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Chapter 44 Petroleum Reserves

Will Zhang Chengtian be an easy puppet to control?! If Hitler could find a few colleagues who had been in contact with Zhang Chengtian for more than a day and inquire about them. Then Hitler would never come to the conclusion that Zhang Chengtian's power could be easily taken away.

A person who has to walk around in the newly issued major general uniform every morning, smiling and walking back and forth for the guards to salute, will others easily take away his current status?!

As an otaku who never reached a high status in his previous life, Zhang Chengtian cherishes everything now. Therefore, the first time Hitler showed his desire for control, Zhang Chengtian had murderous intentions.

However, until they parted, Zhang Chengtian did not show this murderous intention on his face, and still bid farewell to the party leader with a silly smile on his face.

After completing the exchange with Hitler, Zhang Chengtian did not get even a moment of rest. He was hurriedly loaded into the car by the adjutant and transported to the office of German Oil Minister Myers.

Although it was already after get off work hours, as a conscientious minister, Miles still used his greatest enthusiasm to receive the popular major general of the Republic.

Even after receiving a call from Zhang Chengtian to visit, Miles immediately walked out of the office and stood downstairs waiting for a full half hour.

"Minister Miles, I've kept you waiting for a long time. I'm really sorry for this." Since he didn't have dinner, Zhang Chengtian said hello to Miles while gnawing on an apple.

Looking at the casual major general in front of him, there was no trace of embarrassment. However, Miles, who has always been smooth in dealing with people, still smiled and said: "Anyway, it is my honor to have the opportunity to wait for a hero like you, General."

."

The two walked into Myers' office while chatting. The moment he closed the door, Zhang Chengtian immediately put on a serious expression and said directly: "Minister Myers, so far, our oil reserves have

How many are there?"

Apparently unable to react to Zhang Chengtian's rapid change of expression, Myers was stunned for a moment before replying: "Oh, that's right. Thanks to the imported oil you secretly provided, General, the domestic oil reserves have reached 960,000 tons.

"

The imported oil that Miles mentioned was obviously the reward that Zhang Chengtian received for his cooperation with the Soviet Union. However, Miles did not know the source of this batch of oil. He only knew that Zhang Chengtian’s men secretly imported a large amount of oil and delivered the oil

department, and the purchase price paid by the oil department was significantly lower than the market price.

Germany is originally a country that relies heavily on oil imports. The arrival of this batch of cheap oil has solved one of the biggest problems for Miles, the oil minister.

First of all, this batch of oil was imported secretly, and Britain, France and other countries were obviously unaware of it, which also reduced Germany's demand for Romanian oil. After Germany slightly reduced its oil imports from Romania, Britain and France were obviously relieved to Germany.

From the British point of view, Germany's reduction in Romanian oil imports, which is already small, means that Germany will be unable to support the fuel consumption of its ocean-going navy. In this way, the German navy will develop into a regional navy, which is consistent with the British maintenance of Germany's oil consumption.

It is consistent with the national policy of legal balance.

From the perspective of France, Germany's reduction in oil imports means that Germany's oil reserves will be far lower than France's. Estimating the model of the previous World War, once Germany and France go to war again, Germany's logistics will be restricted due to lack of oil. This

It is very beneficial to France, which relies on the Maginot Line and has abundant oil reserves.

Obviously, Myers believed that it was a matter of great joy that Germany could store nearly one million tons of oil without telling Britain and France.

However, after listening to Myers' report, Zhang Chengtian not only did not feel any joy, but looked worried and said: "In the past few years, I have secretly provided more than 800,000 tons of oil to the Ministry of Petroleum, but now you tell me that the domestic oil reserves

Not even 1 million tons!”

Having said this, Zhang Chengtian clenched his fist, knocked on Myers' desk and said: "According to this logical reasoning, if the oil department did not get this batch of oil sent by me, wouldn't it even have a reserve of 200,000 tons?

Less than?!”

Miles saw Zhang Chengtian suddenly angry and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After all, Zhang Chengtian now has enough strength and power to put pressure on him.

Miles, who was busy explaining, quickly ran to the desk, took out several reports and handed them to Zhang Chengtian: "Major General Reinhardt, it's not that our department hasn't tried, it's because Britain and France have restricted our oil.

The lockdown is too tight."

Zhang Chengtian took the report and scanned it ten lines at a time. Through the experience of answering a lot of questions as a student in his previous life, Zhang Chengtian quickly discovered the cause of the German oil crisis.

The report shows that Germany’s oil imports mainly rely on Romania in the Balkan Peninsula.

Romania, an agricultural country, has very low oil extraction and consumption capabilities. Foreign capital is the actual master of its mines. Among them, the Anglo-Dutch Petroleum Company holds 39.8%, France 16.6%, the United States 12.5%, and Romania.

The country only accounts for 9.7%.

As a defeated country in World War I, Germany was unable to carve up Romania's oil cake. After secretly contacting domestic businessmen, it managed to obtain less than 5% of the pie.

Under the strict oil blockade imposed by Britain and France on Germany, the oil Germany could import from Romania was only enough for civilian use.

After a brief silence, Zhang Chengtian seemed to be off-topic and asked Miles: "Minister Miles, what do you think of the Socialist Workers Party?"

Hearing Zhang Chengtian's seemingly casual words, Miles, who has been involved in officialdom for many years, frowned and remained silent for a few seconds.

Miles knew very well that the questions Zhang Chengtian asked at this time would never be irrelevant topics.

After a brief consideration, Myers took a look at the office where he had stayed for 10 years. In the past 10 years, because he had no political resources, he had never been given the opportunity to be promoted. His enthusiasm slowly dissipated and his dreams gradually faded away.

Why, without aristocratic background, I can only become an insignificant supporting role. While I am working silently, I allow those Junkers nobles with background to stand out.

"Major General Reinhardt, I know that you are the actual leader of this party. I do not understand the ideas of the Socialist Workers Party. However, I am very happy to join the Socialist Workers Party and follow you."

Miles loudly expressed his attitude to Zhang Chengtian.

It's time to join this passionate group, whether it's for your own passion or for your own future. Miles made up his mind full of hope.

After hearing this, Zhang Chengtian laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Minister Miles could understand and make a decision so quickly."

Miles also smiled coquettishly and said: "Actually, I often read the Social Worker's newspaper, and I learned from it that Major General you have reused many young talents with no background, similar to Otto Moritz who came from the security team.

Walter Model is a classic example."

Not only did I reuse Model, but I also reused Kesselring and Guderian. In the future, I will also reuse Manstein, who has an aristocratic background. Zhang Chengtian rolled his eyes and thought.

It seems that Myers understands that he reuses these historically proven celebrities because these people are willing to rely on him.

Thinking that Zhang Chengtian could not trust his determination, Myers pressed his chest and swore: "Major General, please believe me. I am willing to be your most loyal subordinate, as long as you give me a chance to prove myself."

Patting Miles on the shoulder, Zhang Chengtian comforted him and said: "It is a good thing to be motivated. I very much agree with people who are motivated. But I hope you understand that in addition to loyalty, my criteria for employing people also focus on personal ability."

Miles quickly raised his hand to Zhang Chengtian and said with a not-so-standard party member salute: "Please rest assured, I am definitely not an incompetent person without ability." After saying that, Miles took it out from the safe in the corner of the office.

A planning document.

Zhang Chengtian, who received the plan, praised Miles's ugly raise of hands, and then opened the plan with great interest, which Miles used to prove his ability.

After opening the first page of the plan, Zhang Chengtian was deeply attracted by the plan.

The first half of this plan planned in more detail the proportion and distribution of oil imported from Venezuela, Mexico, the Dutch East Indies, the United States, and even the Soviet Union, which Zhang Chengtian had already begun to deal with.

In the second half of the planning document, a technology that is being developed and tested is mentioned - coal-to-oil technology.

According to the pace of the entire plan, Germany can double its existing oil reserves through imports and self-refining in the next five years.

In five years, the more mature coal-to-oil technology will be put into production. Germany can fill some of the oil loopholes through its abundant coal resources.

This plan seemed perfect to Zhang Chengtian (in fact, in history, Germany was able to have nearly 2.5 million tons of oil reserves after Britain and France strengthened their oil blockade, relying on this plan.) The only difficulty in implementing the entire plan is that

It just costs a lot of money.

However, for Germany, which has just received a large loan from the United States, it has much more funds now than before.


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