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Chapter 838
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“They refused!”
The response of the British Empire was not unexpected to Ishihara Kanji. He had long expected that the British Empire would not accept the conditions he proposed!
“Should we report the British Empire’s answer to Tianhuang truthfully?”
Ishihara Kanji’s assistant said cautiously to his superior.
Ishihara Kanji shook his head:”I’ll go see Prime Minister Tanaka first and see what he says!”
In Prime Minister Tanaka’s residence, Ishihara Kanji met the prime minister with a strong military background.
Tianhuang wanted to ask for benefits from the British Empire and wanted to create a grand occasion of all nations coming to pay tribute!
As a result, this important task was not handed over to the flattering Navy Minister, but was handed over to the Tanaka Cabinet.
This made Prime Minister Tanaka feel helpless. He couldn’t help but do the task of Tianhuang, but he knew very well in his heart that it was almost impossible to fully meet the requirements of Tianhuang!
Although the national strength of the British Empire has weakened, it is an old power after all. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. It is obviously unrealistic to want them to immediately surrender to the foot basin and cede their interests obediently!
In Tian In the eyes of Prime Minister Nakagi, the British Empire might give up some of its interests, but the extent of their concessions would not be too large, and would not involve their core interests. Some things that the British Empire did not care much about, but that Jiaoben cared about very much, could be discussed.
That was why he asked Ishihara Kanji to make these requests to Chukir first, in order to test the attitude of the British Empire, and then judge how much benefit they could get from the British Empire based on the other party’s attitude!
Judging from the results of the test, Malacca and Indochina are basically the core interests that the British Empire could not give up, and on the issue of the Dutch East Indies, the British Empire’s attitude did not seem to be firm, so it was possible to reach an agreement on this issue.
“Modify our conditions and add Australia’s iron ore and Hans’ Bismarck Islands in the north of Australia. In addition, tell the British that we must get the Dutch East Indies!”
The reason why Tanaka Giichi cares so much about the Dutch East Indies is mainly because there is oil here, and oil is a resource they are currently very short of!
Although Hans has explored oil in the northeast of the Celestial Empire, the location of the oil field here is very deep. The foot basin has drilled more than 900 meters down and still has not found oil, which makes the foot basin people a little nervous!
Hans’s data should not be wrong. There is really oil here, but the specific location and depth of this oil field are difficult to determine.
With their current technology, it is very difficult to go down 800 meters. They tried their best to drill a 900-meter deep oil well, but they didn’t get it. This made the foot basin people a little desperate. Perhaps they rely on the oil in the northeast to solve their desire to solve the shortage of oil resources in their country!
Oil was not so important during the First World War. At that time, everyone’s warships Whether it is a ship or a train, most of them are coal-fired, so coal is extremely important for a country.
However, with the rapid development of the second world, the rise of internal combustion engines has led to an increasing dependence of countries on oil!
At this time, the power of warships in various countries is almost all oil-fired, and the trains of some countries have even begun to get rid of the backward way of burning coal and started using diesel as a power source!
In this case, if you want to keep your war machine running smoothly, it is impossible for the foot basin to leave oil. They need more and more stable oil supply.
At this time, when the foot basin was worried about the next oil supply, they accidentally got a piece of intelligence that there was oil in the Dutch East Assam Islands, and it is estimated that the oil reserves here exceed 1.5 billion tons!
After this news reached the ears of the foot basin people, they immediately fell into ecstasy!
1.5 billion tons of oil, for the oil-deficient Jiaoben, this is what they dream of!
If they can really annex the Dutch East Indies, then these oils will be enough to support their development for 20 years. In these 20 years, they don’t have to worry about the lack of oil!
It is precisely because of the strong stimulation brought by this digital lock that the Jiaoben people are extremely jealous of this piece of land that the British Empire despises. If they hadn’t taken into account the attitudes of the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce people, they might have already sent troops south to occupy this archipelago!
After all, in the eyes of the Jiaoben people, if you don’t take what God gives you, you must be punished!
The Dutch East Indies are clearly a gift from God to them. It is the best gift to help them solve the shortage of resources. They have no reason not to accept it!
What’s more, occupying this The Windmill Country in the area has long since declined, and is now just a small country in Europe. Such a country can only be regarded as a second-rate country even in Europe, not to mention that it is now occupied by Hans. They have destroyed their own country, and the Foot Basin people naturally will not take their strength to heart!
Therefore, as long as the Foot Basin people are willing, they will take this place sooner or later!
They did not do this before because the strength of the British Empire and the Eagle Sauce was too strong. If they did this rashly, they might be suppressed by the two countries.
But now, the strength of the British Empire has been greatly weakened, and the Eagle Sauce’s homeland has been invaded. The main force of the Pacific Fleet has been transferred to the Atlantic to participate in the war. In this part of the Pacific, the Foot Basin people’s navy is simply a regional hegemon, and no one can threaten their dominant position here!
Therefore, the Foot Basin people feel that the time to act is ripe now. When these two countries are busy with their own affairs and unable to interfere with their actions, they can take this opportunity to occupy these islands in Southeast Asia!
Prime Minister Tanaka wanted to make this clear to the British. Even if they continued to insist, the Foot Basin would not back down. In fact, if the British tried to obstruct them, the Foot Basin might even turn against them!
After all, in the Foot Basin’s view, the most powerful Eagle Sauce among the Allies was beaten up by Hans, who bombed Gotham City or Washington every other day, and annihilated hundreds of thousands of American troops in the south at one time! The war situation in the Eagle Sauce’s country is obviously not optimistic, and it has even begun to be extremely unfavorable to the Eagle Sauce!
In this case, the Foot Basin does not want to continue to stand on the side of the Allies. They hope to hold the thigh of the Third Reich and stand on the side of the victor.
The only reason that prevented them from doing so was mainly because the Third Reich turned a blind eye to their goodwill, and the British were still giving them various benefits, so the Foot Basin barely did not jump to the opposite side!