Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 830 The Confidence Produced

According to the publicity of Adan Company, the oil reserves of the Elizabeth Oilfield are only 500 million barrels. According to the current production scale, it can only be produced for three years, and then there will be no oil to be recovered.

Based on this data calculation, it is easy to conclude that the current output of the Elizabeth Oilfield is 500 million barrels per year, but the technicians of Standard Oil and Shell Oil have come to the conclusion after observing and analyzing the tankers entering and leaving Port Elizabeth every day that the annual output of the Elizabeth Oilfield is far According to the data released by Super Adam, there are only 500 million per year.

Even with 500 million barrels per year, Port Elizabeth's oil production has already surpassed that of Romania, second only to Russia and the United States, so the attention Adan has received can be imagined.

The huge wealth brought by oil has rapidly expanded the strength of Adan Company. In just two years, Port Elizabeth has developed from a small fishing village to the largest port in the Persian Gulf. The destroyer is stationed at the New Cape of Good Hope to control the entire Persian Gulf. After Adan Company took over Muscat, it even demolished and rebuilt the entire city. Tens of thousands of people are working for Adan Company.

Unlike most colonial countries that only plundered and did not build colonies, since Adan Company has invested so much money in the peninsula, it is impossible to give up the peninsula in the future. From McMahon’s point of view, it is actually happy to see the success. Southern Africa The interests of China and the United Kingdom do not conflict, and they are complementary. McMahon also has a term of office as the Egyptian commissioner. Once the term expires, he will go to other places to serve, and he doesn't care about the future of the peninsula.

"It would be great if Port Elizabeth could be incorporated into southern Africa. It doesn't matter if it can't. Without the oil from the Elizabeth Oilfield, Port Elizabeth would be worthless." Rock said insincerely. If Port Elizabeth was still a small fishing village before, it would indeed be worthless. Now Port Elizabeth is of great value even without oil.

"Lord, be honest, I am seriously discussing the future of Port Elizabeth with you." McMahon didn't like Rock's attitude.

"I am serious Colonel, but what we are discussing is not the future of Port Elizabeth, but how to deal with the dangers facing Egypt." Rock doesn't care whether McMahon likes it or not, the future of Port Elizabeth is not up to McMahon to decide, how to deal with Ottoman Despite the potential dangers brought by the surge, McMahon's goal is to spend his term safely.

To be honest, the role that diplomats can play in international affairs is very limited. McMahon's status in Egypt does not indicate how high McMahon's ability is, but the rights granted to McMahon by the British government, and others respect him. It was the title of "High Commissioner to Egypt" that was in question, not McMahon himself.

This is the same as Adelaide's situation in southern Africa when there was no self-government in southern Africa. As the governor Adelaide is indeed a high position in southern Africa, but after resigning from office, he returned to London and couldn't afford even a house. If it wasn't for Rock's help , Ad and Sidney Milner can only live in a hotel, the reality is so cruel.

Roque's words obviously hit McMahon's sore spot. They are also colonial officials. Roque is a powerful frontier official who can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, while the British have only a few thousand in Egypt, and McMahon has not yet transferred the right, so people are more angry than people.

In fact, the Ottoman Empire cannot be blamed entirely. The Ottoman Empire’s increase of troops to Damascus was after Roque led the southern African army to Egypt. Come on, this is a threat to the Ottoman Empire, so it is only natural for the Ottoman Empire to increase its troops.

In the context of the arms race, such an increase in troops is normal. All countries in the world are expanding their armies crazily. The end of the Balkan War did not bring peace. The split within the Balkan Union made the contradictions more acute. During the war, Britain, France, Germany and Austria did not end directly. Now as the situation gradually becomes clearer, the Allied Powers and the Allies are clearly separated. If war breaks out again in the Balkans, Britain, France, Germany and Austria will be dragged into the water, and then a world war will break out.

London mobilized troops from southern Africa to reinforce Egypt, indicating that the war potential of the British mainland has been squeezed to the limit, and began to mobilize colonial troops. The situation in Germany is even more dangerous. Britain still has colonies to call on, but Tanganyika and Southwest Africa have no capacity. To feed back the German mainland, everyone is now waiting for the "X" factor to break the deadlock, and the arms race has come to an end.

Ended with a world war of unprecedented scale.

In this war that will determine the fate of the future world, the strategic value of the Suez Canal is very important. The United Kingdom has now begun to build fortifications along the Suez Canal, which clearly violated the original promise of the United Kingdom.

"Well, let's not discuss Port Elizabeth. Once the war breaks out, the Ottoman Empire will definitely attack the Elizabeth Oilfield while attacking Egypt." McMahon put it another way, which Rock can accept.

"Then the Ottomans will be bloodied." Rock was full of domineering, as long as Port Elizabeth was not involved, everything was negotiable.

The reason why Roque refused to discuss Port Elizabeth was to send a signal through McMahon to prevent some people from thinking about the Elizabeth oil field. Roque is willing to share Elizabeth's oil, but it must be in Roque's way.

"Okay, my lord, if you need any help from me, please don't hesitate." McMahon made the next best thing, as long as there is Rock's promise.

"Really, Colonel, you also know that Adan Company is rebuilding Muscat and needs a large number of workers. There is a serious shortage of workers in Muscat. If possible, I hope that Adan Company can recruit workers in Cairo." Rock There is indeed a requirement. The peninsula is sparsely populated and cannot provide enough labor. In order to solve this problem, Rock racked his brains and once considered sending workers from southern Africa to Muscat.

Southern Africa still needs immigrants to supplement the labor force, and it is really unable to support Muscat.

"Muscat will still be short of workers? There are not enough workers in Cairo." McMahon is really not evasive. The Muscat Sultanate was the most populous country on the peninsula before it split, and now there is a problem of labor shortage. It is conceivable How much the war has taken a toll on Muscat.

"Cairo has them. Those beggars and homeless people will be qualified workers. It doesn't matter if they don't have skills. Adan Company can train them." Rock never mentioned why there is a shortage of people in Muscat. Training technology is an excuse. Adan Company needs The most important thing is the labor force, to put it bluntly, it is the coolie.

"Those beggars and tramps are hopeless, so they will fend for themselves-" It seems that McMahon has also paid attention to this issue, but the effect is not good.

"It doesn't matter, we have enough and responsible supervisors." Rock is not worried, as long as the work is in place, there will be no unqualified workers.

Rock asked McMahon for help, of course, not for free. Li De came to Cairo that night and took the initiative to report the situation to Rock.

"Twain went to Khuzestan. We are cleaning up the refugees and robbers in Khuzestan, gradually cleaning up the oil fields destroyed by the oil company, and hiring professionals to evaluate the oil fields in Khuzestan. All aspects of work are progressing steadily. The reconstruction work in Muscat is progressing well, and we are confirming the farmland around Muscat, hoping to resume production as soon as possible and try to be self-sufficient.” Li De is responsible for his work, the interior of the peninsula is a desert, and the coastal areas are actually It's pretty good, especially around Muscat.

"Stop the evaluation work of Khuzestan, don't develop Khuzestan's oil fields within ten years, we will cold-treat Khuzestan now." Rock doesn't irritate the Persians, the higher the value of Khuzestan, the future variable bigger.

"Bryan is one of us, and will not reveal the true situation of Khuzestan." Li De knew that Rock's purpose was just to evaluate, not to resume production.

"We must do a good job in protecting the Elizabeth Oilfield. Once the war breaks out, the Ottoman Empire is likely to launch an attack on the Elizabeth Oilfield." Rock has reached a tacit agreement with McMahon that the umbrella will help protect Egypt. In return, McMahon will also Protect the interests of umbrella companies.

"There are currently 48 mercenaries in the oil field. If war breaks out, another 4000 can be added within [-] hours. We have built fortifications around the oil field, so we don't have to worry about the Ottoman Empire's attack." Li De has confidence in the mercenaries of the umbrella company , as long as the logistics can keep up, the mercenaries of the umbrella company can completely face the enemy ten times their own.

"Then be more aggressive. If a war breaks out, the umbrella must be ready to take the initiative. We need to open up the passage to the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, the oil in Port Elizabeth can be sent directly to the Mediterranean Sea without bypassing the Suez Canal." Rock The requirements are high, and the mercenaries of the umbrella company can play a greater role.

Although Adan Company is also a British company, there is also a charge for Adan Company's tankers to send oil to the UK through the Suez Canal, which makes Rock very upset.

If the outlet to the Mediterranean Sea can be opened up, the oil can be shipped directly from the Mediterranean Sea through oil pipelines, which not only saves time, but also reduces costs, which is very suitable no matter what.

"No problem, Ali's army once approached Damascus, and the Ottoman Empire's army is weaker than we imagined." Li De was completely unfazed. The Ottoman Empire's army could not even defeat the army of the Najd Sultanate, let alone the Umbrella Company's army. mercenary.

Confidence is all played out.

(End of this chapter)