Vol 5 Chapter 111: ,start up

A genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? With the selfless help of Ferdinand, the news of the British military failure in Southeast Asia spread at the fastest speed.
Everyone's first reaction after stopping by this news was-impossible!
No matter how the British army is, it cannot be bullied by the rebels, let alone the sinking of the battleship. Can it be more nonsense?
Believe it or not, as soon as the news spreads, the good days of the London government are over. Countless British people have taken to the streets and demanded that the government announce the truth!
The sudden blow directly hit Stanley Baldwin's cabinet. Now it is a question of whether or not to conceal it. The whole world has known the news, and they have not given them time to react.
Without waiting for them to be held accountable, Mr. Churchill had already taken the blame and resigned, and became ill, and went to the Americas to recover.
All the mess has fallen into the hands of their cabinet, and there is no need to do anything else. Let's concentrate on dealing with this mess first.
The opposition party has submitted an impeachment bill to Congress. Fortunately, there are more members of the Conservative Party at this time. The impeachment bill was not passed this time.
There is no way for public opinion. The facts are in front of us. If you lose, you will lose. There is no way to hide such a large number of casualties.
"The British government is in trouble, the world is peaceful!"
What Ferdinand said casually at the time became the most widely circulated sentence of this era and was regarded as a classic by politicians all over the world.
The reason is very simple. As a world hegemon, if you don't do things to prove your sense of existence, then who will treat you as the same thing?
It's just that the British have a little bit stronger ability to do things. The Americans of later generations are catching small countries to bully their sense of existence. John Bull will do whatever he sees is strong!
So after the First World War, the mainstream contradictions in the world became: contradictions between Britain and France, between Britain and Bulgaria, between Britain and Japan, and between Britain and Russia.
There are contradictions with so many countries, and they have not been jointly targeted. John Bull's diplomatic methods are indeed eye-catching.
For example, now that Ferdinand wants to form the Circum-Mediterranean Alliance, the French are waiting for the price, the Spaniards are not directly interested, and the remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire is not worth it!
"Your Majesty, it is very difficult to establish the Circum-Mediterranean Alliance, but they still support the excavation of the Aqaba Grand Canal.
Only affected by the geographical location, the Spaniards have no guts and the British have the courage, and the French have too much appetite, and we cannot meet their requirements. "Foreign Secretary Metiev said
"Hmph, it's not that we want us to be the first bird to defeat the British hegemony in the Mediterranean.
This time they got their wish, and we have dug the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba!
Now the British have no time to pay attention to us for a while, this is our opportunity to complete the exploration work as quickly as possible, and then start! "Ferdinand said angrily
He is not really angry either. International politics is based on interests to make decisions. The French people's choices are understandable, and at best they are short-sighted.
Now that the Circum-Mediterranean Alliance cannot be established, then the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba can only be dug by Bulgaria alone, and it is impossible for the interests in their hands to be released for no reason.
The Suez Canal is one of the British's dead spots. Whoever touches them will have to fight to the end. Now that the Bulgarians are digging the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, many British anti-war activists may be relieved.
Once the new canal is opened, the contradiction between Britain and Bulgaria around the Suez Canal becomes a purely commercial conflict, which has nothing to do with most British people.
Moreover, the biggest contradiction between the two countries no longer exists. It seems that it is also a good choice for everyone to have a lifeline.
"Your Majesty, based on the results of our exploration, the two routes formulated at the beginning are theoretically feasible.
It's just that the cost of the first option, directly with Gaza, is too high, requiring at least 30 billion levs of investment.
The second option is to connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea, draw the Red Sea water into the Dead Sea area, then connect the Jordan River into Lake Grand Barre, and finally into the Mediterranean Sea.
The second option is much cheaper economically, and the initial budget is about 2 billion levs. "The Transport Secretary Beshir explained
Should such an obvious question still need to be considered? The cost difference between the two schemes is fifteen times, there is no choice at all.
"What about other factors?" Ferdinand asked with concern
Such a large-scale project has never been excavated just for the purpose of excavation, and there are many factors to consider.
"Your Majesty, because the Grand Canal is in the colony, including politics, economy, culture, ecology, and people's livelihood, we have not considered these series of factors.
There are now less than 300,000 immigrants in Palestine, and less than 50,000 in Jordan. No matter how big the impact of the excavation of the Grand Canal is, it is still within control! Explained Beshir
Ferdinand nodded. He didn't care about the ecological impact of the Grand Canal on the local area. In terms of strategic value, the two areas combined were less than a Grand Canal.
Economic Value? In addition to mining some minerals in Palestine in this era, there is also a fart economy. No matter how big the influence of the Grand Canal is, it will not interfere with mining?
The impact of freshwater resources is not within the scope of Ferdinand's consideration. He has no plans to develop agriculture in the local area. Moreover, after the Grand Canal enters, the rainfall along the coast will increase greatly. This account is difficult to calculate.
In order to save the Dead Sea in future generations, aren't there still plans to introduce water from the Red Sea? This is the engineering volume of half of the Gulf of Aqaba Canal. If it were not for the environmental protection organization's combat effectiveness, it would be navigable before Ferdinand crossed.
"Well, let's excavate according to the second plan, but we still have to reduce the ecological impact on the local area as much as possible. If nothing happens, after the completion of the ten-year plan, the local area will also become a province of Bulgaria!
By the way, the navigation volume of the Aqaba Canal must also be large. I don't want to see one day our warships want to enter the Indian Ocean and have to go around a big circle! "Ferdinand thought for a while and said
"Your Majesty, the largest navigable ship we currently design is 250,000 tons. The minimum navigable area of ​​the canal is 2486.5 square meters and the draft is 15.8 meters. At present, the world's largest tonnage ship is only more than 70,000 tons. There is no problem with the passage of warships! Explained Beshir
"Under the current technical situation, how much can this passable area and draught increase without substantial cost increase?" Ferdinand asked concerned.
As the world's largest oil tycoon, this problem is unavoidable. If the navigation capacity of the Aqaba Canal is limited, he will have to build a large number of oil pipelines in the future.
And everyone knows that digging a canal is easy, but after digging through, it is difficult to widen the canal.
Once the Gulf of Aqaba Canal is completed, it will be difficult to increase the draft.
"Your Majesty, if the draft of the canal is increased by one meter on this basis, the passage area can be increased by 18%, and the cost will increase by 2.3%.
If you add two meters, the traffic area can be increased by 34%, and the cost will also increase by 5.5%! "Beshir thought for a while and said
"Well, then increase the draft to 20 meters. I don't want to dig the Aqaba Grand Canal again in my lifetime!" Ferdinand said casually
"Yes!" Bashir replied nervously
The boss's casual sentence directly caused him to swallow all the objections. Anyway, the area where the Grand Canal of the Gulf of Aqaba passes through is not very high.
Dig four meters more, just dig four meters to hold back, which is nothing at all. It is preliminary estimated that the length of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba in the future will be approximately 318 kilometers.
Calculated according to the narrowest width of 150 meters, even if all digging down two meters, the amount of earthwork is only 190 million cubic meters at most.
(Note: This width is the width of the bottom surface, and the width of the water surface should not be less than 300 meters.)
In fact, this increased amount of earthwork will not exceed 100 million cubic meters. This is determined by the terrain. With an excavator, it is no longer an impossible task, and it will increase some costs.
Compared with the last century, the French organized the manual excavation of the Suez Canal, sacrificed 120,000 laborers, excavated 75 million cubic meters of earth, costing 16 million pounds, and it took ten years to barely complete the construction.
At this time, the excavation of the Gulf of Aqaba Canal was equipped with advanced machinery and tools, including excavators, automobiles and other series of tools. The construction difficulty has been greatly reduced.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Canal of the Gulf of Aqaba is very important. Our Ministry of Finance has decided to establish a canal management company to be responsible for the construction and operation of this canal.
For the necessary funds, we are going to use the property rights of the canal to mortgage the loan from the bank, and the navigation fee will be collected to repay the loan in the future! "Kennedy said calmly
There is a precedent for the success of the Suez Canal. The future of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba will have no problems at all. Even if Bulgaria’s own ships pass, it will be profitable.
Funding is certainly not a problem for this kind of business with steady profits and no loss. Everyone knows that ocean traffic is increasing year by year, and the tonnage of ships is also increasing day by day.
Under Ferdinand’s butterfly effect, the world’s petroleum industry has developed at a much faster rate than the same period in history, and low oil prices are undoubtedly the best motivation to promote the popularization of internal combustion engines.
In this context, oil transportation has become the most important issue at present, and the tonnage of oil tankers has risen again and again.
Take Bulgaria as an example. The crude oil consumption in 1926 was 35.86 million tons, which was more than the total consumption of the major belligerents in World War I.
And this consumption is still rising sharply. In this context, the tonnage requirements of oil tankers are also increasing.
If the previous oil tankers of 10,000 to 20,000 tons or thousands of tons are used, does Bulgaria need thousands of tankers to run back and forth without stopping?
We must know that limited by the technology of this era, there is no way for oil pipelines to climb a peak of several hundred meters or more to complete oil transportation.
Even though Bulgaria itself is an oil-producing country and there are pipelines in the country, in fact, the main mode of transportation is still tankers.
In this context, the tonnage of Bulgarian oil tankers has begun to continuously expand upward, from the initial more than 5,000 tons to the current more than 50,000 tons.
It is a pity that such a giant tanker cannot pass through the Suez Canal, so this giant can only run the Black Sea route to transport Romanian crude oil.
(Note: Historically, since 1956, the tonnage of tankers began to soar. The main reason was that the Suez Canal was impassable. It was opened to save costs. The tonnage of tankers has increased tenfold in more than a decade.)
In fact, with Bulgaria's shipbuilding technology in this era, even merchant ships of 100,000 tons can be built.
It's just limited by the Suez Canal. If you want to go to the Cape of Good Hope and make a big circle, the distance will be increased several times, losing economic value.
It can be said that the tonnage of merchant ships in European countries is almost not very large, and the factor of the Suez Canal is beyond doubt.
Once the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is open to navigation, in order to save transportation costs, these large-tonnage cargo ships will surely spring up like mushrooms.
When the time comes, the British will find that they are in great trouble and want to widen the Suez Canal. With the technology of this age, it seems that the cost is much higher than that of the canal.
If the Suez Canal is not widened, not only will the business be robbed, but even the Royal Navy will have to go through the Gulf of Aqaba Canal to pass between the two places. This is simply losing the British Empire~EbookFREE.me~ , The government of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba must personally control the hands, and the Ministry of Finance must implement funds as soon as possible to ensure the smooth commencement of the Grand Canal!
The Ministry of Communications is now ready to start construction. The Gulf of Aqaba Grand Canal is so long. You can divide the project section according to the actual situation, and then carry out construction at multiple points at the same time. "Ferdinand thought for a while and said
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Kennedy replied
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Transportation is going to build two more roads along both sides of the Grand Canal to make up for our lack of rail transportation. It needs 8 million lev!" Beshir thought for a while and said.
"Yes, it will be counted in the funds of the canal. Now you can start construction. Zengpu will complete the canal within three years!
The British will not give us too much time. Judging from the current situation, the British will be powerless this year in the Southeast Asian Rebellion.
Before the end of the rainy season, the London government dare not take major military actions. Then their military operations should begin at the end of the year.
Now that the rebel army has grown bigger, it is impossible for them to be wiped out in half a year. With this lesson learned, they dare not launch an offensive during the rainy season, and the war will be delayed until 1929 or even 1930.
This is our opportunity. During this period of time, the London government certainly has no energy to stimulate us. As long as we dig the canal before the British react, they will be powerless to do what they want! "Ferdinand said carefully
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Beshir replied seriously
Although I don't know what kind of damage the British can do, it is better to dig through the Grand Canal as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the British will block the Suez Canal and Bulgaria will have a headache. If it were to be transported by rail, this loss would be enough to hurt Bulgarian companies.
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