Chapter 281: Planning
However, the Führer's Australian plan can only be an idea at present, because the problems between the colonies in Southeast Asia are still a mess, and only after integrating the local forces can he free up his hands to run this rear, Xu Jun does not want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources but end up with a bamboo basket to make wedding clothes for others.
To be honest, if you want to achieve this goal in a short period of time, it is only a luxury at present. However, it is not without clue, and the Dutch government has shown unreserved cooperation, which is the Dutch's response to Xu Jun's agreement to release the royal family and allow the Dutch government to be retained. Of course, it also has a certain relationship with the fact that most of the members of the new government are pro-German elements supported by Germany, and the anti-German voices in the Netherlands have basically disappeared, or they may be hidden underground, so before the country passes Xu Jun's test, it still needs to be strictly supervised for the time being.
Although the Dutch government fell to its knees very simply, it did not mean that the Dutch East Indies would be willing to be at the mercy of the country, most of the Dutch immigrants there had been multiplied there for several generations, and the Netherlands could only rely on the rotation of administrative officials and commercial trade to maintain the ties between the local and the mainland, so exerting a certain amount of external pressure on the local government and sending sufficient force to deter it was the first task to be done at present. The Netherlands is no longer the coachman of the sea, both military and financial resources have been seriously reduced, and have become a foil for other European powers. But the Netherlands still has a deep influence in Southeast Asia, after all, they have been in the mysterious East for two centuries, and their network of connections spreads through every inch of the land, where the traces of greedy Dutch merchants are everywhere.
The military power of the Dutch East Indies was mainly used to suppress the natives in the colonial area, because of the geographical advantage, it has not encountered any threat from foreign forces, and the Dutch can only be regarded as a joke in Europe. But being placed here is enough to crush a whole bunch of South Asian tribes and indigenous nations. Xu Jun had no appetite for the poorly equipped and poorly trained colonial army, and the only thing that attracted him was rubber medicine and abundant oil in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch have already taken out a stake in the oil company's state-controlled shares, and the Imperial Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Stead consortium, will step in this lucrative business, and is now ready to invest several million marks to promote and expand local production, which also includes the purchase of Dutch Shell's petrochemical technology, such as the production of high-octane fuel oil and the research and development of the latest antiknock agent. It was of great interest to the Wehrmacht.
Germany's current fuel source is no longer as single as in history, the oil companies belonging to France and Britain have begun to supply crude oil and finished products to Germany, and after the reopening of the previously closed Mediterranean route, the crude oil from several original oil fields in the Middle East has begun to flow to the European continent, finally solving part of the current energy demand gap.
Xu Jun has set his sights on the high-yielding oil regions of Africa and the Arab region, most of which are still buried in the Gobi Desert, and is ready to unite several European countries while only Europe has the power to do so, and some countries have not yet had the opportunity to extend their arms here. Together, we need to negotiate how to operate this land of wealth, and I believe that the British and French governments will make a wise choice. As for the undiscovered oil fields in the Italian colonies, Xu Jun was still thinking about how to kick that big chin out, and he wouldn't give this guy the slightest chance to sell himself until the Italian government returned to normal.
In these years, the development of local resources in Europe was not as comprehensive as in later generations, and there were still many undiscovered resources distributed in various places, because the land was vast and sparsely populated. In addition to a part of the residential area, the wild also retains a large amount of land in its original state. There are many minerals buried underneath that will be invaluable in the future. Xu Jun plans to conduct a comprehensive resource survey of the countries in the control area after the restoration of domestic order in each country, and quickly exploit some important mineral deposits.
For example, uranium ore in France and tungsten ore in Austria are valuable deposits that are now crucial to the war effort. In particular, the Mitsil scheelite mine in Austria, which is a rare high-quality open-pit deposit in the world, had it not been discovered by accident in the early seventies. Who would have thought that tungsten ore, which Germany needed most, would be exposed to the Alps in this way. In ten years, the scheelite mine produced 2.6 million tons of high-quality ore, which was replaced by the German style of the wartime, and with enough manpower and material resources, the output here was enough to meet the needs of the whole of Europe. As for Spain? Just let that bastard Franco ride on the wall and play by himself.
Because it is convenient for open-pit mining, Xu Jun estimates that the foundation and supporting facilities of the first phase of the mine can be built within two months. Aim to mine the first precious ore before the end of the year. From now on, tungsten sand will no longer be a scarce material in Germany, German tankers will no longer have to use tungsten core armor-piercing shells carefully, and equipment such as conical guns can also be distributed in large quantities, and the Wehrmacht's anti-armor capability will be greatly improved.
Let's talk about France's uranium mines, because the world's development of atomic energy is just beginning, and the French are basically blank for their own domestic uranium development, who would have thought that three-quarters of the nuclear fuel needed in France in the future will be mined locally. However, in view of the fact that Germany's own atomic energy research has gone for various ridiculous reasons, it is no longer known where it has gone, and Xu Jun can only do some preliminary investigation and survey, plus some pre-mining preparations before completely turning them back. Because it is a matter of secrecy, this aspect of affairs can only be carried out cautiously after completing a complete set of peripheral secrecy work, and it is especially necessary to be careful not to attract the attention of the outside world, because you must know that the Manhattan Plan on the other side of the strait has not yet officially started at this time, and the success or failure of the German "Dornal Plan" will directly affect the balance of power in the whole world.
The topic has gone a little further, and now it turns back to Friedrich Air Base. After lunch, Xu Jun walked for a while on the path outside the restaurant with his hands behind his back, breathing in the air that had been warmed by the sun all afternoon. The weather in Calais has been sunny for the past few days, and the pilots are the happiest about it, this is the best time to fly training, and the fighter formations can be wild in the sky with impunity. An FW190 squad flew at high speed at low altitude near the headquarters cafeteria in a neat four-plane formation, and the roar that shook the organs resounded in the air.
This fighter has entered the stereotyped production, due to the use of Xu Jun's suggestion, the production process has been greatly simplified, while the production plant has increased the number of manufacturing personnel, no longer stubbornly adhere to the eight-hour single-shift system, now changed to three sets of personnel team alternate with each other, 24 hours a day, although the cost seems to be twice the salary of the personnel, but to the greatest extent to make use of mechanical tools and processing sites, speed up the production of products, while reducing the waste of some manpower and resources, On the contrary, it saves production costs and increases the profits obtained by enterprises. More importantly, the number of jobs in the country has increased, and a large number of important skilled workers have been trained, and there is room for improvement in the production rate in the future. The Luftwaffe, for its part, was very satisfied with this fighter, and had already signed an order for the first batch of 400 fighters, and at the same time demanded that the development of improved models, such as high-altitude and long-range and special reconnaissance models, be ready to bear part of the funds.
"Good afternoon, my Führer." Wehrle walked briskly with a briefcase.
"Good afternoon, General, is there anything important?" Xu Jun asked his confidant with a smile.
"This is a report from the Eye of Odin, and I think you'll want to see it first." Weierle took out a document from his bag and respectfully handed it to Xu Jun.
"It seems that the plan is going well." Flipping through the folder, Xu Jun couldn't help but be overjoyed as soon as he read two lines.
"Yes, my Führer, our intelligence officers are very competent, they have made it clear that they are willing to cooperate with us, and with the original documents in our possession and Churchill's written testimony, our plan has been more than half successful." Weirle replied respectfully.
"I agree with your proposal to meet the requirements of this intelligence team as much as possible, and remind them that they must pay attention to their personal safety, and we must always be on top of the whole thing. From now on, this plan is personally supervised by you, and I want to know every step of the way, Weirle. Xu Jun took out a pen from his breast pocket, wrote a reply under the document, and signed his name and credit.
"Yes, my Führer." Wehrle took the folder and put it back in his briefcase.
"Willle, on the Southeast Asian side, we need to increase the collection of intelligence." Xu Jun continued to pace forward slowly with his hands behind his back, and Weierle followed closely with his briefcase.
"The Eye of Odin's team, which is currently in the German Mission, is fully operational, and I order them to submit a preliminary report on the incident by tonight. Because it had been focusing on gathering intelligence on French Indochina, the team had made a mistake in judgment and was trying to make up for it. ”
"Blumberg has already been in contact with the Chinese government." Xu Jun asked.
"At the beginning of the contact, it is said that the Chinese side was very shocked and happy when they learned of the news, and the marshal was going to send a leading liaison officer to Chongqing, who would report to the mission what he had seen and heard there when he arrived."
"You don't know about China, and what you see there isn't necessarily the real thing, but it doesn't matter." Xu Jun stopped and pulled out a cigar from his pocket.
"Now that the Chinese government has been contacted, the Japanese will know about the existence of the special mission in a day or two, and I really want to see the expression of the Japanese prime minister after learning the news." Xu Jun lit the match and lit the cigar in his mouth.
Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass in your hand, thank you. (To be continued.) )