But how to push the Minas Oil Field to the British requires a lot of thinking. First of all, it is definitely not possible for Gulf Oil or Imperial Oil to come forward to operate. In that case, the smell of conspiracy will be too strong, and the British are not fools.
At first glance, we knew that this was done by Emperor Yang. If it happened at such a time, the purpose was undoubtedly obvious.
The British must find this oil field by themselves. Fortunately, there are many British people in Southeast Asia currently looking for oil, including many on Sumatra. After all, the world's crude oil supply is almost monopolized by Yang Feng's OPEC.
, those oil tyrants bullied Britain into relying on crude oil imports to support the war. Prices kept rising and rising. Seeing large sums of gold flowing out every day, the British were also very distressed. All they had complete control over was the Nigerian oil fields.
Moreover, because the niggas continue to attack, the production is extremely unstable, and the production of the few oil wells in Myanmar and the newly acquired Netherlands is too low. There is an urgent need to develop large oil fields that truly belong to Britain.
Now that oil has been discovered in Sumatra, the British will naturally continue to search there. In this way, they only need to provide them with certain inducements.
This is easy to solve. The UK's main oil company in Southeast Asia is Scallop. It only needs to let Gulf Oil's commercial spies in Scallop Company direct their exploration to the Minas oil field. In addition, Gulf Oil should not let Gulf Oil
Make contact with the Sultan of Aceh and show interest in oil development in Sumatra. This can also put some pressure on the British, and at the same time reveal some clues to the commercial spies of the Scallop Company within Gulf Oil. These specific operations are not necessary.
His Majesty the Emperor personally cared about it.
At this time, Emperor Yang, who was studying how to continue harming Indonesian monkeys, suddenly received good news.
"Your Majesty, Portugal has joined the Allied Powers and declared war on Germany and Austria." Zhang Quanxing rushed over and said.
In fact, Portugal was forced to join the war by the British because the recent war was not going well, especially the failure of the Dutch landing plan, which disgraced the British. The huge losses in the naval battle also severely affected the morale of the domestic people. At this time, the British urgently needed
This is exciting news. Although whether a small country like Portugal joins or not has no impact on the war situation at all, it will become an excellent material for public opinion propaganda.
As for Portugal, to be honest, this country really didn’t want to get involved in the war, but they had no choice. At this time, Portugal was no longer the country it once was. It was at best a third-rate small country in Europe, and its economy relied entirely on the charity of the British. Now the British
They had to join the Allies. Portugal could only hold its nose and admit it. Fortunately, they didn't have many obligations to fulfill. They could just send 8,000 people to the battlefield to express their will.
This news was indeed good news for Yang Feng, but it was nothing more. However, Portugal's participation in the war made Emperor Yang dissatisfied with his previous work.
"It seems that there are still many places in the world that are not at war. This is a serious dereliction of duty on our part!" This guy was holding a scepter and looking at the huge world map in front of him. In Zhang Quan's inexplicable eyes, he looked remorseful.
said.
Of course, what he said is pure nonsense. As the originally peaceful and peaceful Indonesia has become engulfed in war and devastation, except for those countries that cannot strategically be involved in war, there are really not many countries in the world that are still enjoying peace.
Already.
Taking Asia as an example, the Ottoman Empire must be kept temporarily, Persia must be kept temporarily, and there are no other independent countries. There is also Siam, which can be ignored, and then there is Japan.
Japan actually participated in the war. It's just that these dwarves participated on both sides. Both the Allies and the Central Powers hired a large number of workers from Japan, of which France alone hired more than 300,000, and even hired those who had received military training.
To serve as cannon fodder. Of course the Germans did not do this, but they dug a lot of trenches. Regarding their behavior, Yang Feng had always taken encouraging measures, because it was difficult for the Germans to transport these Japanese coolies to Europe.
They are all transported by Chinese merchant ships, which is similar to the pig pig and nigger trade in the past. It is normal for people to die on the road.
The Japanese have nothing to do now. Although these dwarves have little capital, they are very capable. Not counting the Japanese colonies in China, Germany and Russia, the population of Honshu and Shikoku alone is close to 40 million. Over the years,
In addition, Yang Feng's factories have been in a tight supply of contaminated agricultural products. Although these factories also brought a certain amount of salary income to those Japanese workers, these things could not be used as food, and they could only import food from outside. The war in Europe started
Since then, world food prices have been rising rapidly. The Chinese people don't care. They are making money like crazy and don't care about food prices at all. What's more, His Majesty the Emperor is often in a good mood and directly brings a ship from the United States to reward the people.
But the Japanese couldn't stand it, no matter how little they ate, they couldn't hold on. In order to eat, a large number of Japanese embarked on the road of leaving their hometowns. The men worked as coolies and cannon fodder, and the women worked as extremists. Anyway, they had to find a way to survive.
Life is so miserable that even a hard-hearted Emperor like Yang can't help but feel a little pitiful. The planned bacterial experiment in Japan has never been carried out. Of course, the main reason is that he is worried that those mass murderers will flood the world now and easily affect Europe.
The great powers are currently bleeding each other. Had it not been for the Spanish flu, the war in history might have lasted for several more months.
Apart from this, there are really no other countries in Asia. The rest are colonies. Now they are actually involved in the war, including Asan, which has appeared on the European battlefield. Other members of the Commonwealth, such as Australia and Canada, have also sent troops.
To participate in the war, as for the United States, Mexico, and the Confederacy, the three countries must be excluded. In this way, the only countries that should have participated in the war but did not are the South American countries, especially Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, the so-called ABC three powers.
Now Brazil is a republic, and President Alves is a purely civilian president with no military ambitions. However, the Brazilian Navy is currently the largest in South America in terms of tonnage, with two battleships just purchased from Sweden, and four more.
Heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, and twelve large destroyers, their strength even surpassed that of the Dutch navy that had just been destroyed.
As for the Brazilian Army, it is not worth mentioning, and the domestic conflicts are very serious. This is a country that has just emerged from slavery and military dictatorship not many years ago. Like most countries in the Americas, landlords dominate this country.
Due to its status and underdeveloped industry, it mainly relies on exporting crops such as coffee, cane sugar, and rubber. In addition, the Yang Consortium also has an iron mine there, which is mainly used to supply major enterprises in the Confederacy.
But Brazil’s economy still mainly relies on plantations, especially coffee cultivation. This country is the world’s largest coffee supplier. The war in Europe has severely damaged Brazil’s coffee exports. Europeans are working hard for each other, so how can they be in the mood to sit still?
Drink coffee.
As for Argentina, it is currently the most dynamic country in South America and a paradise for European immigrants. Its per capita income ranks among the top ten in the world. Relying on animal husbandry and agricultural product exports, it is still prosperous and powerful until now.
The population is smaller, only about five million. The Argentines, who are not short of money, also own two Swedish battleships. In order to overwhelm their opponent, the Brazilian Navy, these two are specially customized versions. Although the speed is slightly slower, they have ten
305mm main gun.
And compared to Brazil, which has just experienced a peasant uprising, this country is more stable and prosperous. However, the number of German immigrants and Italian immigrants in this country is about the same, so it is difficult to join either party due to emotional issues.
Needless to say, as for Chile, the world's leading exporter of saltpeter and copper ore, China is currently importing large quantities of these two items from Chile. Its naval strength is also not weak. Although the two battleships ordered from China have not yet been completed,
But it already has two heavy cruisers, and they are large heavy cruisers in the 10,000-ton class, which are much more powerful than the 7,000-ton class ones in Brazil and Argentina.
But the problem is that with Emperor Yang's mind, it is difficult to find a way to involve these countries that are far away, separated from Europe by an ocean, and basically have no interests involved in the war in Europe. Originally, Brazil participated in the war in history.
Because they let the Americans fool them, and the Germans always sank their merchant ships and withheld millions of pounds of their coffee money, which also made the Brazilians very angry. But even if they participated in the war, they never really went to the battlefield. At most, they sent a few ships
Warships go to Europe to establish their presence and gain the reputation of a victorious country.
"It's difficult to handle. South America is too far away from Europe. No matter who wins or loses, it will have no impact on them. Moreover, these people are not stupid. This is a rare good opportunity for their industrial development. If they miss it, they will wait for the next opportunity."
It will be difficult, and as far as I know, a large number of American capitalists are now transferring assets to Brazil and Argentina to build factories there to avoid our blockade of the United States." Zhang Quan, who is familiar with Emperor Yang's style, naturally understands that he is now
What kind of sinister intentions are there? If there is true peace anywhere in the world, it is South America. But it is really difficult to get South America involved in the war.
However, his last words reminded Yang Feng that this is indeed a problem that must be solved. He is aware of the fact that American capitalists are transferring assets to Brazil and Argentina, but he has never paid attention to it. After all, it takes time to start a new business.
And the scale is not very big now. The cultural differences between these countries in South America and the United States are huge, and they are not the same type at all. Those American capitalists are not forced to a dead end, and it is impossible to choose this path. (To be continued, please search for Piaotian literature, novels