The Third Reich in Desperation

Even if he was his confidant, even if the other party reminded him kindly, Mussolini still felt ashamed, and said unhappily and forcefully: "Corsica will soon belong to Italy, and of course Napoleon also belongs to Italy!" (Napoleon was born in Corsica, France)

Immediately afterwards, Mussolini wanted to say something, but a secretary who stumbled over interrupted him: "Leader, the battle report is here!"

Hearing the news from the front line, Mussolini looked at the secretary with a cheerful smile and said, "Speak slowly, slowly, are all those Frenchmen dead, or have they all surrendered?"

"Report, our army's 4-way attack failed, and the first division of the black shirts lost more than half of it. In addition, 7 divisions of the army suffered heavy casualties and lost their combat capabilities..." The secretary did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly reported.

After listening, Mussolini, who didn't react, laughed loudly: "I just said, the great Italian army must... wait! What did you just say?!"

Then, Mussolini rushed to the secretary at a speed that did not match his figure, and grabbed the telegram.

This time, Mussolini saw it clearly, and summed it up in one word, a big defeat!

The 32 Italian main divisions were pushed all the way by the 5 French divisions, and they lost their armor and armor, and more than 1000 of them surrendered to the French army!

The air suddenly froze...

.......

"Are you sure, Marshal Petain announced that he would surrender to Germany?!"

Lieutenant General Berente, who had just defeated the Italian army with a perfect counterattack and was clearing the battlefield and counting the prisoners, was obviously inconceivable for his teacher to make this decision.

"It's impossible for the Marshal not to know how much damage to his reputation he will suffer by doing this!" Berente turned his head towards the staff officer who reported the news to him, and said incredulously, "He didn't have to do this! "

"But Marshal Pétain made this decision." At this time, Berente's adjutant stepped forward and comforted the army commander, "For France, the Marshal's choice is not wrong."

"But what about my teacher himself?!" Belante, who has always been strong, said in a hoarse voice at this moment: "It's not fair to him!"

A national hero wants to lead the country to surrender.What could be more painful than this.

In a daze, Berente seemed to see the teacher who had just been promoted to Marshal of France 20 years ago and was giving a promotion speech in high spirits.

"...I, Henri-Philippe Pétain, dedicate my life, my soul, my wholeness to France. With all zeal, to the service of the French military."

Amidst the applause that resounded through the sky, he was smiling.

Body 4 Chapter [-] Africa's First Oilfield

Bliss shook his head, and said helplessly to the German friend in front of him: "Mr. Finn, I really don't understand why you are so persistent. We have been exploring here for more than two months, and we haven't found even a drop of oil. Why, you are so sure that in this barren land of Africa, there will be big oil fields."

Bliss said that not because the tough conditions made him uncomfortable.After all, they took money from the Rhine Consortium. Although the environment was difficult, their salaries were high.

The reason why he persuaded the German friend in front of him was because he really couldn't stand the other party's stubbornness.

Even geologists have concluded that there is no oil here, but under the insistence of the Rhine Consortium, everyone has to dig holes in the ground like fools.It is said that the Germans are stubborn, but Bliss really did not expect that the Germans are so stubborn!

Just because they got a piece of so-called inside information, just because they had a big luck in northern Germany, they now firmly believe that they are lucky to find a big oil field every time? !

If oil fields were really so easy to find, wouldn't the world be in chaos.Although Bliss doesn't know much about military affairs, he at least knows that navy warships, air force planes, and army transport vehicles all consume a lot of fuel.

It can be said that whichever country has the largest oil reserves has the confidence to create unlimited "oil tigers".

However, Bliss and the others have been exploring on this barren land in Africa for more than 3 years, and the Rhine Consortium has only been involved in the exploration in a cooperative manner for more than two months.

How can they expect to be able to extract oil?

Just because they circled an area on the map through internal information? !

"The wages for the workers will be increased by 50.00%." ​​The wealthy Finn waved his hand and said, "This is just a small benefit. When the oil comes out, I believe your government will reward you all."

"Our government..." Bliss had a look of loneliness on his face when he heard this.

But soon, this expression disappeared without a trace.

That's not something he can manage, and it's pointless to think about it.What he can do is to find oil fields for his country and relieve domestic pressure.

Of course, at this time, in addition to the public side, the higher salary also made Bliss and the others willing to continue the exploration.

"Don't think so much," Finn patted Bliss on the shoulder with a smile as if he could see what Bliss was thinking, and said, "I believe that our head of state will definitely bring you miracles, as long as you are sincere with Deutsche Bliss." cooperation, it will only be a matter of time before you recover.”

"I hope so." After receiving comfort, Bliss raised his facial muscles with difficulty, showing a smile.

Just when the two were about to say something, there was a noise from the workers drilling in the distance.

Immediately, a pungent smell came from the air!

LPG!

When the drilling machine reached about 1000 meters in this border area near Libya, a puff of petroleum gas finally came out!

The oil is down there!

Cheers erupted from the entire exploration team, and everyone was celebrating this great moment.At that moment, they seemed to have forgotten everything, forgetting that their motherland had just surrendered, and forgetting the helplessness of the country's defeat.

From the drilled pipes, the flames of burning petroleum gas lit up everyone's faces.

"Mr. Bliss, I have to congratulate you for finding out the oil in this colony for France." Among the excited crowd, Fein still maintained his polite expression: "Now, you should trust our Rhine Consortium The information is accurate."

"This is really unbelievable!" Bliss shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's really unbelievable that your country's information on the French colonies is actually more accurate than our own. Such a bizarre oil discovery process, Enough to go down in the history books!"

Amid the excitement, Bliss still couldn't hide his loneliness. If it was two months ago, such a discovery would definitely make the whole of France celebrate.

In a place that has always been thought to have no oil, thanks to the persistence and funding of the German consortium, France has found oil fields. How gratifying this is.

However, France is now completely defeated by Germany in just over a month.Although they are in Algeria, Bliss and the others have heard that the new government formed by Marshal Petain in the country has already begun to prepare for the surrender to the German government.

At this time, can French oil fields still be called French oil fields?

"Don't be so sad, Mr. Bliss." Finn, who was selected as a representative to cooperate with the French, said mysteriously in fluent French: "Since we have worked together for two months, we They can be regarded as friends. As your friend, I can tell you two pieces of good news that you are absolutely satisfied with."

good news?At this time, is there any better news than the discovery of an oil field?

Bliss obviously didn't believe that Finn could tell him the good news that reassured him.

However, before Bliss could react, Fein spoke to himself: "The first good news is that according to our intelligence, Algeria's oil is not only of high quality, but also has huge reserves. It is no exaggeration It is said that Algeria has at least 300 billion barrels of oil, and it is well-deserved the number one oil field in Africa."

What Fein said now was actually compiled by Reinhardt in advance.

In fact, Algeria is neither the largest oil field in Africa, nor can it produce 300 billion barrels of oil.

Reinhardt, who has studied Algeria's oil fields, knows that the oil fields here are concentrated in the central region and near the Libyan border, and the oil reserves are estimated to be around 122 billion barrels, mainly capable of producing low-sulfur light crude oil.

The reason why Algeria's oil field production is deliberately exaggerated is because Germany also has an important plan around Algeria.

At this moment, facing Bliss, who was stunned by Fein's set of data, Fein continued with a smile on his face: "The second good news... Let me tell you secretly, I guess our head of state It will be announced immediately that the Algerian oil fields belong to France."

"No one will leave your oil fields," Finn put his hand on Bliss's shoulder and squeezed it vigorously: "Germany will not let you sign a new "Treaty of Versailles". You told me in private long ago."