Chapter 850: Soviet-German Relations

Mobil wants to infiltrate Shell, and the other side is not sitting still.

Following Shell's strong brand marketing, they have made great efforts in downstream sales.

Buy land aggressively, build directly-operated gas stations, enhance oil refining technology, and want to counter Mobil in terms of sales.

As long as Shell can firmly control the downstream sales network, Mobil will never interrupt its cooperation with it for the benefit of Mobil, but will be checked and balanced by it due to sales problems.

Petroleum storage is not what Mobil should do normally. It will consume a lot of money, manpower and material resources. No one will struggle with money, including Li Zitao himself.

The contest between the two sides affects everyone's heart, and Japan is also paying close attention.

Since the beginning of the year, their maritime long-distance attack force has begun targeted training. In order to complete the attack perfectly, weapons such as torpedoes have been improved.

At the same time, Japanese overseas Chinese in Hawaii also frequently received calls from relatives and friends in China.

Being able to receive a call from their hometown in a faraway place, the Japanese overseas Chinese were naturally very happy, chatting all over the world.

What moved them even more was that relatives and friends in China asked them in detail about their living environment and experiences, which made Japanese overseas Chinese feel the warmth from their hometown.

However, they never imagined that every time the call ended, all the information would be sent to the Japanese headquarters, and a detailed strategic map of Pearl Harbor would gradually appear.

Against Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet's attack was planned for a long time, far earlier than the guesses and verifications made by the Americans themselves.

However, the Japanese side has done a very good job of keeping secrets, and it only conducts exercises in the local and offshore areas, and has not been noticed by the outside world.

In this era, people don't have 'eyes of heaven' on their heads, so they won't be easily discovered.

Moreover, the Japanese side has done a good job in pretending to be a grandson. Every time the representatives come to Washington, they show humility and a desire to seek peace, which greatly satisfies the vanity of Lao Mei.

I have to admit that Lao Mei is a bit mad in this regard.

Seeing how respectful the little devil is, coupled with the sense of psychological superiority and the difference in industrial and economic development, most people think that devils will never dare to easily provoke a strong bald eagle.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Anyone who has been to the United States and seen its strong industrial base and national strength will not easily choose to be its enemy.

But at this time, the fanatical thinking in the Japanese base camp has seriously affected their judgment, and the ongoing war in the Far East is also pushing it forward.

The idea of ​​**** has kidnapped the entire country into the chariot of war, and it can't stop rolling forward.

In Germany, the little man who had been unable to win Britain for a long time turned his eyes to the east.

More than 4 months ago, that is, at the end of August last year, the German High Command had made an "Alto plan" to attack the Soviet Union in the future. '

But the plan is not mature, and they are implementing the "Sea Lion Project," trying to destroy Britain in one fell swoop, and then turn around and attack the East.

It's just that the little man has changed his mind now. The British's tenacious resistance and assistance from the outside world have made him less and less hopeful.

Moreover, Eastern Europe, with its vast territory and abundant resources, is even more important to Germany now or in the future.

In fact, everyone is well aware that the little man has been spying on the Soviet Union for a long time.

Since the 1920s, he has pointed to the vast land of Eastern Europe on the grounds that "the German people must pursue living space."

And as Germany became stronger and unstoppable in the war, this idea became stronger.

According to the policy established by the NC, Russians and other Slavic peoples should be killed or enslaved, because they are all inferior peoples.

The vacated land should be given to the Germans to live in. According to the plan, after the cities in these areas are occupied, the population will be completely wiped out due to famine, and the remaining agricultural products will be used to feed the Germans.

Although the little man stated in his autobiography; Germany will "cooperate with those Russians who are willing to support them,

’ It wasn’t mentioned at all in the actual plan.

There were two other reasons for wanting to attack the Soviet Union as soon as possible; what Stalin had done in the Great Purge had discredited him internationally.

The decline in combat effectiveness caused by the Great Cleansing is what Germany values ​​most.

As an ally of Japan, the little man knew the details of the Nomonhan Battle between Japan and Russia, not to mention the many battlefield observers sent by Germany during the war.

The real purpose of these people appearing in the war is to closely inspect the Soviet Union's current combat power and prepare information for future wars.

It is true that the Soviet Union won the Battle of Nomonhan, but the command was chaotic, all suppressed by heavy firepower, and the army's momentum was sluggish. These problems were also exposed on the battlefield.

What's more, compared with the backward Japan, Germany has more advanced weapons, elite soldiers, tanks and huge supplies than the Soviet Union.

Germany, which occupies more than half of Europe, swept away the decadence after World War I, and gradually grew into a 'steel behemoth' during the war. '

The benefits of defeating the Soviet Union are obvious; when the Soviet Union is defeated, Germany will be able to free up a large number of troops to alleviate labor shortages in industry.

Ukraine has fertile land and is able to provide a lot of cheap food.

Occupying the Soviet Union will have a large number of slave labor, and the vast land will also change Germany's geostrategy.

Defeating the Soviet Union would further isolate Britain and block aid from the outside world.

And the most important point is that the German war machine needs to consume a lot of oil every moment. To solve this phenomenon, the Baku oil-producing area of ​​the Soviet Union is the best choice.

And so, while American families were preparing for Christmas and New Years, the little man approved all the high command's plans for the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Therefore, not long after the new year, a large number of German troops were mobilized to the border, which made the Soviet Union aware of the uneasiness, and called the little man to ask why.

According to the plan of the High Command, they will send more than 3 million troops to the border and allocate a large amount of materials to the Eastern Front to prepare for the war.

If the Soviet Union can be stabilized before the war, launching Germany's best "lightning attack," the effect will be amazing.

Therefore, the German ambassador to the Soviet Union stated to the Soviet side that Germany's deployment of troops on the border was only a necessary defensive posture and strategic needs.

After all, they are at war with Britain, and the Soviet Union and Germany have just signed the "peace treaty" less than 2 years ago, and the little man is peaceful and friendly to the Soviet people.

Only 'ghosts' would believe such nonsense, and the Soviet side laughed it off.

However, there is one thing they think is true, that is, Germany will never go to war with the Soviet Union in the near future, opening up dual battlefields will increase the difficulty of the war.

What's more, once war with the Soviet Union occurs without defeating the United Kingdom, the two sides will definitely choose to cooperate and jointly launch an attack on Germany.

No matter how you think about it, the little guys don't need to ask for trouble, which is why they chose to believe the German ambassador's excuse and just asked for border patrols and guards to be strengthened.