Chapter 41: Chips
Before Lu Yuan's words were finished, General Hausman, who had a smile on his face, suddenly changed his face, and Major Eric, who had not spoken, had already stood up and pulled out a pistol from under his clothes and pointed it at Lu Yuan. "Who the hell are you? How did you know that Japan wanted to form an alliance with the Empire? What else do you know? General Hausman's voice became stern, and perhaps at the slightest gesture from him, Major Eric's gun would have fired.
"General, do you need a reason for this? After the First World War, your country was sanctioned and suppressed by Britain and France, but since the open and covert struggle between the Entente countries, the Entente alliance led by Britain and France has tended to collapse. In World War I, Japan and your country were rivals, but after World War I, after the Führer ascended the throne in 1925, exchanges between Japan and Germany became more frequent. ”
Being pointed at the head with a gun and still being able to speak so smoothly, Lu Yuan, who was forced to be calm, couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, but his composure was also admired by General Hausman. "Lu, you misinterpreted my question just now. I want to know, what do you mean by the overall strategy? It is not for you to analyze for me the disadvantages of the Empire's alliance with Japan. In addition to admiring, General Haussmann did not divert his attention because of this, but directly made his words clear.
"Hehe, it looks like I made a mistake." Lu Yuan laughed dryly slightly, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the Far East on the map and said to General Hausman. "I think that the prerequisite for your country's preparation for an alliance with Japan should be that you want to use the Japanese army entrenched in northeast China to contain the Soviet forces in the Far East, because once your country sends troops to the Soviet Union, the forces deployed by the Soviet Union in the Far East will be your country's greatest fear." Lu Yuan's answer moved General Hausman again, how could this young man in front of him look no more than 20 years old, how could he have such a keen strategic vision?
"But I would say that it's not surprising that your country thinks so." Lu Yuan smiled and withdrew his index finger on the map, and then pointed at the location of Britain and France. "After the First World War, your country was oppressed and constrained by Britain and France, and I think there will be many people in your country who want to occupy these two countries as soon as possible. In addition, your country's geographical location is destined to become a peep for many European countries, and if you want to attack the Soviet Union without being copied by other countries, you must reserve sufficient reserve troops, which makes your country very afraid of the Soviet Union's deployment in the Far East. ”
"The desire to use the Japanese in the Far East to contain the Soviet Far Eastern forces is the main reason why your country values Japan, but I will say that such tactical considerations of your country are wrong. Because the ambitions of the Japanese were so great that they could no longer be satisfied with being a helper who kept to their own hands and obeyed the orders of Germany, the Japanese wanted to eat all of Asia, because they thought they should be the masters of Asia. ”
"Then tell me, why did the Reich send troops to the Soviet Union, and not Britain and France?" General Hausman became more and more interested in Lu Yuan, and his attitude at this time was not like a question, but like a discussion with Lu Yuan on an equal footing.
"The question of why the Soviet Union sent troops is actually very simple, although your country is currently in close communication with the Soviet Union, but from a national point of view, between countries, interests are eternal. The Soviet Union has a lot of land and resources, but Stalin's iron-fisted rule and purge after coming to power were too cruel, and at the same time, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army declined rapidly. In the face of the Slavs, who are strong in the outside world, the proud German Army must have already drawn up a battle plan, saying that you also need oil in the Soviet Union. ”
Lu Yuan said that the Soviet army was a strong foreign force, which did not arouse General Hausman's rebuttal, but when Lu Yuan mentioned oil, the corners of General Hausman's eyes twitched uncontrollably a few times, obviously, Lu Yuan said something. Lu Yuan had actually been paying attention to General Hausman's expression, and after saying so much, the other party's expression still hadn't changed, so General Hausman's almost unattainable change in expression just now immediately aroused Lu Yuan's idea.
"Actually, oil is not a difficult thing for your country, as far as I know, there are oil resources in Germany, but you have not explored it." As a veteran otaku in the 21st century with the memory of later generations, Lu Yuan naturally knew that there were oil resources in Germany, but now it was 1937, and almost all of Germany's oil still needed to be imported, and it had been stuck by the British and American oil powers for a long time.
General Hausman hadn't reacted at first, but he suddenly found that Major Eric, who had already put away his gun as he had signaled, had drawn his pistol again, and his adjutant Luke had also gotten up from his seat and stood up, and he realized what Lu Yuan had just said. "Lu, please repeat what you just said, I don't seem to have heard it clearly just now."
For General Hausman's request, Lu Yuan could only secretly reply with a roll of his eyes in his heart, and then honestly repeated what he had just said. General Hausman listened very carefully this time, not only him, but even Hansen, who had been acting as a spectator, couldn't help but get up from his seat this time, staring at Lu Yuan with his round eyes, which made Lu Yuan a little uncomfortable. First lowered his head and took out a cigarette, lit one and smoked a few puffs, and General Hausman, who calmed down a little, looked up at Lu Yuan.
"Lu, Mr. Hansen told me that you are a very good young man, and from what we just said, I also agree with Mr. Hansen's opinion of you. But you know, what you just said may lead you to the friendship of the Empire, but it can also lead you to hell, can you see what I mean? General Hausman's words were already left room for Lu Yuan, if Lu Yuan's words just now were made up randomly, even if he had a good impression of this young man, then he would not mind ordering Eric to shoot the young man in front of him immediately.
The fierceness in General Hausman's eyes was completely seen by Lu Yuan, and even Major Eric's action of putting his right index finger on the trigger of the pistol could not escape Lu Yuan's eyes, and he looked around at the people who were staring at him, and Lu Yuan laughed again. "General, what's so deceitful about this, I can naturally guarantee what I say. In fact, after the end of World War I, the British explored places in Germany where oil might exist, and I think that your country's conclusion that there are no oil resources in the country is also based on the results of the British exploration. ”
"But what I want to say is that the exploration technology at that time is no longer comparable to what it is now, and as we all know, the best oil exploration technology in the world is the Americans. Thanks to new exploration equipment and technology, the Americans are able to explore for oil deeper underground, as the Americans have already demonstrated in Mexico. And I am very sure that in Germany there are oil resources, and the reserves of oil are not small. Lu Yuan's words instantly made General Hausman and the others go crazy, although they didn't jump up on the spot, but Lu Yuan saw the madness in their expressions.
"Lu, I would like to invite you to Germany, if what you just said is true, if you can find oil at home for the Empire, I think the Empire and the Führer will not mind extending a hand of friendship to you." Lu is far from a German, and he can't feel the extreme desire of Germans for energy and materials after World War I, especially after entering the 30s, when Germany is committed to a re-emergence, energy is too important for Germany now.
Lu Yuan shook his head with a smile at this moment and said, "General, I am very grateful for your invitation to me on behalf of your country, but I want to say that I can't leave my motherland yet." I took out those weapons drawings just to get your consulate in Nanking to support my refugee program, and I didn't expect Mr. Hansen to bring you to me. But I can give you an answer that satisfies you, and maybe in February next year, I will find time to go to Germany once. Lu Yuan's positive answer made General Hausman happy, and Lu Yuan also gave him a reassurance.
"General, I once knew in England a technician who had been involved in the oil exploration in Germany, and after his death, when I was helping to sort out the relics, I happened to read a diary from that time. According to the above accounts, there should be oil resources in the north of Germany, especially in the northern regions of Schleswig and Bavaria, which border Denmark. I think the British didn't have oil exploration at that time, mainly because of the exploration equipment and technology at that time, if they could dig deeper during exploration, maybe the British would have oil. ”
Lu Yuan naturally knew that there was oil in Germany, and there were more than 40 large and small oil fields in Germany in later generations, especially the Bavaria and Schleswig regions mentioned by Lu Yuan just now, which were the two main oil-producing areas in Germany. Lu Yuan decided that there was oil in Germany, but General Haussmann and others gradually calmed down after the ecstasy, because so far, no oil company has explored oil in Germany, and the good news given by Lu Yuan sounded a little full of loopholes, and Haussmann and others did not know whether they should continue to be happy after calming down, or should directly get Lu Yuan back to Germany to participate in oil exploration work.