too careful, and the Japanese hit the West Coast, which is really a fantasy joke.
Jokes or not, anyway, Lockheed would rather reduce production capacity and move to the east, which still makes many American aircraft manufacturers happy. This terrifying monster is almost overwhelming them, especially after the war, the fact that the two Lockheed fighters alone supported the Philippine sky, has forced them to the edge of the cliff, and now they can take some opportunity to take a breath.
As for the main task of Yang Feng's trip, this is not worth mentioning for Roosevelt, and it is enough to let the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia talk to Ibn Saud.
"Yang, you can rest assured of this. We still have enough influence in Saudi Arabia, and His Majesty Ibn Saud is also an old friend of the United States. I believe that he will not refuse such a small request. Roosevelt said to Yang Feng with a smile, this guy's Indian Ocean Fleet is a good move for him, otherwise he wouldn't have given him the warships originally given to the US Navy in this case.
However, as soon as he finished saying this, the secretary came over and told him with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, the King of Saudi Arabia has rejected our request."
"Huh?" Roosevelt was stunned.
"Your Excellency, it seems that this old friend of the American people is ready for a new one." Yang Feng said lightly.
Ibn Saud is not stupid. It's no big deal to reject the Americans, their navy is now almost unable to protect itself, and if the Japanese really hit the door, Roosevelt will definitely not send warships to save him, but he must promise Yang Feng to build a naval base on his own land. Needless to say, the Japanese are also going to hit the door, their naval fleet is just outside their own door, their army still has hundreds of thousands of troops in India, and it is not a piece of cake to destroy themselves, there is no second choice for this problem.
"Yang, I think this point needs to be communicated again." Roosevelt said embarrassedly that he really didn't expect this outcome.
"There's no need to communicate anymore, the Saudis aren't ready to choose between us and the Japanese, so we'll help him make a choice." Yang Feng said with a sneer.
"What do you mean?" Roosevelt asked.
"It's very simple, I'm going to transfer two divisions from Central Asia into the Middle East, and then attack Riyadh with my Middle East army in the north and south, and after the matter is done, give them a king who listens to us, just follow the Iranian model, exile Ibn Saud, or we simply separate Saudi Arabia, this country is too strong in the Middle East, which is not conducive to control, I think we should restore the rule of the Hejaz royal family in the holy city, and give the Saud family only Najd, they were originally only the rulers of Najd, It has been less than twenty years since the Hashemite family was driven out by them.
Although Hussein. Ibn . Ali and his successor are both deceased, but his second son Abdullah is still the king of Jordan, and his third son Faisal is still the king of Iraq, and I think it is only fair that the Hejaz region should be handed over to Abdullah to inherit it, and then the Saud family will continue to keep their Najd. Yang Feng said.
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the most important leader of the Arab world was the Hejaz king Hussein, but unfortunately he did not want to be a puppet of the British, so he was defeated by the British-backed Ibn Saud, had to go into exile, and later died of illness in the territory of his second son.
Roosevelt knew very well that in this way, Yang Feng would not be as simple as getting a port, in fact, the Hejaz region would be directly controlled by him in the future, and the British would definitely not be able to compete with him in the Middle East. He already controls Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other places, and if he controls the Hejaz, the army and the navy and air force in the Middle East, plus Pakistan, which is now under his control, this guy's roots are rooted in the Middle East. But it doesn't work if you don't agree, it's obvious that Yang Feng is extremely important to the United States now, in fact, he doesn't need the consent of the United States to do it himself, anyway, there is no American military there, and now he can tell himself, which is already very face-saving, and this will also break the Germans' coveting of the Middle East, as for the Japanese, let Yang Feng deal with it himself at that time.
"As long as we can guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of American companies there, we don't care about regime change there." Roosevelt said with a shrug.
In this case, Yang Feng was also relieved, in the United States he sent a telegram to Sun Dianying, asking him to transfer the armored division belonging to the Lanxin Railway Escort Army of Ma Hongkui's Department that entered Central Asia with him, plus a mechanized division, and the division commander must be replaced by Muslims, and then go south to the Iranian border to standby, and now Sun Dianying has controlled the entire east of the Caspian Sea, belonging to the veritable king of Central Asia.
And there is no too important war there now, the Japanese army has no intention of entering, just want to keep their Tyumen oil field in peace, the Soviets are also unable to provoke the Japanese, they are now overstretched with a mustache alone, in this case, Sun Dianying is of course not interested in developing northward, with 200,000 troops sitting in Central Asia, with a posture that no one is allowed to touch, there is no pressure to draw out two divisions.
Immediately after Yang Feng returned to London from the United States, of course, the British no longer needed his mediation, although they understood that Roosevelt's declaration of war on Germany at this time was to trap Britain, but Churchill had no other choice, Britain had to fight, otherwise they would have to bear the wrath of the Americans.
Yang Feng didn't have anything to say, just informed them of their own decision, now the British naturally have no qualifications to object, Montgomery's tens of thousands of troops and Wavell's people in India are all supported by Yang Feng, and this is not bad for them, Yang Feng retains a naval base in the Middle East, they don't need to worry about the Japanese landing on the Arabian Peninsula, as for Yang Feng's control of the problem there, this is much better than the Japanese or the Germans controlling there, at least he will protect the interests of British Petroleum.
After leaving the UK, he went to Germany again, and this time Yang Feng sincerely apologized to the mustache.
"Yang, this has long been expected by me, what the Americans want is a Europe that has been destroyed by war, and the principles of this country will not change, but this is okay, this banquet will only start when all the guests are gathered." The mustache said with a smile.
"Your Excellency, so be it! As a token of my apology, I will secretly supply the rare metal materials you have purchased in the United States from China, and I will have several submarines in my possession to be transported to the ports you have designated on the western shore of the Red Sea, and of course you will have to allow my fleet to remain in the Red Sea. Yang Feng said.
"Yang, what kind of metal can you offer." The mustache said that Germany imports a lot of goods in the United States, and it will be very troublesome to cut off some of the sources.
"Whatever you need, I can provide you with anything, whether it's tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, even some special machines, gasoline additives, and some newer rare materials." Yang Feng said with a smile, this is also good to encourage domestic development in this area, anyway, it is very easy to send a submarine once, not to mention one or two hundred tons more. (To be continued......)