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    August 29, 1939, must be the most chaotic day in Europe.

    When the German army arrived in Warsaw, the Polish government announced to the whole country that they were in exile. Tens of thousands of government personnel and citizens found their own way to make a living.  Before they could recover, the news of the Soviet army's large-scale border crossing shocked the whole of Europe.  By the afternoon, Britain also suffered its heaviest loss since the start of the war. The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Courageous was dived less than 2,000 meters by the German U-29 submarine when it was slowing down to recover the aircraft.

    The more than 20,000-ton Brave struggled for only fifteen minutes before sinking into the icy North Atlantic with 578 officers and soldiers.  The news reached London, and Churchill, who once again served as Lord of the Admiralty, bluntly stated that after the Royal Navy failed in Asia, the traditional Atlantic territories also began to bleed.  In order to avoid further losses, the British Navy had to order the remaining four aircraft carriers, HMS Arenas, HMS Glory, HMS Fury, and HMS Ark Royal, to be withdrawn to the mainland.

    But Churchill certainly didn¡¯t expect that German Admiral Raeder, whom he wanted to strangle in his dreams, would throw the news of the sinking of the Brave aside.  An oil field!  A large oil field is under Germany's nose, capable of being exploited within a year!  Is today April Fool's Day?  After learning the news, even Hitler turned over his desk calendar to make sure it was not April Fools' Day, and immediately looked at Himmler.

    The Gestapo was not a vegetarian. Apart from not knowing about the decoding machine, they had already figured out who was boarding the Chinese fleet.  Facing the F¨¹hrer's gaze, Himmler immediately introduced: "F¨¹hrer, this Chinese woman didn't lie. There were Polish scientists, university professors and engineers on board, as well as some family members of government personnel and refugees. As for  If there is anything else, we need to bring the ship back and check it carefully." Himmler said at the end, looking at Raeder.  The latter also disliked him. Oil is life to the navy.  Therefore, even if there are good things on board, the German Navy does not want to continue searching. There is no need to do such stupid things as killing fish and fish.

    So Redel assured: "Please rest assured, Head of State, Colonel Grekamp has inspected it in detail three times. He is a very conscientious captain." Hitler actually didn't care about the fleet. He was thinking about oil now.  Endless oil!  Enough oil for German tanks to conquer the world!  As long as it is not in areas controlled by Britain, France and the Soviet Union, any risk is worth taking.

    ¡°Anyway, Chinahas no time to deal with it now, and even Manstein praised the battle of Ahvaz.  After the last Balikpapan oil field incident, we briefly considered purchasing bombers from China, but the fat man Goering said that Germany would soon have its own bombers.  The main enemy now is Britain and France. There is no need to offend China before defeating the old enemy.  What's more, Yang Qiu helped Germany hold back millions of Soviet troops, so after thinking about it, he simply ordered the fleet to be released, but asked Himmler to detain Jin Bihui.  It is necessary to wait until it is found out whether there is an oil field before deciding whether to release it.

    The German army was very efficient. Before Hitler could think of the words he would use tomorrow to express his excitement about the U-29 sinking the aircraft carrier Brave, Jin Bihui arrived in Berlin on a JU52 transport plane, escorted by a team of airborne troops.  Of course Hitler would not show up, but Himmler and Raeder were waiting at the airport early, and Manstein, who was commanding the Polish campaign, arrived.

    After learning that the fleet has been released.  Jin Bihui regained his former free and easy attitude and pointed his finger at the German intelligence officer next to him: "I want a map of North Africa."

    ¡°North Africa!¡±

    Manstein was one of the few senior officers in the German army who opposed an attack on Poland because he believed that Poland should serve as a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union.  Even after the Battle of Ahvaz, the Sino-Soviet war was inevitable.  He also believed that the Eastern Front battlefield should not be opened easily before China and the Soviet Union decided the winner.  So he was nominally commanding the Polish campaign, but in fact he had long been secretly considering a plan on how to defeat France and seize the huge French African colony.  So when I heard that the oil field was in North Africa, I quickly took advantage of the guard to take the map and asked: "Ms. Jin. The oil field you mentionedis in French Africa?"

    Jin Bihui knew this German general who was said to be greatly admired by the president and the domestic general staff, and smiled: "General, if the oil field is in the French colony, how are you going to exploit it?" Manstein was stunned for a moment, and then quickly came to his senses.  She came here to trick her.  However, he was not angry. Instead, he shrugged gracefully: "If you were in a French colony, I'm afraid President Yang Qiu would have to pay a large ransom for you."

    Jin Bihui was not disappointed when he didn't say anything. He deliberately glanced at Himmler, who was standing next to him with a cold gaze: "The general is really funny, much better than some people." Redel and Maninstein touched their noses. It is true that no one likes Himmler.  Mle.  But everyone was colleagues after all, so they stopped Jin Bihui from continuing to sow discord and asked: "Then where is it? You don't want to tell us that it is in the area controlled by Italy, right? The Romans have been exploring there for ten years! There is nothing  Discover."

    "Really? That's too bad!" Jin Bihui pretended to be surprised, and teased: "General, you said you wanted to"?Mr. Mussolini later learned that I would sell you a light oil field in Libya that has been explored and has reserves that are likely to exceed 7 billion barrels and are likely to contain the best quality aromatic hydrocarbons.  Will he send someone to assassinate me?  "

    "Libya! Seven billion barrels!"

    Not to mention Raeder and Manstein, even the sulky Himmler felt like something had hit him in the head!  My ears were filled with the echoes of Gigaton and Libya.  If it were in the French or British areas, Germany really couldn't do anything, but in Libya even if half was given to Italy, there would still be 3.5 billion barrels!  That¡¯s 3.5 billion!  Last year, Germany only consumed 35 million tons of crude oil a year!

    The Soviet Union has oil, and now Stalin wants Germany, so 200,000 tons of oil are sent by rail every month.  But once China captures Tehran, all oil-producing areas in Baku will be within the coverage area of ??bombers.  The output of small oil fields in the Urals and Siberia was insufficient, and it was extremely difficult to supply the Soviet army.  The Romanian oil fields are the best choice, but the output there is also not large. As for the top-secret coal-to-oil conversion the output is too small.

    Therefore, this oil field must be controlled no matter what!  Even if it cannot be developed immediately, it must be under control!

    After the last European war, oil production has become an indispensable standard for a powerful country.  The United States has Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Even if Britain and France lose their Asian parts, they still have Venezuela and other American countries to provide oil. China will take the opportunity to seize Saudi Arabia.  In addition, after the continuous discovery of the North Sea oil field in Irkutsk, the Yumenguan oil field and the Xinjiang oil field in China, it has also got rid of the hat of being poor in oil.  The Soviet Union had Baku and Western Siberia, and even Japan grabbed Balikpapan, Palembang, and Sarawak.  Among the eight major powers in the world, only Germany and Italy are the worst off, soonly by acquiring this oil field can Germany truly have the capital to compete with Britain, the United States, and China in the world!

    But how to cross the Mediterranean has always been a problem. To get this oil field, France must be completely solved, and then the British power in the Mediterranean must be solved.  Redl also understood that no matter how hard he tried, he could not compete with the British Navy, nor could he rely on the Italians.  Therefore, how to break through the blockade of the British and French Mediterranean fleets has become the key.  Since the navy can't defeat it, the only way is

    Reidel and Manstein looked at each other. At this moment, the guard had spread out the map. After scanning the French territory almost at the same time, their eyes slowly slid down and stopped in one place.

    ??SpainGibraltar!

    This place name made Manstein sober up quickly.  Start thinking seriously about it.  With the thought just now, he now believes that this oil field is real, because this is basically a bait deliberately thrown by Yang Qiu to let Germany completely break the old order.  For Germany, this move really hits its weak point. Even if the generals are unwilling, the head of state who has always dreamed of dominating Europe will not agree to let this oil field go.  The only thing that confused him was that Yang Qiu wanted to use Germany's help to eliminate Britain and France.  Or is he interested in Africa?

    Manstein shook his head. The front lines in the Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia were long enough. No matter how arrogant Yang Qiu was, he would not let the army cross the Suez Canal and enter North Africa to fight.

    So what exactly does he want to do?

    After Manstein¡¯s eyes wandered around the Mediterranean coasts such as Egypt and Greece, he slowly moved to Britain.  He wanted Britain to fail.  And then take over all British property east of the Suez Canal?  This is possible, after all, east of the canal is an area that even Germany covets.  And judging from the fact that he still maintains diplomatic channels with Germany, he may not have the intention to draw boundaries at the last moment.

    But is this really the case?

    ?¡­

    After the plane stopped, the maintenance staff carried Chen Haohui in a wheelchair out of the cabin.

    The father of intelligence in the Republic of China, who has not left Hubei for a long time, looks much older.  But he was in good spirits, and when he saw Yan Baohang coming to greet him, he took the initiative to push the wheel over.

    "Teacher, how are your health recently?" Yan Baohang was discovered by Chen Haohui, so he has always treated him with disciple etiquette.

    Chen Haohui came to Beijing because he learned that Jin Bihui was trapped in Germany and was worried that something might happen to her.  She was also very happy to see him standing tall and capable in his military uniform: "Yes, no wonder the president always mentions you every time he calls me. You, Jin Yatou and Yu Nong are all successful now, which is great!"

    "That's all the teacher's cultivation."

    "I'm just giving you a chance. It's all your credit for developing the Strategic Intelligence Bureau. There's no need to put money in my face." Chen Haohui waved his hand.  Because he was worried about Jin Bihui's safety, after Yan Baohang helped him get into the car, he immediately asked: "Is Jin Yatou okay now?"

    Yan Baohang certainly knew what he wanted to do when he came to Beijing. Fortunately, Chen Haohui had a special status and didn¡¯t have to worry about leaks, so he immediately gave a general introduction to the decoder and the oil field.all over.  Finally, he said: "Teacher, you can rest assured that the Germans are already interested. Now the junior sister is secretly taking them to explore the oil field. Germany promises to fund the purchase after the survey is correct, and will release the junior sister immediately."

    "That's good, that's good." Chen Haohui said hello twice, which shows that he cares about Jin Bihui very much.  He continued to ask: "So, you deliberately arranged for Jin Yatou to take this opportunity to sell the oil field to Germany?" Yan Baohang nodded and apologized: "Teacher, please forgive the student for being reckless. I can't help it. There are people inside the Gestapo and the German Army.  British and French spies are better than the navy. So I had to deliberately let my junior sister take this opportunity to pretend to exchange urgently needed talents and hand them over directly to Redel."

    Chen Haohui did not blame him, but smiled: "Well done! By the way, is that decoder really that powerful?"

    "We don't know whether the decoder is powerful, but mathematicians like Kaczmarz have been keeping an eye on us for several years. Although they study cryptography, cryptography is very close to logic and mathematics, so the president hopes  They can work with us to develop a super electronic machine." Yan Baohang introduced.  As the director of the Strategic Intelligence Service, he knew all the details of the 3010 plan, but to what extent the specific technology and development were.  He is just a layman.

    Chen Haohui didn¡¯t expect Yang Qiu to attach such great importance to him, and even sent someone to investigate secretly a few years ago. He couldn¡¯t help but wonder what special abilities these Poles had.  How did he know that the decoder, Katzmaltz and others meant too much to Yang Qiu!  You know, after the Polish decoding machine passed through many times in history and finally passed to the British, the British government immediately asked Turing to lead Rozoki and others to continue development. Not only did they finally decipher the Enigma cipher machine, but they also helped the British  Get countless secrets.  Even after the United States entered the war.  It was also used to monitor communications on both sides of the Atlantic for several years.  It can be said that precisely because of this "super bomb", the electromagnetic sky during World War II was actually one-way transparent to Britain.  Later, Churchill learned from the telegram that the Battle of Britain had frustrated Hitler and other news, so he boldly bombed Berlin.  The decisions that ultimately led to the complete abortion of the Sea Lion Project were inextricably related to this machine.

    As for Kaczmarz, it was even more of a pity. This master of logic and mathematics, who was world-renowned at the time and was as famous as Turing and others, was arrested by the Soviet army for escorting the decoder and was killed in Katyn.  Turing also took advantage of the opportunity to study the "bomb decoder" and the Katz-Maltz calculation method, and finally realized the first real electronic computer ace after the war.

    Therefore, whether it is a decoding machine or a Kaczmartz, the most that falls into the hands of the British and French is to decipher telegrams.  But in the hands of Yang Qiu, the meaning is completely different. If they can be combined with computers led by Hua Luogeng, pn transistors, etc., it will be a transistor computer with real logic computing capabilities!

    It¡¯s exciting just thinking about it!

    Chen Haohui doesn¡¯t really care about these things.  After listening to what he said, he asked about the oil field: "Baohang, is that oil field real?"

    "It's true. Six years ago, we organized experts to conduct secret surveys in Libya. We also found a few Americans to buy the entire area in the name of mining. After drilling for oil, we were worried about being discovered by Britain and Italy and then used cement.  Seal them all and bury them. Judging from the amount of gas, there are at least 7 billion barrels of reserves underneath. Professor Li Siguang also gave the possibility that this area contains 13 billion barrels."

    There is no guarantee whether 13 billion will be reached, but 7 billion is not a small number!  Thinking of the location of the oil field, Chen Haohui suddenly understood: "The president wants the Germans to go to North Africa to threaten Egypt, right? Now Britain is really going to be in trouble!"

    "After the Soviet Union is restrained by us and can no longer threaten Germany, Britain must drag the United States into the water! Moreover, this oil field will make Germany aware of the crisis in the Mediterranean. The Italian Navy alone is not enough to defeat Cunningham's Mediterranean Fleet, so Germany is likely to consider  ¡­.¡±

    "Spain!" Before Yan Baohang could finish speaking, Chen Haohui shouted the key.

    Yan Baohang nodded: "Spain's importance has suddenly risen. Although Franco is very smart, for the sake of oil and North Africa, there is no guarantee that Hitler will not attack Spain to seize Gibraltar in order to completely close the door to the Mediterranean. If this is the case, the United States will  It is very likely that he will face a situation where Britain surrenders. It is impossible for Roosevelt to see Asia and Europe being divided between us and Germany, so he must support Britain's involvement in the war! In this way, he must temporarily abandon the Pacific Ocean."

    Chen Haohui's eyebrows gradually tightened. Judging from what he just said, Yang Qiu made this move very well, but there is a very important question in it. What should China do?  Should we form an alliance with Germany?  Faced with the question, Yan Baohang hesitated. The announcement of the secret meeting between Su and Germany was extremely confidential. Although Chen Haohui was a former intelligence officer, he had retired, but he did not want to make up lies, so he finally answered honestly: "Teacher,  I'm sorry I can't say it. The president has personally issued a gag order on this matter. Just wait and see.That's it.  "

    Chen Haohui knew the rules, so he waved his hand: "Look at me, I forgot about it if I wasn't in my position and didn't plan for it. I won't ask, I won't ask! Let's talk about Golden Girl. As you just said, sell the oil fields.  Can she come back?"

    "I have to go to Belgium again to help Mr. Lu Zhengxiang handle some things."

    "What are you helping Zixin with?" Chen Haohui was a little confused.  Since the death of Mrs. Peide, Lu Zhengxiang has assumed the status of Belgian ambassador. In fact, he is hiding away to support his wife in old age.  Although he has relied on his status as "Belgian son-in-law" to help deal with many things in China over the years, he rarely comes forward. Why should he be used again?

    This time Yan Baohang did not hide anything and said: "Belgium has a uranium mine in the Congo. The president asked Lu Zhengxiang to contact their boss and prepare to buy all the ore at a high price." Speaking of purchasing uranium ore.  He was also full of resentment: "This boss named Edgar Sengir is very cunning. He learned about the use of uranium ore from somewhere, so he secretly contacted the United States to transport the ore to New York. Fortunately, the United States had no interest. Lu Zhengxiang found him  Later, he actually opened his mouth and quoted a price of 4 US dollars per pound. Damn it! He only sold it for 1.6 US dollars per pound last year. Originally, Lu Zhengxiang wanted to lower the price, but the president responded and asked to buy them all regardless of the price. I guess  Next, there are 1,200 tons of high-grade ore in the town of Ouron in Belgium, and there are 1,250 tons of lower-grade ore in the Hinkolobwe mine in Congo. The total cost is 22 million US dollars, which is 44 million in RMB.  .¡±

    "So much money?" Before Chen Haohui left office, research on the nuclear bomb program had already begun, so he knew the purpose of uranium mines very well.  What surprised him was the price.  We must know that each Type 36 tank costs 200,000 yuan, and the military purchase price of each H-7 bomber is only 550,000 yuan, so he asked in surprise: "Aren't we short of uranium ore?"

    "It's not Britain and the United States that are causing trouble." Yan Baohang explained.

    It turns out that since last year, when the United Kingdom and the United States reported that they were going to study nuclear bombs, Yang Qiu began to worry that China's nuclear weapons program would be discovered.  You know, the development of nuclear weapons covers a wide range of areas.  The material mobilization is huge. Once Britain and the United States have the concept of nuclear weapons, they will pay attention to this aspect, and the possibility of leaks will increase.  So I simply bought uranium ore on a large scale.  It also asked the Strategic Intelligence Service to set up a fake high-energy physics agency, pretending that it would also study nuclear bombs, attracting the attention of the United Kingdom and the United States to this fake agency, and then continuously released false news about development difficulties, unsuccessful research, etc. to confuse the outside world.  .

    besides.  Yang Qiu also had the idea of ??hindering the progress of U.S. nuclear weapons, but neither Yan Baohang nor everyone knew about this.  Because currently the only country in the world that can provide spot uranium ore is the Republic of China.  There is only Congo Hinkolobwe.  Historically, the uranium for the United States to manufacture nuclear bombs relied on the 1,250 tons of ore that Edgar shipped to the United States in advance.  You must know that making a nuclear bomb requires hundreds of tons of ore, and the uranium mine in Hinkolobwe has been basically mined. In other words, as long as it buys this batch of uranium ore, it will be difficult for the United States to collect it before 1944.  Enough uranium to make a nuclear bomb.

    In addition, Heisenberg¡¯s plutonium fission theory was only brought to the United States by his friend, the Danish physicist Bohr, in 1943.  Therefore, if there was no such batch of uranium ore and all plutonium was used, the United States would probably only be able to stockpile materials for one or two nuclear bombs before 1945.

    Chen Haohui took a deep breath.  Yang Qiu's step by step makes people feel like he has eyes that can see the future.  While everyone was staring at the cannon and aircraft, he had already begun to calculate the international supply of uranium ore to delay the production of nuclear bombs.  This shows that he is not only thinking about winning this war, but also counting Britain, the United States and even the entire world. War is just a tool used by him to establish his status as a world power.

    Such meticulousness also made him look forward to the war that was about to begin. He leaned back in his chair and asked, "Has the president decided? When will the war begin?"

    Yan Baohang said: "It's not that we want to fight, it's that the Soviet Union can't help it anymore! After the partition of Poland to relieve the pressure on Europe, Stalin believed that the only things left in Europe were the Baltic Sea and Finland, so he has recalled Zhukov and others to Moscow for a meeting in the past few days.  , and also actively mobilized troops to the Caucasus. Since the end of the Battle of Ahvaz, another 120,000 Soviet troops have entered Iran, and at least two regiments have entered northern Iraq. It is said that Stalin¡¯s request is that the Caucasus must be moved before October  The total strength increased to 1.1 million troops and at least 3,000 tanks and 40,000 artillery pieces.

    If this information is true, based on the numerical calculation of troop mobilization, they will probably launch a full-scale attack on us in mid-October.  This time was chosen because the Soviet Union has always felt that it is better at winter operations than us. It happens that snow will fall in Kazakhstan and Siberia after November, and large-scale operations are basically impossible in December. Even Afghanistan and Iran are on plateaus and will become very cold, so  Even if something goes wrong at this time, as long as they persist until early December, the weather can help them gain 5 months of winter and re-adjust.??Come back.  "

    Chen Haohui subconsciously moved his hot body, and with the increasingly louder horn, his blood seemed to start burning again.  (To be continued)
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