British Finance Minister Simon couldn't say a word. Thinking about his beautiful wife and two daughters whom he had just chosen, Simon almost vomited blood and couldn't say a word of anger.

"Bang..."

Churchill knocked his big pipe on the conference table, and then looked at Simon who could not speak in a word:

"You, what you are, are you? Isn't it true that if Britain was defeated and surrendered, do you think the Germans would let you war criminals go? All of us who are sitting will be hanged by the Germans. Will your property and women still be protected? You will definitely not be protected."

Silence, death-like silence, Churchill's words, although harsh, are also true.

Now the British Finance Minister is not as angry as before. After holding it in for a long time, he finally put it in a sentence.

"Now we have £60 million on our books, and I have invested the rest of the money in weapons research and development and production. I really have no money. Now I say that the £60 million is used to implement Churchill's plan."

The current exchange rate is 1 pound to 4 US dollars, which is almost 240 million US dollars. One gram of gold has been sold for 1 US dollar in 2019. This amount of funds is very large.

Churchill certainly knew the current financial situation in the UK. Churchill was responsible for the development and production of weapons in the UK. These funds basically emptied most of the UK's fiscal budget. Churchill saw that the miserable finance minister was willing to give out 60 million pounds, so he would not make a fuss. Thinking about it, the British finance minister was really mean. Churchill didn't scold him and refused to give money. Churchill scolded him and took out the money obediently.

The funding issue is solved. The rest is the work of the British Intelligence Department 6. Of course, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also needs to contribute, so they began to discuss specific action steps.

...

September 28, 1939

It was destined to be a turbulent day. On this day, the Soviet Union entered Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia one after another. The Soviet army successively entered various countries and the establishment of new governments, which essentially completely lost the independence of the three countries. When implementing any important measures, the three governments must act in accordance with the instructions of Moscow or the will of the representatives of Moscow. The three Baltic countries used both empowerment and force them to sign a mutual aid treaty and dared not speak out. They lacked trust in the Stalin leadership group and were worried about the future future of the three Baltic countries.

The Soviet Union has essentially annexed the Three Baltic Kingdoms, which is said to be the Soviet Union sending troops to protect the Three Baltic Kingdoms.

Since the war ended, and all major countries had their own plans, the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic Three Kingdoms did not cause much international response. Germany was busy on the western front at this time. It had no time to look east and was unwilling to cut off contact with the Soviet Union too early. When the Baltic Three Kingdoms requested Germany to mediate in the center, Germany's attitude was "this is purely the business of the Soviet Union and the Baltic countries", and "Germany had no intention of interfering in the political affairs of the Baltic countries". The attitudes of Britain and France were also negative. Under the powerful deterrence of the German army, the British and French army was neither power nor time to take care of the Baltic Three Kingdoms far away in Eastern Europe. They could only let the Soviet Union's actions in the Baltic Three Kingdoms.

Germany's exercises on the Romanian border were also in full swing, with cannons shaking the sky and armor roaring. The temptation of interests between Britain and France also threw out Romania. Britain's bid was 60 million pounds to compensate Romania, allowing Romania to blow up the oil fields by itself.

The tricks of various countries have been shown, and the choice depends on the Romanian dictator Antonescu. Antonescu has military talent and administrative organizational capabilities. However, Romania's backward industrial foundation and scientific and technological strength make Romania a typical agricultural country. In this current situation, Antonescu must choose the most beneficial side to Romania.

What is the most beneficial to Romania? The actual situation of each country is different, and the needs will be different. What Romania needs most now is security, which is the most important thing. Not long ago, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria have sent troops to occupy a lot of Romania. In the final analysis, Romania does not have a strong armed force. Although Romania is a neutral country, its surrounding evil neighbors are still eyeing Romania.

For who can protect Romania better, you don’t need to think about it. Germany can protect Romania the best. Now Romania is already a neighbor of Germany. If Romania rejects Germany’s request, it is likely that Germany will immediately launch a war against Romania, and it will take only a matter of minutes to perish. Don’t expect Britain, France or the Soviet Union to send troops to help Romania. There is no possibility.

Another Romania can obtain German technical support to achieve basic industrialization in its country. Although Germany cannot give the most advanced technology to Romania, some basic industries will still support it.

In this case, of course, it is Germany who can choose. The temptation of Britain and France and the invasion of the Baltic Three Kingdoms by the Soviet Union did not allow Romania to choose. Romania's plan to exchange arms for oil between Romania and Germany was quickly finalized.

Germany paid not only the seized arms, but also the sale of some No. 3 and No. 4 tanks to Romania, and the construction of some factories to Romania, which will use oil to pay for these costs in Germany.

...

Germany's success in Romania greatly reduced its oil dependence on Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Germany is now vigorously expanding its fuel synthesis plants. The raw materials are of course coal and Poland's natural gas. As long as coal and natural gas are sufficient, Germany's synthetic fuel in one year will soon reach 4 million tons. In addition, Romania's six million tons, and dried orange diesel, which also provides Germany with three million tons of diesel every year. Germany can have 13 million tons of fuel, which can basically meet two-thirds of the total war and civilian oil needs.

But Germany still has a gap of 7 million tons, which does not include the fuel lost by the war. That is to say, if Germany launches a full-scale war, there will be a fuel gap of at least 7 million tons per year.

The heaviest point is that the more places Germany occupied, the more civilian oil consumed. For example, Germany occupied France, and France only had five million tons of oil production, while France consumed 10 million tons of civilian oil. These five million tons needed to be imported, but Germany did not have much source of oil imports.

Another one is the oil wells secretly drilled by Germany. Hundreds of underground secret drilling progress were very fast. Hitler had high hopes for these wells. Now he has drilled to a shallow oil-bearing layer. By the second half of 1941, oil should be produced. Conservatively estimated that Germany's local oil production will reach 10 million tons.

There is not much problem with Germany's oil source, but it is necessary to ensure that Germany's refineries and synthetic factories are not bombed by the enemy, otherwise Germany's tanks are scrap iron. Germany's narrow territory and poor resources are really too restrictive of Germany's strategic choice.

Now Britain, France and the Soviet Union are exporting oil to Germany. The limit of Britain and France is 5 million tons per year, and the limit of the Soviet Union's export is 4 million tons. No matter which side Germany attacks, there will be no worries about the oil crisis in a short period of time.

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