Under the pressure of those financiers, the governments of European and American countries have made certain temptations in this matter―――――― yes, temptation.

After all, they themselves know very well that China is no longer a country that they can manipulate lightly with diplomatic pressure alone. The only way to bring China to its knees is to use force, and the reason why the Manchus were so columbic back then was because they had been subdued by the foreign powers.

However, the current Kuomintang government is different, and not only has it never failed since its establishment, but it can be called a series of victories.

Especially in foreign wars, apart from a slight defeat during the Korean War, there was no other problem. For such a country, it is impossible to solve the problem by ordinary means alone.

However, it is equally unlikely that countries will be able to solve the problem by military force.

If the original China still has the slightest possibility―――――― to be precise, the possibility is still relatively large. After all, even if China had a strong military at that time, the navy was a weak mess, not to mention that the government at that time was still weak and incompetent, whether it was the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Beiyang. Of course, Beiyang must be a little stronger than the Manchu Qing, at least the Beiyang government dared to send troops to Outer Mongolia during the Russian civil strife to recapture Outer Mongolia, which was already independent at that time, which was incomparable to the Manchu Qing...

But for China today, there is nothing to be done with ordinary military operations. Even the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan are taking military action against China at the same time. I'm afraid that it may not be able to defeat China on the battlefield―――――― yes, the navy is indeed inferior to others, so it's a big deal to abandon a few important cities along the coast. Could it be that they still dare to go deep into the Yangtze River? You must know that China is not the one of later generations, and it is not a problem to build a few powerful forts in the Yangtze River.

And in this era, aircraft carriers can't drive into the Yangtze River, battleships can't drive in, ordinary warships can't drive in, and in the face of powerful batteries, it is basically equivalent to an act of seeking death.

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On the other hand. Although some of the industries of the government are located in the coastal areas, a considerable part of them are in the interior, such as Sichuan. All of them have considerable industrial capacity, in other words, even if there is no coast, China can continue to resist the war. And definitely better than the historical China.

After all, China during this period. It has become a united and united country. At the same time, the country's military has been fully trained, even at the grassroots level. In addition to the long period of patriotic education, it was ensured that in the future, there would not be a situation in which many people did not know exactly what the state was, as in the original history, and so on, it can basically be said that the country will exist as a whole. And when there is an invasion of foreign enemies, they will launch a bloody counterattack against them.

Particularly important. You must know that at present, China's aviation technology is developed. Even if the navy is really defeated, the ability of land aviation alone can ensure the safety of coastal cities, which means that the national government does not even need to abandon coastal cities at all.

And considering that China currently has the largest underwater fleet in the world, considering the long supply lines of the United Kingdom and the United States, if it really starts...

Of course, if it were Yan Shao, Yan Shao might take the initiative to abandon a certain place and let the British or French land. Because only in this way can we give full play to the superior land forces of the Wehrmacht and completely annihilate the land forces of these three countries.

Or even make them a flesh mill in this already booked area!

Of course, if this is done, the casualties of the Guoshe government will definitely be not small, but considering that China's human resources are even more than the above three countries combined, this casualty Yan Shaofu ―――――― the French population in history is so large, how many casualties can not be beared? Britain and the United States, although they are stronger than France, are probably not much stronger.

In other words, if there is really a fight, Yan Shao can find a way to drag down the above three countries.

Of course, the oil thing is still relatively difficult to do, but after all, the Northeast is rich in oil, and there is no problem in meeting China's needs during this period, in addition, some other regions also have oil resources, which are enough for China to hold on to the war, not like Japan in history, because of the lack of resources and lead to defeat―――――― no, to be precise, it is that industry is not as good as others, human resources and other resources are also lacking, and defeat has become a matter of course.

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In any case, at least for the Great Powers, even children knew one thing, that is, they had nothing to do with the Nationalist government, so they could only test it with words.

After all, this decree to nationalize oil resources was also enacted in the absence of large-scale oil discoveries in China. Who knows if it's time for the government to pay attention―――――― or if there is a way for China's domestic capital forces to change their minds?

No one knows for sure, but one thing is for sure, if they don't try, they will never get results.

Therefore, they are very willing to give it a try, after all, if the national government really changes its mind, then at least they and their financiers can get some benefits.

It's just that obviously, Yan Shao can't agree with them at all, after all, Yan Shao himself knows very well how much danger it will bring to the country if some oil giants are cultivated in his own country. Especially considering that Yan Shao plans to turn this country into a republican country in the future, if such a giant crocodile is really cultivated, then in the future, such a giant crocodile is likely to even affect the entire country...

Therefore, no matter how great the pressure at home and abroad is, it is unlikely that Yan Shao will change his mind.

In fact. Such a little pressure is not so great as to make Yan Shao change his mind.

At the same time, what Yan Shao is most concerned about at the moment is not anything else, but what is the reaction of the British people after knowing the relevant news. Is it anger or something else?

"That's an interesting thing," he said. Yan Shao touched his chin.

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In Washington, the British delegation's face can be said to be extremely ugly, and they don't even remember how they left the venue.

The only thing they remembered was the mocking stares around them.

For the British delegation, no, more precisely. Today is probably a very embarrassing day for the entire British government. Because on this very day, the whole world knew something. The British government gave a goose that lays golden eggs as an ordinary goose, especially at this time when the British government is still in great need of financial support...

It can be said that when this news gets out, I am afraid that the whole world will look at the British government with the eyes of an idiot. Even the British delegation itself.

"How could we have promised the Chinese in the first place..."

Sit on the couch. The head of the British delegation said with a look of resentment.

At this time, he hated, hated the Chinese, and hated the useless guys in the country, because of them, now the whole of Britain has become a laughing stock, but then again, this matter is indeed quite funny. If this incident had not happened to the British, I am afraid that the British delegation would have been laughing and laughing.

And yet, now...

appeared in the delegation. But there was only a deathly atmosphere.

“……… Perhaps—" Just as the atmosphere in the room was unusually silent, a member of the delegation suddenly spoke. "Maybe we can negotiate the way guò is done. Let the Chinese return Kuwait to us? After all, it was once our protectorate..."

"What's more, it turned out to be an independent country with our help, and from a certain point of view, the occupation of Kuwait by the Chinese is actually an aggression, an aggression against an independent country..."

"Don't talk about this useless stuff—" Hearing his companion's words, someone in the room quickly spoke. We have already agreed to this matter, and it is written in black and white on the agreement reached with the Chinese, and now we are embarrassed enough to do this, and if we go back on it, wouldn't it be even more humiliating?! ”

"What's more, do you think that with this, you can get the Chinese to give us back a white goose that can lay golden eggs?" Do you think they are as stupid as those idiots at home! I'm afraid that as soon as we handed over this mention to the Chinese, the Chinese were already about to laugh off their big teeth! ”

This man is talking about a very practical and at the same time a very real problem.

Sure enough, after hearing him say this, the man just now was stunned for a moment, then sat back down weakly, and only spoke after half a sound. "So what else can I do? Is it just watching the Chinese earn a lot of money with resources that should have belonged to us, while we have to be saddled with debts during the war..."

These words silenced everyone else in the room.

And so it is, that the British government is now saddled with a considerable amount of foreign debt because of the war. It can be said that although the British defeated Germany in this war, which was once Britain's biggest rival, there is still a question before the British, that is, how should they solve the debt problem?

It is because of this problem that the British have a headache.

And in this world, oil is undoubtedly a very important resource.

Considering the oil production on the Mexican side, if the British government can get Mexican oil, then it is relatively easy to get at least one or two hundred million pounds a year, and there may even be more, and this can definitely be very helpful to the current British government's finances.

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That being said, now this place does not belong to the British, but was given to the Chinese by the British themselves, and the Chinese use what should have belonged to them. Earning a large amount of profits, while themselves are hungry because of the war, one can imagine how bad the mood of the British is.

"Perhaps. Let's just use force to snatch Kuwait back from the Chinese! ”

After a moment of silence, a member of the delegation spoke. However, his words made Balfour, the head of the delegation, can't help but scoff.

Do you know how strong China's strength is now, and how much has China's strength declined after the war? Most importantly. Do you know how many troops the Chinese have deployed in the Middle East..."

Speaking of this, Balfour's heart was puzzled again, because judging from the current information. The Chinese should not have deployed so many troops in the Middle East. Of course, you can also say that they are guarding against Soviet Russia and Turkey.

The problem is that even if this were the case, it would be enough to deploy about 100,000 troops in the Middle East. However, the Chinese government has deployed a legion in full. More than 100,000 troops came down.

There are more than 100,000 people, which is quite rare even in Europe.

And the most strange thing for the British was that only a small part of these forces were deployed on the border between the Turks and Soviet Russia, but a considerable part of them were deployed to the coastal areas. It's as if they are not worried about the threat from the north at all, but more about the threat from the sea.

And in order to improve this protection capability, the government also built a large number of fortifications and batteries along the coast to ensure that no ship dared to approach lightly. In addition, there are a large number of submarines, torpedo boats, destroyers and other ships. They were all deployed there, and there were even some bombers and stuff like that―――――― which were the most important things for the British at the moment. After all, whether it was a submarine or a Russian cavalry division, the combat effectiveness of the bomber unit was very impressive to the British.

Nowadays, the Chinese have deployed so many things in such a seemingly unimportant area, which really can't help but make people feel a little confused...

Especially considering that these things were built a long time ago, and if that's the case, then there seems to be only one possibility...

"The Chinese already knew that there was oil there..." After a moment of silence, Balfour said lightly. At this moment, his conclusion is not much different from that of Roosevelt, of course, this is also because this matter is actually easier to guess.

Even Balfour speculated that the reason why the Chinese claimed this area in the first place was because it might have a lot of oil resources. That's why they forgo some of the other areas and choose Iraq and Kuwait, which don't seem to matter, and the entire Persian Gulf coast...

Balfour remembers that some people laughed at the stupidity of the Chinese and paid the price of more than 100,000 casualties, but in the end only achieved such a small result.

But now it seems...

The smartest is the Chinese, if a qiē is really as the Chinese claim, then this time the Chinese can be said to have made a lot of money in this gamble...

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After thinking this out, Balfour quickly sent a telegram in the direction of London, hoping that the upper echelons of the London government would send people to Iraq and Kuwait to find out the truth, especially Kuwait, and to find out whether the situation on the ground was really as claimed by the Communist government...

In fact, why should Balfour remind that the British government has already done this...

"Incompetence! Rubbish! It's all a bunch of waste!! ”

In the prime minister's office in Whitehall, British Prime Minister George? Lloyd was roaring loudly at his men. Although for the Englishman, who does not like to show his own gentlemanly demeanor all the time, George? Lloyd's roar was very harsh, but the cabinet members in the office who were also pale-faced had no time to care about it. Because what happened in the Middle East is constantly stimulating them.

Not long ago, at the end of the Washington Conference, the Communist government announced the discovery of a large amount of oil in Kuwait, the reserves of which are likely to be comparable to those of Mexico.

Although the British were not very convinced by this news, they nevertheless sent a large number of spies to Kuwait. As a result, what these spies found made the British government feel like they had been slapped in the face.

"Pa!!pa

This series of slaps kept slapping the British man on the cheek. Let the face of the British become like the buttocks of some kind of primate.

Because...

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In the past, this land for oil production was not only controlled by the British. And it was given to the Chinese by the British themselves ...

When this situation became known to the public, public opinion throughout Britain was also similar to that of George? Lloyd's just said the same, and they all roared.

It is no secret that the economic situation in Britain after the end of the First World War was not very good, and after the end of the Great War, there was no economic boom in Britain, but a decline in production. The number of unemployed rose and by June 1921 the number of unemployed reached 2.58 million. Class contradictions in the country are acute, and the strike movement is on the rise.

In Lloyd's. During George's tenure as Prime Minister. In order to seize all the territory of Turkey in Europe, Britain supported Greece in waging the Greco-Turkish war against Turkey, but Greece suffered a crushing defeat in the confrontation with the Turkish army led by Kemal, although the war is not over yet. But it won't be a few months away.

In addition to the nascent Soviet power. After the defeat of the war of intervention against the Soviet Union by Britain and the United States and other countries, Lloyd? In order to get out of the economic crisis of 1920 and expand foreign trade, George began negotiations with Soviet Russia during the Washington Conference, intending to sign a trade agreement with the Russian government.

George? Lloyd's claims. "We cannot restore the Russian Empire by force, and I believe that we can achieve this by means of commerce, and save Russia."

That's a beautiful thing to say. However, in the end, I believe many people know very well what the truth is. That is, Soviet Russia has been stockpiling for at least decades―――――― of course, that is the original history, and no one can know how this current history will develop.

Maybe the Russian government will be able to live a long life? It's also possible that he will die in a short time, but these are all possible things.

On the other hand, according to the calculations of the British Treasury, although Kuwait may not really have as many oil resources as Mexico, it can definitely be called the world's third largest oil producer.

Although it is still only in the early stages of development, even so, several of China's oil fields in Kuwait can make at least 100 million pounds of profit a year.

China's current fiscal revenue is about 200 million pounds, which is more than 2 billion silver dollars when converted into silver dollars, so the benefits brought by the spewing out of China's oil fields in one year alone are equivalent to half of China's fiscal revenue for the whole year.

China's current fiscal revenue is more than 200 million pounds, which is more than 2 billion silver dollars when converted into silver dollars, so China's more than 100 million pounds alone is not a small income for Britain, and the oil fields in the Middle East have just been exploited and have spewed out so much oil, and if the exploitation is expanded, I am afraid that oil production will further increase, and by that time it will not be able to stop even 100 million pounds, even 230 million yuan.

It's just that such a treasure land, or Britain gave it to China like chicken ribs, how can this not make the British roar?

"These wastes, who have been in Kuwait for so long, have not found oil, they should all be hanged, they should all be hanged!!"

Maybe it's because you're almost done, or maybe you're tired, George? Lloyd's voice was small, and the last words were more mumbled than roaring.

At this moment, in fact, George? Lloyd's heart was also filled with a sense of regret.

News of the Chinese looking for oil in Kuwait and Iraq, Lloyd's. George actually knew, after all, no matter how secretive the actions of the national government were at that time, it was impossible to have no clues. Just then George? Lloyd and others did not believe that the Chinese could find oil in places like Kuwait and Iraq, and they were also busy dealing with post-war problems, making some trouble for China in China's new territories, supporting some rebels, etc., so they didn't care too much.

And the Chinese's lack of gain in the first few years seems to confirm the British view that there is no oil in Kuwait and Iraq.

But now that the Chinese have discovered so much oil at once, how can the British who have been slapped in the face not be angry?

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Just in George? After Lloyd finished roaring, Churchill, who had been sitting upright beside him, frowned slightly and asked softly. "Do you have more detailed information about the Kuwaiti side now?"

Saying this, Churchill looked at a middle-aged man not far away, although this middle-aged man looked unattractive on the surface, but in fact, neither Churchill nor the others present dared to despise this middle-aged man, because this middle-aged man was in charge of Britain's most famous intelligence agency―――――― MI6.

Since its establishment in 1909, the MI6 has been engaged in the collection of political, economic and military intelligence at home and abroad, as well as the intelligence department engaged in espionage intelligence and foreign counter-espionage activities.

Of course, at this time, MI6 was still only a department without much destructive power, and the real destructive power of MI6 was in 1930 when it established Division D, which specialized in subversive and sabotage operations.

After getting up from his seat, the middle-aged man hurriedly recounted the information he had obtained not long ago.

"According to the information we have obtained, the current discovery by the National Government in Kuwait is supposed to be the Great Burgan oil field, located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, 20 kilometers east of the coast of the Arabian Gulf..."

Saying this, the middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then continued to speak. "Almost all of the more than ten oil wells that are currently producing oil are concentrated in this location, although these more than ten oil wells have just been exploited and are still only in a blowout state, but according to the information released by the Chinese, the oil production of these three oil fields is likely to reach more than 20 million tons..."

Hearing the number announced by the middle-aged man, the cabinet officials present were silent, and only after half a sound did an official say dryly.

"Two million tons......... How much oil is Mexico producing this year? ”

"Two million tons, probably similar to what the Chinese have discovered, at most it is more, but considering that the current oil fields developed by the Chinese are only in the preliminary development stage, it is likely to increase a lot in the future..."

Although he was talking about hundreds of millions of pounds worth of wealth, the middle-aged man still replied very calmly.

"What about the Americans?"

"100 million tons, about four times that of the Chinese, and also the world's largest producer of crude oil..."

The figures given by the middle-aged man are still very rigorous, because in 1911, the year after Yan Guang discovered Tampico in Mexico, Mexico produced 12.5 million tons of oil, and by 1920 that figure had risen to 27 million tons.

On the other hand, if the Chinese really develop Kuwait's oil fields on a large scale, then counting some of the oil fields that have been developed in China so far, it is basically appropriate to surpass Mexico. It can even be said that China is already one of the world's top three crude oil producers.

Of course, perhaps middle-aged people don't know that the oil field discovered by the Communist government in Kuwait alone has an annual crude oil production of almost 75 million tons in later generations―――――― and this oil field is also the second largest oil field in the world... (To be continued......)