On the outskirts of Tripoli, North Africa, June 1, 1941
"Sir, I think your concerns are too much. In fact, we are not preventing them from making money, but helping them make more money. Just like our Hansi Bank provides interest-free loans to those tribes, Our oil fields have grown in size, and your country has only a few oil wells producing oil so far. Is this what those plutocrats want to see?" Rommel said proudly that the oil fields in Noodle Country need to build roads and provide power. , water supply, communications and defense forces are needed, but the Hans only need to provide equipment to the tribal chiefs and teach them how to use it.
"Lieutenant General, our oil company is not optimistic about the small oil equipment used by your country, and we don't have that much spare capacity to produce that kind of equipment." General Ettore Bastico shook his head, Rome The scientists finally found a sense of superiority after seeing Hans's small petroleum equipment, and preached everywhere about how advanced their petroleum industry was. In the end, even that man was affected.
“Your Excellency, why don’t we start with the officers of the army? I can coordinate Hans Bank to provide loans to the officers of your country, and then directly pay the loan in the form of small petroleum equipment and technical support, and then purchase petroleum products at par. Do you think you can repay the loan in this way?" Rommel suggested. In fact, he was already doing this in the 7th Armored Division. Now the 7th Armored Division has become an interest group. It is not only more united, but also has the will to defend this land. Also more determined.
"Do you still have excess equipment in your country?" Admiral Ettore Bastico was a little surprised. Obviously, the transportation capacity that Hans can mobilize in the Mediterranean is as limited as ours, but others can transport more bulk materials. And there is still enough money left to sell to outsiders. It’s almost all done. As for whether it will make money? Needless to say, oil has no cost. Prisoners and slaves can be used for labor, military vehicles can be used for transportation, and sales are ignored. Is there any more suitable business than this?
"Other people's words will definitely not work, but if it is you, there will be no problem at all." Rommel smiled and said, as long as the Air Marshal helps, how many supplies can't be obtained? Not to mention civilian supplies, but also weapons. Soon, he will be able to obtain the torpedo boat unit belonging to the North African Corps. He is even planning how to project power to the coast of the Indian Ocean.
"But all the oil fields discovered in our country have been purchased by consortiums." Admiral Ettore Bastico said in embarrassment. Not only the oil fields, but also after the discovery of oil in this area of Liby, Rome has excepted the Han Dynasty. The exploration rights and mining rights in almost all areas outside Sri Lanka's control area were sold, and they made a lot of money. Otherwise, Rome would not be so determined to attack the island of Malta and Alexandria.
"Your Excellency, the oil under this land is beyond your imagination. Rome will not sell all the land, right? Just like Tripoli, isn't it just a piece of virgin land?" Rommel said slyly .
"There is oil in Tripoli!?" General Ettore Bastico was startled. Crude oil has been pumped out in the outer suburbs of Tripoli, but the crude oil there is deeply buried and the oil pressure is low, so the output It is not high, so currently various consortiums have little interest in exploring crude oil around the city.
"Your Excellency, I heard that you have a batch of captured Charles B1 tanks." Rommel smiled and offered the price. Noodle Country declared war on Country F and took advantage of the chaos to plunder some things. Among them, a batch of Charles B1 tanks were After being shipped to North Africa, the generals of the Noodle Country seemed not to be interested in those silly, big, black and thick things, so those tanks have been gathering dust in the warehouse.
The Charles B1 tank is well protected. Its front armor can withstand the blows of Hans's 37mm paK 35 anti-tank gun. In some cases, even the 75mm low-speed tank gun of the No. 4 tank cannot penetrate the front of the Charles B1 tank. Armor. If you want to give them a fatal blow, Hans's No. 3 tank must hit its weak point within a distance of 500 meters, which is obviously difficult to do.
Fortunately, the F Army's old combat thinking has always used tanks as infantry support weapons. In the short battle of Country F, the Allies suffered a disastrous defeat in the face of the overwhelmingly superior Hans army; however, the F Army's Charles B1 tank Under extremely unfavorable circumstances, the Hans army fought a desperate battle with strong air support. In many cases, they fought against Hans' superior troops without infantry coordination, air support, or even single-handedly, and achieved significant results. Although the F Army suffered a comprehensive military defeat in just one month, the battle of the Charles B1 heavy tank unit was still remarkable.
Today's 7th Armored Division seems to be the facade of the Hans Armored Force, but it is still equipped with a lot of captured tanks. There are more than 20 Charles B1s. It is said that the Noodle Country still has more than 40 tanks. Together, Form a heavy tank regiment, attach it to a division of tribal armed forces, and then an armored division assault group will come out, right?
"Yes, as long as you can drill oil wells in areas that are not for sale in Tripoli, all the forty tanks will be supported by you." General Ettore Bastico said nonchalantly. In fact, the military does not need to seize them. There is another reason for tanks, and that is that the consortium is worried that it will affect the military's procurement and allocation of R&D funds. Otherwise, no one would bribe so many mid-level officers to boycott these Charles B1 tanks.
"Sir, there are several points and depths marked on this map. I guarantee that even with the low-cost equipment we provide, crude oil can be extracted." Rommel calmly took out a hand-drawn map from his jacket pocket. The map was handed to General Ettore Bastico. Because too many oil fields in the country had been sold in the early stage, it was only a matter of time before the subsequent oil fields were explored, so Wang Yue simply sold all the oil fields in the country. All oil field data were sold to Hans at once.
Even though consortiums from Noodle Country are running around staking out land, in fact the companies that have obtained good land have Hans Capital behind them, but they don’t dare to be too blatant at this stage.
"Lieutenant General, I have to say that your country's geologists are definitely the best geologists in the world." Admiral Ettore Bastico sighed. Not only oil, according to the information he has, Hans should now own at least one large-scale tungsten mine. In the past May, Hans has changed from an importer of tungsten ore to an exporter.
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