Mobil wants to infiltrate Shell, and the other side is not sitting still.

Then Shell's strong brand marketing power, they put a lot of effort into downstream sales.

Buying land on a large scale, building directly operated gas stations, and enhancing refining technology, we want to counter Mobil from the sales side.

As long as Shell can firmly control the downstream sales network, then Mobil will never break off its cooperation with it for the sake of profit, but will be subject to its checks and balances due to sales problems.

Oil reserves are not something that Mobil should normally do, it requires a lot of money, manpower and material resources, and no one will get along with money, including Li Zitao himself.

The contest between the two sides tugs at everyone's heart, and Japan is also paying close attention.

Since the beginning of the year, their naval expedition units have been training for chemical purposes, and in order to complete the attack perfectly, they have improved their torpedoes and other weapons.

At the same time, Japanese expatriates in Hawaii also frequently received phone calls from relatives and friends in China.

Being far away from home to receive a call from their hometown, the Japanese overseas Chinese were naturally very happy, and they chatted with each other.

What touched them even more was that the relatives and friends in China inquired about their living environment and what they had suffered, which made the Japanese overseas Chinese feel the warmth from their hometown.

However, they could never have imagined that every time the call was over, all the information would be sent to the Japanese base camp and a detailed Pearl Harbor strategic map would slowly appear.

The Pacific Fleet's attack on Pearl Harbor had been planned for a long time, far earlier than the Americans' own speculations and verifications.

However, the Japanese side has done a very good job of secrecy, and only conducted exercises in the local and offshore areas, which was not noticed by the outside world.

In this era, people don't have 'heavenly eyes' on their heads, so they won't be easily discovered.

Moreover, the Japanese side has done a very good job of pretending to be a grandson, and every time the representatives who come to Washington show humility and a desire to seek peace, which greatly satisfies the vanity of Lao Mei.

I have to admit that Lao Mei is a bit of a Madahar performance in this regard.

Seeing the little devil's respect, coupled with his psychological superiority, the difference in industrial and economic development, the vast majority of people think that the devil will never dare to provoke the strong bald eagle easily.

In fact, it is true that anyone who has been to the United States and seen its strong industrial base and national power will not easily choose to be its enemy.

But by this time the fanatical ideas of the Japanese base camp had seriously affected their judgment, and the ongoing war in the Far East was pushing it forward.

so that the whole country was kidnapped into the carriage of war, unable to stop running forward.

And in Germany, the dwarfs who had not been able to take down Britain for a long time turned their eyes to the East.

More than four months ago, at the end of August last year, the German High Command had drawn up an 'Alto plan' for a future attack on the Soviet Union. ’

But the plan was not mature, and they were implementing the 'Sea Lion Plan,' which wanted to destroy Britain in one fell swoop and then turn around and launch an attack on the East.

It's just that now the little man has changed his mind, and the stubborn resistance of the British and the aid from the outside world have made him more and more hopeless.

Moreover, Eastern Europe, with its vast territory and abundant resources, is even more important for Germany now and in the future.

It is practically clear to everyone that the dwarfs have been snooping on the USSR for a long time.

Since the twenties, he has been aiming for the vast lands of Eastern Europe on the grounds that the German people must seek living space.

And as Germany grew stronger and stronger in the war, and no one could stop it, this thought became even stronger.

According to the policy established by the NC, people of Russia and other Slavic peoples should be killed or enslaved, because they were all inferior peoples.

The vacated land was to be given to the Germans to live in, and it was planned that after the occupation of the cities in these areas, the population would be completely wiped out by famine, and the remaining agricultural products would be used to feed the Germans.

Although the dwarf stated in his autobiography that Germany would 'cooperate with the Russians' who were willing to support them, there was no mention of it in the actual plan.

There were two reasons for wanting to launch an attack on the Soviet Union as soon as possible: Stalin's work in the Great Purge brought him into disrepute internationally.

The decline in combat effectiveness caused by the Great Purge was the most important aspect of Germany.

As an ally of Japan, the little man knew all the details of the Battle of Normenheim between Japan and Russia, not to mention the many battlefield observers sent by Germany during the war.

The real purpose of these people in the war was to test the existing combat strength of the Soviet Union at close range and prepare information for future wars.

It is true that the Soviet Union won the Battle of Normenhan, but the command was chaotic, all relied on heavy firepower to suppress, and the army's momentum was sluggish, and these problems were also exposed on the battlefield.

What's more, compared with backward Japan, Germany has more advanced weapons, elite soldiers, tanks and huge supplies than the Soviet Union.

Germany, which occupies most of Europe, swept away the decadence and malaise after the First World War, and gradually grew into a 'steel monster' in the war. ’

The benefits of defeating the Soviet Union were clear: when the Soviet Union was defeated, Germany would be able to free up a large number of troops to alleviate the labor shortage in industry.

Ukraine has fertile land and is able to provide a lot of cheap food.

The occupation of the USSR would have a large number of slave laborers, and the vast lands would also change Germany's geostrategy.

The defeat of the Soviet Union would further isolate Britain and prevent aid from outside.

And most importantly, the German war machine consumes a lot of oil at all times, and the Baku oil-producing region of the Soviet Union is the best choice to solve this phenomenon.

So, while the American family was preparing for Christmas and New Year, the dwarf approved all the plans made by the High Command for an invasion of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, shortly after the end of the year, a large number of German troops moved to the border, which made the Soviet Union aware of the uneasiness and called the dwarf to ask the reason.

According to the plan of the high command, they will send more than 300,000 troops to the border and transfer a large amount of supplies to the eastern front to prepare for war.

If the Soviet Union could be stabilized before the war broke out and the 'lightning attack' that Germany did best, the effect would be amazing.

As a result, the German ambassador to the Soviet Union told the Soviet side that Germany's stationing of troops along the border was only a necessary defensive posture and strategic need.

After all, they are at war with Britain, and it has been less than 2 years since the Soviet-German 'peace treaty' was signed, and the dwarf is peaceful and friendly to the Soviet people.

Only a 'ghost' would believe such nonsense, and the Soviet side laughed it off.

However, one thing they believe is true, that is, Germany will never go to war with the Soviet Union in the near future, opening up a double theater of war to make the war more difficult.

Moreover, in the event of a war with the Soviet Union without defeating Britain, Britain and the Soviet Union would inevitably choose to cooperate and jointly attack Germany.

No matter what you think, the dwarfs don't need to ask for trouble, which is why they choose to believe the German ambassador's excuse and simply ask for more patrols and vigilance at the border.