Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 318: Neon Navy Ideas

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!In the same year, the Qing Dynasty reached an agreement with Turkey under the leadership of the Will Army to buy the four major oil fields in southern Iraq, based in Basra, and the following four oil fields, Halfaya, West Qurna, and Zubel, at a price of 40 million Geely pounds. One hundred thousand square kilometers of land near Rumaila.

Originally, Wang Guangxu's psychological price was 50 million auspicious pounds, and saying 30 million was just a bargaining space for Turkey.And not to mention 40 million Geely pounds, even 400 million Geely pounds are worth.

Until the beginning of the 21st century, oil reserves were second only to Saudi Arabia, ranking second in the world.The proven oil reserves amount to 115 billion barrels, accounting for 15.5% and 14% of OPEC and the world's total proven reserves, respectively.And more than 50% of their oil fields are gathered near Basra.

Originally, Iraq was a hot potato for Turkey. It couldn't eat it and was reluctant to throw it away. After receiving the support and commitment of China and Germany and buying real money, it made a decisive move.

The treaty will give birth to the zodiac in 1898. Of course, all of this cannot be disclosed to the public. It is used to announce that it will help Turkey build a railway from Basra to Baghdad to Constantinople to facilitate Turkey's control of Iraq.

The Qing Dynasty will mobilize 200,000 workers to complete the railway within one year, and dispatch a regiment to protect these workers.

This behavior aroused the vigilance of Gili Gaul. It is normal for Turkey to build railways to strengthen the control of the southern map. After all, there is nothing to do with him except that it belongs to Turkey in name. Even a few years ago, the forces of Geely State Basra evacuated.

Although the industrial capacity has been recognized by all countries, the quality of railway construction is no longer as bad as the West, but why did he not choose the will and auspicious countries that have relatively good relations with them and are closer in distance, instead of choosing far and never There are overlaps, which makes Gili Gaul smell conspiracy.

Because the neighborhood is too important for them, hundreds of kilometers away on the left are their vital colonies such as the Suez Canal and Egypt. Once the Suez Canal is cut off, the result is simply unimaginable. On the right, Geely has always been involved in the hairball. Yilan to get involved.

However, they were silent after seeing Daqing’s offer. The price should be two-thirds of what they could come up with. They could only attribute this to the result of cheap internal labor.Dismissing the army to protect these workers also said that after all, the situation there was too chaotic and there were a lot of mobs. They were even more relieved when they saw that the deputy head sent was nothing but a little-known 18-year-old general named Feng Yuxiang. Come down.

They knew that the railway was entirely funded and constructed by the State of Will, and that the place was bought by the Qing Dynasty with real money.

In the Geely country’s view, forces that Turkey will not allow to take root in their country.All personnel will inevitably be evacuated after the railway is completed, but they have relatively strengthened the defense of the Suez Canal and nearby areas.

But when they found out two years later that the heat did not evacuate, but with the tacit cooperation of the Chinese people, more and more people, and Basra has become a fortress city, stationed in a large military area with more than 100,000 troops. It was already two years later.

At this time, Neon has completed the restoration of the Wugang Naval Base with the help of Geely Gallome, and their plan is to launch an offensive at an appropriate time.Reading novels www.dushula.net

In this way, the pressure on the navy is undoubtedly very high, although Gran still agreed to help them build two Dreadnoughts and four Invincible-class battlecruisers.But this kind of power is obviously far from enough. Although the price of the warship they get is very cheap, Geely only has 10% profit.

But compared to the growing navy, this poses no pressure at all. If you want to be ashamed, it is even more fantastic, so they plan to build their own warships.

The Confidential Room of Neon Government Administration.

The members of the cabinet sat cross-legged with the veterans of the Central Committee and were talking about the navy. Since the failure of the last time, Emperor Meiji has rarely been involved in government affairs, and his uremia has become more and more serious, even with the current medical conditions. If it is sent to Citigroup, it will not live for a few years.

"Masters, what are your thoughts on the views submitted by the Navy on our independent construction of battleships and cruisers?"

Ito Hirobumi sat at the head. Although he re-sidted the seat of prime minister, his military dialects were greatly reduced. Even after the last failure, the military's power still rose greatly.

"Masters! It has been proved that it is not feasible to completely purchase foreign ships. We must have the ability to build dreadnought ships by ourselves, so that even if our fleet is sunk one or two ships, it can still be replenished."

Haixiang Xixiang stood up with difficulty and said that after this time, he had already planned to give up his seat to Sugimoto's entire army, and went to take care of himself.

"It's not fake to build your own warships, but the Navy has asked too many requirements, right? Ten dreadnoughts or higher warships in ten years? Ten invincible ships?"

"Plus the related cruisers and shipyards, are you trying to bring down the economy of the empire? The previous wars have already understood very well. The navy only needs to protect the waterways. There is no need to think about always attacking and occupying the land. It's the army."

Shanxian Youtomo could no longer bear his anger. In his opinion, the previous defeat was caused by the navy's too much investment but no effect.

What's more, with the construction of these warships, not only is the economy unable to bear the already very tight military expenditure, there is no more an army. You must know that the army has only had a scale of 150,000 in five years.

If this continues, the Army will not want to expand the scale and replace with new equipment, so that they will always be in a defensive position and it is simply impossible to attack the mainland.

And the other elders nodded when they heard that there were friends in Shan County. The Navy's request was indeed a bit excessive, and the investment last time was simply overwhelming...