The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 913

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: 0.089s Scan: 0.034sAfter the military’s statement, the rest of the matter was simple.

The Colombian government only needed to confirm one thing with the Third Reich, that is, how to distribute the benefits after they occupied Cuba, and then they could decide whether to send troops!

“You want Guba’s plantation and chrome mine?”

The next day, Mendes carefully put forward his request when he was talking to Ribbentrop.

This request surprised Ribbentrop a little. He thought the other party would insist on the control of the Panama Canal, but he didn’t expect that the other party would actually set his sights on Guba’s small profits.

“Well, if it doesn’t work, we don’t want the chrome ore anymore.……”

When Mendes heard Ribbentrop’s words, he felt a little insecure and tried cautiously.

Ribbentrop smiled when he heard the other party’s words.

Cuba is a tiny place, and the Third Reich doesn’t really care about it. The population is too small, the location is too remote, and there is not much money.

Although the Eagles have some plantations in Cuba, these plantations use a large number of black laborers, so sooner or later racial conflicts will occur here in the future.

The Third Reich is not very interested in such a hot potato.

Of course, Cuba’s geographical location is still very important. As the largest island in the Caribbean, controlling this place is very beneficial to controlling the Caribbean.

So even if the Eagles and Cuba are in a mess in the future and the two countries are hostile for many years, the Eagles have not given up the military base in Guantanamo, Cuba.

It is also embarrassing.

After the success of Cuba’s revolution, it only defeated the government supported by the United States, but was unable to expel the United States’ garrison in the country.

As a result, more than 60 years after the success of the Cuban Revolution, part of the country’s land is still under the control of the United States, and the United States is very unethical to bring all kinds of criminals from all over the world here for detention and interrogation, so that this prison is notorious internationally.

So the Third Reich can hand over the management of Cuba to Colombia, but will not leave here completely.

They will ask for a piece of land here and build a military base and a naval base to meet their military presence in the Caribbean.

This model is also the global governance model of the United States in later generations. The United States has established more than 100 overseas bases around the world using the influence of hard power and soft power. So many bases allow their troops to rush to major hot spots anytime and anywhere.

Influenced by this, although the United States is a North American country, it has a strong presence in every corner of the world. If there is any hot event anywhere, the first sentence the President of the United States says when he calls the military is”Where is our aircraft carrier?”

This governance model can effectively maximize its influence and monitor the situation in other parts of the world to prevent the rise of potential enemies of its hegemony!

“We also don’t know how your country distributes the benefits of the Cuban region during the war, so we are taking the liberty to make this request. If Mr. Foreign Minister thinks it is inappropriate, then we can discuss it later.……”

Mendes saw that after he made his request, Ribbentrop remained silent for a long time with a solemn face, and he suddenly felt a little weak in his heart. Although it was said that sending troops to Cuba, Colombia had made a great effort.

However, he knew more clearly that with their current naval strength, they could not escort their fleet to land successfully by relying solely on their own navy. If they wanted to arrive in Cuba smoothly, they had to rely on the protection and support of the German navy.

Moreover, the enemy they faced was a powerful eagle sauce, and Colombia had no strength to challenge this enemy. If it were not for the Third Reich blocking them, they would never have been able to get involved in the Cuban area. Therefore, they were able to send troops and have the opportunity to occupy Cuba because they relied on the German army and the Third Reich.

With such a clear understanding, he immediately felt that his proposal was a bit excessive. After all, there was only so much oil and water on the island of Cuba. If they took all these things away, wouldn’t the Third Reich have worked for nothing?

“Well… the Führer and I are both very easy to talk to. If you have any requests, as long as they are not too excessive, I believe that with the Führer’s generosity, he can basically satisfy them. However, the Führer hates those who are greedy!”

Ribbentrop actually felt that the other party’s request was not high. If Colombia insisted on this request, he could agree to it.

However, seeing that the other party looked unconfident, Ribbentrop did not easily promise.

He felt that with the other party’s attitude, he seemed to be able to bargain with him.

How could the honest Mendes guess Ribbentrop’s thoughts? After hearing Ribbentrop’s words, he thought Ribbentrop was hitting him, so he was shocked and immediately explained:”No, no, we are not the kind of greedy people. Otherwise, otherwise we only want the cigar industry in the plantation, and we don’t want anything else!”

The first thing that Colombia gave up was the chromium ore industry. The current value of chromium ore is not very obvious, but the mining of this mineral is very difficult and requires a lot of technology and funds. Colombia itself does not have this technology and strength, so after thinking about it, they decisively gave up this industry. The next thing they gave up was the ordinary plantations, that is, the sugarcane fields of the sugar industry.

The Cuba area is well cared for, so it is very suitable for growing sugarcane. Their sugarcane has a high sugar yield and the economic benefits are greater than those of ordinary plantations.

In this era, whether in the East or the West, when the world’s nutrition is insufficient, everyone still has a great demand for sweets, so the prospects of the sugar industry are very broad. This industry is expected to bring Colombia tens of millions of dollars in revenue every year.

So giving up this industry is still very painful for them.

However, their own strength is not enough to support them to make excessive demands, so the Colombians also honestly did not ask for too much. What they think in their hearts now is just to keep their bottom line!

“So that’s it!”

Ribbentrop guessed that this was probably the other party’s bottom line, but after seeing the other party’s anxious and nervous expression, he pondered for a while and came up with a good idea.

“Still not able to do it?”

Mendes was already desperate. Ribbentrop did not agree to his request immediately, which made him feel very bad.

Just when he thought Ribbentrop would refuse him, he suddenly heard Ribbentrop say:”In fact, we can also give you the plantation, but we need to exchange for another thing!”

“What is it?”

Mendes said without thinking.

Ribbentrop smiled cunningly:”We want the Panama Canal!”_