Mediterranean Hegemony Road

With the help of Ferdinand's selfless help, the British's military failure in Southeast Asia spread quickly.

The first reaction after everyone stopped at the news was-impossible!

No matter how the British army can not be bullied by the rebels, not to mention that even the battleships have sunk, 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 asked the government to announce the truth!

The sudden blow struck Stanley Baldwin's cabinet directly. Now it's a matter of wanting to hide it. The whole world knows the news, and there is no time for them to respond.

Without waiting for them to be held accountable, Mr. Churchill has resigned and resigned, and has fallen ill and ran to the Americas to recuperate.

All the mess was in the hands of their cabinet, there was no need to do anything else. Let's focus on this mess first.

The opposition party has submitted an impeachment case to Congress. Fortunately, at this time, more members of the Conservative Party have not passed the impeachment case.

There is no other way for public opinion. The facts are in front of you. If you lose, you lose. So much casualty cannot be concealed at all.

"The British government is in trouble, the world is too peaceful!"

The sentence that Ferdinand casually said at the time also became the most widely spoken sentence in this era, and was regarded as a classic by politicians around the world.

The reason is very simple. As a world overlord, if you do n’t engage in things and prove your sense of existence, then who will treat you as one thing?

It ’s just that the British have a stronger ability to do things. The United States in the later generations caught small nations to bully their existence. John Niu did whatever he saw strong!

Therefore, after the First World War, the mainstream contradictions in the world have become: British-French contradiction, British-Bulgarian contradiction, British-Japanese contradiction, and British-Russian contradiction.

There are contradictions with so many countries, and none have been jointly targeted. John Niu ’s diplomatic measures are indeed eye-catching.

For example, now Ferdinand wants to form a Mediterranean alliance, the French are waiting for the price, the Spanish are not interested directly, and the remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire is not doing anything!

"Your Majesty, it is very difficult to establish the Circum-Mediterranean Union, but we support the excavation of the Aqaba Grand Canal.

Just because of the geographical location, the Spaniards now have no courage and the British hardcore, and the French appetite is too big, we can not meet their requirements. Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev

"Well, it's not that we want to be the first birds to defeat the British hegemony in the Mediterranean.

This time they got their wish, we dug the Grand Canal in the Aqaba Bay!

Now the British haven't worked hard for us for a while and a half, this is our opportunity to complete the exploration work as quickly as possible, and then start construction! Ferdinand said angrily

He is not really angry. International politics is based on the interests to make decisions. The French people's choices are unquestionable, at best they are short-sighted.

Now that the Confederation of the Mediterranean Sea cannot be established, the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba can only be excavated by Bulgaria alone, and the interests in the hands cannot be sold out for no reason.

The Suez Canal is one of the British's dead spots. Whoever touches them will die with them. Now that the Bulgarians are digging the Grand Canal in the Aqaba Bay, many British anti-war factions may be relieved.

Once the new canal is opened, the contradiction between Britain and Bulgaria surrounding the Suez Canal becomes a pure contradiction in commercial interests, which has nothing to do with the majority of British people.

And the biggest contradiction between the two countries is no longer there. It seems that it is also a good choice for each of us to have a lifeline.

"Your Majesty, according to our exploration results, the two routes we originally formulated were theoretically feasible.

It is just that the first option, together with the cost of Gaza, is too high, requiring at least more than 30 billion levs of investment.

The second option is to connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea, lead the Red Sea into the Dead Sea area, and then connect the Jordan River to Lake Barbaré and finally the Mediterranean Sea.

The second option is much cheaper economically, with an initial budget of about two billion levs. Minister of Transport Bessier explained

Does such an obvious question need to be considered? The cost of the two plans is fifteen times different, which is no choice at all.

"What about the other factors?" Ferdinand asked with concern.

Such a large project is never excavated when you want to dig, and there are many factors to consider.

"Your Majesty, because this Grand Canal is in the colony, including politics, economy, culture, ecology, and people's livelihood, we have not considered this series of factors.

Now there are less than 300,000 migrants in Palestine, and less than 50,000 migrants in Jordan. Even if the impact of excavating the Grand Canal is even greater, it is still under control! Beshir explained

Ferdinand nodded, he did not care about the ecological impact of the Grand Canal on the local area. In terms of strategic value, these two areas together were not as good as a Grand Canal.

Economic Value? In addition to mining some minerals in Palestine this year, there is also a fart economy. Even if the Grand Canal has a great impact, it will not interfere with mining?

The impact of fresh water resources is not within the consideration of Ferdinand, and he has no plans to develop agriculture locally. Moreover, after the Grand Canal enters, the rainfall along the coast will greatly increase. This account is difficult to calculate.

In order to save the Dead Sea in future generations, are they still ready to introduce the waters of the Red Sea? This is the amount of work for half of the Aqaba Bay Canal. If it is not the environmental organization's combat effectiveness is too strong, it will be navigable before Ferdinand crosses.

"Well, then excavate according to the second set of plans, but it is still necessary to minimize the ecological impact on the local area. If nothing unexpected, after the completion of the ten-year plan, the local area will also become a Bulgarian province!

By the way, the traffic volume of the Aqaba Canal must also be large. I don't want to see that one day our warships want to enter the Indian Ocean and go around a big circle! Ferdinand thought for a while

"Your Majesty, the largest navigable ship we are currently designing is 250,000 tons, the minimum passage area of ​​the canal is 2486.5 square meters, and the draught is 15.8 meters. At present, the world's largest tonnage ship is only more than 70,000 tons. There is no problem at all in passing warships! Beshir explained

"Under the current technology situation, how much can this passage area and draught be increased without significantly increasing the cost?" Ferdinand asked with concern.

As the world's largest oil tycoon, this problem cannot be avoided. If the Aqaba Bay Canal has limited traffic, he will have to build a large number of oil pipelines in the future.

And everyone knows that it is easy to dig a canal, but after digging through, it is difficult to widen the canal.

Once the Aqaba Bay Canal is open, it is difficult to increase the draft.

"Your Majesty, by adding one meter to the draft of the canal, the passage area can increase by 18%, and the cost will increase by 2.3%.

If two meters are added, the passage area can be increased by 34%, and the cost must be increased by 5.5%! Bessier thought for a while

"Well, then increase the draught to 20 meters. I don't want to dig the Grand Canal of the Aqaba Bay again in my lifetime!" Ferdinand said casually

"Yes!" Beshir answered nervously.

The boss's casual words directly let him swallow all the reasons for opposition. Anyway, the area through which the Grand Canal of the Aqaba Bay passes is not high.

Dig four more meters, and dug four meters, which is nothing at all. A preliminary estimate of the future length of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is approximately 318 kilometers.

According to the narrowest width of 150 meters, even if all two meters are dug down, the amount of earthwork is no more than 190 million cubic meters.

(Note: this width is the bottom surface width, and the water surface width should not be less than 300 meters.)

In fact, this additional earthwork volume will not exceed 100 million cubic meters, which is determined by the terrain. With the excavator, it will no longer be an impossible task, and it will increase some costs.

Compared with the last century, the French organized the artificial excavation of the Suez Canal, sacrificing 120,000 labors, digging the earth for 75 million cubic meters, costing 16 million pounds, and it took ten years to barely complete.

At this time, there are advanced machinery and equipment for excavating the Aqaba Bay Canal, and a series of tools such as excavators and cars. The construction difficulty has been greatly reduced.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is very important. Our Ministry of Finance has decided to establish a canal management company responsible for the construction and operation of this canal.

The required funds, we are going to mortgage the bank with the property rights of the canal, and this loan will be repaid by the navigation fee collected in the future! "Kennedy said calmly.

There is a precedent for the success of the Suez Canal. In the future, the Grand Canal of the Aqaba Bay will have no problem at all. Even if Bulgaria's own ships pass, it will also be profitable.

This kind of stable and profitable business, of course, is not the problem of funds. Everyone knows that the volume of marine transportation is increasing year by year, and the tonnage of ships is also increasing.

Under Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the world's oil industry is developing faster than in the same period in history. Low oil prices are undoubtedly the best power to promote the popularization of internal combustion engines.

In this context, oil transportation has also become the most important issue at present, and the tonnage of oil tankers has also increased.

Taking Bulgaria as an example, the crude oil consumption in 1926 was 35.86 million tons, which was more than the total consumption of the belligerents in World War I.

And this consumption is still rising sharply. Against this background, the tonnage requirements for oil tankers are also increasing.

If the 10,000 to 20,000 tons or thousands of tons of oil tankers were used, wouldn't Bulgaria need thousands of tankers to run back and forth constantly?

You must know that due to the technology of this era, there is no way for oil pipelines to climb peaks of hundreds of meters and kilometers to complete oil transportation.

Even though Bulgaria is an oil-producing country, there are also oil pipelines in the country, but in fact the main mode of transport is still by tankers.

In this context, the tonnage of oil tankers in Bulgaria has begun to expand continuously, from 5,000 tons in the beginning to 50,000 tons now.

Unfortunately, such a huge tanker cannot pass through the Suez Canal, so this giant can only run the Black Sea route to transport Romania's crude oil.

(Note: Historically, the tonnage of oil tankers began to skyrocket since 1956, mainly because the Suez Canal was impassable. It was opened only to save costs. The tonnage of oil tankers increased tenfold in more than a decade.

In fact, in this era Bulgaria's shipbuilding technology, even 100,000 tons of merchant ships can be built.

It is only limited by the Suez Canal. If you go to a large circle around the Cape of Good Hope, this journey will increase several times and lose economic value.

It can be said that the tonnage of merchant ships in European countries is almost not large, and the factor in the Suez Canal is unquestionable.

Once the Grand Canal in the Aqaba Bay is open, in order to save transportation costs, these large tonnage cargo ships will definitely spring up.

At that time, the British will find it difficult to expand the Suez Canal. With the technology of this era, it seems that the cost is much higher than the excavation of the canal.

If the Suez Canal is not widened, not only will the business be robbed of it, but even the Royal Navy will have to go through the Aqaba Bay Canal if it wants to travel between the two places. This is simply a loss to the British Empire.

"Yes, the government of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba must be in their hands, and the Ministry of Finance must implement the funds as soon as possible to ensure the smooth start of the Grand Canal!

The Ministry of Communications is now ready to start construction. The Aqaba Gulf Canal is so long. You can divide the project section according to the actual situation ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ and then carry out construction at multiple points at the same time. Ferdinand thought for a while

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Kennedy answered.

"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Transportation is planning to build two more roads along the banks of the Grand Canal to make up for the shortfall in our rail transportation, which will require eight million levs!"

"Yes, together in the canal funds, you can start construction now, and Zengpu will open the canal in three years!

The British won't give us too much time. Judging from the current situation, the Southeast Asian rebellion will be powerless this year.

Until the end of the rainy season, the London government is afraid to take major military action. Then their military operation should start at the end of the year.

Now that the insurgents have grown larger, they cannot be annihilated for half a year. With this lesson, they did not dare to attack in the rainy season, and the war would drag on to 1929 or even 1930.

This is our chance. During this time, the London government certainly has no energy to stimulate us. As long as we dig through the canals before the British react, they can do nothing! Ferdinand said cautiously

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Beshir replied earnestly.

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 in the light of one thing.

Otherwise the Bulgarians will have a headache when the British block the Suez Canal. If it were to be transported by rail, this loss would be enough to hurt Bulgarian companies.

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