Chapter 293： Steel Treaty (1/2)
”When did Libya's oil be unearthed?” Sure enough, everyone's worries were justified. Just a day later, Mussolini hurriedly arrived in Berlin, with a sense of inquiries.
As soon as he came here, Mussolini immediately asked everyone about Libyan oil.
At the beginning, after agreeing to hand over Libyan oil to the Germans and setting up a Munich Petroleum Company, Mussolini never thought that the oil could be produced inside, so he only charged a lari symbolically. .
”It's hard to explain in a word.” Cyric said to the side: ”We have explored for decades and spent tens of millions of marks. We thought it would end in failure. As a result, last year, we suddenly found a large oilfield.”
Mussolini's eyes quickly flashed a hot gaze, a large oil field! How big is the scale?
“We have discovered a large oil field near Amal. The estimated reserves are more than 580 million tons. Now, we are installing drilling equipment, and when it matures, we will produce about 3.5 million tons of oil annually.”
580 million tons of reserves! 3.5 million tons per year! These data make Mussolini quite heart-warming! Libya is a colony of Italy, and the oil there should belong to Italy!
Thinking of this, his face darkened: ”In this case, then we need the right to exploit this oil field.”
”Sorry, at the beginning, we had already signed an agreement. The oil extraction rights in Libya belonged to our Munich company. Now, we have invested tens of millions of marks. It is easy to see the benefits, Mussolini's party leader. , Your request like this makes us unable to agree.”
Cyric’s speech was very fast. He did not wait for Mussolini to reply. He continued: ”We will fulfill the agreement. According to our original agreement, you will enjoy 20% of the income. You don’t need to invest. Any funds can be enjoyed automatically without hiring personnel. According to the agreement...”
”At the beginning I thought that Libya could not have oil. It was for your military training.” Mussolini said: ”Now that there is oil, that agreement is of course invalidated. We have to re-draw the agreement.”
Mussolini, as the leader of the party, as the leader of the fxs of the whole world, said one thing, it was easy to regret it.
The atmosphere at the scene instantly cooled down.
Hitler never spoke. In his eyes, Mussolini was his teacher. He didn't want to draw a sword with his teacher, but now, the teacher's approach makes it difficult for him to accept.
Germany also needs oil. Libya's oil is Hitler's most important lifeblood. The original agreement has been signed. Now, when Mussolini comes up to speak, he will tear up the agreement!
Although Hitler often did things about tearing up agreements, it was tearing up other people's agreements, and it was incredibly refreshing to do it. Now, it was someone else tearing up his agreement, which made him extremely depressed.
How to do? If Mussolini's appetite is not full, then according to Cyric, it is better to find a new person to become the leader of Italy! Although this matter is difficult or impossible to do, at least it can cause turmoil in Italy, and no one will continue to pursue Libyan oil. When Germany has occupied the whole of Europe, Italy dare to fart!
Hitler didn't want to go that far, but if Mussolini pushed it too hard...
”Party leader, your joke is really funny.” At this moment, Cyrek broke the repressive atmosphere. ”Didn't we have signed the Axis treaty before? We Germany and Italy are an axis. , Our interests are the same.”