Chapter 264： Not bad money

Coal to oil? This technology is now in use in Germany, but it is a drop in the bucket. 【】

In the history of later generations, in order to make up for the oil gap, Germany used a large amount of coal-to-oil technology to convert coal into oil. Then, after the war, how could no other country do this?

There is no other reason, the cost is too high!

Even in later generations, more advanced technology can be used to convert four tons of coal into one ton of gasoline.

Yes, it can only be gasoline. If you use coal to oil, you can only turn into gasoline. Moreover, the German coal to oil can only become 87 gasoline, and the label cannot be improved.

Therefore, during World War II, many German equipment and main force tanks used gasoline, which is why the conversion of coal to oil can only be converted to gasoline.

The low grade of gasoline also limits the development of Air Force aircraft. High-efficiency superchargers cannot break through. Because low-grade gasoline has a low ignition point, the high-altitude performance of German fighters is seriously insufficient.

Now, these are not problems. Libya's oil can blow out at any time. Germany does not have to worry about the fuel problem. Therefore, almost all German ground forces are equipped with diesel engines, and German aircraft have long used high-grade fuel.

These are not available for coal-to-oil. Therefore, although there is also coal-to-oil in Germany, it has not been carried out in large quantities.

In addition to coal to oil, another technology is shale oil.

In later generations, shale oil seems to be a hot topic. It seems that shale oil has only become popular in recent years. In fact, shale oil has long existed.

The shale oil industry in Western Europe started in 1835, when France built the world's first shale oil plant to dry shale oil to generate shale oil.

At the beginning of the 20th century, due to the development of the automobile industry and the outbreak of the First World War, the demand for internal combustion engine fuel increased greatly, and the production of shale oil in Western Europe was further developed.

For example, just this year, in 1937, Western European shale oil production reached 500 thousand tons.

After the Second World War, the shale oil industry was considered to have stopped because the cost of shale oil could not compete with cheap natural oil.

Unfortunately, by looking at the distribution of shale oil, Germany only has a small area in the northwest.

Now, Germany is also engaged in the industrial production of shale oil, but these are far from meeting the needs of mechanized troops.

So, only imports!

After the First World War, Germany lost all its colonies and could no longer obtain cheap oil resources.

The world's richest and easiest-mined Middle East production areas have all been divided up by the victorious countries in World War I. Almost all of these areas are British colonies, and Germany is simply unable to get access to these areas.

Therefore, I can only look at Romania.

Romania is the largest oil producer in Europe except the Soviet Union. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe, Central Europe and Southeast Europe. It is convenient to supply oil to all parts of Europe. Romania is an agricultural country with very low oil extraction and consumption capacity.

In World War I, Germany once occupied Romania’s oil fields, and then Britain dispatched special agents to burn all the oil refining equipment and reserves.

Romania is not a colony, so for Romania, commercial methods can be used!

This is how Britain dealt with Germany in history.

At the beginning of World War II, in order to prevent the German attack, Britain imported a large amount of Romanian oil and raised the price. In this way, all the stock of Romanian oil was snapped up by the United Kingdom, and even the United Kingdom ordered the oil supply contract in the second half of the year and the oil after the contract expired. Right to supply.

Over the years of accumulated experience in commercial competition, the British played very beautifully. They also rushed to kill them. They even borrowed all the barges and train cars in Romania so as not to be used to transport fuel to Germany.

At that time, Germany’s foreign exchange was insufficient, and we could only watch the failure. In October 1939, Germany still imported 70,000 tons of Romanian oil. By January 1940, there were 10,000 tons left. That month, it was sold to Britain and France are 255,000 tons and 106,000 tons respectively.

It can be said that relying on economic means, Germany was almost squeezed out of Romania's oil imports. Of course, Hitler had only one way to deal with Romania's death, and that was to kill it directly and occupy Romania!

And now, World War II is still far away! It is still a time of peace, of course, we must use peaceful methods! Now, Germany has a solid financial base. Germany can easily import all of Romania's oil!

"Even if the price is slightly higher, we have to monopolize Romania's oil exports." Cyric said: "Import all the oil exported from Romania. We are not short of money."

"At the same time, we can also sell our advanced arms to Romania, and we can also import Romanian food. I believe that Romania is also very willing." Cyric said.

The Spanish Civil War demonstrated the incomparable advancement of German equipment. Romania must have liked it very much. In particular, Romania has a general who admires Germany very much!

In this era, Germany's influence continues to expand, and Hitler is an idol across Europe. As early as 1924, Romania’s student movement leader Cordrianu established the Iron Guard, which was established under Hitler's influence.

In the economic crisis of the past few years, www.novelhall.com~ The Iron Guard’s slogan of “one person, one acre” made many farmers who lost their land turn to it, and it also won the support of some people who are dissatisfied with the status quo in the city.

In the army, a general named Jan Antonescu is also closely related to the Iron Guard, and this general will soon become a minister of the army and has a great influence in the army.

Give some benefits to the rotten and backward king, and then win over this general, Romania will gradually be tied to its own chariot!

Cyric continued: "The next target is the Soviet Union. Although we fought the Soviet Union once in the Spanish Civil War, I believe that we will soon re-open relations with the Soviet Union. Compared with Romania, the Soviet Union’s oil Reserves are more abundant."

Cyric certainly remembers that in 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression treaty. That year, Germany obtained 900,000 tons of oil from the Soviet Union. In the second year, Soviet oil even reached two-thirds of Germany's total imports that year.

The Soviet Union hoped that Germany would move westward, while the West hoped that disasters would flow from the east. In this way, Germany became stronger. When Germany first occupied Western Europe, it already possessed strong strength. Cyric's journey needs to change the latter half of history.