In any case, this level of conditions could not be agreed to by our Third Reich. Ribbentrop, the German negotiator who was sent to Israel by the Italian battleship Veneto and then rushed all the way to Saudi Arabia, shook his head at the negotiating table and said, "God, you don't understand the current situation at all, do you understand?"

As he spoke, he picked up the glass of water in front of him and took a sip before continuing his speech: "His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia can keep his share, and he can use the burned oil fields as collateral to obtain technical support from the Third Reich...... However, the United States, Great Britain, France, and other messy shareholdings were to be assigned to the Third Reich, and that was the maximum concession we could make. ”

The envoys of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the other side of the negotiating table exchanged ears and began to discuss the conditions proposed by Ribbentrop, and they kept shaking their heads during the conversation, and finally an old man at the head spoke to the interpreter and said: "Although there is some unpleasant cooperation between our two countries, this is not an attitude of cooperation in the future, we can re-divide the share of oil, but the Kingdom must occupy an absolute dominant position in this partition." ”

Dominance? You go to our Stuka bombers for dominance! You go to our King Tiger tanks for dominance! You go to our Zeppelin aircraft carriers and battleships for dominance! You go to our grenadiers for dominance! Ribbentrop thought with hatred in his heart.

However, he did not say these words directly, but looked at the old man who spoke with contemptuous eyes, and finally waited for the other party to finish speaking, and then smiled and continued: "Since your country is so confident in its own strength, then we might as well take a break and restart this negotiation next month, how about it?"

A month? Just kidding! Not to mention waiting for a month, that is, waiting for another 20 days, the iron hooves of the German armored forces may have already stepped on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. When that time comes, what else will you talk about with the Germans? When the Saudi envoy heard Ribbentrop's remarks, his face did not look very good--the other side did not regard him as an opponent, but was only ridiculing him unilaterally.

"We are well aware of the military excellence of the Third Reich, but this is not a reason for a great empire to bully the weak, is it? There is a famous Arab saying: Relying on force to maintain the destiny of a country cannot last. The Saudi envoy tried his best to get a better chance for his country, gritting his teeth and saluting.

Ribbentrop was not a man of internationalist sympathy, and he did not give a damn about such remarks: "Mr. Special Envoy, I suppose that when His Majesty the King of Ibn Saud asked you to come, he did not tell you not to try to gain advantage by boasting? The Third Reich has gone through two wars, and our Foreign Ministry spends every day in all kinds of lies and frauds. ”

He paused, then raised his head and pressed the Saudi mission members on the opposite side with the most threatening eyes: "The Third Reich gave Saudi Arabia a chance, we found oil for Saudi Arabia to be rich countries, but Saudi Arabia chose to forget when it sanctioned Germany; when we were invincible in North Africa, we also gave you the opportunity to choose, but you chose to ignore it; now that our army has defeated the Americans and the British, you have come to us and told us that you want to take the fruits of victory for free?"

A weak country has no diplomacy, or it has a strong national strength as a backing, and when it comes to diplomacy, it is hard to speak. Ribbentrop said this so solemnly for no other reason, but because behind him were more than 400,000 German-Italian troops under Field Marshal Rommel, and the invincible 7.5 million Wehrmacht of the Third Reich.

Truth be told, Ribbentrop is in no hurry right now. For every minute of delay at the negotiating table, Rommel's army had a minute to move forward and continue the offensive. And this offensive was advanced with little resistance, and the more it delayed, the more beneficial it seemed to be for the Germans.

By the time the tracks of the Leopard tanks of the Third Reich reached the west coast of the Persian Gulf, perhaps the German Foreign Office would not have to worry about anything, they would just sit in the office and drink coffee, because at that time there would be no Saudi Arabia on the envoys.

"Mr. Minister, please understand our difficulties. Saudi Arabia is a small country, and we are not capable of resisting such powers as the United States and the United Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, the Saudi envoy played the sad card and began to count the heinous crimes committed by the British and Americans on the land of Saudi Arabia. It was only when Ribbentrop was a little drowsy that he stopped: "Is it true that the righteous army of Germany is also going to follow the old path of exploiting Arabia?"

"Exploitation? no! this is a war! sir!" Ribbentrop did not take the Saudi pathos card at all, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he stated his point of view from another angle: "You see, we are not exploiting the slightest bit of Saudi goods, this is our sincerity to the Kingdom...... Of course, we must seize the enemy's supplies, especially the oil resources of the Anglo-American enemy, without compromising at all!"

Ribbentrop directly regarded the oil resources in the hands of Saudi Arabia as materials for hostile countries, and it was of course a matter of course to plunder these resources. So he said it rightly, and he wasn't embarrassed at all. Both sides are playing cards according to their own routines, which has a taste of self-talk.

"I think we can compromise on that...... As a sign of our sincerity, we are willing to make certain concessions to support the Third Reich in winning the war. The first to compromise was the envoy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose limited strength could not afford to spend it, and after several hours of struggle, he was forced to make a concession: "We are willing to lend the Anglo-American share of oil to the Third Reich and lend it for free until the end of the war...... This is in your country's interest and ours. ”

"No, no, no. This is indeed in your interests, but not in the interests of the Third Reich. "As Germany's foreign minister, he is one of the most knowledgeable and proficient men in Germany. It is simply impossible for Ribbentrop to agree to such naïve conditions: "Saudi Arabia has 2 percent, Italy 1 and a half, Turkey half 10, Vichy France half percent, and Britain in the north half percent...... The Third Reich accounts for 50 percent of the total Saudi oil share! As I have already said, this is the bottom line of the Axis powers, either agree or adjourn. ”

It has to be said that this era is the one that diplomats are most proud of. Post-Cold War international relations have become increasingly complex, making it no longer easy for diplomats to say yes or go war. And almost all officials engaged in diplomacy dream of saying something for their homeland: "If you don't agree to sign, then we will go to war!"

While the Saudi envoys were talking angrily about countermeasures, a German intelligence officer walked into the negotiation room with a document in his hand, and then leaned into Ribbentrop's ear and whispered a few words. Then the smile on the German foreign minister's face grew even stronger, and he waved his hand to signal the intelligence officer to step back, but he stood up with a smile.

In the eyes of everyone who did not know why, he bowed slightly politely, and then began to say a piece of news that shocked all the Saudis present in a non-caring tone: "Gentlemen, I think we can really adjourn this time." Because just a few minutes ago, the intelligence of the Luftwaffe confirmed that Britain and the United States dispatched all their bombers to carry out a comprehensive bombing of the oil fields controlled by the Saudi royal family. ”

"What?" the old man led by the Saudi delegation stood up in horror, glared at him and asked loudly. Then he realized something, and immediately slammed the negotiating table in front of him and scolded: "These damn Brits! These damn American bastards! We Saudi Arabia and these XX will not die!"

Scolding is scolding, and most of the German advisers and diplomats present looked at the angry Saudi mission, and most of them were full of schadenfreude. The Saudis, who were watching from the wall, were finally pulled into the water, and they were dragged into the muddy waters of war by their former allies.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ribbentrop, please allow us to adjourn for a day, we need to confirm the veracity of this news, and we need to re-communicate with His Majesty the King......" It was the arrogant Germans who were clamoring for the adjournment just now, and now it has only been a short time before the weak Saudis are begging for help. The wonderful things in this world are really unexpected, at least this momentary change is really unexpected.

"Of course, we will patiently wait for the outcome of your discussion. Ribbentrop smiled, and with a little unaccustomed stretched out his palm, and shook it with the other's hand. Of course, he has time to wait patiently, and whoever it is, his army is like expanding his territory in a no-man's land, and he has full patience to wait.

Unfortunately, the Saudi mission did not keep Ribbentrop waiting long, as they went back and made a little confirmation, and found that the German intelligence was accurate - they had indeed been attacked, attacked by American and British bombers against the oil fields.

Ibn Saud was finally determined to take revenge on the United States and Great Britain. Three hours later, the Saudi royal family declared itself on the side of the Axis powers and declared war on the Allies...... The price is indeed distressing, the agreement drafted by the Germans, the Saudi mission signed its name without changing a word.