usatvline Chapter 806 There is a problem with the oil
Chapter 806 There is a problem with the oil
Mitsuhiro Abe did not tell Chen Yang the specific information about Masaharu Honma.
I just asked Chen Yang to help coordinate Honma Masaharu's itinerary.
Therefore, Chen Yang instinctively determined that Honma Masaharu's itinerary was definitely not as simple as comforting the troops on the front line as Abe Mitsuhiro mentioned.
The so-called comforting the troops is just an excuse. The most likely possibility is that this guy went to the front line to discuss with the generals of the southern army about taking action against Southeast Asia.
After all, the Navy Department’s plan to move south did not include any army preparations.
The Army Department wanted to obtain more supplies and at this time set its sights on Southeast Asia.
In early May 1940, the battlefield in China was still in full swing.
The Zhongtiao Mountain area entered the second phase of stalemate. In order to compete for the ownership of Zhongtiao Mountain, Tada Shun's troops and Wei Ling's troops both sides showed signs of fighting.
Compared with the Asian battlefield, the fighting on the European battlefield began to subside. At this time, the Führer had changed his target to the Soviet Union. The Germans were preparing to attack the Soviet Union under the cover of Operation Sea Lion.
At this time, the British Isles had been severely damaged by the German Air Force. When everyone thought that Germany would carry out the next plan to invade the British Isles, the Germans suddenly stopped.
However, Mussolini, the Führer's always lukewarm partner, once again approached the Führer and asked Germany for help.
The Italian army was defeated in the North African battlefield.
In fact, in September last year, in order to demonstrate the strength of the Italian army, Mussolini commanded 9 Italian troops to attack East Africa from Ethiopia and Eritrea, intending to seize Egypt and British Somalia.
Controlling the Suez Canal and the Red Sea would cut off Britain's supply lines and provide Germany with additional cards to attack the British Isles.
However, the plan quickly failed.
But Mussolini did not give up. Soon, he turned his attention to North Africa.
At that time, there were only 50,000 British troops in North Africa, while Mussolini had an army of 500,000.
So Mussolini opened fire on the British troops stationed in North Africa without hesitation, but the result was the same as before.
As expected, the Italian army lost again...
In these two attacks, Mussolini completely lost face for the Roman Empire.
Of course, at this point, Mussolini no longer cared about the issue of face and turned to the Führer for help.
Although the Führer looked down on this ally who was not much stronger than a pig, it was still an ally after all.
So, in late April, the Führer sent Rommel to assist Mussolini in stabilizing the situation in North Africa.
Rommel led tens of thousands of German troops to the North African battlefield, and after entering the battlefield, he quickly taught the self-righteous British a lesson with overwhelming force.
And speaking of this, we have to mention the most powerful intelligence agency in the UK, the CIA...
The reason why the British were defeated so completely and thoroughly was that these CIA intelligence officers made "great contributions".
When Rommel just entered North Africa, CIA intelligence personnel obtained accurate information.
The Führer's order was for Rommel to assist the Italian army in stabilizing the situation in North Africa, not to serve as a vanguard and fight the British to the death.
It was also because of this intelligence that the British troops stationed in North Africa believed that Rommel was just bluffing by showing his menacing appearance.
Even when Chen Yang met Sir Carl last time, Madison asserted that North Africa would soon stabilize.
The Italian army could not possibly fight the British because they could not win, and the Germans would not make a big fuss about it.
The Italian army was not good at attacking, and the goal of the German army was to maintain stability in the North African battlefield. Therefore, Madison and the directors of Shell believed that the situation in North Africa was just a lot of noise but little results.
Oil shipments will return to normal soon.
Who knew that Rommel had no intention of obeying the Führer's orders. After entering the North African battlefield, the German troops led by Rommel broke through the British defense line in just one week.
The British army was caught off guard and had to retreat in panic.
Rommel had no intention of letting the British go and kept chasing them.
The nickname "Desert Fox" was not undeserved. Under his pursuit, the casualties of 50,000 British troops were nearly half, and only more than 20,000 people escaped into Egypt.
The British were also afraid that the oil fields they were exploiting in North Africa would fall into the hands of the Germans and benefit the Führer. After discussion, the Shell board of directors reluctantly issued an order to destroy the oil fields.
The oil is gone, and it's not just the Shell directors who are heartbroken, there is someone who is even more heartbroken than them.
That is Madison, President of Shell Asia.
When Madison received the report from the headquarters that oil could not be shipped to Asia for the time being, his expression was as if his father had died, and sweat broke out on his face.
The oil the Japanese ordered from him was worth nearly 100 million US dollars.
If they fail to deliver the oil, they will face triple compensation, which is a sky-high price of 300 million US dollars.
He had to pay so much money with his head.
But if they don't pay compensation, haha, Asia is dominated by the Japanese, and they can use the contract as an excuse at any time to demand US$300 million in compensation from Shell.
Even if he transferred all the oil in Asia to the Japanese, he would not be able to raise 100 million US dollars worth of oil in just two months.
Madison was very suspicious that this oil purchase contract was a big trap set by Chen Yang for him.
However, he had no evidence, and of course, he did not think that Chen Yang, a Japanese Minister of Transport, could command a German general like Rommel to kill the British.
To him, it was all just a coincidence.
However, this coincidence was fatal. Without a sufficient share of oil, he would have to pay so much compensation.
At this time, Chen Yang would not show any mercy to him. After all, Chen Yang had already reminded him in their previous meeting.
Let him prepare oil as soon as possible and not pin his hopes on North Africa.
But Madison disagreed. He stubbornly believed that there would be no problem with the oil in North Africa, it was just that the war delayed the transportation.
Now the oil is gone.
This time Madison really feels like the world is coming to an end...
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Meihua Building, Joint Transport Department.
Chen Yang looked at the information sent by Hisao Matsushima from the consulate, and the smile on his lips was harder to suppress than AK.
The British army was defeated by the Germans in the North African battlefield. Not only was it a complete defeat, but several large oil fields were also destroyed.
Yes, Libya has numerous oil fields, but large-scale development has not yet been carried out.
These oil fields in North Africa are the lifeblood of Shell.
In order not to cheapen the Germans, they are really willing to do so.
However, whether or not to part with it has little to do with Chen Yang. What he cares about now is how to pay Madison the 300 million yuan in compensation without oil...