The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 914

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Ribbentrop’s request surprised Mendes!

The main reason they sent troops to Panama was to go to this canal. If they handed over this canal to Hans, wouldn’t they have worked in vain?

“This, this… I’m afraid we can’t meet your request!”

Mendez gritted his teeth and finally said this.

The Panama Canal is too important to them. It is not only a way to make money, but also a key waterway. If they control it, Colombia will be famous in the world. They can rely on their control of the canal to exert their influence internationally and make their presence felt!

But if there is no canal, they will have no sense of existence. In later generations, Colombia had a very poor economy and the government’s weak control ability, which led to the emergence of a very powerful anti-government armed force in the country. The combat effectiveness of this rebel organization is very strong, and the government forces have been unable to wipe it out! Moreover, Colombia is flooded with drugs, and it is one of the regions with the most serious drug crimes in the world.

It is not an exaggeration to call such a country a failed state.

The reason for this is mainly related to their own economy and regional environment!

Colombia has not been able to complete industrialization, which means that their economic development can only rely on agriculture and the service industry. The upper limit of these industries is not high, and the number of people they can absorb is limited, resulting in a large number of unemployed people in the country, and these unemployed people have become The hidden dangers of public security have led to social unrest.

What is even more fatal is that the United States is right next to them, and the drug trade in the United States is very prosperous and the demand is strong. This has made many countries in Central and South America become production bases for transnational drug lords. They use these areas as raw material areas to produce drugs, and then process and purify the drugs and sell them to the United States to make huge profits!

The strength of international drug lords is even comparable to that of a country’s government. In the future, not only Colombia can’t control drugs, but even Mexico can’t control them. The prestige of the Mexican government is even worse than that of drug dealers. This country is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, comparable to those countries in the Middle East that have been at war all year round!

Controlling the Panama Canal, enhancing its international influence, and then relying on the convenience of this golden waterway to trade with various countries, and then gradually developing its own industry, this is one of Colombia’s plans for the next development and growth. The key to this plan is control of the canal!

If there is no control over the canal, the powerful countries in the world will never look down on them, and if they don’t look down on them, they will not agree to cooperate with them.

“Although the Suez Canal belonged to the British Empire, it was eventually taken away by the British Empire. Do you know why?”

Seeing that the other party seemed unwilling to give up the control of the canal, Ribbentrop asked calmly.

This question made President Mendes think of something bad all over his body!

The Suez Canal was indeed dug in the country of Japan, but the canal has been under the control of the British Empire for a long time. The main reason for this is that the British Empire is the overlord of the world, and the British Empire is just a small country, so they are powerless to resist the British Empire. What

‘s more, the British Empire’s attitude is extremely firm. The Suez Canal is of vital importance to them. This is related to They wanted to ensure the safety of their colonies in South Asia, so they had to hold it firmly in their hands.

In this case, Egypt had no capital to fight against the British Empire, so even if the canal was in Egypt, they could only watch others take it away.

At this time, Ribbentrop said this, using the Suez Canal to compare the Panama Canal, comparing Panama to Egypt and the Third Reich to the British Empire.

Since Egypt could not resist the claws of the British Empire, then Panama naturally could not resist the tentacles of the Third Reich.

Columbia Since the United States can send troops to occupy Panama, the Third Reich can also send troops to occupy Panama and drive the Colombians out. So Ribbentrop’s words are equivalent to telling Mendes, even though the Panama Canal is in your hands now, we are friendly to you and say nice things to you! If you get angry, we can send troops directly from the sea and take the canal away by force. At that time, can you still stop the German attack?

Mendes’ forehead began to sweat again. Of course, he didn’t think that Colombia could stop the German advance. Attack, the two sides are not countries of the same level at all, and the gap in strength between the two armies is even greater!

When the Eagles controlled this place, Colombia did not dare to have any ideas about this place. If it was the German army that entered here, then with the strength of the German army, they would naturally dare not have any ideas!

So he immediately understood that they could not protect the Panama Canal. Ribbentrop was willing to sit down and talk with them, which was to give them face. The Third Reich could completely not give them face and directly occupy this place, and they would still be unable to do anything!

“I advise you not to have too many unrealistic fantasies about something you cannot keep.

Instead of holding on to the Panama Canal, you might as well use the canal for a trade.

The Empire can acquiesce to your annexation of Panama without pursuing any consequences, but the canal zone will be controlled by the Empire.

In addition, as compensation, the Empire allows you to operate Cuba’s farms and plantations, but the sovereignty of Cuba is not in your hands.

The Empire will lease the management rights of Cuba to you for a period of 10 years!

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Seeing that the other party seemed to have figured it out, Ribbentrop took the opportunity to propose various conditions from the Empire.

To be honest, the conditions offered by Ribbentrop were quite good.

Leasing the management rights of Cuba to Colombia was equivalent to handing over the development rights and profits of Cuba to them. Although the sovereignty was not in their hands, this was exactly what Colombia dared not imagine. The Third Reich had no reason to give up such an important region as the Caribbean Sea, so they had never thought of this from the beginning.

So President Mendes was obviously tempted by Ribbentrop’s conditions!

With Colombia’s current strength, it is already very good to be able to obtain these benefits. Pursuing unrealistic things is a bit beyond their capabilities!

“In addition, our army has seized a large amount of American equipment on the battlefield in North America. If you are willing to send troops, we can sell these equipment to you at a low price, which will be regarded as military aid to you!”