northernbook Chapter 319: Using Oil to Anchor the Huayuan: The Beginning of Currency Internationalization
Chapter 319: Using Oil to Anchor the Huayuan: The Beginning of Currency Internationalization
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company had an annual revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars and a net profit of at least 5000 million US dollars, but only gave him a few million US dollars.
King Salihan scolded him for more than ten minutes.
"These damn vampires will get their comeuppance."
He Yujie watched this scene with a calm expression, watching the performance of the old king Salihan.
He Yujie didn't react. Salihan sat back down, looked him in the eye, and asked, "If I drive the English out, what will the ancient country do with these oil fields?"
However, He Yujie did not answer this question, but took out a stack of photos and documents.
"I thought you could take a look at this first."
King Salihan took the photos and information from him with confusion.
However, when he saw the content of the photo, his pupils shrank and his fear was visible to the naked eye.
These photos are the satellite photos sent over overnight.
These satellite photos are taken with high precision, with a resolution of less than 0.3 meters.
The photos are all about the assembly of the British Royal Army.
Infantry, tanks, artillery, aircraft, warships, etc. are clearly visible.
"What does it mean?"
At this time, old King Salihan was obviously starting to panic.
“This is a photo we took over Babylon, showing the English army assembling.
We also intercepted their telegrams and learned part of their battle plans.
They are preparing to assemble over 10 troops in Babylon and launch a rapid assault on your capital, Rei, in three directions, codenamed Operation Flood.
King Salihan quickly opened the document and started reading it, and cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.
In this age without PS, photos don't lie. Combined with these deciphered telegrams, their authenticity is still quite high.
At this time, King Salihan also understood that the British really wanted to take action against them.
"The oil will still be shared according to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's share. We only want 15% of the profits. We hope that the ancient country can send troops to protect us."
King Salihan was not a fool. He also understood the purpose of He Yujie showing him these two documents at this time.
“I’m not giving you these two pieces of information to take advantage of your situation and seize your oil fields.
If that is the case, what is the difference between us and the English?
The philosophy of our ASEAN trade organization is common development on the basis of fairness. Only cooperation can lead to win-win results.
We also pursue free trade, not colonial-style product dumping."
He Yujie's words stunned the old King Salihan, and his heart began to be touched.
"We can help Persia build a complete oil extraction industry chain. As for whether we can cooperate in joint extraction or you can purchase our plan and extract it yourself, we will leave it to the market."
What the ancient country needs to do now is to cultivate a larger market.
Because only in this way can you make more money.
Rather than just considering immediate interests.
It is like Persia has 100 yuan. Even if it adopts the method of colonization, the ancient country can only earn or yuan at most.
This was despite not caring about Persia's life or death.
If the Persian market is developed, the Persians will have 1000 yuan in their hands.
The money that Gu Guo earned from these 1000 yuan would not be less than 100 yuan, but he could earn even more.
That's the principle.
When I become rich, under the rules of free trade, various industrial products of the ancient country can enter the markets of these countries through free trade.
After making money, they buy various resources from these smaller countries and process them into industrial products back home, thus forming a virtuous circle.
This is more advanced than predatory colonial development, and it can also make the ancient country appear great and glorious, making the younger brothers willingly follow the ancient country.
This model has been experimented with in Shan, Goryeo and Nanyang, and has proven to be feasible.
The reason why such favorable conditions were given to Persia was for a purpose.
“However, we do have one requirement, which is that the international settlement of oil extracted from Persia needs to be based on the Chinese Yuan.
For this purpose, we are willing to provide Persia with military treaty protection or even garrison protection."
This was the first time in decades since King Reza Shah took office that he was treated equally by a major power, and he was very moved.
Moreover, the ancient country did show great sincerity.
“No problem, we are willing to use the Chinese Yuan as the sole settlement currency for the oil we extract.
We also need the protection of the ancient country's garrison, and we are willing to provide a military base."
The economy of the ancient country is developing rapidly, and the Huayuan as a currency has now become stable.
However, it still accounts for a relatively small proportion in international trade.
But with the endorsement of the ancient government, Persia still believed in Hua Yuan.
After receiving a positive answer from King Reza Khan, He Yujie smiled.
The purpose of his visit to Persia this time had been achieved.
The first purpose is to station troops, and the second purpose is to use oil to anchor the Chinese yuan.
With Persia, a large oil depot, choosing Huayuan as its settlement currency, Huayuan's internationalization has taken a solid step forward.
If the British can take over the entire Zhongsha region, with the support of Zhongsha, one of the world's oil depots, and the huge amount of oil of the ancient country itself, Huayuan will surely achieve a dominant position like the petrodollar.
Jiang Hua is also making arrangements in this regard.
Ancient country, capital.
Jiang Hua received an encrypted satellite call from He Yujie.
"President, I have reached a preliminary cooperation intention with King Salihan."
"I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Hua called Eva in.
"Notify President Ling that we can start the operation now."
England assembled its army in Babylon, and the ancient nation's navy, army, and air force all began to take action.
This operation in Persia was a joint operation by the ancient country's Southwestern Military District and Southern Military District.
The 40th Task Force, which was staying at the Java Military Base of the Nanyang Republic, received an order to attack.
They will enter the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait and will reach the waters near Persia in 7 days.
In addition to Task Force 40, the Third Fleet will also dispatch Task Force 41.
The Third Fleet has two aircraft carrier battle groups, namely the 40th and 41st Task Forces.
In addition, it also has amphibious combat task forces, landing combat task forces, logistics support task forces, patrol and reconnaissance task forces, submarine task forces, etc.
Numbered from Task Force 40 to Task Force 46.
During combat, ships are drawn from the task force and added to the 40th or 41st Task Force to form an aircraft carrier strike group.
They can also merge to form a dual-carrier, or even a three-carrier or four-carrier battle group.
This operation was an action by the ancient country to demonstrate the military strength of its navy, army and air force. It was necessary to quickly and efficiently eliminate the British troops invading Persia.
Therefore, the Third Fleet also deployed all its main forces this time.
Two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, one Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, and one Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier were all dispatched to form a strike group consisting of four aircraft carriers.
The arsenal ships dispatched three battleships: the Yujing, Penglai and Buzhoushan.
Among them, the Penglai battleship is the third ship of the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered battleships, and the Sanxiandao nuclear-powered battleship is the fourth ship.
Currently, there are a total of four Shanhai-class battleships in operation, and all of them have been converted into arsenal ships.
Four aircraft carriers and three arsenal ships are all the assets of the Third Fleet.
Of course, this refers to the battleship.
In addition, Task Force 40 and Task Force 41 each have a different number of cruiser squadrons and destroyer squadrons under their command.
Generally speaking, a cruiser formation is equipped with 1-3 cruisers, and each task force is composed of a cruiser squadron.
A destroyer squadron is equipped with 3-8 destroyers, and each task force is composed of 1-2 destroyer squadrons depending on the situation.
Due to the complex situation in the South Pacific, the Third Fleet's cruiser squadron and destroyer squadron are fully staffed.
The two task forces are equipped with a total of six nuclear-powered cruisers of two types and 6 missile destroyers.
However, it is impossible to leave no combat ships behind in my hometown.
Therefore, we will only take two destroyer squadrons on this operation, leaving two destroyer squadrons at home.
The amphibious combat task force, landing combat task force, and logistics support task force were all dispatched.
The submarine task force will also send a submarine squadron to accompany it, each submarine squadron will be equipped with 4-6 attack nuclear submarines.
除了4艘航母、3艘武库舰、6艘巡洋舰、16艘驱逐舰之外，还有6艘两栖作战舰艇、4艘大型综合补给舰、2艘运输舰、1艘医疗船、1艘电子侦察船、6艘潜艇。
A total of 49 ships were dispatched.
This was the first time in the history of the ancient country's navy that such a large number of ships were deployed at a time.
After all, the ships with the lowest tonnage are the Type 051 destroyers, with a full load displacement of 7000 tons.
The second-generation Hurricane-class attack nuclear submarine has a similar fully loaded underwater displacement.
These 49 ships will arrive at the combat waters near Persia one after another within half a month.
They will carry out combat missions such as ground support, maritime blockade, naval operations, and sea landings.
The Southwest Military Region has tentatively planned to dispatch combat forces from eight combined brigades.
其中1个重型合成旅、2个中型合成旅、2个轻型合成旅、1个空中突击合成旅、1个特战旅、1个空降合成旅、1个地空导弹旅。
The total ground force strength is about 5.
The old King Salihan has ordered the troops near the capital Ray to enter martial law.
The 5th Airborne Combined Brigade under the Southwest Military Region Air Force will be the first ground force deployed by the ancient country.
The Sixth Army of the ancient country belongs to the airborne army. After the reorganization, it has 9 brigades under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of nearly 5 people.
The organization of the airborne combined brigade and the army's combined brigade is not much different.
It has four airborne battalions, one artillery battalion, one air defense battalion, one reconnaissance battalion, one support battalion and one guarantee battalion.
Each battalion has four armored infantry companies under its command, which are mainly equipped with tracked airborne combat vehicles. The entire brigade is equipped with more than 4 vehicles in total.
The artillery battalion is composed of three howitzer companies and one rocket launcher company. Each company is equipped with six light vehicle-mounted 6mm howitzers and six 105mm light rocket launchers.
Both are developed based on the second-generation multi-functional light tactical vehicles.
The combat weight of all vehicles is controlled within 10 tons.
In addition to airborne combat vehicles, anti-aircraft vehicles, and self-propelled artillery vehicles, the brigade is also equipped with varying numbers of Lynx all-terrain assault vehicles. The entire brigade is equipped with more than 600 vehicles of various types.
There are a total of six such airborne combined brigades in the Sixth Air Force Group Army, and three brigades are respectively an air transport brigade, a logistics support brigade and a special operations brigade.
Salihan International Airport was directly requisitioned, all flights were suspended and the airport was cleared.
This place will also serve as the ancient country's main air force base during wartime.
Obviously England knows this too.
So when they decided to take action, they first sent fighter jets to raid Salihan International Airport in the dark.
They deployed more than 200 fighter jets in this operation.
Half of them were their new heavy bombers.