Chapter 179: Big oil field

"What are you afraid of? It's a joke!" McHale and Gail laughed out loud. They didn't think it was a terrible thing at all. It wasn't the first time for the war. They didn't return home for long.
"Yes, you can't pass the conscription examination anyway." Sheffield's words caused another courageous laughter. It was too easy for them to avoid the conscription examination and show that they could not fulfill their duty to fight for the country.
Naturally, free people are born and die in battles. How precious are the lives of these slave owners, and how can they be wasted on the battlefield that is full of artillery. Everyone knows this matter clearly, there is no need to be so straightforward.
"I really thank you for the federal government. I am physically and mentally concerned about the situation in the country. If it is not my birthday, and it is still a minor in law, I want to fight for the country." Sheffield took the slightest Not less than the shamelessness of other people, I found another excuse for not being a soldier, but just forgot that I had been brewing for a few months, maybe I was really an adult.
But it doesn't matter, he can still find the next excuse. For example, he got a foot at the age of five, and he hasn't recovered until now. However, the joke is a joke, Sheffield still gave his friends a bottom line, "Unsurprisingly, it is time to have a fight with the Spanish Empire and let this sunset completely fall."
"We have been waiting for this day. If it were not for the civil war, Cuba would have been merged into the United States." Gail froze, obviously he got more indoctrination from his father, knowing that the families in the southern states had a relationship with Cuba. Strong emotions. And when the United States of America was formed, if it succeeded in breaking away from the United States, it was prepared to continue to expand and find troubles in Mexico and Cuba.
Obviously, the Spanish Empire was not taken into account by these people. Sheffield, who had sent people to Spain to study, understood that this idea was correct. In fact, the Spanish Empire and the British Empire, the global map of the two generations of the sunless Empire, if used A comparison of an example of Chinese history is very similar to that of Wei State during the Warring States Period.
Wei Guo was the early overlord of the Warring States period, but after the three divisions, Wei Guo encountered a very big problem. The territory was very fragmented, which is a typical dotted layout, which is the most stupid, the most difficult and the most unsustainable. layout. Wei Guo is deep in the center of each country, has no strategic depth, is a battlefield everywhere, and cannot be lost everywhere. As a result, every time Wei Guo launched a big offensive, he would immediately be stabbed in another place by someone else, and then he could only return to the army to rescue him.
Wei Guo, who once dominated the world, was unable to concentrate on one point. The rescue of Dongdu Liang in the two rescues, Pang Juan and Prince Shen were defeated. The main force of the Wei army suffered heavy losses and was trampled underfoot.
This is the case of the Spanish Empire and the British Empire. The homeland is not a solid solution, and the colonies are all over the world. The most important thing is that Spain was stabbed once by Napoleon, causing domestic chaos, and the American colony was almost lost.
The British Empire responded quickly. It did not reach the point of siege and began to abandon the colony, provoking conflict before leaving. Waiting for a comeback, but in the end there is no chance to make a comeback again.
According to the current form of the world, the local population is large enough. In fact, there are just a few candidates for the world overlord. The advantage of the United States is that there are not so many strong enemies around the door, and it has more favorable conditions than the two candidates in Eastern Europe and East Asia. The most important thing is that at this time, there is the hatred of the motherland of the German Empire in the eyes of the Germans. The existence of the German Empire is the greatest luck of the United States.
Before the Industrial Revolution swept the world, all three candidates actually caught the last wave of traditional expansion. The Emperor Russia crossed the Ural Mountains and began to march eastward. The Qing Dynasty started the Western Expedition, and the two began to expedite the rest of the Mongolian forces.
The Emperor Russia wiped out the major Siberian Khanates, and included Siberia in the bag. The East Asian side of Kangyonggan merged with Outer Mongolia, Qinghai-Tibet, and eventually destroyed Jungar. By the way, it also grabbed a third of Kazakhstan. To be fair, the Qing Dynasty did not fight endlessly in the Central Plains, and spent much more time on the Mongols.
From the beginning of Ivan the Great to the end of Yekaterina, the Russian expansion took three hundred years. It took 150 years for the Qing Dynasty to swallow the Mongolian departments. In the end, the emperor and Russia became the largest country in the world. The Qing dynasty, together with the Northeast and the Han dynasty, doubled the area of ​​the territory and became the perfect territory in the impression of many people.
Compared with the first two, the expansion of the United States took shorter time, and the results were not inferior. It took only fifty years to complete a very successful expansion and become a great power in the two oceans.
It now appears that the United States has to take a step further than the other two candidates. Sheffield looked at the militant partners and said, "My dear partners, although now the Republican Party is in power, we must also get our own For our part, our advantage is that we have a more international outlook than those of Yankee, not the manufacturers of counterfeit and shoddy products that are sealed in the domestic market. Taking advantage of our advantage, even William McLay ca n’t take Our interests belong to others. "
"We have an experienced team, we don't necessarily rob the EFF, right?" Sheffield reminded coldly.
"We not only have a team that can fight, but also geographical location. If we can't get our part, don't use the southern port." McHale shouted loudly, "We can win even if we don't use the EFF. . "
"This is over, although Spain is not strong, but it may not necessarily win." Sheffield reminded his partners that they must be humble, at least to a limited degree.
However, he did not feel that his partners had swelled. If he remembered correctly, the US-Spanish War ended with the new power of the United States and victory over Spain. During the specific battles, there were many times that the US military did not die alone and wiped out the Spanish The situation of the army is almost the same as that of the British and French coalition forces at Bali Bridge.
Now to say which one is stronger, Spain or Daqing, Sheffield really has to think about this issue. Before the Sino-Japanese War, in the eyes of various countries, Qing was the penultimate among the top ranks, and it was considered the weakest imperialist power. After the Sino-Japanese War, it was not one of the great powers. It belonged to the second-tier top countries. It must have a higher glance than Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, or something.
If Spain's national power is not as good as Italy, it really does not have the ability to do something about the Qing Dynasty. Italy can be regarded as a unit of measurement.
"Anyway, this is how it is. We all have layouts in Central American countries. We must grab Yankee." Sheffield ended this New Year's party. "Our companions should be well prepared, everyone should be united and ready. Share the cake. "
Walking out of the room, Sheffield thought for a while and said, "Send a message to Los Angeles, let our Chinese labor leader come over, and I can give him a chance to avenge him. There is also someone from the Democratic Party to talk to the president, What is the meaning of the old man holding the message, ask if anyone has pressured him to go to war, and directly told him that as long as he agrees to the conditions, the Democratic Party also agrees. If you do n’t agree, you can supply it from the Boston Port of New York. The southern ports are all It's very busy, and I'm ready to import and export business. "
If there is a team that can fight, the Army is sure that there is no problem, either Gail or McHale can pull out the team. But the problem is at sea. The Black Gold Transportation Company is in Haiti. There are two protective cruisers under the name of the Haitian government.
One of them is equipped with four eight-inch guns and is housed in two armored turrets. The turret can be turned 150 degrees; ten five-inch guns, fourteen six-pound guns, and two Gatling guns, Six eighteen-inch torpedo tubes. 344 feet long, 53 feet wide, 21 feet 6 inches draft, 25 feet full draught; displacement 5,800 tons, 17,000 horsepower, speed 20 knots; coal One thousand tons, endurance of six thousand nautical miles / ten knots; two inches of armor on the deck, costing $ 1.79 million.
Another protective cruiser entered service three years ago. Four eight-inch breech guns, six six-inch breech guns, four six-pound rapid-fire guns, two three-pound rapid-fire guns, two one-pound rapid-fire guns, four 37-mm rotary guns, two Gats Lin Cannon, five fourteen-inch torpedo tubes.
330 feet long, 48 feet wide, 20 feet draught, 24 feet full draught; displacement of 4,400 tons, 10,000 horsepower, speed of 21; coal load of 1,000 tons, endurance of seven One thousand two hundred nautical miles / ten knots; four inches of dome armor, two inches of deck, two inches of artillery armor; cost $ 1.325 million.
These are the two trump cards in the hands of United. As for why there is no more, don't you look at the cost? The Sheffield United Company just invested some necessary deterrence. The two warships are already four million dollars.
This was all purchased from Europe through the Haitian government. In the field of shipbuilding, Sheffield United has little experience and can only manufacture fishing boats. At present, the navy of the United States is built through shipyards on the east and west coasts. At present, the shipyards in Houston are still struggling to catch up. It is good to repair the warships.
A few days after the New Year, it seems that the New Year's relationship between people, an explosive news came from the exploration team, they found the oil. The drill bit drilled downhole and drilled the cement plug. The drillers began to drop the bait, once, once, and again the mud in the wellbore. This process took more than two days. Everyone stared at the wellhead with nothing, nothing.
Finally, seeing the oil on the surface of the returned mud, as more and more oil flowers, the exploration team members were finally convinced that their hard work for more than two years was not in vain.
"Unfortunately, the Rockefeller family is lucky, they believe and know it." Sheffield shook his head slightly, as if seeing Rockefeller excited.