On the sea south of Hawaii, the Chinese Federation Navy fleet was sailing in boredom, waiting for orders.
On the bridge of the flagship Overlord, the officers on duty were chatting.
"Why were the Chinese who were massacred in Torreon, but our first landing point was not the nearest Mazatlan, but the port of Tehuantepec, which was thousands of miles away? There is a gap in the middle
More than half of Mexico. It is understandable to land at Manzanillo in the middle of the two places. From there we can attack Morelia and then threaten Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Where can Tehuantepec attack?"
A captain asked the lieutenant colonel who was leading the squad, and the lieutenant colonel shrugged.
It’s no wonder that these soldiers have such doubts. Lin Youde went to Mexico for oil, and most of Mexico’s oil is distributed on the shrimp tail of the prawn-shaped country. The main resource near Torreon in the north is iron.
Mine, but Lin Youde is not short of iron ore now. He has just started digging in the mountains in Western Australia that are entirely composed of iron ore. What does he need iron ore for?
As for oil, with the widespread use of internal combustion engines, the appearance of black gold is becoming more and more obvious.
On the tail of the giant shrimp in Mexico, there is a super oil well that blew out 30,000 tons of crude oil on the first day of oil production. Therefore, Lin Youde’s plan was to land at the Port of Tehuantepec, cut across and hit Coatzacoal.
Cos, cut off the land connection between the main body of Mexico and the tail, forcing the Mexicans to agree to give up the tail to establish an independent Indian country - yes, the Aztecs!
As for why we didn’t take Oaxaca, which is very close to Tehuantepec on the map, it’s because it is located in the intermountain basin of the Cordillera Mountains, separated from the sea by high mountains. On the contrary, from Tehuán
To go from Tepeque to Coatzacoalcos, you only need to pass through a small gap in the Cordillera Mountains, and then there is an endless plain. Although there are forests blocking the road, it is easier to pass than the mountains.
In addition, in this time and space, there is a railway between Tehuantepec and Coatzacoalcos. This railway assumes the important responsibility of transporting cargo from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is precisely because of this that this
Tehuantepec in the next time and space is more prosperous than the previous time and space, and the port equipment is also better.
Therefore, the first landing point designated by Lin Youde was carefully considered. As early as 1902, he ordered the investment and establishment of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Tehuantepec and planned immigration. Now half of the residents in that place are Chinese and are hiding.
He has acquired a lot of weapons, and once the order is given, he can take over the city and fully arm it.
Lin Youde has been planning for Mexico's Campeche oil production area and the larger Revmar oil field for some time. This is also the biggest reason why he advocates starting a war.
The Middle East is now the territory of the British, and it is difficult to take action, but it is still very pleasant to be bullied by Mexico, which has no protection.
Especially when it is colluding with the United States.
At this moment, the communication loop on the bridge rang, and the lieutenant colonel in charge answered the phone: "This is the bridge, please speak."
"This is a confidential room. I have received a secret order and my murderous intention has been determined. Repeat, I have received a secret order and my murderous intention has been determined."
"learn."
After putting down the phone, the lieutenant colonel ordered to his subordinates: "Quick, go and inform Marshal Lin."
**
Washington, the capital of the United States, Presidential Study Room of the White House.
Theodore Roosevelt loosened his tie.
"Did the divination result really say that?"
"Yes," Situ Meitang replied without hesitation, "and this is the result of the divination five years ago. Since then, Mr. Lin has been planning for Mexico. We are fully confident that we will win Tehuantepe quickly.
Croques and Coatzacoalcos cut off the entire oil-producing area divined by Kujinji from the territory of Mexico."
The old Roosevelt stood up, walked to the globe placed in the corner, fiddled with it and then pressed his finger on the bottom of the chicken leg of North America...
"Campeche... If I remember correctly, our oil experts have also explored that area. They believe that area is an oil-poor area..."
Situ Meitang shrugged and said nothing.
Old Roosevelt held it in for a while, and finally couldn't hold it in anymore. Now the number of cars in the United States has soared, and the internal combustion engine has become an essential part of the new Shenji armor. Engineers also agree that in the future, warships will also eliminate the current use of coal.
steam boilers were replaced by oil-fired boilers more suitable for battleships.
To put it simply, this oil is already very valuable now and will be even more valuable in the future. Not only does it have great potential for appreciation, but its contribution to industry cannot be underestimated.
In addition, petroleum can not only be used as fuel, petrochemical industry has made considerable progress around 1900, and the future is also promising.
With the keen intuition of a first-class politician, Roosevelt had a premonition that the new century would be the century of oil.
If it weren't for the unstable factor Lin Youde, his premonition could not have been more accurate. Therefore, even if American geological experts designate the area around Campeche as an oil-poor area, Kutsuhime's divination results still have great appeal.
——After all, this divination has already been fulfilled once in the Philippines and Indonesia.
But Roosevelt still didn't want to be led by Lin Youde.
"Okay, even if there is indeed oil in that place, why don't we in the United States occupy that place ourselves?"
"How do you plan to convince the members of Congress?" Situ Meitang asked calmly.
Not long ago, the United States won the Spanish-American War and occupied Cuba and Puerto Rico. Theodore Roosevelt also relied on the prestige brought by the victory in the war to successfully be re-elected as president. But now, the impact of the victory has faded, and American capitalists
Suddenly, I discovered that my income from Cuba and Puerto Rico had not increased much. On the contrary, I was overwhelmed by the successive Cuban national independence movements.
This is mainly because we have now entered the era of capital colonization. Before the United States captured Cuba, American capital had already penetrated the island ruled by the Spanish. There is actually a difference between being occupied by the Spanish and being occupied by the Americans.
Not big.
Therefore, domestic public opinion in the United States is now overturning the verdict on the Spanish-American War, and calls for Roosevelt to take the blame and resign are heard from time to time.
It would be really difficult to declare war on Mexico at this time - of course it would be a different matter if the people killed in Torreon were Americans.
Seeing that the first blow had taken effect, Situ Meitang continued: "Even if you can convince Congress, how will you explain it to the international community?"
Although the international community at this time pays attention to who has the biggest fist and who has the right, unfortunately, the United States is not the one with the biggest fist at this time, so it needs an excuse to use force, and it is a widely recognized excuse, unlike
In the last time and space, the 21st century, if you were looking for oil, I would just make up a reason to say that you had weapons of mass destruction, and then beat you up. I would beat you down and grab the oil first.
It is precisely because of this that the United States had the Maine incident in the last time and space.
It is precisely because of this that even if the United States knows that Mexico has oil at this time, it cannot take action casually.
But if we join forces with the Chinese Federation, this won't be a problem.
Roosevelt, who clearly understood all this, sat down behind his desk, folded his hands and fingers on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me the conditions."
"We need the international support of the United States. We need to purchase military supplies from the United States nearby and hire American merchant ships to transport them. We may also need the U.S. Navy to be responsible for escorting in the Gulf of Mexico. Correspondingly, when we establish Albania in the Campeche area
After the establishment of the Ztec State, we will share the profits from oil exploration in this region with the United States."
Roosevelt was silent for a long time and finally nodded.