latelenovela Chapter 270: Unite with Gauls to fight against John Bull?
Chapter 270: Unite with Gauls to fight against John Bull?
In the next few days, good news continued to come that the fifth and seventh drilling wells produced self-flowing phenomena.
The drilling site of Majiagang Oilfield has been completely surrounded by John's Army who rushed over, but Yegorov has the endorsement of the White Eagle identity, so John's Army can only surround the periphery for the time being.
A small piece of hillock touched the hearts of everyone in the allied countries at that moment, and even the collapse of the allies on the battlefield of Qian Country thousands of miles away was temporarily ignored.
Currently in North Africa, General Dai, the arch-enemy of John's people and the last real man in Gaul, is trembling with jealousy.
This man, who was only a temporary brigadier general when he boarded the plane to flee abroad before Hans' army entered the capital, Huadu, now has clung to the White Eagle and proclaimed himself a major general and temporary prime minister. He is forming a free army that only obeys his own orders and is ready to counterattack the motherland with the Normandy landing at any time.
After learning that his old enemy had oil in his own country, he immediately summoned all his staff and some experts and scholars who had fled the country to study whether there was any possibility of crude oil storage in the current colony of Afrika in Gallic.
In the conference room, General Dai, dressed in a major general's uniform and not hiding his military attributes at all, kept tapping the table with his hands and looked at the world map in front of him in deep thought.
Before Zhang Chi developed the Majiagang oil field, the main oil producing areas in Europe were the Ploiesti oil field in Romania (Hill's favorite) and the Caucasus oil field in Russia.
The major countries in the free world of Western Europe generally use oil shipped from Southeast Asia by the Dutch Shell Oil Company, oil shipped from the Persian oil fields by the Johns, or White Eagle Texas oil from across the ocean.
General Dai knew very well that these oil producing areas were far away from Europe, and the transportation time and cost were high, not to mention that none of these oil companies belonged to Gaul. This meant that even if Gaul successfully restored its country in the future, its energy security would never be guaranteed.
The Gauls' arch-enemy, the insidious and cunning John, undoubtedly had an advantage over the Gauls in terms of energy after acquiring their own oil fields.
General Dai, who was already looking towards the post-war world, was unwilling to accept this situation, but that was the fact.
Just then, a secretary knocked on the door and hurried into the meeting room.
"2 million barrels..." the breathless secretary shouted to everyone in the conference room, "The latest news is that experts estimate that the reserves of the Majiagang Oilfield exceed 2 million barrels!"
Upon hearing this news, the atmosphere in the conference room became even heavier, and General Dai couldn't help but sigh.
The Gaul Empire had vast colonies in Africa, and even its Free Army had a large number of African soldiers serving to fight against the Nazis for their motherland.
General Dai couldn't help but look up to the sky and ask: Why doesn't Gaul have an oil field of its own?
Just when General Dai was worried about Gaul's future, another secretary rushed into the meeting room, walked quickly to General Dai and whispered a few words.
General Dai's eyes lit up, and he looked at the visitor in disbelief. "General Zhang from the Far East is willing to cooperate with us in exploiting the Southeast Asian oil fields? All we have to pay is a portion of Niger's uranium mine shares?"
The secretary nodded.
General Dai touched his clean-shaven chin and wondered, "What do those Qian people in the Far East want that kind of glowing stone for? I thought they were targeting the Annan Peninsula."
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In fact, whether it was the uranium ore from the Annan Peninsula or the Gallic colony of Niger, Zhang Chi naturally wanted them all.
However, Zhang Chi also knows that sometimes being too radical in international diplomacy is not a good thing.
Especially since his power has just gained the qualification to sit at the table for dinner, and although the capital of the old colonial empire of Gaul is still in Xier's hands, its foundation and size are undoubtedly far beyond his own.
In Zhang Chi's view, exchanging Pegu's local oil shares for Niger's uranium mine shares is a good start to cooperation.
As for the issue of Annan, it can be solved together with the issue of oil fields in Borneo and Sumatra.
Zhang Chi believed that for Gaul, which was also an oil-poor country, taking advantage of the reshuffle of the world war to get involved in these two large oil fields belonging to the Dutch and the Johns was far more attractive than the three unprofitable colonies on the Annan Peninsula.
He also believed that for General Dai, who was a diplomatic pragmatist, the best option would be for both sides to join forces to fight against John and his Low Countries minions.
Not to mention that with the gradual development of the transistor industry, mainframe computers are about to come out.
With large computers, the calculation work of the atomic bomb can be carried out smoothly. At that time, there will be huge room for cooperation between the two sides in uranium mines and atomic bombs. It is impossible for General Dai not to be tempted.
This is why Zhang Chi likes to deal with pragmatists - their reactions are predictable and their judgment of gains and losses is rational.
However, these collaborations are all focused on the future. As for the present, Zhang Chi is more concerned about how to monetize the Majiagang Oilfield.
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As news of the Majiagang Oilfield's estimated reserves continued to rise, the financial markets also went crazy.
No one would have thought that there was a large oil field so close to the foggy capital of the United Kingdom. Everyone was spreading the rumor that Texas New Century Oil was a company blessed by God.
The commercial bonds issued by Texas New Century Oil Company, which Rockefeller bought for $1300 million, appreciated rapidly, bringing him an additional income of nearly $300 million.
Under Zhang Chi's instructions, Yegorov also took advantage of the situation to sell part of the company's shares in White Eagle and issue new bonds.
Zhang Chi, who apparently holds a 20% stake, also gained huge benefits from this round of financial expansion.
A financial upstart from the Far East, a genius speculator who dared to gamble with commercial loans?
"The Divine Feng Shui of the Far East Aids Oil Exploration. Is There Someone Else at God's Right Hand?"
After the White Eagle Media revealed that Pegu leader Zhang Chi had purchased 20% of Texas New Century Petroleum Company's shares in a private capacity before the Majiagang Oilfield was mined, he himself was rumored to be the god of Far East investment, making the four major families, including the king's uncle, jealous for a while.
(Texas New Century Petroleum is not listed, and all its shares are traded privately. Of course, for Zhang Chi, it was just a transfer from one hand to the other.)
Of course, facing the Anmin Army that has exceeded 50, these people can only be jealous. They would never dare to let Zhang Chifang confront them, and they even have to rely on Zhang Chi to continue doing business.
In White Eagle, many people, based on gossip, attributed Yegorov's accurate method of finding the oil field to Eastern Feng Shui metaphysics.
For a time, not only did Zhang Chi become famous, but even the ancient Feng Shui technique became a fashionable trend.