Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 376: Alliance (in)
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Himmler respectfully exited the door, and after closing the door, the Minister of Interior of the Empire reappeared that arrogant face again, and glanced at the British envoy sitting at the door with a cold look.
"Eric, Yuan asked you to take the British in." Turning to face Disenhofen, Himmler showed a kind smile on his poker face.
"Understood, Minister, are you going back now?" Disenhofen asked respectfully. This is what makes Himmler most satisfied with Yuan Jin's adjutant. The self-esteem of a former chicken farmer is compensated.
"Yes, there are still many things that need to be solved by me, so see you next time, Eric." Himmler adjusted his tie and raised his hand to Disenhofen.
"Hi! Reinhardt!"
After receiving the gift from Disenhofen, Himmler strode towards the exit at the top of the corridor, and the adjutant and guard who were waiting on the side rushed forward and followed him.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Lord Attlee, now you can go in." Disenhofen opened the office door and made an inviting gesture.
"You guys are waiting outside." Attlee stood up and tidyed up his clothes and appearance with the help of the secretary.
"Yuan, the British special envoys, His Excellency Attlee and His Excellency Lord Lloyd are here." Disenhofen announced to Xu Jun loudly.
Attlee and Lloyd stood at the door and bowed to Xu Jun from a distance, and then strode towards Xu Jun's desk.
I once introduced that Hitler’s prime minister’s office is unusually huge. It’s almost fifteen meters from the door to the desk. When you encounter someone who is more psychologically sensitive, this distance makes people feel like they are Parade. But these two British politicians have long been accustomed to this kind of scene. The State Hall of Buckingham Palace was a bit more vacant than here. At that time, under the crowd of ministers, they did not move forward in the same manner, not to mention this office. There are currently only the German Yuan and his adjutant.
Before the British entered the door, Xu Jun stood up early and waited behind the huge desk, with a standard aristocratic smile on his face.
"Welcome to you, Mr. Attlee, Mr. Lloyd." Xu Jun spread his hands toward the two British envoys.
"I am very happy to be received by you, Honorable Yuan." The two British greeted them in unison, and bowed their heads to Xu Jun in the highest level of diplomatic etiquette.
"Please sit down, two gentlemen." Xu Jun stood up and gestured to each other with his hand.
"Thank you very much, Lord Yuan." After Attlee and Lloyd thanked them, they bent over and sat on the sand at the desk.
"Well, take it easy, gentlemen, would you like some tea? Or coffee?" Xu Jun sat back on his throne, **** the velvet covering the armrests, and asked gently. .
"Tea, thank you very much, Lord Yuan." Attlee replied respectfully.
"Me too, Lord Yuan." Lloyd replied next.
"Eric, a pot of black tea, thank you." Xu Jun craned his neck and ordered Disenhofen, who was still standing at the door waiting for instructions.
"Okay, please wait, my Yuan." The adjutant nodded in greeting, then opened the door and walked out of the office.
"It was very late when I received Mr. Chamberlain's call, so I didn't have time to prepare to receive you." Xu Jun picked up the cigar box on the table and opened the lid to signal to the two envoys.
"Thank you, Your Excellency Yuan, this visit is really a bit hasty. We should have felt presumptuous." Attlee picked up the cigar from the humidor. Lloyd shrugged it respectfully.
"I smoke this, Lord Yuan." He took a pipe from his pocket.
"Please feel free, Mr. Lord." Xu Jun smiled and put the cigar box back on the desk.
"How is Chamberlain's body now." Xu Jun struck a match, raised his hand and handed the matchbox to Attlee.
"The situation is better than last month. The medical team sent by Germany is very good. It has played a very important role in stabilizing your condition." Attlee replied.
"Is it Penicillin?" After that, Xu Jun took two cigars fiercely, and then threw the matchstick into the ashtray.
"Yes, Lord Yuan, that is really a magical drug. Our scientists are working with German scientists on the issue of mass production. We believe that once this drug is put on the international market, it will bring the whole world Great changes will come. A large number of fatal diseases will be effectively controlled. This will be the gospel for the entire mankind." Attlee replied enthusiastically.
"I also think so, we will fully support the conduct of this research. However, according to the information we have, the country across the Pacific is also conducting the same research, but the progress is very slow and far behind Our current process, so I suggest that we should strengthen the protection of research results, we must know that those mobsters who are profiteering can do anything to achieve their goals." Xu Jun did not forget to take the black side by the way while boasting. A group of American chaebols.
"It's true, Lord Yuan, we are ready for this. The benefits involved in this research are immeasurable. The British Empire is confident to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Attlee replied confidently.
"I have never doubted the ability of the British Empire, Mr. Attlee. Let’s talk about business now. Regarding your mission this time, Mr. Chamberlain didn’t tell you very clearly on the phone, whether you can now Explain to me in detail what the UK wants Germany to do." Xu Jun tapped the edge of the table lightly with his fingers.
"I'm very sorry, sir, the matter is really important, and I can't say too much detail on the phone. Before explaining my intention, please read the document I brought." Attlee picked up beside her He took out a stack of documents from inside his briefcase, and respectfully passed the top copy to Xu Jun's desk.
"This is?" Xu Jun put the cigar on the ashtray, then curiously picked up the file and read it carefully.
"Has the situation in the file been confirmed?" Xu Jun frowned and asked after reading the file.
"It is the intelligence we collected at the local embassy, and it has also been confirmed by Iranian officials. We think it is necessary to report the situation to Germany in time." Attlee replied.
"Our diplomats have neglected their duties. Thank you very much for your timely notification. This is a substantial manifestation of the friendship between the two countries. I believe that on this basis, Britain and Germany can continue to deepen their cooperation. "Xu Jun nodded in approval.
Hearing Xu Jun's words, the faces of Attlee and Lloyd suddenly showed joy.
"Your Excellency, the British Empire also considers this. During this time, we have been working on repairing the relationship between Britain and Germany, and we have made significant progress." Lord Lloyd said.
The content in the document is indeed very important to Germany, and it directly touched on the core issue of Xu Jun's next strategy. The history of Germany has always been troubled by the shortage of energy and fuel. Hitler even bowed his knees to seek help from his most hated enemy. However, no matter how hard Germany tried, in the historical environment at the time, he wanted to be thorough. The possibility of solving this problem is close to zero.
Germany lacked sufficient fossil fuels. In fact, Germany lacked almost everything except coal, iron and potatoes.
The First World War and the Treaty of Versailles severely damaged Germany’s economy. As a result, he did not have much extra money to purchase the resources he needed. The heavy foreign debt forced Germany to come up with a bartering method and the resources needed. Just use the industrial products produced in exchange.
But there is an important resource that Germany can hardly obtain even if it sells iron, and that is the most important petroleum raw material for an industrial country.
At that time, the German chemical industry was very advanced, and it was able to skillfully extract usable fuel from coal. In 1940, Germany already had 20 large-scale synthetic oil fields, which could provide 4 million tons of synthetic fuel each year. , Which accounts for almost 40% of the fuel needed in Germany. The remaining 60% can only rely on imports from major oil-producing regions.
However, the most important oil-producing regions in the world have basically been carved up by the major powers, leaving no share for Germany at all. Especially after the start of the Polish battle, under the four breads of Britain and France, the only way for Germany to obtain oil was the Soviet Union and Romania.
The problem is that the Soviet Union is immersed in industrialization and consumes a lot of energy and has a very limited export share. On the other hand, over 90% of Romania’s oil fields are controlled by oil companies in Britain, France, the United States and other countries, while the government’s own control is only a pitiful 9.7%. After the war, Britain, France and other countries relied on panic buying in Romania. The production was wiped out. As a result, Germany only imported a pitiful 100,000 tons of oil from Romania before the war began.
In fact, since this time, the shadow of the German fuel crisis has begun to hang over the empire~IndoMTL.com~In history, although Germany was about to defeat France, it took most of Europe in its hands and seized the reserves of the occupying power. Millions of tons of oil, the total number of reserves once reached 12 million tons. This data gives people the illusion that the fuel problem that plagued Germany no longer exists.
But in fact, Germany ostensibly occupied the European countries, which is equivalent to carrying a lot of burdens, because the fuel supply of these countries will also be provided by Germany.
In fact, only a small part of the seized reserve oil was taken by Germany for use, and most of it was still digested by the occupying power itself, because when they surrendered to Germany, they also lost all sources of oil. , The powerful British navy has included their oil tankers within the target of the blockade.
In order to demonstrate the excellence of the new order of the Third Reich, and perhaps to prevent fires in the backyard, Germany swelled its face and filled its fat people with oil resources that it had finally obtained to the occupying powers. This is also the biggest reason why Germany's reserves will be rapidly reduced to a dangerous amount after the start of the Eastern Route. To put it bluntly, the source of oil in Germany has not increased, but the target of consumption has increased several times,
Finally, when Romania fell and the domestic synthetic oil plants were destroyed by the Anglo-American strategic bombing, the Third Reich had a million troops sitting on countless technical equipment, but was no longer capable of launching any large-scale battles.
But now history has changed, and the situation in Germany is very different. At present, the imperial oil sources have been guaranteed, not only can import oil from Romania and the Soviet Union, but also get the share of crude oil produced by various British and French colonial oil companies.
Thank you for your support. (To be continued.)