Chapter 1300 Pull India 1

"Now that Paris and Moscow are fighting fiercely, they naturally agree. In fact, France does not lack oil. Algeria also produces oil." Alan Wilson commented without saltiness, "It has almost become a key industry supporting the franc. , Germany is really short of oil. Of course we don’t like France increasing Germany’s voice, but the United States is doing the same thing, which is very troublesome.”

If you want to use Germany and Japan to balance Britain and France, Alan Wilson has long understood this trend, so he used Malaya to hedge against Japan, and put more pressure on Australia while the British legacy was still there.

Eden also agrees with this view. If it is just France that did not say it, the key is that the United States now also relies heavily on Germany and hopes that Germany will bear the task of resisting the Soviet ground power. This kind of responsibility cannot be without exchange conditions. Germany also hopes to change the status of the country. .

"The Prime Minister's consideration is correct. It is indeed very difficult." Alan Wilson expressed his agreement. Germany has always had a higher status than Japan. Japan has an unspoken rule that the proportion of military expenditure cannot exceed 1%, but Germany does not. Japan's armed forces can only be called the Self-Defense Forces, while Germany's is a real army.

In addition to race, this difference is also related to the fact that the Soviet Union's main direction of attack was Europe. The Soviet Union's main direction of attack has always been Europe, and it never shifted until its disintegration.

On the contrary, in the direction of Asia, it is impossible for a certain major country to exert any pressure on Japan. It is impossible to cross the strait. It still wants to threaten Japan?

Things are universally connected. Adjustments in one aspect will inevitably be linked to other aspects. Alan Wilson's original intention was to use the oil embargo on India to remind Europe to prepare early and not be caught off guard when something happens. But they forgot that the Soviet oil pipeline had just been completed and had already reached the territory of the Democratic Republic of Germany. The Federal Republic of Germany suddenly remembered that it could obtain energy from Eastern Europe.

This cannot be said to be strange, after all, the Führer's theory of living space is essentially aimed at Eastern Europe. Germany was also the biggest beneficiary of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Not only did it reunify, it also took the economic interests of Eastern Europe into its hands, and in one fell swoop got rid of the negative impact of the Plaza Accord signed at the same time as Japan.

Germany also signed the Plaza Accord, but by devouring decades of development in the Democratic Republic of Germany, the negative impact of the Plaza Accord was offset, and the vast Eastern European market helped Germany take off. Not to mention getting rid of the strong German mark, using the integrated euro to dump Eastern Europe, using Russian energy to stabilize the value of the euro, etc.

During the Yugoslav Civil War, the Germans were not clean and were the first to intervene. In this way, Germany's natural space for activities was greatly increased. It was far behind the two defeated countries, Japan and Italy, and its economic influence in Europe was greater than that of Britain and France. above the country.

While the de Gaulle government is currently flirting with Moscow, de Gaulle is actively developing friendly relations with the Soviet Union and once invited Soviet leader Khrushchev and his family to visit Paris. During this meeting between the leaders of the Soviet Union, France and the Soviet Union,

De Gaulle talked to Khrushchev about "détente, understanding, and cooperation." To establish a "Greater Europe from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains" system.

At best, France's oil in Algeria can support itself. If you add Spain, Libya can serve Italy and Greece, and the neighboring countries of North Sea oil can leave very little for Germany. Of course, Germany now has a good relationship with Iran. But Iran is also a Middle Eastern country, and it is also among the countries that have imposed an oil embargo on India this time. Moreover, Iran is too far away.

Now Alan Wilson is very confused. When he thinks of the Soviet Union supplying European energy, he can think of Nord Stream 2. Although it is a natural gas pipeline, in the field of natural gas, the UK is in an even more embarrassing situation and faces more problems than oil pipelines. Still more trouble.

If the UK opposes the transfer of oil and gas pipelines from the Soviet Union, the result is likely to be France dominating the European energy market. Oil may not be enough, but coupled with natural gas, France will have increased influence on the European Community. It was not so easy for Britain to balance France.

Algeria is the second largest natural gas supplier in the future, and its total energy supply to Europe exceeds Norway, but is lower than Russia.

The poor energy distribution in Europe suddenly stumped Alan Wilson. If Britain opposed the Soviet Union, it might lead to France becoming bigger. France, a suspicious ally, also flirted with the Soviet Union.

"We will either see France dominating the European energy market, or we will see oil and gas from Eastern Europe entering Europe. I don't think eggs can be put in one basket." After thinking hard, Alan Wilson said with a constipated smile, "This is a Tough choice, Prime Minister."

Either choose France or the Soviet Union. This is not a pleasant choice. Eden is not willing to face this choice, but he has to choose, "We do not object to Germany using Soviet energy. Germany wants to have good relations with Eastern European countries. It will take a few years. Maybe by then we will be able to come up with better ways to deal with it."

Do you believe in the wisdom of future generations? Alan Wilson almost couldn't hold back his laughter, but he had the responsibility and suggested, "We object without knowing it, but it must be a new pipeline specially supplied to Germany. It cannot pass through any country's land in the middle and reach Germany directly. If Germany can Solve this problem and we agree.”

In fact, this is the Nord Stream 2 transportation line. As long as Nord Stream 2 is activated, Russia can stop the Ukrainian pipeline. This country in the province extracts wool from Russia every day.

"Isn't this putting Germany's energy security in the hands of the Soviets?" When Magins came to the Cabinet Office, he heard Alan Wilson's suggestion and asked suspiciously, "Can't Norway supply the energy needs of the Germans?"

"We don't have enough production capacity to do it. From the British perspective, we can only choose between France's Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline and the Soviet Union's Baltic Sea Pipeline. If you choose France, the De Gaulle government is now so difficult to access, which really allows the French to occupy European energy. The market is more qualified to challenge us." Alan Wilson let out a sigh of relief, "Theoretically, we don't want to choose, but isn't this our initiative to pay attention to energy security?"

"France controls the European energy market? Then let's choose the Soviet Union. I guess the Soviets will not agree so quickly. The land pipeline has just been built, but they need to build an offshore pipeline? And the reconciliation between Germany and Eastern European countries is also a problem, no Mediation will not work for a few years." Makins nodded in agreement, "But once France starts construction, it will not be so difficult. This threat is close at hand, and the Soviet Union's threat is far away."

Alan Wilson nodded, "If something goes wrong, we can send the navy to destroy the ocean pipeline just like we cut off the Atlantic cable in World War I. But if we want to treat France like this, we will have no excuse to do so, and the United States will also He won’t watch us and the French fight among themselves.”

At this moment, the law that heretics are more hateful than heretics shines on the Cabinet Office. The Soviet Union may not do anything to Britain, but France will. Now that the discussions in London have been completed, Rab Butler in Brussels informed Bonn of this attitude.

Alan Wilson asked Makins to summon people from the Ministry of Defense to come up with a design drawing. The landing must be from the original British-occupied area, which is now near the British military base in Germany. The coast of the Federal Republic of Germany belongs to the original British-occupied area. , Doing so can control Germany's energy valve in the hands of the British garrison, and may also increase Britain's influence on Germany.

"Isn't it possible that apart from the Soviet Union, France is choking us?" Pamela Mountbatten asked with a face full of questions. "Isn't it just a little expensive? Germany's economy is also good."

"Dear, Germany is not a colony. Oil is easy to deal with, but natural gas is difficult." Alan Wilson replied with a wry smile, "Unless we take out the electric cars that were eliminated at the beginning of the century, we will probably lose money every year in terms of costs."

Electric cars are not a new thing, let alone electric cars. Steam cars existed in the UK at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, no one knew the direction of future car development. But as a result, we have now seen that oil trucks have eliminated electric cars. If oil prices had not remained high in future generations, electric cars would not have been able to be resurrected.

While the two were discussing, Rab Butler was still talking nonsense in Brussels, showing that Britain was prepared for danger in times of peace and boasted about its long-term vision. The difficulties faced by India were used to remind Europe of the importance of energy security. At the same time, they also joined forces at the European Community meeting to conduct friendly exchanges with France on the issue of Germany's status.

India, which is under an oil embargo, is gritting its teeth and preparing to change the current isolation situation on the battlefield, hoping to win the war and resolve the current predicament.

Indians do not know that the current predicament is related to the former assistant commissioner of British India. India is indeed an oil-poor country. The oil embargo has forced India to immediately deal with it. It prohibits domestic motor vehicles from refueling in large quantities and cracks down on those who drive up oil prices. Behavior.

In fact, there are few solutions to the oil crisis targeting India. India cannot, but Britain can, because Malaya also produces oil, and Kenya’s oil pipeline can also solve India’s urgent needs. However, now is not the time. If India If the oil embargo lasts for a year and a half, Britain can cut the leek of this former colony on the energy issue.

"You have put all your intelligence and wisdom into India." Pamela Mountbatten was a little amused. She didn't know whether she made a complimentary or derogatory comment on her husband.

"It can only be said that the colonial legacy is quite rich, and it is not a problem to deal with India." Alan Wilson puffed up his chest proudly, "How can we see the pearl of the British Empire fall? Of course I do not deny that it must be in their most difficult times. When the time came, I gave them a hand."

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