Bulgarian Empire

The genius remembers the address of this site in a second: (Apex Chinese), the fastest update! No advertisements!? The news of the British military failure in Southeast Asia was spread at the fastest speed with the selfless help of Ferdinand.

Everyone's first reaction after hearing the news was—impossible!

No matter how the British army is, it cannot be bullied by the rebels, not to mention that even the battleship has been sunk, can you be more nonsense?

Believe it or not, as soon as this news spread, the good days of the London government were over, and countless British people took to the streets to demand the government to reveal the truth!

The sudden blow directly hit the cabinet of Stanley Baldwin. Now it's a question of whether you want to hide it or not. The whole world knows the news, and there is no time for them to react.

Before they could be held accountable, Mr. Churchill had already taken the blame and resigned, and he was so ill that he went to America to recuperate.

All the mess is in the hands of their cabinet, and there is no need to do other things, let's focus on dealing with this mess first.

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

Public opinion among the people can't help it. The facts are in front of them. If you lose, you lose. There is no way to hide such a large number of casualties.

"The British government is in trouble, and the world will be peaceful!"

A sentence that Ferdinand said casually at the beginning has also become the most widely circulated sentence in this era, and has been regarded as a classic by politicians all over the world.

The reason is very simple. As a world overlord, if you don't do anything to prove your existence, then who will take you seriously?

It's just that the British are a little bit more capable of doing things. The United States of later generations is catching small countries to bully them to gain a sense of existence, and John Bull will mess with whoever they see is strong!

So after the First World War, the mainstream contradictions in the world became: the contradiction between Britain and France, the contradiction between Britain and Bulgaria, the contradiction between Britain and Japan, and the contradiction between Britain and Russia.

There are conflicts with so many countries, and none of them have been jointly targeted. John Bull's diplomatic means are indeed eye-catching.

For example, now that Ferdinand wants to form an alliance around the Mediterranean, the French are up for grabs, and the Spaniards are not interested directly, and the remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire is not worth it!

"Your Majesty, it is very difficult to establish the Circum-Mediterranean Alliance now, but they still support the construction of the Aqaba Grand Canal.

It's just that due to the geographical location, the Spaniards don't have the guts to fight the British, and the French have too much appetite, so we can't meet their demands. said Foreign Minister Megev

"Hmph, it's not that we want us to be the first bird to defeat the British hegemony in the Mediterranean.

This time they got their wish, we have dug the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba!

Now the British have no time to care about us for a while, this is our chance to complete the exploration work as quickly as possible, and then start construction! " said Ferdinand angrily.

He wasn't really angry either. International politics is based on interests to make decisions. The choice of the French is understandable, at most it is a little short-sighted.

Now that the Mediterranean Alliance cannot be established, the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba can only be excavated by Bulgaria alone, and it is impossible to give up the interests in its hands for no reason.

The Suez Canal is one of the dead spots of the British. Whoever touches them will fight to the end. Now that the Bulgarians are digging the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, many British anti-war groups may breathe a sigh of relief.

Once the new canal is completed, the conflict between the British and Bulgarian countries surrounding the Suez Canal will become a purely commercial conflict of interest, which has nothing to do with the vast majority of British people.

And the biggest contradiction between the two countries no longer exists. It seems a good choice for everyone to hold a lifeline each.

"Your Majesty, according to the results of our exploration, the two routes that we established at the beginning are theoretically feasible.

It’s just that the cost of the first option, including Gaza, is too high.

At least an investment of more than 30 billion levs is required.

The second option is to connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea, divert the red sea water into the Dead Sea area, then connect the Jordan River into the Great Barle Lake, and finally enter the Mediterranean Sea.

The second option is much cheaper economically, with an initial budget of about 2 billion levas. ’ explains Transport Secretary Beshear

Do you need to think about such an obvious problem? There is a fifteen-fold cost difference between the two options, so there is no choice at all.

"What about other factors?" Ferdinand asked with concern

Such a large project has never been excavated at will, and there are many factors to consider.

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

Now there are less than 300,000 immigrants in Palestine, and less than 50,000 immigrants in Jordan. No matter how great the impact of the excavation of the Grand Canal is, it is still within the controllable range! ' explained Beshear

Ferdinand nodded. He didn't care about the impact the Grand Canal would have on the local ecology. In terms of strategic value, the two areas together are not worth the same as one Grand Canal.

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

The impact of fresh water resources is not within the scope of Ferdinand's consideration. He has no plans to develop agriculture in the local area. Moreover, after the Grand Canal enters, the rainfall along the coast will increase greatly. This account is difficult to calculate clearly.

In order to save the Dead Sea, future generations are still planning to introduce the water of the Red Sea? This is the project volume of half of the canal in the Gulf of Aqaba. If it weren't for the fighting power of the environmental protection organization, it would have been navigable before Ferdinand crossed.

"Well, let's excavate according to the second set of plans, but it is still necessary to minimize the impact on the local ecology. If there is no accident, after the ten-year plan is completed, the local area will also become a province of Bulgaria!

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 have to go around a big circle! "Ferdinand thought for a while and said

"Your Majesty, the largest navigable ship we currently design is 250,000 tons, the minimum passage area of ​​the canal is 2486.5 square meters, and the draft is 15.8 meters. At present, the largest tonnage ship in the world is only over 70,000 tons. There is no problem at all for warships to pass through! ' explained Beshear

"Under the current technical situation, how much can the traffic area and draft be increased without greatly increasing the cost?" Ferdinand asked with concern

As the world's largest oil tycoon, this problem cannot be avoided. If the navigation capacity of the Gulf of Aqaba Canal is limited, 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 it is difficult to widen the canal after it is dug through.

Once the canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is completed, it will be difficult to increase the draft.

"Your Majesty, on this basis, if the draft of the canal is increased by one meter, the traffic area can be increased by 18%, and the cost will increase by 2.3%.

If it is increased by two meters, the traffic area can be increased by 34%, and the cost will also increase by 5.5%! "Behir thought for a while and said

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

"Yes!" Beshear replied nervously

The boss's casual words directly made him swallow all the objections. Anyway, the area where the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba will pass is not high in altitude.

Digging four meters more, just digging four meters is not a big deal at all. It is preliminarily estimated that the future length of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba will be about 318 kilometers.

Calculated according to the narrowest width of 150 meters, even if all the excavations are dug down by two meters, the amount of earthwork will be no more than 190 million cubic meters at most.

(Remarks: This width is the width of the bottom surface, and the width of the water surface should not be less than 300 meters.)

In fact, the increased amount of earthwork will not exceed 100 million cubic meters, which is determined by the terrain. With excavators, it is no longer an impossible task, and the big deal will increase some costs.

Compared with the last century, the French organized manual excavation of the Suez Canal, sacrificed 120,000 laborers, excavated 75 million cubic meters of earth, cost 16 million pounds, and took ten years to barely complete.

At this time, the excavation of the Gulf of Aqaba Canal has advanced machinery and equipment, excavators, cars and other tools, and the difficulty of construction has been greatly reduced.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is so important that our Ministry of Finance has decided to establish a canal management company to build and operate the canal.

For the required funds, we are going to mortgage the property rights of the canal to the bank, and the navigation fees collected in the future will repay the loan! "Kennedy said calmly.

There is a precedent for the success of the Suez Canal, and there will be no problem at all with the future Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba being profitable. Even if only Bulgaria's own ships pass through, it will also be profitable.

Funding is of course not a problem for this kind of business that is sure to make money without losing money. Everyone knows that the volume of ocean transportation is increasing year by year, and the tonnage of ships is also increasing day by day.

Under the butterfly effect of Ferdinand, the development speed of the oil industry in the world far exceeds the same period in history, and the low oil price is undoubtedly the best driving force to promote the popularization of internal combustion engines.

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

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

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

If the previous 10,000-20,000-ton, or several thousand-ton oil tanker is adopted, wouldn't Bulgaria need thousands of oil tankers running back and forth non-stop?

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

Even though Bulgaria itself is an oil-producing country and has oil pipelines in the country, in fact the main mode of transportation is still by tanker.

Against this background, the tonnage of Bulgaria's oil tankers began to expand continuously, from the initial 5,000 tons to the current 50,000 tons.

It's a pity that such a giant oil tanker cannot pass through the Suez Canal, so this giant ship can only run the Black Sea route to transport crude oil from Romania.

(Remarks: Historically, since 1956, the tonnage of tankers began to skyrocket. The main reason is that the Suez Canal was impassable. It was opened in order to save costs. The tonnage of tankers has increased tenfold in more than ten years.)

In fact, with Bulgaria's shipbuilding technology in this era, even a merchant ship of more than 100,000 tons can be built.

It's just limited by the Suez Canal. If you want to go around the Cape of Good Hope and make a big circle, the distance will increase several times, and the economic value will be lost.

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

Once the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is open to navigation, these large-tonnage cargo ships will surely spring up in order to save transportation costs.

At that time, the British will find that they are in big trouble. They want to widen the Suez Canal. With the technology of this era, it seems that the cost is much higher than that of digging the canal.

If the Suez Canal is not widened, not only will the business be robbed, but even the Royal Navy will have to go through the Gulf of Aqaba Canal to pass through 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 its own hands, and the Ministry of Finance must allocate 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 Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is so long, you can divide the project into sections according to the actual situation, and then carry out construction at multiple points at the same time. "Ferdinand thought for a while and said

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Kennedy replied

"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Communications plans to build two more roads along both sides of the Grand Canal to make up for the shortage of our railway transportation. It will cost 8 million levas!" Becher thought for a while and said.

"Okay, count them together in the canal funds, and now you can start construction, Zengpu will complete the canal within three years!

The British will not give us too much time. Judging from the current situation, the British are powerless to do anything about the rebellion in Southeast Asia this year.

Before the rainy season is over, the London government dare not take major military action. Then their military operations should start at the end of the year.

Now that the rebel army has become bigger, it is impossible for them to be wiped out in half a year. With this lesson learned, they dare not launch an attack during the rainy season, and the war will be delayed until 1929, or even 1930.

This is our chance. During this time, the London government certainly doesn't have the energy to stimulate us. As long as we dig the canal before the British react, they can't do anything they want! ’ Ferdinand said cautiously.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Beshear replied seriously

Although I don't know what kind of damage the British can do, but in the spirit of doing more than doing less, it is better to dig the Grand Canal as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if the British block the Suez Canal, Bulgaria will have a headache. If the transportation is really carried out by railway, this loss is enough to make Bulgaria's enterprises hurt.

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