Chapter 160 War Preparations (Happy Dragon Boat Festival!)

Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, the Imperial Palace, inside the study of Wilhelm II. A royal meeting is underway.

"His Royal Highness, congratulations! I heard that the oil fields exploited by Deutsche Energie in Cyrenaica have amazing reserves!" The Minister of the Navy, Marshal Earl Tirpitz, smiled.

As the navy has more and more warships, and almost all of these warships use oil-fired boilers, the navy's fuel consumption is also increasing. Although, the Navy has also built oil storage facilities of up to one million tons. However, if the war drags on for too long, millions of tons of oil may not be enough! In addition, the Navy does not have excess funds for crude oil reserves. Now that Deutsche Energie has acquired an oil field with huge reserves, the problem is easily solved.

"Your Excellency, Marshal, I didn't expect that there is really oil there. This is undoubtedly great news for the German Empire. I have ordered the energy company to go all out and strive to send it to the country in three months. Crude oil, further increase our oil reserves!" Qin Tian said. After obtaining the oil fields, it is natural to increase the domestic oil reserves. After all, once the war breaks out, even if you want to transport the oil back before defeating the British navy, it is impossible!

The other important ministers of the empire also had a hint of joy on their faces. After all, this is undoubtedly a great thing for the empire.

"This is God's blessing for the German Empire. In future wars, we will definitely be able to defeat the British and French!" Little Mao Qi said.

"Hmph! This is not God's blessing, but Lao Tzu's foresight. Otherwise, it will take decades for the Libyan oil to be extracted." Qin Tian said secretly.

He knew that little Maoqi was flattering William II in a different way! At the same time, it can also downplay Qin Tian's contribution, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

William II nodded in satisfaction, seeming to agree with Moltke's statement.

"Damn Italians, they have been mistaken this time. Perhaps, this is God punishing them!" William II said. He is still brooding over the behavior of the Italians last time.

"Your Majesty, the Italians must regret it this time. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince promised to give them 40% of the share! But they could have swallowed it all!" Bernhard von Bülow said with a smile.

The other ministers also laughed.

"It's a pity that the oil field is too far away from the mainland. We have no way to guard it. Once the war breaks out, the British and French will definitely destroy or send troops to occupy our oil field. Or, the Italians will turn their faces directly. Take the oil field as your own," Qin Tian said.

The faces of everyone suddenly became a little ugly. They all knew that the possibilities Qin Tian mentioned were almost certain to happen. This is not a good thing for Germany.

"There is no way around this. After the war, the British will immediately dispatch the navy to block our coastline. Even if there is oil, it will not be shipped back. However, as long as our navy can defeat the British navy, then all problems will be solved." It's settled." Marshal Count Tirpitz said.

"Tirpitz, it seems that the task of the navy is very difficult! Is the imperial navy confident of defeating the British?" William II looked at Marshal Count Tirpitz.

Although, the development of the German Navy is very rapid. But their opponent is the overlord of the sea after all! It has always been very difficult to challenge the overlord. On this challenging road, many corpses have fallen. The Spaniards, the Dutch, the French, now it's the turn of the Germans. In William II's heart, there was also some uncertainty.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Imperial Navy is confident that it will defeat the British in one fell swoop in future naval battles!" Tirpitz replied firmly.

"Everyone, the situation is becoming more and more tense now. It seems that there is not much time before the outbreak of war. From now on, the empire is fully preparing for war. Once the war breaks out, the empire needs to complete preparations and launch an attack as soon as possible! "William II ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone replied.

While Germany was happy to acquire oil fields, the British government was discussing countermeasures.

"****! How can the luck of the Germans be so good? We are suppressing the channels for the Germans to obtain crude oil, but now they have suddenly obtained a large oil field. Doesn't this make our previous efforts in vain?" Churchill Very angry.

"It seems that we have to think of a new way." Prime Minister Asquith's face is not very good.

From intelligence, Britain learned that almost all of the German Navy's warships used oil-fired boilers. In order to further attack the German navy, the British began to manipulate crude oil, but they did not expect that they had tried their best, but they still failed.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, let the Mediterranean Fleet dispatch! Directly destroy the German port in Cyrenaica, and then send troops to destroy the oil fields." Secretary of the Navy McKenna suggested.

"No, a large part of the revenue from the oil field belongs to the Italians. If we do that, the Italians will be angered. Don't forget, we are now trying to win over the Italians and make them betray the allies." The foreign secretary, Sir Edward Gray, immediately objected to the proposal.

"Well, that's right. The oil fields cannot be destroyed yet. However, we can suggest that the Italians occupy the oil fields alone. After the war breaks out, if we can win the Italians to join our camp, then the Italians can occupy the oil fields. The Germans We won’t get a drop of oil in the future. If the Italians don’t know what’s good and don’t want to join our camp, we’ll destroy the oil fields.” Churchill suggested.

"Yes, let's do this. Since the Germans cannot be prevented from obtaining oil for the time being, then we will not care about this aspect. After the war breaks out, all problems will be solved." Prime Minister Asquith said.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" replied all the cabinet ministers.

"Gentlemen, the current international situation is becoming more and more tense. We can clearly see that the Germans are preparing for war. Therefore, we don't have much time. From now on, we will do our best to prepare for war. Once the war breaks out, the Germans must be defeated. The British Empire must not be defeated in future wars. We will still be the leaders of the world!" Prime Minister Asquith said.

"God bless the British Empire!"