Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2036 The Thief Who Steals Oil
The situation that Britain is currently facing is very dangerous. The aggressive Germany and Japan, the southern Africa and the United States that are launching a strong challenge to the hegemony of the United Kingdom, and France and Italy, which are violently fighting in the Mediterranean, the British continental balance policy is becoming more and more serious. The more powerless.

The key is that Britain has its own problems.

When the United Kingdom is strong, these problems can be solved one by one, and the international status of the United Kingdom will not be shaken at all.

Just like Roque said, it is different now. When the world war broke out, it was Britain's greatest luck to have southern Africa.

Then forcing southern Africa to leave the Commonwealth is the biggest mistake of the United Kingdom.

Forcing Southern Africa to leave the Commonwealth is to recapture the Commonwealth market.

This original intention must be good, but British politicians have overlooked a problem.

In the UK now, even if southern African goods are excluded from the Commonwealth, domestic companies in the UK have lost the competitiveness to regain the Commonwealth market.

Compared with southern African products, British products are expensive and not easy to use. Even the British don’t like British products. Why should Canadians and Australians who have better relations with southern Africa choose British products?

Even Indians don't like British goods.

Don’t underestimate India. Don’t think of India as a country with a population of 3000 million. You see it as a country with 7000 million slave owners and [-] million slaves. You will find that India has great potential .

Canada and Australia now add up to less than 2000 million people, and there are still many poor people.

India has 3000 million slave owners with high spending power.

The unsatisfactory performance of British products led to the fact that after the UK expelled Southern Africa from the Commonwealth, the situation seemed to be worse than before. After all, when Southern Africa was in the Commonwealth, the UK could obtain various products from Southern Africa with a relatively favorable guy. Industrial raw materials, as well as the gold necessary to maintain the British financial market.

Not to mention gold now, even the purchase of industrial raw materials needs to follow the market, and the pressure on the United Kingdom has suddenly increased.

Especially oil—

Ten years ago, there were still several oil companies in the UK that could compete with the US and southern African oil companies.

Now that Anglo-American Petroleum is on the verge of bankruptcy, Royal Shell is still alive, and the price of oil sold by Adan to the British mainland has increased by about two times compared with ten years ago. Winston came to southern Africa this time, and one of the important tasks is to persuade Rock lowers oil prices.

"Winston, you own shares in Adan Company—" Rock disagrees with the price reduction, you are a dignified shareholder of Adan Company, you don't want to make more profits for the company, but poach the company's corners, it's a disgrace to the shareholder community what.

"If Adan lowers the price, then I will find a way to persuade Congress to lower the tariff." Winston also does not want his own interests to be damaged.

Then only the tax revenue of the British Empire will be damaged.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, no matter how high the UK's tariff is, it will be paid by all the British in the end." Rock really doesn't worry about this problem. The oil stick is very easy to use. The UK is not miserable, but Japan is really miserable.

Even if the UK can't do it, there are Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell. Japan doesn't have a single oil company, and it needs to import all from the United States.

American oil companies are not charitable foundations, and when doing business with the Japanese, they will never stop until they squeeze out the last copper coin.

But Japan has no choice. If it does not import oil from the United States, Japan’s "Yamato" cannot be driven even if it is built. With the development of technology, the more advanced the performance of the equipment, the greater its dependence on oil. Japan is also trying to break the southern African Blockade of Japan.

The best way to break the blockade is to own an oil field of your own.

Therefore, Japan is frantically looking for oil, but whether oil can be found depends on God's will. Japan has traveled around East Asia, and the only country with oil fields is East India, which makes the Japanese very desperate.

During Winston's visit to southern Africa, things suddenly took a turn for the better.

On March 3, an oil field was suddenly discovered in Sarawak, a subsidiary of British Malaya. The news spread immediately, and countless oil companies flocked to it.

The most positive ones are definitely Anglo American and Royal Shell.

But after learning the real situation, Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell were very disappointed.

The newly discovered oil field is located in the inland sea near Sarawak. Although the difficulty of mining is not high, the reserves of the oil field are not large, only 260 million tons, which is almost worthless.

Here I have to say how hateful Adan Company is.

The price at which Adan sells oil to the British mainland is cheaper than the oil produced by Anglo American and Royal Shell itself.

In order to reduce dependence on foreign oil companies, the British government has formulated an oil subsidy policy, subsidizing Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell.

Even so, Anglo American and Royal Shell are cautious about opening new fields.

Although Adan's oil is sold very cheaply, it still has huge profits.

In this way, the question arises, should oil fields like Sarawak be exploited or not?
Exploitation must invest in the construction of offshore oil wells. Not to mention this is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the investment is huge. Once the oil wells are completed, if Adan announces a price cut, then Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell will lose everything.

Moreover, the oil fields in Sarawak only have a mere 200 million tons. Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell really look down on them.

This situation disappointed the British Malaya government.

Look at people in southern Africa. Although the oil fields in the Persian Gulf are making a lot of money, Adan Company has not seen the oil fields in East India closed. On the contrary, Adan Company has also increased its investment in East India oil fields, bringing huge benefits to the East India government. profit.

The actions of Anglo-American Petroleum and Royal Shell hurt British Malaya very much, but it was impossible to enter a treasure house. British Malaya had to find other ways.

At this time, a Japanese company entered the sight of British Malaya.

Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell look down on the 200 million tons of oil fields, but the Japanese can't wait for it.

The reason is also very simple. Even if the UK does not exploit the Sarawak oil fields, it still has oil available.

The Southern African Petroleum Company never does business with the Japanese and does not sell a drop of oil to the Japanese, so there is no question of whether to raise prices or not.

Therefore, after Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell abandoned the Sarawak oil field, within a week, the colonial government of British Malaya signed an agreement with this Japanese oil company called Pan Asia Co., Ltd., authorizing Pan Asia Co., Ltd. to develop the Sarawak oil field. Oil fields in Rarawak.

The news spread to the Persian Gulf, which aroused the strong attention of Umbrella and Adan Company.

The current Persian Gulf, centered on Port Elizabeth, has become the largest oil producing area in the world.

Needless to say, the Elizabeth Oilfield has never produced less than [-] barrels per day since the first day of its discovery.

The newly developed Neizhi Oilfield has potential no less than that of the Elizabeth Oilfield, with an estimated reserve of more than one billion barrels——

Look, that's why Anglo American and Royal Shell are turning their backs on Sarawak oilfields.

An oil field with a reserve of one billion barrels is called an oil field, and your mere 200 million tons is an oil barrel at most.

Moreover, the key Naizhi oil field is the same as the Elizabeth oil field. The mining cost is astonishingly low. If you drill a hole in the ground and install a faucet, the oil will flow out like tap water. The quality is so good that it can be used directly without any treatment. What do you say? How to compete?

With money, Southern Africans are also very good at spending. The Persian Gulf Squadron is the first to be established among the four major squadrons in Southern Africa. Port Elizabeth is even applying to become the third home port of the Indian Ocean Fleet in Southern Africa. Once successful, the Indian Ocean Fleet The aircraft carrier of the fleet may be deployed in Port Elizabeth for a long time, and the Persian Gulf will become the inner lake of Adan Company by then.

Now the coast of the Persian Gulf, including the land part of the Persian Empire, has become the sphere of influence of the Adan Company. Over the years, the Adan Company has successively bought all the land along the Persian Gulf with huge sums of money. Only a few lands controlled by the Persian Empire are left. A small port, given time, the Persian Gulf may really be renamed Elizabeth Bay.

Or the Southern Gulf of Africa.

After Japan began to expand by force, it was unanimously hated by all southern Africans.

This kind of "hate" is not the same as the "hate" of the French towards the Germans after Germany entered the Rhineland.

After all, the Rhineland used to be a German territory, and the French lost interest after protesting for a while.

After Japan's military expansion, it is the Chinese who hurt the most, and all Chinese in southern Africa feel the same way.

"Think of a way so that the Japanese can't get what they want!" Feng Ban of Adan Company was very angry. Anglo American Petroleum and Royal Shell were too disappointing. If they took Sarawak, the Japanese would have nothing to do.

"Why don't you just take over?" Lu Shao from the Umbrella Company was also angry. It was obviously a simple matter, but it was complicated. Isn't it just money.

"You sound good. The colonial government of British Malaya has too much appetite, and the price it offers is too high, and I'm not stupid." Japan's treasures are all ignorant bumpkins.

"Then what can I do? British Malaya didn't offend our umbrella—" Lu Shao was in a dilemma. Not only did British Malaya not offend the umbrella, but on the contrary, it responded to every request. Lu Shao was really embarrassed to turn his face.

Don't forget that without the cooperation of British Malaya, there would be no Changi Naval Base as large as it is now.

In the era of the Royal Navy, the area of ​​Changi Naval Base was only a few tens of hectares. Now Changi Naval Base covers an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers, much larger than the Lion City.

"Don't say you can't bypass the colonial government of British Malaya—" Feng Ban sneered, when did your umbrella company become so law-abiding?

"Hehe, that's not the case—" Lu Shao smiled honestly. Those who are familiar with him know that someone is going to be unlucky.

(End of this chapter)